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Build a modern military factory and master the ability to independently manufacture guns and cannons - since being enfeoffed by Ojin, Qingdeng has always been concerned about this matter.

As a time traveler, he knows very well what it feels like to be "bottled by others".

Entrusting important trade involving one's own lifeline to outsiders is equivalent to stretching one's neck under the other's knife - whether to swing this knife depends entirely on the other party's will.

If the seller raises the price, you can only endure it; if the seller closes the transaction, you can only hold it in.

The current Western powers are in a period of "bad growth of capital", one by one, one by one, and one by one, and they can do anything to gain profits.

In fact, Tsington has received exact information in recent days: activities in Japan between the United Kingdom, France and Lucia have become denser.

Lucia's country was involved in the Hokkien land, trying to further expand its territory.

The British and French countries are also ready to dominate Japan, both want to expand the scope of the colony, and on the other hand, to curb the eastward expansion of Lucia.

At present, France is closer to the shogunate.

The British country continued to exert its ability to "stutter" as always - seeing that the shogunate was close to France, they ran to contact Satsuma!

One of the secrets of "smashing shit" is to maintain a balanced power.

No one side can be too strong, nor can any one side be too weak.

At this stage, the strongest and closest prince in the Japanese territory to unify the world is undoubtedly Qingdeng.

Therefore, in order to weaken Qingdeng so that they can continue to "make shit", the Western powers are likely to use some tricks to cause trouble for Qingdeng...

The guns and cannons currently used by the Xinxuan Group are all purchased from the arms dealers introduced by Huluwu.

Although the transaction status of both parties is good, paying money in one hand and picking up goods in the other hand, it is not sure if something goes wrong in the future.

For example, pressure from England or France caused the arms dealer to dare not sell weapons to the new team.

Without a stable channel for adding guns and cannons, the military level of the newly selected group will instantly return to the Warring States Period...

By then, let alone defeating the Western vassals and unifying the world, even self-protection will become a problem.

Such a hidden danger is like a sword of Damocles, hanging above Qingdeng's head at all times, making Qingdeng dare not slacken.

As early as the beginning of the founding of the vassal state, he regarded "building a modern military factory" as the highest strategy of the Qinjin vassal state.

In a nutshell - it is better to have a lower quality than to have the ability to produce guns and cannons independently!

Aoden entrusted this important task to Yataro Iwasaki, who is good at managing.

Iwasaki Yataro has always strictly followed Aoden's orders and is never vague.

He drew out effective cadres from the new chamber of elections to form a special "military factory team".

In addition to concentrating all resources in the vassal state, Aoden also asked Rin Kinoshita to help.

As an ally of Qin Jinfan, no matter from which angle we judge, Huluwu definitely deserves the evaluation of "selling heads and supporting"!

Faced with Aoden's entrustment, Kinoshita Rin (the owner of Hulu House and A Wu's grandmother) turned on the "big coin-spreading mode" without saying a word.

Not only did he provide financial support to Qin Jinfan, but he also hired many foreign experts to serve as consultants through his own connections - regardless of the former, the latter is what Qingdeng is most in need.

Although Qingdeng is quite powerful in Japan, when he goes overseas, he becomes dark and can't even find an acquaintance.

Fortunately, Kinoshita is here to make up for his weakness.

She has a very rich connection overseas and knows several arms dealers alone.

The guns and cannons currently used by the Xinxuan Group are the M1861 front-mounted rifled guns and Parot rifled guns.

In order to facilitate the use of the newly selected team members, the two weapons were the guns and cannons imitated by Qin Jinfan.

Under the scientific management of Iwasaki Yataro and the strict guidance of foreign consultants, the construction of the military factory was extremely fast.

Whether it is the construction of the production line or the training of craftsmen, it is very smooth.

Finally... Iwazaki Yataro fulfilled his mission, and the highly anticipated Qinjin Military Factory has finally been completed!

