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Chapter 363 Legend of the Republic of China (20)

In the western restaurant, Xuan Xia sat opposite Zhang Jian, took a sip of coffee, the coffee tasted very bitter, Xuan Xia didn't even frown at all.

Zhang Jian said: "Little girl Zhang Zi tried her best to see me. Is there anything you want to say?"

The middle-aged man on the opposite side looked black and thin, and his eyes were like torches. When he looked at him, he was a little arrogant, obviously not paying attention to her.

"I heard that you put forward an idea of ​​saving the country through industry..." Xuanxia was interrupted by Zhang Jian just in the middle of her words, and there was an indistinct smile on his wrinkled face.

"Yes, today's China can only be cured by developing industry. You literati who can only write articles will not understand this." His eyes paused, "What's the point of shouting about liberation in your mind? If there is no industry and no money, when there is really going to be a war, will we send you scholars with pens in your hands to shout slogans on the battlefield?"

Xuan Xia's smile stiffened: "You are right..."

Zhang Jian was very pleased with what he said, and he nodded slightly, "We have read your article, and the person who insisted on letting me meet you likes your article very much, I think you didn't spend anything on him With effort, I easily got the chance to see me."

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Xuan Xia's gaze sank, she looked at Zhang Jian carefully, she had a premonition that what she said next might cause the person in front of her to get angry.

"Do you think that running a flour mill can really save the country?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Jian's face immediately turned ugly. He slapped the table and started to leave without even saying a word. Xuan Xia quickly stood up, grabbed his sleeve, and said earnestly again:

"You said us scholars, if there is a war, it will be of no use except shouting slogans on the battlefield. What about your flour mill, can it be of any use during the war?"

Zhang Jian slammed her hand away, Xuan Xia could see his anger and impatience, her haunted words were very sharp, piercing Zhang Jian's self-esteem, he stared at Xuan Xia:

"You sour literati, what do you know? How many people have been fed by the flour mill, and you have made money from foreigners. The brat praised your article before, which has the deep meaning of the new era. I think you are all blind. Gouyan, this is obviously a story made up by a little girl who doesn't know anything. It makes him look like the real thing!"

Zhang Jian had already stroked his sleeves, turned and left.

This time Xuanxia didn't catch up, just stared at his back, and shouted: "Now the flour mill can still survive, it's all because the big powers are busy fighting on their own, and the civil strife is severe. When their war stops one day, I will definitely remember that the fat of Huaxia has not been divided. As long as the flames of war spread, and some things like airplanes and cannons are casually brought, will the flour mills continue to survive? Flour mills, textile mills and other factories , as long as there is a certain amount of equipment and people, anyone can produce it, but are these really useful? If war really breaks out, the factory will be gone, and the supplies will be gone. You have a lot of money, but the empty Huaxia Company If you don’t have any supplies, even if you have money, where can you go to buy things? So, what is the difference between your business to save the country and us literati who talk about it?”

Just as she expected, Zhang Jian really turned around.

His eyes were still full of anger, so Xuanxia met his eyes without fear, and said seriously: "Why do you want to start a light industry, why don't you directly produce strong ships and guns? The power to fight back?"

Zhang Jian looked at Xuan Xia's second eyes, in the dark eyes in front of him, without the slightest fear, he looked at him so clear and firm with strength.

Zhang Jian sighed and looked at her with a very complicated expression: "I understand what you mean, your idea is good. But making those things is not as easy as you think, not to mention where to buy the equipment. When we come in, the Chinese people have very little knowledge of how to use the equipment, and in the end we have to invite foreigners over."

Zhang Jian said a long list about the difficulties of heavy industry.The most important point is that equipment is hard to buy. In Huaxia's territory, almost nothing is produced. Even if there are sporadic heavy industries, they are only doing things with no technical content. For example, Huaxia has a shipbuilding factory. Yes, the shell is produced by the Chinese themselves, but for core technologies such as the engine, they still have to rely on things provided by foreigners.

"That's why I came to you." Xuan Xia smiled slightly.

"Oh?" Zhang Jian raised his eyes in surprise, and he looked at Xuan Xia in disbelief: "What do you mean by that?"

Xuan Xia smiled: "Before when Li Hongzhang set up the Jiangnan Manufacturing General Bureau and established the Beiyang Fleet, the equipment used was the best, but when we met foreigners, they were defeated by those whose equipment was behind us. This shows that Yes, sometimes the problem may not only appear on the equipment, Li Hongzhang can find a way to buy equipment from foreigners, I think you should also have a way, but it takes too much investment, and the risk of uncertainty is too great , You haven’t made up your mind. I just happened to do some research on this, if you trust me, let me help you.”

"Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau..." The expression on Zhang Jian's face hesitated for a moment, and he looked at Xuan Xia's gaze, which was no longer light and light like before, but with a lot of caution, "Indeed, sometimes technology On the one hand, but management is also a very important branch. The Jiangnan Manufacturing General Administration has a good set of equipment, but the management of feudalism, I heard that there is corruption in it, and the raw materials are cut corners. In the end, the entire Westernization Movement was a waste of money. It was in vain, and nothing serious was done.”

Seeing Zhang Jian's haughty look, Xuan Xia only felt that the cold sweat was dripping down on her forehead, and the Westernization Movement could not be regarded as a failure of anything, but Zhang Jian was willing to think so, so let him think so.

"Then do you agree with my suggestion?" Xuan Xia continued to ask.

Zhang Jian's sizing eyes fell on Xuan Xia, and he frowned:

"Your idea is very good. In fact, I have thought of many of the crisis awareness you mentioned before. But I don't believe that you can have the ability you mentioned. You must know that such a set of equipment is a sky-high price. If I I really listened to your suggestion, I am afraid that all the liquid funds in my hands will be thrown into it."

Zhang Jian raised his brows suddenly: "Do you think I'm a reckless person who puts a lot of chips in for someone I've just met?"

(End of this chapter)