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Chapter 1022 Ma Keqin whose road was blocked (third update, please subscribe)
"Put your chemistry and electricity aside, and if you want to get rich invent a weapon that will make it easier for Europeans to kill each other."

Sometimes someone else's casual remarks can change a person's fate.

When he arrived in the UK at the beginning of last year, this sentence from his friend inspired Maxim a lot, so he began to study efficient killing weapons.

What kind of efficient killing weapon?
Of course it was a machine gun.

What is the most popular weapon in the machine gun market?
Of course, it is the five-year-style three-barreled Gatling machine gun and its derivatives. This three-barreled machine gun weighs only 87 kilograms. With its excellent performance, it has been welcomed by the armies of various countries since it came out.

However, the structure of this machine gun is relatively complicated. The motor needs to be driven by a lead-acid battery. If the battery is out of power, it becomes scrap iron.

Because of this, the militaries of various countries have always been more willing to use this kind of machine gun on fortresses and warships.

So Ma Keqin took it as a breakthrough and researched a machine gun—a machine gun that does not need an electric motor to drive.

In the past year, Maxim has been immersed in it. Of course, he is not a brand-new invention "made out of nothing". When designing a machine gun, he directly improved it on the basis of the automatic mechanism designed by the American Gadlow. A new type of automatic machine gun - a free bolt type automatic mechanism, and an automatic system that uses gunpowder gas energy for automatic circulation.

In the evening, the sunset outside the window of the workshop faded, and the setting sun shone on the table in the workshop, where Ma Keqin was drawing new blueprints. In the past year, he had designed a machine that uses the energy of gunpowder gas to achieve The automatic cycle automatic gun, that new mechanism has been applied to the Winchester rifle, and its success has also attracted the attention of various countries.

But what is Maxim's ultimate goal?
It's a machine gun!
A new machine gun capable of replacing the five-year-old Gatling gun.

"...In this case, automatic shooting should be possible."

While Maxim was drawing the blueprint and imagining its operation in his mind, the door of the workshop was pushed open, and it was none other than Hyde who suggested him to develop a murder weapon.

"Hyram, Hiram..."

As soon as he saw Hyde, Maxim said a little excitedly.

"Mr. Hyde, look, this is the structure I just thought of, it will definitely work..."

Before Maxim finished speaking, Hyde said.

"late!"

Hyde said with some excitement.

"What? Late?"

"Your machine gun is late!"

Hyde lifted the newspaper in his hand.

"Look at today's newspaper! The Ming Empire launched a new type of machine gun. They used this machine gun in Sudan and killed tens of thousands of indigenous people!"

Ma Keqin couldn't help being taken aback by the news brought by his friend, and said in astonishment.

"What? What did you say? Sudan? Isn't that a British colony? How did they get there?"

Of course he was not surprised by the life and death of those aborigines.It was news about machine guns brought by friends.

"You read the news in the papers—the machine gun they use. Almost exactly like the one you're trying to invent."

……

Mombasa is the capital of Kenya.

This place once belonged to Sambazier. After the "Slave Prohibition Conflict", Sambazier completely ceded the coastal area of ​​the African continent to Ming Dynasty.

Although the Tianfang people came to Mombasa as early as thousands of years ago, established a city here and sold black slaves.But now, apart from a place name, there are no traces of the so-called old city.

The old city was razed to the ground by the imperial navy during the resistance.

The dignity of the empire cannot be challenged!
In the colonies, some rules are ruthless, hypocritical kindness and hypocrisy are not as tame as the whip of a baton, and words are not as good as a bullet.All this allowed them to quickly adapt to the rule of the empire.

Whether it is the black Tianfang people who used to be high above the coast, or the indigenous tribes in the inland, they are quickly tamed. They will abide by the laws of the empire, put on clothes, raise pigs, eat meat, and eat meat. I went to the lamasery and recited the scriptures.

As soon as he walked out of the train station, the sound of chanting sutras and the lamas he met along the way made a passenger who looked like a man from Tianfang curse in a low voice in Tianfang dialect.

"Compared to the British, they are the real heretics who should go to hell!"

"If you want to defeat the enemy, you must be friends with the enemy's enemy, even if that enemy is even more brutal."

The subordinate's words made Ahmed speak expressionlessly.

"Among all the countries, only the Ming Empire is likely to stand on our side and support us against the British rule. Those pagans often say-the enemy of the enemy is our friend. We can use their strength to defeat the British. Wait until When we are strong, "

Looking at the oncoming lamas, Ahmed nodded to them despite the extreme resistance in his heart, and then continued to walk forward. Along the way, there were many oriental buildings in sight, all related to Tianfang. The old buildings and past have been destroyed, and now Mombasa, except for a place name...is completely different from the past.

"Chief, where are we going now?"

"Go to the governor's mansion."

Ahmed said directly.

"Go and meet that Governor An."

Soon, the group of them arrived at the Governor's Mansion of the Kenya Colony of the Ming Empire, standing outside the Chinese-style Governor's Mansion, watching the guards outside the gate.Ahmed nodded to the entourage around him, and the entourage walked over, and then stepped forward and spoke in a familiar language.

"Please report to the governor, Ahmed, the special envoy of the Mahdi country, is asking to see the governor!"

The Mahdi country... Let alone the guards, Colonel An Fusheng, the governor of the colony, still didn't react for a while when he received the so-called "credentials".

Since when is there such a country in the world?

Although he was born in the military, An Fusheng is not someone who knows nothing about the military. In fact, he even has a degree in Philosophy from Linhai University. He can not only speak Spanish fluently, but also English and French. , He was also one of the commanders of the "surprise attack on Santiago" back then. Six years ago, he served as military attache in Germany.

He is not only a soldier, but also a politician, and even a diplomat. In fact, the military has always been very cautious in recommending candidates for the governor of the colony, because... these people are all the young people that the military department focuses on training.

"Sir, the country of Mahdi is the country of Mahdi, the leader of the uprising in British Sudan. He sent us a special envoy to seek our help. After all, we all know that we and the British are not as harmonious as they seem on the surface. "

Adjutant Chen Yi's words made An Fusheng sneer, and he sneered while pinching the so-called "credentials".

"Is this why they came? Asking us for help?"

"Sir, they said there was an important intelligence report."

Chen Yi thought for a while, and then suggested.

"Sir, I thought I should see him, maybe there will be some unexpected gains."

"unexpected result?"

Looking at his adjutant, An Fusheng smiled.

"What unexpected gains can there be? Adjutant Chen, you must always remember one thing—our identities!"

After all, An Fusheng smiled.

"Then meet this guy, and see what surprises he can bring us!"

(End of this chapter)