Chapter 456 Not a Problem

The nobles of Wallachia are basically a group of war scum who have no strength but are blindly confident.

The blind optimism of these guys directly caused Alexei's preparations for the war to be stuttering, and he always felt that the people in this country had no energy and no motivation to do things.

Alexey was extremely helpless about this, after all, in his opinion, the fire was going to reach the roof, but the group of idiots in the room were still chattering in confusion. The strange flower is not pissed to death, but also pissed off.

So after Li Xiao returned to Bucharest, he went to Bucharest immediately and complained: "These bastards don't take war seriously at all. They really treat the Turks as the sick men of the Near East. It's so mad at me!"

Li Xiao just listened quietly to his complaints, at most nodding his head from time to time to express agreement. It's just that what Alexei said, he basically went in his left ear and out of his right ear, because Alexei just wanted to confide and vent, and as for what he said, it was meaningless.

"The railway will not be completed until February next year at the earliest, and it is a single track!"

After complaining for a while, Alexey finally finished venting and started talking about serious things.

Li Xiao nodded to show that he knew it. In fact, he didn’t need Alexey to explain that he knew that the railway would not be completed so quickly. It would be considered good if it could be opened to traffic in February next year. Ask the poor little ones of this age, and it will do you no good but make yourself stunned.

In fact, this railway was originally planned not as a single line, but as a double track. After all, the efficiency and value of a single line is a bit low, but because of the war, in order to put the railway into use before the war broke out, it is unrealistic to repair the line. You can only repair a single line first, and then repair the other half while using it.

"How did you fix the front of the car?" Li Xiao asked.

"Import it from France, what else can I do!" Alexey sighed.

To be honest, he was worried as long as he thought of having to use imported car heads. After all, it is very likely that he will go to war with France in the future. In that case, it would be very troublesome to continue to import car heads and spare parts from France. Once the other party blocks, you can only stare blankly.

"Buy as many spare parts as possible!"

Li Xiao didn't have a good solution, who made Russia's industry almost impoverished and useless in this year! It doesn't matter what you want, heavy machinery such as the front is completely dependent on imports, and the related industries in the country can be said to have just started, and there is no hope for three to five years.

Alexey replied with a troubled face: "The price from the French is not cheap, and more preparations will take up a lot of money!"

Li Xiao raised his head and glanced at him, knowing what this guy meant by coming to the door immediately. Either there is a problem with funds, or he wants to help him bargain with the French.

No matter which one it is, Li Xiao can't ignore it. After all, he has invested a lot of money in this railway, and he still hopes that this railway will become a hen that lays golden eggs.

"Let me talk to Uncle David and ask him to come forward and contact the supplier," Li Xiao sighed, "But it is unrealistic to expect special offers. Those profiteers are more sensitive than each other, so don't expect them to be trustworthy at this time. "

Alexei also sighed. Of course he knew that capital would definitely be the first to know about the upcoming war. At this time, these capitalists would turn into man-eating beasts. Don't expect them to be virtuous.

What's more, Russia is still on the opposite side of France, and they are even less polite when facing their enemies. If you don't eat alive, you will be polite enough.

Li Xiao reminded: "It is better to contact suppliers in several countries as much as possible, and the French are not the only ones who can produce car heads!"

"I know!" Alexey sighed again, frustrated: "There are many countries that can produce car heads, but not many have a good enough relationship with us. In addition, you have to consider the transportation cost. France is the closest to us... the United States People are willing to sell us the front of the car, but the problem is the freight..."

Li Xiao stopped talking, this is the pain of being controlled by others, he smiled wryly: "That's why I said before that the development of industry is the trend of the future, without industry, you can only be slaughtered by others. At that time, you were quite critical You see, if there is no strong request from me, you are not willing to open the gun factory. In that case, what you need to worry about now is not only the spare parts of the car, but also where to buy bullets in the future. You need to think carefully about it! "

Alexey was speechless for a while. What Li Xiao just said was about a year ago. At that time, he strongly demanded to upgrade the domestic gun and ammunition factory built together with Duke Gorchakov's family, and asked to purchase the latest Boring machines and lathes to be able to produce more advanced rifles and cartridges.

But for this investment, not only the Gorchakov family disagreed, but even Alexey and other small partners disagreed. They believe that the existing firearms and equipment are sufficient for the Russian army, and there is no need to increase investment in the production of rotary rear pull rifles and copper shell bullets.

They even thought that the cost of these bullets alone would make them bankrupt, and said that the army didn't need such extravagant ammunition at all. Isn't the paper shell ammunition wrapped in oil paper already very useful? Why bother with that god?

Naturally, it was impossible for Li Xiao to agree with such shallow and ignorant opinions, and finally broke up with the Gorchakov family, and Alexey, Boris and Vishniak could not stand the affection and reluctantly Easy to invest.

It's just that this year, when the first batch of new single-shot rear-action rifles were equipped with the Wallachian National Army with copper custom-loaded rifles, its powerful effectiveness shocked all the officers onlookers.

That launch speed! That precision! And good service performance! It is a full range of all previous rifles, including the cardboard rear-loading rifles that Wallachia was equipped with before.

Especially after more than half a year of trial use, the advantages of copper custom-loaded ammunition have also been fully demonstrated. It is easy to store and there is no need to worry about moisture. Even soaking in water does not affect the trial, anyway, the grassroots troops are unanimously praised.

It is precisely because of its powerful effectiveness that even Kornilov and Nasimov, who had watched the Wallachian National Army exercises, were very moved. For the work, I purchased 2,000 pieces from Li Xiao and the others for trial use.

Even Kornilov and Nasimov directly believed that the rifles in active service in the Russian army were rubbish, and it was best to replace them with new Wallachia rifles. Anyway, looking at the trend, if the new rifles and bullets perform well in future wars, sales will definitely not be a problem!