After the two sides reached an agreement, the prisoners in custody were secretly transferred, and Baron Glanville-Gower arranged for the ship to be transported away, and the relevant diplomatic secret mail was sent out as soon as possible, which was amazingly efficient.

Three weeks later

September 28, 1847

The Ocean Kingdom and the British envoy signed the Treaty of Oregon, and the division of Oregon between Britain and Tang was bounded by the 49° north latitude (Note; Vancouver Island belongs to the Tang Kingdom), to the north belongs to the United Kingdom, and to the south belongs to the Tang Kingdom.

The Tang Kingdom paid $1.7 million to compensate the British Hudson's Bay Company for establishing settlements in Oregon and other colonial losses.

This article was unanimously decided by British Prime Minister William Lamb and Foreign Secretary Sir Henry John Temple, and it looked better on the face.

The British want to save face, and the Tang Kingdom wants to be affordable.

The Tang Kingdom's $1.7 million was not for nothing, in addition to Vancouver Island, which had never been acquired by the United States in history, it would also receive additional British assistance for the construction of two shipyards, the San Francisco and Los Angeles docks, all the equipment for the excavation and smelting of a large copper mine, and the assistance of relevant administrative, legal and municipal professionals.

Its value has exceeded the 1.7 million US dollars exceeded by the Tang Kingdom, which is equivalent to compensation in disguise.

The 15,000 cavalry equipment promised by the British has been loaded and sent to the Tang Kingdom, and on this basis, some other materials have been attached, such as some surplus tents, blankets, field cooking utensils, kettles, shovels, a large amount of black powder, etc., which have been stored for nearly 20 years, which can be regarded as gifts.

These materials in the warehouse are drizzling for the deep-pocketed British!

On the second day of the signing of the treaty, the Tang Kingdom publicly hanged nearly 300 white prisoners, although the official did not make it clear, but the masses gossip that they were all executed by the white rebellion.

Taking into account the feelings of some white groups in the country, it was not specifically explained and the punishment was low-key.

The official is low-key, but the people can't hold back the excitement in their hearts, especially the Chinese community.

This move was very happy, and those Chinese people rushed to tell each other, beating gongs and drums to vent the joy in their hearts. It greatly deterred a small number of people with strange thoughts and stabilized the social situation.

Grape Valley

After a year and a half, the valley has changed a lot.

The Shanhaiguan with the original wooden fence as the main body has now been replaced by a tall and solid city wall, and the two gilded characters of "Shanhai" are engraved on the large stone slab, which looks dignified.

Dressed in a wide gate, the entrance is a stone-paved road that winds its way along the river and the mountains.

A large number of houses are built along both sides of the road, with a distinctive Chinese pavilion style, and the heavy eaves and arches are distinctive, looking like a beautiful landscape painting.

These two years

The Chinese gold prospectors made a fortune by the rivers of America, built houses, married wives and concubines, and parked one or two or more carriages in front of each house, showing a rich life.

Beautiful Caucasian woman, someone buys it for three or four thousand dollars.

With the influx of Chinese immigrants and the opening of many factories and iron ore mines, the population of the Grape Valley has grown rapidly to 27,000 people, and its growth momentum continues.

In Erdaowan Village and Sandaowan Village, you can see a large number of liquor shops, handicraft workshops and brothels along the streets, and the horse-drawn carriages often cause congestion, and it is a prosperous scene.

Sidaowan Village is lined with factories, most notably Colt Arms' huge reinforced concrete mushroom-shaped factory building, decorated with lattice patterns, which is the most abstract work of modern architecture and the landmark of the entire Grape Valley.

Accompanied by Mr. Samuel Colt, the company's director and general manager, Richard inspected the pistol and rifle production workshops along the spacious factory building, and finally to the artillery production workshop.

The artillery production equipment in the workshop is all provided by the British, and there are 76 engineers and technicians from the UK to help the Chinese workers get familiar with the use of production equipment and teach the production experience by hand.

The three caliber guns produced in the artillery workshop were the British Whitworth 12-pounder field gun, the 20-pounder field gun and the 40-pounder fort defense gun.

In the early 40s, Italy developed a rifled gun, and Sir Joseph Whitworth immediately developed a new 12-pounder gun, which is the British Army's standard Whitworth gun, and developed a variety of calibers.

