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"The Patagonian Indians want to send me a woman?"

Li Mingyuan took a document handed over by Shen Fushan, director of the Security Department, and said with a smile, "Even the Patagonians know that I don't have a family, and it seems that this matter can't be delayed any longer.

Fukuyama, you talk to Liang Xing, director of the Nanyang Military Intelligence Department, and say that I agree with their recommendation, and let them send Wu Lingxuan to the mainland in a few days, and wait until the reunification of Argentina to hold the wedding. ”

"Miss Wu is gentle and gentle, and she is a good match with His Royal Highness."

Shen Fushan said a good word, and then said, "Director Liang has a message, the Jiangnan shipyard set up in Shanghai by the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been permanently suspended a month ago, and more than 200 skilled and skilled workers in the shipyard have lost their jobs and are busy looking for jobs in other places. ”

"Jiangnan Shipyard has been shut down for a year or two, right?"

"Just two years later, in April 1876, after the completion and launch of the Jinou mosquito gunboat, the Manchu government high-level ship-buying and ship-building factions had a fierce dispute, and finally the ship-buying faction prevailed and stopped the shipbuilding plan of the Jiangnan shipyard, and the shipbuilders in the shipyard also waited for two years without starting work."

Although Zeng Guofan suppressed the Heavenly Movement, but his vision and insight are still there, in 1861 he established the Jiangnan Shipyard against public opinion, and produced the first ironclad ship in Asia, but Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan's vision is far worse, Li Hongzhang only pays attention to the development of the Huai Army under his command, in order to expand the interests of the Beiyang Group, the ready-made shipyard is not used, but to buy warships from the powers,

Short-sighted and private-minded, I don't think the naval forces belonging to the Beiyang Group can achieve great tasks in his hands. ”

"His Royal Highness clearly saw that the Jiangnan Shipyard and the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau were established earlier than the two local shipyards, and before the Jiangnan Shipyard was not stopped in 1876, although the Manchu government's shipbuilding capacity did not exceed that of the Xinjing Shipyard and the Xinghe Shipyard, it was more than enough to suppress several shipyards in Dongying, but after the Manchu government gave up building ships on its own and decided to purchase warships from foreign powers, Dongying used the technology learned from imitating the purchase of British warships, and was able to build small ironclad ships independently. The gap between the Manchu government's shipbuilding technology and that of Dongying is getting smaller and smaller, and in a few years, it is not surprising that the position of the largest shipbuilding country in Asia will fall on Dongying.

The 1,350-ton ironclad ship built by Xinjing Shipyard was successfully launched, and the domestic shipbuilding capacity completely surpassed that of the Manchu government in technology, and the technical workers of Xinjing Shipyard basically mastered the patented technology purchased from Darman, even without the guidance of Darman and the French mechanics he brought.

The Xinjing shipyard also has the ability to manufacture its own three-stage expansion steam engine and an entire ironclad ship.

Your Highness, it is safe to say that after ten years of development, the local warship construction capacity is slowly catching up with the average level of Western countries, and with the return of students sent to Britain, Germany, and France in recent years, the ability of Han to build ships on its own will also grow faster and faster. ”

"In order to develop two shipyards, the government has invested financial support for ten years, after all, the local population is limited, the population of the mainland is 40,000, relying on the support of a huge number of people, Zeng Guofan decided to establish the Jiangnan Shipyard has cultivated a lot of useful talents, Xinjing Shipyard and Xinghe Shipbuilding two shipyards have not many technical shipbuilders, recruit technical shipwrights from Jiangnan Shipyard, and re-establish a shipyard can expand the local shipbuilding capacity, which is also beneficial to the competitive development of several shipyards."

Li Mingyuan first expressed his support for recruiting shipwrights from the Jiangnan Shipyard, and then continued to instruct: "The skilled workers of the Jiangnan Shipyard have not started work for two years, and their family's economic conditions should be quite difficult.

Fukuyama, you wrote a telegram for me, suggesting that Liang Xing immediately begin to provide relief to the skilled workers whose living conditions were in difficulty, and then discuss with them about working in the Han Kingdom. ”

"Your Royal Highness, it takes a long time for the telegram to be forwarded from Shanghai and Nanyang to the mainland of South America, Director Liang explained in the telegram that in order to prevent the technical staff from falling into the hands of the Japanese, Xi Zhengpu and Wu Tiaoqing, who were stationed in Shanghai, took out the family resources they had accumulated over the years to help the technical workers of the Jiangnan Shipyard in advance, and before the telegram was sent, there were already 78 skilled workers who were willing to work in the mainland, and more than 90 people had not made up their minds and were investigating whether they were coming."

