Alchemy Greater China

"Of course I have a reason!"

Facing the questioning, Kakapoulos didn't show any embarrassment on his old face, but said: "Griffith, you will understand when I finish the content of the third trial."

"Then tell me! I don't believe that Hughes can be judged to win without even comparing any content!"

Griffith shouted without showing any weakness.

"The third test is to test the ability to reform weapons."

Kakapoulos stroked the red silk beside him, and said leisurely: "As we all know, our Rothschild family started from arms and made a living from arms trading. The renewal of weapons is the core of the family's survival."

Griffith agrees with this statement.

For the arms family, the innovation of arms is naturally the most important thing in determining the development of the family.

"Okay, the topic of comparing weapons reform is very good, we also have a high innovation ability in weapons!"

Griffith said loudly: "But you are wrong to set the winner. Is there any weapon that Hughes can reform, but we can't?"

"That's right, tell me what you want to reform!"

"The default is shady, Kakapoulos, have you received black money from Hughes?"

"If I don't say one, two, three, four, five, my Muse will not admit to this bet!"

The three Ince brothers are all on Wise's side right now, cooperating with Griffith to put pressure on Kakapoulos. Of course, there is also a top player like Muse who wants to take the opportunity to deny the whole shocking game...

"Shut up, I will convince you all!"

Kakapoulos pressed his hand to signal everyone to be silent, and then he pulled hard with his hand on the red silk, and the red silk fell down, revealing the true face of Lushan who covered things.

This is……

Everyone, including Long Hao, fell silent.Their eyes were fixed on that thing together.

Steel casting, tripod bracket, a thick barrel, aimed fiercely at the front!

Those who know the goods are the first to shout: "This is the Maxim heavy machine gun!"

"That's right, it's the heavy machine gun produced by Maxim, I've seen it before. The price is too expensive!"

"Our family seems to have just acquired a part of Maxim's equity. Is it the weapon to reform?"

"What kind of strange weapon did I think, it turned out to be it!"

Griffith glanced at Maxim, looked up to the sky and laughed: "Old Black Knife, how do you want to modify it? My boss has a large group of engineers, and the modification of the lifting machine gun will definitely not be inferior to anyone. "

"That's right, I, Ince, also have many talented engineers under my command. Innovation is their instinct. Transformation of weapons is their strong point!"

"Heavy machine gun? That really hit me. Who doesn't know that I, Jones, am so poor that I own 75% of Nordenfeld's shares. Heavy machine guns happen to be our company's flagship product! "

With Griffith taking the lead, the three Ince brothers also stepped in one after another, according to business needs.Most of the technical talents they recruited were weapons engineers, who modified weapons or something.It's the guy they're eating!

This is absolutely not to be left behind.

"It's not reform, it's reform!"

Kakapoulos interrupted coldly: "This trial is about reform, a reform that will make a revolutionary contribution to the development of the family. Come on, Zakharov, introduce yourself. The result of the reform of the heavy machine gun!"

After finishing speaking, Kakapoulos pointed at a middle-aged white man who was also standing next to the row of Maxim heavy machine guns.

"Hi everyone, I'm Zakharov, and I'm currently employed by Maxim Company. I'm a minority shareholder."

The middle-aged white man is slightly fat, with a smile on his face, and his accent is Turkish. He humbly bowed to everyone present: "I'm not boasting, I have always been very good at researching weapons, and I used to work in the Nordenfield company. Thanks to Mr. Hughes, he married his beloved daughter to me last year, so now I... can also be regarded as a core member of the C Rothschild family! For this, I have always been deeply honored and grateful."

Such a self-introduction made almost everyone in the hall open their mouths: This middle-aged fat man is also a core member?Just kidding, he looks so ugly, I thought he was a soldier in the undercurrent!

"Ah, I've heard about you, the merger of Nordenfeld and Maxim was facilitated by you!"

Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted.

"That's right, Zakharov, I have an impression of this special name. It was you at the beginning, who almost made Maxim's weapons unsold!"

Another person was surprised.

"The war between Russia and Turkey, you sold 4 submarines that were never needed!"

"Ten years ago, you were the trade representative of Nordenfeld, but today, you defected to Maxim, you shameless traitor!"

"I know you, you went to court in Turkey and got deported, you sanctimonious liar!"

Although most of the people in the hall held high positions in the Ronaldo family, this Zakharov seemed to be quite famous. One person attacked and everyone pushed the wall immediately!

Facing the attack of the tide of words, Zakharov always maintained an elegant smile. He laughed and said: "These are the prejudices of the world against me. No matter what I have done before or what I will do in the future, I can use Life is guaranteed, everything I do is to put the interests of the family first."

Isn't it just a son-in-law who keeps talking about the family...

Those who knew or did not know Zakharov sneered at this, full of disdain for this Turkish liar.

"Okay, Zakharov is a core member proven by the Presbyterian Church, and your accusations against him end today."

