"And it can be produced in winter!"

When Li Kunshan said this, Qi Zitao almost instinctively wanted to call someone to "send off guests".

You can't set up a factory in the north!

This is the most basic common sense, in fact, it is not impossible, but because the winter in the north is too cold, the river surface will freeze and the water wheel will not be used, resulting in the factory not being able to get power. The shutdown caused by the ice period of up to four to six months per year in the river is enough to put any plant in a difficult situation.

Although Qinghe had a large number of factories and could rely on wind power to barely maintain production, in the end, due to lack of power, Qinghe's factories were relocated to Yangzhou, Changzhou and other places. Even a few factories have to choose to stop production or semi-start work every winter, and because of this, "you can't set up factories in the north" has always been basic common sense.

Of course, this common sense is not absolute, for example, you can set up a factory near the sea or in a windy place, and use the wind power to provide power, although the wind power cannot catch up with the water power, but it can barely maintain the production of the factory. But it is this "barely maintained" that makes Li Kunshan's factory repeatedly in trouble, because his factory is not a military factory of the government, and the military factory of the government can maintain workers without reducing wages in the winter through "winter subsidies". However, even if private factories cut wages, it is common for factories to "make ends meet" in winter. This is also the reason why Li Kunshan's factory is half-dead - half a year to make money, half a year to lose.

This embarrassing situation, the direct bank's attitude towards Li Kunshan has become extremely embarrassing, after all, his factory is on the verge of bankruptcy and maintaining operations, and if it is urgent, it will make him bankrupt, so there is no hope of repaying the money at all, at least for now...... He can also pay the interest.

Now, when Li Kunshan said that he could set up a factory in the north, Qi Zitao had only one thought, to drive this guy out, he took a deep breath, and then said,

"Senior Li, it's not that the younger brother doesn't want to talk to you for a long time, it's just because there is an important guest over there, so ......"

Without waiting for Qi Zitao to finish speaking, Li Kunshan said.

"That guest of yours is the chief of the Northeast Governor's Palace. I promise, once we've talked about it, it will definitely help you to meet him! ”

His brows jumped suddenly, Qi Zitao looked at Li Kunshan, his eyes changed slightly.

"Senior knows him?"

If they do, that's a different story.

"I can't talk about acquaintance."

Li Kunshan smiled slightly, and said when the other party's face changed suddenly.

"But what I said about this, he will definitely dare to be interested, if you go to see him with this gift, junior brother, I dare to say, it will definitely be more popular than holding a silver ticket."

"Fidelity has never paid bribes!"

Qi Zitao snorted and flatly denied it.

"It's not important, the important thing is that what I said is good for me and better for the Northeast, the question is, are you willing to listen to it."

Nodding, Qi Zitao, who was originally going to send off guests, sat down again.

"Everyone says that the north can not set up a factory, it is nothing more than because the river is frozen, in winter, north of the Yangtze River, no matter how big or small the river will freeze, even thick to more than a foot, so that those water-powered equipment can no longer be used, in order to solve this problem, a few years ago, the mechanical department of Qinghe Academy has studied a variety of solutions, and several of them have been used."

Solving the problem of water power utilization in winter has always been the focus of Qinghe Academy's research work, and many research results have been applied in recent years.

"I know what you said, but the investment is not small, and there are still some restrictions on the use......"

Without waiting for Qi Zitao to finish speaking, Li Kunshan said,

"I'm not talking about a new type of waterwheel, I'm talking about a new type of machine!"

Staring at Qi Zitao, Li Kunshan took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and then showed it in front of him and said.

"I don't know if Senior Brother Qi has ever heard of a steam engine when he was in Qinghe!"

Steam engine?

Li Kunshan's question made Qi Zitao stunned, of course he had heard of the steam engine.

"I've heard of the steam engine, it can indeed generate power, and it can also replace water power, but as far as I know, it seems that this kind of machine is not very reliable to use, and there have been many problems, and in the past few years, the academy has been improving."

Although the steam engine has been developed for many years, and many people in Qinghe Academy also know about this kind of machine that uses "steam to generate power", it does not mean that this machine is mature, in fact, until now, the steam engine is still improving, at least as far as Qi Zitao knows, the steam engine has been improving. Of course, in the process of improvement, there were also several accidents, after all, the steam engine also exploded. It is precisely for this reason that many factory owners who were originally interested in steam engines have given up their plans to order steam engines.

"Now the improvement has been very successful, last week I received a letter from a junior who said that the steam engine has been used continuously for 1,000 hours without any failures, and the probability of explosion has been reduced to one in a thousand......"

