Italians are sometimes very efficient. Especially under the lure of money and the oppression of power. With the assurance of Master Brin, Mr. Rio Cuniberti was entrusted with unprecedented enthusiasm to devote himself to the registration of the design bureau and the improvement of drawings. I started working before dawn on the first day, but I didn't eat lunch the day before dawn the next day!! "In other words, the Italian army will not be defeated by a country like Ethiopia if it can entrust one-tenth of Leo's dedication." Xu Jie couldn't help but shake his head secretly. Originally, Xu Jie thought that entrusting Leo was hard enough to be attentive. But what is surprising is that there is something more urgent than entrusting Leo, the Admiralty personnel sent by Brian Brian began to take the drawings once every two days, and on the third day, they began to take the drawings a second time. On the fourth day, I basically resided in the entrusted Leo house, basically drawing a picture and receiving one, whenever Xu Jie wanted to re-review the original drawings, he had to ask the Admiralty people to take them out of the safe, and he had to sign every time he picked them up?! "It seems that since the unification of Italy, I have met two of the most dedicated people," looked at the busy Admiralty personnel and the commission that was basically away from home every day, Leo Xu Jie thought secretly.

After a period of hard work, Xu Jie and the ** Ship Design Bureau entrusted to Leo were finally established. In addition to Xu Jie and Leo, there are several young people from the Politecnico di Milano and ** University, and several of them impressed Xu Jie. One is called Vinosanchi. The man has a scar on his face and is tall and strong. In Xu Jie's opinion, this muscular guy can't get in touch with the designers who stay in the drawing room all day. Looking at the thick cocoons on his hands, Xu Jie decided that this guy's hands were not just holding pens. But fortunately, although this person is a little rigid, he is quite obedient and his level is not bad. The other person is from the Navy at first glance. It was personally recommended by Brig. Medium height, dark skin, thick calluses on the palms and soles of the feet are clearly the main ones who often climb the mast. "Tycho Persano?" Why does this surname sound so familiar? Xu Jie always felt that he had heard of this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it. It is said that one person is a professional ship designer, and the other is an Admiralty officer, and it should be said that it is a perfect combination in ship design. But the two always felt that the two of them were very incompatible. Each other doesn't like each other.

"Maybe one was recommended by Leo, and the other was someone from the Admiralty. I didn't expect that as soon as the design bureau was established, it would start a mountain?! Xu Jie was a little depressed. However, fortunately, the two of them were quite cooperative in their work, and Tycho, who represented the Admiralty, generally only proposed some suggestions for the design of ** according to the instructions of the Admiralty and his own experience. Vino, on the other hand, usually stayed in the drawing room and changed the drawings according to the opinions of Xu Jie and Leo who commissioned him. Although he looks more ferocious, he still respects Xu Jie's half of the teacher. After more than a month of busyness, the line drawings of the **-class dome cruiser were basically completed, and Xu Jie's imitation turret had also reached the final stage, watching the commissioners of the Italian Admiralty send the drawings weighing dozens of kilograms to the carriage under the escort of a group of soldiers. Xu Jie and Leo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I don't know which master said this: "Man is a creature that does not know contentment." This sentence is really accurate when applied to Xu Jie. From the beginning of helplessness, to now become the technical leader of the newly established ship design bureau. Watching the battleship of our own design walk to the slipway, watching the remittance cheques go to our bank accounts, we great plagiarists suddenly remembered the long-lost Chinese food. Well, well, although the Italian meal is really good, as a native Chinese, it is still easy to get tired of eating noodles for a long time. Therefore, seize this free time, Xu Jie plans to treat himself. A Sunday in March. After asking the chefs who entrusted Leo to prepare all the ingredients, Xu Jie began to cook for the first time after the crossing.

You must know that in his own era, although Xu Jie, who was born in Jiangmen, did eat all over the country, his cooking level was just like that, he had taken several quick trainings, and it was okay to fool ordinary people, but there was still a huge difference between him and a real chef. However, in the spirit of having something is better than nothing, and more is better than less. Xu Jie still arranged 6 dishes and one soup for himself. Can't finish eating? It doesn't matter, this is 3 days' supply, at least Xu Jie won't touch those noodles and pizza again for 3 days. However, there are accidents in everything, and this time, the always lucky traverser ran into bad luck. …,

Originally, this Sunday I entrusted Leo to plan to take a break, and then accompany Julia, the sister of a friend, to go shopping. But the arrival of Vino and Tycho disrupted the plans entrusted to Leo. Obviously, the guests at home can't make do with lunch. And inviting the comrades of the design bureau to dinner, naturally they couldn't forget Xu Jie, so a group of 4 people came to Xu Jie's room. At this time, Xu Jie had just set the main dish, and then left the house to get fish head soup and wine!!

