The sudden appearance of Earl Elgin was not so surprising. Chungemon has also been paying attention to the construction of the Jiangbin Railway recently. He originally heard the report that it was still being debugged, but he never thought that Earl Erjin had already come all the way by train.

The people of Edo can be regarded as "experienced in many battles." Wallace of the United States, bah, do you know James? Everyone in Edo knows everyone, and they have fired at Edo.

The communication from Nihonbashi to Yokohama's railway construction more than 30 kilometers away has not caused any uproar, although some people said beforehand that this thing can transport people from Edo to Yokohama in an hour. Except for those overseas students who have returned from studying in the UK, even orchid scholars do not believe it.

That's a full eight days!

It takes many hours to run on two legs, and it takes more than four hours to ride a horse at a constant speed. You, a car with tracks, can be so fast?

They will understand when it is officially opened to traffic.

Industrial Ge Ming's great achievement is undoubtedly revealed on the steam locomotive. When all the north and south islands are on the train, and it only takes two or three days to travel from Ezo to Kyushu, they will be able to understand.

For the time being, let’s not talk about this train. For the operation and management of the entire Jiangbin Railway, we can only rely on the British at the moment. Chungemon was half blind, and to what extent, he could only listen to the British side.

"Excuse me, what's the matter with you?" Didn't Chuemon always work hard recently, avoiding going home to face him, so Erkin found Chuemon once he came.

Fortunately, the temporary official office of Chuemon Gate is not in Edo Castle, but in the Edo University under the castle. Otherwise, if Elkin comes suddenly, he may not be able to enter Edo Castle.

The students of Edo University are not that unfamiliar with foreigners. Next door is one of the dormitories of the Infantry Training Institute. Now there are more than 300 British officers and trainers living in it. It's not going to make a fuss just because you meet a foreigner. Besides, isn't the professor MacDonald at the school an Englishman?

By the way, MacDonald became an official employee of the British Embassy, ​​under the name of a consul, but continued to teach at Edo University. The shogunate can only accept that MacDonald, an old acquaintance, lives under Edo Castle every day, and other diplomats are very resistant.

If there is any news from the shogunate or Chuyemon that needs to be passed on to the British side, it is usually passed on by McDonald, so as to save yourself from running.

"Your country and our country have clearly launched a full-scale military cooperation. Why did you purchase a lot of rifles from Prussia?" Earl Erkin knows Chungemon well.

Go straight and it's over, there is no need to go around in circles or anything. Chuemon knew very well that the shogunate needed to hold Taiying's thighs, and Erkin also confirmed that the shogunate was a good boy who could use Taiying in East Asia. Chi Guoguo's interests are combined, there is no need to pretend to be you and me, with affection.

"The Prussian rear-mounted firing pin gun is indeed desirable, far better than our country's old rifle." Tademon smiled, and Taiying's meaning was immediately understood.

"Our country's Miner rifle is also very useful, and there are no problems such as air leakage!" The British rifled rifle has also begun to develop slowly, and will eventually develop into the Lee-Enfield rifle, and then go to sunset with the British Empire. .

If there were Lee Enfield rifles in Britain now, Tademon wouldn't even have a word of nonsense, and he would have bought tens of thousands of them. But that thing will take more than 30 years to take shape, and the current Miner rifle is almost the same from anyone.

Immediately after the American Civil War, the shogunate could import all kinds of weapons from the United States in large quantities after he finished fighting, and even the patented technology or production technology of the weapons could be bought all. Including the famous Armstrong gun, it can also be introduced to Japan.

As for why I bought the Dreiser firing pin to fire the rifle, it was purely that Tademon knew that rear-loading the gun was the future development trend, and let the soldiers use it first. The second was the strong request of Matsudaira Massunobu and others. Inobi nodded. Chuemon would be too much if he didn't agree, and it would hurt his feelings.

Even if the Dreiser rifle has various shortcomings, the firing pin needs to be replaced from time to time, and it may not even be as good as the Migne rifle in range. But he is bad in every way, but there is one good. The rate of fire is quite fast, and he can even be called a "burst" as long as the soldiers are skilled enough.

There is a saying that the soldiers nowadays are not the soldiers of the previous cold weapon era. They can avoid melee combat with cold weapons, and they all want to avoid them as much as possible.

Then, before the enemy gets closer, being able to shoot more bullets and pour more bullets is the unanimous idea from the soldier to the commander-in-chief. In the future, even some countries will directly evolve the "firepower theory" and spread it all over the world.

"The new army has a total of 4,000 people, and there is no need for rifles for the time being..." It's hard to say that Chungemon doesn't like the price of your slaughter, and can only use this reason to prevaricate.

I also want to buy surplus supplies of the US military.

"What about the artillery? What about the battleship? The six million borrowed last year, isn't it used to consolidate the military?" Erjin is not so easy to pass, the money is lent to the shogunate, but the shogunate has to bring the British This money was spent.

"This is a good question. Can your country provide our country with more than 800 miles of track? In addition, power generation equipment, telegraph equipment, etc., my country also needs to buy." Chuemon has a bigger plan.

When the Jiangbin Railway is opened to traffic and everyone has seen the benefits of this railway, then the railway from Edo to Osaka will be on the agenda~lightnovelpub.net~ and then from Edo to Sendai, and even to Tsu Light, the construction of various trunk lines from Osaka to Akamakan, from Nagasaki to Kanmon Strait.

Historically, the Meiji government took 22 years to lay the main routes of the whole country, and Chuemon’s goal was 15 years. Then, with Tokugawa Railway Co., Ltd., it will be able to dissolve the population of more than 100,000 samurai, and the first step to save the shogunate will be able to step out firmly.

"Isn't it the track? We can provide as much as your country wants!" I'm not afraid you have orders, I'm afraid you have fewer orders.

Earl Elkin immediately stated that there was no problem. Ge Ming, the industry that led the British Empire, had been in operation for a hundred years, and the steel output was a hundred times that of Japan. It would be no problem to send some train tracks to it, and it would be no problem to directly pull dozens of steam locomotives. .

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation." Tadaemon stood up and shook hands with Earl Elgin.

"Happy cooperation, businessmen from our country will soon come over and sign contracts with your country." Erkin has placed another big order for Britain, very happy.

"By the way, after another week of trial operation, the Jiangbin Railway will officially pass!"