Chapter 164: Asking for military expenses

Wu Shaoting analyzed the early situation of this operation from four aspects, and after he finished speaking, he almost ended here. As for the specific arrangement of the uprising operation, he had to wait until the Tongmenghui determines the situation of the militia and determines the situation in the new army by himself before he could make corresponding plans.

He would not have carried out this action hastily. Now Yuan Shuxun is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. There will inevitably be opportunities to take advantage of the new and old. He decided to try his best and invest all the strength he has accumulated over the past year. If he unfortunately fails, the resources of his new army that he has managed for so long will be wasted. Of course, he will not easily think about it in a bad direction. After all, the revolutionary trend has now become a climate in China, and there is still a lot of hope!

After the meeting, Wu Shaoting found Liao Zhongkai, Hu Hanmin and Huang Xing. The four of them stayed in the conference room to discuss another matter. Wu Shaoting told Liao Zhongkai that he had a way to raise firearms, and had already paid a deposit of 60% in advance, with a total of 4,000 American rifles, and the goods could be received in three months. The implication was that the Tongmenghui would end the payment.

Since Hu Hanmin said at the beginning that they raised a revolutionary fund in Hong Kong, the fund must be used on the right path. Instead of letting the fund end in failure, it would be better to pay the arms. Didn’t they still pay a deposit when they contacted Chen Lianbo for a transaction last time?

Because Liao Zhongkai and Hu Hanmin were too fooled, they seemed a little cautious this time and emphasized that the arms were reliable or not. Wu Shaoting smiled indifferently and said, "I have already obtained the sample goods. There are five rifles in total, all of which are not worth the money. After returning to Guangzhou another day, I can give you the gun."

"Then how much does this arms cost in total?" Hu Hanmin asked.

"Add to the bullets, the total is more than 60,000 US dollars, just a fraction of it." Wu Shaoting said.

In fact, Hu Hanmin knew that Wu Shaoting had made a lot of money by opening a company now. He now wanted to say that it would be best for Wu Shaoting to bear the arms payment alone. Everyone is for the revolution. If they can support it, they should support it as much as possible. However, he was worried that Wu Shaoting was busy with so much for the revolution and that the arms were also made big. He said this again and was too unsatisfactory and finally remained silent.

"Shocked, 20,000 US dollars is not a small amount." Liao Zhongkai looked a little embarrassed and sighed, "We did raise a sum in Hong Kong, but the total amount was only 50,000 yuan. If you convert US dollars, it is only a little more than 10,000 yuan."

"Okay, I'll find a way to advance the final payment of 10,000 US dollars, but I hope Mr. Zhongkai can solve the remaining 10,000 US dollars." Wu Shaoting agreed without hesitation. He knew that the so-called revolutionary funding would not be that much, not to mention that Liao Zhongkai, Hu Hanmin and others were all included in the revolutionary expenses for a while.

"That's great. I'm sure I'm a whole-hearted revolutionary patriot!" Liao Zhongkai finally breathed a sigh of relief and said happily.

Huang Xing didn't say anything from beginning to end, and sat there in a muffled voice, smoking his pipe, his face looking elusive behind the smoke.

Wu Shaoting turned to Huang Xing at this time and said to him: "Mr. Keqiang, after the first batch of guns arrive, I will send you Huizhou first. First, Huizhou is far away from Guangzhou, so the investigation will not be so strict, so it is easier to hide it; second, the militia power developed by Mr. Keqiang and Brother Jingcun is the most reliable, and there is no doubt about this."

Huang Xing nodded slightly with the heather pipe in his mouth and said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's do as you want to do it."

The Huizhou meeting lasted for three days, and everyone was discussing the early revolutionary propaganda work in the next two days.

In the following meeting, Wu Shaoting only made one request, that is, he hopes that the Tongmenghui will win over Mo Qingyu, the second bidder of the first mixed association, as soon as possible. As long as Mo Qingyu stands on the side of the revolution, he will definitely be able to obtain strong support during the uprising, and at least to ensure that Mo Qingyu will not stand on the side of the Qing government.

