Chapter 45: Made in Guangzhou

After a while, Guiren Lan turned around and asked, "What did you say to Machason? What is the metric committee?"

Ye Zhao didn't expect her to hear it, and smiled and said, "This is how long it means to speak, that's it..."

Some people say that science starts with measurement, and Ye Zhao's research support for precision measurement has never been relaxed for a moment. The promotion of the ten-meter meter system started a few years ago when the steel plant was started. It was first implemented from factories. Now the whole society has gradually accepted this new weight and measure system.

Some things do not mean that you are unique is a good tradition, especially in terms of measurement, which is in line with the most widely used weight and measure system in the world. The positive impact on industrial progress is significant, and the advanced nature of the decimal unit of measurement cannot be questioned.

In fact, since the French proposed the metric system, major industrial countries have enforced it, but different countries have different ways to convert to metric system. The difficulty and cost of the conversion basically depends on the country's scientific and technological development level. The higher the level of scientific and technological development, the more difficult the conversion is, the greater the cost. However, China obviously has no adverse effects on this pain.

The Southern Chinese government now uses platinum alloy to make the rice raw material. Ye Zhao is preparing to replace the "archive rice" kept by the French Archives Bureau.

The concept of rice was proposed by the French, and archive rice was made by the French in 1799 based on measurement results. The distance between the two ends of the rod was set at 1 meter and handed over to the French Archives for safekeeping, so it is also called "archive rice". This is the earliest definition of rice.

However, the platinum rod deformation is severe and unaware of it by the naked eye, which is a huge error for precision measurement.

Ye Zhao is preparing to hold a meeting of the "Inter Metric Commission" in Guangzhou with representatives of the metric system participating, sign the "Metric Convention", and establish the International Metric Commission (cipm) and the International Bureau of Metrics (bipm). Of course, it can now be called the "Committee on the Power of All Nations" and the "Country of All Nations".

At this meeting, it is naturally necessary to establish the Southern Government's platinum alloy rice raw material as an inter rice raw material, and it is stored in Guangzhou, China as the world's most authoritative length reference device. The remaining platinum alloy rulers are distributed to the participating countries as sub-rules.

At present, Europeans have long believed that the center of civilization in the world is in Europe, and the metric countries are almost all European countries. It is natural to hold an international conference in the Far East. Ye Zhao is also eager to get the support of ministers from various countries, and naturally rely on the error of "archive rice" and the authority of Guangzhou's rice-producing raw materials.

If it can really be achieved, then it will not only improve China's current status, but also from the perspective of the entire world's development history, it will be a meeting of extraordinary significance for China.

Of course, Ye Zhao didn't have much hope. Having said that, even if the final meeting was still held in London or Paris, China could participate and even become a member of the initiator, which was also a major progress.

Ye Zhao tried to explain to her in words that Concubine Lan could understand, and smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, it is time to dispatch ministers in several major countries in Thailand." After years of training in foreign exchanges, Ye Zhao was confident that it would be no problem to send a few officials familiar with foreign affairs in the ritual room.

What kind of rice, rice raw material, decimal system, Lan Guiren seemed to understand it, and even if he wanted to disagree, he didn't know how to talk about it, so he could only nod and said, "You're going to make an idea."

After looking at his "brother-in-law", this man who was tired and lazy was like a scoundrel, but when he became serious, he seemed to be in a state of great difficulty, and he was a little dazed for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking.

Ye Zhao smiled again and said, "I also told the emperor sister-in-law that the scale of our arsenal has expanded again. The newly released gun minister named the Royal 1835 rifle. This is a bit unusual, but it confuses outsiders, and it is also the first birthday gift to celebrate the emperor sister-in-law's birthday this year."

"1835?" Concubine Lan was a little puzzled. After all, although she knew the Gregorian calendar, she had never taken it to heart.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "1835 is the fifteenth year of Master Daoguang." It was also the birth year of Concubine Lan.

Guiren Lan was stunned and asked after a while: "You said, would you name the latest musket Royal 1835?"

Ye Zhao smiled and nodded.

Concubine Lan stopped saying a word and turned around and looked out the window silently.

There are nearly a thousand lathes in Guangzhou firearm factory. With the emergence of new precision measuring instruments in Guangzhou, such as screw tables that can be accurate to 0.000001 meters, the precision of lathes is getting higher and higher. In fact, some measuring devices can already accurately measure the device standards to one millionth of a millimeter. Of course, this does not mean that it can measure one millionth of a millimeter, but the minimum degree that can theoretically be achieved in some parts of the machine tool.

A reciprocating crankshaft puncher produced by Guangzhou Firearms Factory can be pulled out with the bullet head, which is very fast and convenient. Royal 1835, which was later famous in Guangzhou, has a standard bullet, and the Guangzhou Firearms Factory has a production capacity of tens of thousands of rounds per week. If industrial machines are fully activated during wartime and the lathe is added, it will be a different scene.