"Your Majesty, to put it mildly, the British artillery produced by our company can blow those arrogant Yankees into slag and let them know what firepower is."

After Samuel Colt was awarded the honorary title of Knight of the King, he naturally brought himself into the role of a subject of the Tang Kingdom, and was proud of it.

Richard recently divided 64 knights of the king, including important officials in the military and political circles, the standard for officers is major and above, and the political and economic circles are officials and businessmen who have made important contributions.

Only with the title of Knight of Honor of the King can he be classified as a nobleman in the future, and it is not difficult to choose between the two compared to an ordinary American nationality.

Among the white immigrants of North America, there is a obsessive and obsessive pursuit of aristocratic titles in their bones, but unfortunately in democracies like the United States and Mexico, it will never be possible.

There is only one monarch in the entire North American continent who is eligible to divide the nobles, and that is Richard, the king of the Tang Kingdom, who is the Grand Duke of California and His Majesty the King of the Tang Kingdom by Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

As the top nobility of the European tradition, there are two kinds of dukes, namely grand dukes and dukes.

The Grand Duchy family was more noble and powerful, and could be hereditary Grand Duchy or newly created Grand Duchy, and royal power was generally recognized.

The son of the Grand Duke is a prince, and the daughter is a princess.

For example, the Kingdom of Prussia Bavaria, the Kingdom of Hesse, the Kingdom of Hamburg, the Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, etc., are all Grand Duchies.

As the monarch of a country, the Grand Duke has the right to divide the nobles below the earl, which is the dream of countless people.

The duke did not have such a right, nor could he establish a state, and the dukes of England, France, Tsarist Russia, Austria-Hungary, etc., were only members of the top nobility.

The inheritance of the ducal family is the same as that of other European nobles, the eldest son inherits the title and fief, and before the succession of the lord, all can be honored as "noble Lord so-and-so", while women have no inheritance rights, and the children are commoners in the third generation.

Behind Richard stood a tall, lanky middle-aged white man, about 40 years old, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Frezie, the former commander of the U.S. Tennessee Cavalry, the U.S. military officer who was so cautious that it was difficult for Richard, and one of the newly appointed knights of the king.

There is no doubt that he is an American traitor.

But Richard prefers to call it a bright-hearted Irishman, and yes, Harry Frezzy is a white Irishman.

Richard looked at the rows of unfinished barrels with satisfaction with his hands behind his back, and turned back to ask; "Harry, from the perspective of the Army's expertise, what is the advantage of the Whitworth 12-pounder gun?"

Harry Frazzi bowed down with a humble expression, stepped forward and pointed to the position of the gun breech and said;

"Your Majesty;

The Italians introduced a hexagonal rotating rifling design into the gun barrel, coupled with ammunition with a hexagonal profile, the shell gained rotational force when it was discharged, which made the movement of the shell smoother, the shooting more accurate, and the firing range was relatively longer.

The British Whitworth 12-pounder, 20-pounder field guns, and 40-pounder fortified guns carried on this advantage, giving us a great advantage in battle.

Just take the British Whitworth 12-pounder field gun;

It uses very advanced breech loading technology, and the gun has increased the chamber pressure, which can accurately shell targets at a distance of 1,600 yards (about 1,463 meters), with a maximum effective range of 4,500 yards.

In real combat

The French Napoleon 12-pounder smoothbore gun equipped by the US military has a precision shelling distance of about 700 yards to 1,100 yards, which is much backward compared with it, and the impact points are scattered, and the precision shelling ability is limited, which belongs to the level of artillery equipment at the end of the 18th century.

Entering the mid-19th century

Along with the advancement of artillery technology, there is also firearms technology.

In the 40s of the 19th century, breech-loading rifle and barrel rifling technology began to be used, taking the more advanced Springfield rifle as an example, the gun has an effective firing distance of 500 yards (about 460 meters), and the actual lethality of the warhead at a distance of 1000 yards (about 914 meters) is still considerable.

In actual combat, the U.S. breech-loaded Napoleonic 12-pounder field artillery was easily hit by the enemy's attacking infantry platoon and fire, and it would die after a few rounds of artillery fire.

