Chapter 125: Selling Guns (continued)
Although the Hall M1819 rifle was the first full-fledged rear-loading gun, it still could not get rid of its limitations. A flintlock bolt is still not a needle bolt after all. However, after all, it was designed in the early 19th century, and its power, range and accuracy far exceeded that of today's most advanced front-loading muskets. Not to mention that the brown bass musket developed by the British, even the weapons of the French, who are now at the top of military production in Europe, are not as good as the Hall M1819.
Naturally, James also understands that the company must ensure its own advantages. Although the Charles family began to gradually get closer to the company, after all, they did not show their horses and joined the company openly. Jaime could vouch for his and his father's closeness and loyalty to the company, but his eldest brother, and the rest of the family, had always objected to the Charles family's alliance with an Indian. Especially the news that he brought back Xiao Lin to become the son-in-law of the Charles family, which also aroused opposition and criticism from many people.
Even the two Type 17 pistols he brought back were almost snatched away and disassembled for study. Thankfully, Jaime's father was out of the question, otherwise he wouldn't be in the situation he is in. Alger inherited his father's character and had a clear sense of himself. Such a person will live to the end and make the most correct choice at a critical moment. Alger knew that he was a soldier and that he had no merit other than that little military talent of the 18th century.
Originally, Alger was just thinking about keeping the family's position, and if possible, going further. But since he came into contact with Yanhuang Trading Company, he has even greater ambitions. He wanted to make the Charles family stronger than the Addams family in its heyday, and he even wanted to sit in the position of Charlie Mill as the current governor. He also knew that he couldn't do it on his own. And Xiao Lin, the person who has already shown the posture of a king, is the thigh he is looking for.
Not only is Alger very happy about Britney and Nina becoming Shoren women, but he also has no objection to Avril and Kate and Sam Dean, two of the company's rising star generals, approaching. Naturally, Alger also guessed Shawlin's test, so he didn't use the two Type 17 pistols. Hall M1819 rifle, Shaw Lin with 30 rounds of ammunition costs 2,000 Yan Huang coins. The bullet production process can be sold, but it costs 100,000 Yan Huang coins.
After talking about rifles and pistols, it is natural to talk about artillery. Xiao Lin thought about it, but did not find a suitable style, so he decided to sell them the heavy fist artillery. The power of the heavy-fist 1-type artillery and 75-mm ventriloquist is no longer enough for the escort artillerymen who are accustomed to using the 120-mm caliber heavy-fist 2 artillery. If it weren't for the fact that the weight of the heavy fist style is a bit large, and it is inconvenient to transport when the road is not smooth enough, I am afraid that it will be required to ban the heavy fist style.
As the company grew, Shoren also got the idea of oil deposits on the North American continent. Now that the power of the 21st century is still in the age of fuel, and the battery technology of electric vehicles is not yet perfect, it is naturally impossible for Xiao Lin to fully use electricity in the 18th century company. Oil production equipment, Xiao Lin consulted, people said that modular installation, oil production can also be 100 tons a month, this quantity, for the current company is very suitable.
As long as there is enough fuel, the company can fully equip the car. With trucks, heavy fist 2 and even heavy 180 mm caliber heavy guns with heavy fist 3 that have completed technical research and development, transportation is no longer a problem. In this way, the elimination of heavy punches is inevitable. However, the heavy punch style, in this era, is still a very advanced artillery. The weight of the heavy fist is only equivalent to that of an eight-pound gun, but the range is a little longer than that of a twelve-pound gun. After loading the new yellow powder, it was also more powerful than the twelve-pounder cannon in an attack from 1,500 meters away.
Yellow gunpowder Shaw Lin could naturally also be sold, and he believed that with the methods of the British now, it could not be imitated. If you are not careful, it will cause a terrible explosion, and the power of yellow gunpowder is not comparable to that of black gunpowder. It would be better to blow up a group of British scientific researchers, and then Shawlin will laugh. A heavy-fist artillery cannon with ten shells and gunpowder, whether it is a solid bullet or a grape bullet, costs 5,000 Yan Huang coins.
The price is very high, but every time the Charles family trades with the company, they can also get almost 50,000 Yan Huang coins. Most of it was used to buy the company's lifestyle products, and a small part was saved by Alger for later use. Naturally, Jaime didn't have enough money in his hands, and he didn't dare to make decisions about such an important matter. After a night's rest, he went straight back, he was going to invite Alger to personally decide the amount of the arms trade.