When Leo was entrusted to open his own square door. The aroma of food came to the nostrils, which immediately lifted the spirits of the four hungry people. "Entrusted to Mr. Leo, are you sure that this room is inhabited by a ship designer and not a cook?!" A table of dishes was opened, and Julia pointed to the table with her slender fingers, half-jokingly. This sentence embarrassed Leo and the others for a while, but what was even more embarrassing was that this sentence was heard by Xu Jie, who happened to push the door in!!

When everyone found Xu Jie standing at the door, Leo immediately couldn't hold back on his face. I saw him blushing and a little embarrassed and said, "This beautiful young lady is the sister of my friend, from Rome. She was just joking, a little joke. "The young lady is right. I work as a designer, and at home, I'm a chef. Xu Jie smiled bitterly in his heart, but he couldn't help but give Leo face to the commission, so he had to cover up the embarrassment with a haha.

"Then let's try the teacher's craft." Vino smiled, and then helped Xu Jie arrange the wine and tableware. To be honest, Xu Jie has done all the dishes that seem ordinary now (of course, they are also the dishes that cut corners in the restaurant now). Kung Pao chicken, squirrel fish, shredded apples, shredded pork in Beijing sauce, cashew shrimp and a duck grilled with fruit wood, plus a pot of fish head soup make up today's lunch. But these things were enough to excite 4 Italians who had never eaten Chinese food. Looking at the chopsticks flying on the table, Xu Jie was sure that these five people would not leave a little residue on themselves.

"Teacher, you are an all-rounder, you can cook at home, and you can build a ship when you go out." Vino, who is usually cool and doesn't say a word, doesn't know where the humor cells come from. "Uh, that sounds so awkward." Xu Jie frowned. This is the sentence that described women in his time; If you can go up to the hall and down to the kitchen, why is it so similar?!

"Mr. Xu's attainments in warship design and understanding of naval warfare are difficult to find even if you look at Europe, and your idea of designing a dome cruiser coincides with that of Sir Watts and Sir Wright in England. And the understanding of naval warfare is not even more comparable to ordinary designers. I take the liberty of asking. I don't know if you have the idea of going to the Italian Navy to take up a job, uh. Looking at the almost murderous gazes of Leo and Vino, Tycho swallowed the second half of the sentence into his stomach.

"Aren't I working for the Italian Navy right now? Working for the Navy doesn't have to be in the Navy department. Xu Jie politely declined Tycho's invitation. After all, this guy is a person sent by Brin, and I probably don't know that he is a relative of the Italian naval bigwig. If you can't provoke it, don't provoke it.

"I heard that those African in Somalia and Eritrea are making trouble again? How can those incompetent guys in the army not know how to do it, and they have no other ability than to complain about the weapons in their hands. Tycho snorted and diverted from the embarrassing topic.

"It is certain that the army's combat effectiveness is poor, but the problems with weapons are also obvious." Xu Jie smiled. To be fair, the fourth in the world in relation to the Italian Navy in this era. The equipment of the Italian Army is really not good, the Carcano 1891 version of the rifle has not yet come out, and the performance is not good, the magazine is small, the caliber of 6.5 plus the bullet length of 51MM is also small, in short, it is really inferior to the popular Mauser 98, Manlicia 1895, Lee Enfield, and Mosinagan at that time. Of course, later Italian light weapons were quite good, such as the 1915 submachine gun, and the Beretta series of pistols that swept World War II

"Teacher, do you still have research on army weapons?" Vino asked.

"Well, it's okay, some ideas. For example, for pistols, I once designed an automatic pistol that was fed by magazines, but unfortunately it didn't have time to materialize. There is also artillery, in fact, you can refer to the reentry machine of the battleship gun in order to increase the rate of fire. Also, the mortar cannon used in the American Civil War can become a very good weapon if it is changed. Xu Jie said as he gestured with his hand.

"Do you remember any of these designs?" Vino seemed quite interested in this.

"If you have the necessary equipment and money, and give me some time, I think it should be fine." Xu Jie replied while considering whether he wanted to steal some light weapon designs.

"There are no problems with this equipment and funding. Since we have enough money to set up a ** ship design bureau, we also have enough money to set up a ** firearms company. "Entrusted Leo has a twelve-point interest in anything that can make money.

"Which license problem?" After all, Xu Jie is not familiar with the Royal Italian Army.

"No problem, it's just a light weapons design bureau, although we are a navy, but if Master Brin goes to do it, I don't think the relevant departments will refuse." Tycho said it wasn't a big problem.

"Well, I think we can plan a new design bureau. Cheers to our new design bureau? Without waiting for Xu Jie to express his position, Comrade Leo first set the tone: the firearms company must be opened. Let's go and prepare.