1855 United States Tycoon

"These two brothers are from Guangxi, aren't they?" Rong Hong asked them to the two Chinese people who were full of Guangxi accents and had no braids.

"Mr. Rong, we met." Wang Qinian replied, "In your terms, I was still a gangster at that time?"

"Ah? You? You are..." Rong Hong has a very good memory. Hearing what Wang Qinian said, he remembered the person from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who led him when he visited Hong Rengan in Tianjing. The officer seemed to be the one in front of him.

"Why did you come to United States now?" Rong Hong asked curiously.

"After the defeat of the Kingdom of Heaven, I was caught by Li Fugui. I was like this, it must have been a click." Wang Qinian smiled, "Who would think, Li Fugui treated us as pig babies for money and sold them to United People from States. I'm here in United States."

"It turns out to be a gangster." Zhang Yu said with a curled mouth. But neither Wang Qinian nor Yang Tai ignored him. Because Mr. MacDonald has specifically talked to them before that these two people are the company's customers, and the company hopes to make money on them. Since they have taken the company's wages, they have to work hard for the company and cannot bring in personal grievances.

After staying in United States for so long, both Wang Qinian and Yang Tai know that it is difficult to find a company with good income like Heishui. Moreover, to Wang Qinian, in a sense, Mr. MacDonald was considered to have saved his life. Otherwise, if he was dragged by Stanford to repair the railway, he really didn't know what the result would be. So now they have adopted ignoring Dafa for Zhang Yu's provocation.

After visiting the production process of the rifle, Wang Qinian and Yang Tai did not lead them towards the shooting range of the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company, but directly led them out of the gate, where a four-wheeled carriage was waiting. Against them.

"Didn't Mr. MacDonald say yesterday that we should go to the shooting range behind the company to try the gun?" Zhang Yu asked.

"Although there is a shooting range behind the Macdonald Infantry Weapons Company, it is only for school guns. If you really want to know whether the various weapons are good or not, you still have to go to our'Blackwater' training ground. Heishui has a live ammunition exercise this afternoon, so Mr. MacDonald will let us take you to see it. Okay, let's get in the car, and we can catch up with Heishui’s lunch now.” Yang Tai explained.

The black water lunch is still the same black bread with eggs, plus a glass of milk and a piece of spam. However, relative to the life level of the United States at the time, this is definitely luxurious enough.

"Brother Yang, this Heishui mercenary eats so well every day?" Rong Hong asked with some surprise.

"If you don't eat well, how can you have the strength to train?" Yang Tai replied, "There is such a saying in my hometown that it is'poor to learn literature, rich to learn martial arts.' Does Mr. Rong know the reason?"

Rong Hong shook his head. He has been in United States since he was a child. He really doesn't understand these things very well.

"You need to exercise your body in martial arts, not eat enough, how to do it well, plus some skills, such as iron sand palms and the like, you must continue to use drugs, how can ordinary poor people be able to practice martial arts?" Zhang Yu suddenly interrupted Say.

"But when I was in China, I saw the Green Camp eating, and the handsome Huai Army eating. The food in the Green Camp was completely lacking in oil and water. Although the Huai Army was strong, it was also limited. Comparing with Heishui, it didn’t. I know how much it will be worse." Rong Hong said while picking up a piece of black bread.

"The Green Camp can't practice twice a month, and the Huai Army can only practice on five days. Heishui eats so well, I'm afraid it's training. You have to practice for the dead. How many days do you practice?" Zhang Yu asked.

"All day long." Wang Qinian replied.

"Oh!" Rong Hong sighed suddenly, "In the past, I often talked about wealth and strength, but I didn't know what it meant. Brother Zhang, you only look at the usefulness of Heishui's three meals a day. If there is no such material support, How can you train a strong soldier?"

After dinner, Yang Tai and Rong Hong took them to see the live ammunition drill in Heishui.

This time the drill exercises were first offensive and defensive on plain terrain, followed by street fighting offensive tactics. The soldiers practiced the tactics of rifles, shotguns, grenades, grenades, and infantry artillery. Rong Hong didn't understand these drills at all, but Zhang Yu couldn't even blink his eyes.

After watching the drill, the two returned to the hotel in a carriage.

"Brother Zhang, I don't understand these drills at all. Tell me about it." After sitting down in the hotel, Rong Hong said to Zhang Yu.

