Chapter 72: Staggering steps

In 1910, there were two revolutionaries in Xi'an, one named Jing Meijiu and the other named Duzhong Fu. When the two were drinking soy milk at a stall, Duzhong Fu saw a meteor streaking across the sky and casually said, "Comets are appearing from east to west.

Xuantong lasted two and a half years!"

Jing Meijiu responded very cooperatively: "This nursery rhyme has been circulating for a long time, but I don't know what it means."

What’s interesting is that the soymilk seller didn’t report it to such a rebellious person. Instead, he agreed with it and said: “What do you mean, it means that the Qing Dynasty is almost over. The Ming Dynasty only lasted for two hundred years, and the Qing Dynasty only lasted for more than two hundred years.

It’s been years, why don’t you still die?”

Neither of them took the matter seriously the next day, and as soon as they left home, the rumor had spread throughout the city.

The Qing Dynasty was really at the end of its tether! The businessmen all thought so, which shows that the people at that time had lost all their support.

Fang Jianxiong, who is far away in Wuhu, dismisses such rumors. What Fang Heizhai believes in most is the barrel of a gun and the ocean. Without these two things, nothing can be done.

At the foot of a not too high hillside outside Wuhu County, not many people paid attention to the roar of the manufacturing bureau's machines. All the land in this area was bought by the Eurasia Group.

Fang Jianxiong, dressed in military uniform and casual clothes, was walking in the workshop, accompanied by Li Muyan, the core staff member, Gio and Sting, the German engineers kidnapped from Germany with a high salary, and others. Yes, this Gio Sting was kidnapped.

This guy used to run a machinery factory, but it failed due to poor management. Fang Jianxiong asked Biel to help find some engineers who could work for a long time. As a result, Biel sent someone to kidnap Georgin and gave him two options:

Signing a long-term contract to go to China could help him pay off his debts, or pay them off immediately. Georgin, who couldn't afford a bank loan, had no choice but to come to China to hang out. Unexpectedly, the treatment here was good, and he earned more than working in Germany.

As a result, this guy brought his wife over and now lives in the family area. Fang Jianxiong was so concerned about these technical talents that he arranged a job for his wife as a German teacher, teaching some students who went to Germany to study.

"This Tian Sanjin is the best technician here. His skills are comparable to German technicians. He has brought out fifteen apprentices alone, but these apprentices have not yet graduated." Gio, Steen

Pointing to a middle-aged man who was busy at the far end to introduce, Fang Jianxiong took a look with a smile and found that there was a foreign Japanese standing next to him, holding a caliper in his hand to measure. After finishing, he gave the apprentice a thumbs up.

"Chambers, a retired American soldier, is proficient in firearms and a technician. His understanding of firearms is amazing!" Gio Sting introduced again: "The manufacturing bureau currently produces 10,000 pointed bullets per day, and 75 artillery shells per day.

Hundreds of rounds, repairing firearms is no problem. This is a K98 rifle that was successfully copied last month, and there is not much problem with the quality. The biggest restriction at present is that most of the raw materials are imported. If the raw materials are sufficient, a thirty-gun Japanese K98 rifle can be

Not a problem."

Georgin's triumphant introduction made Fang Jianxiong feel very bitter in his heart. This industry is indeed not easy to develop. After spending so much money, we can only produce so much output now.

Taking the rifle from Ge Austin's hand, Fang Jianxiong played with it skillfully and praised with a smile: "Yes, it's not easy to do this from scratch. The batch of machines you want will be shipped the day after tomorrow, operate the machines

Are there enough manpower?"

Georgin said: "Manpower is not a problem for the time being. There is a sufficient reserve of technical talents here. There are more than a hundred young people studying in the technical school. They will graduate at this time next year. After half a year of internship, another group of qualified people will

Mechanic."

The technical school run by Fang Jianxiong is right next to it. The teachers are all recruited from Shanghai, and there are also more than a dozen technicians from Germany who came with the machine. These technicians signed a three-year contract, and one and a half years have passed before my eyes.

, Fang Jianxiong was somewhat worried about the shortage of skilled workers. Now it seems that Georgin is more confident than the boss, maybe because the factory is too small.

In the past few years, Fang Jianxiong's manufacturing bureau has been investing heavily, and its current scale is actually quite large. However, due to some objective reasons, Fang Jianxiong continues to keep a low profile, reserve talents, and wait for the opportunity to explode.

"If the raw materials are sufficient and the new machinery and equipment are debugged and installed, what level can the daily output reach?" Fang Jianxiong made final confirmation, and Georgin Austin touched his green chin and thought about it and said: "One hundred K98 rifles per day.

Thirty thousand rounds of pointed bullets and two hundred rounds of 75 shells."

This number sounds like a lot, but in fact Fang Jianxiong is not satisfied. The manufacturing bureau has invested six million silver dollars, and has not received a penny back. In exchange for these outputs, there is a pile of waste. This money can already equip two infantrymen.

Master.

However, this manufacturing bureau cannot be ignored. There is no future in always relying on imported arms.

"No, it's too little! We still need to find ways to improve it! Do you think this will work? Let some simple parts be made by outside companies, such as gun stocks, bayonets, etc.!" Fang Jianxiong put forward an opinion. At present, this place is

It’s such a waste of manpower to do everything yourself.

"In this case, I am confident to increase the output by 20%." Georgin replied rigorously: "If possible, the first batch of technical school students will leave next winter, and after passing the internship, a batch of mechanical equipment will be added.

