The design of the rifle is one thing, mass production is another, the former only needs to consider the talent of the designer, but the later stage is a test of the technical level and heritage of the entire industrial system, no matter how excellent the design, if it cannot be mass-produced, then it is meaningless!

And the Linde Arsenal can they do it?

What worries Lin Zhe is also artillery, and the design of the artillery is also sent along with the rifle design plan.

The design scheme of the artillery is similar to that of the rifle, in order to reduce the technical difficulty, it is a very large reference to the design of the existing artillery, conservative and cautious.

There are two calibers of 12 pounds and 6 pounds, both of which are front-loading smoothbore guns, and in order to reduce costs, it is expected to be cast iron, and from the surface paper design, there is no novelty or improvement.

Whether it is a rifle or an artillery, it is designed to be relatively conservative, and Lin Zhe also maintains an agreeing attitude towards this, because what Yu Shengjun needs now is not how much advanced weapons that need to transcend the times, the most important thing is to solve the problem.

Small-caliber Mini rifles and front-loading smoothbore guns are the solution to the problem, as for rear-loading rifles and rifled guns, or simply breech-loading rifled guns, these are still too far away for the technical capabilities of the Linde Machinery Factory.

However, even with these conservative design schemes, it is still a question whether the Linde Machinery Factory can be mass-produced, and with the scale and technology of the current Linde Machinery Factory, Lin Zhe is very skeptical about it!

When Lin Zhe fed back this suspicion to the Linde Machinery Factory, Auston gave Lin Zhe a clear answer, that is, as long as the Linde Machinery Factory is willing to spend a lot of money to purchase a large number of advanced equipment, then there is no problem with large-scale mass production.

Hearing this reply, Lin Zhecai was relieved, if it could be solved by just spending money on equipment, then there would be no great need for his worries.

Immediately, Lin Zhe asked Yu Shengjun to pay the advance payment for ordering this batch of ordnance again, so that Linde Machinery Factory would have sufficient funds to purchase equipment and recruit workers.

The Linde Machinery Factory had to purchase machinery and equipment, recruit and train new workers, which could not be solved in a day or two, which meant that it was impossible to mass-produce and equip Yu Shengjun with new guns and new guns in a short period of time.

At present, Yu Shengjun's equipment still has to rely on those large-caliber Mini rifles and imported artillery.

To this end, Yu Shengjun also continued to maintain a small batch order of Linde rifles to maintain a certain amount of inventory to supplement the loss of combat and training.

In terms of artillery, Lin Zhe had been waiting for a long time, and the six twelve-pounder guns specially ordered for the Fourth Artillery Company also arrived in Shanghai and received them, doubling the number of twelve-pounder guns owned by Yu Shengjun to twelve.

Training the army, supporting the military industry, rectifying the customs, developing the trade zone, and dealing with many complicated affairs of civil affairs in the Susongtai area consumed most of Lin Zhe's time.

There are countless things waiting for him to deal with almost every day, and the busy Lin Zhe can't feel the passage of time, and even the Spring Festival is in a daze, and when he comes back to his senses, the Lantern Festival has passed for several days.

Wearing a thick tweed jacket, Lin Zhe stood by the window of the office, looking out the window at the Huangpu River through the glass, although it was still the cold spring season, the Huangpu River was still busy green, the sailboats coming and going almost covered the river, and occasionally a few small steamers could be seen emitting thick black smoke between the sailboats.

Looking at the Huangpu River, which is much more lively than last year, Lin Zhe can't help but feel a sense of pride, since the official establishment of the business zone, not only a large number of Chinese people have poured in, but also a large number of foreigners have heard the news, and the influx of a large number of people and funds has made the development of the business zone almost a thousand miles a day.

Nowadays, the business area is full of construction sites, and various styles of buildings have risen from the ground, and under this lively scene, what makes Lin Zhe even happier is that he received a report from Jianghai Beiguan at the beginning of the month.

It is said that the tax amount of last month reached 85,000 taels of silver, an increase of more than 10,000 taels over the previous month, so that after deducting the 60,000 taels to be handed over to the yamen of the governor of Jiangsu, Jianghai Beiguan can still retain 25,000 taels.

In addition, the old customs fee at the east gate of Jiang Customs has also increased a lot, but Lin Zhe is not good at openly intercepting it, but he secretly instructed his own people to make false accounts, and the taxes paid only remained the original amount, and the rest was secretly withheld, this money is not much, but there are five thousand taels.

The taxes of Jianghai Beiguan and Jianghai Jiuguan have now become the main source of Yu Shengjun's military expenses, plus the monthly thousands of taels of silver from the Huzhou Donation Bureau, and the 4,000 taels per month from the Zhejiang Governor Yamen and the Huzhou Prefect's Yamen to the Huzhou garrison on a monthly basis.

As for the rest of the part, Lin Zhe used various means, including private interception, concealment of the amount of taxes, etc., and he could also get 10,000 taels of silver every month from Su Songtai's military preparation yamen.

In general, Tong Guò Lin Zhe made money everywhere, and was now able to initially supply the military expenses of more than 5,000 victorious troops.

As for the business zone that Lin Zhe originally had high hopes for, Lin Zhe found that the gap between reality and ideal was too big, the business zone was indeed developing rapidly, and the monthly tax was also rising, but Lin Zhe found that the tax revenue of the business zone could not keep up with the speed of spending money in the business zone!

It costs money to pave roads and build bridges, it costs money to expand wharves, it costs money to set up and expand the patrol police office, it costs money to set up the Jianghai Patrol Police Department, and even a large number of office buildings to build the yamen of the business zone.

