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"I have considered this. I plan to increase the wages of the workers so that their wages are enough to support a family. In addition, I will build a dormitory area near Luchaogang to provide accommodation for the workers and their families, and canteens for various living needs I will build facilities such as a grocery store, a barber shop, etc., and I will even build a movie theater for everyone." Zhao Shouhong obviously has a comprehensive plan, and he also has a clear understanding of the current situation in Luchaogang.

"It will take a long time. I suggest to produce here first, and then move after the new factory is built." Zhang Qiping said.

Zhao Shouhong nodded: "Your opinion is also good, I will do as you said. However, in terms of weapons, those old weapons in the past will not be produced. In addition to the improved Mark machine gun, you will mass-produce the new Mannlicher rifle , artillery can be produced in small quantities, and the production of other weapons is suspended, but the ammunition factory should be expanded as much as possible.”

"My lord, according to my opinion, this Phil rifle seems to be more advanced. Why did we make the Manlicher rifle?" Zhang Qiping is a person who knows the goods, and he can see the pros and cons of the two rifles at a glance.

"These Manlysia rifles are for sale, not for our own use. Now that the imperial court is vigorously reorganizing the new army, there is a great shortage of weapons. We can just sell this Manlysia rifle of [-] caliber and make a lot of money. As for You can also produce that kind of Phil rifle in small quantities for the personal use of the factory guard team, but remember that this kind of rifle needs to have a [-]mm caliber." Zhao Shouhong instructed.

Zhang Qiping was taken aback for a moment, he didn't understand why the general manager wanted to produce weapons of two calibers.But Zhang Qiping knew in his heart that there were some things that could not be asked, so he had no choice but to agree immediately.After arranging everything here, Zhao Shouhong took Qin Zhongyi with him, and the group drove to the Jiangnan Dock not far away.

The Jiangnan Shipyard factory building near the Yangtze River Estuary is also very dilapidated, but the scene in the factory area is different.After operating independently from the Machinery Bureau, Jiangnan Shipyard began to receive orders from private merchant ships, which made the factory profitable and the workers became extremely busy.At this time, one of the six dry docks in the Jiangnan Dockyard was building a merchant ship, and the business was obviously booming.

Originally last year, Jiangnan Dockyard had been transformed into a fully commercial operation, with Zheng Xiaoxu, Cen Chunxuan's think tank, as the general manager.However, after Zhao Shouhong pointed out that he wanted the Jiangnan Dock, Yuan Kai used the power of Prince Qing to snatch the Jiangnan Dock from Zheng Xiaoxu.

Originally, Cen Chunxuan and Yuan Kai were at odds, so they were even more at odds, and they even hated Zhao Shouhong.But hatred turned into hatred, Cen Chunxuan was in Guangdong, after all, he couldn't compare with someone like Yuan Shikai who was close to the center, so he could only swallow his anger and agree to this request.

Cen Chunxuan is a man who counts pennies and pennies, and after suffering this loss, he must regain his status, so a struggle between constitutionalists began to brew in Beijing.Without knowing these things behind the scenes, Zhao Shouhong has already made great strides into the factory area of ​​Jiangnan Shipyard.Knowing that the general office has arrived, Wei Han, the temporary person in charge here, hastily led a lot of people to greet him.

A native of Fuzhou, Weihan Kuaiji Province, he is a famous modern shipbuilding expert in Hualan Kingdom. He graduated from the first phase of Fuzhou Shipbuilding Academy, and in 1875 he went to Gaul to study with Riyige, the director of Shipping Administration.Due to his excellent academic performance, Wei Han served as the chief shipbuilder of the Shipping Engineering Department after returning to China, that is, the chief engineer of later generations. In history, he participated in the construction of twelve ships.

For this famous shipbuilding expert, Zhao Shouhong naturally welcomed it very much. After the two sides approached, he stretched out his hands first and held Wei Han's hand tightly.Wei Han was very surprised by Zhao Shouhong's overtures. He smiled and said, "The presence of the general manager today really makes me very happy at the Jiangnan Shipyard." Wei Han said it as if he was at home. Coming to Jiangnan Shipyard is just this month.