Then, Li Kunshan spread out the piece of paper and said to Qi Zitao.

"I have an idea to use the steam engine to replace the waterwheel, as the power of the mill, it can not only be used in the mill, but also in any factory, and it is more powerful, and does not need to rely on the river, as long as there is coal, water, even wood and water, steam is more suitable for factory use than the waterwheel that must be built by the river,"

It is common sense that the steam engine is indeed more suitable for the factory than the waterwheel, and even when Qi Zitao was in the academy, he had heard the future of the steam engine mentioned more than once, as long as anyone who had seen the steam engine would believe that the future belonged to the steam engine.

But the steam engine must not explode!

After all, no one wants a machine that explodes!

However, now the steam engine, which was once full of expectations, has exploded again and again, so that the factory owners who were originally eager to avoid it, and there are even many people who say that the steam engine should be banned, that thing is too dangerous!

Because of this, even in the north, even in the northeast, where the winter is longer, the steam engine is not used, because the steam engine explodes.

"But it's still going to explode!"

Qi Zitao retorted directly.

"Waterwheels can also have accidents, there is no difference, the probability of one in a thousand is much smaller than the probability of a waterwheel hitting a flood."

"That's not the same ......"

"It makes no difference!"

Li Kunshan didn't give the other party a chance to speak at all, he continued.

"The use of the machine is risky, a thousand hours, equivalent to more than 40 days of continuous work, if the inspection is carried out every day, the shutdown inspection is carried out every day, I dare to guarantee that there may not be a failure for a year, as for the possibility of explosion, the possibility of explosion is even more minimal, because the steam engine can produce water and coal, this is the same, the winter that restricts the north from being able to run a factory will not have any impact on the factory, and compared to Jiangnan, the north is more suitable for running a factory, because the coal mines in Jiangnan are insufficient, and most of my coal mines in Daming are in the north, in the northeast, There are even coal mines that can be mined in the open pit, Brother Qi! ”

Staring at Qi Zitao, Li Kunshan continued.

"If you think about it, if all the factories in the north use steam engines, our factories will be more productive than Jiangnan, and we can use local cotton to produce nearby - in the past, our cotton was to be transported to Jiangnan, so that the yarn produced by the factories in Jiangnan was then sold back to the north, and now we can use local raw materials nearby for production, so that the economy of the north will be developed, and the banks can get more profits from it, of course, for Fidelity, these are not important, what does Fidelity need? What is needed is to further expand the market ......"

Looking at Qi Zitao in front of him, Li Kunshan continued to throw his bait.

"For example, the Northeast, the Northeast is colder than ours, they need a steam engine more than us, with the steam engine, the factories in the Northeast can produce day and night, and there is no need to be like now, many goods can only be purchased from Jiangnan, for the government, with the factory can collect more taxes, the Governor of the Northeast will definitely be happy to see these, if the Fidelity Bank can facilitate this, Senior Brother Qi will naturally be the guest of the Governor of the Northeast, when the time comes, wouldn't it be logical to enter the Northeast?"

Li Kunshan's words made Qi Zitao's heart move, but at the same time, he also knew that there was danger beyond this possibility.

"The steam engine exploded!"

"It's almost impossible to explode now!"

"Empty words!"

"That's why I found my junior brother, and my brother is willing to make this proof for my brother!"

Seeing that the other party finally jumped into his pit, Li Kunshan said with a smile.

"How? As long as Fidelity Bank lends me a sum of money, and guarantees my brother for a maximum of three months, I will let you see the efficiency, and at the end of the year, you can directly take my factory to discuss with the Governor of the Northeast, I don't know what my brother thinks? ”

Li Kunshan came here to borrow money, because no one was willing to lend him money, so he found Qi Zitao, because he knew that Fuda was now ambitious and wanted to put his hand into the Northeast, and they needed the help of the Governor of the Northeast, and the steam engine was a gift. A stepping stone.

Of course, Li Kunshan needs a steam engine more, he needs a steam engine to make his factory produce all year round, day and night, he needs the normal production of the factory to make a profit, and then repay the loan to save his reputation, of course, he also needs to get his own profits from it.

In the face of Li Kunshan's lobbying, Qi Zitao was silent, he knew that the other party's so-called "stepping stone" actually contained a lot of risks, in case the steam engine exploded, everything would come to naught. When the time comes, not only will the door not be knocked on, but even he himself will become a joke.

But the bank ...... After hesitating for a moment, Qi Zitao made a decision in his heart.

"How much money do you need?"