Zhao Changshu continued: "The barracks of your guard force are arranged in an empty barracks on Xiaobeimen Street. It was the original residence of a regiment, and it has been empty for almost two months. All facilities inside are still complete. , I asked Zhang Cheng to bring people to help you clean up. It won’t take a few days to move in. When your guard team is formed, I will report to Chief Xu and hand over the guard tasks of the Xiaobei Gate and the arsenal. You guys. After all, these two places are near your barracks, so management and guarding are very convenient."
At this point, he glanced at Zhou Wen meaningfully and said, "If you were really sent from Nanjing, it would be impossible for these places to be handed over to you. But you are different. You are a native of Shanxi. Your family and property are all here. Shanxi, we are also recruiting Shanxi soldiers. I said this is a necessary means to win over you, and we also put on a good show to show our sincerity to Nanjing. In this way, no one will have too many objections."
Zhou Wen knew what he meant. He was dealing with Marshal Yan, who still controlled Shanxi's military affairs behind the scenes. This move inadvertently gave Commissioner Liu Ruoshui a great contribution. You see, as soon as this special commissioner arrived in Shanxi, he became so overbearing that he subdued the Shanxi Provincial Government and handed over the responsibility of guarding the largest arsenal and a city gate in Shanxi to the hands of the Party Headquarters. This completely reassured the principal. Shanxi would definitely stop making troubles. Why make troubles when the arsenal was surrendered?
Why did the principal ask Liu Rushui to come to Shanxi? Aren't you just worried about sending someone to monitor you? It's okay now, don't worry. When Liu Ruoshui knew the good news, he would probably wake up laughing while sleeping.
Zhou Wen was touched. This senior had gone to great lengths to support him. He made a grand statement in the officialdom, but in fact it made it easier for him to guard and steal from himself - bah bah! It is to facilitate the smooth implementation of your plan.
The city gates and arsenal are guarded by guards, and all weapons and ammunition that have not been registered in the warehouse belong to you. Hahaha, good senior, good Zhao Changshu.
Zhao Changshu was amused when he saw Zhou Wen's overjoyed expression. This junior finally showed his temperament befitting his age.
Thinking of another thing, Zhao Changshu frowned and said, "There is another thing that may be difficult."
Zhou Wen picked up the wine glass and toasted Zhao Changshu before he said, "Is it about turning on the machine to make a gun?"
Zhao Changshu said: "Exactly, it is not difficult for you to transport those weapons and ammunition quietly, but it will make a lot of noise to turn on the power. It is not a big problem if others find out, but the Huang sent by the Northeast Army It was difficult to deal with the commissioner. When he came to Shanxi, he didn't care about anything else and just focused on the arsenal. Our Shanxi was nominally attached to Nanjing, but in terms of military and political affairs, we had to take orders from Marshal Zhang. The suspension of production in the arsenal was Marshal Zhang's order. "
"What is Commissioner Huang like as a person?" Zhou Wen asked, but he was thinking in his heart, are there people who can't be impressed even by the little yellow croaker? If the small yellow croaker doesn't work, use the large yellow croaker; if the large yellow croaker doesn't work, use US dollars. But Zhao Changshu's next words extinguished Zhou Wen's thoughts.
It turns out that Commissioner Huang's name is Huang Yisheng, he is an upright and dedicated person, and he is a rare person with uprightness and rigorous style in the Northeast Army. He studied in France and was a senior official in charge of the Shenyang Arsenal in the Northeast. He won the trust of Marshal Zhang, so he was sent to Taiyuan to take charge. Even a person of good character like Zhao Changshu, who is praised and admired constantly, will naturally not be bribed by a few dollars.
"Commissioner Huang and I have a good personal relationship, but he is a public person and a private person, and he will not open the door to you just because of a good relationship. That's why I said this matter is difficult. Besides, you know Due to my personality, I can’t talk about this kind of thing.”
After hearing this, Zhou Wen felt that he was looking down on others. In this era, there are still many people who are strong-willed and dedicated to serving the country, and they cannot be bought with a few bad money. Fortunately, my senior reminded me, otherwise I would have been kicked out without even saying a few words if I had gone to the door with money.
However, two lifetimes of experience told Zhou Wen that a good person must be good. As long as you use the right means at the right occasion, at the right time (hehe, it smells like a conspiracy), the impossible can become possible.
So what's so good about Huang Yisheng? Through Zhao Changshu's introduction, Zhou Wen had a rough judgment. This person has a bit of a noble and upright ancient style. However, Zhou Wen knows that everything in this world has pros and cons, and everything has pros and cons. A person who is upright, talented, capable and has good character is bound to be a little arrogant and noble.
This kind of person must be very picky in his interactions with others. This pickiness may not show up on his face due to his quality and cultivation, but it is deep in his bones and hidden in his heart. So Zhou Wen must pay attention to the environment and candidates when interacting with him for the first time. Huang Yisheng studied abroad, which first of all shows that he does not reject foreigners, especially talented foreigners, and even has a good impression of them. Secondly, he has managed arsenals for many years, so he is very familiar with weapons knowledge and the manufacturing industry.
Zhou Wen immediately made a plan in his mind. If one plan didn't work, he would think of other plans. In short, we want to take down Huang Yisheng. Otherwise, the plan to equip semi-automatic rifles will have to be postponed. Next year will be the September 18th Incident, and the January 28th Songhu War of Resistance will begin at the beginning of the next year. These historical articles are very clear. Zhou Wen originally planned to lead a mercenary group to fight the Japanese, so how could he let the equipment hold him back?
You must know that developing a new gun is not as simple and easy as described in later novels. It must go through a lot of manufacturing and processing processes, not to mention that what Zhou Wen wants is a high-precision semi-automatic rifle. If you don’t have suitable processing machinery and equipment and skilled workers, and you want to rely solely on hand-made production, you might be able to make a gun, but want to make a semi-automatic rifle? Haha, you are thinking too much.
Therefore, if Zhou Wen wants to find a way to start the machine in the gun-making workshop, he also needs the cooperation of a group of skilled workers, who will continuously make sample guns for experimentation and improvement, and then test the gun in various environments to prove its feasibility and reliability. Finally, it can be finalized and produced. This takes a lot of time and money.
Moreover, Zhou Wen's purpose was not to use the Taiyuan Arsenal's machines to produce rifles for the mercenary group. These machines in the Taiyuan Arsenal are old and outdated, and it is impossible to produce rifles with high accuracy. Instead, after the experiment is successful, the drawings are sold to Germany, and finally produced by a German factory. Zhou Wen still believes in the saying: products produced in Germany must be high-quality products.
However, the initial prototype guns can only be made using the existing machinery and equipment in the arsenal. At least the feasibility of Zhou Wen's design and various raw data must be verified. Then turning on the power and turning on the machine is a top priority, and there is no room for any delay.