However, they are not the only arms customers of Shawlin. The French had already come to buy the kind of grenade that the company had given them last time, which was named by Schoelin as the Type 18 foreign trade type with a fuse ignition method filled with yellow gunpowder. Last time, Shoren photographed a few people who brought hundreds of grenades as gifts and gave them to the French. Originally, the French were still laughing and saying that the Indians could have any good grenades.
With the start of the great war with the British, the French were not prepared and could not keep up with some arms supplies. In particular, grenades were one of the first to develop grenadiers, and the French relied on grenadiers a lot, resulting in too much grenade consumption. The logistics officer was so urged that he had no choice but to use the grenades sent by the company as a resupply. At this time, the grenade soldiers on the front line were very surprised, and they found that this grenade was really useful.
Although the fuse is still lit, it has been water-repellent in the 21st century. The grenade shell seems to be spliced, but it doesn't leak at all, and it can be used normally even if it's raining heavily. And the detonation time is completely fixed, and then the fifth second will inevitably explode, unlike the grenades they make themselves, which are seven or eight seconds or even three or four seconds. The uniform timing of the explosion means that the tactics are better arranged and there will be no surprises.
Moreover, they were filled with yellow gunpowder and used special objects, and the explosive power of these grenades was generally more than fifty percent more than that of the grenades they made themselves. With just these 300 grenades, they captured a town where thousands of British troops were stationed. The front-line grenadiers all strongly demanded the continued use of this Type 18 grenade, and the fighters refused to use what they made themselves. After the French commander learned about this, he personally took out all the money that was originally used to purchase grenades in his arsenal and used them to purchase the grenades of the Yanhuang Trading Company.
However, since he came, Chaulin did not intend to let go of these French wrongdoers easily. In addition to the heavy fist artillery can not be sold, I am afraid that after the successful imitation of the French with strong industrial capabilities, it will become an obstacle to their domination of North America in the future. And the Hall M1819 rifle cannot be sold, and the Charles family has to rely on this to fight for greater benefits. Revolver, as well as bayonets. There were also steel knives and compound bows suitable for Indian servants, and Shoring was eager to sell them to the French. This time the team was led by the commander's youngest son, Claude Monet, a young but talented man.
The revolver is also a rear-loading bullet gun, which is naturally fired by a backward flintlock machine. Although there is also a danger of being cracked, Xiao Lin is not worried. Without a strong force, the French would have been defeated in the North American Colonial War, as in history, and even completely expelled from the North American continent by the British. In this way, the company has one less teammate to share the pressure. Before the company had 20,000 regular troops, Sholin still believed that it was not appropriate for the company to confront the British head-on. Letting the French top the cylinder is the best choice.
Even if the French imitated the rear-loading gun, relying on their technological ability, they would not be able to advance to the level of the Yanhuang Type 1 rifle in a very short time. Even if he could create a weapon comparable to the power of the Yanhuang Type 1 rifle, Xiao Lin had nearly a hundred years of more advanced technology to use.
However, even if this is the case, how can it resist the mouth of Xiao Lin, who is proficient in 21st century sales techniques. Claude Monet had just arrived at the company, and after finalizing the grenade deal, he was pulled by Shawlin to a weapons testing range.
"Come on, Claude, I've got good stuff here. You look at this first, the ZL-1 type revolver, six bullets, flintlock gun fire, can be completely fired in two minutes. Within 100 meters, it is powerful enough to kill a grizzly bear, but the caliber is 11.2 mm. Let's try it on the target. ”
Claude Monet couldn't do anything about this sturdy man with a dead skin and a familiar face, and he couldn't pull it, and he was directly forced to stuff a special short-handled musket in his hand. In his eyes, the ZL-1 type revolver. However, with Shawlin's introduction, Claude Monet gradually emerged with a look of surprise. As a soldier, he naturally said, if what Xiao Lin said was true, this weapon he named the revolver was definitely a melee weapon. If a large amount of equipment can be provided to grassroots officials, it will be able to greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the French army.
Claude Monet followed Schollin's instructions, loaded the bullets, opened the safe, and began to design a target a hundred meters away. Sure enough, all six bullets were fired in two minutes, and the target had become pieces of wood.
"Lord Xiao Lin, how many such pistols are there, I want them all. ”
"No problem, you can have as many as you want, a pair with thirty rounds of ammunition, a total of three thousand Yan Yellow Coins. ”
"It's, okay. Let's start with three thousand. ”
"In that case, I think you'll need some bayonets and compound bows, and I'll tell you, these things ......."
"Buy!"