In the days that followed, there was a certain amount of confusion in various departments, but it soon 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 Huangpai still did not stop operating. If Liu Yiming hadn't given a hint, the Huangpai might have given him a yellow robe.

On January 30, near the end of the month, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays jointly provided Nanhua with a loan of 5 million pounds for the purchase of warships, machinery and equipment in the UK, with an annual interest rate of 6% and repayment in five years.

Use the tax revenue from Nanhua's sugar, cocoa beans, and rice exports as collateral. The bank can send people to supervise it until it is repaid.

The equipment has set sail in batches and is on its way to Nanhua. The first batch is chemical industry and a batch of processing equipment, including customized high-pressure reactors, reaction towers, etc., as well as brand-new drilling machines.

At the same time, the electrical equipment has also arrived at the dock and is being queued. It is expected to arrive within the first month.

Along with the ship, there are also technical workers responsible for installation and debugging. These people are only responsible for installation and debugging. As for production and teaching skills, Nanhua spent a lot of money in Europe to recruit one hundred intermediate technical workers and ten senior technical workers.

These people are night school teachers.

At the same time, Liu Yiming packaged and sold the loot, including a large number of antiques, goods, gems and jewelry, etc., in exchange for 2.5 million pounds. If he sold it slowly, he could sell it for at least 4 million pounds. However, Liu Yiming did not have time, and there was nothing the British could do to lower the price.

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

"Let's take a look at the places asking for money first!" Liu Yiming flipped through the documents and looked at the places where people were complaining.

"Well, 50,000 is allocated for the school." Liu Yiming looked at the plan written by Zhang You. For the establishment of 300 primary schools, 50,000 is enough to complete the construction work and start-up needs. The school is small in scale and has low requirements. How many schools can be built?

If we build a house and level the land, there will be a lot left over from the 50,000 yuan.

Of course, the most expensive thing is running, just like the army! It is a normal expenditure.

Don't talk about anything, the phone rings.

"Hello."

"Commander! I'm Xu Hui!" A noisy voice came from the phone.

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

"The gun has been modified. The factory director wants you to come and see if there is anything that needs improvement." The roar of the machine could still be heard from Xu Hui's side.

Soon, Liu Yiming got the newly produced rifle in his hands. Compared with the previous generation, the barrel was thinner, the handguard was less, and the weight was lighter. Liu Yiming tried it and it was smooth.

"Bullet!" Liu Yiming said.

Top-loading, double-row five-round magazine, ammunition capacity of ten rounds.

boom!

After Liu Yiming loaded the bullet, he aimed at the 100-meter target, the seventh ring.

One hundred and fifty meters, six rings. Two hundred meters, missed target*3

The atmosphere is a bit awkward...

"Ahem!" Xu Hui coughed.

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

"How much to produce?" Xu Hui asked. This is what he is responsible for. Mass production requires adjustment of production direction. The national defense industry is under the dual management of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. It just so happens that Liu Yiming and Xu Hui are the ministers of the two departments respectively.

"The first batch of 30,000 pieces will be produced to equip the troops." This gun is of moderate length. Liu Yiming is planning to simply let the army and navy use unified rifles and cavalry? Nanhua does not yet have this establishment. Only the communications corps and logistics have horses, and the secret service battalion

They are still running around on two legs.

"Then we need to expand the scale." Xu Hui said, just in time, he needed money.

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

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

"Expand everything by five times the scale. The machinery and equipment will arrive in the next year. Train more workers to make it easier to get started. I will allocate another 200,000 pounds to you to build the gun factory into an industrial chain. One factory is responsible for the production of several types of parts.

Practice makes perfect, increase your speed!" Liu Yiming warned.

"Okay!" After the money and equipment were settled, Xu Hui agreed simply.

"Show me the bullets." Liu Yiming said the disadvantages of small-caliber rifles. It didn't seem right when he saw it just now.

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

What Liu Yiming made is 6.8mm. This is to increase the ammunition carrying capacity. During normal marches, a single soldier can easily carry 200 rounds, an ammunition bag of 120 rounds, and a backpack of 100 rounds. It is also light and easy. The weight is also the same as that of a 120-round 11.43 horse.

