335 Broken sound
During the reign of the Rana family, in fact, the position of every prime minister was unstable.
In order to prevent the younger son from succeeding to the throne and allowing the king to take advantage of it, the Rana family adopted a brotherly succession.
This did avoid the revival of the royal family to a certain extent, but there are often infighting within the Rana family for the post of prime minister, so the current prime minister, Chandra Shamsher Rana, still has a strong need for weapons.
Chandra Shamsher Rana was also a talented man, having received a higher education and was the first Nepalese prime minister to receive a degree.
Internally, Chandra pursued some relatively liberal policies, such as abolishing slavery, building Nepal's first university, and sending the first students to Japan.
But at the same time, Chandra, like other prime ministers, has been quite greedy when it comes to wealth.
During his tenure as prime minister, Chandra transferred a large amount of the country's wealth to his own name and transferred it overseas to deal with unexpected situations.
However, due to Chandra's loyalty to the United Kingdom, with the strong support of London, Chandra was able to die peacefully, and Chandra's tenure as prime minister was also considered to be the pinnacle of Nepal's prime minister's power.
For a long time, the output of the Nyasaland Arsenal is not high, the monthly output of rifles is about 500, the sum of light and heavy machine guns is less than 50, and the output of pistols is more than 1,000, that is because ordinary people have a demand for pistols, so the Nyasaland Arsenal will increase the production of pistols.
However, the Nyasaland Arsenal now has another fist product, which is the Nepalese scimitar, and Roque also brought a Nepalese scimitar to General Lana.
The scimitar given to General Lana was, of course, not a large road item for the distribution of troops, but was given to Itno for decoration after the Nyasaland Arsenal had forged the blade.
When Itno's craftsmen decorated this scimitar, of course, it was extremely luxurious, the handle was inlaid with diamonds, the scabbard was crocodile skin, and the scabbard was composed of various red sapphires, which was the favorite of General Lana, so General Lana immediately placed an order for five hundred scimitars.
Five hundred, which is exactly the number of General Lana's guards, not even counting the guards protecting the king.
The cutlass sold for export are definitely inferior in quality to those equipped by the newly formed First Cavalry Division, but they are still blown by Roque to be rare in the world, unparalleled on the ground.
General Rana was simply ecstatic, and although the weapons of the Nyasaland Arsenal were more expensive than those in the British mainland, General Rana placed an order from the Nyasaland Arsenal according to the equipment of a battalion.
The value of the order book is not very high, not more than 100,000 pounds, but it is a good start, and this is how the business is slowly developing.
In the evening, General Rana held a grand welcome dinner for Roque at the Narayanhiti Palace, and Roque finally met King Plitwi Bill, who had been under house arrest for Nepal.
The tragedy of Nepal's royal family was the case with the then Crown Prince of Nepal, Dipendra, who shot and killed several members of the royal family, including his parents, before committing suicide on June 2, 2001.
The tragedy arose because Crown Prince Dipendra wanted to marry the daughter of a former government minister, but his family objected, and then Crown Prince Dipendra's automatic rifle went off.
The current king, Plitvi Beal, is clearly not as bold as his descendants, and the king is a bit cowering in the face of Roque and Chandra, which is not commensurate with his status.
Roque didn't mean to set things right, and after politely greeting the king, Roque focused more on Chandra.
What made Roque quite uncomfortable was that Chandra's dinner for Roque was not a Western buffet, but an Oriental dinner party with one person and one table.
Roque's location is very close to Chandra, right next to Chandra, although Roque is a British nobleman, but in Nepal, Roque is a guest after all, and the position cannot be above the king and the prime minister.
Of course, the banquet was staggered, and Roque was not in the mood to enjoy the performance in the center of the venue, and chatted casually with Chandra.
"That's right, these weapons are all produced in southern Africa, which is rich in natural resources, and the raw materials used to manufacture these weapons are all produced in southern Africa, and the Nyasaland Arsenal now has strong design capabilities, and our general-purpose machine guns and mortars are very competitive all over the world, as evidenced by the Russo-Japanese War that has just ended." Roque spared no effort to sell, and believes that Nepal will still have a demand for weapons in the future.
During the Russo-Japanese War, the Nyasaland Arsenal sold weapons to the Russians and the Japanese respectively, and those weapons performed very well on the battlefield, especially mortars, and the Japanese army relied on mortars to cause heavy damage to the Russian troops hiding behind bunkers, and observers from all over the world knew about it.
Roque is not afraid of research, the Nyasaland Arsenal has applied for patents for mortars in many countries such as Britain, Germany, the United States, and France, and no matter which country wants to produce it, it must purchase a license from the Nyasaland Arsenal.
