Chapter 73 Armament

"I said Commander Zhao, what's the happy thing?"

Tang Xiao walked beside Zhao Long, put his hands in his sleeves, stared at the sky, exhaled a hot fog and sucked his nose. For him, a southerner, the northwest of Canada was like hell at this time.

Even if the sky is shining high, the world is almost only one color. The flying snowflakes and thick snow make it a completely white world. If it weren't for the occasional figure, it might have expanded several times when Li Mo left. It was already like a camp in a small town, as if it was dead!

But as the pace goes deeper, the occasional sled passing through the side and the laughter in the wine shop next to it can witness that the town is still full of vitality. Walking between the houses, Tang Xiao could clearly feel the hot mood under the wooden house, because the total population of this sleeping town has expanded to 30,000. If the small gathering points scattered around are also included, the total number of Chinese workers will exceed 70,000!

Today's town can no longer be regarded as a gold mine, because after the young master sold those major large mines and even sold a mining gold mine, the workers in the camp were not disappointed, but were more enthusiastic about the future!

Because the young master has sold all the small mines in the land he bought to the elderly in the camp by contract except for two gold mines. Not only that, but he also gave financial and mechanical equipment support. Just before it snowed, as many as hundreds of mining equipment passed through the newly repaired Skakwe Railway. It's shipped here.

In addition to the accident on the land he bought, the young master also supports everyone to go out and explore the mine. As long as he finds something that can be mined, he will immediately give the same support.

Although in addition to the discovery of a large tungsten mine, the rest are small veins with small mining volume and low quality, the young master still strongly supports it and guarantees to give priority to their output.

With this trend, the small mining areas scattered within a hundred miles of the camp are particularly lively. In addition, the people who run the small mine are all Chinese workers in the original camp, and most of them are old people who follow Master Li. After getting the support of the young master, these people hold back their strength and swear to do something. Don't let the young master down.

Although the output of these small mines is small and the quality is low, they accumulate more, and the total output every day is quite amazing. The railway to Skagüey is full of all kinds of coarsely refined materials. With this support, a group of millionaires were soon created in the town. Of course, when the young master made them, they also became the most loyal supporters of the young master. The 3,000 reserve soldiers in the old hand of the guard around them were completely sponsored by them!

"Master Li, have a good calculation!" Tang Xiao continued to suck his nose.

As for the remaining people who have not contracted to the mine, they are not disappointed. Salmon processing factories, fur processing factories, timber factories, reindeer farms, etc., today's small towns can no longer be regarded as residential camps. Processing plants, large and small processing plants not only give Chinese workers foreign wealth, but also bring them a better future.

He, the former supervisor of the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau, has now become the owner of the small town machinery factory. However, unlike other factory owners who put money in their own bags, his machinery factory is just a cover, but privately it is an arsenal secretly built by Master Li. Although under the current conditions, it can only produce some simple explosives and grenades, there are many people, with nearly 500 people.

From being rescued by the prison to this strange country by Long Guozhang, and now becoming the factory owner of the arsenal, Tang Xiao has had a dream in front of the ghost gate in the past two years. He can escape from death. He no longer asks for anything and is at ease. If there is any wish for Master Li to take care of the factory, perhaps like everyone here, they hope to return to their hometown.

"I have a letter from Hawaii."

Zhao Long turned his head and looked at Tang Xiao, who also twisted off his braids, with a proud smile on the corners of his mouth. After returning from Chile, the escort was not only officially adapted into the first division of the Pacific Army, with four regiments under its jurisdiction, but also added 3,000 reserves. In addition to the past six months of hard training, its strength has been improved. Big steps!

Not to mention taking Hawaii, even if he is asked to lead troops back to China, he is sure to create a world for the young master!

Now there are two big happy events in this letter in his hand. No wonder he stepped on the snow soaked in his calves and faced the piercing cold wind. He still had joy on his face. I don't know how happy the young master will be when he sees this letter.

"Oh?" Tang Xiao glanced at Zhao Long, rubbed his hands in his sleeves, and remembered the Hawaiian style that Zhao Long had described to him. He was a little excited: "So? Can we go to Hawaii?

Zhao Longtou shook, but there was no trace of disappointment on his face. Through the wind and snow, he came to a row of huge wooden houses in the center of the camp: "It's not okay, but... soon!"

The two chatted without a word, and soon crossed a high wooden fence and came to the camp in the northwest corner of the town. This was originally the residence of the captured Indian natives. After they were scattered to mining sites, it is now not only the headquarters of the division, but also Tang Xiao's arsenal here.

