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After spn made the decision to expand the garment factory, Zhang Shusheng finally felt a little more at ease. Although he still held four million marks and more than 200,000 silver dollars in his hands, he knew the importance of preparing for a rainy day, knowing how to continue investing and developing, and considering the long term.

A profit plan cannot be like that of a single person, where one person has enough food and the whole family is not hungry.

In the past few days, even the ideological education work of the militia has been slightly postponed. After just expanding the production of the garment factory to ensure sustained and stable profitability in the next one or two years, Zhang Shusheng went to the power station non-stop. This small

A small hydropower station with only three turbine units is now the nanny of Li Shuping Industrial Belt. [Search for the latest updates here]

The person in charge of the hydropower station is a patriotic overseas student hired with a high salary, Feng Zhen.

"Manager Zhang, you know that my biggest dream is to build countless hydropower stations in China. The reason why I agreed to come to Southwest China was not purely because of the high salary you paid, haha!"

The two were walking side by side on the embankment of the small hydropower station. Feng Zhen looked at the direction of the Jinsha River in the distance. He studied in the United States and studied water conservancy engineering. He chose the southwest because of its extremely rich small hydropower resources.

To say that he came here because of the high salary, it is better to say that he came here because of the rivers that would facilitate him to experiment with hydropower construction, so that he could realize his dream in the future.[

Today, this small hydropower station outside Lishuping just feeds Zhang Shusheng's nascent factories and mines. Except for the headquarters of Shusheng Company, the militia and the school, no other places have electricity yet.

"This is just a tributary of the Xiaoqingjiang River. The next target is the Xiaoqingjiang River, and then the Jinsha River." On the dam, Zhang Shusheng pointed at the river at his feet as if pointing to the mountains and rivers, expressing his dream, "Do you believe it? One day

, we Chinese will also bid farewell to tung oil lamps and use bright electric lamps."

"I also hope that such a dream can come true. China has the world's leading water resources, especially small hydropower resources. At present, the development cost is low, the power supply is small-scale, and the transmission cost is also relatively low. Manager Zhang, don't you know that we

When will Xiaoqingjiang be developed?" Feng Zhen asked impatiently.

Zhang Shusheng did not hide anything. He patted this talented man on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, wait a moment. As soon as the winter dry season arrives, the preliminary construction of the Xiaoqingjiang Water Conservancy Project should be ready to start!"

"Really? That's great, hahaha! Manager Zhang, to tell you the truth, I have prepared the basic plan for the development of Xiaoqingjiang and will send it to you this afternoon." Feng Zhen couldn't help but laugh, saying that he had dreamed of it.

A quasi-medium-sized hydroelectric power station is about to be built, which is one step closer to my dream.

"No problem. In order to save the project in case of failure, you still have to cooperate with those stubborn Germans. Although they are all unsuccessful guys, their talents cannot be denied. We Chinese people are afraid of being poor and backward.

, we should not only develop our own characteristics, but also not forget the strengths of others." Zhang Shusheng reminded that it is good for young people to have ideas, but they cannot be arrogant.

"No problem." Feng Zhen was in a good mood and said with rare emotion: "Manager Zhang, thank you."

"Thank me?"

"Thank you for providing me with a stage to perform. Of course, there is also the high salary to support my family of more than ten people!"

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In the afternoon, Zhang Shusheng went to the third factory, which was also a factory he was very concerned about - the chemical factory of Shusheng Company.

There was a strange smell of rotten eggs throughout the chemical plant. After smelling it for a long time, Zhang Shusheng suddenly remembered that it was the smell of chlorine. But judging from the vague smell of rotten eggs, it should only be a trace amount. Could it be?

Are these people making chlorine through electrolysis?

At present, the proportion of foreigners in chemical plants is relatively high, with 80% of foreigners and old coastal chemical workers. The rest are older students from technical schools, working part-time and part-time.

"My dear boss, look, this is the latest achievement of our chemical plant!" Frank, an American, pointed to the white crystals in a thick glass bottle and introduced it to Zhang Shusheng excitedly.

This Frank is a rather interesting person, and he is also one of the most valuable foreigners recruited by the foreigners at No. 48 Bund, Shanghai. It must be said that those foreign devils have a very vicious vision. After Zhang Shusheng named all kinds of talents he wanted,

They actually found this chemist who went bankrupt buying stocks on the other side of the ocean. Zhang Shusheng paid an agency fee of two thousand oceans for this.

Under the dual pressure of high salary and debt collection, Frank lived a comfortable life in this far-off southwest. No one stopped him from doing any experiments he wanted to do. Of course, more importantly, there were no damn stocks here.