The same is true for general-purpose machine guns, unlike most of the machine guns that are now popular, general-purpose machine guns with their excellent versatility and logistical support, they have also won the trust of many countries, and Austria-Hungary has shown the most urgency, after the war, Austria-Hungary ordered five hundred general-purpose machine guns from the Nyasaland Arsenal, according to the current production level of the Nyasaland Arsenal, this order is enough for the Nyasaland Arsenal to do for one year.
However, unfortunately, Chandra did not know how well the weapons produced by the Nyasaland Arsenal performed well in the Russo-Japanese War, after all, during the Russo-Japanese War, Nepal did not send military observers to the battlefield, but this did not prevent Chandra from being interested in Nyasaland military products, especially for the cars produced in Port Edward, Chandra was very interested, and he opened his mouth to fifty units.
"I'm sorry, in a short period of time, Port Edward can't afford to supply cars to the outside world, the last month, Port Edward's car factory has received orders for at least 1,000 cars, even if you order now, at least the next year's production schedule will not be arranged until the year after next." Roque was very proud, these orders were all obtained by Roque in Dhaka during this time.
The "Tiger" military car has a huge advantage over the cars of this period, and the shape of the European cars in this period is amazingly ugly, although the "Tiger" cars are not very good-looking, but it depends on who they compare with.
Compared with those classic models of the future, the "Tiger" military car is actually ugly, but compared with the cars of this period, the "Tiger" is far more than a large cut in terms of appearance and performance.
During Roque's time in Dhaka, many dignitaries and dignitaries rode in Roque's cars, and then orders flowed in a steady stream, and even Lord Belloc placed orders for ten cars, and asked for them to be delivered as soon as possible.
Roque didn't ask Lord Belloc what he wanted so many cars for, whether it was given away or for his own use, Roque couldn't care, anyway, the profit from the order made Roque very satisfied.
"Sir, as long as it can be delivered as soon as possible, I am willing to raise the price." Chandra certainly can't stand to get a car in the year after that, and the car in this year is a symbol of status and status, if Nepal is not even able to use the convoy by the king, Chandra can use it in advance, which is also a guarantee for Chandra's status.
"General, if you can get the car as soon as possible, then I believe that all the owners of the order are willing to raise the price." Roque is not accommodating, in Nepal, Chandra is undoubtedly a big man, but the other people who buy cars are not deflated, these years can afford to use cars, all of them are big people, Roque no one wants to offend.
Don't dare to offend.
Because of this, I can't do it.
While Roque and Chandra were chatting, a woman dancing in traditional Nepalese costume slowly approached Roque and Chandra in the center of the venue.
Chandra hadn't noticed yet, but Roque had quietly taken his heart to heart.
At this time, the music played by the band in the venue became more and more rapid, the dancers spun faster and faster, and the other big people attending the banquet were happily applauding to the beat, and some were raising their glasses in celebration.
Roque saw a hint of murder in the dancer's eyes.
This kind of fast-spinning dance, in fact, the face has always been fixed in one direction as much as possible, and will not rotate with the rotation of the body, even if it needs to rotate, it will turn around at the fastest speed, otherwise the dancer's body will not be able to stand it.
It was from the dancer's expression that Roque noticed that something was wrong.
When the dancer spun to a distance of only two or three meters from Chandra, the dancer suddenly pulled out the hairpin on her head and pounced on Chandra.
Chandra didn't react at all, and the quick-witted ones only had time to let out an exclamation, the band was still playing, and no one noticed the sudden change in the center of the venue.
Roque didn't have time to think, so he picked up the table in front of him with his foot and smashed it at the dancer, and then took out the pistol from the quick-draw holster at his waist.
In the entire hall, except for those guards who were far away, Roque was the only one who was qualified to carry a pistol.
Although the dancer pounced quickly, it was not as fast as the table that Roque smashed, and by the time the dancer hurriedly flashed across the table, Roque had already raised his gun to aim at the dancer.
"Don't move—" As soon as Roque spoke, the dancer smashed the hairpin in her hand at Chandra.
Roque really regrets it, so he shouldn't talk nonsense at this time.
But fortunately, Roque's skills were still very neat, and before he had time to remove the hairpin, Roque kicked Chandra to the ground, and then shot without hesitation.
Bang! Phew!
Years of hard work finally played a role at this time, and the dancer was shot three times in a row, and it was not critical.
"Someone, someone, get me the hell—" Chandra reacted at this point, her voice bursting with excitement.
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