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    The industry¡¯s largest profit?  cigarette?  liquor?  salt?  medicine?  smuggling?  Drug trafficking?  Prostitution?  Be an official?  seems like every profit is astonishing.

    Sun Yuanqi thought for a moment and gave this answer: "In my opinion, any industry that uses state violence to prevent ordinary people from entering is generally very profitable."

    Liu Qingen did not expect Sun Yuanqi to give this answer, and was a little stunned for a moment: "Mr. Baixi's words are very profound, but for the steel industry, there is only one that is the most profitable!"

    An idea flashed in Sun Yuanqi's head: "Arms?"

    That¡¯s right, it¡¯s arms!  As I said before: "In addition to those who rob the Tao, there are those who sell medicine." There is no doubt that arms dealers are among those who rob the Tao.  In order to obtain super profits, they even do not hesitate to promote wars, support rebellions, condone massacres, and cover up crimes.

    Among the top 500 companies in the world, arms dealers have always had a place, and their share is not small.  In the 2012 list, there are more than ten companies including Boeing, ESAD, United Technologies, China Ordnance Industry, Lockheed Martin, Honeywell, General Dynamics, and Raytheon.  In addition, it should also include ThyssenKrupp, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and many other companies involved in the military industry.

    Of course, all of this is on the surface and only the tip of the iceberg. The real wealth of the arms tycoon is absolutely staggering and will never be known.

    Sure enough, Liu Qingen nodded: "Yes, it's arms! For example, the ex-factory price of the Type 88 rifle produced by Hanyang Arsenal is 20 taels of silver. But we calculated based on relevant data that, including steel, raw materials and labor, the cost will definitely not exceed 5 taels.  , the profit reached 300%!

    "This is not even the darkest thing. Because China cannot produce some advanced weapons for the time being, foreign arms dealers are raising prices, and the profits are even more jaw-dropping. For example, the Maxim heavy machine gun costs only about 200 taels of silver, and is sold in China.  But it¡¯s between 1,000 and 1,200 taels of silver. This shows how profitable arms are!¡±

    Sun Yuanqi understood their intention: "Do you want the Peking Iron Works to produce arms?"

    None of the four young men spoke, they just smiled, their true intentions self-evident.

    "Actually, I also wanted to make arms. After all, it is highly profitable. Anyone who sees it wants to pounce on it and take a bite. Moreover, the importance of arms industry is well known. However, after careful consideration, I gave up the idea." Sun Yuanqi said openly.  .

    "Why?" several young men asked in unison.

    "There are many reasons, but in the final analysis, the technology is not good enough." Sun Yuanqi felt a little ashamed, "Take the simplest rifle as an example. Before manufacturing, you must first have design drawings, right? No one in our country can design an advanced and stable rifle yet.  Rifles and design drawings can only be purchased from foreigners. Foreigners are not fools. How can they sell you advanced weapons? Most of them sell obsolete gun types to China. Hanyang is a lesson learned from the past."

    The prototype made in Hanyang is the German Type 1888 Commission Rifle.

    In 1886, the French Army was equipped with the brand-new Type 1886 Lebel rifle, which was the world's first small-caliber military rifle to use smokeless propellant. Its lethality and ballistic performance far exceeded the German firearms of the time.  As a hostile neighbor, the Germans immediately felt the pressure brought by the new guns, so they immediately established a rifle testing committee to design new firearms to fight the Type 86 rifle.  This new gun of the Germans is the 1888 Commission Rifle.

    After the Type 88 rifle was officially put into service, many problems were exposed during use, such as difficulty in loading and unloading, the neck of the cartridge case is easy to break when extracting the case, the chamber pressure is too high and the chamber is easy to explode, etc.  Although a series of improvements have been made since then, some problems are inherent deficiencies, and minor modifications will not help at all.  In 1898, the German military decided to install the Mauser 1898 rifle and officially replace it.

    How to deal with this obsolete gun type?  Dust it completely?  German talents are not so naive. They sold this rifle to Turkey and some backward countries in Africa, including China.

    The Westernization Party in the late Qing Dynasty had no different trust in German quality than the Chinese today, and German businessmen falsely claimed that the 1888-style rifle was a Mauser rifle.  When Zhang Zhidong and others heard that it was a "Mauser" brand rifle, just like the little girl who saw Prada bags, Patek Philippe watches, and Lamborghini sports cars, their eyes turned into hearts, and they willingly paid for the full set of designs.  Drawings and production equipment.

    "Even if we have the drawings, the processing of barrels, rifling and other parts still requires reliable technology and skilled technicians. The Peiping Iron Works has just been established and there is no accumulation of technology, let alone technicians, so we can only be disappointed when we get the drawings."  Sun Yuanqi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "How can it be so easy to produce arms? If it were easy, it would be ruined a long time ago. How could there be anything else?With a little modification of the equipment, this mortar can be produced!  "

    "What about the artillery manufacturing process?" Sun Yuanqi asked impatiently.

    The production process of bullets and cannonballs is not much simpler than that of firearms manufacturing.  Without suitable shells, a mortar is no better than a fire stick.  Moreover, in the late Qing Dynasty, due to the use of brass as bullet casings, the price remained high.  Every thousand rounds of ammunition cost 40 taels of silver, not to mention cannonballs.  In many cases, being able to buy guns but not being able to buy ammunition is the same as being able to buy a car but not being able to drive one now.  These are all things that Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but care about.

    Wu Jian took out another drawing: "Please see, the tail fin that maintains the flight attitude and the shell body are both made of iron shells. They are molded in one step using the casting process. It is not very difficult. The key is the firing pin cap part, which requires fine processing.  Not very difficult.

    "It is best to use nitroglycerine explosives in primers and bombs. This high explosive was patented by Nobel in 1867 and has long expired. Moreover, China does not have complete patent laws and regulations, so it is easy to manufacture. Of course, using  Black powder will also work, but I¡¯m afraid the range will be greatly affected.¡±

    Hearing this, Sun Yuanqi's heart beat a few more times: "Then how do you plan to cooperate?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes at Qidian.com)  , your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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