"Have all the people from Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau and Dagu Shipyard transferred here?" Zhao Shouhong was already immune to this kind of official flattery, and he was more concerned about the expansion of the new factory.

Wei Han nodded: "They've all come here, but now all the docks are full, and the workers are still half rich. Do we really need so many people?"

Zhao Shouhong smiled and said, "Yes, I plan to greatly expand the Jiangnan Dock."

"Expansion? But the nearby land has already been owned, and I'm afraid it will cost a lot to buy it." Wei Han shook his head and said, he didn't want the general manager to delay production due to lack of funds.

Zhao Shouhong said: "I plan to relocate the entire Jiangnan Dock to Luchao Port. We will build a new Jiangnan Dock there, at least four [-]-ton dry docks and eight [-]-ton dry docks."

"It doesn't seem necessary." Wei Han gasped. He naturally knew that such a large dock showed Zhao Shouhong's ambition, but now the world's largest warship is more than 3 tons, and the construction of a [-]-ton dock It seems unnecessary, not to mention that Jiangnan Shipyard has never built a [-]-ton ship.

"You don't have to worry about this, it will be used in the future. In addition, I plan to fully update the shipbuilding machinery and improve our shipbuilding capabilities. I hope that Mr. Wei Han can design a bulk carrier with a capacity of more than [-] tons, and a dragon with a capacity of [-] tons." Jiang cargo ship, and I also need a Longjiang gunboat of about [-] tons as an escort." Zhao Shouhong first gave Wei Han three tasks.

Chapter 1 Poaching Plan

"It's not a problem, but once the shipyard is relocated, the construction period may be delayed for a while," Wei Han said.

"Yes, the merchant ships in the dock will take at least two months to launch, and we can't wait." The middle-aged man on the side replied, Zhao Shouhong only found out after asking that he was also a famous shipbuilder , called Chen Cairui, and standing on Wei Han's other side was Chen Zhaoao.

"The three of you are all great talents. I still count on you to support the girder of Jiangnan Shipyard. You will have to worry a lot in the future. Master Wei Han will be in charge of the Jiangnan Shipyard, and Chen Cairui and Chen Zhaoao will be the assistants. Mr. Qin, the agent general office, is only responsible for cost accounting and business issues. As for how to build the ship, how much material is needed and how much construction period, you can plan it yourself and then go directly to him. I let you professionals do it. " Zhao Shouhong directly delegated the authority to the three shipbuilding experts, while Qin Zhongyi, who was not familiar with shipbuilding, only needed to monitor the flow of funds a little bit.

Hearing that a few of them were made responsible, the three of Wei Han were all very excited. They hated those corrupt bureaucrats, and these people were also most annoyed by the tyranny of ignorant officials.Unexpectedly, the new general manager would delegate power in such a way, which made them very grateful, and they suddenly had the idea of ​​​​doing a big job in their hearts.

"I plan to unify the various schools in the Jiangnan Shipyard and establish the Jiangnan Maritime Academy, with Mr. Chen Zhaoao as the dean. In addition, you can also serve as teachers in it to teach what you are best at. For example, Wei Han teaches ship design, Chen Cairui teaches torpedo manufacturing, Chen Zhaoao taught turbine manufacturing. In this way, we can make the best use of everything and train more talents for our shipyard.”

"My lord, a group of people who have studied abroad are coming back recently, and I think they can also take on this important task." Wei Han recommended a group of students from the Fuzhou Shipping School.

"Oh? What do they study?" Zhao Shouhong was very interested in these students who had returned from studying abroad, especially because they were students studying the shipbuilding industry that Hualan Country lacked the most.

"There are people who study everything. There are Zhu Tiankui, Chen Shishi, Ye Fangzhe, Xu Jianting, Li Guotang, Mao Zhongfang, Lin Guogeng who study shipbuilding, and Feng Xielin, Wang Xiaomu, Li Chengzeng, Hu Engao, and Sa Junqian who study machine furnace manufacturing. All of them are talents." Wei Han hurriedly boasted for his disciples.

