The small gunsmith in the Mint compound was actually just a prototype and did not have the capacity to produce and manufacture firearms, and its main task at present was to transform it -- to change the flashy rear-loading rifled gun of the Hall type M1819 to a front-loading rifled gun, and the other was to manufacture bullets -- mini rounds.

In response to the impending outbreak of crows. In order to suppress the standard rifles equipped by the British army, the Burke-type flintlock pistol and the Brunwick-style firing pistol, Yi Zhizu decided to use the Mini front-loading rifled gun to completely crush the British army in terms of rate of fire, range, shooting accuracy and other aspects.

Of course, with Yi Zhi's current production and manufacturing capacity, he can only develop the Minnie front-loading rifled gun, which is not popular at present, because the loading speed is too slow, so the US Army will be equipped with Hall-type M1819 rear-loading rifled guns.

However, the Hall M1819 rear loading gun has a serious air leakage problem, which not only leads to insufficient range, but also seriously affects the shooting aim, but the Hall M1819 has one of the biggest advantages, it is made of machinery, and parts such as the barrel and bolt assembly are unified standards and can be interchanged, and it is the world's first weapon with interchangeable parts.

He did not go to Macao to purchase European front-loading rifled guns from arms dealers, but modified Hall M1819, that is, he took a fancy to the Hall unified standard, the error is almost negligible rifled barrel, you must know that the Mini gun not only has extremely high accuracy requirements for Mini bullets, but also has very high requirements for the barrel, which must be mass-produced and have a barrel with a very small error in caliber parameters, otherwise the power will be greatly reduced.

Yi Zhifen walked into the workshop. Workshop supervisor 1-30 early thirties. Feng Qigui, who was tall and strong, greeted him. He bowed slightly and said, "The big shopkeeper is here." ”

There are not many craftsmen in the workshop, only about 20 people, and they did not stop their work because of the arrival of Yi Zhicontent, they were busy with all their attention, and after a glance, Yi Zhishu asked: "How many mini guns have been completed?" ”

"Two hundred have been refitted." Feng Qigui said: "After all the modifications are completed, it is estimated that it will take two months, and there are too few manpower and machines." ”

Listen to the other party complaining. Yi Zhixiang smiled, the scale is indeed a little smaller, but he doesn't dare to expand the scale, making firearms privately is not a small crime, he doesn't have enough strength to resist the suppression of the Guangzhou government at the moment, he groaned slightly, and then he said: "Don't be anxious, this batch of work is not in a hurry, just complete it within three months." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Pack the modified two hundred sticks into a box." After a few **** have to be taken away, in addition. Pack another 20,000 rounds of ammunition. ”

20,000 rounds? Feng Qigui's face was a little ugly, the inventory of bullets was only 24,000 rounds, 20,000 in one go, it can be said that it was empty, these bullets are not easy to make, making rough blanks, stamping bottom holes, grooving and rolling, wax plating and polishing, they have few manpower, and it took more than three months to accumulate this bit of family foundation, so consumed, they have to be exhausted.

After hesitating, he said in a low voice: "The bullets are consumed so quickly, can the big shopkeeper send more manpower." ”

Yi Zhishu naturally knows that it is not easy to make bullets, but live-ammunition training is essential, 20,000 rounds of ammunition he is actually too little, after a moment of silence, he said: "It's not that I don't want to send more people, the imperial court has extremely strict control over privately made firearms and ammunition, there are many people, and it is easy to leak the news. ”

Hearing this, Feng Qigui put his mind at ease, it is not a secret that Yuan Qi bought land to build a factory on Luoxi Island opposite to build Citi Village, and almost the entire Changle knew that since it was going to move to a new factory on Luoxi Island, it would definitely be an expansion of the scale, which was really good news.

After a turn in the workshop, Yi Zhizhi left the compound, and thought about whether to add a few more people to increase the production of Minnie bullets, Minnie bullets are still confidential, he had to be cautious, and he also counted on using Minnie bullets to exchange a large number of machinery and equipment with Citigroup and France, once the news is leaked, the loss will be great.

Wujia Garden, Yanhui Building.

Wu Shaorong, who was in the dust, walked into the hall, glanced at Wu Changqing, and then saluted Wu Bingjian respectfully: "Father, the child has notified Yilu and informed him that Lin Zexu came to Guangzhou to ban smoking this time. ”

Wu Shaorong went to Macao to inform Yilu, it was Wu Bingjian who ordered, he hoped to avoid the conflict between the two sides by reminding Yilu, although Yi Zhizhi said that sooner or later a war between Qing and Britain would inevitably be a war, and swore that Guangzhou would not be affected by the war, but he still hoped to avoid the outbreak of war as much as possible, as a businessman, the last thing he wanted to see was war.

"How did the law of righteousness reply?"

He replied that he would not be angry with the crow. In the event of a head-on conflict with the imperial court, he ordered the evacuation of all the opium pumping ships in the Lingding Ocean. ”

"Okay." Wu Bingjian said first, since Yilu can take into account the overall situation and make concessions, there is a possibility that this matter will be eased.

Glancing at Wu Changqing, Wu Shaorong said slowly: "The child's easy contentment is alarmist, England and Guangzhou trade, profit millions a year, can be said to be mutually beneficial, the two countries are at peace and both are beneficial, and war is defeated, not to mention that England is tens of thousands of miles away, how can it start a war lightly?" ”

Wu Changqing frowned and said, "Fifth Uncle didn't tell Yilu that Qingying would break out into war." ”

"I just tell the law of righteousness, and I want him to believe it." Wu Shaorong laughed and said: "Is the national war a child's play, how can it break out because of a trivial matter?" ”

"Crow. The piece trade is no small matter for England. Wu Changqing immediately retorted: "Besides, Myanmar is not far from our Guangzhou. ”

Wu Bingjian waved his hand and said: "There is no need to fight, it is up to the people to make things happen, and it is up to the sky to succeed, we are just trying our best, and it is easy to know that we are content to analyze from the general trend, and his analysis is not unreasonable." ”

Before the words fell, a steward reported outside: "Master, the shopkeeper of Yida is asking to see you outside." ”

"Ask him to come in." Wu Bingjian said: "This is really talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao." As he spoke, he casually asked, "What time is it, it seems to be almost time for dinner, right?" ”

Wu Changqing took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said, "Grandpa, it's past five o'clock." After saying that, he thought, how could Yi Zhifen come at this point? Something important? He remembered that Yi Zhishu had said that he was going to Hainan for military training, and it was estimated that he was here for this matter, and he groaned slightly, and then he said: "Grandpa, I mentioned that I was going to Hainan to train troops recently, and that it was that the merchant group needed to conduct live-fire training, and the movement was too big and it was not suitable for training in Guangzhou." (To be continued.) )