Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 78 Purchase of Production Line

Li Yi nodded, patted Li Liang on the shoulder and made some promises.

"Li Liang, we are the only uncle and nephew here now. I want to talk to you behind closed doors."

"In recent years, first there was the Western invasion, then there were peasant uprisings everywhere. The land of China is about to change. The Qing demons have occupied our Central Plains for two hundred years, and their luck has run out!"

"How can we, the sons of the Han family, be slaves of the barbarians forever and be driven around by them?"

"I must bring the big guys with me and make a name for myself!"

"When the world turns upside down and China changes color in the future, I will definitely not treat a meritorious official like you unfairly!!"

Li Liang took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and then nodded vigorously.

"Don't worry, General. I understand!"

Immediately, Li Liang took his leave.

Not long after Li Liang left, Wang An also came to ask to see Li Yi.

Li Yi asked as he asked Wang An to sit down.

"Uncle Wang, you are not busy recruiting soldiers, but come to see me. What's the matter?"

Wang An heard this and smiled.

"To be honest with you, General, I do have something to discuss with you."

Li Yi heard this and nodded slightly.

"Uncle Wang, please speak!"

Wang An smiled and spoke.

"In that case, I won't beat around the bush."

"What I want to ask is, what are the rules for recruiting soldiers for our army?"

After hearing this, Li Yi hesitated for a moment and then spoke.

"We are currently in Cenxi. There are a large number of mineral resources near Cenxi, and there are also many mines."

"My idea is that we can recruit some miners from the mines into the army."

"Due to the harsh working conditions in the mines, most of these miners know how to organize and cooperate."

"In addition, if you don't dare to fight in the mine, you won't be able to keep the ore you dug up, so the miners have developed a tough and combative character."

"In my opinion, miners who possess both the valuable qualities of teamwork and courage are the best soldiers."

"When Uncle Wang is recruiting soldiers, he might as well put more attention on those mines."

Wang An nodded to show that he understood, but still asked.

“What if the mine owners refuse to release us?”

Li Yi waved his hand and said.

"Uncle Wang still hasn't come around."

"We are no longer government troops, but bandits. We no longer need to be bound by official rules and regulations when doing things."

"Uncle Wang, remember one thing: we need miners, not mine owners."

"If the mine owner doesn't obey, just kill him!"

When Wang An heard this, he suddenly understood.

The two talked for a while, and then Wang An took his leave.

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By the time Li Yi finished the tasks at hand, it was already late at night.

He sat at a desk, writing and drawing on a piece of white paper.

On the white paper, there was a string of Arabic numerals and symbols for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Li Yi was calculating how much credit he had left on his gold finger this month, and how he should use it next to get the best value for money.

The monthly spending limit of Li Yi’s golden finger is limited to 10,000 taels.

His main purchases in the mall this month were as follows.

The first thing was the cost of purchasing food and foreign guns in the Zijing Mountain area. Among them, there were 300 taels of food and 200 foreign guns, totaling 1,600 taels.

Afterwards, after taking Xunzhou and seizing a batch of silver, Li Yi exchanged 600 foreign rifles from the mall to equip the troops, allowing the troops to complete their equipment replacement, totaling 4,800 taels.

In other words, Li Yi has already spent 6,700 taels of his quota this month, leaving only 3,300 taels of quota available.

After confirming that he still had a quota of 3,300 taels this month, Li Yi began to browse the mall, preparing to purchase a weapons production line from the mall.

The first thing he wanted to check was the production line of the Dreiser Model 1841 breech-loading rifle.

A production line that could produce 1842 Dreiser Model 300 breech-loading rifles per month was priced at 5000 taels of silver.

Although Li Yi has no shortage of money at the moment, his gold finger quota is limited. In order to avoid waste, he decisively decided to save the rifle production line until next month.

Buy something you can afford this month and spend the credit limit.

After browsing for a while, Li Yi found the price of the bullet production line for Dreiser's 1841 breech-loading rifle.

A production line that can produce 1000 bullets per month is priced at taels of silver.

The reason why it is so expensive is mainly because the bullet production line also includes the production technology and equipment for gunpowder and primers, as well as the most important worker training manual.

It is the type that once you get the machine, let the workers familiarize themselves with it and then start working according to the instructions. It is normal that the price is a bit high.

Li Yi bought one without blinking.

The reason why he didn't buy more was that the monthly quota of Gold Finger was limited and he had to use it sparingly.

The second reason is that Li Yi wants to wait until he gets the actual production line and then try to organize people to learn and imitate it.

Although he can buy advanced technology from the mall, he doesn't have to worry about being strangled by others.

However, in order not to stifle the enthusiasm of the craftsmen to invent and create, Li Yi still wants to embark on an independent development path from imitation to research and development as early as possible.

In Li Yi's vision, his golden finger can only play an auxiliary and guiding role in the process of technological development, and can never take the leading role.

Otherwise, if the Chinese do not have the ability to innovate and invent independently, then what is the difference between Li Yi and the Qing Dynasty that carried out the Westernization Movement?
It’s definitely not okay to just buy without learning!

After deducting the one thousand taels for purchasing the bullet production line, Li Yi still had two thousand three hundred taels left for this month.

Li Yi continued to browse the mall panel, and soon he found something that interested him.

Open-hearth steelmaking!
The price is 2000 taels!
Well, this is future technology. According to the original historical development trajectory, it would not be invented until 1865 by the French metallurgist Martin.

The reason why this future technology is priced at only 2000 taels is mainly because it is really just technology, not a production line.

After acquiring the technology, you have to start from scratch, build the venue and equipment before you can use it.

Li Yi decisively spent 2000 taels and prepared to exchange the technology first and let others explore it slowly.

Looking at the only three hundred taels left in his credit limit, Li Yi continued to flip through the panel.

Today is February 28th, the last day of this month. The quota will be refreshed tomorrow morning, so there is no need for him to keep these three hundred taels of silver for emergencies.

Soon, Li Yi found something that interested him.

Industrial lathe, boring machine, milling machine drawings!

The total price is 300 taels.

The reason why it is so cheap is mainly because this thing was invented a long time ago.

Plus, there are only drawings and nothing else, so the price is very cheap.

Li Yi chose to click to buy!
As the last three hundred taels of money were spent, Li Yi slowly let out a long breath...

It will be on the shelves at midnight. I will try to make a daily burst of 10,000 tomorrow. I won’t say more. I will go back to typing…

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(End of this chapter)