1717 New American Empire

During this period, Xiao Lin obtained a large number of antique oil paintings and ancient gold coins by robbing the Adams family and trading with white people. The number of antique porcelain and sculptures reached 500, all of which were cultural relics produced in the Ming Dynasty and before. Oil paintings

, there are as many as one hundred paintings,

Among them, there are works by various famous European painters before the 18th century. Many of them are no longer found in the 21st century. Although some are not very valuable due to the painters themselves and their skills, but five of them can be said to be

It is a superb painting worth hundreds of millions.

In addition to these, there are also a lot of gold coins. Among them, they are mainly captured from the Indians of the North American continent and produced when gold coins were still used in the European continent. It seems that they are not newly minted, although they were not minted in the 18th century.

It can be regarded as a kind of antique, but because there is no craze for collecting gold coins, it is not very valuable. Even some gold coins from the early 17th century are completely traded as gold.

Xiao Lin's previous estimate of about one billion yuan was still low. As a new evaluator, Yan Li spent two months re-determining the value of these things based on her own knowledge and the guidance of some friends. Now

The valuation of this batch of things is at least 2.5 billion yuan. This is at least because they are not experts in this field and the valuation of some things is not accurate. Yan Li guessed that the price will increase by at least 500 million yuan.

Back and forth, Xiao Lin only invested 2 billion to establish the current Yanhuang Trading Company. Almost 300 million was spent on factories and workers. The money Xiao Lin spent for his own enjoyment was less than 5,000.

Ten thousand. This time, I made money back directly, and almost 600 million more funds. This is a timely rain for Xiao Lin, whose finances have begun to run into deficit. As long as they survive this period, they can complete Sorento and their next project.

Once the order is approved, Xiao Lin will be able to obtain about 100 million yuan in funds again.

Xiao Lin, who was anxious for money, looked for connections everywhere, hoping to contact a reliable auction house to dispose of these things. Yan Li also used her own connections and finally found Christie Auction House. Christie Auction House,

Founded in 1918,

It is an auction company with a Chinese background. This year, Christie's has just turned 100 years old. In its 100-year history, Christie's has become the world's leading auction house, with connections throughout the world, and it also accepts auctions of unknown origins.

Auction business.

When Christie was founded, he was a wealthy Chinese businessman with an angry temper. He couldn't bear to see Europeans and Americans taking advantage of the turmoil in China to steal and sell Chinese antiques. This patriotic Chinese businessman was also very powerful, with great hands and eyes, and he actually got it.

Auctions of objects in many European and American countries have gradually gained popularity. Because of their particularity, they have been protected by the National Government and the New Republic Government. Until now, the country has taken a stake in it.

The current national leader is also a rare hard-line hawk. As long as they are not Chinese antiques and works of art, they don't care whether they were obtained through precious channels. Previously, the Zhao family and the Dai family had suggested that Xiao Lin find them.

They. It's just that Xiao Lin didn't want to alarm the country, so he didn't go. This time, I'm afraid it would be impossible if he didn't find them. However, Xiao Lin definitely can't come forward about the auction. If he is investigated, Xiao Lin can't explain it at all.

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Fortunately, the Zhao Dai family helped Xiao Lin resist this thunder. Because of Xiao Lin's long-term supply of high-quality furs and gold ore, the two families are now not only the leaders in the industry, but they are also at the top.

.There are actually two companies in the government

The elders of the two families, one is the deputy commander of the Chengdu Military Region, and the other is the deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce. They can completely handle this matter. The price Xiao Lin paid was that two of the paintings from the Northern Song Dynasty accidentally ended up in the hands of white people.

A masterpiece by the famous painter Wu Yanzi.

With this relationship, people from the auction house came very quickly. There were a team of fifty people, including appraisers, restorers, and specialized transportation handlers. These items were all genuine, even if some of them already existed

, even those preserved in major museums in Europe and the United States have been confirmed by them in value. Anyway, the buyers of these things are mainly domestic wealthy businessmen, and no one can prove that the things are not genuine, so just sell them.

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Xiao Lin was a little anxious to get money. Some gold coins and oil paintings of low value were sold directly to the auction house and received one billion yuan in funds. Others worth more than ten million will be sold after three months of campaigning.

It was officially sold at the auction. Many domestic wealthy businessmen expressed great interest in these items. With the development of China, there are really too many wealthy businessmen. Moreover, in addition to property, these people have also begun to pursue

Antiques and art.

Those good things belonging to China can be sold by Europeans and Americans without scruples. Of course, they also dare to buy and sell antique oil paintings of white people. Moreover, these people are so sinister that they hide it from the Europeans and Americans. They just wait until they buy these things and then sell them to them.

