Lee Haydn obviously underestimated the difficulty of making a qualified rifle.

As a standard military fan in his previous life, he thought he knew very well the advantages and disadvantages of various types of rifles equipped by various countries in this era, whether it was the British Lee Metford, the German 1888 Committee rifle, the American Krager Jorgensen rifle, the Russian Mosin Nagan rifle or the Steyr Manlisha 18.90 rifle equipped by the Austrians, but it was one thing, and it was another thing to talk about it himself.

Due to the emergence of smokeless launching drugs, the army of various countries has begun to replace new rear-mounted continuous rifles. Li Haydn can easily get samples of these rifles. After all, the Austro-Hungarian Army Department has also begun to bid for new rifles.

With the help of seven engineers and technicians from Isleia, Lee Haydn disassembled the sample guns, measured one part by one, and then re-drawed the drawings, and then modified and tested the drawings according to Lee Haydn's requirements. After Plasic found several gun experts, the matter was resolved. Finally, after more than three months of revision and modification, the standard design drawings were taken out.

Finally, Lee Haydn got the first rifle sample, which can also be called the "Four No Elephants".

From the appearance, the rifle he redesigned is basically a mixture of rifles from various countries: the shape, length and caliber of the rifle are basically the same as that of the Manlisha rifle, but the rotating rear pull bolt is similar to that of the German Commission rifle, while the ammunition supply device uses an eight-round magazine like the British Li and Mei rifle.

"This is a copy that may cause patent disputes." Li Haydn shook his head. It took more time to create such a gun than he imagined. The Imperial Army had selected the gun produced by Steel Manlisha as standard equipment, and he had lost the opportunity.

By missing the opportunity for the Army’s bidding, he now has plenty of time to improve it.

Lee Haydn was not very disappointed, but was full of confidence in the products he had.

This confidence comes from the bullets in his hand, which was the result of later plagiarism. Unlike the round-headed rifle bullets commonly used in this era, its copper-clad warhead is pointed. To be honest, the pointed bullet has a better aerodynamic shape, which allows it to obtain higher initial velocity than the round warhead and its flight trajectory in the air is more stable, which means a longer range and shooting accuracy.

Sharp-headed bullets will not become popular until 18.95 years later.

In people's consciousness, the appearance of the gun bullet has not been completely turned from the earliest steel beads.

Sometimes, a small change leads to revolutionary results.

Unlike the hardships he had put into Isleia Machinery Manufacturing Company, Li Haydn's Imperial Standard Electrical Company in Vienna has a booming business and has developed very smoothly. This made him open three subsidiaries in Linz, Prague and Trieste in one go, and the company's business has also expanded to the manufacturing of various electrical appliances, generators and motor equipment.

Plasic returned to Trieste from Vienna, which brought a surprise to Lee Hayden. He invited two gun designers to the company at the firearms tender meeting held by the Army: brothers Emil Nagan and Lyon Nagan. The two brothers are not very happy now. Their rifle design was not selected by the Austro-Hungarian Army, while the shameless Russians named Mosin's name in front of the rifle designed by the two brothers, and only gave the two of them a few thousand rubles of design fees.

Lee Haydn believes that the two of them can solve the troubles left by the sample guns they made. With a high salary of 1,500 kroner per month, the Nagan brothers eventually became the chief gun designers of Isleia Machinery Manufacturing Company, which allowed Lee Haydn to finally withdraw from the complicated affairs and devote his energy to other places.

He needs to find some talents to strengthen his company's strength.

For example, Diesel, an inventor who just tried to produce the world's first diesel engine but was heavily in debt and was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Rudolf Diesel is now working in a refrigerator factory in Paris to make a living and continues to develop his internal combustion engine in his spare time. However, the diesel engine he has now produced is not stable and can only run for about one minute. In this era, gasoline engines have long been put into commercial use.

Now that Diesel's research is in trouble, he is eager to find a partner to support his research. After receiving an invitation letter from Isleia Machinery Manufacturing Company transferred from Augsburg, he immediately arrived in Trieste from Paris by train without saying a word.

At this time, in a small repair workshop in the factory, Diesel stood opposite Lee Haydn.

The samples brought by Diesel were completely paralyzed after running for about three minutes.

Li Haidn stared at the machine. This sample seemed to be a little less than the diesel engine he remembered. It was strange. He turned the crankshaft that had been locked with his hand, and there was a ray of inspiration in his mind. Flywheel, yes, this is this thing.

The stable operation of a diesel engine requires something that can store and release kinetic energy, that is, a flywheel that relies on inertia to maintain the crankshaft continues to rotate.

Diesel looked at the young Austrian royal family in front of him in confusion, and saw a strange smile on his face.

"Mr. Diesel, your equipment seems to be operating very unstable."

"Yes, I'm trying to overcome it." Diesel said hesitantly.

"But I think it should have a bright future," Lee Hayden said. "Islaia Machinery Manufacturing Company can fund your research. Let's talk about the distribution of patent income in the future. I think it's a good idea to set up an engine manufacturing company alone."

"I can't afford any funds now." Diesel spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders regretfully.

"Your technology and inventions can account for 15% of the shares in the new company," Li Haidon thought for a moment and said, and he waved his hand to stop Diesel's interruption. "We also need to absorb some excellent engineering experts to join this company, and they will also receive 5% to 10% of the shares. I and other investors will own 61% of the shares in the new company, otherwise I will not be able to convince my partners to invest."

Diesel lowered his head and pondered for a while before saying, "I want to know the scale of the investment of the new company."

"The first batch is about 300,000 kroner. I think the company will provide you with no less than 200,000 kroner research funds every year in the future." Li Haidn said. Although he knows the future development direction, he still has to rely on a large number of professional personnel and teams to solve problems with integrity.

Diesel quickly calculated in his mind that although the stock worth 45,000 kroner is nothing, the annual research funding of 200,000 kroner made him unable to refuse. Moreover, Lee Haydn offered another monthly salary of 2,000 kroner, which made him unable to refuse. The reality is the same. Although Diesel longed to own a company of his own, the reality is that his business vision and talents are a world of difference compared to his IQ.

The new power company is located in the town of Steyer, outside Vienna. It has many skilled metal processing technicians. The company's name is Steyer Man Commercial Power Company, which is mainly engaged in boiler manufacturing, steam engine production, internal combustion engine and steam turbine development.

The steam turbine was invented as early as 1884 and is currently only used as a power plant for generators. As for loading it on a warship, it will be a few years later. However, Li Haidn was very interested in this experiment, but the current funding situation was just for him to think about it.
Chapter completed!