Chapter 196 Arrogance

Before several representatives of the engineer group finished speaking, the representatives of the military group had already stood up and refuted them. Shawlin also began to wonder whether it was still necessary to keep the Hall M1819 musket and front-loading rifled gun secret. If it is a normal development, these weapons will only appear in less than a hundred years. But what happened, the white man reigned, the Ottoman Turkish Empire began to end, China weakened, and Africa and the Americas were taken by Australia.

Without the oppression of the white man, the pace of natural industrial progress began to slow down. Look at World War I, World War II, and the two World Wars, how terrible the development of weapons was. Enemies and wars are the best catalysts for technological evolution. The military representative was right, even if the company kept these firearms secrets strictly and stubbornly kept the secrets, at most ten years, white Europeans would develop their own firearms under the high pressure of the company. After the first industrial revolution, their industrial system is not as advanced as the company, but the total number of factories is not comparable to the company.

Even, for a long time, the company's industrial productivity was still not as good as that of Britain and France, and it could only rely on advanced food to eat. Rather than let these white people do their own research, thus forming their own scientific research system, it is better for the company to sell it to them. Imitation will never become a military industrial power. At that time, China had been copying Soviet weapons, and in the end, it was not to accumulate strength and embark on the road of independent research and development, and finally to achieve the status of a great power.

Besides, these weapons don't pose much of a threat to the company at all. Hall M1819 rear-loading gun, compared with the current brown bass is an artifact, but compared with five or six styles, it is not worthy of shoes. It is compared with the Yanhuang rifle commonly equipped by the company, the power, range, rate of fire, and accuracy are not comparable. And the front-loading rifled gun is not even a chicken rib for the company. The company's research and development of 75mm caliber field guns has begun for a month and a half, and as soon as this comes out, the heavy-handed and two-style guns will have to be eliminated.

The company is backed by the 21st century, and the weapons used now are all from the early 20th century, except for the five or six types, and even many of them were developed at the end of the 19th century. China is under extremely strict control, but it is impossible to obtain China's weapons technology, and other countries can't get it? In the world of the 21 st century, where materialism is rampant, there are many people who have an eye for money. Even if it can't reach the level of 2019, the military technology of 00 years can always be obtained. With the technology of the white people now, at most they can imitate the Yanhuang style and the revolver, and the five or six styles are alien artifacts for them, and they can't be studied at all.

Moreover, the company now has too many Hall M1819 rifles and heavy guns, which are good goods that can be used in battle. What should I do if it has been piled up there for a long time and rusts, and then it will not be able to sell for a good price. If it was to be rebuilt, it would be better not to produce them in the first place. It just so happened that they could take advantage of this opportunity to exchange them for the funds and materials that the company urgently needed from the British, and to speed up the company's development. ”

Xiao Lin thought about it for a while, and the representatives of the military had already said a lot, and basically convinced the people in the engineering team. Xiao Lin and Qu Jun and Yu Xiao exchanged glances, and they all felt very reasonable. Voted by a show of hands again, 25 people, 17 voted in favor, and the sale to Britain was thus determined. The next day, Collins received a notice that the company had prepared a list of goods for sale and a physical reference for him, and invited him to negotiate the price.

Collins waited for three days and finally accomplished all his goals. During these three days, the company did not restrict their travel. However, the merchants of Raccoon City have received the news that a gang of wrongdoers has come here. Therefore, these people were surrounded by all kinds of goods and services during this time, eating, drinking and merrymaking every day, and the funds given by the colony were gone in one day, and all they spent were their own private property. If it dragged on any longer, Corinthian and they wouldn't even have to spend the return trip.

Collins was taken to the barracks in Raccoon City this time, because he had weapons, so it was easier to test in the barracks range. Xiao Lin also sent a small official to bring it in, but this time the British came up to the pole to ask for help, and no one in the company would agree to it if they didn't slaughter it severely. Collins came in, and only saw Qu Jun, who was in charge of foreign trade, and Xiao Lin hid in the back, while dealing with the accumulated government affairs.

Collins knew that Qu Jun was a big official, and his status in the company was similar to that of his father, Count Linman, in the colony, and even a little stronger, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off. Seeing Qu Jun, he immediately stepped forward, respectfully studied the merchant here, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit a match and handed it over. Qu Jun naturally took it, but didn't let him light it.