"Leave them all. Those who study the manufacture of machine furnaces, I hope to form a laboratory with Mr. Chen Zhaoao, specializing in the research of new ship power. I think your first phase of research should have two directions, steam turbines and Diesel engine system, this is the development direction of the ship's power system in the future, I believe you will gain something." Zhao Shouhong said.

"It's my lord, we must live up to your expectations." Chen Zhaoao saluted with a smile. They were really happy to have such a reasonable lord who could offer good advice.

"Are you going to develop the navy slowly like this, starting from small ships? I feel that the Japanese people will not just watch us grow up. You should always find another way." When the crowd dispersed, Shen Ruoxue leaned close to Zhao Shouhong's ear and said .

Because the two were very close, Shen Ruoxue's orchid-like fragrance was directly transmitted to Zhao Shouhong's nose, and he inhaled vigorously twice, causing Shen Ruoxue to give him a supercilious look.Zhao Shouhong smiled and said, "It smells so good, have you used perfume?"

Being slighted by Zhao Shouhong, Shen Ruoxue blushed, seeing that no one noticed that she reached out to the soft flesh of Zhao Shouhong's waist and twisted it hard. "Ouch." Zhao Shouhong exhaled softly, "You should be gentle."

"Who told you to bully me, tell me what you plan to do." Shen Ruoxue gave Zhao Shouhong a pretty look and said.

Knowing that there are too many people nearby, if the two of them are too ambiguous, it is not allowed in this era, so he had no choice but to put away his frivolity and said seriously: "I feel that if I want to defeat the Japanese country, which has already developed a shipbuilding industry, the only way to do it is to go out." Raiders are good. There are only two kinds of sea raiders in this era, airplanes and submarines. If supplemented by a large number of torpedo boats, they should be able to compete with the Japanese navy in a short period of time. policy."

"You still have some brains." Shen Ruoxue rolled her eyes at Zhao Shouhong and said, "Where do you plan to start first?"

"It will take some time for Feng Ru to develop the aircraft, and the performance of the early aircraft was insufficient to take on the task of attacking battleships. Now the best solution is the submarine." Zhao Shouhong analyzed: "In this era, submarines have begun to enter At the mature stage, the person we can use the most is naturally the famous Huo Lan, who has been ignored by the White Eagle Navy, and this is our opportunity."

"I think you've been dizzy recently. Calculate the time before you find someone. As far as I know, Huo Lan has retired at home now, and at his age of 68, the loess is almost buried up to his neck. Help you build a submarine?" Shen Ruoxue pouted.

Zhao Shouhong patted his forehead: "I've been so busy recently that I forgot about this, but if I don't invite Huo Lan, who else can I invite?" He looked at Shen Ruoxue who was full of smiles.

"Have you forgotten Simon Lake?" Shen Ruoxue said.

Only then did Zhao Shouhong suddenly realize that, as another submarine master comparable to Huo Lan, Simon Lake was much younger.The submarine genius who invented the submarine hull, the double-hull submarine and the airfoil elevator should still be running his Lake Torpedo Boat Company in a miserable state.It's just that at this time, his company was always on the verge of bankruptcy, and it could only turn around during World War I.Now if Zhao Shouhong hired Simon Lake to develop submarines in Shanghai with a high salary, he would probably be very happy to accept it.

While strolling around the factory, the two worked out a new round of poaching plans. They wanted to use their advanced historical knowledge to invite the frustrated masters in the Western Continent and the New Continent to Hualan Country.The existence of these masters will make greater contributions to the technological development of Hualan Kingdom, so as to fill the gap before the growth of local talents.

Zhao Shouhong walked around the factory, and then announced that Qin Zhongyi would be in charge of building a new industrial community around Luchao Port based on Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau and Jiangnan Shipyard. He would invest 500 million silver dollars in building a new factory area and purchasing equipment .Such a large investment by Zhao Shouhong made the people in charge very excited. They knew that Zhao Shouhong was going to make a big deal. With so much financial support, the scale of the factory would never be small.

