Early the next morning, Zhou Wen went to take over the military camp that had been sorted out with the help of Zhao Changshu's guard camp. Zhang Cheng, who had been promoted to battalion commander, already knew that his brother Zhang An was now the security captain of Lishi County. Naturally, he was even more grateful to Zhou Wen. He also took care of the barracks with great care, which made Zhou Wen very satisfied.
The barracks occupies a large area, enough to accommodate more than a thousand people, and has all kinds of facilities. The large playground, stables and warehouses were all neatly kept. In the warehouse, enough military uniforms, shoes, cotton-padded clothes and bed sheets for more than 500 people were piled neatly in one corner. Basically, except for weapons, the individual soldiers of the Jin army are fully equipped.
There is actually a two-story building facing the street from the barracks. Yes, this building will be the headquarters of the mercenary group from now on. Zhou Wen said to Old Uncle Wu who came with him: "Old Uncle Wu, you guys are moving here today. The garrison headquarters has lent us a company for temporary use. We will return it when the guard team becomes an army. This company has been here for the past few days. I will listen to you and see if there is anything else that needs to be added to the camp. It is all ready. Recruitment orders have been issued to surrounding counties. It is estimated that recruits who live near Taiyuan will come to report next week. Let's make all preparations. Bar."
At this time, Zhang Cheng, the guard battalion commander of the garrison headquarters who was following Zhou Wen to look around, hurried forward, pointed at a young officer behind him and said: "Young master, this is my company commander Li. They will obey your orders starting today."
Zhou Wen looked at Captain Li who stood at attention and saluted him, nodded, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work." Zhang Cheng said from the side: "Why are you so hardworking? You're welcome from the Young Master family. He is from Jundu and a fellow from Lishi." Zhou Wen smiled. When he got up, Zhao Changshu still couldn't get rid of his hometown complex. Most of the guard camp were from the Lishi area. Now it is more convenient to use.
Zhou Wen continued: "Since you are a fellow countryman, you are welcome. Company Commander Li, immediately arrange for a platoon to go to the provincial party headquarters and hand over the party headquarters' door guards and security work to them. Send another platoon to replace the guards at the Taiyuan Arsenal. Come down. Starting today, the Taiyuan Arsenal will be guarded by us. Battalion Commander Zhang, you take him to do it. Leave one person behind to guard the barracks and follow Captain Wu’s command."
"Yes!" Zhang Cheng and Captain Li responded in unison.
Zhou Wen drove back to the office after making arrangements, but at the door he heard from his brothers that Commissioner Huang was waiting for him in his office. Zhou Wen was overjoyed that his target was finally achieved.
Going upstairs and entering the office, Zhou Wen was surprised when he saw Commissioner Huang, who was in low spirits and smoking heavily with two black eyes.
It turned out that Zhou Wen's plan last night was very clever. It not only aroused Huang Yisheng's curiosity and desire for knowledge, but also changed the topic and ended the dinner in an understatement at the critical moment. This made Huang Yisheng even more anxious to know the conclusions of the data.
After returning home last night, Huang Yisheng stayed awake almost all night, and his thoughts kept fighting. He knew that the fastest way to obtain raw data was to use the workers and equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal. As long as a few sample guns are built, the data that one wants to know will be obtained quickly, and the Shenyang Arsenal can learn from or change their ideas.
If you wait until Hobert reports the design plan to the German Mauser Company, let’s not talk about the length of time. The key point is why should you tell you the data from other people’s experiments? That has become Mauser's technical data. Even if Hobert is a good enough friend and is willing to reveal a few things to you for Zhou Wen's sake (in fact, he and Zhou Wen are not very close), he still won't know where he is six months and a year later. Time waits for no one.
what to do? Huang Yisheng thought about it, but in the end his thirst for knowledge prevailed. The key is that if you agree to use the equipment and workers from the Taiyuan Arsenal, it means that you have also participated in the project. Then you will have the right to know all kinds of data, and you will be confident. What's more, it's just a rifle production workshop, not mass production, so it's not a dereliction of duty. After giving myself various reasons, I finally made up my mind.
If it is done, there will be future troubles if it is continued.
After he finished telling Zhou Wen his purpose, Zhou Wen said in surprise: "Commissioner Huang, the suggestion you made is of course the best and fastest, but will it have any impact on yourself? If it affects you and the Northeast Army, If you have high-level relationships, then the gains outweigh the losses. I suggest you think about it again."
This product is cheap but still sells well!
Commissioner Huang said a little embarrassedly: "It won't have much impact. As long as we don't do it in a big way, it won't be easy for others to notice. It's just that your senior, Commander Zhao, may not be easy to talk to. After all, he is in charge of the seals and guards of the arsenal. "
Haha, these two brothers are really close friends, and they both know the other's upright and rigorous nature.
Zhou Wen looked at Huang Yisheng with a slightly strange look and said: "Commissioner Huang, what a coincidence. The senior who is responsible for guarding the arsenal has been handed over to our party security team. I just came back from arranging the replacement arrangements today. How about that? Let’s forget it, others may think it’s a trap deliberately arranged by me, it’s such a coincidence that I can’t explain it clearly.”
"No, no, no, this is a God-given opportunity. God will make it happen for us. It will be easy to handle now. As long as the two of us keep it secret, there will be no serious problems. But don't tell your senior, otherwise I’m too embarrassed to see him.”
Zhou Wen was happy. I'm afraid he was embarrassed to see you. These two brothers are still amazing.
After that, Commissioner Huang said with a little embarrassment: "It's just that the cost of making a gun is not a small amount. The wages of the workers alone cost a lot. Besides, if we want to make one, we can't just make one. It will take at least dozens or hundreds to get the desired result." The desired result. This funding..."
Zhou Wen almost burst out laughing in his heart, okay, you said everything I wanted to say, you can't blame me. With Yi Zi in mind, he patted his chest and said: "Commissioner Huang, I'm afraid you don't know that my family is a big business in Lishi. I will go to ask for money from my family. You don't have to worry about the funds. I will cover it all. After all, it is for me. military equipment."
"Then if the experiment is really successful and you have enough funds, you can produce a few hundred more and equip all your troops. After all, the guns purchased from Germany are of good quality, but they are expensive! I will do this for you. The decision is made, don't refuse. We can't let you spend money on imports and buy expensive ones after spending money. I believe that the products produced by Taiyuan Arsenal should be no big problem for ordinary troops. You can just buy a few more German products for the elites. It’s too much money. It’s not worth it.”
My day! What a good man! Zhou Wen began to feel a little embarrassed. If it weren't for the thought that the Shenyang Arsenal would become Japanese after September 18th next year, Zhou Wen would be willing to hand over the complete drawings to him.
Huang Yisheng's gentlemanly demeanor moved Zhou Wen. Zhou Wen began to feel uncomfortable at this point - a gentleman can bully others, but it is best not to bully others. If you are also an upright person, you will feel guilty...
