Thinking of this, Fumar was a little moved, but he knew very well that if HSBC really supported the Hongjun, it meant that Britain had completely intervened in this Chinese civil war and could no longer get out.

He hesitated for a while before saying, "HSBC can't, but I can suggest that the foreign banks in Shanghai provide as much as possible, and my name can't appear in the name of the ・・・・・・ proposal!" ”

This was Consul Fumar's bottom line, and he treated the matter as a spontaneous action of the British residents in Ningbo, rather than an official action with his support and acquiescence: "Of course my share must not be less!" ”

It's okay to have such an attitude, and Feng Wenyi over there has already agreed: "No problem, no problem, there will definitely be no shortage of your share!" ”

As long as there is the support of British commercial institutions, the amount of arms and industrial goods that Ningbo Port and Hongjun can buy can be multiplied.

Wenzhou Mansion. Rock Village.

It has become a typical industrial area, with many factories and white smoke on the river, and although limited to the shortage of raw materials, the heavy industry here can only be in a state of constant shutdown, but this is already the most industrially developed area in China outside of the Shanghai Concession.

Xian Na revisited the old place, and there was some feeling, and Duncan over there was already impatient to say: "Your Excellency, we are old friends, right?" ”

"yes!" Xian Na said with a smile: "When we were in Panshi Village, we cooperated very well, and now there are thousands of workers in Panshi Village, right?" ”

"Including the temporary hired small workers, nearly 2,000 people!" Duncan said proudly: "All of this was built by the two of us on a tidal flat, and now we can make rifles, rifled guns, steel and detonators, fire caps, nitric acid, sulfuric acid!" It's all something to be proud of! ”

"But it can't be limited to one place in Panshi Village!" Xian Na replied to him: "We are going to build a new military factory in our controlled area, and now I want to ask you, do you want to continue in Panshizhai, or are you going to Ningbo?" ”

#阝肯毫不犹豫地答道: "Go to Ningbo, go to Ningbo, I'm going to be with the inspector - the steam engine he designed is amazing!" ”

"Will the inspector design a steam engine?" Xian Na hadn't heard of this yet: "What kind of steam engine is it?" I've never heard of him designing a steam engine! ”

"Your Excellency Liu Chang is omnipotent!" Duncan replied, "He can do anything except not have children, come and see our new products!" ”

"Huh?" Xian Na nodded: "Let me see your new product, what is it?" ”

Soon, #阝Ken brought Xian Na to a black and strong steam engine, just countless iron castings and a dark fuselage, which made Xian Na feel an inexplicable emotion: "What is this?" ”

"According to the inspection, this is called a pot camel machine! This should be the best steam engine! Over there, Duncan had already given the order: "Let our Commander Deng see our latest pot camel machine!" ”

Soon Xian Na discovered the secret from the fuel they brought: "Can this pot be made without coal?" ”

Coal and iron can be said to be the biggest sore spot of the entire Hongjun industry, and the fuel brought by this pot Luo Ji is not coal, but ordinary dry firewood, which makes Xian Na excited all of a sudden: "You can really use coal!" ”

This kind of pot camel machine is the steam engine directly installed on the boiler, so the name of the pot camel machine can be said to be the most active power source in the entire fifty or sixty years of rural China, whether it is power generation, pumping, rice milling, are inseparable from this pot camel machine, during the Great Leap Forward is a large number of large number of pot camel machines. …,

As #阝ken boasts, the pot camel machine can be said to be one of the "best steam engines", and its biggest advantage is that it can use low-quality fuels, such as peat and lignite, which have a very low combustion value, and even dry firewood, straw, which are common in rural areas, as long as the water content does not exceed 40%, can be used as fuel for the pot camel machine.

It's just that the invention of the pot camel machine can be said to be born at the wrong time, the pot camel machine just invented the new internal combustion engine, under the high efficiency of the internal combustion engine almost collapsed, and in the fifties and sixties China is extremely lacking in oil country, so although the pot camel engine has many shortcomings, but it is still extremely widely used in the countryside, until the Daqing Oilfield can produce its own oil, the pot camel engine and the gas engine have been eliminated by the later diesel engine.

Under Xian Na's attention, the dry firewood has been ignited, and then after a long period of preparation, this pot camel machine has begun to reciprocate with a roar, which makes Xian Na ask repeatedly: "How many pot camel machines are there now?" At least five are needed over there in Taizhou! ”

"That's it!" #阝肯告诉冼拿: "A lot of the parts were ordered from Shanghai and assembled with us, and it was amazing to check them and actually draw me the drawings of this thing!" ”

He didn't know that this was Liu Chang's complete lack of power in the notebook, but it also solved the coal problem that Hongjun urgently needed at present.

