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Bullets dedicated to rifled rifles? Zhu Jishi looked at the lead lump in his hand with some confusion, as if it was a bit like a bullet, but what was the wooden plug behind the butt for?

"Jason, this kind of bullet is called a conical bottom expansion bullet, and the wooden bolt at the bottom can be stretched out from the inside after receiving compression, which greatly improves the airtightness of the rifled gun, so that the bullet can be made slightly smaller than the caliber of the rifled gun, and it is much easier to load."

Historically known as the "Mini Bullet," this bullet sparked a military revolution that changed the Army's combat model, but Zhu Jishi didn't know anything about it.

He pondered for a while, and felt that Rodley's words seemed to have some truth, so he asked, "You invented this?" ”

Roderick smiled and waved his hand, "How can I have that ability?" I bought this bullet, it was invented by British infantry captain Norton and gunsmith Mr. Greener, and it was sold in small quantities on the market. ”

"Didn't equip the British Army?"

"Nope." "It's been more than a decade since the invention of this bullet, and the patent protection period is almost over, but the British Army still shows no signs of adopting it...... However, I have used this bullet to hit elephants in Africa, and it is quite useful, and it can accurately hit the target at a distance of 300 yards. ”

Zhu Jishi smiled faintly, 300 yards is more than 200 meters, shooting an elephant at this distance, this Rodley's marksmanship is really not bad!

He suddenly asked, "So what do you want to get in exchange for this idea?" ”

"Jishi & Co. and Rodly & Co. secretly cooperated to trade with the Qing government."

"That's all?" Zhu Jishi's expression was relieved, and he nodded and was about to agree.

Rodli went down again: "I also want a handwritten letter from you who wrote to Mr. Bai Sven!" ”

"A letter to Bai Sven?" Zhu Jishi frowned, "Do you think Bai Siwen and I still have any common language now?" ”

"Yes!" Rodli smiled heavily and said, "This Cantonese customs inspector doesn't want anyone to know that he used to work under you. ”

"Oh? Can this be hidden? ”

"Don't you hide it now?" "I think I can be a bridge between you and the White Overseer, and help you resolve misunderstandings." ”

"Bai Siwen is not easy to deceive!" Zhu Jishi said coldly.

"How can you know if you haven't been deceived?" Rodley laughed.

Zhu Jishi frowned and thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, I can write a letter to Bai Siwen, what about the content of the letter?" ”

"A plain greeting is sufficient." Rodley said with a smile.

Zhu Jishi thought about it carefully, but did not notice anything wrong, so he wrote a letter to Bai Siwen and handed it to Rodley, and promised to let Nanyang Company transport 20,000 smoothbore guns from Calcutta and Lanfang to Hong Kong to resell them to Rodley & Co., and then sent him away.

Luo Li took the foreign gun purchase contract signed by Zhu Jishi and the letter written by Zhu Jishi to Bai Siwen in his arms, and immediately took a merchant ship bound for Guangzhou to find Bai Siwen.

At this time, the city wall of Guangzhou had not been demolished, so the entire city of Guangzhou was divided into two parts: inside and outside the city. Outside the south pass of Guangzhou, there is the most prosperous trading port in China, and on the Pearl River, there are many cargo ships from Western countries, which are no worse than the Thames in London. However, in the city of Guangzhou, foreigners were strictly forbidden to enter, and even the merchants of France and the United States (also the credit of Bai Siwen) who signed the "Treaty of Equality" with the Qing State were no exception, not to mention the Spaniard Rodley. Therefore, it is extremely difficult for foreigners to see the high-ranking Manchu officials in Guangzhou. However, Bai Siwen is an exception, he bought a foreign house outside Nanguan in Guangzhou, bought a famous prostitute in Jiangnan and raised it in it, if there is a foreigner who wants to ask to see, he can go directly to his outer house at night, Bai Siwen is there nine times out of ten.

As soon as Rodley arrived, he said that it was an old man from England who was visiting, and the Bai family's family informed him of it, and Bai Siwen hurriedly greeted him. He had many "old friends" in England, some of whom were not very easy to offend - of course, it was impossible for Zhu Jishi to visit, and the most likely to visit was Mr. Jardine's representative.

