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Chapter 238 The use of throwing bricks to attract jade; high car prices

Working hard outside, observing words and demeanor is a basic skill. Since it is a distinguished guest received by the manager himself, other employees must not dare to neglect it.

The tea served was the top-quality Huangshan Maofeng at ten yuan per catty, and the guns presented later were all carefully selected top grades.

Zhang Jiye opened an exhibition box, pointed to several pistols in it, and introduced: "Look, this is the Luminous Type made by our factory, and the bullets used are American Browning [-] bullets; The light type uses a national-made [-]mm bullet."

The so-called "Browning 32 bullet" is actually the .7.65ACP pistol bullet, because the Browning series of pistols are popular all over the world, and one of its commonly used ammunition, 17×[-]㎜, is also popular in Eurasia.

The workmanship of these pistols is quite excellent, the barrel is chrome-plated, the gun body of the blued process seems to be radiant, and the walnut wood grip is also very particular.

The Luminous Type is a small pistol designed and manufactured by Hengguang Company. It uses a six-round magazine. Its target audience is dignitaries, merchants and policemen. It is positioned as a self-defense pistol.

The Roselight type is actually an imitation of the Browning M7911A1, which is changed to fire Ming-made 9.6×20mm pistol ammunition, with eight rounds of magazines for ammunition.

Zhou Changfeng was not very interested in this, he just played with it casually, but to his surprise, the bright light pistol feels good in the hand, and the overall lightness and compactness are comparable to the famous PPK pistol, the difference is that the rose light pistol It is a built-in hammer.

"This gun looks good." He enthusiastically disassembled it completely, and found that the total number of parts was no more than forty. "Oh? Double action, the hammer is hidden inside."

Xia Xiaoshi, who was standing beside him, witnessed the whole process and couldn't help admiring the skillful technique.

"You know the goods at first glance," Zhang Jiye said with a smile: "The local prefectural police and county police are also very satisfied, and purchased a total of [-] sticks."

Throughout the ages, it is not uncommon for little-known small factories to create classics.

For example, the famous Glock series of pistols in later generations, the Glock company was originally just an unknown small company in Austria, producing some civilian die-casting parts.

Zhou Changfeng originally thought that Hengguang Company was just a small factory imitating mainstream firearms, but he didn't expect to be able to develop a good pistol by himself?

"Here are some semi-automatics, automatics, and shotguns."

"Well, let me see."

在旁边，周长风还逐一摆弄了几支长枪，包括仿制的温彻斯特M7910自动步枪、温彻斯特M7894杠杆步枪、温彻斯特M7912霰弹枪、勃朗宁Auto-5半自动霰弹枪、FN-M7900半自动步枪等等。

In addition, there are semi-automatic rifles, double-barreled shotguns, and triple-barreled shotguns designed by Hengguang Company.

Looking at the shotgun with three barrels arranged in a square shape, Zhou Changfeng's mind inexplicably appeared the appearance of a three-eyed gun.

Fighting in the Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, the shotgun seems to be a kind of spare weapon that must be equipped.

The U.S. military likes this thing very much. During the war, it was equipped with eight types of pump-action or semi-automatic shotguns. The Marine Corps infantry regiment generally had 100 shotguns as supplementary weapons for spare use.

For some reason, he imagined the scene of the Ming army holding a three-barreled shotgun and the American army holding a pump-action shotgun shooting each other in the jungle.

Hiss, it seems a bit inconsistent.

Zhou Changfeng accidentally picked up the Maoguang shotgun and looked at it carefully.

It is a common middle-fold type, which fires NO.12 shot, bird shot, buckshot, bear shot, and slug. It adopts a double trigger design, the front trigger is pulled for a single shot, and the rear trigger is pulled for three rounds. shoot.

Zhang Jiye on the side has been carefully observing Zhou Changfeng's every move. He feels that the latter is not like an ordinary person, and he can draw conclusions from his skillful movements of holding and dismantling the gun.

After trying to recall the name, he suddenly thought of the person who had appeared in newspapers for several days before, could it be...

Zhang Jiye's heart tightened, and hesitantly asked: "Mr. Zhou, may I ask you, are you the one who published in the newspaper?"

Zhou Changfeng, who was aiming with a Browning Auto-5 semi-automatic shotgun, did not hide, and casually admitted: "That's right, it's me."

Grass!
This, this... why is this here?

At this moment, Zhang Jiye's mind became active like never before, and he quickly speculated about Zhou's real purpose of coming here pretending to be casual.

