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On Friday, March 5, 1621, the lunar solar term was startling and cloudy.

The large-scale spring ploughing finally came to an end yesterday, and all that remained was to send various agricultural technical teams to supervise the farming of the surrounding Indian villages.

Compared with the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, who have been tired and listless for more than a month, the newly established "land garrison" will usher in an important change today.

More than 100 officers and men, who privately admit that they have no special skills but are still on their toes, stand in high spirits today in a clearing carved out in the woods north of the Manhattan settlement, waiting for their weapons to be replaced.

The flintlock pistol captured from the Mayflower during the training of recruits has been criticized by officers and men of the more than 100 land garrisons. Although they are the most advanced weapons of this era, they are speechless to modern young people who have experienced military service in terms of their mute rate, weight and shooting accuracy. Especially security, the officers and soldiers who have been trained in the literature of the stall are afraid of this weapon whose chances of killing their own people may exceed the probability of killing their opponents.

In particular, whenever the "Commander of the Ground Garrison, Major Chen Liwen" saw the appearance of these fake "German devils" wearing German-style M36 combat uniforms and carrying military bags, he couldn't help but want to vomit even more.

In less than a week since the start of recruit training, Chen Liwen has made countless trips to the Brooklyn Industrial Zone, where Lin Youde, the chief engineer of the industrial zone, spreads his hands and crosses his fingers to tell how unsatisfactory the current progress of raw material reserves and metalworking technology is. In a word, before the improvement of metal smelting and processing technology, he couldn't make AK47 for everyone, let alone AK47, even if it was Mauser 1898, it was something that only appeared when he dreamed at night.

Well, at least this complaint still made Zheng Quan, the community committee member in charge of the military, take a moment to make a special instruction, that is, the military industry department must come up with a single weapon that can at least be better than the current more than 100 flintlock pistols in March.

The instructions are so vague that it is difficult to say how the Ministry of Military Industry led by Lin Youde will understand these words. It's hard to make big strides, but it's okay to make some progress, so there is today's weapon refitting ceremony.

Except for a small group of officers and soldiers who were equipped with the most core modern 81 bar, 90 soldiers received a brand-new rifle and detachable bayonet with a length of about 1.2 meters from the quartermaster under the smiling gaze of Lin Youde and other engineers. Looking at the appearance, it is already very close to a modern rifle, and if it were not for the fact that the bolt part is still obvious flintlock bolt and the lock cover of the medicine pool, the officers and soldiers will definitely greatly appreciate it.

It's still a flintlock pistol, but Lin Youde and a few military fans of the two-knife have undergone some major technical improvements, adopted many advanced guntrigger movements and safety designs, and also improved the two-point aiming parts. What is even more commendable is that, with Zheng Quan's authorization, the batch of flintlock rifles, named Type 21, uses one of the committee's most precious modern materials: 20mm seamless steel tubing imported from South Africa.

The wreck of the White River 05 bulk carrier is not only loaded with a complete set of coal liquefaction production equipment of SASOL company in South Africa, but also a batch of precious seamless pipes imported from South Africa.

Before the production of better barrel materials, the 20×4mm imported seamless steel pipe is simply a sharp weapon for the manufacture of smoothbore flintlock pistols at this stage, and the modern process can ensure its strength and the inner wall are accurate and consistent caliber.

"In general, it was a smoothbore flintlock rifle based on the technology of the British brown bess flintlock pistol, with modern materials and improved technology. After testing, shooting at a stationary target at a distance of 100 meters has a hit of no less than 65%, but considering the influence of black powder smoke and dust in actual combat, as well as the psychological pressure of soldiers and the interference of environmental noise, this hit will be reduced by half again. But this precision is enough to boast of any era before the early 19th century! And it's very safe, it's definitely a blessing for queuing up to shoot the party! ”

Lin Youde proudly introduced to Zheng Quan, the military security commissioner who came to his side, but the faces of several officers of the land garrison became darker and darker.

"You shouldn't tell the truth...... Although I agree that this is the best equipment we can get at this stage. Zheng Quan also wanted to laugh, but because he was in a high position, he couldn't chill the hearts of a group of hot-blooded young people.

