It's not that Song Erniu has never seen a gun, but to be honest, he has never touched a gun.
After all, he had lived in the country before, and gun control in the local area was relatively strict. Generally speaking, except for the military, police and militia, only hunters, security guards and other special practitioners could apply for a gun license.
On the other hand, the control of gun licenses in border areas is relatively relaxed, mainly in the southwest and west, which are adjacent to indigenous countries. People in border areas need the ability to protect themselves, but the security in border areas is mainly increased by expanding the number of militia. .
The militia was actually an official military force in the Chu Empire and was organized, governed and commanded by the military.
But more often than not, the Da Chu Empire is more inclined to find that something is wrong with the opposite side, such as when the indigenous countries on the opposite side are not in control, or when armed groups appear on the border, they will take the initiative to send troops to attack to eliminate the danger in advance.
If it doesn't work, just beat the indigenous country on the other side a few more times!
Then they would obediently strengthen border management, and even take the initiative to relocate the indigenous people near the border, so that they would not offend the Chu people, and then the indigenous noble officials above would be slapped by the Chu people!
Therefore, the militias in Chu State's mainland, even in border areas, are actually not needed most of the time... They are basically used to combat violent criminals and the like, and they are not used every three to five years.
Therefore, ordinary people in local areas, even ordinary people in non-border areas, do not have access to firearms.
At the same time, privately manufacturing guns and illegally possessing guns are serious crimes in the country, and they have always been illegal activities that the government severely cracks down on.
In the Chu State itself, the management of firearms is still very strict.
You must know that in order to eliminate bandits, landlords' armed forces and other illegal armed forces, the Great Chu Empire swept through the country countless times, and finally wiped out countless illegal organized armed forces, large and small, in the country. Naturally, civilians were not allowed to appear. A large number of firearms, and then evolved into large-scale illegal armed forces.
However, this situation has changed in overseas areas. In overseas territories, various indigenous threats are great, and official restrictions on weapons are relatively loose.
After all, these natives cannot defeat the regular army of the Chu army, not even the militia, but the immigrants and caravans of the Chu state cannot always be protected by the army.
In particular, some immigration strongholds are far away from the sea and deep into the hinterland. They often conflict with the local indigenous people... Well, if there is no conflict, where will the land of Chu immigrants come from?
It's not something someone just gave to you obediently.
Chu's overseas immigrants face considerable indigenous threats.
Under such circumstances, in addition to having militiamen under military leadership in every overseas immigrant settlement, the Chu army would also allow young men to hold guns and train them to increase their self-protection capabilities.
The overseas immigration activities these days are not gentle, but are accompanied by very cruel fighting.
Therefore, the management of firearms in the Dachu Empire did not mean one-size-fits-all, unilateral liberalization or ban, but selective management based on regions and groups.
The management is strictest in the hinterland of the country, followed by the local borders, followed by overseas territories directly under the Central Government (only the overseas territories of Chu people), and the loosest management in overseas colonies (there are still indigenous overseas territories).
As for the indigenous-controlled areas outside the Chu State's administrative areas, the Chu Empire encourages all Chu people to hold firearms and be proficient in using firearms as much as possible when living and doing business in the overseas indigenous-controlled areas...
For example, the Chu caravans currently active in the three regions of America, India and Africa often have a large number of armed guards, equipped with all military weapons, and even larger ones carry light artillery.
For Chu caravans doing business on the local borders these days, it is basic that each person has a gun... If necessary, they can also become an army and play an important role.
Many of Chu's overseas official military operations have received the cooperation and support of these armed caravans.
Under this circumstance, the management of firearms in the North American region of the Chu Empire was also divided into two groups.
One kind is in areas controlled by one's own side, that is, overseas territories directly under the central government, such as Shuanghe County.
There is also a non-directly administered territory!
There are no firearms controls in non-decentralized territories, and whether you are encouraged to do business in these areas, whether you go there to colonize privately, travel, or hunt, no matter what you go for, the official will let you bring enough weapons and ammunition!
I wish that all the men, women, and children of Chu State in these dangerous areas could have a gun... or even artillery.