Although the current production is notorious, only 80 rifles and 10 artillery cannons per month, the quality is very good, and it has finally completed the "from 0 to 1".

Everything in the world is the most difficult at the beginning.

As long as the initial accumulation is completed, the subsequent progress will be much smoother.

The reason why the current output is so bleak is mainly due to the small number of craftsmen.

This is the most advanced gun and cannon nowadays... its precision is far beyond the reach of a mesh rope and a like.

Directly from the combing gun, bronze cannon to the front-mounted rifled gun, rifled gun... the technology tree has evolved too much, and the level of craftsmen cannot keep up at all.

Even the master of the mesh rope gun made a frustrated expression after witnessing these two weapons and did not know how to imitate them.

The number of craftsmen determines the output.

In order to increase the number of craftsmen, Qingdeng specially offered extremely generous salaries to join craftsmen all over the world, and convened apprentices who were interested in forging and concentrated training.

When the number of craftsmen is increased, the production capacity will naturally increase by leaps and bounds.

It is a blessing to be able to complete the construction and operation of the military factory at the critical moment when the "East-West War" is about to break out.

Qingdeng was very satisfied with today's inspection.

With a joyful mood, he slowly left the factory accompanied by Yataro Iwasaki.

But at this moment, a soldier from the Ninth Team rushed over.

"Master."

He bowed to Qingdeng a little, then approached his ear, whispered quickly, and retreated to the side with a serious expression.

In an instant, Qingdeng's facial expression changed subtly - just because the other party said this: Changzhou has changed.

"I'll take the lead."

Iwazaki Yataro knew something urgently happened, so he nodded vigorously:

"yes!"

After saying goodbye to Yataro Iwasaki, Aoto took two steps at a time and rushed back to the Hachinomiya Palace without stopping.

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Otsu, Okura, Qingdeng's office room—

"What? The 'People's School' is in a desperate situation?"

Because he was too surprised, Qingdeng couldn't help but raise the volume.

Standing opposite him, Yamazaki Satoshi (the deputy captain of the Ninth Team), lowered his head and responded in a deep voice:

"The surprise troops led by Kanekogoro have broken Hagi Castle."

"According to the latest information currently known, officials of the 'Su Lun School' rushed to flee Hagi Castle before the city was broken."

"However... on the way to escape, they were arrested by surprise troops and were almost spared."

If it weren't for being confident in his hearing, Qingdeng would have really doubted whether he had heard it wrong.

He received news a while ago that "the 'Sutomo Sect' launched a coup and successfully controlled Changzhou."

How long has it been, why did they lose?

The envoys he sent to contact the "Sutomo Sect" were still on the way and had not arrived in Changzhou yet!

After a brief shock, he quickly calmed down and asked in a quick voice:

"What the hell is going on? Tell me in detail."

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After asking in detail, Qingdeng finally understood the whole story.

His mood could not calm down for a long time... The defeat of the "Sutomo Sect" made him unbelievable.

Simply put, the rapid demise of the "People's Theory School" reveals a magical color throughout the whole process! Even writers who specialize in comedy dare not write like this!

Later history books would probably write this way: "The army raised by Gongshan Temple" sounded the death knell of the "People's Theory School".

Under the pursuit of the "People's Theory School", the desperate Kaekogoro raised his troops at Gongshan Temple and decided to fight to the death.

They first captured the Xindi Club in Xiaguan and seized a large amount of supplies.

Grab supplies – as expected, nothing special.

What is truly outstanding is their next actions.

They did not care about the gains and losses of one city and one land, and did not slowly attack the city and occupy land, but instead rushed towards Midajiri with lightning speed.

The naval base in Midajiri no Nagashu is parked with the warship Kei Haimaru.

Guihai Wan - built in 1863 (Guihai year), hence the name "Guihai Wan", which is a steam-powered warship.

The surprise troops' raid was a great success, and they instantly captured Mitajiri and successfully captured Guihaimaru.
To be continued...