The Gun Flame Collar, this industrial collar is as busy as ever. A large number of industrial production was underway, a large number of ships, transporting cheap and unskilled coolie workers here, under the deterrence of bayonets, under the supervision of leather whips, under the stimulation of lira,

Workers and workers monitor each other, and many of the links with a large number of laborers, such as the transportation of coal mine piles, the washing of raw materials, the cleaning of chimney pipes, and the orderly operation.

The lira silver dollar received by Gunflame was very meager, but although life in the city was not easy for the villagers, at least at the end of the year they could get much higher money than in their hometown. Therefore, every year, a large number of villagers are willing to come to the territory of Gunyan. Trying to save money for a few years to be able to return to the countryside to build a house and marry a daughter-in-law.

But in fact, when these workers come to the city, their original simple hearts will immediately be shaken by the environment,—— exciting gambling games, the women in the red light district dressed up in flowers, the sweet wine, and most of the local buns will be grasped by the sweet trap of the city step by step after trying it once.

The hard-earned money earned by these low-level workers in the cities will be sucked up by small carnivorous groups in society with usury and casino brothels. fattened the world's middle-class rich. Of course, because of the bloody and unreasonable nature of this accumulation, it also gave the higher nobles the rationality of transferring contradictions and carrying out total plunder.

Like most of the empire's industrial domains, the Gun Flame Territory carries out this social ecology. And as the ultimate predator group in the territory. The Gun Flame family is not as extravagant as the middle and lower classes imagined.

People who are obsessed with the chaotic pleasures of the bottom cannot understand what the Gun Flame family, which has an annual income of more than tens of millions, will invest their money in. - The vast majority of the Gunflame family's money is invested in domination. It is by no means a mouthful of fruit for a hundred silver lira, a woman's luxury is often ten thousand silver lira for eating, drinking, and pleasure.

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The money of the Gun Flame Territory is used to invest in domination,

A lot of money protects some important people and can live a stable life. to insulate it from the chaos and pressure of the bottom layer.

The highest level in this group is:

1: Mechanics, Soldiers, Production Professionals and Combat Professionals

2: The second is workers who have mastered certain skills in important positions

3: The last is the hired hands from the countryside.

1: Technicians of the highest level, military personnel, have a stable and priority supply of food, fruits, meat, and grain. Housing and medical care are among the best in the territory. When a professional has a sick family that cannot be solved in the territory, the family can even arrange for a train to be sent to the imperial capital to solve the medical problem. And all this does not need to be borne and distressed by the individual. The train system is on standby for them.

2: General skilled workers live in a safe community arranged by the family, to ensure the stability of the basic food supply, specific clothing every year, every month and every quarter on time, in addition to the more abundant technical bonuses. Their money is spent mainly on education and medical care. The family school, which is free for the gunfire binghe, is a high fee for skilled workers. And so is medical care. - They are under pressure

3: As for the lowest strata, only wages are given, and nothing else is guaranteed. - There is no pressure on this group of people, but in fact the weight of social despair is precisely on this group of people.

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Therefore, the Gun Flame Territory is divided into three worlds.

The people of the First World make up 5 percent of the population and enjoy 40 percent of the resources of their territory. If you don't advance to the profession, you will fall to the second tier.

The second world occupies 40 percent and enjoys 30 percent of the supply. If you lose your skills, or if you get into a bad habit and fall to the bottom of your family.

In the Third World, there are people in the corners of the cities and the merchants, as well as the poor, who play with each other 30 percent of the economy.

The Third World bears all the contradictions and pressures of the economy, and the people of the First World will alleviate the contradictions within the population by regularly cleaning up the fat of the Third World (rich businessmen who have become rich by usury).

Therefore, in the territory of the gun flame, there is an orderly production structure, a well-disciplined army, a military police, and a struggling, squeezed dry lower class.

The germ of capitalism? It has been harvested like a leek.

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In the central fortress of the realm, the Earl's study was furnished in a rather simple manner.

The Earl, who was holding the ledger at this time, was watching the entry and exit of the family this year, and the red pen he was holding drew a red circle on a list. The names of the people outlined in these red circles are all bad luck guys.

While adjudicating the affairs of the realm, he was on a remote call with the Sugit Mentor in the Imperial Capital. - The reason for this call: Binghe's woe comes from his mouth.

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In the stereoscopic crystal on the table, Sugt sighed and said: "Cog, haven't you seriously taught him (Binghe) the people and things in the imperial capital society?"

