Wuhan Hanyang Arsenal is a military manufacturing enterprise founded by Zhang Zhidong, a representative of the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty, after arriving in Hubei, formerly known as Hubei Gun Factory, which was completed in 1894.

Although the Hanyang Arsenal was established later than the arsenals in other provinces, it did not hesitate to purchase from Germany the most advanced complete sets of equipment such as the Lianzhu Mauser and the Krupp Mountain Cannon, and the Hanyang-style 79 rifle (made in Hanyang), land fast artillery, and mountain fast artillery produced by the Hanyang 79 rifle (made in Hanyang), land fast artillery, and mountain fast artillery were all relatively advanced military equipment at that time, so it became the largest and most advanced military enterprise in the late Qing Dynasty.

Today, China's most advanced arsenal is under the jurisdiction of the Beiyang Army's War Department, and its director at the time was Liu Qingen, China's most famous local gunners in modern times.

Liu Qingen, a national minister, is a native of Deyang, Sichuan. Graduated from Guangdong Water Master School.

In 1895, he participated in the Battle of Tainan to defend Taiwan after the First Sino-Japanese War with Liu Yongfu, the "Black Flag General", and was wounded in the leg in the battle with the Japanese army. After returning to the rear, he entered the Hubei Gun Factory (Hanyang Arsenal) as a mechanic.

Later, he was sent to Japan by Hubei Province to study machinery and gun production, and graduated from Tokyo Imperial University. Join the League while staying in Japan. After returning to China, he still entered the Hubei Arsenal, and then went to the German Krupp Arsenal to study and inspect for two years.

Therefore, it is not so easy for the second master to order machine gun bullets.

After all, its current director is different from those bureaucrats of the Beiyang government, so the second master had to come to Wuhan in person. If you want to play some shady private bribery methods, this will not work in Liu Qingen.

Liu Qingen is a true patriot who once ruined his family and saved the country. He is not one of the current bureaucrats of the Beiyang government.

But the second master is now in urgent need of 7.92mm machine gun bullets, because all the American goods in his inventory are 7.62mm rifle cartridges.

The second master is now in an embarrassing place with guns and no bullets. There are 200 "Hitler chainsaws" stored in his space! That's a big tiger that "eats bullets" infinitely! However, this time there was no machine gun in Xinjiang, and the most advantageous weapon against horse bandits and cavalry was machine gun.

Therefore, the second master's trip to Hanyang Arsenal is a necessary itinerary for the second master. If he wants to buy the ammunition he needs, he must take down Director Liu.

The second master also plans to take advantage of the opportunity of this sweep into Xinjiang to completely solve the Ma family army bandits that have endangered the northwest Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningbo regions for many years! They have enslaved the people of the Northwest for many years! The Qing government can't control it, and the Beiyang government doesn't care about the people's livelihood in the northwest.

Therefore, the second master has long made up his mind - this time, let me let the second master Zhang completely and cleanly solve this national cancer that exists in the hinterland of China!!

This time, the second master came to the Hanyang Arsenal because he would not give up if he did not buy ammunition. The second master also learned from the information of later generations that in 1914, there was a serious shortage of funds for the operation of the Hanyang Arsenal, and the money owed to foreign merchants for materials alone amounted to 500,000 oceans.

Factory director Liu Qingen has repeatedly applied to the Beiyang government for funding but without success. In the end, in June of this year, Director Liu had to stop production and slack off.

This is the opportunity for the second master to come here, the second master is rich!

The second master came to Wuhan and found Director Liu's home for the first time. Due to the shutdown of the factory, when the second master came to him, Director Liu happened to be resting at home.

"Hello Director Liu! I am Zhang Pengxiang, a native of Beijing. I can solve your funding problems! ”

When the second master saw Director Liu, who opened the door, he hurriedly and quickly said the purpose of his visit. Because he saw that Director Liu was already impatient and ready to close the door.

The most effective way to deal with such an unbureaucratic official is to go straight to the core issue that he is most concerned about - the survival of the arsenal!

Really! The topic of funding aroused the interest of Director Liu.

"Zhang Pengxiang, right! People from Beijing? ~~~ Is there anyone in your capital government? ”

Director Liu also thought that the second master was a sewing person who made a sewing fee. Recently, there have been several groups of people who are "related to the top" looking for him.

He was also helpless, and there was no hope for normal fund declaration.

As long as the conditions are acceptable, these nasty "sewing people" have no choice but to admit it for the resumption of work in the arsenal and the jobs of tens of thousands of employees in the factory.

But the first few openings were 30% rebates, which was difficult for him to accept.

"Director Liu, you misunderstood. I can't bear to see our country's most advanced arsenal, it's so yellow!

So I intend to invest 5 million silver dollars in your factory so that it can continue to produce qualified weapons and ammunition for the army of our country.