"This is your new chemical crystal? Frank." Zhang Shusheng asked, he really didn't recognize it.

Frank drew circles in front of the crystal like a magic trick, as happy as a child, "Boss, the funds you gave me are not in vain. This is sodium hydroxide of industrial grade purity."

"Sodium hydroxide! Was it produced so quickly? Yes, Frank, you did a good job." Not to mention supplementing basic knowledge through the database of the Dream Machine, even this bankrupt American chemist could make Zhang Shusheng understand that with this thing

Son, the production of soap and toilet soap is not far away.[

After asking carefully, I found out that the chemical plant originally used sodium hydroxide produced by electrolyzing salt water. Although the cost was slightly higher than that produced from sea water, there was nothing that could be done about it. Who made Zhang Shusheng not take advantage of it?

It's on the coast. It's good to be able to buy well salt from Sichuan now.

"Uh, Zhang, you know, with it, our soaps and toilet soaps can even be used to conduct chemical research in high-end fields such as chemical fibers."

Zhang Shusheng held his hands and looked at these white crystals with interest. With it, soap and soap are really not far away. "Frank, how soon can we produce soap?"

"My boss, you only need to wait for a month, and tons of soap will satisfy you." Frank was in a good mood, as if he saw the bonuses flying. "Haha, by then, I should hire a big boss in my family.

It’s time to cook.”

After Frank came to China, in addition to being able to do various experiments with great freedom and no one cared about him, he also ate Chinese food. The family hired two chefs with high salaries for a long time, and he brought a group of foreign devils to eat together at his house every three days.

Drink loudly.

He nodded with satisfaction. Zhang Shusheng didn't mind his hobby. What's the point of eating? Even Sichuan opera has many foreign devils obsessed with it. Of course, these superficial carnivores will be greedy for the profound and profound Chinese food.

He was fully prepared in his mind. The final process of batching the essence into soap would not be handed over directly to the chemical factory. He would separately arrange for farmers to plant a kind of vanilla that has not attracted people's attention so far, and use it according to the formula provided in the dream machine.

Mixed with several other common grassroots plants to form natural flavors, that is the core competitiveness of the soaps you will produce in the future.

While foreigners' research on soap production is still in the process of continuous improvement and exploration, Zhang Shusheng has found this high-quality plant essence from Dream Machine that is simple to produce and pure natural pollution.

"Don't worry, your bonus will not be less than a penny. Moreover, I, your wise and generous boss, have decided to give you a surprise when the time comes."

Looking at Frank who didn't know what was going on, Zhang Shusheng didn't say much. Anyway, things would be clear by the time.

He is very satisfied with the progress of the chemical plant. As long as he has this extremely special pure natural fragrance soap that even Westerners have no chance to crack, and the derived series of other aromatic daily care products, he is the leader of his chemical kingdom.

Only dreams can lay the solid foundation for a start. Frank, obviously, still doesn’t know what kind of new product he will produce.

After wandering around the chemical plant again, especially after checking the work conditions of the students and Chinese engineers, Zhang Shusheng left the chemical plant with satisfaction. Although just half a year did not allow these "national chemistry pioneers" to become unified enough.

He is a chemist who takes the overall situation in mind, but his basic skills are extremely solid, and he will definitely make achievements over time.

Of course, Zhang Shusheng also understands their hard work. Many people work during the day and stay up all night reading until three or four o'clock at night. Knowledge has never been as desired by people as it is today. Especially when there are some people around who have never been able to come into contact with before.

Foreign teacher, this opportunity is too rare.

Zhang Shusheng originally planned to go back at night to perfect the most important part of the follow-up plan, but suddenly he received a piece of great news, which made it difficult for him to calm down.

"Captain, Mr. Huffman asked me to report to you. The military factory is expected to start the production line tomorrow morning and produce the first domestically produced Mauser rifle."

Great! Zhang Shusheng was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night. He couldn't put himself in his shoes. No one knew the suffering he was going through fighting the world with his bare hands. After hearing the news, he finally felt like he was letting out a sigh of relief.

Yes, development is very difficult now, with a lot of hardships and difficulties. But he firmly believes that if you endure more hardship today, sweat more, build more bricks and tiles, lay a solid foundation for your career, and fight in the future.

Only then can we have an absolutely solid industrial foundation, be able to block those bayonets stabbing civilians, and be able to have enough aircraft and artillery to knock down the enemy like harvesting rice.

Looking at the sparse starlight outside, the pale dark clouds seemed to reflect China's future misfortune. Holding the Dream Machine, Zhang Shusheng clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and murmured to himself: "Now that I'm back, I can't let down the whole country."
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