Chapter 408 Arms!

If you do as the official said, then the first thing that is to blame is Changlin, which is equivalent to offending all the gentry in Guangdong and Guangxi. Who doesn’t have a family of relatives and six relatives, but there are many people who are outside officials. In this way, you are not able to get along with your own people.

Besides, officials who stand out will inevitably become thorns in the eyes of those gentry, which will definitely arouse the disgust of these guys. At that time, it will be difficult for officials to do things. You must know that officials are outsiders after all, and those guys are all local snakes. Most of the people who serve you in the government office are from the local area and must have a close relationship with those people. Then, if you offend all those who are in the local area, then, unless your backstage is outrageous, you can only say that your career has been completed, at least you will never make any achievements here.

Therefore, everyone thought that the idiot official's speech was fart. Perhaps he had found something himself, and laughed dryly in disappointment, retreated to his seat and sat down.

Then, he fell into an embarrassing silence, which made the Governor Changlin of Guangdong and Guangxi very unhappy, but the problem was that he could not take out a big stick to force these guys to come up with a useful idea.

At this time, Liang Pengfei cleared his throat and stood up, looking a little hesitant and said: "Governor General, there is a way for the last one, just..."

This made the officials present cheer up. Looking at Liang Pengfei who was speaking, Changlin seemed a little hesitant when he saw Liang Pengfei standing out, and felt a little unhappy in his heart, but a smile spread out on his face: "It's okay, but it's okay."

"Since the Governor is destined, I will say it with courage. I believe I know that the Mo Jiang family has been doing business for several generations and is very wealthy. However, as a court official, if his family is asked to recruit fellow villagers in Zhuang Ding, it will probably cause criticism. So the Mo Jiang was a little hesitant. However, the Mo Jiang thought that those gentry were not unwilling to serve the court, but there was no leader in this matter to stand up first, and they were afraid that they were worried in their hearts." Liang Pengfei replied with a sigh.

As soon as he said this, Changlin was already happy: "Okay, very good..." At this moment, Master Liang was simply a loyal guardian of the country. He did not care about rewards or merits, but only served the country, and was willing to sacrifice his life. At least, he, Liang, was so self-hypnotic, or fantasy.

But it has to be said that after Liang Pengfei stood up, there were quite a lot of cheers and concise voices around him. They all agreed that Liang Pengfei's policy was a manifestation of loyalty to the country. As for Liang Pengfei's concerns, it was not a problem at all. In the court, there were both father and son officials in the court. Moreover, Liang Yuanxia did not become an official in the court, but just recruited local brave men as a gentry to protect the country and the people.

Wang Shouli, who was standing up, stood up and asked Liang Pengfei, "General Liang, I know that the thirteen-level general merchant Pan Youdu is your father-in-law Taishan. Why don't you know that he can make him an example? In this way, a group of gentry and merchants will inevitably participate in this matter."

"Admiral Wang's words are great, hahaha, General Liang, I'm afraid this matter can only be entrusted to you." Governor Changlin of Guangdong and Guangxi immediately stepped forward and said happily towards Liang Pengfei. "If this matter is done, the people of Guangdong and Guangxi will be hiding, General Liang will be the first contribution. This governor will report to the emperor to express General Liang's loyalty to the court."

"Why dare not obey the orders of the Governor and the Admiral?" Liang Pengfei replied respectfully, but he smiled sinisterly in his heart. I am cheating you, but you even gave me a pillow. If you don't pick me up, I'm going to be a fool.

Things came to an end soon. I was worried that Liang Pengfei would disobey him. On the second day, Changlin commended Liang Yuanxia for recruiting rural bravery and training the troupe to protect the country and the people. In this way, it was impossible for Liang Pengfei to regret it, but in fact, how could Liang Pengfei repent?

Soon, in just ten days, the first Guangdong civilian military organization: Shunde Township Yongying Camp finally became an empty shell, but I believe that it won’t take long to fill this empty shell camp with elite soldiers.

After that, Pan Youdu and others who returned to Guangzhou from Annan naturally agreed happily. Soon Yongying in Longxi Township, Fujian, Yongying in Haicheng Township, Yongying in Xinhui Township, Guangdong, Yongying in Changning Township, etc. were established one after another.

