"Later life, the old man just thought you were bold before, but now I'm afraid I have to add the word recklessness." Back at the post house, Li Hongzhang didn't know whether to say sarcastically or praisedly.

"The matter has come to this point, and it is impossible for students not to be bold." Xu Jie stood up and said. "You have seen today's situation, Master Weng is afraid that he has completely broken with my Beiyang, although the emperor and the queen mother did not express their position, but from the current point of view, I am grateful that I can expand the army in Beiyang in the future, and if the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau under my Beiyang does not change, I am afraid that my Beiyang will not even have enough money to buy weapons." Xu Jie said excitedly.

"Housheng, but you promised to let me Beiyang independently run the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, and boasted that you would provide weapons that could arm 10,000 troops within 4 years, this is not a joke!" Speaking of this, Li Hongzhang said with some regret: "This can't be completed, how can the old man protect you?" ”

"In the past four years, it is not very difficult to manufacture weapons that can only arm 10,000 troops, if a qiē accessories, gunpowder and other items have to be produced from the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau, the cost of this is naturally very huge, but if these accessories or raw materials can be provided by private factories, the manpower and material resources consumed by Beiyang will be greatly reduced." Xu Jie said.

"It seems that you still want to encourage the private sector to build factories." Li Hongzhang smiled and said.

"Secondly, my weapons and equipment are too chaotic, just take rifles as an example, Remington firing pin guns, Mauser guns, Martini guns, and even carry guns!! Such chaotic equipment is not only directly difficult to supply, but also unable to form a scale in terms of manufacturing, and the output cannot be increased, and the cost cannot be reduced. Xu Jie was a little amused when he thought of the various rifles of the Qing Dynasty, especially the Jinling Machinery Manufacturing Bureau during the First Sino-Japanese War, and he was actually ordered to build dozens of guns!! It's ridiculous.

"Then do you think it's more appropriate for me to equip Beiyang with those guns?" Li Hongzhang asked quietly.

"Students think that rifles and pistols, the 1889 rifle, self-defense pistol and combat pistol produced in Italy are very suitable for the Qing army, and the 1889 rifle has a faster rate of fire with a 10-round magazine. The accuracy is also considered to be in the middle of the top. THE COMBAT PISTOL IS EQUIPPED WITH A LARGE 20-ROUND MAGAZINE, WITH 9MM BULLETS, AND CAN BE SHOT AGAINST THE SHOULDER WITH THE GUN CASE, WHICH IS QUITE GOOD IN BOTH FIRE CONTINUITY AND POWER IN STREET FIGHTING. As for self-defense pistols, it is better to have a gun as an officer. Xu Jie said.

"I heard you designed these guns too?" Li Hongzhang asked meaningfully.

"It was designed by the students. There are also grenades and grenadiers that are also designed by students. These weapons cooperate from far and near, and the direct aim fire and projectile fire cooperate with each other, and they are bound to burst out with quite strong combat effectiveness. Xu Jie's face flushed slightly, although Xu Jie did consider the National Day of the Qing Dynasty when designing these weapons, but he was still a little embarrassed to praise his own weapons.

"This is really a virtuous person. If I am equipped with a large number of weapons in Beiyang, can there be less production equipment and patents? Also, if I want the old man to agree with you, I have to see the benefits of these weapons. Do you understand? Li Hongzhang said sternly.

"The students understand that the students will arrange for the Italian Guards to conduct relevant drills." Xu Jie lowered his head and smiled slightly, although the Italian Army is nothing among the European powers, but it can make up some elites, plus the rate of fire of the 1889 rifle is indeed BT. And the grenadier canister, a weapon that was popular on the Chinese battlefield in World War II, was placed in 1895, and it was naturally a weapon of mass destruction. As for the Xu version of the box gun, the same is true.

"Still, the students were heavily armed with Maxine machine guns." At the end, Xu Jie said.

"Race the stun gun? This weapon is good or too heavy and expensive, and this is not a bullet but silver. Li Hongzhang's face immediately changed.

"If there are no such weapons, how can my Beiyang Army Division withstand the Japanese Army, which is three times its size??" Xu Jie said. The shape is stronger than people, and it is natural to spend some blood in order to win!!

"You can make some of this stun gun, but the actual equipment depends on whether the silver is enough." Lao Li said depressedly.

"In addition, there is artillery, and we must increase the number of Krupp field artillery in Beiyang, and according to the students' knowledge, a division of the Japanese army is equipped with nearly 40 field artillery and mountain artillery (generally 26 field artillery and 13 mountain artillery). In terms of quality, most of our Beiyang Army Division is a Gatling machine gun or a 2-pounder cannon, and the firing range is very close, so I am afraid that it will be destroyed by the Japanese artillery before it can exert its power in the battle. Xu Jie said seriously, in fact, Xu Jie still has a layer of meaning that he is embarrassed to say, that is, the current artillery in Beiyang is not bad against the Taiping army or bandits, but if you want to deal with the Japanese army, it is really an adult beating a child. …,

"I didn't expect you to be a real spender. Let's take it one step at a time. Lao Li smiled helplessly, thinking that this protégé has knowledge, but he just doesn't know much about the Qing Dynasty. These things are good, but they are too expensive, and he always uses the standards of the European powers to transform the Beiyang Naval Division. But they didn't know that the national strength of the Qing Dynasty was simply not enough to support this plan. But even if you fall on your heels, let's have a long memory.

"In order to strengthen the technical strength of Tianjin Machinery Bureau, the students plan to bring in a group of skilled workers and designers from Italy and Germany. At the same time, the students also plan to change the production method. Xu Jie continued.

"It's okay to introduce foreign technicians, but I'm afraid that foreigners will not be able to manage their skills and self-respect." Li Hongzhang said with a little dissatisfaction.

"There are cases of foreigners taking advantage of their own skills, but there are many people coming, and I am afraid that even if a few people take advantage of their skills and self-respect, they can't be used by my Beiyang to dismiss them. There are still some relationships between students in Europe, and there are many technicians in Europe, so I can always find someone who is willing to serve my Beiyang. Moreover, I Beiyang can sign a contract with it, and the salary is linked to the work service, so that I am not afraid that foreigners will not work for my Beiyang. "Xu Jie directly applied the concept of performance pay in later generations to this, people are profit-seeking, with objective profits, there is natural motivation." Moreover, the management of this manufacturing bureau may be replaced, and some foreigners and Nanyang Chinese may be introduced, these people are relatively more technological, and they also have less bad habits of Qing officialdom. ”

"Do you know that this Qing Dynasty officialdom is a big dye vat, even if it is a white cloth, it will be dyed black when you come in." Lao Li said helplessly.

"The officialdom of the Qing Dynasty is indeed erosive, so it is more necessary to introduce some new people and replenish some fresh blood, in addition, for some unrepentant traitors, students will be severely punished!! It is even possible to promote a new group of cadres to form a special supervision yamen to supervise within the scope of Beiyang's ability. Although Xu Jie does not know what the outcome of this will be, there is no relatively clean bureaucracy at present, so victory is an empty word. But how can the cure of this chronic disease be done in a day or two? Therefore, at present, Xu Jie has no other way than to introduce some talents from outside and then exchange blood.

"Let's put it in advance, you should first select some capable talents from the Sailor Academy and do a good job in the Tianjin Machinery Bureau." Li Hongzhang thought for a while and said.