Beiyang reactionaries

"can."

Zhao Shijin nodded.

Overseas Chinese Industrial Company is very strong, and it is a company established by many overseas Chinese bosses.But these people are not philanthropists, they want to make money.Although because of this incident, Duan Xun's affection for Duan Xun has greatly increased, but business is business, and brothers have to settle accounts clearly.The investment in building a railway is astonishing, especially in the southwestern region.That's why they asked for 40 years of operating rights.

And they are not only looking at this railway, but also a series of economic benefits brought along this railway.

Not only for the railway project, they are also willing to lend Duan Xun US$500 million, but they must see the collateral.There is no way they could have lent that much money without collateral.Now that Kang Xinru said that he would mortgage the Qijiang Coal Mine, that's why Zhao Shijin nodded.

"However, we need to investigate the reserves of Qijiang coal mines and the construction progress of Qijiang coal mines. We can only use Qijiang's coal mines as collateral."

"no problem."

"Then we will sign a cooperation agreement."

"it is good."

Kang Xinru finally breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and helped Duan Xun complete another big event.

178 The Forces of All Parties 4

"Amazing, this General Duan is really amazing."

Hanyang Arsenal.

The news of the military conflict between Duan Xun and the British warship spread to Hanyang Arsenal, and there was also a lot of discussion here.After all, this is definitely the biggest and most sensational thing in China right now, and everyone is discussing it.

Liu Qingen sighed repeatedly.

Liu Qingen is not young anymore, and he has seen a lot of things.Liu Qingen is a Hakka from Guangdong, but he came to Sichuan when he was very young and grew up in Sichuan.Therefore, it can also be said that Liu Qingen is from Sichuan.Both Wu Yuzhang and Guo Jingyu, who are from Sichuan, are classmates, and they also went to school together in Japan, and the relationship is very good.

After the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, Liu Qingen participated in the battle of Tainan to defend Taiwan with Liu Yongfu and was injured.After returning to the rear, he joined the Hanyang Arsenal as a technician because he graduated from the Guangdong Marine and Land Division Academy and successively worked in Yizhu, Humen, Jiangyin and other forts.Later, because of his good performance in the Hanyang Arsenal, he was recommended to study in Japan.

In 1906, Liu Qingen was admitted to Tokyo Imperial University, Japan, where he studied machinery and gun manufacturing. In 1909, he went to the German Krupp Arsenal to learn weapon technology.After the Revolution of [-], Liu Qingen accepted the appointment of Sun Yat-sen and became the general manager of Hanyang Arsenal.

Seen too many things.

Since he was sensible, Britain and France have been rampant in China, and he was defeated by Japan in the Sino-Japanese War shortly after he was just an adult.Humiliation has been imposed on China time and time again.

I originally thought that after the Revolution of [-], all these things would change.

Unfortunately nothing has changed.

The European, American and Japanese powers are still domineering in China, but China is losing its sovereignty step by step, and the Chinese government is getting weaker and weaker.This is not only the case with the Beiyang government, but also with Sun Yat-sen.

Facing the European, American and Japanese powers, they dare not be tough, and can only submit every time.

This is definitely the first time.

Duan Xun dared to bombard a British warship, a rare thing in a century.

"Yeah, so brave."

Yu Qingao also nodded repeatedly.

Yu Qingao is also an excellent gun expert at the Hanyang Armory, and worked in various arsenals in China in his early years. In 1914, he inspected the military industries of Britain, France and Russia, and had just returned to China.

After returning to China, he entered the gun factory of Hanyang Arsenal, and is currently developing a "mortar".Just because of the lack of funds, the research work is progressing very slowly.Yu Qingao is two years older than Liu Qingen, already 51 years old.

Like Liu Qingen, but he has witnessed how China was bullied by European, American and Japanese powers.

So it is empathetic.

So relieved.

There is only such a thought.Regardless of the reason for what Duan Xun did, anyway, at the moment when he heard the news, this was what Yu Qingao was thinking about, and he was so relieved.

"Brother Ziqing (Liu Qingen), brother Busheng (Yu Qingao), I have already made my decision. Brother Ziqing will approve my resignation report directly."