Kakapoulos spoke up to support Zakharov: "Today we are discussing the third trial. If anyone still gets off topic, don't blame me for kicking him out!"

The old black knife spoke, and he, who had the power to fire, immediately dominated the entire hall.

In the hall, there was an instant silence.

"Hehe, please stay calm and put aside your prejudice against me. Come on, let us see the most perfect, violent and artistic killing machine in this century - the Maxim heavy machine gun!" Zakharov said. As expected of a professional war broker recorded in the annals of history, he aroused the interest of everyone present with just a few words.

He spattered.Familiarly introduced many parameters of this heavy machine gun.

His tongue was full of enthusiasm, and he passionately compared the products of Maxim and Nordenfeld.

His eyebrows and eyes were all moving, and he looked forward to the future development direction of the Ronaldo family... He firmly pointed out that heavy machine guns will be the most stable and profitable source of profit in the arms market in the next 20 years. Mastering the world's arms market means mastering the context of world wars.It is to grasp the pinnacle right of the world!

"My wise men, think about it. Although such a heavy machine gun only costs 3 pounds, what does it bring to customers? It is to harvest life like harvesting wheat, and to pick it like apples. Victory, whichever side in the war owns this heavy machine gun will take the absolute initiative in the war! If his opponent wants to avoid defeat, he must also ask us to buy a heavy machine gun..."

"Some people may say that the artillery on a battleship is expensive, but please think about it, how many cannons are there on a battleship? How long is the lifespan of the artillery on a battleship? Its weapons have a longer damage cycle, and some warships, from launching to decommissioning, have not even replaced their gun barrels once! Hey, from these stingy navies, how much money can we make?"

"The Maxim heavy machine gun is different! It can be dragged to any terrain, and it can be equipped with a variety of fortifications. It consumes more bullets, and its barrel has a shorter scrapping cycle... So, the Maxim heavy machine gun There's more demand!"

"Compared with battleship artillery, it has a lower unit price and is more suitable for customers with different needs! Please see, this Maxim is the highest configuration. It costs 3 pounds, and this one has a thinner barrel. Lighter weight, more wheels. Good for mobile operations in hilly terrain, buy it, only 2.3 pounds..."

As Zakharov said, he lifted a piece of red silk next to the Maxim heavy machine gun, revealing a slightly smaller heavy machine gun equipped with six wheels.

The same work continued, and with Zakharov's uninterrupted speeches, this row of red silk was lifted one after another.

A row more than 20 meters long turned out to be Maxim heavy machine guns of different types and prices!

"This Zakharov is very interesting, his speech is very provocative, so that I want to buy a heavy machine gun on the spot and go home and shoot the wall for fun!" Long Hao said with a low smile to Zheng Gongxiao.

"To make a splash, he said so much, but he didn't talk about the substance at all!"

Zheng Gongxiao snorted softly, "Heavy machine guns are good, Maxim is also a well-known company, but what about reform? Where is the reform?"

"Right, Mr. Zheng is right. This Zakharov is a mouthful. The old man Kakapoulos must have been blown out of his head by him, so he made absurd and absurd decisions!"

Griffith came in at some point, and said, "Wait and see me expose him, lest he continue to confuse people!"

Ever since Zheng Gong and Xiao Lianyu's 145 women were not defeated, Griffith has become his loyal fan, and he will try to please him whenever he gets the chance.

"Hey, Zakharov, don't say it's useless, we're not customers, what's the use of you bragging so much?"

The sound of Griffith's gun barrel interrupted Zakharov's surging speech: "Let's be serious, where is your reform of heavy machine guns? Tell me quickly!"

"This gentleman, don't worry, it will be discussed soon."

Zakharov didn't change his smile, and said: "The reason why I introduced so much at the beginning is to inject a concept into everyone. Heavy machine guns can represent the future development direction of our family's weapons. The reform of heavy machine guns is a great improvement for the family We need to reform the weapons we value! So, everyone agrees?"

"Well, agree!"

Griffith tilted his head, feeling that there was no need to deny this.

"Okay, then I'm going to talk about the difficulties our family encountered in the production of heavy machine guns..."

Zakharov smiled, and suddenly changed into a low tone.

The heavy machine gun is different from ordinary rifles, it pursues high-speed and high-frequency firing, and has very high requirements on the barrel.

If the barrel explodes due to continuous firing, or the interior jams, killing the operator is a small matter, but the impact on the reputation of the heavy machine gun will be huge.

So, to put it bluntly, the lifeline of a heavy machine gun is the material of the barrel!

Nordenfield and Maxim, two arms companies controlled by the Ronaldo family, have always been world-leading in the quality of their heavy machine guns.But just two months ago, the two companies received a piece of reliable information almost at the same time, saying that the Nobel family in Sweden had developed a new type of steel. If it was used to make gun barrels, the performance would be heavier than that of the two companies Machine guns increased by 15%.

