The arsenal is not called the arsenal, but the 404 factory, and no one understands its meaning.

It was built right next to the gunpowder factory, southeast of the military headquarters, less than two kilometers from the coal mine.

The factory consists of two parts, one is smelting, which smelts pig iron sent by Xishanling as needed, and the other is forging, which forges and forms the solidified steel.

The key link is forging, which requires the manufacture of various types of forging dies, and the machine tools can be universal, but the molds are not.

The second is power, which can only use the principle of lever and the characteristics of the pulley block to drive it with human or animal power, and the steam engine is still a shadow. In the future, we will consider building a large reservoir at the foot of the mountain, taking advantage of the terrain difference, so that the water flow can drive the waterwheel to drive the equipment, but it is greatly affected by the season.

Hedong's small commodity wholesale market is very hot, every day is full of guests, but the best-selling mahjong, chess and other products seem to be lacking in stamina, the business alliance investigated this, and then found that there is also a sporting goods factory in Wangdu, and everything is revealed.

After Wang Xuan learned about it, he did not say anything.

Wang Yue left, Lan'er also followed, the operation mode of the entire factory is easy to copy, so there is nothing to make a fuss about, he just asked the factory to actively develop new products, and took out the sharp weapon of 'billiards'.

Not to mention the production of the table, this is too simple for the carpenter, the key is the production of the objects on the table.

The tablecloth was replaced with cowhide, except that no replacement has yet been found.

The ball is made of wood, first polished into a primary sphere on the mold, then finely processed, and finally put into the parallel two plane molds to rub back and forth between the edges and corners to ensure that the sphere is smooth and the size is consistent.

The clubs are made of maple, the clubhead is wrapped in cowhide, and the iron turns are used around it.

Five days later, a brand-new billiard table appeared in the activity room of the Government Affairs Yuan, where Wang Xuan was competing with Yang Tao.

Three days later, three more cards were added to become four, one of which was snooker and three American bags. So there are fewer people on lunch break and more people in the activity room.

In mid-October, Wang Xuan found Mei'er and introduced this business to him, and now the sporting goods factory has been Wang Bi's industry, together under her jurisdiction, Wang Xuan hopes that the emergence of billiards can support the banner of auspicious wooden products and gain the upper hand in the competition with Wang Du.

Wang Xuan was greatly encouraged by the success of artillery, and after the completion of the arsenal, he planned to try to produce muskets to modernize the auspicious army.

The advent of the era of hot weapons will change the army's existing tactics and tactics, and structural reform is imminent.

In the end, Wang Xuan still adopted the establishment of a modern army, so that the number of officers at the grassroots level increased dramatically.

In late October, the internal military magazine announced the adjustment plan, and the army adopted the 'three-three system,' with the most basic level being organized into squads, with three squads being one platoon, three platoons being one company, and three companies being one battalion.

In this way, the army of 4,000 people is equivalent to the strength of two regiments and one battalion.

The navy is divided into three parts: shore defense, surface ships, and marines. The coastal defense force is expected to be a full battalion, the surface ship unit is expected to be a full regiment, and the Marine Corps is also expected to be a full battalion.

The Air Force has only one full-fledged battalion.

The military rank system has not been implemented at the same time, the time is not yet ripe, and a tough implementation will only make a mess.

This reform did not cause a stir in the army, and after a salary increase, everyone was very content, and now nearly half of the grassroots officers have been added, and some veterans still do not know what kind of happiness they will become.

Towards the end of the month, the fourth sent a bad news, some of the territory troops have moved, and the warships are assembled, I hope to pay attention!

When Wang Xuan received the news, he was fishing on the banks of the Liuyin River, and the flowers wanted to drink fish soup.

The moment he saw the content, Wang Xuan thought that their target should be Hu Yue in the north.

The reason is very simple, now that there is no war between the various domains, who will the army assemble to fight? It is impossible for Jixiang, except for Wang Yue's relationship, Jixiang is very honest now, and he has not done anything out of the ordinary, except for the matter of Chiyan.

But that is a war of revenge between territories, forcibly rising to the national level, is a big fuss.

In addition, Hu Yue has always been dishonest and constantly provoked border frictions, and now Daxia has withdrawn his hand and it is still possible to conduct a border exercise.

Despite this, Wang Xuan convened a military meeting to report the matter.

In addition to strengthening intelligence work, auspiciousness should also carry out combat readiness patrols, and the navy's inland river fleet must always be in a state of combat readiness and respond to emergencies at any time.

The production of artillery should be accelerated, and at present the river fleet has only six warships and four supply ships, and in order to install artillery, these warships need to be overhauled, and they cannot be completed in less than a month.

Therefore, the produced naval guns were preferentially installed on the city defense of the lake embankment and Dongshan Pass, and the new ships could be supplemented after they came out.

Although he took countermeasures, Wang Xuan was always a little restless, and he often panicked inexplicably, and he only thought it was caused by fatigue.

The garrisons in the territory are adapting to the new establishment and are familiar with the new command mode, and if a war breaks out at this time, the command system will face great challenges.

At the end of October, Jixiang Business Hotel officially opened to the public, and the application for booking has been scheduled until the end of next month.

It's not because it's a lord's property that it's popular, but because of its unique layout and decoration, which has long aroused everyone's curiosity to experience it, and besides, vanity is something that everyone has to a greater or lesser extent.