Guo Jingyu is very direct.

In fact, Guo Jingyu had already prepared to defect to Sichuan.After all, Guo Jingyu is from Sichuan, and the conditions offered by Sichuan are very good.Sichuan made a promise to Guo Jingyu. As long as Guo Jingyu enters Sichuan, he will help Guo Jingyu build a university for researching weapons and equipment.And the preparatory work of this university is completely handed over to Guo Jingyu.

It has been Guo Jingyu's dream for many years to train more experts in weapon manufacturing for China.The establishment of a university in this field is something he has never thought about.But the Sichuan side said it would build such a university.

"Are you really going to Sichuan?"

"kindness."

Liu Qingen sighed.

In fact, there are many people in the Sichuan Arsenal and the Hanyang Arsenal.This includes Liu Qingen and Yu Qingao, the top gun experts in the Hanyang Arsenal.In fact, in the past two years, many technicians from Hanyang Arsenal have defected to Sichuan, but Sichuan's appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and they have begun to recruit the main technicians and top technicians of Hanyang Arsenal.

Unexpectedly, Guo Jingyu had already been persuaded.

Liu Qingen and Guo Jingyu are classmates, both of them studied machinery and gun manufacturing at Tokyo Imperial University in Japan.After returning to China, Liu Qingen served as the general office of the Hanyang Arsenal, while Guo Jingyu built the Ordnance Engineering College under the Hanyang Arsenal to train technical personnel for the Hanyang Arsenal.At present, most of the young technicians in Hanyang Armory are trained by Guo Jingyu.

Guo Jingyu's departure dealt a heavy blow to Hanyang Arsenal.Liu Qingen can even imagine that once Guo Jingyu leaves, a large number of his students will leave with him and enter Sichuan together.

"I have received the news. This time there was a military conflict with the British warships. Sichuan used heavy artillery purchased from Japan. And the main imitations of the Sichuan Arsenal are Japanese weapons. There are a large number of Japanese technicians in the Sichuan Armory, so Sichuan The arsenal is deeply influenced by Japan. However, General Duan hopes that his arsenal can be completely self-reliant, able to follow an independent path, complete the localization of weapons and equipment, and completely get rid of the influence of foreign weapons. I agree with General Duan very much.”

Guo Jingyu did not hide his views at all.

Because Liu Qingen and Yu Qingao have been friends of Guo Jingyu for many years, and they have a good relationship.More importantly, all three are technicians, and there are not many taboos.Say whatever you want.

"This General Duan is really a different kind."

Yu Qingao nodded slightly.

Yu Qingao has worked in most of the military factories in China.Therefore, Yu Qingao is very familiar with the current situation of Chinese military factories.The development levels of various military factories are uneven, and the most powerful ones are Hanyang Arsenal and Jiangnan Manufacturing Factory.

These two arsenals are the most technically powerful and largest among the Chinese arsenals.

However, the development in the past few years has also been very unsmooth, because the upper management trusts foreign weapons and foreign technicians more, and does not trust their own arsenal and their own technicians.Therefore, these people would rather buy foreign arms than invest in Chinese arsenals, resulting in a serious shortage of funds for arsenals.Under such a trend of thought, which arsenal would dare to say that China's weapons should be localized, and which Chinese leader would dare to say that weapons should be localized.

But Duan Xun dared to think so.

It is indeed different from what most people in China think.

"Not only this, but the biggest reason why I chose to go to Sichuan is that General Duan has promised that as long as I go to Sichuan, I will be personally responsible for the establishment of the China University of Science and Technology, which will specialize in training China's weapons manufacturing talents."

"Really?"

Both Liu Qingen and Yu Qingao were very surprised.

At present, there are no specialized weapons manufacturing universities in China, and there are only some training schools.If Duan Xun really establishes a China University of Science and Technology, it will definitely be a milestone in the history of China's weapons development.

"Yes. General Duan has already mapped out a piece of land in Chengdu, and he personally provided 30 yuan as the initial start-up funds. There will be financial allocations for subsequent funds."