The sun and the moon turned, time passed, and it was the spring of 1720. So much has happened in one year. In the Anglo-French War, the British had elite Hessian mercenaries as the core, and Adolf, a general who stood at the top of the times. Even if it fell into the downwind several times, it regained its strength and regained the upper hand. The French sent messengers several times to get rid of Sholin and send troops and horses to attack the rear of the British army, but Sholin did not agree.

However, this does not mean that the British have been winning forever. After all, the 30,000 Hessian mercenaries in the hands of the British first fought two battles with the company, killing more than 12,000 people, and then fighting with the French, and more than 7,000 people lost their combat effectiveness before and after, and only 10,000 remained, which was no longer able to bear the beam. Most of the wounded Hessian mercenaries have already settled down in the North American colonies and do not plan to go back. The British used a fleet of more than a dozen explosive battleships in exchange for these 30,000 ren, in fact, it can be said that they have long belonged to Britain.

Naturally, Adolf could not say anything about retreating with people. Had it not been for Charlie's constant support, Adolf's men would not have had enough strength to suppress the British army. Adolf also took refuge in Charlie and became Charlie's absolute confidant. Charlie was also quite self-aware, and his army was handed over to Adolf to manage. This has been pressing the French, but the potential is still exhausted. In this battle for the colony, the British army suffered 50,000 casualties, plus 20,000 Hessian mercenaries, and the strength in Charlie's hands was still not enough to suppress the internal opponents.

Coupled with the successive wars during this period of time, the high-pressure and high-tax policies on the colonies almost caused the people to live in poverty. The civilians almost couldn't survive, and not long ago, the civilians of a small settlement joined forces, killed the officials inside, rebelled against more than 100 militiamen, rebelled out of the colony, and took refuge in the Yanhuang Trading Company. In order to prevent a huge civil strife in the colony, the war could no longer be fought. If it were fought again, the civil strife in the British colonies would develop to the point where it could not be contained.

And the British, who had the upper hand, were like this, and the French were no better. If the French had not relied on the military logistics of the Yanhuang Trading Company to supply them with revolvers, grenades, and canned goods, they would have been completely defeated. Therefore, even if Xiao Lin never agreed to the French sending troops to attack the British, these French did not dare to directly tear their faces with the company. As long as the company no longer sold them anything, the French would not be able to replenish their strength, and would only lose even the last of their territory and be completely driven out of the North American continent by the British.

Both sides have reached the point of exhaustion and are no longer able to continue. Therefore, under the orders of the two sides in Europe, they began to prepare for peace. The loss of the colonies is too great to be in the interests of Europe itself, and even if there is still hatred, it cannot continue to fight. Therefore, the two sides officially began to make peace during the Spring Festival of the company. A month later, the peace talks were completed, the war between Britain and France was officially over, and the two sides began to recuperate.

Among them, the British were fortunate to occupy at least Quebec and gain a little more territory. The French, on the other hand, not only lost their troops, but also lost Quebec. The number of dead and wounded in the army and civilians also reached more than 60,000. Don't look at it compared to the British, but that's because more than 30,000 of the British were killed and wounded in the hands of the Yanhuang Trading Company. In the battle between the two forces, there were almost 30,000 Indians killed and wounded, all of whom were Indians from the affiliated tribes of both countries.

If there are any people who have benefited, it is only Yanhuang Trading Company. During this time, Igic once again brought 15,000 Asians to the company, including more than 4,000 elderly people and children. There were 11,000 adult men and women, and even the first to come here with Lin Xin took the initiative to tell Igek the address of their village in the last operation, and took their families over.

These 11,000 adults have greatly enriched the company's strength. Because, these Asians are all good at managing the fields. Unlike the whites and Indians, the fields and various crops did very well in their hands. These people alone produce enough food to feed more than 150,000 people in the company every year. Coupled with the food obtained from hunting, fishing, and trade, the company is no longer short of food, and everyone can raise children with great energy, and there is no longer any fear of dying early because they don't have enough to eat.

In the last three days of the first month after the Spring Festival, the company's last factory was established, which was the last arsenal supporting facilities, the bullet reloading factory. The company has fired a lot of bullets in recent years, all of which are made of 21st-century steel. Although it is only civilian steel, it can be used as high-quality cannon steel even in the mid-19th century. So, if it is abandoned like this, it is really reluctant.

