Captain Gobiato could only agree to Chen Hao's conditions, he had always been interested in artillery and had been trying to improve light artillery. During the period of capture, if the Lord Qing in front of him is willing to provide conditions, Captain Gobiato will do what he likes, and if he can improve the artillery, Captain Gobiato can leave with the money.

It is impossible for Captain Gobiato to build a mortar in the true sense of the word without an arsenal, but Chen Hao can provide him with some light artillery and let Captain Gobiato transform it according to his vision. When Captain Gobiato has the design drawings, and Chen Hao thinks that he can build a mortar according to the attributes of the drawings, he will immediately set up an arsenal and produce mortars under the command of Captain Gobiato.

The machine promised by Zeng Qi could only produce bullets and repair firearms, and to produce mortars, Chen Hao needed to find more equipment. In the three northeastern provinces, only the Jilin Machinery Bureau can make artillery, and after getting the drawings of the arsenal, Chen Hao has to find a way to go to the Jilin Machinery Bureau to get some machines, and Captain Gobiato will produce mortars after modification.

After the Russian prisoners of war were subdued, in addition to Captain Gobiato, Chen Hao assigned a Russian ** instructor to each battalion. In the artillery battalion that he attaches the most importance to, eight Russian prisoners are responsible for teaching missile trajectory mapping, and two players under his command in addition to Zhu Ke have turned shooting into ballistic mapping, preparing to develop in the direction of artillery in the future.

After completing the preparation of the troops, Chen Hao ordered Wu Peifu to take the troops to Gaiping, and he himself prepared to go to northern Hebei to see if he could fish in troubled waters. In addition to Feng Yong and other eleven guards, Chen Hao brought Tang Qunying, Ouyang Yu, Du Lisan, and six horse bandits with high latent attributes.

After the victory of Dongchangbao, Zeng Qi 800 li hurried to report to the imperial court, and learned that Chen Baxian had won the battle in southern Liaoning again, and the Empress Dowager Cixi really moved the idea of letting him go to northern Hebei to resist the enemy. In August, the war in northern Hebei became more and more erosive, and the Qing army was defeated and retreated, and Cixi was really panicked.

Zaiyi, who has always advocated relying on the Boxers to deal with foreigners, weighed the pros and cons, this time he also advocated letting Chen Ba enter northern Hebei first, and even took the initiative to let Cixi appoint Chen Baxian as the governor of Zhili. Zai Yi is like a gambler, he has been instigating Cixi to declare war on the foreign powers, if the capital falls, he will not have a good end.

Chen Baxian fought two big victories in a row, it seems that he really has a few brushes, if he is allowed to lead the troops into the customs to support, maybe he can really change the situation in northern Hebei. Taking a step back, it doesn't matter if Chen Baxian has a false name, the thousands of soldiers under his command can always strengthen the defense of the capital.

The last time the Empress Dowager Cixi said that Chen Hao was promoted to the governor of Zhili, it was just a joke, this time Chen Hao won the battle again, and the situation in northern Hebei was tense, and she really had the idea of appointing him as the governor of Zhili. After listening to Zaiyi's suggestion, she glanced at the ministers and said, "What do you Aiqing think?" ”

Sun Jianai came out again and said: "Queen Mother, the minister thinks it's inappropriate. ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi's face turned cold and said, "What's wrong?" The mourning family had long known that Chen Baxian could fight, and they were going to appoint him as the governor of Zhili last time, but Sun Qing's family was quite disdainful of him. Now that Chen Ba led his troops south and won a battle in Fengtian again, could it be that Sun Qing's family still thinks that he is incapacitated? ”

Sun Jianai said in a deep voice: "The minister did suspect that Chen Baxian was not capable before, but after two major wars, the minister was convinced of his ability to fight. It's just that the Queen Mother has never thought that Tsarist Russia invaded our three eastern provinces in several ways, and there are more than 100,000 troops on the south road. Although Jin Chang and Chen Baxian said that they had a great victory, there were still nearly 100,000 troops in Tsarist Russia on the southern road, and it was a great merit for Chen Baxian and Jin Chang to be able to block the Tsarist army and prevent it from occupying Fengtian. If the Empress Dowager ordered Chen Ba to lead troops into the pass first, once southern Liaoning defeated the 100,000 troops of Tsarist Russia and entered the pass, the situation in northern Hebei would be even more dangerous, and I hope the Empress Dowager will think twice. ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi was silent, picked up and read the folds of Zengqi, she was too happy to see the battle report just now and didn't have time to see Zengqi's twists and turns. The statement on the fold coincides with Sun Jianai, and it also means that the war in southern Liaoning is tense now, and the slightest carelessness may lead to defeat. ”

After reading Zengqi's recital, the Empress Dowager Cixi sighed and said: "If there are a few more courtiers like Chen Baxian and Jin Chang, the mourning family will be relieved of the Qing Dynasty." Xiao Lizi, whether Chen Baxian and Jin Chang have any twists and turns, show them to the mourning family. ”

Li Lianying hurriedly turned out two folds and handed them to Cixi, Chen Hao persuaded Jinchang to share the credit to Zeng Qi, but after the big victory, it was also necessary to fold it up to increase the impression points. Jin Chang's excerpt was mainly to expand the army, and also wanted to add six more battalions to reinforce Jilin after defeating the Tsarist Southern Route Army in one fell swoop. Chen Hao's excerpt is related to the Jilin Manufacturing Bureau, in which he cried that he lacked guns and ammunition, saying that if there is a sufficient supply of ammunition, he will definitely be able to achieve greater results, and hopes to get more support from the Jilin Machinery Bureau.

