Chapter 394： Big Napoleon Cannon

After hearing the report from Virnia, Jerome Bonaparte was suspicious. It has only been more than half a year since he gave the order to study the new field artillery. artillery.

For Jerome Bonaparte, who is preparing to participate in the Crimean War, this news is really both joyful and sad. He was happy for France to have more firepower, but also worried about the subsequent production of artillery.

You must know that France has now entered a state of industrial mobilization, and all human, material resources, and the distribution of the assembly line are properly adjusted according to the previously allocated plan.

The birth of a new type of artillery must have undergone numerous experiments before being reported to Jerome Bonaparte. It can be said that when Jerome Bonaparte learned the news of the completion of the new type of artillery, the new type of field artillery must have been It is a finished product for which Jerome Bonaparte has to open up a new production line.

Now all the military factories are full of production capacity, and some factories are even overloaded, and it is impossible to open up a new production line for the new artillery.

There is only one way to forcibly start production, and that is to suspend some of the less important things first, and then recruit people to build a new artillery production line.

However, workers will inevitably have some break-in time when facing the new artillery, and the production capacity will inevitably be lower than before.

It takes a lot of time to go back and forth.

This is the trouble of happiness.

"Did the Ministry of War know about this before you told me the news?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Vernia.

"I don't know about this!" Vernia shook his head and responded to Jerome Bonaparte, then added: "However, I think Basilio should have informed them!"

"Alas!" Jerome Bonaparte sighed, then lightly tapped Vernia's forehead with his finger and reprimanded intimately: "You little idiot! You can't do this well!"

"Hey..." Virnia stuck out her tongue playfully without refuting.

"Since Basilio has been developed, then I'll go take a look!" Jerome Bonaparte decided to take a look at the quality of the new artillery. Arm, Virnia got up from Jerome Bonaparte, and Jerome Bonaparte also got up to go out.

The two walked hand in hand in the corridor of the Tuileries Palace. Virnia stood up proudly, and also showed a proud look on his face.

When the two walked from the study to the living room, Mocarr appeared in front of Jerome Bonaparte again.

"Find a carriage, I'm going to Paris Norinco!" Jerome Bonaparte gave Mocart an order in a succinct manner.

"Yes!" Mocal immediately nodded at Jerome Bonaparte and left.

Jerome Bonaparte, who was standing at the Tuileries Palace and waited for a moment, saw Mocar once again. At this time, Mocar still put on a humbly posture and said to Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, The carriage you want is ready!"

"Let's go!" Jerome Bonaparte replied to Virnia beside him.

Virnia and Jerome Bonaparte boarded a carriage with guard dragoons on both sides. Some guard dragoons would **** Jerome Bonaparte to the North Industries Group.

Jerome Bonaparte, who was in the carriage, closed his eyes and quietly felt the subtle sound of the carriage moving. Virnia, who was sitting beside Jerome Bonaparte, buried his head in Jerome. On the thigh of Jim Bonaparte.

After nearly half an hour's journey, the carriage finally came to the outskirts of Paris... No, it should be said that the Paris Norinco Group is located on the periphery of the 12th arrondissement of Paris.

[Paris North Industries Group is already outside the 12th district, even according to the map after the expansion in 1860, the location of Paris North Industries Group is also in the suburbs]

The carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the North Industries Group. After several retired veterans standing at the gate saw the line of guard dragoons, they hurriedly trotted to the dragoons to salute.

In the carriage, Jerome Bonaparte felt the carriage stop, immediately opened his eyes and glanced at the barren land outside the window, and then gently shook the "slacker" lying on his lap!

"Don't make trouble!" Virnia made a reluctant voice, and she stretched out her hand and waved around randomly.

"Wake up! We're here!" Jerome Bonaparte leaned over to Vernia's ear, and bit Vernia's earlobe lightly.

"Ah!" Vernia, who felt the numbness and pain in her ears, made a voice, and she quickly woke up from Jerome Bonaparte's thigh.

"You're awake!" Jerome Bonaparte said with a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth.

Vernia rolled a glance at Jerome Bonaparte, then slightly adjusted the wrinkled clothes and said angrily, "Your Majesty! Let's go!"

"Yeah!" Jerome Bonaparte took Virnia's arm and the two walked out of the carriage together.