However, in the 1720s, the company could not afford to build a steelmaking plant large enough to melt them back into use with late-20th-century processes. No matter how hard Xiao Lin tries, he can only establish a basic smelting workshop here. The biggest technology of the smelting workshop was that it could only train civilian steel in the early 19th century, which was not even qualified to make gun barrels, and could only be used to make civilian tools, mainly agricultural tools. However, it would be more difficult to bring these bullet casings back.

In the past, Xiao Lin had a limited amount of things to cross each time, and he couldn't squeeze out the space for them at all. Later, because the bullet casings were separated, it was only the box that was put in the box and smeared with blood. At this time, Xiao Lin completely gave up the idea of bringing them back for reuse, and could only find a way to benefit here. Gunpowder is much better than bullet casings, and, with the recipe, it doesn't need to be made in the 21st century at all, it's just the raw material, and after May 1719, the company can collect and dispose of it.

Therefore, a bullet reloading plant is very necessary. With the addition of this bullet garment factory, the company has established a basic defense industry in Sunsettown. By the end of February, the company had been able to produce 1,000 Yanhuang Type 1 rifles, 200 Type 17 pistols, and 300 ZL-1A heavy revolvers. In addition, 10,000 7.62 mm bullets and 2,000 11.2 mm bullets were reloaded. Together with the production, the bullets together produce 50,000 quantities per month.

Although it can't support a big battle of tens of thousands of people, it is enough for the usual training consumption of the Manchu company guards. Speaking of the company's guards, the number of the company's army has now reached the level of three divisions, three divisions, ten brigades, a total of 33,000 people. Compared with the company's 150,000 people, the number is indeed very large, and the ratio of military and civilian has reached an unprecedented one to five. However, the third division is not even a garrison division, but a militia division.

The militia division was armed only with the Yanhuang Type 1 rifle, the ZL-1A heavy revolver, and the wooden-handled grenade, officially designated the QB-1 type. The wooden handle grenade is the latest product of the company in 19 years, and as the scale of the battle becomes more and more fought, the original fuze grenade is no longer applicable. After all, the fuse needs to be lit before it is thrown out, and the fighter must carry a lighter with him. Don't look at a lighter, it's cheap for only two dollars, but it can't stand the company, and even the cooks will be equipped with grenades.

Thirty-three thousand, even if there is one person each, it is sixty-six or seven yuan. Of course, this is a small amount of money, but since the soldiers learned to smoke, this consumption has to come every two weeks. The landlord's family has no surplus food, and it is better to spend it on other more useful places if there is money. Since there is no way to stop the fighters from smoking, it is better to directly turn the lighter from a military configuration into a commodity, as long as the grenade does not need to be fused with a lighter, there is no reason to give everyone one, and the fighters cannot say anything.

Unlike field divisions and garrison divisions, which are completely detached from production or most of them are separated from production, they are like the ancient Tuntian soldiers and the militia in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and they are usually mainly responsible for farming and production, and only during the slack season every year will they be organized to carry out basic military training. Except at the last moment, the militia divisions will not be on the frontal battlefield, they will only be responsible for maintaining order in the rear, as well as acting as baggage soldiers to transport supplies for the field division and garrison division.

The field division naturally had Xiao Lin as the division commander, and the garrison division was his old father-in-law, Xiongying, as the division commander. And the militia division is his other father-in-law, and Alger is also the division commander. After all, Alger joined later, and Britney and Nina didn't contribute to the company like Pearl, and Alger was also the mayor of Sunsettown. The militia division is weaker than the field division and the garrison division in terms of equipment and training, but it is stronger than the white army of this era, so in fact, it can be fought on the battlefield and the white regular army, as long as it is not a first-line elite.

Speaking of which, having been beaten so many times by the company, Charlie has really learned the lesson. He began to reflect on why he sent a large army several times, fighting more and fighting less, but was still defeated by the company heartily, not to mention the loss of troops, and the loss of countless property. He gathered all the people who had experienced the battle with the company, summed up the experience from it, and wanted to show the strength of the company's army. To sum up, he believes that there are three points that the company's army is strong, the weapons are sophisticated and advanced, the army is super disciplined, and finally the physique is strong.

He felt that he could imitate all three. If he wanted to have good weapons, he took out almost all of his savings and set up a special award, as long as the major arsenals can produce advanced weapons, there will be orders and bonuses, and the orders are all paid before the goods, and there will be no arrears or squeezing. This method greatly enhanced the enthusiasm for the research and development of the arsenal in the hands of the British.