1890 King of Southeast Asia

In the following days, each department was somewhat chaotic, but soon it became normal. After all, this change did not involve the bottom level. Liu Yiming just made a balance of power and delegated power to Chen Jiangtao.

However, the Royal Faction still did not stop operating. If Liu Yiming had not given a hint, the Royal Faction might have given him a yellow robe.

On January 30, near the end of the month, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Barrack Bank jointly provided a loan of 5 million pounds to Nanhua for the purchase of warships, machinery and equipment in the UK, with an annual interest rate of 6%, to be repaid in five years, using Nanhua's sugar, cocoa beans, and rice export taxes as collateral. Before repayment, the bank can send someone to supervise.

The equipment has set sail in batches and is coming to Nanhua. The first batch is chemical and a batch of processing equipment, including customized high-pressure reactors, reaction towers, etc., and a brand new drilling machine.

At the same time, the power equipment has also arrived at the dock and is in line, and is expected to arrive in the first month of the year.

Along with the ship came the technical workers responsible for installation and commissioning. These people were only responsible for installation and commissioning. As for production and teaching skills, Nanhua spent a lot of money in Europe to recruit 100 intermediate technical workers and 10 senior technical workers. These people were teachers in the night school.

At the same time, Liu Yiming packaged and sold a large number of antiques, goods, gems and jewelry from the spoils of war, and exchanged them for 2.5 million pounds. If he sold them slowly, he could sell them for at least 4 million, but Liu Yiming didn't have time, and the British couldn't do anything about it.

"I have money in my hand! What should I do?" Liu Yiming took the money and didn't know what to do for a while.

"Let's take a look at those who want money first!" Liu Yiming flipped through the documents and looked at those places that were complaining.

"Well, the school will allocate 50,000." Liu Yiming looked at the plan written by Zhang You. The establishment of 300 primary schools, 50,000 is enough to do the construction work and the start-up needs. The school is small in scale and has low requirements. Building a few houses and leveling the land can still leave a lot of 50,000.

Of course, the expensive thing is operation, just like the army! It is a normalized expenditure.

Nothing can be said, the phone rings.

"Hello."

"Commander! This is Xu Hui!" A noisy voice came from the phone.

"Xu Hui, what's up?" Liu Yiming asked after hearing the noisy voice.

"The gun has been modified. The factory director hopes you can come and see if there is anything that needs to be improved." Xu Hui could still hear the roar of the machine.

Soon, Liu Yiming got the newly produced rifle in his hand. Compared with the previous generation, the barrel is thinner, the handguard is less, the weight is lighter, and the bolt is rotated and pulled. Liu Yiming tried it and it was very smooth.

"Bullets!" Liu Yiming said.

Loading from above, double-row five-round magazine, with a capacity of ten rounds.

Bang!

After Liu Yiming loaded the bullets, he aimed at the 100-meter target, seven rings.

150 meters, six rings. 200 meters, off target *3

The atmosphere was a bit awkward...

"Ahem!" Xu Hui coughed.

"Well! The gun is good, the center of gravity is just right, the balance is great, and it is also light. Let's finalize the production." Liu Yiming said.

"How much do you want to produce?" Xu Hui asked. This was the area he was responsible for. Large-scale production required adjusting the production direction. The defense industry was under the dual management of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Coincidentally, Liu Yiming and Xu Hui were the heads of two departments respectively.

"The first batch will produce 30,000 guns to replace the troops." This gun was of moderate length. Liu Yiming was going to let the army and navy use a unified rifle. Cavalry? Nanhua did not have this organization yet. Only the signal soldiers and logistics had horses. The special forces battalion still used two legs to run around.

"Then we have to expand the scale." Xu Hui said. It was just right. Money was needed.

"What is the current scale?" Liu Yiming asked.

"The daily output is about 30 guns. Not only the gun factory, but also other supporting factories have to expand their scale." Xu Hui said.

"All will be expanded five times. The machinery and equipment will arrive after the new year. Train more workers to make it easier to get started. I will allocate another 200,000 pounds to you to turn the gun factory into an industrial chain. One factory will be responsible for the production of several parts. Practice makes perfect and increase the speed!" Liu Yiming urged.

"Okay!" The money and equipment were solved, and Xu Hui agreed very straightforwardly.

"Show me the bullets." Liu Yiming recalled the disadvantages of small-caliber rifles. It seemed wrong when he saw it just now.

"Here." Xu Hui took out a magazine with five bullets from his pocket.

Liu Yiming made 8mm, which is to increase the ammunition carrying capacity. Normally, a single soldier can easily carry 200 rounds, 120 rounds in an ammunition bag, and 100 rounds in a backpack, which is easy and pleasant. The weight is also about the same as a 120-round 43 Martini.

Currently produced is a replica of the Martini convex rim shell, which is nothing, anyway, it is a weapon in the transition stage, but it will definitely not work if it is finalized.

