Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1597 Renewal
This situation made Zhou Xu feel a little strange.

"Isn't there anyone who cleans it up for him?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that no one is there to clean it up, but that there is no way to clean it up."

The staff outside quickly pointed out the difficulties.

"On the one hand, there are things piled everywhere, and we don't know which ones are useful and which ones are useless. If we collect them without permission, Minister Qin may not be able to find them, and it may also interrupt Minister Qin's train of thought."

"On the other hand, we don't know when Minister Qin will rest. It's not uncommon for him to not eat for a day. We can only leave water and food at the door. Minister Qin can eat when he remembers. If he doesn't remember, we can replace it with new food when the time comes."

While we were talking, someone brought us food and water.

Zhou Xu took a glance and felt a little strange.

"Is this what we usually eat in this studio? I remember there should be a cafeteria, right?"

At this moment, the food tray contained a pot of water, two large steamed buns, a portion of cold braised meat, and some vegetables and fruits that could be eaten directly.

Considering Qin Fen's status, the food is too bad.

Seeing this, a member of the team hurriedly explained...

"There is a small cafeteria in the department. Normally, there is food available whenever you go to the cafeteria. But Minister Qin, or the researchers in the department, only eat these when they start research."

"Because they basically eat three meals a day in the laboratory. Normal meals are easy to stain the materials and are inconvenient to eat, but these things are clean and don't need to be cleaned. Basically, you can just pick them up and put them in your mouth."

"Although these things look simple, they are still very nutritious."

After listening to the explanation of the department member, Zhou Xu nodded, indicating that he understood.

At the same time, seeing Qin Fen in the laboratory working so hard that he forgot to eat and sleep, Zhou Xu didn't want to disturb him anymore.

"Forget it, I won't bother him anymore."

After saying that, Zhou Xu prepared to turn around and leave.

"Oh, by the way, ask someone to ventilate it regularly. It stinks in here. How can you be smart working in this environment?"

After giving the last instruction, Zhou Xu left.

Although the steam-powered armor project team has been established, the team members have not yet assembled.

After all, the core members of this project team are Qin Fen and Zhuang Mengdie.

While Qin Fen was studying the design drawings, Zhuang Mengdie was also busy with the other two project teams.

Of course, the research and development project team of the M1891 rifle has long been on the right track, so Zhuang Mengdie’s main focus recently is still on the design drawings of the Thunder Revolver Cannon.

At the same time, on the training ground of the Grassland Military Region, dense gunfire continued to be heard, and teams of neatly arranged musketeers were practicing musketeer tactics on the training ground.

What they held in their hands at this moment were the first batch of flintlock rifles produced by their Great Zhou Arsenal!

This first batch of flintlock rifles was originally scheduled to be completed in the spring.

However, there was obviously a discrepancy between the plan and the actual situation, resulting in the first batch of flintlock rifles not being distributed to the soldiers in the military district until early summer.

During this period, Peter, who had already taken up the position of trainer of the military district's musket unit, did not find anything strange.

After all, there was no problem with time. After the Great Zhou developed the matchlock rifle, they quickly completed the subsequent upgrades and produced the flintlock rifle.

Standing on the training ground, Peter directed the soldiers to train, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Submission to the Great Zhou was the right step." Look at him now, he doesn't need to worry every day, he just needs to get paid and stay in this military district to train the soldiers.

The living quarters may not be as spacious as before, but they are comfortable. The conditions and facilities are much better than when I was in Smith Republic, not to mention the food.

The military district cafeteria alone was enough to make him dizzy with food. Occasionally, when he had a day off, he would go to the neighboring Caoyuan City to eat hotpot at a restaurant.

I have to say that Peter is very satisfied with his current life!

During this period, Zhou Xu naturally received reports that the first batch of flintlock rifles had been put into use and related training had also been carried out.

Now that flintlock rifles could be produced stably, the first problem that the Great Zhou Dynasty needed to face was whether to continue producing matchlock rifles.

In fact, according to Zhou Xu's original plan.

At this stage, they keep the flintlock rifles for their own use, while the matchlock rifles are sold to other countries in the United Nations.

But the reality is not that smooth.

In the Smith Kingdom, since Fisher received appropriate "compensation" for the previous incident, the order for muskets was still there, but it had obviously decreased.

As for Tonglubao, they only bought that batch and there were no more after that. Zhou Xu could basically confirm that the other party must have developed the matchlock gun.

The only one that is still buying diligently is the Saint Laurent Empire.

However, even a fool knows that the Saint Laurent Empire must be using their Great Zhou's matchlock rifles and conducting research at full speed.

They are still buying them now because they are not able to produce them yet. They need a sufficient number of muskets to arm their troops so that their troops will not fall behind in equipment in the United Nations.

But Zhou Xu estimated that the amount he could earn was limited.

It is actually not very cost-effective to let the military factory continue to produce matchlock rifles at a high output just for that small order.

Now, after reading the report, Zhou Xu was very straightforward and said...

"Cut off three production lines and switch to producing flintlock rifles."

They will certainly continue to make money from those small foreign trade orders, but they definitely cannot focus on them.

After making this arrangement, Zhou Xu pondered for another two seconds.

"Add artillery to the trade list."

At this stage, the artillery deployment within their Great Zhou has basically been saturated. Continuing production means increasing spare inventory.

But now is peacetime. Too much inventory will create pressure and increase fiscal expenditure. It is normal to conduct appropriate foreign trade transactions and earn some resources.

In the Great Zhou, the foreign trade list had just been updated. After it was sent to various countries that were customers, Copperforge and the Smith Kingdom immediately placed orders without saying a word.

Not to mention Copperforge Fort, the Kingdom of Smith is now also considered a loyal customer of their Great Zhou.

The Saint Laurent Empire was too far away, and they only received the news when the other two countries had already completed their orders.

After reading the content, Saint Laurent I suddenly felt uncomfortable again.

In fact, long before he discovered that Da Zhou had begun producing matchlock guns, he guessed that Da Zhou was likely to also have cannons.

But even though he was mentally prepared, it didn't stop him from feeling uncomfortable now.

(End of this chapter)