"Is this the machine that the boss bought?" asked Huang Hao, looking at the more than ten boxes of machines they had brought back from Pengshan, in a courtyard that had just been built near the Aoshan mine pit in Nanshan, Xiangshan Town.

"That's right," Peng Shan nodded. The Americans were honest and didn't play any tricks, so the deal went well. Of course, if it weren't for the defensive nature he showed from the start, and the Heavy behind him to cover for him, it's hard to say whether the deal would have gone so smoothly.

However, Huang Hao didn't pay attention to so much, and after hearing Peng Shan's words, he just waved behind him, and soon more than a dozen people came out and moved the machines in the box into the courtyard in turn. These are a group of people selected by Huang Hao from the factory and have a stricter tone.

"Is this the place where I will work in the future?" looked up at the courtyard, which was not too big, Peng Shan turned to look at Huang Hao who was standing on the side.

"That's right."

Merchants, they can build textile mills, build roads, and patriotic businessmen can even run an iron factory at a loss. But there was absolutely no serious merchant who could build an arsenal, at least not in China, and the Qing court, as the ruler of China, would never allow such a thing to happen. So the affairs of the arsenal can only be carried out in secret, and this secret must not be allowed to be discovered by anyone.

This is also because the arsenal will be built in the relatively remote Xiangshan, and the machinery required by the arsenal is also smuggled in the way. Of course, Peng Shan's identities were all fake when they traded—————— and those Americans didn't care much about this, after all, this kind of business will take their real identities to come out of the real family.

Again, it's for confidentiality. Yan Shao also transferred a squad of patrol teams over.

After all, no matter how remote Xiangshan is, the thousands of workers working here are not a small number, and if anyone accidentally breaks into the arsenal, Yan Shao has only one way to go.

But the patrol may be able to stop ordinary people. But organizations like the Black Dragon Society are more difficult. This kind of non-governmental organization may only be regarded as amateur in later generations, but in this era, it can already be called professional, at least not something that ordinary armies can defend, so it needs to be garrisoned by Peng Shan, who also belongs to the 'professional' level.

"We're going to set up some traps near the compound, and we're going to set up some sentry posts so that if someone breaks in, we can make sure they don't come back..."

Took two turns around the courtyard. After confirming the future working environment, Peng Shan said to Huang Hao.

Peng Shan certainly knows how important the arsenal is, so although the current area of this arsenal is nothing more than a courtyard. But Peng Shan still didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

Hearing Peng Shan's words, Huang Hao also nodded.

"Then I'll leave it all to you..."

Huang Hao and Peng Shan are not in the same system, and Peng Shan will not be afraid of Huang Hao, but in the end, the other party is many levels higher than him after all. And he is also one of the most core old people. So Peng Shan didn't dare to be too presumptuous.

For Huang Hao, although the other party is a few levels lower than himself, the nature of the other party's department is extremely special, and the person in charge is still his own boss. Even if he is an old man in the group, he still knows how strong the pillow wind is, so he doesn't dare to despise the other party too much.

In addition, there is no serious conflict between the two, so they get along with each other very 'harmoniously'...

"Head, do you want to start working now?"

saw that Huang Hao had already left. A member of the Special Affairs Section who had followed Peng Shan asked softly.

"Of course, after all, we're here to do this...", Peng Shan said, looking around at his surroundings. In a moment, you will set a few traps around the area. I'll go to the courtyard first to see where the best place is to set up a dark sentry, and when everything is almost done, I'll assign tasks. ”

"Yes."

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In the office of the company, Riddle rubbed a match he had just pulled out of his pocket and lit a cigarette on his lips.

"Whew..."

With a gentle puff on the smoke ring, Riddle closed his eyes and enjoyed.

Recently, the business of Lihe Foreign Bank has been very good, and even those of them who are managers have been busy. He'd just finished a job, and now he's busy. But not long after he was free, a knock on the door came in from outside.

"Deputy manager, I just got the news that the ship from Denmark has arrived at the Shanghai dock...", putting his hand down from the door, a young man in his 20s informed Riddle of the news he had received.

"Danish?" Riddle, who had just been idle, didn't react.

Seeing him like this, the young man smiled bitterly and reminded. "It's those 100 machine guns..."

Hearing the young man say this, Riddle finally remembered.

"So that's it, they're finally here—" said him, snuffing out the cigarette in his hand, and Riddle got up from his seat. This is another way to solve a business. ”

Although Ford's T-shaped cars had already begun to be produced at this time, Shanghai was still almost a world of horse-drawn carriages, so when he rushed to the docks, Riddle was still in a horse-drawn carriage as usual.

When Riddle arrived at the dock in a carriage, a freighter from Denmark had docked there.

"This is Mr. Rakhi, a manager of the Rifle Complex Factory..."

Seeing that Riddle was finally here, a staff member of Lihe Foreign Bank hurriedly introduced Riddle.

