Since the fourth and thirteenth brothers have already started building a base locally, they can continue with it.

They first sold the old-fashioned muskets that had been eliminated more than ten years ago at high prices to small countries that had not yet been occupied.

Make some quick money first, and then wait for the situation to develop.

The weaker side will be harmed. It won’t be long before the economy of that place is dragged down by the war, and then it will be time for the Qing army to move in and clear the obstacles.

Although Yinzhi was disappointed that he could not directly participate in the local war, he still volunteered to go to the Middle East with the caravan to take a look.

Yinreng agreed on the spot.

After this day, Yinreng sent a secret decree directly to Yinyou, asking him to supervise the military factory to speed up the production of the first generation of muskets.

There are now three military factories in the Qing Dynasty. In addition to the Beijing Suburban Firearms Camp and Weihaiwei, there is also the recently built Gannan Military Factory.

That place is not too far from the Fujian Navy, and is also on the planned train route from Beijing to Guangdong and Guangxi.

His initial preference was for Gansu Province, but after sending people there to investigate, he gave up the idea.

Most areas there are short of water. If he builds the factory in an area with no water shortage, the population will be too dense and it will not be cost-effective to clear the area.

If it is built in a water-scarce area, the lives of the military factory workers will become a problem.

After much deliberation, Yinreng decided to build the factory in a place closer to the Fujian Navy.

At the beginning, after Yinreng had selected the location for the military factory, the tasks piled up on Twelve increased a lot overnight. Except for the Chinese New Year in the past two years, Twelve was always wandering around construction sites in various places and had basically no free time.

It was only in the past two years that he was sent by Yinreng to repair the official road, which made his life much easier.

Now Fourteen is the one who's busy all year round. I hope he can be as hardworking and dedicated as Twelve...