"Excuse me, I know you in England?" Bai Siwen couldn't remember who the foreigner standing in front of him was, so he asked very politely.

"I don't know, it's Rodley Rodley, the big class of the foreign company," Rodeli smiled and took out the letter written by Zhu Jishi, "I was just entrusted by someone to bring a letter to Lord Bai." ”

Zhu Jishi's handwriting is very special, it is written with a fountain pen, it looks vigorous and powerful, and the whole shijie is probably the only one - no one has practiced hard pen calligraphy in these years.

Seeing that it was Zhu Jishi's words, Bai Siwen's face changed slightly, welcomed Luo Li into the inner room, retreated left and right, and said in a deep voice: "Are you very familiar with Lord Zhu?" ”

"Lord Zhu? Oh, just business dealings. Rodlie smiled, and took out the foreign gun purchase contract signed by Zhu Jishi, "Jishixing has some connections among the British elite, and the only one who can provide 20,000 foreign guns at a price of less than 9 pounds is Jishixing in Hong Kong." ”

"How could he be willing to sell foreign guns to the Qing Dynasty?" Bai Siwen's face was slightly gloomy, in his mind, the main reason why the Manchus lost to Britain in the Opium War was because of the unfavorable equipment! It is impossible for Zhu Jishi not to know this truth, but what if he wants to supply foreign guns to the Manchus?

"Weishenme refuses?" Rodley looked at Bai Sven with a surprised face and said, "He used 2.2 pounds to get the goods from the Kolkata factory, and sold them to Hong Kong for 8.5 pounds, deducting all the fees and taxes, a foreign gun will earn at least 4 pounds, and 20,000 foreign guns will be a profit of 80,000 pounds!" ”

"Isn't he afraid that my Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty will rely on this foreign gun to revive its former glory?" Bai Siwen said to himself, "What is this Zhu Ming planning after that?" ”

"Lord Bai, what did you say?" Rodley asked in amazement, "Can 20,000 brown bess revive the Qing Dynasty army?" You're not kidding, are you? ”

"There is also Western French military training, and the imperial court has hired French officers." Bai Siwen tried his best to pretend that he really understood military affairs.

"Don't run a military industry?" Rodli looked at Bai Siwen with a surprised expression, as if the other party had made a big mistake. "Lord Bai, do you know that Zhu Jishi will not raise troops to attack Liangguang now?"

“weishenme？”

"It's because his military industry hasn't done a good job yet, and if he really fights, the consumption of weapons and ammunition is huge, and if he has to purchase from Britain, he will inevitably be stuck! Now Zhu Jishi is building a steel plant and an arsenal in Lanfang, and his Jishi Bank itself is one of the largest arms companies in Europe, so there is no problem with opening a factory in Lanfang. As long as his factories are completed, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of new troops will be formed......"

"Is that true?" Bai Sven gasped.

"Of course it's true!" Rodli snapped his fingers and said to Bai Swen, "This foreign gun is not a big knife or spear, you can use it for a lifetime if you buy one, and the foreign gun must be loaded with gunpowder and lead bullet to kill the enemy, by the way, is the quality of gunpowder in the Qing Dynasty passable?" Can lead bullet be produced in-house? ”

Bai Siwen was stunned and stunned, he, a "foreign affairs expert" in the Qing Dynasty, actually couldn't even reach half a bottle of vinegar, he just opened his eyes in the West, where did he know so much?

"And the barrels of foreign guns have a service life, and they can only shoot a few hundred rounds, but this barrel is made of stainless steel, can the Qing Dynasty produce it by itself?"

The barrel still has a service life? Bai Siwen shook his head, his face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water.

Luo Li was still talking, "Now the Qing Dynasty can buy foreign guns and gunpowder with silver, but once the war starts, the great powers will either simply support Zhu Jishi or strictly maintain neutrality, and then the Qing Dynasty will have nowhere to purchase foreign guns and gunpowder." With tens of thousands of foreign guns at hand and no haode gunpowder, how long can it last? ”