New Ming Empire mixed in America

After being ordered to use counterfeit banknotes... ahem, US dollars to purchase supplies from businessmen in California starting this week, Li Mingqi left here.

Walking on the construction site of Changtan Town, where the prototype of a modern rural area has already begun to take shape, Li Mingqi expressed great satisfaction.

From the seaside to the current town of Long Beach, it is difficult to be directly bombarded by warships with the current naval gun range.

What's more, there is a city wall outside the town, and there is a pre-built permanent position outside the city wall.

The combination of barbed wire, trenches and cement bunkers is now considered impregnable.

There is enough depth behind the defense line to serve as a buffer zone, and there is a second permanent fortification behind the buffer zone to serve as a barrier.

A large amount of cement and steel bars were used here, and modern machinery even appeared here for the first time. (Small excavators and small forklifts)

The permanent fortifications towards the beach have been designated as military zones. During this period, more than a dozen newspaper reporters who shouted for press freedom have been killed one after another.

Therefore, the label placed on Li Mingqi by California gossip circles is: ‘cruel dictator’.

After large-scale slander in newspapers, the number of white people willing to work in the Xinming Empire has dropped sharply.

But Li Mingqi never cared about this, because the heroes from the Nevada Mountains now send a group of 'laborers' every once in a while.

So now the Xinming Empire still has enough workers to use despite the sharp decrease in free workers.

As for the free workers, apart from the Foxconn workers in Guiguan City, the only remaining free workers are a small number of migrant workers and former Los Angeles residents.

The natives of Los Angeles had no sense of belonging to the United States, and they did not react excessively when they learned that they were being managed by the New Ming Empire.

In fact, what they want most is to return to the rule of Mexico, but now the American wolfdogs that have been beaten into huskies no longer dare to bar their teeth at the United States.

In fact, the workers working for Li Mingqi are almost still the same workers. Compared with before, they only allow Li Mingqi to save the wages that should be paid to these people.

This is because Li Mingqi stipulated that all workers who came to work in the Xinming Empire could only work in the Xinming Empire for two months before they would be dismissed.

As a result, the mobility of workers was very high some time ago.

These workers who are lucky can leave by boat with their wages. But those who are unlucky and choose to go home by land will first be robbed by the heroes of the Nevada Mountains.

Then it was sold back to Li Mingqi to contribute to the Xinming Empire in another way.

It is precisely because of this virtuous cycle of sustainable development that the available human resources of the Xinming Empire gradually increased.

To this day, except for those migrant workers building roads, all outsiders are only allowed to move in specific dock areas of Long Beach.

If you want to enter Yingtianfu, you must obtain an admission permit.

But until today, the Xinming Empire has not issued an admission permit.

The horse dealer duo Steven and Allen, who live in Santa Barbara and now rely on purchasing horses for Li Mingqi, brought news to Li Mingqi yesterday that the war was approaching.

This made Li Mingqi unconsciously feel a sense of urgency. He had known for a long time that war would occur sooner or later, but when the war approached, he was still a little nervous.

After taking the henchmen around the preset positions, Li Mingqi rushed back to Xinming Town to participate in the Royal Academy's new weapon test project.

The weapon tested by the Royal Academy this time was none other than a replica of the toy revolver given by Li Mingqi (cross out)...the self-developed double-action Colt (cross out)...the Xinming Python revolver.

This kind of revolver, which is much larger than the original version because of the bullets, was spotted by Liu Erhe and Sun Laifu when the sample gun was delivered to Li Mingqi.

So much so that today's gun test event was turned into a small gathering of officers of the Imperial Guard and the National Defense Forces.

After Li Mingqi arrived, the test firing officially began.

Sun Laifu, who was wearing stab-proof gloves, a heavy protective suit and a motorcycle helmet on the field, held a Python revolver in both hands and aimed carefully.

This new type of revolver independently developed by the Xinming Empire has a barrel that is screwed into the frame, and there is a sloped rib on the barrel.

There are four exhaust-type elongated holes between the ribs and the outer wall of the barrel. This design prevents the white smoke after a large number of shots from affecting the aiming field of view and facilitates heat dissipation.

"Long live the revolver, the barrel length of this revolver is 203mm, the total gun length is 341mm, the weight is 1.5kg, the ammunition capacity is six pieces, and it can be double-action or single-action."

Old Li, an inventor from the Royal Academy, was explaining and skillfully demonstrated it to Li Mingqi with an unloaded revolver.

In 1851, British arms dealer Robert Adams invented the double-action revolver, and production officially began in 1855.

However, the Xinming Imperial Academy obviously did not intend to comply with foreign patent laws and directly applied it to the Xinming Python revolver.

Unlike the later Colt Python (8 inches), the Shin Ming Python revolver uses the same type of cartridge case as the rifle bullet, but with a smaller amount of powder.

As a result, the firing range of this gun is about two hundred meters, and the effective killing range is about one hundred and forty meters.

If you are attacked at close range, even a beast, not to mention a human, will have to kneel down.

Li Mingqi reached out and took the 'python', shook it in his hand and said, "Can't this gun be made lighter?"

Li Mingqi's words stunned Lao Li, and then he asked strangely: "Why should it be lighter? Only in this way can its power be maximized."

After hearing this answer, Li Mingqi took a deep breath and pointed at Sun Laifu who was testing the gun and said:

"Look at the huge recoil when he shoots. He can barely hold the gun with both hands. How many soldiers on the battlefield can withstand such recoil?"

"This kind of pistol is used by soldiers for last-ditch resistance. What's the use of having such a long range and huge power?"

"If you have a rifle at a long distance, at close range, it can kill the enemy even if it is less powerful, right?"

"What can I use this kind of gun for now? Hunting?"

Li Mingqi's venomous attack left Lao Li Bo speechless, and he couldn't think of a reason to refute him for a long time.

In the end, he could only murmur: "We didn't think too much about it. We just focused on letting it exert its maximum power."

Li Mingqi put the 'python' back on the table, then patted Lao Li on the shoulder and encouraged:

"This is already good. You have found a suitable path. Now all you have to do is make it usable by soldiers with one hand."

"And the range doesn't need to be too far, fifty meters is enough. Can you imagine how difficult it is to target an enemy fifty meters away?"

"Can't the bullet be made smaller? This is too big. If it can be reduced, the weight of the python should be much lighter."

Lao Li agreed with the previous suggestions, but when it came to reducing bullets, he immediately retorted:

"Long live my Lord, if we develop a bullet just for pythons, where will the logistics be..."

"What's wrong with the logistics? It's enough for each soldier to bring some before setting off. Do we expect the soldiers to fight for a long time with pistols?"

"You have to remember that this is a weapon used by soldiers for final resistance. It is a secondary weapon and does not need to be used for long battles like the main weapon."

Li Mingqi carefully guided Lao Li to get him back on track from the heretical path of high-powered pistols.

In fact, he could have directly come up with a mature firearm design, but in that case the Royal Academy would have lost its due function.

The Xinming Empire always needs to develop its own skill tree. Otherwise, if everything depends on Li Mingqi's words, the empire will die sooner or later!