"You're here—" Shaking Rakhi's hand, Riddle laughed. We've been waiting for a long time. ”

"There's no way around it," Rakki shrugged at Riddle's words. It took us more than a month just to send things from Denmark, and it will take more time to improve them according to your requirements..."

"No way, the customer's request, we can only follow it...", Riddle said and glanced at the freighter on the dock. I still have a lot of things going on here, so I won't go. I'll send someone to Wuhu to accompany you to Wuhu for the handover..."

"It's good..."

Although Denmark does not have a lot of business in China, Lihe is the largest German foreign company in China, and the distance between Denmark and Germany is very close. So the two companies have also worked together a lot in the past, so they are not very strangers to each other, and it is natural that they will not be surprised by Riddle's seemingly joking complaints.

After sending a clerk aboard, Riddle waited until the ship left port before returning to the ship, but before that he could go to the telegraph office and send a telegram to the Rainstone Company to remind them that the cargo had been delivered.

Because of Riddle's reminder. So when the Danish freighter arrived in Wuhu, Yan Shao and others had been waiting at the dock for a long time.

In addition to Yan Shao, there were also Qin Zhen and others who came back from France not long ago.

"This time the machine gun was delivered. You don't have to talk about it, right..."Looking at the passenger ship that had begun to sail into the dock, Yan Shao said to Qin Zhen beside him with a smile.

Hearing Yan Shao's words, Qin Zhen touched his neck and laughed a little embarrassed.

After returning from France. Just a break for two or three days. Qin Zhen and the others who returned from France began to take charge of the training of the patrol team and the guards.

However, after discovering those Madsen machine guns during the training, Qin Zhen quickly became very interested in this light (relative to Makqin) machine guns, especially after these machine guns were equipped with drums with a capacity of 100 rounds, and the ferocious firepower was an eye-opener for Qin Zhen and others.

Seeing that Qin Zhen and the others also admitted that this weapon was very effective in improving the combat effectiveness of the troops, Yan Shao naturally became proud.

It's just that after seeing the power of these machine guns, Qin Zhen and these people often ran to find Yan Shao, wondering when the remaining machine guns in Lu Dao would be delivered, and the annoying Yan Shao couldn't even rest well.

Now the machine gun was delivered. Yan Shao was actually relieved.

Standing on the pier, looking at the bustling city of Rakki in the distance, he was also a little surprised.

Although there was not much trade between Denmark and China at this time. But it wasn't the first time Raki had come to China, not even Wuhu.

It was precisely because of this relationship that when he saw the bustling appearance on the dock, Rakki would inevitably be a little surprised. "Wuhu, when did it become so prosperous..."

It's no wonder that he would be like this, after all, the last time Rakki came to China was in 02, when the Madsen machine gun had just been developed. And it is precisely because he has been to Wuhu that he can't put the city in front of him with many high-rise buildings and people everywhere with the city six years ago.

After six years of development, especially a few years after the official establishment of Yushi Group, Wuhu has undergone great changes. Not only are there new three- and four-storey buildings everywhere, but the roads have also become gray roads, and there are even street lamps, benches, and flower beds on both sides of the road.

Of course, this is also because Yan Shao pays enough taxes every year, otherwise it would be impossible for Wuhu Governor County to take out so much money to rectify the city.

Seeing Laki and the others walking down from the freighter, Yan Shao and the others took two steps forward. "Mr. Rakhi?" As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand and shook it with Laki.

"That's right," Rakki smiled. You must be Mr. Yan Shao, and I have admired you for a long time..."

This Raki didn't lie, after all, with those epic novels at the beginning, Yan Shao is still very famous in Europe and the United States, even in the more 'remote' Denmark and other places.

He has to run business all year round, and Raki often reads some books to kill time, and what Yan Shao wrote said that he had also read a few books, so he was very impressed by Yan Shao.

Hearing Rakhi's words, Yan Shao smiled, and then looked at the wooden boxes on the ship that were slowly being moved down.

"Those are?"

"That's right." Rakki said with a smile.

At this time, a wooden box had already been moved down, beckoning, and at the signal of Laki, the two crew members moved the box around Yan Shao and the others.

"Let me inspect the goods first...", Raki said as he motioned for the two crew members to open the wooden box.

However, at this moment, several sturdy young men in black suits stepped forward and stopped the behavior of Rakki and the crew.

“？”

This kind of behavior obviously made Raki and them a little strange, but at this time, Yan Shao smiled apologetically at them, and then took two steps back, until he retreated to the back of the 'human wall'.

Although it is very unlikely that someone will come out of the wooden box and shoot Yan Shao in the chest a few times. But what happened last time was regarded as a shame by almost all the members of the guard, and even when carrying out the mission, he became much more sensitive. And then thinking about something else.

After listening to the explanation, Rakki nodded in understanding, and then motioned for the crew to open the wooden box.