The wooden fence separates the camp from the outside. From the outside, it is no different from other places of residences, and there are even some sleds and small signs hanging from pubs. But if you walk in and take a closer look, you will find that it is heavily guarded here. In the wooden house near the gate, you can faintly see the outstret of gun. .

After walking into a large wooden house at the entrance of the passage, the soldiers standing guard stood face to face. Zhao Long saluted and took Tang Xiao to the center of the camp. Several huge contanled wooden houses lie on the snow like brown cigars. These wooden houses are the residences of soldiers, and in the middle is the factory of a small arsenal.

Lifting the thick curtain and stepping into the wooden house, the two of them felt a burst of heat coming to their faces in an moment, and the jingling sound was even more incessant. Several processing machines roared under the drive of the steam engine.

This kind of scene has no special feeling for Zhao Long, but in Tang Xiao's eyes, they are all treasures, especially some of the equipment is still thousands of miles from Europe at a high price, which is very expensive!

At the beginning, when he was in the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau, he supervised ordnance. Now this job is familiar to him. If it is not for the site and technical restrictions, it is also possible for him to build a few cannons.

In addition to the secretly transferred machines, most of the machines here were dug from Simmons after the war in Chile. Although at present, only three products such as rifles, grenade shells and bullets can be produced here, and only 30 rifles are produced every month, Master Li still supports up to 500 people with a high salary. Team, cultivate your own family background.

Because the German businessman gritted his teeth and brought 6,000 Mausers after seeing the box of golden gold bars of Long Guozhang last time, the army is not in urgent need of a large number of guns now, so there is no other task here except training skilled technicians and small-scale reserves. It just gave Li Mo time to modify the existing weapons.

The first thing to modify is the Mauser rifle. As a shameless time traveler, Master Li, who has played with antique guns, naturally took out a high-quality product. Mauser 98K was painted on the drawing, which was basically copied. The only change was to reduce the caliber a little and change it to the 7.62 mm most commonly heard in later generations, instead of The current 7.92mm, now produced here is also an imitation of the Mauser 98K, which was named the Type 91 rifle by Master Li.

In addition to the standard model, there is also a 91S high-precision rifle with an extended barrel. The 91S high-precision rifle with a white light scope has also been successfully finalized, but the 91S's requirements for accuracy are too abnormal, so the barrel scrapping rate is very high, and one or two can be made every month to burn incense! However, Li Mo didn't care that the sniper rifle was not used for large-scale equipment in the first place, as long as it was enough.

As for the production of gunpowder and the filling of bullets and grenades, Tang Xiao did not dare to put it here. This kind of factory is in a large hidden cave a few miles away. The place is inaccessible and there are no resources nearby. It is very suitable for high-risk operations. The new type of gunpowder made by the young master was put there and finally synthesized. As for the raw materials, they come from all over the world, and even the workers there do not know the final detailed formula.

As the two walked into the room, the workers around them smiled at them one after another, but... "Why is this smile so strange?" Tang Xiao looked at Zhao Long and didn't know. Could it be that because of the need for confidentiality, he usually eats and lives in the camp and is generally not allowed to go out, which makes these guys fucking perverts?

No! Although there are many rules and they are very strict, doesn't everyone have any complaints? Besides, in addition to Li Dashao's free food and the best food, everyone still has 20 dollars a month. You know, the price of front-line gold miners is only ten dollars a month, which is still high in the United States now, not to mention that they have doubled.

After smiling and nodding hello to each worker, the two walked to the innermost room and lifted the thick cotton cloth blocking the door. Before they could see anything clearly, a burst of shouting made them completely dumbfounded!

"Bah! Lao Chu, ** draw a thousand, come again!"

"Get out of here, Luo Feng, which eye do you have seen me smoking a trick?"

"Come on, Lao Chu, if you don't smoke a lot, the young master can stick a white paper."

"That's my old Chu's cleverness!"

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"The young master pasted a white paper on his face?!" Zhao Long and Tang Xiao hurriedly looked at it. Young Master Li stood on the stool, rolled his sleeves in the other hand, gritted his teeth and stared at the two people who came in. He picked up a piece of paper and dipped his saliva. In the surprised expression of the two people's saliva, he was surprised! Stick it on your face.

"Come again! I just don't accept it today! This thing was obviously invented by me, but I couldn't beat you in the end!"

"Oh, ah, ah!"

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