"Don't don't, put out the fire quickly, take out the matches and put them outside, there is a lot of gunpowder in it, if we accidentally light it, we will all have to go to heaven." ”

The English envoys shuddered, and before Collins could react, his lieutenant snatched the match from his hand, stepped on it, and threw the matchbox out. Collins made a two, embarrassed cancer, and smiled wryly. Qu Jun didn't care, came over and hugged his shoulders and walked inside.

"So, let's look at the food side first. This time, we prepared a variety of canned meat, canned fruits, and bread that could be kept for half a year. And, of course, there's fine flour and rice, depending on what you need. ”

"Oh, your company can even keep bread for half a year, how do you do it?"

"Well, this one, we've just added a new spice blend. It's hard to say the specifics. ”

"I understand, and I want to ask you to explain more to me. ”

What kind of mixed spices, it's just a desperate effort to add preservatives to it. Eating is not killing people, but if there is any hidden disease left in the body, it is none of the company's business. Of course, these Qu Jun would definitely not tell Collins. After a few years of foreign trade, Qu Jun is also very experienced, and Cande Collins was stunned for a moment, completely ignoring the strange places of these foods. They have opened a can of these cans to taste the taste, but it is better than their own dark cooking, and that's it. After talking, I directly placed an order for 500,000 pounds of food, mainly canned instant noodles, preservative bread and other foods that have been preserved for a long time.

The firearms were not in a hurry, Qu Jun took them to lunch, whetted their appetites, and then took them to start experimenting with firearms at two o'clock in the afternoon. There are only three types of firearms sold this time. Hall M1819 muskets, a heavy-fist 75mm front-loading rifled gun, and 10,000 remaining fuse grenades that need to be ignited by hand. As for the revolver, the previously produced batch of flintlock rifers was sold out, and it was not produced later. The company also felt that there was no need to waste energy on such crooked technology.

Collins had vaguely heard of the power of Hall's M1819 musket and heavy punches, and it is said that the British militia was relied on by the Charles family and the trader tribe to outdo more with less. Collins thought that the company would buy them some front-loading muskets at most, but he didn't expect them to be these two artifacts. Collins was also a man familiar with guns, and he personally experienced the performance of both weapons. Hall M1819, which can hit targets at a distance of 120 meters, Corins's marksmanship is a credit, but it also proves the excellent performance of the gun.

And the heavy punch style, within 700 meters, can ensure a great hit rate within 100 meters. Add to this the weight of a six-pounder cannon and the power of a twelve-pounder cannon, and Collins couldn't help but be overjoyed. Although he reacted immediately and defended it, Qu Jun also saw it completely. He silently raised the price he had set before, a Hall M1819 musket, which the company sold for three hundred pounds, a heavy fist and a fortification, and five thousand pounds. A rifle bullet is £05, a shell and matching gunpowder are £20.

This price can no longer be described as a black heart. The cost is only one-twentieth of the selling price, which is really dark. Collins tried to bargain, but almost rolled over, and didn't let Qu Jun drop a point. It's just that Qu Jun promised that each rifle could send ten rounds of ammunition, and each gun could send three shells. Collins had no choice but to accept the price. Then, two million pounds were directly auctioned and a batch of weapons was ordered.

These weapons, which were bought to equip the private armies of the nobility, were finally forced to surrender by the British government. Therefore, it is the strength of the nobles' own ID that is strengthened. Naturally, these nobles were willing to spend money. You must know that Charlie cultivated the "Lord's Sword" before, and it took less than one million yuan. As soon as the matter of procurement was discussed, half of the mission was immediately turned back, and the British brought in the goods.

Collins took the other half of the staff and temporarily set up an office in Raccoon City. If it weren't for the fact that the company wouldn't be able to reach the level of the kingdom, I'm afraid it would be an embassy. As soon as the news came out, the people in the company were extremely proud and even overjoyed. Xiao Lin didn't even notice this, and as the company continued to export trade, people had the idea that the company's things were good things. By the way, the company is more civilized and advanced, and the people of these companies are also nobler and better than the people of other forces.

This is compared with an African indigenous and a Mi people, the Mi people must be extremely proud and crush and deal with them from all sides. This is the arrogance of a great country and the embodiment of the arrogance of the people of a great country. With this pride, the company will be fearless. When it is truly fully formed, even if the company goes to war with the whole of Europe, the people under its rule will not be unpopular, and will still work hard to strengthen the company.