Guangzhou gun factory has everything from ordinary milling machines, universal milling machines to multi-axis drilling machines, screw milling machines and turret lathes. Ye Zhao believes that the introduction of power applications such as mature introduction into arsenal systems, gear cutting machines, cutting machines, and grinders can once again achieve greater progress.

In fact, it is not these that Ye Zhao is proud of. What Ye Zhao values ​​the most is the establishment of a skill school, which quickly cultivates mechanical talents, and only learns the required mathematics, physics and chemistry knowledge, rather than learning step by step. In fact, focusing on cultivating hands-on skills may be more daring to think and do than students who have been studying mechanically for more than ten years. Although it is somewhat abnormal, it is an inevitable result at this stage. These pioneers may have more energy but lack stamina. After all, there is no solid theoretical foundation. However, when their stamina is insufficient, fresh technical talents can already be fully promoted. The pioneers who learn knowledge and accumulate experience can sometimes make big articles, which are proven by historical practice.

Thinking about it, Ye Zhao also looked out the window, lifted the curtains, and outside the glazed window, there were stars, which was really a good weather.

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At this moment, on the south bank of Xinjiang River in Raozhou, dark clouds covered the moon. In the woods beside the dark mudstone pond, leaning against the trees, sitting in groups of black shadows, counting them carefully, there were probably one or two hundred people in the woods.

No one talks, and even coughs and gasps are too soft. Occasionally, there is a sound of pulling a gun bolt, so he is so careful.

Ding Qimei leaned under a dead tree, fiddling with a brand new rifle, a slippery yellow wood gun handle, a barley grain sight, and a watch scale from 200 meters to 1,500 meters. In fact, the best shooting distance is naturally within 500 meters. She pressed the bullets from the top shell port one by one, and then took out a magazine filled with five rounds of bullets. The metal was cold, but it felt extremely comfortable to touch. She loved it very much, just like a playful little girl found her favorite toy.

Ding Qimei participated in the test stage of this latest rifle and provided advice from the user's perspective. Now it has become a gun, and the earliest batch was also equipped in the Flying Tiger Camp.

In fact, there are only more than 200 branches, because the technicians will next solve the problem of standardized production of some parts lathes. These more than 200 branches can be called test products, which are semi-mechanical and semi-hand-made polishing.

"Made in Guangzhou" is the new name given to it by the soldiers who are trying to save trouble.

Ding Qimei knows better than anyone else about the difference between this rifle and Angela 1856 equipped on a large scale in Pingyuan Army. It needs to be said that the rate of fire and range is greatly improved, and the convenience of installing bullets is not to be said. It is safe, simple, and the failure rate is extremely low, and the stuck situation is greatly reduced. In the fierce battle, the technology of automatically throwing empty bridge clamps is even more amazing. In Ding Qimei's eyes, this rifle can almost be said to be perfect.

Today is the first battle that has been ushered in after the birth of "Craft in Guangzhou". Ding Qimei caresses it lovingly, just like stroking a lover. Tonight, it will surely bloom endless light. Thinking of this, Ding Qimei feels furious.

This is the territory of the bandit. It was learned from Shanghai that a batch of fired drugs were transported from Raozhou waterway to Nanchang, giving the fake king Li Xiucheng a strong momentum.

After receiving the prince's strict order, this batch of gunpowder could not allow him to enter Nanchang. Ding Qimei led a team of nearly 200 people to sneak into the bandit territory for several days. She has been away from the village and has lived on canned food, and has not disturbed the place at all.

According to the scouts, today the bandit transport team will cross Xinjiang. Not far away, you can hear the neighing of mules and horses coming to pick up. You can hear the escort of foreign gun teams composed of more than a thousand people. The bandits are still escorted by heavy troops, which shows how important this batch of supplies is.

"Here you come." Birds singing came from afar, one after another, and a strong female guard rushed over, full of excitement on her face.

Ding Qimei slowly got up and made a gesture.

On the banks of Xinjiang River, wooden sailboats docked one by one, and the barefoot coolies carried wooden boxes ashore and loaded them onto the carriage.

Zhang Lushuai was the commander of the front hall under the throne. He was brave and good at fighting. He married the goddaughter of the king. He was known as the prince of the Golden Sword. The long scar on his face was left when he broke the Jiangnan camp.

Now that the north and the south are peace talks, we heard that a temporary ceasefire agreement has been reached, but the details of the peace talks are still under negotiation, and Tianjing naturally needs to step up preparations for war to guard against the attacks of the demons from the north and the south.

The supplies transported to Nanchang, including copper balls, flowering shells and two thousand rifles, were all obtained at high prices in the Shanghai black market.

