I traveled through time, starting with two acres of land and a dog

"Uncle Qin, what you said makes sense. We have limited financial resources now and cannot purchase rifle and bullet production lines. We also don't have channels to purchase gun parts. If you have any, please help us make the connection. We will definitely pay the full amount in cash," Du Chenyu said sincerely while looking at Master Qin.

"In fact, the most important thing is the gun barrel. Many other accessories can still be made slowly. The control of gun barrels is similar to that of arms. Buying and selling are strictly prohibited," Qin Ye said with a frown.

"Uncle Qin, you will be the technical director of the base and deputy director of the machine repair factory in the future, and you will hold a red card pass. In the future, if you think there are areas in the factory buildings in this base that need improvement, please discuss it directly with Uncle Hu Wu and Mr. Shen, and then make improvements. If you have any difficulties, just tell me directly and I will find a way. I hope you, Uncle Qin, will help me," Du Chenyu stood up, walked in front of him, and bowed to him.

"Master Chenyu, Master Chenyu, get up quickly, you are embarrassing me. I, Old Qin, have been wandering for half my life, doing low-paying jobs, and can't even protect my wife. I never thought that I would meet a wise master in my old age. Master Chenyu, since you think highly of me, I will repay you and make good guns for you", old man Qin was so moved that he shed tears. He hurriedly squatted down and helped him up.

"We are even more powerful with the help of Uncle Qin and Brother Jiang. Brother Jiang, where did you work before?" Du Chenyu sat back in his seat and asked the tall and thin young man at the door.

"Mr. Chenyu, I'm ashamed to say that I was originally from Guang'an and studied at Chengdu Technical School. But my family was attacked by bandits and my parents were killed. I had to drop out of school, went home to pay homage to my parents, and then went to Chongqing to make a living. But life was difficult and I didn't make a name for myself," he said while wiping the moist burn ointment off his glasses with his hand.

"I'm sorry for asking about everyone's sad past. We are all strangers in this world, and every family has a past that they can no longer look back on. It's just that I'm small and weak, and I can't change this cannibalistic and chaotic world. I hope we can all work together and not give up, not abandon each other, and move forward hand in hand." Du Chenyu looked at everyone's sad past and stopped asking. If the family was happy, no one would be willing to drift from a big city to the mountains.

"Yes, Master Chenyu, never give up, never abandon, and work together for progress." Everyone stood up and repeated this sentence. (According to later records of the Party history, Wu Zu was in a cave in Beishan, sitting around a stove, and said that the highest principle that the comrades in the organization had always practiced was "never give up on the ideals of the team, never abandon comrades, and work together for the revolutionary cause.")

"Okay, let's stop discussing this for now. Let's have stewed rice together at my place tonight. Sister Xiaowan will cook in the house. Let's have a couple of drinks. I'll go back first." Du Chenyu saw that the topic was still open for conversation, so he calmed down for the time being. There is still a long way to go.

"Mr. Chenyu, take care," they walked him to the door together.

Now he can finally repair guns, which has solved a lot of his worries. In the past, several masters could repair muskets and rifles, and simple faults of rifles could be eliminated. However, they could not repair slightly more difficult guns because spare parts could not be manufactured. Now they can manufacture spare parts, which has basically solved the problem of repairing more than 100 broken guns in the warehouse.

"Fifth brother, now that broken rifles can be repaired, you have to increase the purchase of broken guns from today on, as well as the purchase of spare parts and the stockpiling of wood for gun stocks. Currently, only the birch trees on the top of Linshui Mountain are relatively good materials for gun stocks, so you have to speed up transportation and storage," Du Chenyu said to Hu Laowu next to him.

"Yes, Mr. Chenyu, even if you can't buy guns, you can still buy some broken guns. We have been storing spare parts, so don't worry," said Hu Laowu.

"In the evening, you can invite several leaders from the school to have a simple meal together," said Du Chenyu.

After the guns were out, they went to the textile factory, which was currently the most profitable factory and also the one with the most workers. There were dozens of female workers weaving. In addition to two looms, there were also more than a dozen hand-cranked spinning and weaving machines. Watching the steam engine driving the huge rotating wheel to turn, making a loud rumbling sound, it marked that their Baizhang base had officially entered the industrial age.

"Good, very good. This is the turning point of our base. Starting next year, we will let Second Aunt enter the textile factory to learn weaving and management of employees. She has learned enough in the past few years and can start working. In the future, this will be what we need to expand the scale and earn a treasure trove of income. Every time we take over a place, we will open a textile factory there. If you have money, you can buy machines, and the technical difficulty is not high." Du Chenyu stroked the huge steam engine. The coldness felt bone-chilling, but the roar of the machine did bring him warmth, which made him happier than winning a war.

"Mr. Shen is still in Chongqing, continuing to purchase some scarce materials. I guess there will be a second batch of textile machines," said Hu Laowu.

"Then I will transfer Wang Shouyi to the base to be your deputy. You know him, and he has similar experience in Wuying. He is well-educated and capable, and can take on some management tasks." Du Chenyu suddenly thought that Wang Shouyi and his people were managing Yu Yuedong's industries, making Yu extremely rich. He had seized so many families, so apart from the Yang family, he was naturally the second richest.

"That's great. Wang Shouyi has been kind to people in recent years. He is a local and reliable. Most importantly, he is well-educated. Finally, someone can help me interpret those contract documents," Hu Laowu said happily.

We browsed through the various factories and went to the swallowtail boat construction base by the river. Currently, they have a caravan of more than a dozen ships, sailing at the mouth of the Donghe River, directly to the dock at the junction of Cangxi County and the Jialing River. The goods are then loaded onto large ships and sail south along the Jialing River to Chongqing. The establishment of the fleet has greatly increased their coal sales, basically achieving a monthly income of over ten thousand oceans and a profit of more than 2000 oceans. It is truly their largest industry.

"Fifth brother, what do you think is missing in our current business?" Du Chenyu asked.

"Mr. Chenyu, to be honest, although I followed you to learn how to run a shop in Wuying four or five years ago, and bought and sold mountain products, farm tools, and daily necessities, but those were all small businesses. Now we have such a big base, and the one in Baizhang is also the largest factory. We don’t have many channels for buying and selling goods, and we can’t establish them in a short time. We basically rely on the Zhou and Wang channels in the eight alleys in the city to sell them. I often feel overwhelmed. Although Mr. Shen is knowledgeable, business has its own industry rules, and we still don’t understand them very well. Therefore, many goods can only be sold to others at low prices, so the profit is not high," Hu Laowu said in one breath, clearly aware of his own shortcomings. To be honest, we are a group of peasants after all, and it is not easy to establish our own trade channels. This requires accumulation and cannot be changed in a short time.

"Do you have a simple and quick way?" Du Chenyu asked Hu Laowu.