But there are restrictions in the directly governed territories.
In order to protect the safety of immigrants, in addition to stationing military police and increasing the number of militiamen in the current directly-administered territories of North America, the number of militiamen in the overseas areas of the Dachu Empire is very large, covering a large area of immigrant settlements. The young people who live in the countryside.
These people are incorporated into militia organizations for management and receive regular training. Firearms are also distributed and used by the military under unified procurement management.
Except for the military, police and militia, ordinary people need a gun license to hold a gun. However, it is not difficult to apply for a gun license in overseas directly governed territories.
As long as you have a legitimate and legal job (including farming), have a fixed residence, pay local taxes, and have no criminal record, you can basically apply. The type and quantity of weapons are limited, and the purchased guns also need to be registered.
But for the large number of gold diggers in Shuanghe County, if they want to apply for a gun license, it is basically impossible to get approved. Gold prospecting is not a stable and legitimate job, and gold prospectors generally live casually in mining areas with no fixed residence and are extremely mobile.
The most important thing is that gold diggers themselves are very risky, but a single person who has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry can easily have evil intentions and break the law.
If gun control were relaxed, gunfights would probably be seen every day in the mining area.
Song Erniu was better off. He had a stable residence, a stable and legal job and even industry, and no criminal record. Therefore, it went smoothly when he went to the local patrol station to apply for a gun license.
After special training and examinations, the main purpose is to tell you that guns cannot be used casually, but must be used safely.
Especially if someone casually pulls out a gun in a public place, it is easy for the police to regard him as a criminal armed with a gun and shoot him on the spot...
After getting the gun license, he purchased a Hebei Type 12 revolver produced by Hebei Arms Company on the spot at the North American Arms Trading Company store in the patrol station. Holds six rounds, smoothbore barrel.
Models of civilian firearms that are registered and approved for sale to persons with firearm licenses.
There is also a civilian firearms market in the Dachu Empire, but the firearm models sold are all specially developed and produced civilian weapons, not military and police weapons.
Such as the He Type 13 revolver, this gun is actually the civilian version of the Tian 5 Type revolver.
Because the gun has rifling, the effective range is higher. Although the price is also high, it is very popular among civilian gun owners.
However, due to the high price and high cost of purchasing large quantities, and the military has always felt that paper-cased fixed-loaded ammunition is not perfect enough, and has always wanted to wait until metal fixed-loaded bullets are perfected before large-scale equipment, so the military actually does not have much equipment. Type 5 revolver.
And the impact is not big. The military's demand for advanced pistols has never been urgent!
After all, pistols may be destructive weapons for civilians, but for the military, this thing is just a decoration and suicide tool, which is actually very effective in actual combat... Besides, existing smoothbore revolvers are not unusable. , it’s nothing more than a shorter effective range.
By the way, military personnel, including patrol police and militiamen, can actually use their own money to purchase weapons for use, including military and police standard weapons such as Tianwu revolver rifles and even some civilian firearms.
The military or local patrols don't think it's expensive to purchase the equipment in bulk, but if you buy the equipment yourself and use it, in principle they don't care about you, it's up to you to do whatever you like... For example, the military does not issue pistols to ordinary soldiers, this is It is an extra unnecessary cost, but many soldiers will buy their own guns and carry them to the battlefield in order to protect themselves, well, more for self-psychological comfort. The military does not care about you and supplies ammunition for free.
But you want
If you take it home, you have to apply for an additional gun permit.
Many soldiers of the Chu army purchased Tianwu-type revolver rifled pistols and took them to the battlefield. Although pistols are not very useful on the battlefield, they can be used at close range in complex terrain, especially indoors, trenches and fortresses. It's useful in melee. When you raise the pistol, a series of bullets will hit it. It's more effective than a bayonet.
In principle, civilian firearms are for self-defense, and some anti-personnel weapons can only be purchased by security agencies (also with military background) and hunters.
There are also some special firearms restricted areas and group sales.
For example, the Hebei A-6 rifle produced by Hebei Arms Company is a muzzle-loading rifle. It is said to be a civilian rifle but its actual performance is very good. This civilian rifle is only available to licensed hunters in the hinterland of the country and to those with militia status in overseas areas. People can only purchase after a second review.
