Chapter 150 Downset

"Duncan?" Xian Na told Liu Chang: "I'm talking to Company Commander Zhou, the two of them are old acquaintances, right, check, can you give Duncan a name?" ”

"Nominally?" Liu Chang replied to Xian Na: "How is he doing?" If it's not bad, give him a name! ”

Wash Na told Liu Chang Duncan did a good job: "Very good, one of the best advantages of this foreigner is that he doesn't hide his secrets, and the things that should be taught are not hidden at all, and now we can make granular fire pills, even without Duncan, we can make them!" However, he has high ambitions, saying that he wants a higher name. ”

During this period, foreigners like to obtain a title from the mysterious Oriental Central Kingdom, Liu Chang couldn't think of any suitable name for a while, so he asked him: "Let me think about it, by the way, speaking of this, Duncan said that he wanted to make concentrated sulfuric acid last time, how is it being made now?" ”

"It's a bit of an eyebrow." Xian Na replied to Liu Chang: "It costs a lot of money, but where should this sulfuric acid be made, you had better make a charter first." ”

From the safety point of view, it is naturally best to put it in Panshi Village, but in the long run, it seems that it should be better to put it in Taizhou, and it is not easy to relocate it if the lead room method produces sulfuric acid, Liu Chang thought about it for a while or decided to put it in Panshi Village: "Put it on the side of Panshi Village first, this matter has to be stepped up." ”

Whether it is thundermercury, ** or fire cap, sulfuric acid is an indispensable raw material, and it can even be exaggerated to say that modern industry is built on the basis of sulfuric acid, Liu Chang remembers that there are still some relevant materials in his laptop, but now there is no electricity and it can't be turned on at all.

said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, and Zhou Xiuying had already brought Duncan over there. Duncan, an Irishman, shouted as soon as he saw Liu Chang: "My Excellency, dear general, I have worked hard for the revolutionary cause of the people of China, and I hope you can give me a proper reward." ”

Liu Chang remembered that his salary was two hundred and fifty silver yuan, which seemed a little inappropriate, so Liu Chang immediately agreed: "Okay, how about I increase your salary by fifty silver yuan." As long as you work hard in our rainbow army, I can increase your rewards at this rate! ”

"In addition......" Liu Chang hesitated again, thinking of the matter of rushing to buy Baoshun Steamer: "I don't have a suitable name now, but I am about to buy an armed steamship, are you willing to be the honorary captain of this ship?" ”

"Is it a steamer?" Duncan exclaimed, "Captain Duncan." That's the best name I could get! I would also like to have a proper rank, even though your army has not yet established a proper rank.

Liu Chang had already started the regularization of the troops, but compared with the capture of Huangyan and Linhai, this matter would be slightly delayed, and Liu Chang immediately agreed: "Although there is no military rank. But I can give you a rank that is quite the rank of battalion commander. ”

Duncan nodded repeatedly: "Very good." In our West, this is already a major, a real nobleman, by the way, I just mentioned one thing to Company Commander Zhou. ”

"What's the matter?" Liu Chang asked him: "I think I should be able to help!" ”

Duncan pointed to the horse chopping knife in Zhou Xiuying's hand and told Duncan, "Company Commander Zhou's weapon." Although it is suitable in land warfare, it is a little too heavy on horses. Therefore, I suggest that you can replace it with a European-style saber! ”

Liu Chang nodded, Zhou Xiuying's horse chopping knife was more than a meter long. On land, such a weapon must be held with both hands to be able to move, don't look at Zhou Xiuying is a ten-year-old fancy daughter, but she has practiced a good martial arts since she was a child, so she can dance this horse chopping knife with electric lightning, if you change to Liu Chang herself, she can't dance a few times at all.

However, as a two-handed infantry weapon, such a saber is a bit too heavy, let alone riding on a horse, so Duncan proposed that the entire cavalry can be replaced with a saber: "The saber is slightly shorter and lighter than this saber, but don't underestimate their power, they will cut through everything that dares to stand in the way in front of them in battle, but I suggest you also buy a batch of revolver guns to make them truly invincible knights." ”

"Okay!" Liu Chang took down two revolver guns from his waist with his hand: "Company Commander Zhou, there are no new revolver guns for the time being, these two will be handed over to you to use!" ”…,

Anyway, he still had a spare revolver in his hand, and for cavalry, a saber, a cavalry lance, and a revolver could form a perfect combination, and Duncan made his own suggestion: "I suggest that while you are staying in Rock Village, hurry up and make a good saber for them!" ”

There is a blacksmith shop in the camp company in Panshi Village, in addition to the blacksmith in Yueqing County, Huo Qiu's blacksmith in Yueqing County, some blacksmiths have recently been accommodated, but their technical level and equipment are the standard nineteenth-century rural blacksmith shop level.