Recently, an underground arms market has gradually formed in the British and French concessions in Shanghai, while the leader of the Qing Gang Jiuwenlong has become the general agent of the Chinese fire merchants. Foreigners transported the guns and he transferred them to make a difference. For the fire merchants who have no way to do the internal situation in China, they also need such an agent.

Not only the Taiping Army, but the Nian Army purchased weapons and ammunition from Jiuwenlong, but even the Northern Government sometimes picked up goods from him, let alone local armed forces. Most of the militias that were numerous in the northern border went through his channels.

Although the Nine-patterned Dragon is greedy to make money, at least the Taiping Army has a relatively stable source of arms, which is a great blessing.

"Be gentle!" Seeing two coolies throwing a box of copper balls into the carriage as if throwing sacks, Zhang Lushuai was furious. He stepped forward and kicked a coolie four feet up and cursed: "Dog thing! Are you trying to die!"

Immediately, two soldiers went up to chase and beat the coolie, which made the corners of the coolie's mouth bloody and beg for mercy.

Zhang Lushuai snorted and waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'm afraid that I'll be in danger of blowing up."

"Bang bang bang", suddenly, the sound of gunfire like fried beans sounded, and the red turbans on guard near the carriage screamed and fell down.

In the mudstone pond not far away, countless mud people crawled out of the woods, all of whom had just come through the woods. The air was filled with the harsh twitching of bullets piercing through the air. Thousands of meteors shot in the lightning with unstoppable momentum. The majestic pressure of the bullet rain in the night sky was almost breathless.

The red turban screamed and fell one by one. Zhang Lushuai was stunned. His left arm was numb and he was shot. Then a huge pain came. He staggered a few steps and sat down to the ground.

"Damn it, it's the gray-headed army, the gray-headed army." The red turbans were all terrified. Such a dense rain of bullets, it was conceivable that they must have been ambushed by the Huitou Army brigade. Some of them were brave enough to shoot, while others ran away. Especially when the coach was shot, the Red Packets were even more in a mess. The coolies scattered, and some were hit by the stray bullet and shouted bitterly. The shrill screams made people's scalp numb.

In the cold night sky, on the banks of the Xin River, blood immediately spread.

Zhang Lushuai's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley. A large group of demons from the Southern Dynasty appeared in Raozhou. Could it be that Nanchang had fallen?

The pain made his body sweat in a burst of sweat, but he endured the severe pain and stood up and shouted loudly: "Protect the Queen Mother, protect the Queen Mother, get on the boat, get on the boat!"

This time, the King Zhong came to Nanchang with the transportation team, and the King Zhong loved the king of the newly married king. He was the most beautiful in Tianjing. He was originally in the fief of King Zhong in Huizhou, but King Zhong wanted someone to come to Nanchang to boost the morale of the army and express that he could defend Nanchang to the death.

"Bang", Zhang Lushuai's head burst out with bloody mist and turned over and fell down.

As the generals of each team shouted, the red envelope head, which gradually formed a defense line, no longer had the fighting spirit. With a loud bang, the four fields fled. Some people approached the boats, rushed onto the boats, rowing and supporting them, but without a boatman, the boats on the dock could move, so they all jumped off the boats and fled, and they were squeezed into the river like ducks and shouted loudly to help, and they were wailing, terrible.

"My Lady Wang?" Ding Qimei became excited and defeated the bandit transport team like a destruction. She did not chase after the fleeing enemies in the four fields. The soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army drank together and moved the supplies down, preparing to burn them.

There were also soldiers standing by the river and guns shot at the red turban floating in the river, with strange light shining in their eyes. War often makes people become cruel, cold-blooded, and even mentally unnatural. This is the case after more than a hundred years.

"Here!" A soldier in grass-green camouflage uniform cheered, lifted up the curtains of the carriage compartment and shouted loudly.

Ding Qimei walked over quickly, but saw a beautiful woman in a gorgeous dress sitting in the carriage, desperately shrank back, covering the small embroidered shoes with the hem of the pomegranate skirt. The black hairpin was scattered and the black hair was fluffy. The flower bones were slanted and soft, and they were so delicate that they wanted to be pityed.

Ding Qimei jumped into the car and pinched her chin. She felt that her skin was as smooth as grease, and her tentacles were so wonderful. When she lifted her pink face, she saw the green eyebrows, beautiful eyes, red lips and white teeth, bright and charming.

The female soldier next to him laughed and said, "What a slutty fox."

Ding Qimei's face was cold and she said, "Take her with you and offer it to the prince," and jumped out of the car.

Seeing this beautiful look, the burly female soldier couldn't help but pinch her pink face and laughed: "It's so fucking satisfying. You, turn around and use all your abilities to serve my prince and use all that slutty spirit. You have to serve our prince comfortably, and your life may be saved."

The beauty was shocked and angry, with a hint of hatred flashing in her eyes, and she just didn't say anything.
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