On the 18th, Wu Shaoting, Ni Duan and others returned to Guangzhou. Some of the others stayed to continue planning, while others were locals in Huizhou who did not need to leave. Deng Keng returned to Guangzhou with Wu Shaoting and others. Deng Keng was the chief instructor of the Army Primary School. This time he also took leave to attend the meeting.

Shortly after returning to Guangzhou, Wu Shaoting recommended Deng Keng to the Army Yamen.

The Army Yamen also knew that the Mixed Association was short of people now, and also knew that Wu Shaoting often recommended people and had psychological trust in Wu Shaoting's vision, so he quickly approved it.

At the end of the month, Deng Keng was transferred from the Army Primary School to the First Balance Office as a staff officer. After all, Deng Keng is still too short of his qualifications and his military rank is not high, so it is impossible for him to be promoted to the position of staff officer all at once.

Wu Shaoting's plan was to train Deng Keng to become his adjutant. He originally valued Chen Fang very much, but this young man was obviously too weak and often seemed too unreliable.

Guangzhou soon reached the beginning of autumn, but like in previous years, the summer heat still lasted for a long time.

However, the hot weather is the peak sales season for Zhang Shengting's company. From June to September, the sales of Elegant Juice has exceeded the total in the first half of the year. Wu Shaoting knew that Elegant Juice has formed a huge market share, so he gradually focused on other industries, especially at Huangpu Wharf.

Huangpu Wharf has now returned to its former vitality. Since Wu Shaoting beat the boss of the Boat Gang, all the gangsters have no courage to harass the Wharf. Everyone in the industry knows that Huangpu Wharf is no longer run by the Wu family, and behind the scenes is Zhang Shengting, a large enterprise that combines military, political and business.

As for Chen Lianbai, of course, he was angry and hated. He gave Mo Shicheng good things and spent a lot of money to prepare, but in the end he was out of stock. But he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach. There was a Zhang family at Huangpu Wharf, a military and an American behind the scenes. What can he do?

Wu Shaoting was not concerned about the wharf, but a factory built next to the wharf.

After returning from Huizhou, he went to Hong Kong specifically and met Zhang Zhicheng's eldest son Zhang Zhicheng. He visited Zhang Zhicheng's machinery factory, which mainly produces boilers and rickshaws, carriages and bicycle spare parts. Faced with these two unrelated production lines, he was confused by Zhang Zhicheng's management method.

Zhang Zhicheng was complacent because his factory business was getting better and better recently. With the popularity of bicycles and rickshaws, his factory has doubled its size. As for boilers, there are relatively few orders, mainly providing some marine boilers, train boilers and small civil boilers. Except for receiving railway orders from the Guangdong Provincial Government three years ago, it has only been a few scattered businesses.

Speaking of the railway train boiler orders of the Guangdong Provincial Government, three years have passed, but the railway in Guangdong has not started construction. However, last year I heard that the Railway Bureau has started planning the route and is expected to start construction next year.

After listening to Zhang Zhicheng's introduction, Wu Shaoting decided to let Zhang Zhicheng move the boiler production line to Huangpu. In addition to the existing orders, all future business will be temporarily rejected. He told Zhang Zhicheng that he would support Zhang Zhicheng in carrying out R&D work and create China's most advanced mechanical equipment, not just boilers, but any machinery that is conducive to industrial development is included.

Zhang Zhicheng has never felt happy in recent years because he, a student of the American Polytechnic University, actually did the business of manufacturing machines and selling machines. What was his ambition back then?

Therefore, when he heard Wu Shaoting's request, he agreed on the spot. Anyway, the Hong Kong company could be handed over to others to manage. As the general manager, he just needs to enjoy his achievements, and then he went to Huangpu to carefully study inventions and creations, and move towards his lofty ideals.

Just at the beginning of the second month, Zhang Shengting Huangpu Industrial Company was registered and established, and the factory was ready.

Wu Shaoting asked Wu Guangting to assist in the operation of the industrial company, while Zhang Zhicheng focused on research and development. He planned to allocate 30% of the profits from Zhang Shengting's headquarters every year to fund industrial company. Even for extensive experiments and research, he fully agreed with it.
Chapter completed!