Chapter Seventy-Three: The Year of Xinhai (1)
Chapter Seventy-Three: The Year of Xinhai (1)
After Fang Jianxiong's plan to suppress bandits began, the bandits in the surrounding counties were considered to have no way to live. It's not easy to be a bandit these days, and those who can have a few ** shots are considered bandits, and those who can have a few fast guns are giant bandits.
Every time Fang Jianxiong's patrol battalion attacked, the spy company first reconnoitred in advance, and then a patrol battalion was dispatched, surrounded by bandits' nests, and set up cannons to bombard his mother first. In this way, how can any bandits hold it?
In less than two months, all the bandits in several counties disappeared, and even if they were not eliminated, they were not willing to stay in the counties around Wuhu and move to other places to continue their promising profession as bandits.
More than a dozen infantry battalions took turns to dispatch, and the effect was very average, but the artillery battalion was trained out of the seventy-third chapter of the Xinhai year (1). Fang Jianxiong's artillery battalion was organized into three companies, and the actual number of people could reach six companies. The artillery is still six three or seven guns per company. Fang Jianxiong's purpose is to train the soldiers first, so that the problem of artillery can be solved.
In order to hide people's eyes, Fang Jianxiong also put the station of the artillery camp in a valley, built a road to pass, and rarely went there in normal times, even if someone passed, they would be stopped by the guards. In today's troubled times, no one is interested in this matter, and everyone can't eat enough.
Wuhu and the surrounding five counties are now an enviable profession to serve as soldiers in the patrol battalion. Fang Jianxiong, who has a lot of money, no matter what others think, reacted to the arrival of the recruits, and first sent two sets of clothes and two pairs of cloth shoes. The food is good, the rice is full, three meals a day, at noon and at night, it is either fish or meat, and no one has two eggs a day.
It's all good, but it's too hard to practice!
After returning from Dangtu, Fang Jianxiong still had no chance to rest. As soon as he entered the house, he saw Gu Heng, Fisher, and Victor drinking tea.
"Why are you all back, and the Eurasian department store doesn't have to open?" The Eurasian department store mentioned by Fang Jianxiong is a recent big deal of the Eurasia Group, located in the French Concession, and bought a fast plot of land to build a three-story 73rd chapter (1) floor. Construction began a year ago and was originally intended to be used as the headquarters of the Eurasia Group. Seeing that the cover was almost complete, Fang Jianxiong had a whim and decided to build a department store.
The reason for such an idea is that there are many types of products in the Eurasia Group. Only in the first half of this year, canned food factories, candy factories, monosodium glutamate factories, and enamel factories have been put into operation, not counting so many processing enterprises before. Now without asking Gu Heng, Fang Jianxiong doesn't know the family background of the Eurasia Group.
"How can you delay the big event of the department store? This time I came back for a temporary emergency. Gu Heng explained with a smile, and Fang Jianxiong sat down after greeting the other two.
"Are there any urgent matters? Who says first? β
"I'll start with that!" Gu Heng raised his hand to signal, and Fang Jianxiong nodded. Gu Heng said: "The department store is almost ready, according to your requirements, all the salespeople are young and beautiful girls." If you want to say that this recruitment, I thought it was difficult at first, but I didn't expect the advertisement to come out, and the girls who came to apply for the job were sea. β
Fang Jianxiong frowned, raised his hand and interrupted: "I said Mr. Gu, don't be happy, talk about your urgent matter." The others are reported slowly, and there is time in the evening. β
Gu Heng was also happy, and smiled embarrassedly: "It's urgent, it's our new MSG that sells very well in Shanghai." I don't know what's going on, but the president of a Japanese company came to me and said that we had stolen their Ajinomoto technology. You want to go to the concession court to sue us. β
When Fang Jianxiong heard this, he waved his hand and said, "Isn't it monosodium glutamate?" Also Ajinomoto Ignore him, we have registered patents all over the world, and we will not lose a lawsuit. By the way, you can hire a lawyer and countersue him! β
Gu Heng smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'm fine." Isn't it about the Orientals, so I'll come back. β
Fang Jianxiong looked up at Victor, and immediately said, "I'm not in a hurry, but I have to come here." The arms demanded by the Jinan side amounted to 10,000 rifles and 5 million rounds of ammunition, and the deal has been concluded. On the Qingdao side, through the relationship with the headquarters of the foreign bank, the military promised to help train the trainees of large-caliber howitzers at the tuition rate of 500 oceans per cadet. How much it will cost depends on what you mean. Qingdao said that it could accept a maximum of one company's personnel, and that tuition fees would be charged according to the number of people per capita, artillery shells would be charged according to the number of shells fired, and money would also be charged for artillery barrels. β
And this kind of good thing? Are the German devils poor and crazy? Fang Jianxiong was ecstatic in his heart, the heavy artillery thing is not easy to fiddle with, and the worst thing is that he can't see the light! Originally, it was expected that I would be able to train dozens of them and make a lot of money.
"I said Victor, did you drink too much. This matter is not in a hurry, what is considered urgent? Fang Jianxiong first reprimanded with a black face, Victor shrugged his shoulders to show his innocence, Fang Jianxiong continued: "This matter, if the military can keep it absolutely confidential, I ask them to train the number of a company on their behalf for half a year, I want them to be qualified artillerymen." β
"Absolutely, you don't have faith in me, you should have faith in silver." Victor hurriedly packed the ticket, and he earned a lot of money from this business.
