Xia Houying stared blankly at the bullet holes filled with sand on the sandbag wall opposite, and he didn't wake up until Fang Xiaoyu came over and saluted. Xia Houying pointed at the machine gun and asked in a trembling voice: "A gun like Aiqing is called
machine gun?"
Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "Yes, what does the emperor think of the power of this gun?"
Xia Houying said: "It's too fast, it's too fast."
Fang Xiaoyu said: "Your Majesty, as long as there is such a gun among a hundred people, who can stop it?"
Xia Houying hurriedly said: "I wonder what the price of your gun is?"
Fang Xiaoyu said: "This gun is not easy to make. Each gun costs probably 5,000 yuan."
Xia Houying nodded. Five thousand yuan for such a good gun is not expensive. If he only equips one company in his own imperial guards, the equipment will only cost more than seven hundred guns, and the total cost will be more than three million. Xia Houying said: "
In this case, I will buy more than 700 branches and give one to each company of the Imperial Guard."
Fang Xiaoyu smiled and saluted: "In this case, I must start manufacturing immediately and strive to equip the Imperial Guards as soon as possible."
Seeing that his plan succeeded, Fang Xiaoyu's face showed a smile. Now he needs the stability of the empire, so he must try to strengthen the strength of the Imperial Guard to subdue the increasingly powerful Xia family, Cheng family and even Wang Xuan's strength
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Fang Xiaoyu knows very well that only by maintaining a peaceful environment in the country can he take the opportunity to make a lot of money and buy time for the construction of the Chinese collar. As long as his Chinese collar can have ten years of preparation time, it can quickly become stronger and surpass the domestic leader in one fell swoop.
The strength of each family, including the royal family, means that even if other families have no idea of becoming the world leader, he will have an idea.
Now this metal fixed-loading bullet cannot be made by hand. If the size is slightly wrong, it will not fit into the gun chamber. Now Fang Xiaoyu is committed to popularizing metal fixed-loading weapons in the empire, which allows his weapons factory to only supply this bullet
You can make a fortune with just one move, and you can also control the use of weapons by all parties.
Bullets may look inconspicuous, but in fact, bullets are more difficult to make than guns. Even in later generations, there are many more countries that can make guns than countries that can make their own bullets. As long as you are stuck in the supply of bullets, all parties will
The forces have no choice. Although the performance of rapid-fire weapons is good, it is not as useful as a big knife without bullets. Now that the Imperial Guard has these machine guns, the money for bullets is not wasted like water. Fang Xiaoyu began to consider using Lanting Villa's
All weapons factories have been converted into ammunition factories that supply bullets.
"My love." Just as Fang Xiaoyu was snickering secretly, Xia Houying's words interrupted his thoughts. Fang Xiaoyu quickly stepped forward and saluted: "I wonder if the emperor has any other instructions?"
Xia Houying said: "How do you plan to deal with the dispute between the Chinese Territory and the Cossack Empire?"
Fang Xiaoyu pretended to be stupid and said: "If they don't send envoys for peace talks next spring, I plan to continue to attack the city and seize territory."
Xia Houying said: "If we continue to attack, I wonder if the Imperial Army can help?"
Fang Xiaoyu laughed when he heard it. The emperor was a little jealous that he occupied so much land. Fang Xiaoyu said: "If the Imperial Army can help, Fang Xiaoyu will naturally be grateful. It's just that the roads there are difficult and not too many troops can enter."
Xia Houying nodded and said: "In that case, I will send the 15th Army and the 29th Army there."
Xia Houying was afraid that he would not get any benefits, so he let the troops controlled by the Fang family pass over. He hoped that Fang Xiaoyu would allow the empire to gain some benefits for the sake of the Fang family's troops. After all, for any emperor, opening up territory and expanding territory are the most important things.
The greatest temptation.
"The regular army of the empire is participating in the war, and the ministers must try their best to cooperate." Before returning to the capital, Fang Xiaoyu learned through the intelligence bureau that the Cossack Empire had sent an envoy, so he simply sold the emperor an empty favor and first gave him a promise of unwavering loyalty to the country.
A good impression of caring about personal gains and losses.
Xia Houying was very happy to see that Fang Xiaoyu was still so loyal, and secretly complained that Cheng Yuhuan provoked him to deal with the Chinese leader like that, which was simply inciting him to suppress his loyal ministers.
After making another huge sum of money in the palace, Fang Xiaoyu walked out of the palace humming happily. The machine gun cost a small amount of money, but the money for bullets was not small. As for the railway, it was a big business.
I am the only one who knows how to build railways in the Eastern Continent. When the time comes, I can quote whatever price I want, which will definitely make a huge profit. What’s more, I have already raised the price several times with the emperor just now. Let the emperor have one first.
Mental preparation.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can understand at a glance. If this railway really costs tens of thousands of yuan per kilometer as Fang Xiaoyu said, then how much will it cost to build railways in all parts of China? Fortunately, few people in the entire capital know how many railways there are in China.
Railways, and no one knows how much money Fang Xiaoyu, who is known for making money quickly, has.
Just after walking out of the palace gate, Fang Xiaoyu found Wang Ling standing outside the palace gate, as if waiting for someone. Fang Xiaoyu immediately stepped forward with a smile and said, "Miss Wang, are you waiting for someone here?"