"Well, he's a very late speaker and a slow learner," Sifen said. What's wrong? He's in trouble again. ”

Sugget: "You should know what he has done, with your ears and eyes." Hey, he's not stupid, he's smarter than most of the students, just lazier than 90 percent of the young people. ”

Si Fen poured a cup of hot tea, and the water vapor of the hot tea floated on the crystal of the call, and a mist of water appeared on the upper crystal, which was a small means for Si Fen to try to hide the expression on his face.

Si Fen said: "It's okay, when he goes to the army, maybe he can get rid of this tired problem,"

Sugget: "I'm suggesting you'd better plan for the worse?" ”

Sifen: "What, do you have any other news?" ”

Si Fen put down the cup, picked up the book, and fanned the stereo projector of the conversation, and the condensation vapor on the screen began to disappear under the air current. Sifen stared at the screen.

"The Imperial military supervises the entire trial factory, isolating it from outside interference, so the academy doesn't know anything about the trial. But I have heard that now, His Majesty has suddenly taken an interest in this trial. ”

Si Fen asked suspiciously, "How can Your Majesty be interested in the trial of young people?" ”

"I don't know. Maybe it's a whim. However, if he doesn't do well in the trial. If he makes something that obviously can't pass the test, he may be tossed hard. ”

Sifen said: "He has poor mechanical skills? ”

Suget: "No, he's talented, but he's a one-man team. On the military side, it was Qingshan who was supervising him. ”

Si Fen stopped his pen and said in a calm tone: "The Gun Flame and Flame Stone families have been reconciled. Seven years ago it was just an accident. ”

Sugett: "Yes, that's good" Sugt just hinted, but the incident seven years ago was Sifen's scar, and Sugt ended the topic in due time.

Sifen: "Yes, you're worrying too much. ”

After a pause,

Sugett: "What do you think about the trial?"

Si Fen sighed and said, "The whole empire is preparing. War in the north is ultimately inevitable, depending on whether other opponents of the empire will get involved, except for the Hela people. ”

Sugmet nodded, and then said: "Recently, the fleet of the Oka people in the Mediterranean Sea has been sailing more and more often, and our warships. (interrupted)

Sifen: "You should talk to the Wave Wheel family about this, they are in charge of battleship technology. ”

Sugt sighed and said, "No, it's not a matter of technology, the old school of the empire is not willing to make fundamental concessions. His Majesty the Emperor is only balancing the contradictions of all parties. ”

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The view returns to the industrial area on the edge of the imperial capital.

Day 6,

In the factory, during the striking of the bell, Binghe added the final symbols to the steel plate of the third completed prototype, a sickle and a hammer. Bing Nu's brain is amused to think that loading this symbol can bless his chariot with solid and durable skin.

When the symbol was riveted to the iron armor, Bingnu, who was standing a little far away, admired it and thought nonsense: the Soviet engineers who had not completed the great glory of the Iron Father, and were to be sent to Siberia to dig potatoes.

The final decoration is fixed on this vehicle, and the vehicle is considered to be off the assembly line and ready for testing. The worker on the side asked Binghe, "Young Master, what is this?" ”

Binghe, who had a fairy look (stayed up for a few days and was still holding on), tried to squeeze out a smile and said: "This symbol represents my deep friendship with the working people. Well, if you don't understand, don't ask. Hurry up and get dry, there's another vehicle. Is there less work today? ”

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Half an hour later

On an airship two kilometers away,

In the spacious pod hall, several officers of the same level as Qingshan, surrounded by an imperial marshal wearing a blue jewel metal military cap, were watching the situation in Industrial Zone 3 from afar.

At this time in this industrial area, the students of the mechanical institute are divided into three trial groups, each of which occupies a factory area and a test square.

Binghe is the last trial group. And the marshal on the airship observed the situation in the factory area of Binghe with his far-sighted technique.

When I saw the gate of the factory, I saw the rumbling tank spewing black smoke on the field, running and testing on the uneven road deliberately set up by Binghe.

A soldier with gray beard and gray hair who was wearing a military uniform without a military rank asked Qingshan behind him, "How efficient is the operation of his factory?" ”

"Yes, the third group has six times as many parts in and out of the factory as the other groups, so it can be said that all the large and large machinery in the factory is working," said Qingshan. ”

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Note: This military observation group did not only review the review team, but also reviewed and judged the scores of each group.

Of course, after reviewing the three teams, the military upper echelons finally stopped at Binghe. Because in the eyes of the generals, at this time, only Binghe's performance in the machine factory can be regarded as meeting the needs of the army. The rest of the students are still lacking.

