After the matter of the Chinese Typewriter was settled, Luo Chong ordered the Imperial Guards to send all the blueprints for the prototype to the Comprehensive Research Institute on Lake Heart Island and have them handle small-batch production of the Chinese Typewriter.
The Han Tribe's current demand for typewriters was not very high. It mainly came from government offices and schools in various places. Even the schools might not necessarily have much use for them. What they needed more were Hand-cranked Roller Ink Printing Presses, because those could quickly print examination papers in batches. As for Wax Paper Stencils, they could simply be made by hand. Examination papers were basically disposable anyway, so there was no need to make them too refined. As long as people could read what was written, that was enough.
Precisely because the demand was not high, there was no need to build a dedicated factory for production. A few dozen machines would probably meet their current needs. Even for Hand-cranked Roller Ink Printing Presses, at most a hundred or eighty would be enough.
After dealing with that matter, news also came from Lin Fei in Xingang Commandery. Earlier, Lin Fei had had someone report to him that the latest 7.62-millimeter Bolt-Action Rifle had been completed and that the 9-millimeter pistol was nearly finished. But that had been a week ago. This time, when another message arrived, all five new firearms had already been made into prototypes. It was just that, aside from the Bolt-Action Rifle, there were very few prototypes of the others.
Twenty 7.62-millimeter Bolt-Action Rifles had been prepared, but there were only three Type 56 Semi-automatic Rifle prototypes—pitifully few. The imitation PKM General Purpose Machine Gun currently numbered only one, and it was not even finished. It did not have a Heavy Machine