Why did a well-known mid-level general come here from the capital in casual clothes to a little-known small factory?How dare you claim to invest?
Zhou Changfeng glanced at him, and said lightly: "Don't think too much, my purpose is the same as I said before, very simple."

"But... you must know that I and my immediate family should not engage in business when I am an official." Zhang Jiye said doubtfully.

"It's okay, I will find someone else to invest in the shares." Zhou Changfeng replied nonchalantly.

Hearing this, Zhang Jiye was overjoyed - does this mean that he really intends to invest?

He breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "If it's just an ordinary gun, our factory must have made it. Yanjing Heavy Machinery's hexagonal turret lathe and universal boring machine, Taiping Iron and Steel Plant's refined manganese-nickel steel, craftsmen The craftsmanship is also extremely skilled, I wonder what genius idea Chief Zhou has?"

Zhou Changfeng smiled and waved his hand, "Processing is secondary. It's nothing more than a few more failures, and it can be manufactured. The difficulty lies in the specific design. Where is the designer here?"

"Indeed, you are right, so shall I go find him?"

"it is good."

After a while, two young men walked in one after the other.

One looks about 20 years old, shy and thin, with girly wrists that can be blown away by a gust of wind.

The other is dark and thin, with rough hands, relatively outgoing and older.

After some introductions, Zhou Changfeng learned that the shy and thin man was named Cao Shaoxun, who graduated from Minhang County No. [-] Practice Middle School and had worked in the Shanghai Army Arsenal for four years; the other was Wang Lai, who was from Songjiang State No. [-] Technical Middle School After graduation, he has been working in Hengguang Company.

When Cao Shaoxun was working in the arsenal, he signed up for an extra class and systematically learned the principles of firearms. After coming to Hengguang Company, he began to try to design by himself.

Wang Lai is his assistant. He is very good at turning, boring, and drilling, and he is quite clever. He also learned a lot of theoretical knowledge from Cao Shaoxun.

The five and six self-designed firearms of Hengguang Company are all produced by them.

Two young youths actually designed several types of pistols and shotguns that are quite good in general?This can also be called a talent with small achievements.

Zhou Changfeng thought for a while, and asked quite kindly: "I see that the work you designed does not have automatic weapons, have you ever thought about it?"

Cao Shaoxun, who looked a little dodgy, replied: "I also designed a long gun with a round head and a long bullet, but it is not necessarily better than the existing guns, so I only made a few prototype guns."

The so-called round-head long bullet refers to the Winchester .351L rifle bullet, which is a civilian rifle bullet with a round head, straight barrel, and half bottom edge. The muzzle kinetic energy can reach 1900J, and the effective range is about 200m.

The Type 7907 automatic gun commonly used by the Ming army, that is, the Winchester M[-] rifle, fired this type of bullet.

"What are the automatic mode and the locked mode?"

"Hmmm... barrel recoil, short recoil; then a bolt-off offset."

aha?An automatic rifle with a short recoil automatic principle?

Many early semi-automatic rifles and automatic rifles did choose to use this principle, but if they fired small-power ammunition, the recoil energy was weak.Moreover, it has the disadvantages of complicated structure and difficult processing and manufacturing.

The advantage is reliable operation and less recoil.

But obviously, it doesn't make sense on the whole.

But at least it shows that this young man has experience in this field, so that Zhou Changfeng can look at him more highly.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Changfeng asked: "If you want to design a portable machine gun that shoots pistol bullets, the structure is as simple as possible, the main components must use stamping technology, and reliability is guaranteed, do you have confidence?"

To be honest, this request is really not easy.

There is a saying, "It is easy to make something complicated, but it is very complicated to make something simple".

Experienced or talented designers can simplify the structural design as much as possible, but mediocre people can only follow the steps, and even add more noodles and more water to the noodles.

For example, in the famous PPS-43 submachine gun designed by Sudayev, the guide rod of the recoil spring also doubles as the shell ejection pole, thus replacing the fixed shell ejection pole, which is dual-purpose.

Cao Shaoxun hesitated for a moment, then plucked up his courage and said, "Sir, the parts of the stamping process are very rough and relatively thin, so the guns made in this way are like iron shells, which are not durable."

"For consumables, durability is not a big consideration." Zhou Changfeng smiled slightly, "In a war of unprecedented scale, quantity is the first thing to be satisfied."

A group of people walked and chatted, and came to a warehouse of Hengguang Factory.

There are all kinds of Chinese and foreign long guns and short guns neatly arranged here, which are numerous and dazzling, like a museum.Of course, this is normal for a gun factory.