Chapter 1 Visit

After learning about the situation of the factory, Zhao Shouhong had a clear mind, and he immediately asked Qin Zhongyi to contact him to buy the needed land near Luchao Port, but he was told that the land was not going to be sold.Zhao Shouhong couldn't help frowning. According to the information Qin Zhongyi gave him, the owner of these lands is Yu Qiaqing, the head of the Ningbo Business Gang.

The Ningbo Merchant Gang was also the predecessor of the Jiangning Consortium, the biggest supporter of Jiang Gaishi in the later generations. It is also considered a heavyweight business group in Guanghai today, and it is not easy to offend.Zhao Shouhong is only a Taoist, not a local parent official, so it is not easy to use his official position to put pressure on others.

In order to buy the land, Zhao Shouhong decided to pay a visit in person.Yu Qiaqing was quite surprised when he heard that Mr. Taotai came to visit. Since the people below did not tell him that someone wanted to buy land, he didn't know why this court official came to him.

Zhao Shouhong was invited into the living room, and he found that Yu Qiaqing was not alone here, but two of his companions who were not young.

Zhao Shouhong didn't put on airs at all, he smiled and saluted the three of them as soon as he entered the door: "At the end of the school, Zhao Shouhong came to pay a visit to Mr. Yu, please forgive me for being rude."

Seeing that Zhao Shouhong had no airs of being an official at all, he actually performed the disciple ceremony in the name of being a low-level student as soon as he came up, which made the three old gentlemen feel good about him.Yu Qiaqing smiled and said: "Your Excellency is too polite, how dare we bear it? I don't wait to check, and I can't meet you far away. I hope you will forgive me."

Zhao Shouhong shook his jacket and said: "I am not wearing an official uniform today, you three old gentlemen don't need to be so polite, I am not here as an official today, you can just call me Shouhong. These two old gentlemen are very polite." Mian Sheng, I wonder if Mr. Yu can introduce you."

"Naturally, this is Mr. Zhu Baosan, who is now working in the Chamber of Commerce. This is Mr. Zhou Jinzhen, who has also opened many large factories. They are all my best friends." Yu Qiaqing hurriedly introduced to Zhao Shouhong.

"Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhou, you two are well." Zhao Shouhong also saluted respectfully.

Yu Qiaqing said curiously: "My lord, oh no, Shou Hong. I don't know if you are here to see me this time, what's the matter?"

Zhao Shouhong smiled and said: "There are indeed some things, but now that I have seen so many old gentlemen, I hope that everyone can chat. I heard that you are all the top figures of the Ningbo Merchant Gang, and it is the same in Guanghai City. Influential people, I wonder what kind of business do you think is the most profitable now?"

The three looked at each other, but they didn't know what Zhao Shouhong meant.Zhu Baosan thought for a while and said, "I think it is best to set up a factory for daily necessities, such as oil extraction, flour, soap, towels and other industries. These are the daily necessities of the people, and they will not worry about sales."

"Haven't you guys thought about investing in heavy industry?" Zhao Shouhong looked at the three of them and said something abruptly.

"Heavy industry?" The three of them looked at each other in dismay. Even though they were wealthy tycoons in Guanghai City today, they were still a little reluctant to engage in heavy industry where investment was slow to yield results.Businessmen value profits, they only think about how to make more money faster, and light industry with less investment, quick returns and low technical threshold is naturally their first choice.

"The various civilian factories of the three use foreign machines, don't you think it is too expensive? Once a factory is set up, it will take a year to earn back the money for the machines. What a profit this is." Zhao Shouhong continued asked.

"If there are good enough domestic products, we are willing to buy them, but we are a big country, and now we don't have a decent machine factory." Yu Qiaqing sighed. He is still very patriotic. The year before last, the three of them had joined forces to boycott foreign countries. movement of goods.