The end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China was the period when guns were most widespread in China.

Of course, the latter early Republic of China can cover the entire Republic of China period. Whether it was the Beiyang political axe in the early days or the later Nanjing political axe, their control over the provinces below was quite weak, and they naturally could not control the rampant guns.

The difference between the Manchu political axe at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Beiyang political axe and the Nanjing political axe is that although the control of the Manchu political axe over the provinces was constantly weakened, it still had some control ability at least until the Xinhai Revolution. Therefore, the proliferation of guns at the end of the Qing Dynasty was entirely due to the policy of "issuing gun licenses" implemented by the Manchu government at that time.

"Issuance of a gun." If it is simply a gun license, this policy has lasted from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China...

As long as you have a gun license, even if you have a gun on the street, it is not illegal, of course, the price of a gun license is not cheap, from tens of silver dollars to hundreds of silver dollars, sometimes a gun license is even more valuable than the gun itself, and each gun license is only valid for one gun.

This is the method that the Manchu political axe came up with after discovering that it was impossible to stop the proliferation of guns, and it also provided a large amount of income for the Manchu political axe and the early Republic of China political axe, which was an extremely effective means of collecting money.

So it's actually very easy to get a gun at the end of the Qing Dynasty, no matter who you are.

The only difficulty is that the number of fifty Hanyang-made is a bit large, after all, Hanyang-made in China in this era is also a cutting-edge rifle, and the new army of the 17th Town of Sichuan today has not reached the point of having one person.

Although he patted his chest and told Wang Er that he only needed to save himself this bullet at that time, in the end, Yan Guang still didn't think of any good way. Not to mention anything else, Yan Guang has no clue about the way to buy a gun, Yu Zongtong and Zhao Erfeng take good care of him, but this is only limited to business, if you just ask them to buy guns...

Even Yan Guang knows what the concept of Fifty Hanyang is made.

In the end, there was no way, Yan Guang could only find all the few readers under his hands.

"Boss..."After Yan Guang recruited all the accountants to find a way, an accountant named Lin Wei hesitated. Since that Hanyang-made is not easy to buy, why not buy it directly from a German foreign firm in Shanghai? ”

Yan Guang was stunned for a moment, and then slapped his face.

Although it was not easy to buy at this time, it did not mean that the Commission 1888 rifle was not easy to buy, and now the German side has been reloaded with Mauser 98 rifles (the refitting continued until 1915, which is why the Mauser 98 cannot be bought now), and a large number of Commission 1888 rifles have been put on the second line or directly sold to China, Ottoman Turkey and some Asian and African countries.

Fifty Hanyang-made sticks is a difficult thing for Yan Guang, who has no way, but for the German foreign firm in Shanghai, it is just a small deal.

"Lin Zi, tomorrow I will go to the prefect's yamen to apply for documents, and after you do it, you will take it to Shanghai to buy fifty guns and come back."

"Understood." Lin Wei nodded.

After finalizing the method of buying a gun, Yan Guang asked a few accountants to go back to rest. The next day, Yan Guang took Wang Er to the prefect's yamen to apply for documents for fifty rifles.

Although at this time civilian guns were already very popular, the power of fifty guns was still not small, not to mention fifty Type 1888 committee rifles, and now the Hanyang-made in the Hanyang Arsenal is based on this imitation.

The people below the yamen did not dare to decide this matter easily, so they could only report it to the above, and finally Yu Zongtong personally came forward to inquire.

Yan Guang explained that he had doubled the number of workers, so he needed to strengthen the security force, and Yu Zongtong reluctantly accepted this reason.

Yu Zongtong also knew about Yan Guang's expansion of the factory, and he had personally gone to the Governor's Mansion to talk to Zhao Erfeng about this matter, and he was also very happy that such a large factory had been created under his rule.

But happy to be happy, the problem with the gun is indeed some...

Moreover, Yan Guang's Huasheng company is near Chengdu, and Yu Zongtong doesn't think anything will happen there. If something really happens, there is no need for the yamen to send the officers, as long as the patrol battalion and the new army in the city can be dispatched to settle all the problems.

Fortunately, at this time, in addition to organizations like the Pao Brothers' Association, even some ordinary chambers of commerce in Sichuan have a lot of armed forces, and Yan Guang's fifty guns are not surprising in this. The most important thing is that Yu Zongtong didn't believe that a businessman like Yan Guang would make any trouble.

At present, although Guangzhou and other places are constantly making trouble with the revolutionary party, on the whole, Sichuan is still calm, not to mention that at this time, I only heard that there are party members and new troops who have come out to make revolutions, and I have not heard that some businessmen have also come out to make revolutions, so in the end, Yu Zongtong still approved Yan Guang's application for a gun license.

After paying a fee of 50 silver dollars per gun license, a total of 2,500 silver dollars, Yan Guang and Wang Er left the prefect's yamen with 50 gun licenses.

After handing over all the cash and gun licenses in the suitcase to Lin Wei, Yan Guang took Wang Er to personally send the three of them to the carriage and horse shop, and watched them leave before returning to the factory.

Now that the problem of guns is half solved, and the factory is gradually on the right track, it is time to deal with another matter...

"Wang Er..." After returning to the office, Yan Guang leaned on the sofa and smiled maliciously. Do you like to read? ”

"Reading?" Wang Er, who had just sat down, was stunned, and he didn't understand what Yan Guang meant.

Yan Guang didn't know whether Wang Erxi liked to study or not, he only knew that when he was in school, there were few people around him who liked to study.

However, as Yan Guang's first and only quasi-confidant in this era, it is needless to say that the martial aspect is naturally needless to say, after all, the leader of the water bandits for more than a year is not in vain (although he does not enter the stream), but in terms of literature...

I don't know a single big word, I guess I can't even erase the edge of the text...

Yan Guang accepted him, not just wanted a bodyguard, as long as the bodyguard had money, and everyone had a good work ethic, Yan Guang needed both civil and military subordinates, so...

"I'm going to get you a teacher back and teach you to read..."

“？！”

A few days later, Yan Guang invited a gentleman from outside to teach Wang Er and a few other people who had never studied to read and write.

However, Wang Er and several others didn't seem to hate reading, which made Yan Guang feel like he had miscalculated.

In a certain era a hundred years from now, those who can read envy those who can't read, and those who can't read envy those who can't, and those who can't read envy those who can, it's a strange world...

But at least in this world, the vast majority of people have never read a book, so they are eager to read...

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