Everybody knows

The musketeers have a natural fear of the muzzles of the black holes, and when possible, they will involuntarily focus their muzzles on the artillery, and the temporary artillery positions built in the field environment cannot provide reliable protection for the artillerymen.

Therefore, improving the performance of field artillery and making the shells fly farther, more accurately, more lethal, and more lethal has become an important performance indicator of advanced artillery.

In engagement, more advanced artillery can kill and wound enemy musketeers at a longer distance, giving them a few more rounds of shelling, while advanced breech loading technology can protect artillery safety to a greater extent, becoming the last straw that crushes the camel.

Based on the above, Weichen thinks that the technical superiority of artillery will win the final victory for us and make an indelible great contribution. ”

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Richard smiled and applauded, nodded approvingly; "Good, good, very good, very thoroughly, especially the phrase "win the final victory for us", which is very well said. ”

His Majesty's compliment made Lieutenant Colonel Harry Frezzi blush, and he bowed humbly.

Richard didn't care about his embarrassment, after all, the face of a soldier is not as thick as that of a politician, but he is much more ruthless.

Had it not been for Lieutenant Colonel Harry Freisie's resolute mission of slaughtering white male men in Minneapolis, he would not have been able to gain Richard's trust, let alone the glory of the King's Knight.

No pain, no gain!

Richard asked as he walked, and Samuel Colt answered all the questions and walked all the way forward.

"In the current production, can Chinese workers operate independently?"

"Your Majesty, these Chinese workers are the smartest and hardest workers I have ever met, and now they are able to operate independently on the revolver and rifle production lines, producing products of no less quality than those of experienced old gunsmiths."

"Oh, yes, isn't it an exaggeration?"

"Indeed, I am very satisfied with these hard-working Chinese workers, but in the artillery production line, due to the relatively high technical requirements, most of them are still operated by British technicians, which has to be done slowly."

"Didn't I send you a batch of literate offspring at the end of last year? Is the language barrier passed now? ”

"Basic communication is fine, but they lack physics. The basics of chemistry and geometry need to be taught slowly, and I estimate that it will take at least four or five years to have some foundation. ”

"Take your time, there are a large number of young people up to the age of 16 among the recent Chinese immigrants, and I have instructed the relevant departments to set up schools to concentrate on teaching the basics of language, geography, mathematics, physics and chemistry, and to accumulate reserve talents for the factory."

"Your Majesty is wise."

"Hehehe...... These things have to be done sooner or later, and it is better to do them later than later, and the missing lessons must always be made up. Richard smiled and asked; Today's gun production is sufficient, heavy machine guns and artillery are the next focus, and by the way, there are copper shell fixed ammunition. ”

"The output of heavy machine guns is okay now, 30 per month can basically meet the requirements, the output of artillery is low, about 6~8 per month, and it is possible to increase to the level of more than 12 guns per month after proficiency. The main reason is that the rifling process is difficult to master and the rejection rate is high, which is really not urgent. ”

"How much does each cannon cost?"

"Due to the high scrap rate of new entrants, the cost remained high for the time being, and the cost of building an British Whitworth 12-pounder field gun would be around £640. And the import of one such gun only costs 300 pounds, which is a big difference. ”

"Pay the tuition! It is understandable that in any case, it is necessary to have independent artillery production capacity, develop new products after understanding the technology, and may export them to Europe or other countries, which is a good deal. ”

"Your Majesty has insight into thousands of miles, and Weichen and others are ashamed."

"Hahaha...... Mr. Samuel, don't be modest, I think your standardized industrial process is very creative, and you can find more engineers to improve it. Don't be afraid to spend more money in this regard, sharpen your knife and don't mistake the woodcutter. ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your understanding, I am preparing to do this, and I really need some excellent helpers to improve some transactional work. This frees up my hands to improve the weapon design, as well as the breech-loading rifle you are talking about, which has had a lot of interesting ideas in my head, but has never had the opportunity to put it into practice. ”

"This must be supported! In terms of experts, you are responsible for recruiting, the more the merrier, we are not afraid of more talents, although the financial treatment is assured, Colt Arms Company will never treat the experts badly. ”

Richard himself is the largest controlling shareholder of the Colt Arms Company, and if he talks about it, the funds are settled.

The weapons industry is related to the safety of the Tang Kingdom, and it is worth spending even more money.

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