Until he left Yingkou, Sheng Huaixuan was very puzzled, this big businessman seemed to be hostile to himself! How have I sinned against them? Now in May, the silver of the big merchants has not been lent out, and Zhao Wen of Qichang Foreign Bank has not shown the slightest sign of relenting about the shares. It seems that there is no hope for the acquisition of Qichang Foreign Company......

Sheng Xuanhuai, who returned to Tianjin, was directly inserted into the Zhili Relief Bureau by Li Hongzhang as an alternate Daoist, and he had nothing to do with Dashang for the time being. But later, he also did good deeds, opened a non-governmental charity group, raised money and food everywhere, and settled the victims. As for whether he took the opportunity to get his hands on it, Wang Yi didn't know.

After the beginning of spring, the Dashang Affiliated School began to expand again, because in three or four months, the new enrollment will begin. However, at this time, Wang Yiren arrived in Anshan, and later turned around and went into the mountains to go to the arsenal.

Just yesterday, Qian Haixin, the director of the arsenal, called Wang Yi.

"Hello sir, I'm Qian Haixin."

"Oh, Haixin, hello!" Wang Yiyi was very happy to hear that it was him.

"Sir, it's a bit presumptuous to call today."

"Nope! Is there something wrong? ”

"Sir, please rest assured, a qiē is fine! It's just that I'm really happy today! All of our colleagues are happy today! ”

"What's wrong?" Wang Yi heard Qian Haixin's excitement, and even spoke a little incoherently.

"Sir, according to your blueprints, we have made two guns! And after testing, it fully met our customization goals! ”

Upon hearing this, Wang Yi finally became happy.

"Great, I'll be over tomorrow!"

"Okay!"

The last time I came to the arsenal, it was about half a year ago, and this time I came again, Wang Yi had three more people by his side: Wu Xiao, Xiang Long, and Zheng Haitao, and the arsenal was no longer as narrow as before, at least twice as large, and the smokeless gunpowder factory next to it was at least twice as large.

"Captain, you're hiding deep enough!" Wu Xiao seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Wang Yi's concealment of the arsenal.

Wang Yi glared at each other and said, "It's enough for me to build an arsenal!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Qian Haixin greeted him and gave Wang a salute first.

Wu Xiao, Xiang Long, and Zheng Haitao were all taken aback when they saw that it was him. Today's Qian Haixin's temperament is completely different from the original, without that weak scholarly energy, more calm and wise.

"Three, long time no see!" At the beginning, the Wen class and the Wu class trained together and were familiar with each other, so they didn't see each other.

The group walked into the arsenal, and the defense could only be described as strong. Zheng Haitao counted all the way, there were a total of eight checkpoints, each of which had pillboxes, horse rejections, trenches, and barbed wire. These are all buildings on the surface, and as for the dark posts and mobile posts, I don't know how many people there are.

"It's not what it used to be!" Wang Yi sighed as he walked.

"It's because of the support of Mr., otherwise the arsenal wouldn't be as big as it is today. Now the arsenal plus the gunpowder factory has a small scale of 300 people. It is expected that by the middle of next year, we will be able to reach the first stage of construction: six rifle production lines, four carbine production lines, twelve * ammunition production lines, two general-purpose machine gun production lines, two heavy machine gun production lines, one artillery production line, two mortar production lines, two shell production lines each, plus grenade and mine production lines, as well as various accessories production lines. We will integrate scientific research and production, and in the future, we will ask you to give timely feedback on the use of weapons, so that we can make corrections in time. Qian Haixin said a lot in an orderly manner.

Wu Xiao and the others were a little dumbfounded, and in the end they only knew how to nod.

"Alright, let's go see the guns!" Wang Yi said with a smile at this time.

When we arrived at the shooting range, it was ready, and there were four wooden boxes on a large stone platform. Wang Yi walked over, opened all the lids, and looked inside, there were two kinds of guns, two boxes each.

M1 Garand rifle and M2 carbine (modified).

Wang Yixin said: "Okay, it's all American-style equipment!" ”

Taking out the M1 carbine, Wang Yi tried the competition and asked, "How is the production of this gun now?" ”

"Bao 1 rifles, now 30 per month, Bao 1 carbines, 20 per month!"

"So little?"

"Because it has just been finalized, it is not yet known how it will be used in the army, so we have not increased production. If necessary, we can work overtime, and the monthly output will double what it is now! With the improvement of technician proficiency, it is expected that the monthly output will double after half a year. At present, we are still focusing on training technicians, and there is no need to expand the scale of production for the time being. ”

Wang Yiyi thought about it one by one, try it on a small scale first, if there is anything wrong, it is too late to change it.

"It's ......"

At this time, a technician walked up to Wang Yi, carrying a long box in his hand. Hearing Wang Yi's question, the technician smiled and said, "This is our specially made Bao 1 sniper rifle. ”

Qian Haixin said with a smile: "Sir, we have made three of these guns." ”

"I'm going to try the gun, you can tell them about it."

The original caliber of the M1 Garand rifle was 7.62mm, but because of Wang Yi's request, it was changed to 5.86mm, which reduced the attack power by a notch, but the amount of ammunition carried by individual soldiers increased.

The M2 carbine is an improved version of the American M1 carbine, and the biggest difference with the M1 carbine is that it can fire continuously, but compared with the original M2, the current Bao 1 carbine has an extra pistol handle in front of it, in order to be easy to control when firing continuously. The diameter is also 5.86mm, sliding scale.

