Dong Shuheng's next stop is Dongtai Industrial Zone. Now it has a new name called "Dafeng", which means "feng" for a good harvest.
Dong Shuheng had previously wanted to divide this area he first developed into a new administrative region, but because the name was somewhat taboo, it had not been used before.
But now I am not afraid anymore, I have already turned my back, and this taboo matter does not matter. So Dong Shuheng asked the military government to set up Dafeng City here, which is at the county level like Dongtai.
With the development of coastal beaches, there will be more and more cultivated land here, and the population will continue to grow.
Coupled with the population accumulation effect brought by the industrial zone, this vast area is no longer suitable for management under Dongtai.
The newly established Dafeng Military Government was established in the living area of the original industrial zone. It now has tens of thousands of permanent residents and has gathered into the size of a small city. There are neat two-story buildings everywhere, which are ordinary workers.
residential area.
There are also some small villas with beautiful shapes, which are rewards for technicians who have made outstanding technological innovations.
In terms of material distribution, Dong Shuheng does not apply a one-size-fits-all approach, although in his mind workers and technicians are equal.
But everyone's contribution to Huaihai Navy is different. He just wants to give better treatment to those who make more contributions.
He is not afraid of these people comparing themselves or feeling unfair. Only in this way can healthy competition be produced.
Human beings' yearning for a better life is the driving force for their continuous efforts to move forward.
Seawall Avenue is a closed road. Because it is very high from the ground, a slope road will be built as an entrance or exit when encountering cities or large market towns every once in a while. It is somewhat similar to the highways of later generations.
Dong Shuheng's motorcade has now exited from Dafeng.
This exit is different from other exits. There are checkpoints to check people and vehicles coming and going.
Dafeng has a military industry that the Huai Navy needs to keep secret, so there are checkpoints to check people coming and going.
The Huaihai Navy attaches great importance to confidentiality. In fact, in this era, confidentiality is much easier.
Because there is very little population movement now, and most people stay in one place. In addition, there are few accessible roads, so it is easy to check the entry and exit of people in a place.
The convoy stopped for a moment when it arrived at the checkpoint, and naturally Li Cunxun went to negotiate with the officer guarding the checkpoint.
After a while, an officer ran to Dong Shuheng's car, stood at attention and saluted: "Chen Fushan, commander of the first company of the Dafeng District Garrison Regiment, reported to the president."
"Thank you for your hard work. Please take a moment. Chen Fushan, you used to be a security guard in the arsenal, right?"
Dong Shuheng opened the window of the carriage and saw that the young company commander looked familiar. He seemed to have seen him when he inspected the arsenal last time, so he asked casually.
"Yes, President, my subordinate used to be a security guard in the arsenal's security department. President, I opened the door for you last time you visited the arsenal."
Chen Fushan was excited and excited. He couldn't help but rub his hands on both sides of his trouser legs slightly. The president actually remembered him!
"Okay, you go and do your work, I'll go to Dafeng to have a look."
"Yes, President!"
Chen Fushan quickly ran back to the checkpoint and ordered the militiamen guarding the checkpoint to move the Juma away. Then he stood neatly in two rows on the roadside and watched Dong Shuheng's motorcade drive towards Dafeng City.
Dong Shuheng and his party went directly to the Dafeng Military Government. The chief here was very excited when he saw that the president was here in person, and quickly helped arrange food and accommodation.
Dong Shuheng and his party were quite large, and there were hundreds of people including the security personnel. They almost filled up the guest house on the military government side.
Dong Shuheng has two purposes for going to Dafeng this time. One is to get an on-the-spot understanding of the construction situation here. There is the industrial zone where the Huaihai Navy Arsenal is located, and most of the machinery manufacturing factories in Huaihai Navy are concentrated here. It can be said that this is the Huaihai Navy Industrial Zone.
the foundation and core of.
In addition, here is the Huaihai Navy's largest recruit training base and simulation training ground. It is here that the Huaihai Navy continues to supply troops to the Huaihai Navy.
The second thing is to meet several guests from Europe here, the most important of whom are Krupp Jr. and Schönbai.
With Krupp Jr., Dong Shuheng needs to discuss the overall framework of cooperation in building a factory. The Huai Navy is in urgent need of large-caliber naval guns and coastal defense guns. At present, Krupp may be the only one in the world who has mastered this technology.
If these large artillery were imported from Europe, the transportation cost would be too high and it would be extremely uneconomical. In addition, heavy artillery, the current strategic weapon, must be in one's own hands.
Moreover, they also master the forging technology of special steel, these things are very important to Dong Shuheng.
Dong Shuheng did not mind that Krupp became a rich man in China and owned shares in the company. However, these technologies must be in the hands of Huai Haijun, including this newly established company. Huai Haijun must have absolute control over the management of this company.
Dong Shuheng had never even heard of Schönbei. If it was Nobel, he would know a thing or two about it.
But the smokeless gunpowder researched by this man really interested Dong Shuheng.
The Huaihai Navy has always lacked high-end chemical talents. The gunpowder laboratory of the ammunition factory has always been ineffective, and it has only made some improvements to black powder.
Research on smokeless gunpowder proposed by Dong Shuheng has not made much progress. Even if Dong Shuheng gave some hints, it was of no use.