Therefore, there is no very traditional steel making or more mature steel filling technology, but a relatively simple method is used to make a saber, using wrought iron to make the blade of the saber, and then the purchased Western steel is melted and edging to make a barely qualified saber.

The forging time was very long, Liu Chang went in and looked at it for a while and was driven out by the temperature inside, Duncan was by his side, and put forward his own personal suggestions: "The battalion company is a huge organization, far beyond the scale of an infantry company, there are many workshops such as uniforms, shoemaking, blacksmiths, dyeing workshops, fire potions, etc., although Company Commander Xian is an excellent and outstanding commander, but managing so many institutions is obviously beyond his ability, not to mention anything else, the technical problems alone make him incomprehensible." ”

Although Xian Na knew how to make granular fire medicine, he was like a mountain in the interlaced rows, so Liu Chang agreed with this point of view: "Your suggestion is to upgrade the battalion company?" ”

Duncan was very vague, but very aggressive in selling his proposal: "No, no, no! You don't understand what I mean, I don't think the industrial production efficiency under military control is high, and the more common method in Europe is to increase production efficiency through commercial competition, although it is difficult for you to understand, but we can do some experiments, we can first convert some small workshops into private enterprises, and then ......"

"Privatization, management shareholding?" Liu Chang said it for the first time: "Or is it called MBO?" ”

"You're a genius!" Duncan's face flushed: "I haven't thought of how to describe it, so it will maximize productivity." ”

No wonder Duncan has such enthusiasm, Liu Chang immediately understood, he is a person who has crossed over, how can he not understand what this management holding is after all: "Didn't you serve in the Springfield Arsenal?" ”

"Yes! But the efficiency of the Springfield Arsenal is not high, and the reason is that it is a state-owned factory. Duncan was immediately enthusiastic about the new Ordnance Complex enterprise: "We can convert these battalion companies into a large Ordnance Complex company, a large factory with a few hundred workers, which is rare in Shanghai. ”

Liu Chang didn't expect Duncan to realize the nationalization of China so soon, and he wanted to turn these workshops in Panshizhai into private at the first time: "But you don't have enough funds to realize such privatization." ”

"I have a lot of Spanish silver dollars." Duncan, on the other hand, has the advanced thinking of the West: "Hongjun is not completely out of Panshizhai and can hold a majority of shares, but in order to operate more flexibly, critical decisions should be made by management...... Also, I can introduce you to Western investors......"

Xian Na and Zhou Xiuying listened to it in a fog, not knowing what Duncan was saying.

Liu Chang knew that this was a trick played by the management of state-owned enterprises, he smiled, but said: "That's right, we can carry out a pilot, for the time being, we don't need Western investors, we don't need shareholders to sell, how about zero transfer?" ”

Duncan was shocked all at once!

Who said that the Chinese are the most conservative? Who said that the Chinese people do not like to do business with foreigners, they are the most conservative group of people in the whole East, and they reject everything from foreigners with the mentality of the Heavenly Empire! Just from Liu Chang's genius creativity, I know what kind of enterprising people they are.

In the following decades, Duncan, despite repeated setbacks, has always been a strong advocate and practitioner of privatization of the ordnance industry and the realization of management ownership, and now Liu Chang has shown him a perfect solution.

If this plan can be realized, he will become one of the most powerful people in this new country, he has figured out what this rebel army is all about, they have just captured a county town in Taizhou in the north, and then they will take the whole Taizhou county in their hands, and with his knowledge of the combat effectiveness and equipment of this army, they have a good chance of controlling the whole of Zhejiang Province and establishing a new kingdom. …,

As a foreigner, he wants to be the mentor of this royal team, the founder of the military industry, and also the owner of the country's largest ordnance complex, he gushed out: "This is perfect, it will motivate the efficiency of the management to the greatest extent, and further improve the production efficiency of the entire Panshi Village, and also provide the highest quality goods ......"

His words were interrupted by Liu Chang, who told him: "But there are no such conditions for the time being, the conditions here are too simple, and they must be realized by some additional investment by Hongjun, otherwise the financial resources of the shareholders are too limited." ”

"When will the conditions for privatization be realized?" Duncan immediately became active: "For the victory of the revolutionary army, in order to ensure the continuous supply of military fire and military supplies for the revolutionary army, I am willing to dedicate all my strength and talents." ”

Liu Chang hesitated for a moment, but said his own conditions: "Now the rock is too simple here, although we can set up the Rock Ordnance Industry Complex, but at least there must be a few steam engines in normal operation, and we can also make some ammunition and guns for the troops, and we can also refine steel, but we can do one or two pilots first, but the most important point is to prove that privatization is more efficient than military management......"

This seemed a bit far away, but Duncan immediately confirmed to Liu Chang the efficiency of the management's shareholding: "Dear general, I am only willing to carry out a pilot of privatization in Panshi Village, and I can provide you with an advanced technology that can multiply the combat effectiveness of your troops for free!" ”

He accentuated the words "gratuitous...... ）

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