Xian Na was concerned about another question: "If we produce at full capacity, how many units can be produced?" ”

"Half a month, right? However, many parts had to be ordered in Shanghai. Duncan told Sina: "This kind of pot camel machine can also be moved, not only in industry, but also in the countryside. ”

Although he was rough and stupid, Xian Na still looked at such a big guy with joy: "No problem, get two for us in Taizhou, I can pay the full amount first, and if I perform well, I can add a bonus!" ”

With this sentence, it is enough to #阝肯笑咪咪地说道: "That's good, that's the best!" In this way, my order here can be scheduled for six months later, I can produce at full capacity, and I have also ordered a batch of inspections! ”

Xian Na was concerned about another question: "Can this kind of pot camel machine be pulled to the warship, if we can not burn coal, we can build a batch of steamer ships by ourselves." ”

The second steam paddle steamer gunboat purchased from Hong Kong is still being trained, and it will take at least a month to form combat effectiveness, and even if this steam ship has formed combat effectiveness, it is still not enough to ensure the superiority of the Hong Army on the water, you know, the financial strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is dozens of times stronger than that of the Hong Army, and if they buy steam ships, they may be able to buy several or even dozens of ships in one go.

Duncan regretfully told Sina: "No, this kind of pot camel machine is too inefficient, and the power provided is not enough." ”

Now the pot camel machine produced by # Yu Ken can provide almost two and a half horsepower of power, although it can continue to expand, but it is still not enough as an engine for a steam warship, he made a suggestion: "I heard that Fujian will be attacked next, I heard that there is coal and iron in the north of Fujian, so Lu Ziyun can pay attention to it!" ”

"Hmm!" Xian Na is also concerned about this issue, he did hear that there are some iron ores in northern Fujian, although the amount may be insufficient, but for Hongjun, even a ton of peat is precious: "I will send someone to inform Lu Ziyun, but when will the pot camel machine you gave me arrive?" ”

"I'll try my best! However, this thing is not something that the Chinese can manipulate now, and Westerners will have to be responsible for guiding it at that time, at least for a short time! ”…,

Xian Na nodded, now the majority of the industrial products in the entire Panshi Village, the Chinese, and from time to time learning the technology of Westerners, but Xian Na is a little desperate to find that there is a generation gap between Chinese and Western science and technology, and the technology of Westerners seems to be impossible to learn.

He had secretly made up his mind that next time he would try to set up a school in Taizhou that specialized in the study of Western technology.

"Did you read the report?" Shi Tinglan asked Liu Chang: "He suggested setting up a school to study Western technology, which I think is good!" ”

"It's time!" Liu Chang agreed with Xian Na's judgment: "After laying down Ningbo, we should cultivate a group of our own technicians, hey...... Now even the translators are Westerners! ”

The telegraph line between Ningbo and Shaoxing Mansion has been paved, at first, whether it was Shi Tinglan or the big businessmen of Ningbo Prefecture, they did not believe that this telephone pole could transmit information, you must know that the Great Wall can only use the beacon fire on the beacon tower to transmit, this is just a line, how can it transmit information.

Even though the Ningbo government communicated with the Shaoxing government, only a few Westerners dared to use this communication tool, and they asked for the latest news through the agents of the Shaoxing government, while the Chinese waited and watched.

But the day before yesterday, everyone was sure that this telegram letter could indeed deliver the most accurate news to Ningbo Mansion in Shaoxing Mansion hundreds of miles away, the reason was very simple, on this day, Feng Wenyi obtained an important news through his agent, that is, the pig iron of the entire Shaoxing Mansion rose sharply because of the shortage of goods due to the factors of military procurement, and now it was in stock, and he snapped up all the pig iron in Ningbo Port as soon as possible.

This news made Feng Wenyi earn tens of thousands of silver yuan at once, and the huge economic benefits made all businessmen start to use the new tool of telegraph, and Shi Tinglan had to admit that this new tool could change the whole world.

But up to now, all telegraph communications were in English, there was no telegraph communication between Chinese, and the translators of the telegraph office were all foreigners, which greatly increased the success of telegraph operations

Therefore, Shi Tinglan proposed that he should train his own translators and various technicians: "At least those English technical books, we must translate them into Chinese and teach them to our own people, otherwise they are all foreigners, and there will be endless troubles!" ”

Liu Chang agrees with this judgment, but his ambition is greater: "Xian Na is going to train one or two hundred technicians, I think the magnanimity is too small, and at least one or two thousand graduates will graduate next year to meet the needs!" ”