For example, the factory where the second group of Liyun Keys is located, although it is also cooperating, everyone is more like students doing problems independently and discussing with each other, you do yours, I do mine, and then compare the answers with each other. The factories in the second group are mechanically running and scattered, more like academic research than the appearance of independent military industry on the front line of the army.

Compared to the other groups, Binghe in the third group embodies a completely different leadership ability - this is not to be confused with the charisma value, this kind of leadership ability is a kind of work ability, can subdivide the huge work into each small piece, each small piece, can be assigned to each department, and finally become a system function.

The perspective of a leader sometimes has to put aside the perspective of genius. It is more necessary to bring into the perspective of ordinary talents and understand the work ability of ordinary people, so as to integrate them into the system and play a role. It can be said that at this time, almost all the work steps of this factory team can be replaced by substitutes. However, the work of the master design and master plan alone cannot be replaced.

The problems in all the links in the third group of factories were coordinated and solved by the Binghe meeting. As the general manager, Bingnu's work task is also the heaviest, and he only slept for ten hours in six days.

And due to the coordination of the Guards, the average capacity of the personnel in the Integrity Group is not stronger than that of other groups. But in this test, everyone in the Bing Core team had a full workload, and everyone played their best role.

On the other hand, the other two groups wasted a lot of time in the discussions, and did not use their full strength due to the loose cooperation with each other.

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The general on the tower looked through the big and small matters in the operation of the Binghe plant in the past six days - these are the records of the Flame Stone Qingshan, and the role of the Binghe is recorded very fairly in the records.

The marshal slowly closed the notebook with his white-gloved hand, and said lightly, "A group of caracals led by a golden lion can beat a group of wind wolves." After the trial, fight him over for me. ”

Qingshan said: "Marshal Suha, the Praetorian Guard is also paying attention to this trial of the Mechanical Academy. Especially His Royal Highness the Six Princes. ”

Suha frowned and said, "What's wrong with that little bastard?" ”

Qingshan: "I checked the text roots of the telegraph office, and found that His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince has been communicating more about the top floor of the Celestial Tower (the residence of the royal family) in the past two days. Judging by the word count, it may not be an ordinary greeting and hello"

Su Ha snorted coldly and said angrily: "Praetorian Guard, Praetorian Guard, they pick the talents every year, and they are also arranged to go to the battle exploits in various places every year." This time. Canhong's affairs, you don't have to worry about it, I'll bear the pressure over there.

You go and have a good talk with that kid from the Gun Flame Family, the significance of a nobleman getting out of the academy early and developing in the army. ”

Qingshan: "Yes" Qingshan complained in his heart: "Marshal, can you withstand the pressure of His Majesty?" ”

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On the morning of the eleventh day,

The preparation phase of the trial is over, and the testing phase is about to begin.

There are three teams in this trial, and the factories of the three groups are connected by rail. When the time was over, the workshops where the three groups were located were flooded with soldiers, and then the students of the three groups drove their works to the transport train under the supervision of the soldiers.

The Binghe group drove a total of ten cars, so the train had to be divided into several times to transport the vehicles to the test site.

Now, for example, the members of the third group are to drive the armored car onto the reinforced steel plate of the train, and the armored car of the last spiritual commander is loaded on the train.

And Qingshan looked at Binghe with a smile, the last day: "After the test, how are you going to celebrate?" ”

Binghe, who had been busy for more than ten days, asked rhetorically: "What did you say?"

After hearing Qingshan's inquiry, he shook his head in a trance, and then after a few seconds, he looked at Qingshan with confusion and asked, "You have news from other groups." Then he suddenly came over and said, "By the way, you won't be the examiner?" ”

Qingshan was stunned, then held Binghe's shoulder and said, "I accompany the invigilator, I can't tell you the specific invigilator." I just gave you the test process, have you seen it. ”

Binghe nodded and said, "Well, look, look, go off-road first, and then conduct a destructive test." - Bing Dahar glanced at the test process again. Yawned. Begin to direct the next chariot to work along the steel plate ramp to the flat of the train.

Ten hours later, at the test site with a width of twenty kilometers. The trial has finally begun. And to some people's surprise, some big names arrived.

And after arriving at the proving ground.

Binghe found himself worrying too much. The works of the other two groups on the venue were all against the chimney and spewing white gas. Rickety and shivering vehicles that may fall apart.