"Xi Zhengpu? Is it the comprador who used to work at HSBC in the UK? ”

Li Mingyuan asked.

"Yes, Your Highness.

Xi Zhengpu and Wu Tiaoqing, both of whom used to be compradors of the Bank of England, joined the Military Intelligence Department under the introduction of Director Liang Xing. ”

"Liang Xing is a good hand in business, and his ability to engage in intelligence is also good, so letting him be in charge of intelligence work in Nanyang is in the right position."

Li Mingyuan nodded, remembering that he had asked Liang Xing about his thoughts, but he gave up the opportunity to work in the Ministry of Commerce and chose to engage in intelligence work in South America.

"Director Liang is a teenager in his old age, and his ability to gather intelligence and recruit intelligence officers in Nanyang is worth learning from his post."

Shen Fushan lowered his posture and said seriously, "Director Liang has the wisdom to know people, a few years ago I went to Shanghai to discover the two talents of Zhengpu and Wu Tiaoqing, and now the immigration work in Shanghai is well organized by Xi and Wu, if I learn a little Director Liang and a little bit of people's ability to recognize people, the intelligence work in South America will be carried out more smoothly." ”

"Fukuyama don't be too yourself, the countries around South America are all white countries, and it is much more complicated to install intelligence personnel in white countries than on the mainland, and I see your efforts in intelligence work, and I will not interfere too much in your intelligence work in South America."

Liang Xing's ability to gather intelligence and recognize people is better than Shen Fushan, but Shen Fushan is loyal and safe, and it is very suitable for him to be in charge of South American intelligence work.

Xi Zhengpu and Wu Tiaoqing were famous compradors in the late Qing Dynasty, and Li Mingyuan was not an economics student who specialized in the economic history of the late Qing Dynasty, so he had not heard of their names, but for their performance after defecting to the Han Kingdom, Li Mingyuan keenly sensed that the two could be of great use, so he said, "The Military Intelligence Department and the Security Department both have the power to act cheaply, and Xi Zhengpu and Wu Tiaoqing's actions are very good, and they are not self-advocacy behaviors." ”

Li Mingyuan paused, and then said, "The technical shipwrights of Jiangnan Shipyard are all valuable talents, and it is one more shipwright to recruit one more shipwright to the Han country, as long as it is not a means of killing people and settling goods, let them act in Shanghai, and recruit as many shipwrights as possible."

In terms of funds, I will withdraw enough silver from the inner treasury, you write a telegram for me to complain to Liang Xing, don't be afraid to spend money to recruit shipwrights, Jiangnan Shipyard will send one or two silver to the technical shipwrights, and Han Guo will send three taels or five taels, as long as they are willing to come, everything is easy to say. ”

"Your Highness."

Shen Fushan carefully recorded Li Mingyuan's orders.

"Also, return the money paid by Xi Zhengpu and Wu Tiaoqing to them, and you can't let them pay their own money for the Han Kingdom."

Shen Fushan nodded and wrote down the main points, raised his head and asked, "Your Highness, how to deal with the affiliation of those recruited technical shipwrights when withdrawing funds from the Inner Treasury?" ”

"Based on the recruited technical shipbuilders of the Jiangnan Shipyard, a shipyard was re-established, and the name was the Royal Shipyard of the Han Kingdom."

Li Mingyuan added: "Although the Royal Shipyard is funded by the Inner Treasury, officers at all levels of the National Defense Force and the intelligence department can also contribute capital and take shares. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, and thank Your Highness for the officers and soldiers of the Security Division."

After the Xinjing Shipyard succeeded in building a light cruiser, various local companies involved in overseas trade placed commercial orders with the Xinjing Shipyard and the Xinghe Shipyard.

The interests of the steam engine shipyard are very huge, and Li Mingyuan promised to let ordinary officers take a stake in the soon-to-be-established gold shipyard, which is equivalent to sharing a rooster that can lay eggs with ordinary officers and soldiers, so Shen Fushan will thank Li Mingyuan on behalf of his officers and soldiers.