Huang Pengxing and Wu Qi were the first guests to stay, and they were thrilled about it.

The main gate is a rotating glass door with a small glass door on each side to accompany it.

After entering, there is a huge hall, and on the left hand side is a half-height marble front desk, where two women in black uniforms are in charge of reception.

"Hello, please show your ID. ”

The two showed their residence permits issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, registered and received the room key, and then walked through the lobby and walked towards the staircase by stepping on the shiny floor tiles.

On the right is the waiting area, the wood-colored sofa looks eye-catching, a few common fruits are placed on the transparent coffee table, and there are several pots of green plants with flower bones standing in the corner, which is very spiritual.

The staircase has solid wood handrails, tiled steps, and the walls are painted white, embellished with several landscape paintings, and the sunlight shines through the windows, reflecting the long reflection of the two.

All the way to the sixth floor, across the stairs is room 601, the dark red door is inlaid with a silver round metal plate with the word '601' on it.

"This is it. ”

Woody took out the key, opened the door and entered the house.

This is the sunny side, two large floor-to-ceiling windows appear in front of the two of them, and a slightly moist south wind sweeps through the balcony, fluttering the curtains on both sides.

The potted plants dotted on the balcony are spitting out aromatic stamens and shaking green leaves, sending bursts of fragrance.

Huang Pengxing casually changed his slippers and came to the corner of the wine cabinet to look at the living room.

"Scared? That's what I said when I first looked at the portrait. ”

Wu Qi was very satisfied with Huang Pengxing's expression at this time, "The price of ten gold coins a night is not wronged." ”

"No, it turns out that the house can still be like this. ”

In the middle of the living room is a sofa and coffee table, which are standard, and below is a red floor, which is very comfortable to step on.

The wine cabinet is full of all kinds of liquor produced by Jixiang, equipped with a variety of exquisite wine glasses, Wu Qi involuntarily poured two glasses of 'Dream Jixiang', and Huang Pengxing each held a glass, and drank it all.

A large set of combination lamps hangs from the roof, and six white candles are beautifully covered with glass covers, which are lowered by ropes to control the lifting and lowering.

There is a bedroom on the left and right of the living room, which is equipped with a set of modular furniture, with a separate bathroom, and the study is connected.

To the north of the bedroom is a small meeting room, and next door is an activity room, where you can play mahjong and billiards.

The most novel thing for the two is the lighting, due to the large use of glass, there are relatively many windows, and the light is naturally good, not to mention that there are unique mirrors in the backlight area to 'transmit light'.

"The bed was so comfortable, it was so bouncy. Huang Pengxing was lying on the bed and did not want to get up.

"It's a good window, and it's a good choice to lie on it and look at the view. ”

Seeing Huang Pengxing dominate the big bed, Wu Qi lay on the bay window covered with blankets, looking at the pedestrian street on the side, watching people coming and going.

"We never dreamed that we could have today, this carpet is also comfortable to step on with bare feet, the big bathtub is here to take a bath, and the new toilet, tsk, this bathroom is cleaner than my home in the royal capital, the mascot is terrible!"

"It should be that young man is too terrifying, Wenzhi martial arts, what is missing?" Wu Qi sighed.

"Brother Wu, what do you say will happen if he is allowed to sit on the throne of Great Xia?"

What will happen?

Woo Chi was silent, he didn't know what would happen, but it would definitely be better than now, if nothing else, the rule of officials and business would definitely go to the next level.

"I've been wandering around lately, living every day like a year, and I'm going crazy. Huang Pengxing was lying on the bed in a 'big' shape, looking at the ceiling, muttering to himself.

"Isn't he unwell?" asked Woody.

Huang Pengxing replied to the question and said, "It's so beautiful here, not only the scenery, the architecture is beautiful, but the people's hearts are also beautiful. ”

"You mean security?" asked Wood, confused.

"It's a part, I always feel that this is the way to go in Great Xia, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the soldiers are brave and good at fighting, without the support of the general environment, these will not appear, this is an example for future development. ”

"Then why does Brother Huang have the feeling of 'living like a year'?"

"Hey, if one day, these are gone, will Brother Wu feel sorry for this?"

How could it be gone?

Seeing that Wu Qi still didn't react, Huang Pengxing said again: "Someone has taken a fancy to the wealth here, with Jixiang's current strength, if you prepare early, there is still the possibility of a fight, if you are attacked, your life hangs by a thread, and life and death are unpredictable." ”

Now Wu Qi understands that the reason why Huang Pengxing is living like a year is that he is struggling with whether to notify Jixiang to prepare for war, so it seems that there must be forces that are friendly with him to participate in it, which makes him in a dilemma.

Thinking of this, Woody didn't know how to answer, his home was not here, and the business would still be the same if he changed the owner, but he would earn less.

But when he thought that in the future, he would no longer be able to see people's smiling faces from the heart, the sunny appearance of energetic children, the grand occasion of developing for the better day by day, and the spirit of self-confidence, self-love and self-improvement.

Auspiciousness is already a soft part of his heart, the auspicious mode that should not appear in this era, he is fascinated by it, he likes this feeling, he falls in love with this feeling, once it is gone, he will be worse than dead.

Wu Qi was silent for a long time, and Huang Pengxing already knew the answer.

"I shouldn't be so selfish, every time I get off the boat and set foot on this land, I feel inexplicably at ease, I know what to do. ”