In fact, Yan Shao blamed Lu Yuanding by mistake, not that he didn't care to do this, but that Yan Shao was in a hurry on the telegram, and Lu Yuanding had no choice but to find these people.

But anyway, after all, these people have also worked in the yarn factory for many years, even if there are some problems in ability, it is still no problem to make some rules and regulations.

On the other hand, after a period of preparation, Jardine Matheson also transported the remaining 60,000 spindles and more than 1,000 looms to Wuhu by water in batches.

According to the British, these machines are the latest textile machines, which not only have higher production efficiency than the old machines, but also consume much less. At this point, Wuhu Textile Mill and Dasheng Yarn Factory are very different, in history, Dasheng Yarn Factory has the problem of excessive surplus distribution over the years, the accumulation is weak, which affects the retention of funds for expanding reproduction, 55% of its annual profits are distributed as shareholder dividends, 22% as public welfare and bonuses, only 17% are reserved for the provident fund, less than 500,000 taels, and depreciation accounts for only 5.1%, so that 77% of the profits are all divided, and the remaining machines are not updated at all, and they have been in a backward state for a long time in production and operation.

Yan Shao attaches great importance to the update of the machine, after all, science and technology is the primary productive force, and only the equipment is advanced enough to make better profits.

As for the more than 60,000 spindles and more than 1,000 looms, Yan Shao didn't think about starting them all once, because it was simply impossible. Leaving aside the training of the staff, the installation of the equipment alone takes a long time.

According to the technicians, it is already the fastest time to be able to put all spindles and looms into operation within a year. Therefore, Yan Shao's goal is only to start the 20,000 spindles and hundreds of looms that have already been commissioned in a few months, so that the textile mill can officially make a profit.

On the other hand, since the number of employees in the textile factory has reached more than 1,000, and it may even reach the level of 5,000 or 6,000 in more than a year, it is obviously impossible for Li Liang and a dozen of them to take care of them. Therefore, Yan Shao selected more than 300 people from the original 1,000 construction workers, which was exactly equivalent to two teams and one platoon of the New Army.

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More than 300 young men recruited from the construction workers crowded on the training ground in a disorderly manner, causing Yan Shao and others who came to inspect to frown. But it can't be helped, after all, they were just recruited, and it's impossible to make them as well-trained as the army.

"Boss, now that people have been recruited, aren't they..."Although the appearance of those people was really a bit embarrassing, Li Liang still leaned over to Yan Shao's side and whispered.

The security at the end of the Qing Dynasty was not very good, and even if the location of Wuhu was very important, it is difficult to say whether there would be any problems. So after you have a team, you have to get them some guns.

The most famous gun in modern Chinese history is undoubtedly the 'Made in Hanyang' of the Hanyang Arsenal.

Contrary to what many people think, the 'Hanyang-made' is not actually produced by the Mauser company, the prototype of the gun is the German 1888 commission rifle (Gewehr88 or simply Gew88), because this gun has problems such as difficulty in loading and reloading, poor reliability of shelling, and easy to explode, the German military replaced it with the Mauser 1898 rifle in 1898. The rifle was then resold to Turkey, some African countries and the Qing government at the time.

Based on the superstition of the Qing government's Western-style party about the 'Mauser' brand, German businessmen falsely claimed that the Model 1888 rifle was a Mauser rifle and successfully sold the design materials and production machinery to the Qing government. Therefore, from 1896, the Hanyang Arsenal began to produce this type of rifle, which was named the 88 type. In 1899, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau also began to produce this type of rifle, until 1944, this rifle was produced in China for nearly 50 years, it was the longest production time of light weapons in China at that time, and it was also the main gun type of light weapons and equipment of various armed forces in China from the new army of the Qing government to the period of the War of Resistance against Japan.

Since the main producer of this rifle is the Hanyang Arsenal located in Hanyang, Hubei, it is generally called Hanyang-made.

Although the performance of Hanyang-made is two generations behind the later Zhongzheng and one generation behind the Japanese 38 Dagai, it is still a strong and reliable rifle. The most important thing is that it is not far from Wuhan, and it is relatively cheap to buy.

However, even if it costs a lot of money to set up a factory, Yan Shao is not short of money to that point after all, not to mention that he is not short of thousands or tens of thousands of oceans...

It's just that what kind of gun should be bought made Yan Shao scratch his head a little.

'Made in Hanyang' is definitely not good, because the performance is too inferior, and the rifles with better performance include the German Mauser G98, the British Lee Enfield and the American 1903 Springfield rifle, which is later commonly known as the Springfield rifle.

Like the Chinese people of this era, Yan Shao is also superstitious about German brands, in fact, many Chinese people in later generations are like this.

"Anyway, let's go to Shanghai first..."More than 500 rifles, after all, it is safer to talk in person.

After some explanation, Yan Shao took Eleno and Katarina, as well as more than a dozen people who had just been collected, and set off for Shanghai, wanting to buy some Mauser G98 rifles from Lihe Foreign Company.

However, when Yan Shao saw the Taipan of Lihe Foreign Company, the German named Ernst Röhm told him apologetically that he couldn't sell it...

"I'm sorry," Ernst said apologetically, looking at the big customer who claimed to buy 500 Mauser G98 rifles. Now this rifle, since it is in Germany, has not been able to equip all the troops, so it is impossible to buy it at all..."

In other words, before this rifle is reequipped with all the troops, it is basically not necessary to buy it.

In fact, the rifle was reloaded until 1915 and was not sold at all until it was reloaded, which was also due to the fact that the Mauser 98 could not be bought now.

Hearing that this rifle could not be bought at all now, Yan Shao was a little disappointed, in fact, it was not only him, but even Ernst was very reluctant.

After the big order worth 1.5 million was lost some time ago, it did make him feel distressed for a long time, but a few months have passed, even if he was distressed at the beginning, he doesn't feel anything now.

More than 500 Mauser rifles, 60,000 or 70,000 silver dollars business, although such a business is not uncommon, but it is not small. Now that the business is running like this, how can it not make Ernst feel distressed.

"Or—" After a moment's thought, Ernst began. I've got some commission rifles here, and if you need them, count you cheaper on the price..."

After the Mauser G98 began to be reequipped with German troops, a large number of Commission 1888 rifles were put on the second line or sold directly to China, Ottoman Turkey and some Asian and African countries.

However, after hearing his words, Yan Shao shook his head and said. "Forget it, I just want the best rifle, so I don't lack that money..."Saying that, Yan Shao got up and wanted to leave, the Germans couldn't count on it, and he could only go to the British and Americans to try his luck...

"Speaking of which, the performance of the British Lee Enfield rifle seems to be good, and the firepower is also very fierce, just because of the design, the bayonet is not easy to use..."

In this case, the inability to use a bayonet was undoubtedly a great disadvantage, and it was for this reason that Yan Shao would come to the Germans first.

Just as Yan Shao was about to say goodbye and go to the British and Americans to have a look, a German who had been pondering on the side just now suddenly had a light in his eyes, and then leaned into Ernst's ear and said something.

After listening to the German's words, Ernst's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stopped Yan Shao, who was about to leave.

"Yan, I still have a rifle here, I wonder if you are interested?"

"Oh?" After being stunned for a moment, Yan Shao looked like he was willing to hear about it.

Seeing that Yan Shao seemed to be a little interested, Ernst hurriedly explained. "I also have a Mauser Model 1904 rifle here, which is a small-caliber variant of the Mauser G98..."

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