On the surface, it was a village camp established by major merchants from the Thirteen brigades of Guangdong who invested in their hometowns. But in fact, they were all under the secret control of Liang Pengfei. The officers at all levels in the camp were all elite soldiers selected by the Liang family army.

"Sir, there are 15 battalions in total. According to the Qing army organization, one battalion can range from 500 to 1,000, so we are certainly counting at a higher level. Therefore, all of them are one battalion, which is 15,000 soldiers. In addition, we also started camping in some key areas of Guangdong through the relatives of the merchants. If all of them are completed, we should have twenty-three battalions, which is 23,000 people." Sun Shijie seemed very sensitive to numbers. He looked at Liang Pengfei without looking at the piece of paper in his hand, and he came as authentic as if he had known it.

"Twenty-three thousand people..." Liang Pengfei nodded after thinking about it: "Although it seems a little less, it is completely enough to deal with the green camps in Guangdong. The only thing I worry about now is firearms and artillery."

The earliest coal mines and iron ore in northern Annan have been expanded twice. In addition, the mines left by the Spaniards on Luzon Island can basically meet the steel needs of Liang Pengfei for the time being.

Due to the introduction of a series of industrial tools such as steam engines and simple lathes, Liang Pengfei's military industry has taken off from his dream to reality.

With steam engines, large stamping machines and other heavy machinery do not need to be limited to the river. After a long period of hard work and a large investment, the breech gun with air pressure re-returning machine has begun to be put into experimental production. After all, with the guidance and guidance of Liang Pengfei, a professional arms dealer, it is difficult to succeed.

The barrel has begun to be made of the best-match alloy barrel after many tests by Western metallurgical experts. However, due to the lack of perfect and more precise manufacturing tools and lathes, the yield rate of the breech gun made Liang Pengfei feels a bit terrible. However, this is a path that has never been taken by our predecessors. I believe that the yield rate will become higher and higher in the near future.

Similarly, the development of the breech gun was completed earlier than that of the artillery. At this time, mass production had begun. Although Liang Pengfei felt a little regretful when he fired a shot, the use of magazines loaded with ten rounds of bullets has left the handheld weapons of countries around the world far behind in terms of range, shooting accuracy and rate of fire.

And this so-called mass production is only relatively speaking. The output of fifteen to twenty pieces per day is already the current limit. After all, there are too few workers who can skillfully operate those machinery at this stage.

However, at least one month, the production of nearly 600 rifles can be produced in 7,000 rifles in a year. Moreover, skilled workers and production machinery are gradually increasing. I believe that in a year, fifty or even one hundred rifles every day will no longer be dreams or fantasies.

The increasing strength of the armament also made Liang Pengfei's confidence expand. Now, because Liang Pengfei's greedy hands have covered the entire Nanyang. With his rich knowledge in his previous life, he dared not say that the minerals in Nanyang can be pointed out in the xx area, but he still has an impression on the island with those strategic resources, which gave his subordinates a general prospecting direction.

The workers who were constantly summoned from Koumu were all scattered to all parts of the Southeast Asian region, contributing their blood, sweat and youth to the infrastructure construction of various islands in the Southeast Asian region.

Now Liang Pengfei is more like a beast, lurking in the dense forest next to Qingting, which is just a lazy wild boar in his eyes. He is waiting patiently, waiting for the stupid wild boar to give up his last trace of vigilance, and put his head into the stream to drink. At that time, he will leap out lightly, revealing his extremely sharp-edged minions, giving this creature a terrifying and fatal blow.

With excitement and fatigue, Liang Pengfei returned to the backyard. As soon as he stepped into the study, he saw Pan Bingjie and Maria chatting.

"Why, the matter is all handled? Come on, this is the sweet soup I stewed for you, please drink it..." Pan Bingjie quickly stepped forward and took Liang Pengfei's outer cover into her hand, and asked the maid to bring a bowl of steaming sweet soup, and brought it to Liang Pengfei's hand.

"Thank you, have you drunk?" Liang Pengfei was not polite either. After pouring all the money into his mouth, he smiled at the two of them.

"I've drunk it. Maria said she had no appetite, so she only drank half a bowl." Pan Bingjie turned her head and smiled at Liang Pengfei. And when she held Maria, who was like a watermelon in her stomach, was about to get up, Liang Pengfei quickly took two steps forward and held her with an angry look on her face: "Okay, sit down quickly. Now you are heavy and you can't move around."
Chapter completed!