It's a troubled time! Without our own defense industry, we will suffer a big loss in front of the great powers! ”

The second master used the country's righteousness to continue to fool Director Liu. has an expression of worrying about the country and the people, in order to raise his image as Director Liu!

A good impression, but a stepping stone to conversation.

It's not the first time this kind of performance has been performed since this product crossed over, and the more you use it, the smoother it becomes. It's a shame not to go on stage to perform~

"Your own private investment? Are you kidding me? ~~~ This is the factory of the country! How is it possible to let you own the shares privately? ~~~ Besides, I don't have the right to do that! No way! No way! ~~~”

"Director Liu! You listen to me~ I don't want to own the shares of your factory! I just came from the only arsenal that can make my own guns with a patriotic heart and a desire to save our country. My sincerity is evident! ”

As he spoke, the second master took out a silver ticket of 5 million oceans from the inner pocket of his suit.

"Director Liu! This is Deshengchang's 5 million silver ticket, I think you should know it, right? ~~~ As long as you agree to my conditions, this silver ticket is yours. ”

Director Liu was like a drowning man grasping the last straw at this time, and his eyes were full of longing.

"What conditions do you have? Let's hear about it~~~"

Seeing that Director Liu did not lose his mind, he promised himself. The second master secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the person who can still maintain a sober feeling in the face of interests is the person that the second master needs. He wants to dig people again at this time~~~

"Rest assured! My terms are beneficial to both of us. ”

"Please say ~~~"

"(1) I want to buy 5 million rounds of your German 7.92mm machine gun smokeless tip gun within five days. Of course, the price is also the ex-factory price of your factory 1000 rounds 80 oceans. ”

The second master knew that his request was for nothing, and the Hanyang Arsenal produced 1.2 million rounds of bullets per day during World War II in later generations. So now the output of 1 million rounds per day is not difficult for the Hanyang Arsenal.

Director Liu thought about it and said without hesitation:

"There's no problem with that. But our factory doesn't care about delivery! ”

"You don't have to worry about the delivery, you just need to deliver the goods to the dock, in the warehouse I rented, so there is no problem, right?"

"That's fine!"

"(2) I want to ask you to borrow a few skilled and educated technicians, I want to set up a military technical school."

"You want to run a military school?"

The second master knew that this director Liu, and his greatest wish in life was to open a military school for the Chinese. Sure enough, it is the best way to poach people. Doesn't this whet Director Liu's appetite?

"Yes! I'm going to run a comprehensive technical school. China's technology is too backward, we should keep up with the pace of the times, if we don't catch up now, we will only be pulled further and further away by the great powers! ”

"That's great! When your school is set up, I will definitely pick it for you, and the best technicians in our factory will lend it to you! ”

"Thank you so much!"

The second master is not in a hurry anyway, and he is going to dig people now. As long as you go to Xinjiang and build a comprehensive modern university town, you don't have to worry about talents like Director Liu not coming to invest. Today is just a foreshadowing for Director Liu.

"Director Liu, let's continue?"

"Oh! You said! You said! ”

"(3) I need to buy a lot of TNT explosives, the more about the better."

"Do you know that our factory can make TNT explosives?"

Director Liu was surprised that the TNT explosives had just been successfully produced by their factory in May 1913 last year. Few people on the outside know about it. It seems that this guy from the capital has done his homework.

In fact, where did the second master do his homework? He only knew from the memories of later generations that the Hanyang Arsenal was the only arsenal that could manufacture smokeless propellants and military TNT explosives before the liberation of China.

Like Yan Xishan's arsenal and the Northeast Arsenal, neither of them can independently produce TNT and smokeless propellants. Because these two well-known arsenals do not have chemical plants to match, some raw materials need to be imported.

However, the Hanyang Arsenal has its own supporting chemical plant and supporting metal smelter. It is said that it was the most advanced arsenal before the liberation of China, but it is not bragging!

It was really the most complete and advanced arsenal at that time!

"Of course! Since I want to invest money, I must do some research. ”

"And what do you want so much TNT for?"

"Director Liu! Rest assured! I won't do anything that would bring harm to the country and the people with these explosives. I am going to open up the road into Xinjiang, and I want to build a direct railway to Xinjiang. These explosives were used to open roads in the mountains. ”

"That's good! That's good! You know it's military explosives, and it's very harmful! ”

"Understood! I'm not going to let a single gram of it go to the people! ”

"Why are you building this railway?"

"Because, it has hung too far beyond the center of China. I want to change this situation where the government doesn't work. ”

Oh, yes! Xinjiang, Mongolia, and Tibet, which were unstable frontier provinces in later generations, were isolated from the central government for too long, and foreign forces mixed too much sand, so they did not often make some "international news" from time to time.

But in the second master's case, this kind of thing will never happen again! The second master intends to solve these troubles that will arise in the future from the root!