An exquisite submachine gun attracted Zhou Changfeng's attention, and he reached out to take it off - heavy gun body, huge drum, this is the Suomi M31 submachine gun, which is famous for its precision workmanship.

"Mr. Zhou's vision is really accurate. This is a masterpiece from a small country in northern Europe. It is extremely sophisticated, and the materials and processing are among the best." Zhang Jiye praised it.

"It's a good gun. If I were a soldier, I would definitely choose it." Zhou Changfeng put it back on the shelf with a blank expression, and continued: "But it is not suitable for Ming Dynasty, nor is it suitable for a big battle."

Your Somi is really excellent, but when I take out eight boboshas, ​​how should you deal with it?
Historically, the Suomi M31, the ingenious work of the Finns, has been mass-produced for 22 years, but the total output is only more than 43 pieces; and they imitated the PPS-[-] at the end of the war, which took less than a year. Only [-] were made, and it was because the Finnish military only placed an order for [-].

"The total investment is about [-] to [-] yuan. It will be early next year. During this period, we will contact you by letter or telegram."

"Hey, this is a sweet spring for you, otherwise we would have to go for a loan."

Overall, Hengguang Company fully complied with Zhou Changfeng's requirements.

In fact, he didn't hope that such a small and medium-sized private enterprise could come up with any classics. What he wanted was to make it serve as a catalyst for attracting jade.

Even if its works are mediocre, they are epoch-making products no matter what. As long as the military sees its value, bidding for military enterprises across the country will naturally come.Combining the wisdom of the world, a classic will always be born.

It can only be said that some old and stubborn people in the military department will definitely be stubborn if they are not slapped in the face by the real thing.

After leaving Hengguang Company, Zhou Changfeng and Xia Xiaoshi went to find a place to have lunch.

Because they are not used to Shanghai cuisine, they wandered around for a long time, and finally found a Hunan restaurant.

Recalling the previous experience, Xia Xiaoshi sighed sincerely: "Sir, you are really amazing, you seem to know everything."

Zhou Changfeng on the opposite side of the table held a piece of dried incense, and said vaguely: "In a broad sense, anyone who has something to do with killing techniques knows a thing or two."

"You're too humble, my father said, although you can't be too ostentatious, you can't always keep a low profile."

"Low-key? Think about it, I've been in newspapers a few times..."

Unexpectedly, Hunan cuisine suits the tastes of Zhou Changfeng and Xia Xiaoshi at the same time. It is fragrant, fresh, spicy, and oily. It can be said that it is very enjoyable to eat.

The latter proposed to look at the car later, because Junda Motor Company, one of the three major car companies in Ming Dynasty, is located in Huangpu County, Shanghai Prefecture.

Zhou Changfeng naturally had no objection, so it would be nice to take a look by the way.

On the tram, there are few passengers and many empty seats.

"We will be able to buy a car by saving in the future." Xia Xiaoshi counted with her fingers, raised her eyes and asked, "Sir, you should be able to get a quota, right? Otherwise, you will have to spend more money."

Daming's local car production is limited, and it is still concentrated in the production of trucks.

Among the three major automakers Yanjing Express, Wuhan Yangyue, and Shanghai Junda, only Junda produces [-]% of its sedans, so domestically produced sedans in Ming Dynasty are often expensive but not available.

Although the theoretical price is about 3000 yuan, in fact it may not be possible to order twice as much. In today's Daming, owning a domestic car is a proper status symbol.

As for imported cars, due to customs duties and import car taxes, the market price of a Ford sedan that sells for about [-] dollars in the United States basically starts at [-] yuan when it is shipped to Daming.

In contrast, the monthly income of ordinary people in Beijing is only a few tens of yuan, and a car is an unattainable luxury for most people.

On the first floor of Junda's commercial building, several cars of various colors and shapes were parked in the front, back, left, and right sides.

"Oh, sir, look, this car looks really cute." Xia Xiaoshi pointed to one of the white, fastback two-door coupe and said.

There are four types of sedans sold by Junda Company. This is a sports-oriented sedan named "Lingyuan".

Zhou Changfeng, with his hips on his hips, glanced at it, "Two seats, it's not very practical."

"Oh yes."

"That four-seater convertible is fine."

"The price is three thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, but the actual price must be more. It's so expensive." Xia Xiaoshi sighed.

Having personally experienced the process of "throwing away" a huge sum of money from her family, she was somewhat reluctant.

But that money is gray income after all, and it is wise to throw it away as soon as possible, which she can clearly understand.Moreover, she firmly believed that someone Zhou's decision must be correct.

(End of this chapter)