Jagged Warlord

Since the late Qing Dynasty, in the process of rebuilding the local political system, the power of the gentry has not only gained "orthodoxy", but also expanded the scope of power unprecedentedly, from the establishment of schools to public health, from road and water conservancy to agriculture, industry and commerce, from rectification From bazaars to raising funds, even if the yamen is exclusively in charge of litigation, the gentry often have a foot in it.

But now, the construction of water conservancy, river engineering, roads, bridges, schools, and hospitals are all carried out by the relevant agencies of the SS government. It is difficult to play the tricky tricks that the gentlemen want to profit from as before. This deprives the original privilege of the burden being borne by the poor and the interests of the officials and the gentry. prestige, but only weakened the mode of power and interest of the gentleman.

Immediately afterwards, the gentlemen had to resell the land that their ancestors had managed for many years to the SS government, and exchanged it for stocks that seemed like waste paper to them, and then watched the SS government sell the land at a low price to the SS government. Farmers and gentlemen do not accept such a result, because if the burden is forcibly passed on to the poor, regardless of whether the government approves it or not, the poor now have no way to survive unless they rent their land. There are many ways out now, you can If you work in a factory, you can join the army, or work as a worker on a state-run farm. At that time, the land will not be rented out, and there will be no income, and you will have to pay an overwhelmingly high progressive land tax. If you abandon it, the government will impose heavy fines. , the losers are gentlemen.

In fact, from the point of view of political economy, it is actually possible to convert these gentlemen’s properties into shares in industries such as railways and factories, and invisibly maintain the original disparity in the starting point of wealth between rich gentlemen and poor households. For the poor, Li Mohan never planned to use the method of "equalizing the rich and the poor" to let them form the same level of wealth as the original wealthy gentlemen, let alone adopt the method of donating wealth. It can only create lazy people who get something for nothing, let them indulge in egalitarian fantasies and do not think about making progress.

It doesn’t matter if the rent is reduced at [-] or the land is given to the poor at a low price. The essential purpose is to enable the poor to accumulate a certain amount of wealth in a relatively short period of time, but the poor still need to work hard. Under the distribution method, they will get higher returns for the same labor as before, which can be achieved through advanced agricultural operation models and low tax models.

In this way, after a period of time, the wealth accumulated by the poor and the former rich and gentlemen will reach a certain value in the same period of time, thereby narrowing the wealth gap. Economy determines politics. After narrowing the gap in economic status, political status and discourse The power gap has naturally narrowed.

Li Mohan's central idea in dealing with gentry power is not to eliminate the original gentry class, but to expand the connotation and entry threshold of this gentry class. For this reason, Li Mohan decided to introduce the concept of "JP". One originates from the United Kingdom, where the government appoints civil servants to maintain the peace of the community, prevent illegal punishment and handle some simpler legal procedures.

However, Li Mohan's version of justices of the peace has no judicial power to adjudicate, and their main duty is to mediate some small disputes among the people, just like the mediators of the neighborhood committees of later generations; justices of the peace can also supervise and accept the oaths and statements of the people, making the oaths or statements legal Effectiveness, for example, when the two parties sign a contract, they can find a certain justice of the peace as a witness; the justice of the peace can conduct supervision through public opinion. It must be approved by the government, which invisibly strengthens the authority of the government.

In a sense, Li Mohan hopes that there will be more riots like this now. In this way, the rioters who use the army to suppress looting and destruction will become more famous, especially this riot is not caused by people who don't know the truth. However, it is not the best time to get caught up in these occasional incidents, and just fall behind the scenes The operator's trap, what Li Mohan has to do now is to eliminate interference, and the first task is to develop.

……Dividing line……

The efficiency of the Germans and Belgians is not low. Based on the rough structure diagram drawn by Li Mohan at the beginning, they each took out their own samples.

The samples made by the Germans in a rigid and rigorous style are indeed based on the sketches drawn by Li Mohan. The appearance of the sample gun is mp40. Li Mohan is a little bit dumbfounded, thinking that I just let you follow this general direction to conceive. , I didn’t tell you to follow the gourd. In contrast, the Belgians have to be more flexible. The sample gun they designed looks more like the MP18 of later generations, but the magazine is not a side-mounted snail-shaped drum. Instead, it is a straight magazine that is inserted from the bottom. Both guns use the principle of free bolt and fire 7.63x25mm Mauser pistol cartridges.

