In order to test whether the quality of a rifle can meet the requirements of combat, it is far from enough to just put a few shots at a fixed target and confirm the 'precision' accuracy...... The update is so fast. It was also necessary to carry out a variety of real-world combat tests, even under certain extreme conditions, to determine whether the new rifle met the standards required by the military. Especially as the first batch of muskets to use rifling 'shooting' shots, the rifling 'performance' and service life are very important 'sex' performance index, which directly affects the actual performance of the rifle, and this index can not be measured by just a few shots.

After an initial trial by officers, the rifle will be sent to the barracks shooting range in Port Victory for at least a month of daily use. This test will be more comprehensive than the current targeting, and at the same time, it will sort out the problems of actual use and come up with further improvement plans, and then it will enter the stage of finalization and mass production. As for when it will be fully installed in the troops, even the "Haihan Military Industry" does not dare to pack a ticket, because if the current production efficiency is judged, unless the production line of other types of muskets is stopped first, the output of this new rifle is likely to not be able to keep up with the expansion of the militia organization. Of course, if the military approves of this new rifle and is willing to place an order for procurement, then the "Haihan Military Industry" will definitely expand the production line in order to meet the military's requirements in the shortest possible time. As for the arquebuses and flintlock pistols currently produced, the "Haihan Military Industry" will not give up lightly, although these weapons have been very primitive in the eyes of the crossers, but in the 17th century they are still the black technology that leads the times, even if the militia itself is eliminated and not used, there will be a lot of export objects, even if it is a primitive rifle such as an arquebus, as long as it is done properly, it will be no problem to sell it for decades. As for the test 'shooting' of the imitation Whitworth rifle, it was the special 'door' to find the only semi-professional sniper in the crossing group who had been systematically trained, Old Morgan. In several overseas military operations of the militia group, the elder Morgan always went out with his precious M200 sniper rifle, but in fact, it did not come in handy much, not because the old Morgan was not strong in technology, but because he was reluctant to shoot in most cases to consume precious bullets. This kind of special ammunition 'medicine' basically has no possibility of reloading in this time and space, and one shot is missing, so Morgan's daily training is also greatly affected, and there is no way to maintain regular live-fire training.

Morgan was involved in the design and production of the Whitworth rifle replica and gave a lot of unique advice from a sniper's point of view. Since it has been determined from the design stage that this rifle is complex and costly, even if it is finalized, its output cannot be too large, since there is no need to consider too much cost factors, Morgan has been very meticulous in the process, and even requires a small section of handmade zuò Picanitine guide rail to be installed on the outside of the gun to facilitate the fixing of the exterior scope designed for this gun.

Since Morgan was already very familiar with this new gun for sniping purposes, it would be more accurate to say that the 'nature' of the weapon could be demonstrated rather than a test shot. Morgan first '' half-native Mandarin Chinese to explain the gun's approximate 'sexuality' to those present, and then used a rifle sample with a scope to 'shoot' at the 'chest' target at a distance of 500 meters. The professionals' 'manipulation' did not disappoint the audience, and Morgan actually scored eight shots out of ten at this distance, which basically means that in the future, the snipers trained by the militia should be able to reach the same level in theory - in addition to weapons, of course, it depends on the teaching level of Morgan as a teacher and the quality of the students.

Morgan, who demonstrated the weapon's sexuality, was far more excited than the audience, because for him, it was more rewarding to be able to personally bring out a special combat team than to train a group of barefoot doctors in the medical system. Qian Tiandun's success in Annam has already given a signal to these people in the military that as long as they have a skill, it is not difficult to become a pioneer of the armed forces. After Qian Tiandun formed a special operations company and made great achievements, Wang Tom's appointment as the supreme commander of the navy once again verified this law. For these military personnel who want to make a career on the battlefield, it is undoubtedly an excellent shortcut to directly establish a new branch of the army to be trained and managed by themselves, and now Morgan seems to have seen hope of embarking on this shortcut.

Yan Chujie and others also tested this kind of gun, but what impressed them was not the 'fine' accuracy of this gun in the effective 'firing' range, but the great recoil when 'shooting'. If it weren't for Morgan's reminder, at least half of them would have been hit in the shoulder by the butt of the gun for the first time. Even so, it is generally accepted that this gun is not suitable for long-term continuous 'shooting', but this feature is very consistent with its use positioning, after all, it is unlikely that a sniper will shoot continuously like an ordinary rifleman in actual combat.

For this 19th-century sniper rifle, military officials generally recognize it. Although its 'sexuality' is far inferior to the five or six and a half mass weapons brought by the crossing, the weapons that can be mass-produced under the existing conditions are the objects that really deserve the attention of the military. It is conceivable that after the sniper appears in the troops, they can use the decapitation attack method when facing the enemy, and first pull out the opponent's command personnel in order to disintegrate their combat effectiveness.