What is contained in the wooden box is naturally the Madsen light machine gun that Yan Shao requires, but compared with the standard light machine gun, there are obviously many differences between the wooden box and the light machine gun.

The first is Caliber, in order to facilitate logistical management. At Yan Shao's request, the caliber of the machine gun was changed to 6.8mm.

This is not a hassle and does not affect the performance of the machine gun. In fact, the Danish and Swedish models are 6.5mm gauges, while the German ones are 8mm (also known as 7.92x57mm). In addition, there are 7.62mm in Finland and so on...

Changing the caliber to 6.8mm will not affect the power of the machine gun, and at the same time, the caliber of machine gun cartridges and rifle cartridges is the same, which is also convenient for logistics management and ammunition production, which can be said to be quite convenient. So the opinions of the patrol and the guards on this matter are not very large.

In addition to this modification. The biggest and most noticeable change was the addition of a wooden grip to the barrel of the machine gun.

Heavy machine guns aside, light machine guns can be used up, which many people know.

It's just that the original Madsen machine gun didn't have a grip, and if you used it directly with the barrel, it was easy to burn your hands with the hot barrel, so Yan Shao asked the Danish side to install a wooden grip on the barrel of the machine gun, so that the machine gunner could shoot directly with the machine gun.

Of course, this may not be very useful in trench warfare, after all, the Heavy is mostly responsible for defense in trench warfare. Just like the Battle of the Somme, use machine guns to slaughter your opponents.

But in the process of the rush. It would be much more convenient if the Heavy could use the machine gun instead of having to lie down.

And in the early stages of the uprising, the first battle of the patrol team will probably not be anywhere else, but in the city, that is, the so-called urban warfare or street fighting. In this case, a machine gunner who can use a machine gun can undoubtedly use the machine gun very flexibly and give full play to the powerful firepower of the machine gun itself...

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After taking out a machine gun from the wooden box, Yan Shao took it in his hand and gestured a few times, and nodded with satisfaction after feeling that it was more comfortable.

Seeing that Yan Shao was satisfied, Raki also said with a smile. "In fact, if it is a normal caliber, we can ship the order on the same day, after all, there are many spot hoards in the factory, only because your company's requirements are more special, so it will not be sent until now..."

Madsen Company has received a lot of orders, but most of the calibers are 6.5mm and 8mm, so after receiving the requirements of 6.8mm caliber, only a batch of barrels can be made, and the guns themselves also need to be changed.

"I'm causing you trouble..."

"Where, after all, the customer is God, as long as the customer asks, we will do it..."

Hearing Raki say this, Yan Shao smiled and didn't say anything, just waved his hand and motioned for Lu Ying to bring the box over.

"You order, the number should be correct..."Taking the suitcase from Lu Ying's hand, Yan Shao handed the box to Laki.

Taking the suitcase, Rakki opened it and looked at it, which contained large pound bills.

Although in later generations, the US dollar is the world currency that circulates throughout the world, but in this era, benefiting from the colonies all over the world and its own strong strength, the circulation of the British pound is obviously much stronger than the US dollar, so usually both sides of the transaction will use the British pound to trade, after all, gold is not as easy to depreciate as silver, at least there will be no large-scale depreciation.

With a slight tap, after seeing that there was no problem with the number, Raki and Yan Shao shook hands. "Happy cooperation, if you need anything in the future, you can always come to us..."

"Of course..."

Hart's three white scientists had almost studied the structure of the machine gun, and not long ago they even copied two machine guns from the machines at hand. Although there is definitely a gap between the performance and the original, the gap is not very large.

The only thing that gave Yan Shao a headache was that he couldn't put the machine gun into large-scale production because of the size of the arsenal.

After all, if it is too conspicuous, it will easily attract the attention of the Qing court, which will not be good for Yan Shao.

However, although it has been successfully copied, this does not mean that Yan Shao and these Danes have no room for cooperation.

After all, the expansion of the scale of the arsenal is not an overnight thing, at least not a year or two after the cooperation is unlikely. And before that, he needs to work with the Danes to get the weapons and equipment he wants...

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After the transaction was completed, Yan Shao ordered people to use a horse-drawn cart to send the wooden boxes that had been removed to the patrol battalion and the garrison of the guards.

According to the original plan, each squad would be equipped with a light machine gun.

"It's up to you next..."Patting Qin Zhen's shoulder, Yan Shao said with a smile.

"Don't worry, boss, I will definitely work hard to complete the task..."Although his eyes kept following those wooden boxes, Qin Zhen still replied seriously.

In fact, Yan Shao originally planned to get some steel helmets and military uniforms for the patrol team and the guards, after all, for an army, military uniforms are also a prop that can improve morale.

The problem was that equipping the private armed forces with steel helmets and military uniforms was somewhat too conspicuous, so Yan Shao had no choice but to give up.

"But with machine guns and really professional officers, I believe that the performance of the next two units should not disappoint me..." (To be continued......)