Jilin Machinery Bureau was founded in 1881, covering an area of 290,000 square meters when it was completed, including a construction area of 15,300 square meters, with a total of 275 sets of various types of machinery and equipment, most of which were purchased from Germany, some of them were purchased from the United States and the United Kingdom, and only the mechanical processing part of the start-up cost was 250,000 taels of silver, and the overall perennial funds were about 100,000 taels.

Jilin Machinery Bureau has a machine factory, an east factory, a west factory, a rolling office, a sand turning plant, a wrought iron factory, a carpentry factory, a sawmill, a fire factory, an electrical factory, a drawing room, and a separate gunpowder bureau. The main products of the Machinery Bureau are firearms, bullets, cannons, gunpowder, etc. Later, a mint was set up to produce silver dollars and copper dollars.

The Jilin Machinery Bureau produces a wide range of ammunition, including Harchikaith bullets, Mauser bullets, and 2-pound, 4-pound, 6-pound, and 12-pound Krupp flowering bullets. At the same time, the Machinery Bureau also produced 10-pound, 20-pound, and 30-pound mines, mine letters, and sub-mother guns.

Jilin Machinery Bureau has a complete gun-making system, producing Hudun guns, Yangzhi guns, rifles, Mauser guns, 2-pound Krupp guns, Xilin guns, etc. Such a complete arsenal, but in history it was completely destroyed during the invasion of Tsarist Russia, in the game, due to the great changes in the Northeast plot, the Jilin Machine Bureau is still there, Chen Hao is very coveted after knowing the news.

Even if the Jilin Machinery Bureau is not occupied by Lao Maozi, it is impossible for Chen Hao to take such an official factory for himself before the fall of the Qing court. What he cares about is the technicians and workers in the Jilin Machinery Bureau, which has 50 members, secretaries, scholars and other officials, and 398 workers. Among the workers, there are 93 craftsmen and craftsmen, 158 apprentices, and the rest are ordinary laborers.

Among the 93 craftsmen and craftsmen, more than 50 can master the technology of munitions manufacturing or mechanical processing. Chen Hao cares most about these 50 NPCs who have mastered munitions manufacturing technology, he needs at least two such technicians to build a small arsenal, if he doesn't try his luck to do special tasks to subdue this kind of talent, he can only fight the idea of the Jilin Machinery Bureau.

Chen Hao's goal is to have more than five technicians who are proficient in machining and munitions manufacturing, and this kind of technician has two kinds of special skills that can train more military talents. In addition, Chen Hao also wanted to get the machinery to make cannons and shells, if he got the machinery and had a technician who mastered the manufacture of the Krupp 2-pounder gun, Captain Gobiato could command the modification of the mortar after inventing it, and produce a mortar in the real sense.

Chen Hao is now quite famous in the game, and it is very promising to find a few technicians from the Jilin Machine Bureau, but manufacturing cannons and shells is the foundation of the Machine Bureau, and it is difficult to obtain them. After the battle of Dongchangbao, Chen Hao began to calculate, because he believed in the constitutional monarchy, he was not ready to continue to be promoted and made a fortune in the Qing court, so he wanted to use this war exploits to achieve his goal through Cixi.

After reading Chen Hao's recital, Cixi sneered: "Fengtian and Heilongjiang won the battle without the machine bureau to provide guns and ammunition, and Jilin had the machine bureau to provide a large amount of arms, but Changshun was defeated by the Russians. Xiao Lizi, for the mourning family, drafted the Jilin Machinery Bureau to be responsible for allocating the firearms and ammunition of Chen Baxian's department, and there must be no prevarication. ”

Li Lianying said with a smile on her face: "The Queen Mother is kind, Chen Baxian will have a lot of guns and bullets, but after a few days, the rumors have passed, and I am afraid that Chen Baxian wants guns and bullets, and the Jilin Machinery Bureau will shirk again." As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish, why didn't the Queen Mother order the Jilin Machinery Bureau to split up a part of the machinery and manpower and hand it over to Chen Baxian, so that he could build a smaller machine bureau to maintain the needs? ”

After Chen Hao and Jin Chang got into play, they immediately sent Bai Huhu to the capital and found Li Lianying and sent 10,000 oceans. Chen Hao's request was only for a few people and a few machines, and he was in the limelight during this time, so Li Lianying agreed to help. Hearing that Cixi asked the Jilin Machinery Bureau to allocate Chen Hao's guns and ammunition, Li Lianying directly put forward a proposal to split the Machinery Bureau.

The Empress Dowager Cixi was not so easy to fool, she pondered for a moment and said: "It is not a trivial matter to establish a machine bureau, and Chen Ba can't provide him with the guns and ammunition he needs if he establishes a machine bureau in a short period of time, and now that the war is urgent, there should be no more complications." But Xiao Lizi, what you said also makes sense, the minions below are likely to embarrass Chen Baxian, so be it! I appointed Chen Baxian to concurrently serve as the assistant of the Jilin Machinery Bureau, so that no one would dare to embarrass him. ”

Chen Hao held an official position in Fengtian, but he also served as the assistant of the Jilin Machinery Bureau, and the grace of the Empress Dowager Cixi can be seen. Although Cixi did not agree to Li Lianying's suggestion to split the Machine Bureau, he could make a lot of money after becoming the assistant of the Machine Bureau, and he could easily earn back 10,000 oceans.

The Empress Dowager Cixi quickly issued a will, and Chen Hao, who had completed the preparations at Yingkou and was preparing to enter Beijing, suddenly said to the eunuch after listening to Cixi's will: "Gonggong Zheng, I heard that the war in northern Hebei is not good, and the capital is related to the safety of the Queen Mother and the Emperor. ”

(To be continued)