Of course, as an 'elite' unit in the infantry, the training cycle and difficulty of the sniper are far more difficult than that of ordinary infantry, and even more difficult than the artillery that is still in short supply. Even with Morgan's more optimistic estimates, if the base is 100 people, it is thankful that 10 to 20 basically qualified snipers can be trained in a year, and the actual situation may be far worse than expected.

The military personnel basically recognized the "sexual" performance of the two new rifles, and soon signed the acceptance formalities. However, this signature does not mean that the two guns are finalized, and then a series of long-term tests will follow, and then the military will need to calculate the actual needs and place an order with the "Haihan Military Industry", and this order must finally be approved by the Executive Committee.

"Lao Bai, you must find a way to press this price again, such a high cost, it is very difficult to discuss at the meeting, and when the budget is not passed, you still can't get the money here." After the official completion, Tao Donglai was not idle, and immediately began to bargain with Bai Kesi.

Bai Kesi exclaimed bitterly: "Lao Tao, who of us is with whom? Can this thing used by my own army be cheap, will I deliberately rip off the bamboo? The current cost is not much water, do you think about how many parts on this new gun are made by hand? And this rifling processing is not much more complicated than the previous smoothbore gun, and the bullets have to be re-opened on the production line, which is all money!"

"We all understand your difficulties, but the price really has to be controlled. Yan Chujie also came over to help and said: "The military expenditure brought back in Annan in January has already been used to expand the army and navy, and there is not much water in the military budget of the Executive Committee this year to support a large-scale refitting of the troops." Do you think it is easier to lower the price, or is it easier to get the Executive Committee to approve another 180,000 additional military spending?"

"Okay, don't talk about it, I can't talk to you with one mouth. Bai Kesi waved his hand and said: "The cost is there, if you think it is unreasonable, point it out, and I will reduce the cost that can be reduced." ”

No matter what the final result of the bargaining of several executive committee bigwigs is, it will be at least two or three months before we see the formation of vigilante groups equipped with new rifles appear. Therefore, the vast majority of military personnel did not care much about whether they could do their best to obtain the approval of the Executive Committee for additional military spending, and as soon as the business was over, they surrounded Wang Tom and asked him about the details of the two battles at Lijiazhuang and Dangan Island.

Wang Tom himself felt that these two battles were lackluster, but he also understood the mood of these colleagues who stayed in the base camp and did not get the opportunity to play, so he greeted happily: "It's better to come to Victory Port No. 3 Pier if you are free tonight, and hold a seafood barbecue party on the 'Feisu', and everyone will chat while eating." This time I went to Panyu to fight, and when I came back, Lijiazhuang sent a lot of good wine, and I brought a few jars back, so let's try it together!"

"Commander Wang is wise!" someone in the crowd joked. Since Tom Wang became the supreme commander of the navy, some people have given him the new nickname of "Commander Wang" -- if nothing else, the first commander of the navy after the official establishment of the navy in the future will be held by Tom Wang.

On 7 June, a delegation of Haihan led by Schneider made a special trip to Yacheng to congratulate Zhang Qingzhang, the new governor of Yazhou, who had finally received the letter of appointment. In addition to sending rich gifts, Schneider also undertook the task of finalizing the land acquisition plan for Phoenix Town and Tianya Town with Yacheng this time.

"What does Mr. Shi mean, does the executive committee want to include all the areas west of Nanshan Town?" Zhang Qing asked in disbelief.

Two months ago, when Zhang Qing went to Shengli Harbor to attend the first anniversary of the arrival of the Haihan people, the two parties had already finalized a part of the land ownership conversion agreement, and almost all the land east of Fenghuang Town was included in the name of the Haihan people. In Zhang Qing's opinion, this is actually a great move, it is tens of thousands of acres of land, and the Haihan people can digest such a large area, at least three or five years, maybe by then they have been promoted to a higher position and transferred out of Yazhou, and they don't have to take the blame for these black histories.

But Zhang Qing didn't expect Haihan's appetite to be so great, and only two months had passed since the previous agreement reached between the two sides, and the Haihan people once again put forward new land claims. The area between Nanshan Town and Fenghuang Town is almost twice the size of the land transferred out before, and if this land is really given away, then the entire Yazhou is basically only a part of the area around Yacheng that is still under the rule of the government - of course, this must also ignore the local garrison of Yacheng, which is gradually being replaced by the Haihan militia.

"Does Lord Zhang think there's anything wrong?" Schneider asked pretending to be puzzled: "We have recognized the land registration fee, and we have also recognized the taxes that need to be paid, so whose name is the land, is it important to the adults in Yacheng?"

Zhang Qing secretly scolded shamelessly, and said in his heart, the land you registered has not shrunk so much, Shengli Port occupies so much land, and it is only registered for 200 mu...... Although the newly registered land in the previous time was a little more generous, counting it as 2,000 mu, it was all registered as wasteland and mountains, and there was no need to bear any taxes at all, and as for the land registration fee...... Well, this is a few adults in the state capital who shared it together, so there's nothing to say.