"Oh, in the past, I saw the Westerners' ever-victorious army, and I felt that it was nothing better than that of Xiyi. I only thought that it was nothing more than that of Xiyi. Watching Heishui's exercises today, I realized that if our Huai army is compared with others, we are not an opponent at all. Let alone the skill and well-trained combat skills, you just look at the cooperation of the soldiers. It's really..." Zhang Yu couldn't find words to describe.

"If you fight against the Huai Army and everyone uses the same weapons, what will happen?" Rong Hong asked.

"If you don't consider morale, hehe, Heishui eats well and has sufficient military pay. This morale is definitely higher than that of the Huai Army." Zhang Yu did not lie to himself, "Even if there are five. It’s not necessarily self-defeating.""With the same equipment and five times the strength, you can't even protect yourself?" Rong Hong asked in surprise, "I heard that Heishui has an important business that can help people train the army. A few years ago, Italy. It was under the training of Blackwater that people defeated Austria with breech gun and trench tactics. We can also ask them to teach it."

"You can please, but it's hard to say how useful it is." Zhang Yu shook his head. "The Huai Army used to invite foreign teachers to teach, but the language is not clear. Secondly, the soldiers in China are probably the stupidest. People can’t teach how to teach. Even the simplest lining up requires several months of training. Finally, you see that the soldiers in Heishui are skilled in combat skills. Don’t say anything else, just the exact shot when shooting, it’s definitely fed with a lot of bullets. According to the two bandits, live ammunition drills like today are just a daily routine, at least every seven days. Once. But I think, just today, Blackwater shot more bullets than our soldiers shot out in a year. Looking at their food, only if they eat so well, can they practice from morning to night every day. , Or else, no one’s body can stand it. But our Huai army can get so much money like Heishui and the others, throwing bullets like splashing water, throwing that grenade like throwing a stone? I don’t understand. Where does Xiyi get so much money."

Regarding this question, Rong Hong, who has been in the United States for a long time, knows one thing: "Brother Zhang, the leader of Westerners and natural sciences, is good at mechanical methods, and the political system of Westerners is also dedicated to protecting domestic industries. Take Mr. MacDonald as an example. For example, this person started by manufacturing rifles and relied on a new design to establish McDonald’s Infantry Weapons Company. If this person is in our country, what will the result be? His factory, I am afraid that it will just be built. When the fat is divided, where does the development get where it is today? Yesterday, Mr. MacDonald said to me that if we buy weapons alone, it is really not the way to prosper the country and strengthen the army. This is true knowledge. Without the support of basic industries, The arms manufacturing industry is nothing but water without a source, and if there is no education and lack of talents, the basic industry bought back can only be a tree without roots, unable to develop and renew itself, but for a few years, it will lag far behind the Westerners. . So, in my own sense, with a rich country and a strong military, the fundamental one is reforming and restoring, and the other is cultivating talents of western learning. The matter of studying abroad cannot be delayed. Yesterday, Mr. Macdonald had quite the intention of introducing Chinese students to study in the United States. Let’s go back. Later, I must seize this opportunity..."

Chapter 1 negotiated with foreigners and bought a steel plant opened by foreigners in China. For this kind of business, Rong Hong had done some homework in this regard. Therefore, when he saw the steel plant that had just been acquired, he quickly discovered that the equipment used in this steel plant, whether it is the advanced technology or the maintenance status, is much better than that of his own domestic The one I saw.

"How does the equipment in this factory compare with the one we bought?" Zhang Yu basically didn't understand this at all, so he asked a "savvy" person like Rong Hong.

"It's too good." Rong Hong replied, "Look at the markings on these nameplates. These machines have only been used for three years. They are much newer and more advanced than ours. This gap is like Yesterday you said that the difference between the Huai Army and Heishui is as big as that of Heishui. It is indeed the strongest iron and steel factory in the United States!"

However, this factory has not started production now, because it is still undergoing technology transformation. An engineer told Rong Hong that they must first renovate the backward equipment here, and then resume production after the renovation is completed.

"These machines have been behind after three years of use?" Rong Hong asked in surprise.

"Yes, now is an era where technology is advancing by leaps and bounds. Let alone three years, it is half a year. Some things will fall behind and must be continuously improved." The engineer replied, "After the transformation is completed, the quality of the steel produced will be better. The cost will also drop significantly, just like the other factories under the company. The original owner of this factory had to sell this factory to the company because it was unable to compete with us."

"Does this mean that even if we buy the most advanced one and go back, if we can't improve it ourselves, it won't be long before it will become backward and will be eliminated?" Such a rapid pace suddenly made Rong Hong He and Zhang Yu were stunned.

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