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"Now, the business of the post office has been carried out to the capital city of Bafu, Fujian, but half of the county towns below have not been taken into account. However, at the current development rate, it is estimated that in half a year, it will be able to involve all the large and small counties in Fujian. As for the grassroots townships you mentioned, it will take some time for them to develop. The biggest difficulty now is the lack of manpower, and the newly recruited workers are not familiar with the business, which requires several months of familiarization and adaptation. Geng Da truthfully reported the situation to Geng Jingzhong, and then looked at Geng Jingzhong, wanting to get some good advice from him.

Geng Jingzhong pondered slightly. Now the post office has begun to take shape, and it is easy to mail letters and small items. But for the transportation of bulk goods, it will continue to develop. Geng Jingzhong envisioned that in the future, the business of the money bank would also be carried out, and it would be listed in the post office system. Drawing on the model of the Postal Savings Bank of later generations, it has both deposit and withdrawal services and mailing functions. "In terms of manpower, you have increased your recruitment efforts. This post office is also the property of the palace, so it plays the signboard of the palace. When it comes to training, I don't have any good way, so I let the people who are familiar with the business teach them hand-in-hand in the way that the master leads the apprentice. Bring out an apprentice and give a reward. The arithmetic talents you need, go to the Future School to find Ah Hu, in recent years, you have recruited a lot of clever guys to learn arithmetic, and now it should be some results! ”

"Yes, my lord! Lord Wang, there is one more thing, which is also a matter of recruitment, please give it a reference. Geng Jingzhong listened. Raise your head slightly. Motioning for him to continue. So Geng Da did not pause, and said: "We want to carry out the transportation business of bulk goods, and there are many ready-made talents now. A few years ago, Lord Wang, you personally arranged for the army to wipe out all the bandits in Fujian, so that our territory has been unprecedentedly peaceful. Over the years, although there were also sporadic bandits, they were quickly cleared by General Zeng's army. Therefore, large and small dart games all over Fujian. Their business is getting worse and harder. Nowadays, merchants basically don't need to hire a dart board to escort them, they just use their own guys. We have nearly 100 dart games in Fujian, large and small, in every prefecture and county. They can be said to be very familiar with the roads of Fujian and even neighboring provinces, and they are also experts in escorting goods. Therefore, the subordinates wondered if they could buy these dart games. First, we have more footholds in various places, and second, these dart masters can also enrich our team! ”

Geng Da finished saying all his construction in one breath, and then stared at Geng Jingzhong directly. Geng Jingzhong heard that Geng Da was going to take over these darts in their entirety. I thought it was a good idea. These people are all talents, and most of them are knowledgeable. After all, these people have traveled all year round, seen a lot, heard a lot, and experienced a lot of things, and they are indeed talents. Among them, it is estimated that many of them have seen blood or have blood on their hands. If you want to talk about who is most familiar with the paths of various places, it has to be these dart masters. However, it cannot be said that all of them are good people, and they need to be screened well. This is a post office recruitment, not an army recruitment, but there are not so many rules and regulations that can control them.

"Good idea, you can try it. First send someone to check the reputation of each dart game, if there is a traitor among them, it must be excluded. The post office you have is not a horsetail barracks, and you can make these people change their ways. Anyway, you can do it, how much silver you need to go back, and report it to me after the statistics are out. Geng Jingzhong raised his right hand lightly and said. Geng Da saw Geng Jingzhong make this gesture, so he saluted again, "Yes!" Then he retreated

The artillery workshop in the starting point town is about five kilometers away from the nearest steelmaking workshop, and it only takes about half an hour for the steelmaking workshop to deliver the freshly smelted steel to the artillery workshop. Geng Jingzhong presided over the newly refined nickel alloy steel, and after the arrival of a large number of olivine, a large number of nickel alloy steel was refined. And as soon as the new No. 1 special steel is refined, it will be sent to the artillery workshop. Master Liu led the artillery casting masters from the East and the West, and began to cast artillery according to different sizes. It took only five days to cast the first batch of eight guns of various calibers for real yàn. When these experimental guns were built, it really blinded everyone's eyes.

Because after the cannon has been polished and polished, it becomes very shiny, and it shines with a refreshing metallic sheen in the sun. This color is more dazzling than simple steel, and compared to the previous artillery, it was still bright after polishing, but it didn't take long to turn black and look ugly. And this newly cast cannon will no longer have such drawbacks, which is the effect of stainless steel! Of course, stainless steel is only within a certain range of dù is not tempting!