Moreover, my unlucky classmates had no experience in manufacturing large machinery, and did not think much about the suspension of axles. It uses a rigid chassis. - The comfort of the soldiers inside this bump is secondary, and the equipment inside will directly withstand the collision with the hard contact between the vehicle body and the terrain trench. (In the early days, the British tank nomads did not design the suspension, and they were lying on their stomachs at a time.) Binghe borrowed from the T34 design, found a high-elasticity steel bar, and hung the body axle on the steel bar. ）

In front of several light steam locomotives steaming white gas driving at the test site at a tractor speed of ten kilometers per hour on the off-road length, Binghe gradually leaned his head on the chair, and then his eyelids gradually and gradually fought, and finally Binghe couldn't bear it anymore and quietly stuffed two small erasers on his ears.

After seeing this scene, several people briefly discussed, and then moved the chair in front of Binghe.

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In the fortress on the proving ground, behind a glass mirror with a one-sided view of this fortress. The Emperor of the Empire watched the miserable steam classic car on the proving ground trembling and staggering, and there was no expression of approval on his face, nor could he see disappointment or regret. It makes the instructors of the mechanical academy unpredictable and uneasy.

In the past trials with a low elimination rate, the college tutors can call the shots, and the college tutors preside over the assessment content, preside over the test conditions, and preside over the examination room scoring.

From the beginning of this year's trial, the arrangement of the college's test factory area and the invigilation were all presided over by the military. The instructors didn't know what the students had been testing and building in the past few days.

And now there are two great figures of the empire, the emperor and the marshal of the Southern Legion, who have come to watch this trial.

In front of these two big shots, such a steam machine full of loopholes appeared in the examination room, which made the instructors of the mechanical district academy quite embarrassed.

Marshal Suha and the Emperor of the Empire stood side by side in front of the observation window, and the two imperial bigwigs were prepared for these miserable steam machines in the proving ground, so they were only a little disappointed.

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The reason why the freshmen of the grade encountered this difficult trial for the first time. In fact, it is a small test for the top management.

Historically, almost all empires have been under increased military pressure from the front lines, and they have usually lowered the age standard for conscription. But the top brass know that pulling down the age standard is extremely risky. On the age boundary between youth and teenagers, if the age is lowered by one level, the quality of the military will drop sharply. The placement of child soldiers in the army does not meet the personnel literacy required by the front-line troops.

Although the Hella people in the north retreated because of the severe cold, the threat of war still existed, so the tests of the various colleges in the imperial capital in the past few years will add some difficulty. And when the test was conducted, the military directly presided over it.

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Seeing that the second group of steam vehicles broke down directly in the puddle, His Majesty the Emperor turned his gaze to the area where the student team of the third trial car group was on standby. There was a hint of amusement in his eyes.

When the people behind the emperor followed the emperor's gaze, several mechanical academy instructors twitched when they saw the student members of the third car group dozing off.

Aibo, the chief instructor of the academy's mechanics on the side, said: "Your Majesty, the young people of this class of students are younger, and they don't know how to maintain decency for formal occasions. Please forgive young people for being ignorant. ”

The king smiled and said, "It may be a good idea to be able to sleep peacefully before the war." (Actually, Binghe was just too sleepy, and he didn't know that the Lord of the Empire had arrived in the observation fortress.) Binghe thought it was the six princes present. Now I feel that I can deal with the six princes, so the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. ）

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The testing process is divided into three processes,

It is divided into mobility, obstacle passability, and armor protection.

In the final test, the vehicle made by the students will be operated by a mechanical golem, and the confrontation with the active bipedal armor of the Empire will be comprehensively scored against the armor damage of the winning test students' works and the distance destroyed by the Empire's armor.

The students in the first group reluctantly drove the vehicle to the test site, but directly on the second test process, directly on the bumpy road, the mechanical failure occurred, and then they were towed away by the carrier vehicle and driven to the final test process. In the end, I didn't go two meters, I wasn't smashed by the mecha, and I had a mechanical failure again (this is what happened if I didn't design the suspension.) ）

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After the dismal end of the first trial group, the second trial group was slightly relieved after having the previous foil.

The second group of steam cars was carefully piloted by Keith, and the two-meter-high metal chimney swayed with the bumps of the car's body. The body climbed up the slope and then

Swooping down and overpowering the raised rocks, the tremors of the metal chimneys could be seen through the naked eye without magic.

After driving his steam car through a series of obstacles, Keys came to the last step, and began to adjust the puppet inside the car to automatic mode, and the whole person pushed open the door and jumped out of the back door.

The steam car drove towards the Empire's active bipedal armor two kilometers away, and to everyone's surprise, it was destined to be a head-off battle.

