Struggle in Russia

公 The Duke of Mikhail was so fond of the rifle in his hand that he had never used a rifle with such a simple filling and so accurate shooting. If his young man had such a weapon, he would not hesitate to kill Napoleon in Jerusalem.

After a few more shots, the Duke of Mikhail began to fiddle with the weapon in his hand. It was said earlier that this rifle is basically similar to the current Russian-made smooth-bore flintlock rifle, except for the hinge structure where the barrel is cut off near the **** and replaced by the forward structure, and the rifled engraved in the barrel. In addition, the bullet is not a spherical ball before, but is similar to the British Miner rifle.

The so-called Miner bomb is actually an early rifle loaded with a rifle.The bullet is no longer spherical, but tapered. The British and Sardinian armies that used Miner bombs in the Crimean War caused huge damage to the Russian army, but this new type of bullet loading was still troublesome.

The improved version of Li Xiao uses the warhead of the Miner bomb. When loading, the warhead is first inserted into the barrel, and then the black gunpowder is filled into the turned-up barrel, then the barrel is closed and pulled up. With a flint hammer, then aim at the final trigger to release the hammer.

This procedure is actually quite troublesome, but it is much simpler than the smooth-bore rifle loaded by the breech, and it is very convenient to eliminate blind fire.

Don't underestimate the blind fire of guns. In the era of firing guns, on average every seven shots will be blind fire, and to eliminate the blind fire of the breech gun is not a general trouble and tedious. And the breech grab is not so complicated, opening the lock and turning over the barrel solves the problem.

In short, the Duke of Mikhail is extremely satisfied with this new rifle, and he sincerely admires: "His Grand Duke, this is an epoch-making invention. With this weapon we can set foot in hell!"

骁 Li Xiao just expressed his thanks in a humble manner, without much excitement. Because this kind of improvement is really not epoch-making. He only found inspiration from the valve rifle. In the 1860s, European powers had to improve their rifle guns in order to adapt to the rifled and fixed ammunition, and invariably chose to modify the old weapons.

由此 The rude and ruthless valve rifle was born. This kind of weapon is far from easy to use. The only advantage is that it can be obtained by improving the old rifle, which is cheap and saves money.

The valve rifle does not have any performance advantage compared with the contemporary lever rifles, shooting rifles, down-turn rifles and bolt action rifles. Sincerely, it is a weapon that is very good at dealing with others.

But this backward weapon is very suitable for Russia. Because the Russian industry is backward, it is impossible to replace new weapons on a large scale. ).

Also, Russia was so dangling that it was too heavy to throw it away. Let Nicholas I's old antique take out a lot of silver to buy a new rifle, it would be better to directly kill him.

So, the only way for Russia is to get a low-cost investment that can still be used to at least keep up with the times. Then the valve rifle is the only option.

Duke Mihail immediately realized the cleverness of Li Xiao's choice. The improvement was simple and easy, and there was no need to replace all rifles, so the old antiques of the War Department would not arrogantly oppose.

The inventory of old muskets in the Russian army is more than one million, and even improving only half of them is a huge business. Each rifle earns only one ruble, which is also a huge gain of hundreds of thousands of rubles. What's more, the improvement cost of a rifle is far more than earning only one ruble. How can it be seen that this is a big business of millions of rubles!

Duke Mikhail was immediately excited. Because of this money he can make money. And it is still reasonable and legal to earn. Even other allies of the Holy Alliance, such as Prussia and Austria, have similar needs. Even if they only grant patents, they can make a lot?

"Excuse me, elaborate on what you think!"

In the face of great wealth, the Duke of Mikhail could not calm down. He must talk to Li Xiao, and believe that the other party is so smart, he must know that the Gorchakov family is the best partner.

骁 Li Xiao ’s heart is actually blooming. For him, a rifle such a rude and horrible thing has more than a thousand kinds in his mind, and there are thousands of kinds. It is very cost-effective to use this garbage as a stepping stone to win the friendship of the Gorchakov family. Don't even have money for him to do it for nothing!

现在 Now it seems that the Archduke Mikhail is obviously not greedy. In the face of the huge wealth of millions of rubles, he does not mean to take the looting, but wants to cooperate with him, which is already very kind.

骁 Li Xiao knows that the guys in Menshkov are eating meat and bones ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ I just want to swallow the benefits, it is a bare iron cock.

Let ’s talk about Li Xiao, especially when it ’s shrewd and meticulous. For example, a **** like Messadoff, he is definitely a must-have. But if you speak the rules well, he is not incapable of making concessions.

骁 Li Xiao immediately replied: "The improvement of this rifle is simple and quick, and the cost is significantly better than buying a new rifle. It can also significantly improve the combat effectiveness of our army. I personally think it is necessary to fully promote it.

These words, Duke Mikhail has no interest, and he is not blind. How can he not see the obvious advantages, without which he would not talk nonsense to Li Xiao. That's not what he really wanted to hear.

Li Xiao also knew what the Duke Mikhail really cared about, and he immediately said: "But I also know that it is not easy to promote this improvement, and a highly respected person is required to lobby ... I think you are the Duke The most suitable person! "

Duke Mikhail smiled and said, "Haha, ridiculous, I'm just a veteran."

Obviously this is still not what he wants to hear most, but he also has patience. He knows what Li Xiao really wants to say is still to come.

"I personally think that there must be gains when there is labor. Promoting new rifles is a huge project, not overnight. We must not let the promoters work for free, so I take the liberty to propose to you ..."

"We provide the technology, you provide the funds, establish a joint venture to undertake a gun order to improve the rifle, win-win cooperation and share the revenue ... 40% of our technology shares, you are responsible for the establishment of the plant and promotion of 60% of the shares,"

Duke Mikhail nodded in his heart, and he had the same idea. Although the shareholding ratio was still a little different from what he expected, it was also talkable!