When Jerome Bonaparte and Virnia got out of the carriage, the veterans present saluted Jerome Bonaparte,

These veterans who lived in the barracks for more than ten years thought they would be with the army all their lives, or when they died in a battle, Jerome Bonaparte rescued them from the "quagmire" , and give them jobs.

Let this group of veterans who only know killing in the first half of their lives can integrate into French society with a new look in the second half of their lives.

For them, leaving the French army was a complete rebirth.

And for the French army, without these veterans who have spoiled recruits all day, the spirit of the entire recruits has changed significantly.

The result, both for veterans and for the military, is a winning situation.

It can be said to be a win-win.

Of course, the only losers are those state-owned enterprises, some private enterprises, and local governments affiliated to France, who must shoulder the employment arrangements for veterans after they have retired.

In the face of these veterans who had fought for France, Jerome Bonaparte also returned the salute to them.

Afterwards, Basilio, general manager of NORINCO, went out in person to greet Jerome Bonaparte. Under the leadership of Basilio, Jerome Bonaparte once again entered the interior of the industrial park.

At this time, the North Industrial Group Park has been nearly doubled compared to the previous one. In addition to the production of steel and firearms, the industrial park has also added production lines such as steam locomotives, steam hammers, artillery, and cans, with no less than 5,000 workers. people.

The workers in the NORINCO Group and the upstream and downstream industrial chains in Paris can not only enjoy the right to a ten-hour working system, but also their housing is free (a dense apartment for more than ten people), and they enjoy meager subsidies for meals.

These are all measures that Jerome Bonaparte forced to implement. It can be said that the workers of the entire factory are full of gratitude to Jerome Bonaparte.

In their eyes, Jerome Bonaparte saw light for the first time.

Jérôme Bonaparte, who briefly talked with the workers for a while, felt the vitality in the workers' words, and a smile appeared on his face again.

Although he can't change the whole face of work in France, Jerome Bonaparte still has the power to improve the system and appearance of state-owned enterprises and enterprises under his control.

After leaving the workers, Jérôme Bonaparte listened to Basilio's report to him: "Your Majesty, the park plan will continue to expand in the next year! To enable it to accommodate more workers, our industry will further develop. The refinement is complete..."

Halfway through his words, Jerome Bonaparte sternly interrupted Basilio's next words: "You did not report this plan to me, but to yourself! What I need to see is the result, the industrial park may not make a lot of money, but you have to promise me that these people will not lose their jobs! Do you understand?"

"Understood!" Basilio immediately understood what Jerome Bonaparte meant. The first task of the Paris Norinco Group was to ensure that there would be no large-scale unemployment.

"Okay! Now take me to see it! Your newly designed artillery!" Jerome Bonaparte directly stated his intention without any nonsense.

"Please come with me! It may take some time!"

Under the leadership of Basilio, Jerome Bonaparte walked on foot for more than half an hour, and finally came to the test shooting range about three kilometers away from the park.

At this time, there were two officers standing on the shooting range, one of whom was holding a telescope.

In front of them is a bronze-colored field artillery. In terms of style alone, the artillery is somewhat similar to the M1841 artillery of the French active troopsJérôme Bonaparte picked up his pace and soon arrived. In front of the artillery, the artillerymen who were standing in front of the artillery and were about to stuff the shells into the barrels were immediately stunned when they saw Jerome Bonaparte.

When the two officers saw this, they also came to Jerome Bonaparte and reported loudly: "Your Majesty!"

"Yeah!" Jerome Bonaparte glanced at the two officers, one of them was the Director of Logistics, Niel, and the other was the Director of the Ordnance Department.

Then, Jerome Bonaparte continued to examine the cannon in front of him, stroking the body of the cannon lightly with his hands from time to time.

"This is a 12-pounder field gun, right!" Jerome Bonaparte asked the artilleryman on the side.

After being stunned for a moment, the artilleryman looked at Basilio subconsciously, and only reacted after being hinted by Basilio's eyes, and immediately responded: "This is indeed a 12-pound field gun! We improved it on the basis of the original 1841. artillery!"

That's right, the artillery in front of you is the Napoleon M1857 artillery launched by "Future" in 1857, which is called the Big Napoleon Cannon.