Show off in front of others and slap in the face.

Xiao Lin naturally left it alone, with Yan Li helping to watch over him. He wanted to continue rushing to Zarkam's site. The recruitment of workers at the factory had basically been completed, and the equipment had entered the debugging stage. It would take a week at most.

It has entered official production. At present, the most important products are Yanhuang One Style

Rifle (medium formal rifle) and matching bullets, Type 17 pistol (box gun) and matching bullets and butts, Chongquan Type 1 75mm front-loading rifled gun, Chongquan Type 2 120mm front-loading rifled gun, thunder-type grenades

(wooden handle combat grenade) and the Raider-1 60mm mortar.

The quantity is not large, and the difficulty is not great. At the same time, with the existence of the factory, the laboratory is free. The production process of the Raider-1 60mm mortar has also been developed by more than a dozen engineers in the laboratory.

It has been completely developed. At the current level of the factory, it can produce thirty mortars per month and twenty rounds of artillery shells each, a total of 600 rounds. The output of the laboratory is completely unnecessary. Therefore, Xiao Lin has

Prepare new jobs for the engineers in the laboratory.

Just in time, Xiao Lin felt that it was time for the guards to prepare machine guns. Light and heavy machine guns can be said to be the standard configuration of modern armies. They can still fight without artillery. Without machine guns, they definitely don't have much powerful combat effectiveness. Especially when the guards are in

The future is long

Time will always be in a situation of fighting more with less. It is impossible to rely only on those thirty rotating machine guns. With the company's current methods, it is impossible to produce qualified products from the parts of these machine guns.

Manufacturing machine gun bullets is a difficult problem.

After two days of research with engineers, Xiao Lin finally determined the style of machine gun to be produced next. Machine guns are divided into heavy machine guns and light machine guns. The heavy machine gun is the M1917a1 Browning (water-cooled) heavy machine gun.

The prototype of this gun is the m1917 type, which was designed by Browning. The m1917a1 type is an improved type of the m1917 type. The automatic mode of the gun is the barrel short recoil principle, the cooling method is water-cooled, and it is equipped with an m2 type gun frame.

0.30 inch (7.62mm) m1 type heavy tip bullet and m2 type tip bullet, the muzzle velocity of the warhead is 807-854m/s

, the maximum range is 2377-5029m, fed by 100 or 250 rounds of ammunition, the gun body length is 980mm, the barrel length is 610mm, the gun body weight is 15.2kg, the gun frame weight is 24.1kg, the total gun weight is 39.3kg, rifling

There are 4 right-hand twists, the twist is 254mm, and the theoretical rate of fire is 450-600 rounds/min.

This water-cooled heavy machine gun has a very stable structure, and the manufacturing process is basically understood by one of the German-born engineers. Moreover, the use and maintenance methods are not complicated, making it very suitable for use by current company escorts.

The light machine gun is naturally the Czech ZB-26 light machine gun that played a huge role on the Chinese battlefield during World War II. The ZB-26 light machine gun is a light machine gun developed by the Brno State Arsenal in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s.

Caliber 7·92mm, sight range 1500 meters.

The caliber of this light machine gun is 7.90 mm, the total length of the gun is 1165 mm, the gun body weight is 9.0 kg, the aiming baseline length is 568 mm, the barrel length is 602 mm, the number of rifle lines is 4, and the muzzle velocity

It is 830 meters/second, the sight range is 1500 meters, the rate of fire is 550 rounds/min, the ammunition loading style is a magazine, the loading number of the ammunition loading equipment is 20 rounds, the automatic mode is steam ejection, and the cooling method is

Air cold.

The zb-26 light machine gun has the advantages of simple structure, easy use and maintenance, excellent shooting performance, sufficient lethality, rapid shooting training, and convenient and quick barrel replacement. It can be said that it was an excellent light machine gun during World War II and before.

, basically the biggest flaw is the smallest ammunition capacity, with only twenty rounds of ammunition per magazine. However, engineers determined that it should be possible to increase the ammunition capacity from twenty rounds to forty rounds after improvements.

The forty-round magazine is enough for use, and it is a light-heavy match with the m1917a1 Browning heavy machine gun. After determining the machine gun style to be developed, the engineers began to study the data and prepare to form a manufacturing process suitable for the current factory.

Xiao Lin naturally wanted to solve the problem of materials. Once there were machine guns, the demand for bullets would increase. Even if steel-core bullets were still used, they could no longer rely on domestic steel plants.

If we use steel, we have to use ships to transport the steel from China. The cost is too high. There is no steel factory here in Zarkam, and their original steel is only imported from the Republic of South Africa, so they are also urging Xiao Lin to deliver it as soon as possible.

Build the steel plant.