A row of eight guns was placed side by side at the test range, and since it was a test gun, each gun was far apart. This is also to prevent unnecessary casualties. Eight new alloy special steel guns shine in the sunlight, which is very dazzling. If Geng Jingzhong saw this scene now, it is estimated that he would immediately let Rang paint these cannons with color, so dazzling, isn't it a clear target for the enemy!

The two on the far left of these eight guns are no different from the original Hongyi cannons, but the length is slightly longer, there is no change in thickness, and the weight is also very different. The other six guns, one thinner than the other, were about the same in length, but all were longer than the old guns. Especially to the three on the far right, compared with the previous guns, the weight is half lighter, but the barrel is a section longer.

"Solid bullet loading, put!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

A cannon rang out, but there was no explosion. In fact, the gunners are not worried, since the artillery workshop here has not been blown up since it was built. The casting artillery here is strictly in accordance with the requirements every time, and there is no trace of sloppiness. Although the barrel of the gun is a little thinner, it is said to be a new type of special steel, and its performance is extremely superior. The technicians in the back quickly began to record on paper, the number of records corresponding to each gun, the amount of gunpowder, the range of the shells, and so on.

These new-style Hongyi cannons, in the mouths of the craftsmen in the workshop, are called the son of the dragon cannon, mainly because the cannon body is silver and white, just like the victorious general Zhao Zilong in the Three Kingdoms period is dressed in white clothes and white armor, and he is mighty. According to Geng Jingzhong's opinion, this kind of cannon can be regarded as a light cannon, but its power is not smaller than that of the old one. Now these eight guns are small and not suitable for installation on battleships, so it is just right to place them on gun trucks as road guns.

As soon as I finished eating at noon, I started to test firing non-stop until the sun set, a full six hours. In that afternoon, more than 1,600 shells were fired from eight guns. After the barrel of the cannon was red, it immediately cooled down, and in this way, these guns actually persevered, and none of them exploded, and the technician behind them also filled the number of two books. The gunners stopped as ordered, and Master Liu and others stepped forward to test and check the details of the artillery one by one to see how they were damaged during the afternoon test firing. On the surface, these guns have persevered, indicating that the specifications of these guns are okay, but the real master knows that many of them have broken down from keeping up, and at most dozens of shells will be fired, and the entire barrel must be deformed and then abandoned.

"Okay, that's all for today. In the evening, let's discuss the improvement plan. The prince only gave us half a month, we must try out a feasible model, we can't let the prince down! After checking a few cannons, Master Liu instructed the technician behind him to record all the numbers, and then turned to several people in charge and said, three of them are Westerners, but they have been in China for a long time, and although the Chinese language is not good, there is no problem at all in understanding and understanding.

"The owner is assured that after today's tests, the next batch of artillery will definitely be even more improved. And the Furlong cannon is about to come out, and the day after tomorrow it will have to be tested for the new Furlong artillery. But I am confident, and after ten days, I will definitely be able to complete the task assigned by the prince! The master who was a few steps away from Master Liu opened his mouth and said, his surname is Zhang, he is from Yunnan, and he is also one of the batch of transactions between Geng Jingzhong and Wu Sangui. Technically, he is weaker than Master Liu and is a member of the R&D team.

"Yes, yes, today's result is very satisfying! I'm sure it will come out soon! His Royal Highness's reward will definitely not be able to escape! As soon as Master Zhang finished speaking, David, a foreign devil next to him, said that he was also a member of the R&D team, Portuguese, and proficient in artillery casting. His current salary is more than ten times what he was in Europe, and he is so happy that he never wants to leave!

"Hahaha! Good you David, if you don't think about doing things well, you will be thinking about the reward of His Royal Highness the Prince! Fred, another British devil on the side, teased.

"Don't you think so? I don't know how many gold coins His Royal Highness will reward me this time, oh God, bless His Royal Highness the Prince for giving me a lot of gold coins! David didn't care, for in his opinion, money was the only thing.

The people around looked at this foreign devil, and they all smiled, and they were familiar with David's temper. "Well, now that everyone has confidence, they will be more motivated. Come on, pull these cannons back to the furnace, and clean up the field for me. Let's go, let's go eat first, and let's study it together after eating. Speaking of eating, I'm really hungry after a busy afternoon! Master Liu waved his hand and said. (To be continued......)