The test firing started. Li Mohan himself tried shooting. He took a magazine from the table, inserted it into the slot, pulled the bolt, and pulled the trigger towards the target with the gun in his hand. After a few bursts of shooting, it didn't stop until the 30-round magazine was empty. After testing both guns, the two guns were evenly matched in terms of rate of fire and accuracy.

Then, German engineer Sevitz and Belgian engineer Friedsken began to demonstrate to Li Mohan the disassembly of their respective designed submachine guns. As a result of the disassembly, the submachine gun designed by the German engineer surpassed the Belgian one in terms of workmanship and machining. The design of the project, however, Li Mohan is more inclined to the Belgian design.

Because the submachine gun designed by Belgian engineers looks like mp18, but its structure is as simple as the British Sten submachine gun and the former Soviet Union sand submachine gun. In terms of cost, it is more suitable for mass production than the design of German designers.

Li Mohan invited Sevez, the German engineer representative, to his office, and said to him with a smile: "Mr. Sevez, your German engineer's design is very good!"

Savitz showed a smug smile, but Li Mohan immediately changed the topic and said: "If this gun is manufactured by a German factory and used by German soldiers, it will definitely become a world-renowned gun, but your design is very important to you. For China right now, it is too far ahead!"

Savitz put away his smile in embarrassment, but he laughed again: "General Li, I can only agree with half of what you said!"

"Oh." Li Mohan asked with a smile: "Which part do you disagree with!"

Sevitz smiled and replied: "If this gun is manufactured by a German factory and used by German soldiers, it will definitely become a world-renowned gun. I completely agree with this, but you say that it is too advanced for China. I am afraid. It’s hard to agree, what do you think is the value of being advanced, is it a technical problem, I can assure you that your Chinese technicians are very good, they are fully capable of making this gun!”

Li Mohan was a little surprised, "My technicians really have such skills!"

"You don't need to doubt, I don't have any reason to speak well of them." Sevitz replied solemnly

"Well, I'll take your word for it, but that's not what I want the most. Remember, dear Mr. Savitz, what I asked for: cheap, simple, and high-capacity drums!"

"Okay, okay, if you insist." Sevitz felt that the German engineer's design had already been affirmed, so there was no need to do unnecessary things

Savitz came out of Li Mohan's office, and Belgian engineer Fredesken was already standing there with a straight face, "German~" Fredesken made a provocative gesture.

Savitz glanced at Friedesken, shrugged nonchalantly, and walked away humming a Bavarian tune.

Li Mohan then walked to the door and said to Friedesken: "Mr. Friedesken, please come in!"

Fridesken bowed slightly and said, "It's an honor, my sir!"

Walking into the office, Friedesken saw that the gun designed by the German engineer had been placed on the top of the cabinet, and the sample gun designed by himself was placed in the middle of Li Mohan's desk, which gave Friedesken A very happy feeling, this feeling has not been felt for a long time since he fled from the Belgian state-owned arsenal to the United States for refuge.

"Mr. Friedsken, the sample gun you designed basically meets my requirements." Li Mohan poured a glass of wine for Friedsken.

"Thank you." Frydesken took the glass and said, "I am honored to be able to play for you!"

Li Mohan pushed the sample gun forward and said, "However, as I said, this is only basically met, and there are still some requirements that have not been met!"

"For example." Fridesken hurriedly drank up the red wine in the glass, then took out a small notebook and pencil, ready to record.

"First, replace the long magazine with a 72-round drum magazine." Li Mohan said

Fridesken frowned slightly, and said, "This will affect the soldiers' aiming!"

Li Mohan said: "It's simple, install an auxiliary grip on the barrel and in front of the drum, so that soldiers can use their other hand to control the shooting direction!"

"Okay, that's a good idea." Fridesken took notes in his notebook seriously.

"In addition, the main parts are stamped parts as much as possible, and welding is used instead of riveting." Li Mohan said