Dong Shuheng's own chemistry skills are at the level of a junior high school student, and the experimental methods he learned before have long been returned to the teacher.
Dong Shuheng hopes that the participation of Scheinbai will advance his smokeless gunpowder plan.
Moreover, Dong Shuheng knew that Schönbai's smokeless gunpowder had been manufactured, and now the last step was to find a suitable stabilizer so that this smokeless gunpowder could be put into actual use.
In addition, Schönbai did not just study the manufacture of gunpowder. His chemical knowledge was very comprehensive. When he was in Europe, he was engaged in chemistry teaching and was a famous chemistry professor. He even published several chemistry textbooks.
Dong Shuheng must keep such a talented person, so he is ready to take action personally. At the same time, Dong Shuheng knows a thing or two about the stabilizer of collodion, and he can also give some suggestions to Scheinbai in this regard, at least to make his
The experiment progresses faster.
Both Krupp Jr. and Schönbain came to China with the return fleet after the New Year. One of them was exiled by his family, and the other went bankrupt because of his experiments. Both of them were very worried about going to China.
of.
Little Krupp has been very smart since he was a child, proficient in chemistry, smelting, and machinery manufacturing. He is considered the most talented heir in the Krupp family. He is also recognized as the person most likely to inherit the old Krupp's career.
But such a promising young man fell in love with a Jewish girl.
This made the always conservative old Krupp very angry. He asked the young Krupp to either break up with Marie or leave the Krupp family.
But Krupp was as stubborn as his father. When the two were in a stalemate, Prince Adalbert found Krupp and asked him to go to China to build a factory and transfer part of his technology to the Chinese.
Old Krupp, who still had a trace of father-son affection in his heart, finally decided to let young Krupp go to China to develop and establish a new business. When young Krupp left with Mary, old Krupp warned him not to go back to China after he arrived.
Back to Prussia.
After boarding the ship, little Krupp had been in a very low mood. The Jewish girl Mary he liked was a positive, optimistic and cheerful girl. Mary was also very worried when she saw little Krupp's state.
She listened to Wang Tao's speech and knew that China was not as ignorant and backward as the outside world rumored.
She also cut out Wang Tao's newspaper articles introducing China, bound them into a volume, and gave them to little Krupp to read. This made little Krupp feel a lot better, at least not so despairing about the future.
There were also some technicians and managers from the Krupp factory on board, all of whom went to China with little Krupp.
It can be regarded as the team arranged by Old Krupp for his son.
They have now been laid off by the Krupp factory.
In fact, after the Anti-French Alliance was disbanded, there were no major wars in Prussia, and the Krupp factory had long had excess production capacity. Old Krupp had long begun to consider layoffs.
These people all moved to China with their families. The economy in Prussia is now very bad, many people are unemployed, and the lives of ordinary people are very difficult. Because of this, the German region has become the largest immigrant exporting center in Europe.
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There was no UnionPay in this era. If these people did not bring their families with them, their families would starve to death in Prussia.
All these talents that Wang Tao collected from Europe disembarked at Haimen Port. After disembarking, there will be specialized people responsible for registering and shunting them.
The Huaihai Navy will allocate them to different places based on their specialties to fill every weak link within the Huaihai Navy.
Of course, they must learn simple Chinese before taking up the job. When they boarded the ship from Europe, they had already started learning Chinese, and there were dedicated Chinese teachers on the ship to teach them.
It takes more than two months for the fleet to reach China from Europe. During this time, letting them learn some Chinese can also make the journey more fulfilling.
Mary's language talent is very good, and she can learn Chinese much faster than little Krupp. Perhaps little Krupp has not completely let go of his past life and is still absent-minded.
After arriving at Haimen, after a short repair, Mary and little Krupp took a car to Dafeng City, which will be their new home.
Along the way, Mary was very curious about everything around her. She found that except for the different clothes, looks, and hairstyles of these Chinese people, there was not much difference between them.
You can see workers working in factories in the city, and farmers working in the fields in the countryside. People also participate in labor. Police patrols can be seen on the streets of the city.
However, people here are more hygienic than Europeans, and the streets in the city are not as muddy and watery as in many places in Europe.
The Chinese officials responsible for receiving them wore neat uniforms and spoke and behaved very appropriately.
Along the way, she also saw many neatly planned farms, which were larger than those in Europe.
There is no sign of ignorance and backwardness here. The people here seem to be richer than ordinary Prussians, and the city is neater and cleaner than Prussia.
After a short journey on the road, they finally arrived at their new home - Dafeng City.
This is a newly planned city, different from the walled Chinese cities Mary saw before.
There are spacious streets and neat residential areas. Most of these residential areas are two-story buildings, neatly arranged in long rows on both sides of the street.
There is a large villa area deep in the city, and she even saw churches and temples appearing in the same city at the same time.
Thinking of the religious freedom promoted by Chinese officials here, Mary knew clearly that maybe she and little Krupp could have a replacement church wedding.
There are various shops, restaurants and even banks and post offices on both sides of the street.
Mary even saw schools and hospitals.
These two buildings are the tallest in the city, so they can be seen at a glance.