"Fisher, I see that your demeanor is not calm, what is wrong?" Fang Jianxiong turned his head and asked Fisher.
The most prestigious financier in Shanghai smiled and took out a telegram from his pocket and handed it to Fang Jianxiong; John found oil in Mexico, and the reserves are staggering, and the exact number is not yet available. John called, what should I do next? β
"Oh my God!" Fang Jianxiong was also excited, this Nima is a huge gold mine! Standing up and turning in circles, Fang Jianxiong calmed down for a while before he said to Fisher: "You immediately go back to the United States and seek the cooperation of the oil giants." I need a lot of money in the short term for the specific cooperation method, so as long as I can meet this rule, it doesn't matter if I suffer a loss. Other than that. You sue John that he will receive a prize of half a million dollars for his exploits, and that he will be a rich man as long as the money from the oil magnate arrives. β
"I have no problem, this time I will go back, I will rush back to the United States immediately." Fisher's usual style is concise.
"No, no, I still have questions. Fisher, you have to do one thing when you get to the United States. I want to build a flying team, and you're going to procure some planes and parts in the U.S., and recruit pilots. This matter is also urgent, remember, the plane must be the best. For specific treatment, Americans who are willing to come to China can get three times the salary in the United States! β
After Fang Jianxiong explained, Fisher immediately took out a notebook and wrote it down. Fang Jianxiong sat back in his seat, pondered for a while, and said, "Victor, you send a telegram to Biel and tell him that I need a large number of industrial talents, and let him find a way to get a group of people for me." β
"Okay, no problem, I'll do it! By the way, another batch of goods has arrived recently, and Biel asked me to show you the first time. Saying that, Victor walked into the yard, pointed to the two boxes, and said, "There are a total of 100 boxes of this batch of goods, and 10 of them are different from the other 90 boxes. β
Fang Jianxiong came out to take a look, and snorted at Qi Erzhu, who immediately stepped forward, picked up the prepared crowbar, and pried open the box, revealing the packing straw belt inside.
Fang Jianxiong stepped forward and took out a rifle in the first box, and immediately his eyes straightened. Damn, I'm moving very fast, it's only been half a year's work, and I've come up with a sniverser rifle.
The gun was a K98 with a scope, with excellent workmanship, a six-fold scope, and a modified trigger force of 1.8kg.
Fang Jianxiong was like a pervert who encountered a beautiful woman, and he couldn't put it down when he held it in his hand. This batch has a total of fifty strokes, which is still a little less. Fang Jianxiong put the gun back, and went to another box to find a gun that looked very strange to people now.
The Stern submachine gun, that's right, the Stern submachine gun. This gun has a simple structure and low price. Who will go to the cottage if it is not a copycat? However, Fang Jianxiong changed the design of the insurance so that the soldiers would not be accidentally injured by misfire before they went to the battlefield.
This thing, Nima is a monster that eats money! Thinking that this pull on the trigger would not move, that is, thirty bullets would come out, Fang Jianxiong felt that his heart was bleeding. No matter, prepare three or four thousand, and go up at a critical moment.
"Good, good. You telegraph to Biel, his design is perfect. I need at least three thousand of these submachine guns, and I need at least a thousand of these rifles with scopes. Sue sΓΉ him, this batch of goods must be delivered as much as possible. Fang Jianxiong gritted his teeth, thinking about it, he decided to expand the purchase volume.
These two weapons, on the battlefield at home, are definitely killer moves on the battlefield. Blocking rifles don't eat bullets much, they can be a little more. Submachine guns, I can only give up a lot of equipment, I really can't afford to play this.
Seeing off the three of them, thinking of the upcoming submachine gun, Fang Jianxiong went to the manufacturing bureau again. After two months of intense installation and commissioning, the newly purchased machine was finally put into production. According to Fang Jianxiong's construction, Geausten subcontracted some irrelevant parts, which greatly improved production efficiency.
Fang Jianxiong instructed that he must do his best to increase the production of bullets, and Geaustin almost smashed his chest to ensure that Fang Jianxiong walked out of the manufacturing bureau.
The gloomy afternoon sky finally moved, a drop of snow fell, smashed on the neck and cooled down, Fang Jianxiong shivered, an extra umbrella appeared on his head, and Qi Erzhu beside him held the umbrella to block the falling snow.
"It's snowing, and winter is coming to an end." Fang Jianxiong looked at the snowflakes that were gradually falling in the sky and muttered in a low voice. In the midst of the flying snowflakes, the time came to the last day of 1910. There is still half a month before the Spring Festival, and the Xinhai New Year is finally coming.
What else do I want to do that I haven't done? Fang Jianxiong slowly walked back on the way, and four fast horses came on the road ahead. Fang Jianxiong raised his eyes and looked at it, and gradually got closer and saw it clearly. It's Huyan Aobo and Cheng Zhixuan who came!
Didn't these two go to suppress the bandits? Huyan Aobo, what are you doing here if you don't lead the team in Xuancheng?
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