Because Liu Yiming is going to speed up, point out semi-automatic rifles and light and heavy machine guns, the heavy machine gun can also redesign the bullet, and then use rimless bullets, but the light machine gun can't always use bullets alone, right?

"Is it difficult to change the bullet to rimless bullet?" Liu Yiming asked.

"There is no suitable processing equipment. The existing ones are second-hand goods bought from India and Singapore. Others are fine, but the shell production cannot be changed. Moreover, if it is changed now, the output will be greatly reduced." Xu Hui said. During this period, Xu Hui frantically supplemented his military knowledge and learned something about bullets. However, he did not think there was a problem. Slowly compress the bullet. Yes, the convex bottom rim bullet was still in use until the end of the 20th century.

But Liu Yiming knows the disadvantages of convex rim bullets. Liu Yiming cannot fight with others in numbers for at least 20 years, so he needs stronger firepower. As for the disadvantages of rimless bullets, it is nothing to Liu Yiming. It is just a problem of copper alloy. Liu Yiming has a lot of alloy formulas, and there is always a suitable one.

"The new equipment will arrive soon, so use rimless bullets. In addition, the bullet!" In fact, the bullet is the big problem. Liu Yiming has no information about this thing. He only knows the general appearance. In addition, it is not a simple copper block, but a multi-layer alloy.

"Try this pattern of bullets. Soap can be used to test the lethality of bullets. You can find out what kind of bullet is the most suitable."

Now Nanhua's bullet is a cylinder with an ellipse at the top, whether it is 8 or 43. The wind resistance coefficient is large, and the long-distance trajectory is really touching.

Liu Yiming also has no specific parameters, so he can only let them try to make it.

"Commander, the American named Richard is looking for you." Liu Yiming wanted to talk to a bunch of technicians about bullets, but Staff Officer Yang came to call him.

"I still have something to do. You guys try it slowly. Modify the bolt and magazine. After adapting to the rimless bullets, you can start production." Liu Yiming knew why Richard wanted to find him, but Liu Yiming didn't understand why Richard thought about it for so long?

"The rifle is called QB91."

In the reception room of the government hall, Richard was waiting anxiously. He had heard about Liu Yiming's contract with the British. During this time, he went to inquire about the cooperation between Nanhua and the British.

I don't know what was done specifically, but the loan of 5 million pounds is real, so the British will definitely not allow Nanhua to collapse before paying off the money, unless the successor is willing to pay the money!

He needs results, this time is a good opportunity, but he is not sure whether Liu Yiming still needs this loan.

"Mr. Richard, have you thought it through?" Liu Yiming saw Richard when he entered the door, and Liu Yiming deliberately said in a poor British accent.

"Oh! Mr. Liu, I heard that you have signed a contract with the British. Do you still need a loan?" Richard asked directly without beating around the bush.

"Oh? You know it yourself? In fact, Nanhua is only this big, and five million pounds is already a lot." Liu Yiming didn't say it in a definite way.

"Oh! Yes, but for an industrial country, five million is far from enough!" Richard said.

"But Nanhua is just an agricultural country, isn't it?" Liu Yiming said with a curled lip.

"Mr. Liu, if you can reach a closer relationship with the United States, then the United States will stand on the same front with you in opposing the Dutch robbery." Richard thought of the sentence "Nanhua is only that big", and then thought of the relationship between Nanhua and the Netherlands, and said with a ruthless heart and stamped his feet.

"Mr. Richard, if it was Mellon who told me this, I would agree without hesitation, but you are Richard!" Liu Yiming said, holding the table.

"Yes, but I will convince my uncle, it only takes a little insignificant money!" Richard looked confident.

"The same conditions as before, 30 million US dollars, 6% interest, half of which is used to purchase what I need, and what I want to do. You have to do these. I have paid sincerity, it's your turn." Liu Yiming thought about it. Anyway, he needs money. The more he borrows now, the more he will earn in the future.

"What do you and your country want?" Richard didn't have much idea. As for support? Bribing a few congressmen for verbal support is already the limit!

"First of all, I need people. I hope to hire American merchant ships, register American companies, and go to the country in the north to transport people." Liu Yiming suddenly thought of the documents for asking for people everywhere and said.

Huh~ Richard was afraid that Liu Yiming would say something unbelievable, but it turned out to be human trafficking. Although the Mellon family is not engaged in this, the United States is the largest slave importer. This trade is easy to do!

"Also, I hope that the United States will establish diplomatic relations with South China, sign a trade treaty, and even reach some cooperative relations." Liu Yiming thought of the war that would break out in a few years. By then, Indonesia should have been unified, and it would just be the best opportunity to take over the Philippines.

"All of these are fine!" Richard said. It was a small matter. Britain had already sent people. It was normal for the United States to follow suit. It would also be easy to explain to Congress.

"For now, whether to go further or not depends on how the follow-up developments go." Liu Yiming sent Richard away, who wanted to continue talking.