The three of them were all excited after hearing this, Wang Yi had already fired over there, and the technician who brought Wang Yi the sniper rifle was standing behind him at this time.

After firing a few shots, Wang Yi stood up, took off the earmuffs, and said with a smile: "What's your name?" ”

The technician also took off the earmuffs, and said with the same smile: "Chairman, under Sun Yao." ”

"You made this sniper rifle?"

"Let's do it together!" Sun Yao is not greedy.

"It's good, the hit rate between 300 and 500 meters is good, but it's a bit beyond it. The multiplier of the scope is a little smaller, and the bullet is not a dedicated sniper bullet. ”

This Sun technician was obviously stunned by Wang Yi's words, and nodded in agreement: "What the chairman said is true!" We'll make improvements! ”

Qian Haixin and Wu Xiao walked over, and the three of them lay on the shooting range and began to test the gun, with a technician next to them to guide them. Wang Yi took Qian Haixin and Sun Yao to the side of the awning, where there were teapots and bowls, and chatted.

"Bao 1 sniper to make a few more, along with rifles and carbines, to equip the insurance team."

Wang Yi said while Qian Haixin was taking notes.

"By the way, how is the grenade developed?"

"It's simple, we've already produced some."

"Inform Wu Xiao in a while that they will bring some back, without training, ordinary people really don't dare to use this thing."

"Yes!"

"What about the development of other weapons?"

"The general-purpose machine gun is still under development, and it will not come out until the end of the year at the earliest. Heavy machine guns will take longer, and by the middle of next year it should be about the same. As for the artillery, it is relatively simple, and the special steel provided by Dashang Iron and Steel Plant is of good quality, so it is estimated that a few can be developed by the end of the year, but if you want to equip the insurance team, you have to go through a series of tests. ”

"What caliber are you going to build first?"

"75mm mountain artillery, 75mm field artillery." Qian Haixin thought for a while and added: "The development of 105mm will be more troublesome, and it is estimated that it will take more than two years. Then he smiled helplessly and said, "This is still the result after Mr. gave us the drawings, otherwise...... I'm afraid it may not be possible in seven or eight years. ”

"Out of the way!"

Wang Yiyi thought that the 75mm gun was enough for current use. If a 105mm gun can be produced, the suppression of fire within ten years will be completely solved. Coupled with the assistance of small and medium-caliber mortars, it is estimated that who will come and who will die in this one-third of an acre of land.

The Dashang Insurance Corps, which now has 8,000 men and is located in Yingkou, Dashiqiao, Panshan, Haicheng, Anshan and Fushun, mainly defends the factories in various parts of the Dashang, supervises power transmission lines and telephone lines, and carries out armed escorts, plus suppresses bandits. The Hidden Knife now numbered nine hundred, divided into three teams of three hundred men, all cavalry, who generally operated in the north, communicating with each other by radio stations.

Wang Yi thought in his heart: "In this way, at least 10,000 Bao 1 rifles will be produced, 5,000 Bao 1 carbines, 500 sniper rifles, and there will be general-purpose machine guns and heavy machine guns in the future, it seems that this cost is not small!" …… That's not enough, it's not counting bullet money! ”

Wang Yi secretly complained to himself.

"By the way, how much do these guns cost?"

"A rifle costs forty taels of silver, a carbine costs forty-five taels, and a sniper rifle costs ninety taels."

"It's not cheap!"

After returning from the arsenal, Wang Yi began to think of ways to make money, standing in front of the map alone, looking for places where he could make money, searching for them...... Ahh

Wang Yi slapped his head at this time.

"Mohe, Mohe!"

Half a year ago, I talked to Li Hongzhang about the mining rights in the Northeast, and he also gave a promise, since this is the case, then Mohe I am welcome! Anyway, if I don't pick it, the Russian devils will come to steal it, so it's better to cheapen me than to cheap them.

The next day, he found the old scorpion, Shen Qianwen is now in his fifties, and since he followed Wang Yi, he has become more and more energetic.

"Master!" Shen Qianwen immediately kowtowed when he saw Wang Yi.

"Get up!"

Wang Yi waved his hand, and then sent Shen Yazhi and Tong Qianjia out, before saying, "I'll give you an errand." ”

"Master, just command!"

"Take a hundred people, go to Mohe, Heilongjiang, and find out the situation over there for me!"

"Mohe?" Shen Qianwen's old face turned red and said, "Master, the old scorpion doesn't know that place. ”

"It's okay, I'll prepare a map then, and I'm looking for a few guides for you!"

"Thank you, master!" Wang Yi suddenly remembered something and said, "I heard that your newly married daughter-in-law is pregnant?" ”

The old scorpion was a little embarrassed, and said, "I married last year, I married someone before, and then my husband died." People say that she is a husband, I think she is very good, anyway, I am also a single, so I married him. ”

"You're not afraid of her?"

The old scorpion smiled, showed a mouthful of big yellow teeth, and said, "It's good that people don't dislike me for being a bandit!" How can I dislike people! ”

Wang nodded and said with a smile: "This is still a human saying!" Some new villas have been built next to the industrial real room, among which I left one for you, let your daughter-in-law move over, find someone to take care of her, don't treat her badly. ”

"Yes, master!"

"Tomorrow, you bring her over for dinner with me! When she gives birth to the baby, you can set off again! ”