Chapter 270 Internal Problems

Layom considered Grevi's words carefully.

He thought that what Gravey said was right. Before that, Layom had not realized that Ciel was his potential opponent. At this time, he woke up from a dream.

If this continues, it will not be him but Charles who will own Saint-Etienne in the future.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and Layom understood what "cooperation" Grevi was referring to, which was to deal with Ciel.

However……

"You can't do anything to the Shire." Lajom looked at Grevi with doubts in his eyes: "You can't compete with the Shire in industry, and at the same time, the Shire is under the strict protection of the military, so you can't do anything. !”

Lajom wonders if Grevi is worthy of his cooperation.

If he could only talk, there would be no point in cooperating. Instead, he would be used as the gunman to rush to the front to fight with Ciel. Maybe his father and younger brother too!

A trace of embarrassment flashed in Grevi's eyes. What Layom said was generally right. Grevi could indeed do nothing. All he could do was win over forces that had potential conflicts with Ciel.

Benefit?

There seems to be no benefit to the right wing, and the right wing even spends a lot of money on these things.

Purpose?

Grevi's original idea was to use capitalists to defeat capitalists and cause them to cause internal friction. It would be best to force Charles to join his system.

However, Grevi found that he was too naive.

One after another, Charles's inventions came like a tidal wave. In just a few months, his assets doubled several times, and they even developed abroad. Schneider was in a hurry to deal with it.

Force Ciel to look back?

The Shire did not feel the pressure from the right wing at all, but the right wing felt the pressure from the Shire. Many people on the right felt that the agricultural-based society was gone forever, and the Shire would lead French industry on a new path. Peak!

But Grevi was still unwilling to give in.

This is not the country and society he wants. This is not the future of France. Especially when he sits here and sees the gloomy Saint-Etienne, his determination is strengthened.

"It's true that I can't give you anything, Mr. Layom." Grevi leaned forward across the table and lowered his voice: "But Schneider can."

Layom instantly understood that Grevi was here to connect him with Schneider.

…

In the conference room of the Ritz Hotel in Paris, a machine gun with a round bullet disc was placed on the table.

Steed opened a bottle of champagne and poured it for Charles himself.

Dominic also took a drink.

He never drank because it would make him unable to see the sight and shoot. He hated the feeling of holding a gun in his hand but unable to hit the target. Whenever this happened, he felt that his hands, eyes, and even his brain were not his.

But today, at this moment, Dominic thought he could have a drink, for the birth of this machine gun.

"It is heavier than the Chauchat machine gun." Dominic held the wine glass and kept looking at the machine gun with a smile on his lips: "The Chauchat machine gun weighs 9 kilograms and it weighs 9.1, but it is still excellent because it can carry 47 rounds of ammunition, and Shaosha only has 20 rounds!”

Dominic turned his gaze to Charles, with admiration and surprise in his eyes: "We just expanded the disk by a few centimeters, and it can hold 7 more bullets. It's unimaginable."

This is normal, what is enlarging is the diameter and what is increasing is the circumference.

The relationship between circumference and diameter is πd, and how many bullets can be squeezed is determined by the circumference.

Steed stepped forward and patted the machine gun, nodding with satisfaction:

"We put it through rigorous firing tests and of course compared it to the Chauchat machine gun."

"Its failure rate is obviously much less than that of the Chauchat machine gun, and its firepower continuity is particularly outstanding."

"If we used two spare barrels instead of one, its rate of fire would be comparable to that of a heavy machine gun!"

…

This is a bit exaggerated. In actual combat, it is impossible for a light machine gun to continuously fire 250 rounds with a magazine like the Maxim. Changing the magazine and changing the barrel are enough to keep the assistant shooter busy for a while.

But this is enough to illustrate the excellence of the rotary machine gun.

Then Steed changed the topic: "Pitt Arsenal is already producing Chauchat machine guns. Are we..."

"We can wait." Charles interrupted Steed: "Let's put this machine gun into production first."

Steed was stunned: "Why don't you give it to the military for testing first?"

Most of the production of weapons and equipment involves producing samples for military testing, and then mass production after obtaining orders from the military.

In doing so, the business risk will be much smaller, otherwise it is possible to produce a large number of machine guns but no one will buy them.

"Father." Dominic said with a confident smile on his face: "The colonel is right. You don't have to worry about this machine gun not being sold. It will be robbed as soon as it goes on the market!"

Then Dominic added: "Including the international market."

Charles nodded secretly, Dominic may not know business, but he knows guns.

As soon as Steed was reminded by Dominic, his original concerns disappeared.

He also has great confidence in machine guns, but France's current society does not win by excellence. It also requires a decision by Parliament.

Just like the Shire's better tanks, which always failed in parliament, Steed was worried that a large number of machine guns would eventually be piled up in warehouses because of the parliamentary stumbling block.

But Dominic's words "including the international market" made Steed suddenly enlightened.

If France doesn't want it, we will sell it to Britain, Russia and the United States. They are not like France. They don't use good things but use worse ones. This is the ugliness of capitalists.

Steed seemed to have forgotten that for seven years before the war, the St. Etienne machine gun had been suppressing the Hotchkiss because of the "ugliness of capitalists".

Then, Steed understood Charles' intention. He raised the champagne in his hand and looked at Charles with appreciation: "If we start mass production now, one day when its quantity has reached a scale, it will suddenly be put on the market, which may eliminate all the Chauchat machine guns that are being mass-produced, which will cause a heavy blow to the Puteaux Arsenal."

This is exactly what Charles thought, but he still added: "The rifle should be the one that can hit the Puteaux Arsenal in the end."

"Yes." Steed agreed: "We are already developing bullets."

Then he turned his eyes to Dominic.

Dominic nodded and replied: "Maybe there will be a result next week. We are also thinking about the matching rifle."

Charles said "hmm" and said lightly: "Perhaps you should consider the internal problems more."

"Internal problems?" Steed looked at Charles in confusion.

Dominic was also confused. What went wrong internally?

What did Charles know?

How did he know?