Tiny is almost the same.

What is currently being produced is an imitation Martini convex bottom rim cartridge case, which is nothing to begin with. It is a weapon in the transitional stage anyway, but it will definitely not work if it needs to be finalized.

Because Liu Yiming is going to speed up and point out semi-automatic rifles and light and heavy machine guns. Heavy machine guns can also redesign bullets and use bottomless rims. But light machine guns can't use separate bullets, right?

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

"For processing, there is no suitable processing equipment. The existing ones are second-hand goods bought from India and Singapore, and others. Fortunately, the production of cartridge cases cannot be changed. And if it is changed now, the output will be greatly reduced." Xu Hui said, this

For a period of time, Xu Hui frantically supplemented his military knowledge and learned about bullets. However, he didn't think there was a problem with this and just pressed the bullet slowly. Also, bullets with convex rims were still in use until the end of the 20th century.

But Liu Yiming knows the disadvantages of convex rim bullets. Liu Yiming cannot compete with people for at least twenty years, so he needs stronger firepower. As for the disadvantages of rimless bullets, they are nothing to Liu Yiming, they are just copper alloys.

Question, Liu Yiming has a lot of alloy formulas, and there is always a suitable one.

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

It is a multi-layer alloy.

"Try a warhead with this pattern. Soap can be used to test the lethality of the bullet. Find out what kind of warhead is most suitable."

Now Nanhua's warhead is a cylinder with an ellipse at the top. This is true whether it is 6.8 or 11.43. The wind resistance coefficient is large, and the long-distance trajectory is really impressive.

Liu Yiming didn't have specific parameters, so he could only let them try it.

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

"I have something else to do. You guys can try it slowly. The gun mechanism and magazine will also be modified. Once they are adapted to rimless bullets, production can begin." Liu Yiming knew why Richard was looking for him, but Liu Yiming didn't understand.

Why did Richard think about it for so long?

"The rifle is called QB91."

In the reception room of the Government Affairs Hall, Richard was waiting anxiously. He had already heard about Liu Yiming signing a contract with the British. At this time, he was going to inquire about Nanhua's cooperation with the British.

I don’t know exactly what was done, but the loan of five million pounds is real, so the British will definitely not allow Nanhua to collapse before the money is repaid, unless the successor is willing to pay the money!

He needs results, and this 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 walked in. Liu Yiming deliberately said in a bad British accent.

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

"Oh? You know it yourself? In fact, Nanhua is only so big, five million pounds is already a lot." Liu Yiming didn't say anything.

"Oh! Yes, but for an industrial country, five million is not enough!" Richard said.

"But Nanhua is just an agricultural country, isn't it?" Liu Yiming curled his lips and said.

"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 on the issue of opposing Dutch banditry." Richard thought of the sentence "South China is only so big" and then

Thinking of the relationship between Nanhua and the Netherlands, he stomped his feet and said.

"Mr. Richard, if Mellon had told me this, I would have agreed without hesitation, but you are Richard!" Liu Yiming said while holding the table.

"Yes, but I will convince my uncle, it only takes a small amount of money!" Richard looked confident.

"The same conditions as before, 30 million US dollars, 6% interest, half of which will be used to purchase the things I need, and the things I want to do. You have to do these. I have given my sincerity, it is your turn

." Liu Yiming thought for a while, he needs money anyway, the more he borrows now, the more he will earn later.

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

"First of all, I need people. I hope to hire American merchant ships, register American companies, and go to the northern country to transport people." Liu Yiming suddenly thought of the documents he wanted from everywhere and said.

Phew~ Mr. Richardson is afraid that Liu Yiming will say some fantasy, which turns out to be human trafficking. Although the Mellon family is not engaged in this, the United States is the largest importer of slaves. This trade is very familiar!

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

, this is the best opportunity.

"All of these are fine!" Richard said. It's a small matter. Britain has already sent people, and it's normal for the United States to follow closely. Congress can also explain it easily.
Chapter completed!