That night, Aubrey confessed to his wife that he was unemployed and had signed up for the National Rifle Shooting Competition.
Although the wife was a little worried, when she saw her husband's confident eyes, it was as if time had returned to 20 years ago.
Her husband was wearing a black northern military uniform, looking valiant and valiant.
In the end, she chose to fully support her husband.
However, a week after the newspaper publicized the American Rifle Design Competition.
A new advertisement appeared in the major newspapers.
"Are you still using the old rifle and old bullets to practice shooting day and night?，Wake up! You won't get any reputation or rewards like that!”
"Take a look at the rifle designed by Miracle Boy-the 1882 Lee Rifle, a rifle from the next century!”
"Using the latest Mauser patent, rotating recoil bolt, 7.62mm caliber, coupled with smokeless gunpowder bullets will make your shooting more stable and longer range!”
"Think about it, when you're holding a black powder gun from a backward era and facing a rifle from the next century, do you want to be suppressed like an African aboriginal with a wooden stick?”
"The 1882 Lee rifle, a rifle that was imported to the Hans Empire. Even the Hans Empire's Emperor William praised it. What are you waiting for?？”
"Believe in Miracle Boy. Maybe the next miracle will happen to you.”
At this moment, Aubrey, who had finally regained his usual form after a week of training, saw the black-and-white picture of the 1882 Lee rifle written in the newspaper.
The streamlined body
looked at the old-fashioned rifle in his hand that required black gunpowder.
For a moment, Aubrey's heart was filled with frustration.
Later, he went to the gun stores all over New York and found out that the new 1882 Lee rifle cost 30 dollars.
Because they had lost their jobs and their children still needed to go to school, the Aubrey family could not afford it.
Although Aubrey was confident in his marksmanship, he also understood that it was impossible for an outdated black powder gun
to win against a new flintlock that used smokeless gunpowder bullets.
The problem of the effective range alone made Aubrey completely lose confidence.
This was because the effective range of the 1882-style rifle was 800 meters, while his black powder rifle had a range of 300 meters.
Moreover, the accuracy and stability were at a disadvantage. How could they compete?
Suddenly, Aubrey became dispirited. His hard work was not rewarded, so he stayed at home for a few days and relied on cheap alcohol to survive.
His wife watched this scene silently. She knew that if her husband did not pull himself together, he might be completely devastated.
They became like many people in the country who drank too much and were violent.
Therefore, his wife gritted her teeth and sold her beautiful black hair to a businessman
for ten dollars. Then, she gritted her teeth and took out almost all the savings in the family to raise thirty dollars. She went to a gun shop in New York to buy an 1882 Lee rifle.
When his wife appeared in front of Aubrey with the gun, Aubrey looked at his wife's short hair. The man in his forties actually cried.
He hugged his wife and swore to himself that he would take back the first place in the National Shooting Competition to repay his wife!
As a result, the alcoholic Aubrey was gone, and there was a man who practiced shooting every day.
At this time, the newly built Lee Browning Weapons Company in the suburbs of San Francisco was in full swing.
One by one, the weapon parts were produced and then skillfully assembled into shiny new guns.
In the office on the second floor of the factory, John Browning looked at his boss longingly.
"Boss, you're really amazing. Do you know that? How many 1882 Lee rifles have we sold recently? Excluding the orders from the Hans Empire, we've sold 20,000. We've made a net profit of 100,000 USD!”
He became even more excited.
"The National Rifle Competition hasn't even started yet, but the boss actually took back all his investments and even made a profit!"”
"Right now, our guns are the best sellers in the entire Eagle Country. Even the firearms produced by the largest military supplier, Winchester Company, are far inferior to ours because, as the newspapers said, they are outdated!”
Hearing his words, Li Zixuan merely smiled and said,
"It's true now. The appearance of smokeless gunpowder has completely made black gunpowder bullets an outdated product. However, this is only because they haven't reacted yet. When they do, smokeless gunpowder won't belong to our family!”
"That's right. None of those firearms companies are simple. Although the boss has the patent, if we offend them, I'm afraid..."
John Browning did not continue.
Both of them understood that the firearms companies might not be the most profitable companies in the country,
but they were undoubtedly the most powerful forces in the country.
You have to know what's behind them.
Other than some big shots, there was also the Eagle Cream Nation's military.
If Li Zixuan monopolized the patent of smokeless gunpowder and did not license it to these firearms companies, what awaited him was definitely the outcome of being swallowed by a group of crocodiles.
Right now, the Li family's body was far from being able to resist these crocodiles.
Therefore, Li Zixuan could only think of a way to become one of them first and then try his luck.
"By the way, John, do you have any leads on the pistol I asked you to study recently?”
Li Zixuan asked.
"Boss, I'm trying to develop a 'free bolt' design for the pistol that you mentioned.”
When Browning heard this, he said excitedly,
"Yes, you can continue to develop it. Leave the production to your brother. I'm very relieved that you can manage the Lee Browning Weapons Company!”
Hearing Li Zixuan's words, Browning was very touched and said,
"I'll develop that pistol as soon as possible, boss!”
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