The Nagan brothers quickly solved the trouble with the rifle for Li Haidn. The bolt used the improved design they had given the Russians. The manufacturing process was simple and practical. The ammunition supply device adopted a new magazine design with double rows and single inputs, which loaded ten rounds of bullets at a time. This rifle was re-registered as the Isleya 18.91 rifle and applied for a patent.

Just after the New Year in 1891, Lee Haydn asked the company's technicians to select several well-made sample guns and put them in his accompanying bag. He personally went to Vienna and sent the rifles to the Crown Prince Ferdinand, who was in charge of the Army.

Emperor Franz is already old, and the main affairs of the empire are basically handled by Ferdinand on his behalf, and this guy is also in charge of the Army. In this era, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had no Navy, and the Imperial Navy Command was just a department under the Army, so naturally he was under his jurisdiction.

Lee Haydn was sure that his products were better than the products of his contemporaries, and they were definitely better than the Steyer Manlisha 18.90 rifle. Ferdinand was not an amateur. On the contrary, he was quite sensitive to military equipment technology. The result of Lee Haydn's doing was confusing the senior executives of Steyer Company. The Army Department had lost the following after announcing the winning bid and placing the first batch of 50,000 rifles with Steyer Company. It seemed that the Imperial Army was not ready to update the existing rifles that they used.

The exact news soon came out, and the Army Department believed that Steyr Manlisha's product performance was not very satisfactory, and announced that the standard rifle would be re-tendered and tested by July.

Now Lee Haydn has finally received new investment, and the company has added three new shareholders: Gayle, Schroeder and Muir, who have a total of 35% of the shares, and another 1.5 million kroner. Islaia Machinery Manufacturing Company has undergone a major renovation, purchased about 120 new equipment, and expanded three new factories.

The first order for the factory came from Bulgaria. Although the nominal suzerain of Bulgaria was the Ottoman Empire, the Bulgarian army was controlled by the Russians. Now the Russian Tsar could not provide them with enough new rifles. The Russian army, which was a huge Russian, is currently replacing the new Mosin Nagan rifles. The rifles produced by the Tsar's arsenal are now unable to satisfy them.

In another time and space, the Bulgarians chose Mauser rifles, but now it is different. The Isleyan rifles seem to be better than the German products, while Mr. Paul Mauser's new rifles have not been manufactured. Bulgarian Defense Minister Mutkurov ordered 30,000 new rifles from the Isleyan Machinery Manufacturing Company. This order of more than 6 million kroners made Li Haidn finally relieved.

Then, through the relationship, Gail successfully sold another 30,000 rifles to the Argentinians, which brought Islaya to a stage of rapid expansion. Now its sales even exceed the famous Steel Manlisha. Of course, in terms of scale, Steel is three times that of Islaya. It now has more than 6,000 employees.

In May, Schroeder, who was in charge of Eastern and Asian affairs, handed Lee Hayden a telegram sent by Guangzhou Baoji Foreign Company. The German company received an order for 20,000 rifles in Guangzhou, in the name of Manlia rifles.

This brought Li Haidn's memory back to that "homeland".

"Haydn, this telegram says that the weapons were made by the local official named "Guangdong Governor" rather than signed by the other party's Ministry of National Defense, and the name of Manlisha rifle was also used. Is there any problem in this?" Schroeder asked.

"It's the 'Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi'." Li Haidn corrected: "There is no problem. The Chinese cannot tell the difference between Manlisha and Isleya rifles. Anyway, as long as this rifle comes from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is enough. In China, these local officials have much greater power than the Ministry of Defense. If the order is signed by the other party's Ministry of Defense officials, it will really become a problem." He said with a smile. No one can have more authority in China than him.

"Oh my god, the local officials actually made the decision for the Ministry of Defense. It's really incredible." Schroeder seemed very surprised.

"That's a huge market, bigger than Europe combined," Lee Haydn pondered, speaking slower. "Maybe we're going to set up an office there, and in the next few years, the country may need hundreds of thousands of rifles and thousands of cannons."

"Hundreds of thousands? Oh my God, it's several times more than the entire Imperial Army." Schroeder's body shook for a moment, and he seemed a little excited. Lee Haydn's words obviously stimulated him. Think about it, hundreds of thousands of rifles would be profitable at least tens of millions of kroners, which would definitely be jealous.

"Well, I feel it is necessary to go to the Far East in person to sell our products and set up new institutions." Lee Haydn said, who seemed to miss that land very much now and even became a little impatient.

Things are not that simple. A royal family member's trip to the Far East is not something that can be set up with just a few tickets.

The old Emperor Franz hoped to turn Lee Haydn's pure commercial trip into a diplomatic tour to increase the influence of the empire in the Far East, while the Crown Prince Ferdinand ordered a warship to accompany him to show off the power of the empire. As a traditional European power, the influence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire overseas was incomparable to the two old maritime empires of Britain and France, and was even far less than that of the emerging Second German Empire. The Austrians were obsessed with the glory they became when they became leaders of the Greater Germany during the Holy Roman Empire. In the eyes of the Habsburg family, it was the country rich man from Prussia led by the Hohenzollen family who snatched the glory that originally belonged to them.

Located in Trieste, there are more than a dozen ships of different sizes in the military port. On the side of the dock, the newly commissioned "Apal" protective cruiser of the Imperial Navy was docked. The sailors were busy loading various supplies on the ship. This is a true portrayal of the strength of the Imperial Navy. It is extremely weak among the great powers. Even the latest "Apal" protective cruiser has a displacement of less than 2,600 tons.

Colonel Condra, as the representative of the crown prince, went to the dock to see Lee Haydn off. In addition, Colonel Rod, the commander of the naval base, was also on the side. Several people stood on the dock and chatted for a while. Soon, three whistles were sounded on the warship, and the sailors took the bridge for the cargo away from the dock. After the goods were loaded, the military band played "God Bless My Emperor Franz" below. Lee Haydn said goodbye to the people who saw him off one by one. Captain Lieutenant Colonel Hanser stood at the gangway entrance and was greeting him on board.

"Mr. Captain, the Imperial Far East Envoy, Navy Lieutenant Colonel Haydn Frederi Victori requested to board the ship." He stood at the gangway entrance and saluted the captain.

"Authorize to board the ship, sir!" Lieutenant Colonel Hanser replied with a military salute, and then a smile appeared on his face.
Chapter completed!