Zhang Qing coughed dryly and said, "You have occupied so much land in Yazhou, and it will be inconvenient for you to act because of this in the future, which will attract the attention of the capital city." ”

Schneider nodded and said, "What Master Zhang said is very reasonable, and we have also considered the possible drawbacks of this. So this time we're going to do it differently and register the land in a piecemeal way under the names of individuals -- of course, who are the people we appoint. If there are hundreds of landlords in this area, it doesn't seem abnormal, right?"

Zhang Qing didn't expect the other party to say a word, so he held himself back, and wanted to refute him, but he felt that he was a little short of words. If you want to say that the Haihan people are unruly, they didn't do anything substantive 'sexual' illegal acts, and all the land they collected was officially registered in Yacheng. But to say that they follow the rules, they do have to be more public. Some time ago, many people went to Yacheng to complain, saying that the Haihan people sent a militia to drive away the people living in the area of the Lin'chun River and the Sanya River, and even arrested many people and demolished their houses, just like bullies.

If it weren't for the fact that he had seen the strength of the Haihan people before and received the benefits of the Haihan people, Zhang Qing would have probably treated the Haihan people as bullies to rectify them. But the Haihan people obviously counted everything in front, even if these people went to Yacheng to complain, the government did not dare to let them make a big deal of it, let alone take the initiative to find trouble with the Haihan people. Now there are two or three hundred Haihan militia soldiers stationed inside and outside Yacheng for a long time, and if there is any trouble, maybe Yacheng will change hands overnight.

As for the original sailors and guards, Zhang Qing no longer had any expectations for them. He Wenhui and Luo Shengdong of Shuizhai are both wall-headed grass who see money and see the wind and rudder, and now they have pulled all the warships of the sailor division out to transport goods to the Haihan people, except for some sailors who are still in service, the soldiers have basically quietly left their homes to go to Shengli Port to help the Haihan people work. Now the armed personnel stationed in the water division are basically people from the Haihan militia, although the big 'gate' of the water village still hangs the banner of the Ming Dynasty, but now even the people of Yacheng know that the place is actually the Haihan people who have the final say.

Zhang Qianhu, who was also at the threshold of retirement, did not care about anything at all, and handed over affairs to a few deputies -- it is said that these deputies were all "platoon commanders" in the Haihan militia group. If the Haihan people need it, they can take over the city defense of Yacheng at any time.

"This official has just taken over, there are many affairs to be dealt with, this matter of registering land, I hope you do not rush for the time being, after this official has handled all the affairs, will be handled for you properly. Since he didn't have the confidence to refuse, Zhang Qing didn't want to agree too happily and look worthless, so he could only procrastinate.

Schneider smiled, seemed to know Zhang Qing's little abacus in his chest, and said unhurriedly: "Whether this procedure can be done or not, in fact, it doesn't matter in my opinion." The reason why I took the initiative to contact Mr. Zhang was because of the good cooperative relationship between the two sides. The Executive Committee hopes to maintain this kind of cooperative relationship for a long time, and this sincerity must be felt by Mr. Zhang, right? If Mr. Zhang finds it inconvenient, then it is nothing if I don't do it, so I will leave and not disturb my work. ”

"Wait!" Zhang Qing saw that Schneider got up and was about to leave, and hurriedly said: "Everything is easy to discuss, why is Mr. Shi so anxious? This official didn't say no, it's just that in such a vast area, it will take a lot of time to measure the land, Mr. Shi, don't you say?"

Zhang Qing didn't dare to let Schneider go like this, because the warning in the other party's words was already very obvious, and what made them feel "indifferent" was probably not only the land procedures, but also the storage of the Yacheng government. Schneider almost didn't say something like "I'll give you face to save your zài, and if I don't give you face, I can ignore you at any time".

As soon as he was confronted with Schneider, he angrily reprimanded this lawless man with great righteousness? This kind of thought Zhang Qing could only flash in his heart, but he definitely didn't dare to express it. How did the Zhang family and Weng's son-in-law get to the throne, Zhang Qing couldn't be clearer as the party concerned. If it weren't for the Haihan people's money and efforts behind the scenes, plus their advice, he Zhang Qing might not be able to find an opportunity to be promoted to Zhizhou if he was a general judge for two or three terms. Now sitting in this position, with Luo Shengdong, the 'son-in-law' in charge, and the Haihan people as strong reinforcements, at least in Yacheng, no one dares to contradict Zhang Qing - even if there is such a person who does not know the power, as long as he raises the shield of "Haihan", he will immediately shut up obediently. The last time I went to Victory Port, the leader of Haihan said very 'blatantly' that for them there are only two kinds of people in the world, one is a partner and the other is an enemy. If there is no common interest, the partner will also become an enemy - Zhang Qing does not want to be treated as an enemy by the Haihan people, then he will most likely become the shortest-serving governor in the history of Yazhou. Compared with those who don't know who the land belongs to, Zhang Qing must care more about his current official position and future development prospects, so he quickly judged the importance and made a decision: "Come on, go and inform the backyard, prepare a banquet, this official wants to talk with Mr. Shi about the future of Yazhou today!"