Don't underestimate this 15%, make an inappropriate quantification.Such a gap is equivalent to two warring camps. One side's heavy machine gun can fire 100 rounds without interruption, while the other side can fire 115 rounds!

The extra 15 rounds of ammunition, in the ever-changing battlefield, can harvest at least 5-8 more soldiers' lives!

One launch cycle can add 5 to 8 lives. The result of this war is simply self-evident.

Therefore, the two companies immediately panicked if this new type of steel comes out.Then the heavy machine guns produced by ourselves will not be sold!

"Increase by 15%? Are you sure this information is true?"

Griffith also knew a thing or two about weapon manufacturing, he frowned and questioned.

"It should be true!"

Zakharov let go of his gloomy expression, and smiled: "Because, I have also improved the steel used to make the barrel. Compared with the original, the performance has increased by 18%!"

"Shh..."

Zakharov's words really aroused exclamation in the hall one after another!

At the end of the 19th century when material science was still in its infancy, it was quite difficult to improve the material of steel by 1%.But what did they hear now?

One is 15%, and the other is 18%.Do you think these upgrades are all free to play?

How could it be so easy? !

Is it a reality version of the Arabian Nights?

Griffith immediately shook his head and said, "I don't believe it!"

Of course he couldn't believe it. If he believed it, the credit for this 18% performance improvement would be enough to make Zakharov a hero of the Ronaldo family, and it would be logical for him to win the third stage of the trial.

"Zakharov arrived during the day. He did an experiment with me, and the material of this gun barrel has indeed increased by 18%!"

Kakapoulos said: "Anyone who doesn't believe it can do an experiment on the spot!"

After finishing speaking, Kakapoulos stroked the last heavy machine gun that had not been lifted from the red silk. The meaning was very clear: a heavy machine gun with an improved material barrel.This is it!

"Try, of course you have to try! Seeing is believing, hearing is believing!"

Although everyone present felt bad and felt that the general situation was over, the yelling in their mouths was unavoidable.

Seeing this, Zakharov was already prepared, and with a grin, he ordered people to push two Maxim heavy machine guns for test shooting.

One is the latest product of Maxim Company in 1892.

One is the improved model covered with red silk just now.

Long Hao's eyes flickered, and he muttered, "No wonder we chose this hall. It turned out to be a demonstration of heavy machine gun shooting..."

The three brothers Wise and Ince all sent professional material inspectors to stand beside Zakharov, with wide-eyed eyes and concentrated attention, trying to find the loopholes in the experiment!

'Da da da……'

'Da da da……'

In the two test shots, the board was perforated and sawdust filled the sky. The bullets fired by the improved model were indeed 18%~19% more than the latest model.

Barrel life test, the improved barrel is not inferior to the latest one.

In the water cooling test, the improved model also performed very well.

Tested for the longest time of trouble-free operation, the improved version is also better than the latest one.

……

It took a total of more than three hours, when the needle pointed to 6:[-] in the morning, a series of material tests were considered to be terminated.

Zakharov smiled and gently asked the testers on the side one by one: "Is this data true?"

"Um……"

The five or six inspectors felt like crying: it is true, but your improved barrel is too fake!How did you synthesize such high-quality steel! ! !

"So, can you make a barrel of higher quality than this?"

Zakharov smiled more gently.

The inspectors looked at each other and shook their heads dejectedly.

"So, when it comes to the reform of weapons and the contribution to the development of the family, the winner of this trial is not my father-in-law: Young Master Hughes, who is it?"

Zakharov bent down with his belly hanging, and pointed to Hughes, who was about his age, with a flattering face.

"Hehe, hehe, he is really my good son-in-law!"

Hughes was full of ambition, with his waist thrust up and his head raised, feeling very unhappy.

When Ince and the others saw this, their eyes were burning with anxiety, but there was nothing they could do.

Kakapoulos also stood up to make a 'closing statement' at this moment: "Now everyone should understand that I directly awarded the winner of the third trial to Hughes to save everyone's time... But In the end, hey, it’s good to do an experiment, so that you don’t feel dissatisfied.”

If you don't accept it, you can't accept it, but the cold data is there. If you can't come up with an improved barrel that is better than Zakharov, you can't win this trial.

Kalanka glanced back at Zheng Gongxiao, gently took his hand and touched it, and comforted him: "It's okay, there is one last trial, I believe you!"

It seems that after in-depth exchanges between the parents-in-law, they have reconciled as before.

"Who said we have to wait until the fourth game?"

At this time, Long Hao stepped forward with a smile, and interjected: "A small trick...Old Zheng, you go up and say, give us a day, and we can synthesize a gun barrel that is even better than that of Zakharov!"

This is bullshit, Rao Zheng Gongxiao's mahjong face that has never changed, this time will also change: "Master, are you kidding me?"

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't talk about it now, and things will be settled later." Long Hao nodded, and first urged Zheng Gongxiao to go out and download the 'challenge letter': "When did I let you down when I was doing business?" (unfinished to be continued..)