"All of them! Gun under the shoulder! ”

At the sound of an order, 90 "German devils" who had been familiar with the norms of flintlock shooting for more than a month lined up in two rows under the command of the officer, put down their flintlock rifles on their shoulders one after another, and then took out the paper bags in their holsters to reload. The standard portion of granular black powder, a round lead bullet that was only 0.5 mm smaller than the caliber of the breech, was loaded and tamped by the soldiers in 15 seconds.

"Raise your gun! Aim! ”

The sound of guns being raised rang out one after another, and the rifles pointed at rows of thick wooden targets 100 meters away with a slight shaking.

"Fire!"

In the firelight, dense smoke and dust shot out one after another, followed by a row of firelight.

The target in the distance suddenly fell and collapsed in a large section of the target, and it seemed that Lin Youde's test count was still very accurate, especially since it was the first time for these soldiers to use the Type 21 flintlock rifle.

"Bang Bang!"

The sound of applause and clapping sounded, and the military workers led by Lin Youde were full of tears and smiles, expressing their heartfelt ...... for the excellent results they had achieved in their hard work Complacent.

"Go back and talk to someone from the Ministry of Trade and find a way to sell the weapons you used to have. By the way, let's see if such weapons have export potential, and in addition, find another opportunity to urge Chief Engineer Lin Youde to ......"

Before leaving, Zheng Quan explained a lot to the secretary very seriously.

The soldiers at the scene were silent, because from today onwards, they completely sat down to death the first generation of the land garrison, and probably the last generation, lined up to shoot the name of the party.

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The fight between different Indians that took place in the middle of last month, with Li Xiang's campaign and the coordination of the community committee, finally achieved a satisfactory result in early March.

The community council will build a new trading post on the west bank of the Hudson River, a few kilometres north of the current Indian trading post, which will be a fair example of security by employing both Mohok and Delaware Indians, and will strictly demarcate the trading area between the two sides, separated by a high wooden wall.

The Manhattan community will provide all exports fairly to both communities, and the Mohork community will also serve as trade agents for the entire Iroquois Indian Union members in the Northwest. The whole result was very satisfying to the Mohorts who coveted the trade goods of the Manhattan community.

To be able to get a huge reward that is difficult to meddle in without bloodshed, who would go to the death and fight alive, wouldn't it?

Feeling aggrieved, the Delawares were immediately offered an exclusive contract for water transportation from the new trading post to the docks in the Brooklyn Industrial Zone, where they received a commission for each shipload of supplies. Water tools will be the most boring product of the Brooklyn shipyard at this stage, a river flat wooden boat with a cargo capacity of no more than 5 tons, and due to the use of freshly cut timber that has not been treated, its service life will not exceed three years.

As a result, the Commission has solved a lot of the burden of river transportation, which is a double win.

In the whole process, Li Xiang's little wife Na Da played the most critical role as a bridge. As the precious daughter of a tribal elder and the identity of a "Chinese" husband, Na Da has a considerable say and power in the negotiation process, but behind the scenes, people believe that Li Xiang is the leader.

From now on, Mohok Indian laborers were also employed in small quantities, although they and the Delaware were placed in very different labor departments. Such a win-win situation was unanimously approved by the committee members.

But the crisis did not end there, as there were more than just a few Indian tribes scattered throughout the vast area west and upstream of the Hudson River, and such problems would arise in the future. If it really reaches a stage where it cannot be reconciled, then the community committee will have to choose a clear position to minimize the loss of its own interests.

These results also greatly eased several debates about the attitude towards the Indians in the residential areas, after all, no one now wants to face the Indians' face. Moreover, among the Indian women, there were also women with a good external image such as Nata, and the single settlement men also began to gradually contact after a short period of psychological resistance.

Every evening, supply ships depart from both trading posts and head for warehouses in Manhattan or Brooklyn. The accumulation of furs, food, ores, linen cloth, and Indian bronzes was gradually increasing. To the snickering of the community councillors, much of the trade was no longer limited to bartering, and things like vouchers were beginning to be accepted by some Delaware villages on both sides of the Hudson River.

Without having to bother to carry a large amount of weight on each transaction, they were guaranteed to redeem their own things as soon as they needed them, and the rustic Indians, after a few apprehensive attempts, easily believed and got used to the rhetoric of the Chinese business representatives.

And its originator, the young Zhou Kemin, who was confused by a certain Indian girl one night, is still sullenly staying in a sailboat on the distant sea.

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