Today's business zone is almost built from scratch, and all aspects of infrastructure construction require a large amount of funds, not to mention, the light is to set up a river and sea patrol police department to maintain water security, sea rescue, salvage and other tasks, the first amount of money is to smash down 8,000 taels.

With such a large amount of expenses, relying on the tax revenue of the business zone itself was not enough, Lin Zhedu was forced to borrow a total of 180,000 taels of silver from foreign commercial banks and Chinese money banks.

Therefore, the current business area seems to be prosperous, but its tax revenue is not enough to satisfy itself in a short period of time, and it cannot provide much military spending for Yu Shengjun.

However, Lin Zhe also knows that this situation will not last long, the current business zone is still in the initial development stage, and it needs to be invested, and the situation will be much better after a while, and it will definitely be able to provide a large amount of military spending for his Yu Shengjun at that time.

Retracting his gaze from the Huangpu River, Lin Zhe returned to his desk, looking at the thick stack of documents waiting for his instructions, Lin Zhe just felt that his head was big for a while, he supervised so many yamen, military affairs, people's livelihood, finance, diplomacy and other affairs, and there were countless things waiting for him every day, and he suspected that he would have to die of exhaustion sooner or later if he continued like this.

It seems that I have to learn from those governors and ministers to form a staff team, if there is no staff team to share these miscellaneous things for myself, I will be exhausted sooner or later!

It's just that it's not easy to find a staff member who is talented and can be trusted at the same time, so why don't you just transfer someone from the Lin firm?

As before, he felt that there was no one available under his hands, so he set his sights on his own Lin firm, which dug the foot of the wall and dug into the head of his own firm, which can be regarded as Lin Zhe's helplessness.

Just when Lin Zhe was thinking about who to transfer from the Lin family's firm, there was a knock on the office door, and then a young man walked in and said in a low voice: "My lord, Lord Lin Dabiao is already waiting!" ”

"Let him in!"

It didn't take long for a young man wearing a military uniform to walk in outside the door, only to see that he was wearing a new double-breasted officer uniform like other officers of Yu Shengjun, and the epaulettes were red background with two gold edges and a gold star, which could be seen to be the rank of major within Yu Shengjun, and the commanders of the infantry regiments in Yu Shengjun, the commanders of cavalry companies, and the general offices of various bureaus could obtain the rank of major.

However, this young man is not the commander of the infantry regiments, the commander of the cavalry company, and the new general office of each bureau, but Lin Dabiao, the commander of the naval division battalion established by Yu Shengjun only last month.

Speaking of this sailor battalion, we have to start from Lin Zhe after serving as Su Songtaibing, after taking up Su Songtaibing's Beidao, many Qing troops under the command of Su Songtaibing naturally belonged to him, and Lin Zhe did not make too many changes to these Qing troops, because these Qing troops are all green battalions, and the regular establishment of the imperial court cannot be changed or changed.

It's okay for Lin Zhe to change his Yu Shengjun indiscriminately, because Yu Shengjun, Hunan Army, and Huai Army are not considered imperial court troops, and strictly speaking, they are not even the armies of the local government, they are just the private armies of Lin Zhe, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and others. They do not receive the salaries of the imperial court, they do not owe allegiance to the imperial court, and these armies are only loyal to their respective commanders.

This military system is how you like to get it, and no one can care about you, the Hunan Army and Yu Shengjun that have appeared now, and the Huai Army and Changsheng Army that have not yet appeared in history, their respective establishments, military uniforms, and even official ranks are different from the green battalion of the imperial court.

But you can change these private armies at will, but the green battalion is different, no matter how bad their combat effectiveness is, but the military system is not something that local officials or generals can change without authorization, if they are changed, a crime of deleting and changing the military system will have to be carried on their backs, and the end will be very tragic.

Because it is not easy to change, and Lin Zhe also needs these green camps to perfunctory Xu Naizhao, Xiang Rong and others, so he has not been cut or adapted, what was the original and what is still the present.

At the same time, in order to deal with Xu Naizhao's request for Lin Zhe to reinforce Zhenjiang, Lin Zhe transferred 500 old and young disabled green battalions from several prefectures and counties in the Susongtai area to Zhenjiang to report to Xu Naizhao.

Although Lin Zhe of the remaining thousand people in the green battalion did not have much hope for them, he also let those green battalion generals train strictly, and at the same time strictly investigate empty salaries, corruption, etc., but Lin Zhe also knew that he was not an immortal, and it was impossible to turn these green battalions into a modern army like Yu Shengjun by himself, but he didn't want to raise such a group of waste, how much training, and when the time came, it would be good to be cannon fodder to consume the enemy's bullets!

In the process of rectifying the Green Battalion, Lin Zhe also detained a number of warships owned by the Green Battalion to form the sailor battalion of the Yu Sheng Army.

Southern Jiangsu is different from northern Zhejiang, the water network in southern Jiangsu is dense, which greatly affects the actions of the army, if there is a water division to cooperate, then it will be more convenient to fight in southern Jiangsu in the future.

With this in mind, Lin Zhecai formed the Yusheng Army Naval Division Battalion, and transferred Lin Dada as the first battalion commander and awarded the rank of major.

"Come here, sit down!" Lin Zhe didn't get up, but continued to sit and just raised his hand when he saw Lin Dabiao come in, and then said so.

Lin Dabiao, as the earliest batch of officers in Yu Shengjun, although he was young, he had followed Lin Zhe for a long time, so he naturally knew that Lin Zhe didn't like all kinds of nonsense and politeness, so he immediately walked over and sat down.

"How is your sailor running and when will you be able to become an army?" As soon as Lin Dabiao sat down, he heard Lin Zhe's words.