Wang Ling turned around and saw Fang Xiaoyu, with a smile on her face: "You finally came out, I was waiting for you."
Fang Xiaoyu said in surprise: "Wait for me? What's the matter?"
Wang Ling said in a slightly resentful tone: "Can't I come to you if nothing happens?"
Fang Xiaoyu smiled and said: "Of course not." Fang Xiaoyu looked at Wang Ling who was blushing in surprise, and secretly wondered why this girl seemed to be acting coquettishly. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Elena not far away, and saw Ai Linna.
Lina was looking at him with a smile.
Wang Ling also felt that her mood was a little abnormal today, and she actually spoke to Fang Xiaoyu in that tone unconsciously. While concealing the inexplicable panic in her heart, Wang Ling said again: "My father wants to invite you to dinner.
I don’t know if you’re going or not.”
Fang Xiaoyu smiled and said: "Since it is invited by the God of War, I will naturally go."
Wang Ling nodded and said: "In that case, let's meet in the evening."
Wang Ling got on the horse and turned around and said: "Also, don't call me Miss Wang in the future. It's weird, just call me Ling'er." After saying that, she rode away. Fang Xiaoyu was stunned on the spot, not knowing.
This Wang Ling was so prejudiced against me a few years ago, how come she hasn't been so kind to him in a few years?
Elena came over and smiled: "It seems that the team of our sisters will increase again."
Fang Xiaoyu said: "No way, she is the daughter of the mighty Imperial God of War. Besides, I have only met her twice."
Elena said: "Have you never heard that beauties love heroes? I heard that Miss Wang Ling once said that she wanted to marry a hero who is stronger than his father."
"Is this happening?" Fang Xiaoyu said in surprise: "How did you know?"
Elena said: "Sister Xia told me."
Fang Xiaoyu said: "Sister Xia? Are you already so familiar with Tingwei?"
Elena rolled her eyes at him and said: "None of your business." Fang Xiaoyu looked at Elena who had no longer paid attention to him and sighed secretly. This woman's thoughts are really strange and confusing, but when she rolled her eyes
That playful and cute look still made Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster.
Naturally, you can't go empty-handed when visiting a lord's house. Fang Xiaoyu ordered someone to prepare a generous gift before riding a carriage to Wang Xuan's mansion in the capital. When Fang Xiaoyu announced his name, the servant at the door immediately let Fang Xiaoyu in.
After receiving the servant's report, Wang Xuan and his daughter came out of the living room to welcome him. Wang Xuan smiled and said, "Xiaoyu, I just returned to the capital. I'm afraid I dragged him here before I even met Mr. Xia."
Fang Xiaoyu immediately saluted and said: "My nephew just arrived last night and was summoned by His Majesty today. I was supposed to come to see my uncle first, but I didn't expect that my sister came to invite me before I could come to greet my uncle."
Wang Xuan smiled and said: "It's thanks to my nephew that I can go back to the capital. If you hadn't done such a big thing this year and the emperor wanted to ask questions, how could I have come to the capital?"
Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "I also have the responsibility to defend the territory. I had no choice but to fight and defeated the Cossack Empire by luck."
Wang Ling interjected with a smile: "Is it a fluke? Lucky on both land and sea?"
Wang Xuan also nodded and said: "Yes, my nephew is too polite. This Cossack Empire is extremely powerful. It can't be won by luck. This Xia Yushang feels the most." Fang Xiaoyu then remembered Xia Yushang's territory.
Also bordered by the Cossack Empire.
Wang Xuan sighed: "Don't you know? This time the empire remained neutral. Only Xia Yushang sent troops to station at the border of the Cossack Empire and faced off with the Cossack army for a long time. If you hadn't won, he would have sent troops too.
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Fang Xiaoyu smiled and said: "My third uncle is really nice to me. I will thank him properly someday."
Wang Ling said from the side: "Father, Brother Fang has been here for a long time. Let him come in quickly."
Wang Xuan suddenly said: "Look, I was so busy talking that I even forgot to invite my nephew into the house."
Wang Xuan and his daughter let Fang Xiaoyu into the room, and the guests and hosts took their seats. Wang Xuan continued the topic just now and said: "Actually, you don't need to thank him specifically. You have cooperated with him to grow cotton over the years, and he has made a lot of money."
Fang Xiaoyu said: "This has always been run by my subordinates. I really don't know how many there are."
Wang Xuan filtered his beard and said: "I heard that Xia Yushang made a net profit of 20 million this year just from cotton. It turned out that he was notoriously poor among the lords, but now he is indeed famous
He is very wealthy. It is said that his army of 60,000 people costs 7 million in military expenses alone every year. He is really wealthy.
Fang Xiaoyu heard the envy in Wang Xuan's tone and smiled: "My uncle is famous for producing fine horses. I also import tens of thousands of good horses from my uncle every year. This war is also thanks to their help.
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Wang Xuan sighed and said: "Although my horse-raising business has an annual income of more than 10 million, the land in Tubo County is barren and it is not easy to grow food. The horse feed and human food alone consume most of the income every year.
Speaking of which, thanks to my nephew’s large-scale grain sales this year, the price of grain dropped a lot, and I also saved a lot of money.”