, the production capacity should be more than doubled.”

So be it! Although Fang Jianxiong is still a little dissatisfied, there is nothing he can do about it. When he is done, he has to praise him in a happy tone: "That's right. Don't get obsessed with the results in front of you."

After leaving the manufacturing bureau, Fang Jianxiong sighed slightly. "Why do you sigh, sir?" Li Muyan didn't say much. He was a layman and didn't dare to expose his shortcomings. Following Fang Jianxiong these days, Li Muyan had already seen that Fang Heizhai was ambitious.

, it’s not something in the pond at all. Li Muyan was very happy about this discovery.

"It's so hard!" Fang Heizhai was actually shouting in his heart, damn it's killing people, others can easily set up the industrial system after traveling back in time. I've been working hard for so long to get such a small fortune.

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A river ship docked at the newly built pier, and the crowded pier suddenly burst into cheers, with loud gongs and drums and firecrackers blasting to celebrate the completion and putting into use of the new pier.

County Magistrate Zhu Xiufeng's face was full of spring breeze, he kept stroking his goatee, and repeatedly offered his hands to the surrounding merchant gentry.

Since the emergence of Eurasia Group, Wuhu has undergone earth-shaking changes. New factories have been continuously built, bringing a large number of job opportunities. In addition, Fang Jianxiong has launched a series of bundled cooperation with rent and interest reductions, which has brought great benefits to the business gentry in the county.

While it has brought huge benefits, it has also greatly reduced the people's life pressure.

Compared with several surrounding counties, Wuhu did not have any riots or disturbances during the period of 1910. In several surrounding counties, there were successively incidents of people causing trouble. On this point, Zhu Xiufeng was quite proud.

The rise of the Eurasian Group was under his care, although he did not take any less dividends from dry shares.

Fang Jianxiong did not appear at the celebration ceremony, which is somewhat regrettable.

At this time, Fang Jianxiong arrived in Dangtu County, followed by a squad of guards, each carrying a pair of guns, and no one should approach him!

Holding the map in his hand, Fang Jianxiong looked at the mountains and forests in front of him and said, "Is this Ma'anshan?"

George, who was accompanying him, said: "Yes, this is it. I want to buy them all. I don't know how much it will cost."

Li Muyan took a step forward and said: "The maximum is 200,000 yuan, of which there are still 20,000 for management."

Several surrounding counties were handled by Li Muyan, a staff member. This guy was really good at what he did.

"Okay, then buy it and leave the matter to Mr. Mu Yan." He picked up the pencil, drew a circle on the map and said, "You have to move quickly. I think we can send someone over first and do it first."

Good infrastructure.”

George, who was ordered to invite Americans to survey, immediately said: "The planning drawings have been prepared and can be constructed at any time!"

Fang Jianxiong calculated the time in his mind and said: "It is now October 10, 1910, there is still a whole year!"

George shook his head and said: "The first phase of the project is designed to produce 50,000 tons of steel per year. To complete the entire construction period, one year will definitely not be enough. It will take at least eighteen months. However, our engineer said that the second phase can be completed quickly.

a lot of."

What the two people said was completely wrong, and Fang Jianxiong did not explain. He looked at the barren mountains in front of him and remained silent for a long time.

"Let's go!" Fang Jianxiong finally turned around and got on his horse.

In Xuancheng County, the end of the bandits on Jiulian Mountain has come. Two patrol battalions starting from Wuhu have surrounded the village with one shot and one shot.

When the artillery battalion's 37 fast artillery set up their positions, the infantry battalion officer Huyan Aobo, who was holding a six-fold Zeiss telescope, spat, walked quickly to the artillery battalion's position, and poked the artillery battalion's battalion officer Cheng Zhixuan with his elbow.

Huyan Aobo, who was born in the team, has always regarded himself as a direct descendant. He is not very fond of Cheng Zhixuan, a guy who came to join him halfway.

"I asked Lao Cheng, can you do it?"

Cheng Zhixuan ignored him. After the Anqing uprising failed, Cheng Zhixuan led dozens of people to fight all the way to Hefei. In the end, he couldn't hold on anymore, so Wu Yanggu introduced him to Wuhu. Only then did Cheng Zhixuan know that Fang Jianxiong also wanted to revolution.

Sponsored a lot of money to the Alliance.

"Someone is coming out!" Huyan Aobo shouted, and Cheng Zhixuan quickly walked to the gun scope, took a look and reported the scale. The artillery that was ready immediately finished loading.

"The first shot is ready! The second shot..." A total of eighteen 37 cannons were aimed at the cottage!

"Huyan, they seem to be surrendering!" Cheng Zhixuan clearly saw someone coming down holding a white flag. Huyan Aobo raised his binoculars and looked at it and said: "There is only one person coming out, let's fight for a round first, and then talk to them. You are next door to Mala

!I’m surrounded and I still want to negotiate! If I don’t see any blood, you won’t be able to spare me if I go back.”

Boom boom boom! A round of firing from the 37 cannon caused the village to burst into flames. The man holding the white flag lay on the ground not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

In view of the chaos in Nanling, Fang Jianxiong asked the German instructors to draw up a plan after returning. Regularly take turns to send patrol battalions out to suppress bandits! The euphemistic name is, practice while fighting, the effect is better. This trick is very effective, as a soldier

After seeing the blood, my legs no longer felt weak.

c!~!
Chapter completed!