Generally speaking, the state of Chu does not have much control over civilian smoothbore guns. Whether it is a smoothbore pistol or a smoothbore rifle, you can basically buy it as long as you have a gun license. However, for rifled weapons, the current control is relatively strict.
People like Song Erniu can't even buy rifled firearms because they are not qualified.
The main reason is that the effective range of rifled guns is too far, and their rifles can even be used for sniping at long distances, making them easily used by criminals to assassinate.
The most important thing is that because rifled rifles are too expensive, the military and police are not yet equipped with rifled rifles in large quantities. If a large number of such weapons appear in the private market first, and then criminals get the rifled rifles for use, wouldn’t the patrol police be doomed? .
The firepower is not as good as that of criminals, isn’t that a joke!
When Song Erniu was buying firearms, he saw dozens of other firearms in the North American Arms Company store, ranging from traditional single-shot smoothbore pistols to smoothbore revolvers, rifled pistols, and muzzle-loading rifled rifles. It comes with a variety of bullets, from the most common round lead bullets of various calibers, to Mini bullets for muzzle-loading rifles, to paper-cased custom bullets for rifled revolvers, and more special shotgun shells. wait.
Basically everything is there.
After Song Erniu bought a revolver smoothbore pistol, he looked at it and then bought a Pearl River smoothbore shotgun. This was a shotgun with a caliber of 20 mm and a thick and short barrel.
This thing is actually a short-barreled flash cap firing musket, but the military rifle version has a longer barrel and mainly fires a single bullet. However, when necessary, the military smoothbore rifle can also fire shotshells, but rarely so. Just do it.
On the contrary, the cavalry had a short-barreled, bell-mouthed, large-caliber musket that fired shotguns, but they are no longer used now. Instead, they are replaced by all-purpose 11mm caliber revolver rifles.
This kind of Pearl River brand shotgun uses a flash cap to fire, and fires special shotshells. With one shot, a large number of small bullets can beat people to pieces of flesh and blood, and it is quite powerful...
And as long as you can simply reload, you can just shoot at the enemy. You don’t even need to aim. Anyway, this big sprayer can’t aim...
It is simply a home travel, killing and stealing goods, oh, no, it is an artifact used to fight against criminals and for self-defense.
If necessary, you can also fire a single lead bullet, but the effective range is not very good. It is better to use it as a stick. After all, the barrel of this thing is too short, the chamber pressure is not good, and the accuracy is not good.
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When doing business in a place like the gold mining area of Shuanghe County, it is easy not to see the sun tomorrow!
Gold has been discovered here for some years. It has been coming and going for so many years. There are many people doing business and making money, but there are also many people who have died inexplicably.
Compared with the strict management and very good public security in the country, the overseas territories are much more barbaric. In this environment, even a child like Song Erniu, who has been an honest and responsible farmer since childhood, soon became a waistless person. There was a revolver in his pocket and a shotgun at hand.
The clothes on his body have also changed from the cotton clothes in the past to his own canvas work clothes. He wears long leather boots on his feet. He holds the clothes in one hand and bargains with the customers. On the other hand, he has a pipe in his mouth, smoking a pipe produced locally in America. Tobacco puffs out smoke from time to time.
When Boss Chen next door saw him like this, he smiled and said, Xiao Song, you have finally become a qualified mining businessman. I will take you to a dinner later to meet the other bosses in our Shuanghe County. vision.
Finally, he reminded him: "It's best to get a formal suit, and don't get new business attire. Wear traditional formal attire."
Song Erniu was attracted to it as soon as he heard it. There were many benefits to attending the bosses' gathering, and at least he could integrate himself into this place.
It’s just that this traditional dress is not easy to do!
Traditional dresses, also known as Hanfu, are formal Hanfu worn on ceremonial occasions. They are basically made of silk fabrics. In addition, traditional Hanfu is preferably wide and elegant, and there are a lot of materials used.
Therefore, the so-called traditional dresses in the Dachu Empire are not cheap as a whole, and are much more expensive than new professional attire.