Five minutes

The loud sound of "collapse" was like a sledgehammer on the broken bell, first the warhead and the steel armor collided, and the muffled sound of metal impact

Then there is the frontal explosion of the implosion warhead inside the car. The steel shell was shattered by the sharp sound of the steel shell being blown through the inside, and the two steam cars were shattered by the Imperial armored thirty-seven-millimeter guns five hundred meters away, and Keith, who was watching this scene from afar, was speechless.

Although this scene had been expected for a long time, the entire team's work was ruthlessly smashed in ten days, and Keith couldn't help but feel a look of shame.

Keith vaguely guessed that there were big people in the bunker.

Keith didn't know who was inside the bunker, but Keith recognized the carriage of the dean's mechanical academy when he arrived. The Dean's carriage was now parked on the secondary edge of the bunker, and the best position was occupied by a number of black-clad carriages. Keith thus judged that there were big men watching their trials. (I didn't notice this detail at all.) ）

After taking a deep breath, Keith looked at the last group, the hapless Bingnuclei who had been grouped into a separate group before the trial. Keith looked at the area of the third group, and a trace of worry welled up in his eyes. (As a classmate, Keith was a little worried that Binghe would be unlucky.) ）

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After the second set of trials is over, the trials of the third group of the Announcer are about to begin.

The third trial team, in the area, after the first two groups of tests were completed, the people in the group looked at each other and decided to wake up Binghe,

"Team leader, team leader, wake up, the students in front of you have finished testing, it's time for us to play."

Chonglong suppressed his excitement and woke up Binghe. Binghe opened his eyes sleepily, squinted his eyes to adapt to the bright light, and said, "Has the person in front of him finished the test?" Our train group heat engine is running well. ”

"Yes," said Hikohaku, another member of the group.

Binghe nodded slightly, and said slowly: "Chonglong, Otta, you guys take the first two cars on board, call me when you test the third team, and pay attention to the rules, don't make mistakes." I'll sleep a little longer. ”

"Yes," the two men responded immediately. Then he quickly ran to the back, ready to start the next trial.

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And the people on the viewing stage watched all this, and the big people on the stage were in the stage of knights, and the knights were aiming at the middle of the professions with sharp eyes. - Bing core is not long memory. A year later, after Binghe also mastered the legal lineage of the median warlord, and understood the sensibilities of the median professional, he realized that he was too ignorant in this world when he was in the imperial capital.

Now the performance of "in the third trial group, the two leaders first ask for instructions and then act", so that the people on the viewing platform can see it.

On aristocratic ceremonial occasions, yawning and being confused, even if it is a team leader, is a manifestation of the disqualification of the nobles.

Although the disqualified nobles will not encounter public opposition, they will be deliberately ignored and ignored by the subordinates around them. The respect for the core authority of Binghe is still maintained in the team shows that Bingcore's capabilities have been recognized in other ways

On the viewing platform, the six princes of the empire also saw this scene, frowned, and wanted to explain.

But His Majesty the Emperor on the side took the first step and said in a smiling voice: "This is what you said about a mechanic with a weak sense of glory?" ”

Chanhong bowed his head and said, "Yes, Father, during the first meeting, he was very careless about the trial. I taught him a lesson. (The subtext is that after I taught him, he got better.) ）

The Emperor said with a little meaning: "Then he was assigned to a separate team, right?" (At this time, it is emphasized to others around him that it is his son's arrangement and the talent he has discovered.) ）

Chanhong nodded and said with a military punishment attitude: "I was originally going to try to strip him of his qualifications, but of course his performance later was okay. (Depriving a nobleman of his qualification for trials at the academy is equivalent to depriving him of his qualifications to study, and he is directly sent to the front to join the army.) - At this time, I said this in order to show the dominance of the royal authority over the students of the Mechanical Academy. ）

The Emperor nodded and said, "Reward and punishment are the means. Not the purpose, you're doing a good job. ”

Chanhong hung his head in recognition of the emperor's words.

When Marshal Suha on the side heard this, he pursed his lips, squinted at Canhong in his eyes, and expressed his dissatisfaction with him and the emperor.

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The roar of the engine, resounding from the pit lane of the third group, and the first metal vehicle designed by Bing Core entered the proving ground

The first model is obviously different from the others. , but there was a huge tin can hanging in the back, and black smoke was emitting as it moved.

And this mechanical car obviously showed better performance than the steam car group just now, and it soared to a speed of twenty-five kilometers per hour on the ground. Suget, who was sitting on the edge of the viewing platform, leaned forward slightly, and measured his eyes.

After seeing the shape of this vehicle. Whispered in surprise: "Non-steam design?!" ”