At nine o'clock, Liang Qichao, Fan Yuanlian, Lao Yi and other people who were excited were ushered in, and Hu Wenkai welcomed them to the reception room of the headquarters.

"Mr. Liang, Mr. Fan, Nantong to Tianxing Town railway opened to traffic today, I will go to Tianxing Town to meet Governor Wang Shan and his entourage, here by our company Wu Hongxia Township Mayor to accompany you to visit the factory and Far Eastern University. I'll be back after the opening ceremony. ”

"Wen Kai, you are busy, as long as someone accompanies the two of us old men to visit, you have caught up with Europe here haha." Liang Qichao was a little excited.

Two cars and a passenger car full of people rushed to Tianxing Town, Chen Jiaxiang commanded the gong and drum team to beat gongs and drums, and the teachers and students of the school also came to watch the opening ceremony today on vacation.

Carrotta found a pair of children and left Hu Wenkai alone, a red ribbon was pulled up on the platform of the railway station, the train in the distance pulled a whistle and slowly entered the station and broke the red ribbon, the firecrackers rang out, the gongs and drums were beaten, Wang Shan walked off the train, raised his hat and kept saluting the welcoming crowd around.

Standing in front of the microphone, Wang Shan delivered a warm and impromptu speech, highly praising Haimen and Nantong counties for building a railway belonging to China's own people by their own strength, and finally announced that the railway from Nantong to Haimen was officially opened to traffic.

Sitting in the carriage of the train bound for Tianfen, Wang Shan, a member of the civilian team and a policeman who pointed to the five-step post outside, said to Wang Changrong: "Hu Wenkai is a good person, he didn't know how to arm himself before. ”

Wang Changrong smiled in his heart and nodded, thinking to himself, you don't know that he still has one or two thousand people officially armed, and no one in China knows about arming if he doesn't understand it.

"It's only been a long time since I've been here, and this factory is all over the place. This side and Nantong are two things. Wang Shan sighed.

"The provincial governor certainly can't be the same, according to Hu Wenkai's vision of Haimen's heavy industry factory production base, Nantong is the base for circulation and radiation to the surroundings. There are very few industrial finished products here, because in the future, assembly and daily production products will have a time here in Nantong, Hu Wenkai estimates that there will be more than half a year. Wang Changrong couldn't do without Hu Wenkai.

After listening to Yang Siliang's introduction on the development status of Tianfen industrial cluster in the conference room of the management center, Wang Shan took the delegation to the factory for a field trip. On the way, Hu Wenkai reported to him that after Liang Qichao and Fan Yuanlian visited the factory and inspected the construction of Far Eastern University in Tianfen, he blamed Hu Wenkai for not saying it earlier, and asked Hu Wenkai to contact Liang Qichao to visit Liang Qichao at noon.

Liang Qichao was Wang Shan's boss when Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui were in power, and Wang Shan had no reason not to visit, which Hu Wenkai knew well.

Hu Wenkai apologized to the speaker for not being able to accompany him to visit and inspect, and the speaker said Wenkai, you should be busy, and Manager Yang will do it.

Liang Qichao and Fan Yuanlian, accompanied by Wu Hongxia, were circling around the iron-making blast furnace, and before they approached the blast furnace, a wave of heat swept in. The workers wore single coats and trousers, with towels around their necks, and sweat was streaming down their necks.

There are still forty minutes before the molten iron is baked, Liang Qichao must wait to watch the molten iron come out, Wu Hongxia suggested that he should visit the steel mill first and then see the molten iron. One of the six huge furnaces in the steel mill is pouring molten steel into the ladle, and steel sparks are splashing everywhere. The other is filling scrap steel, and the crane throws tons of steel into the furnace through electromagnets.

Liang Qichao exclaimed: "Lao Fan, this is modern industry, we used to see that the comparison between those factories and Hu Wenkai is the comparison between ants and elephants." ”

Fan Yuanlian was silent and stared at the ladle transported from the railroad track to the hot rolling workshop, and his two legs involuntarily followed over, and the large steel ingots were pressed into steel plates by hydraulic machinery, and some steel plates were directly transported by the cranes, and some continued to be extruded into thin steel plates, or forked on the wire rod production line.

Wu Hongxia only has a little knowledge of production that stops at daily communication. She could only answer the questions of the two on the surface, and her main task was to take the two to visit Far Eastern University.

Seeing Hu Wenkai's arrival like a savior, Hu Wenkai's mouth full of data and the comparison of European and American companies, although these two people don't understand well, but they still roughly understand that this factory is more advanced than Europe and the United States, and the quality is better, and there are no similar products in Europe and the United States that this factory can produce.

Rao is Hu Wenkai to the various factories such as a number of treasures, but still by the two old pedants sweating profusely, to the two old pedants who do not know anything about the strength and toughness of steel, the working principle of the hydraulic press, the movement of the diesel engine four-stroke still needs to be explained in an easy-to-understand way, and finally Hu Wenkai finally couldn't help but say What are you two doing with literary exploration.

Liang Qichao laughed: "Wen Kai, this is not a novelty, in the past, only Westerners had this kind of factory and technology, but now we are proud of ourselves." So ask for details, okay, go back to the management center to drink tea and rest and talk slowly. ”

"Mr. Liang, Mr. Fan, Governor Wang Shan is in Haimen today to attend the opening ceremony of the Nantong-Haimen railway, and I heard that the two gentlemen must come to visit the two gentlemen."

"Wang Shan is here, what are you? Nantong to Haimen to build a railway? No wonder I listened to what they said about the opening ceremony on the boat, so I'll go to Nantong tonight to have a look. Wang Shan's visit is free, let's have a meal and talk about it at noon. ”

Hu Wenkai is not good at being Liang Qichao, so he nodded and returned to the lounge of the management center with the two old scholars. Pick up the phone and ask Jiang Qiuming for Nantong. Fan Yuanlian asked in surprise that this place can be dozens of kilometers away from Nantong.

Hu Wenkai took advantage of the time when the operator wanted to contact Jiang Qiuming, explaining that Nantong and Haimen were connected to each township by telephone, and three telephone bureaus had been set up in the two counties.

When the bell rang, Jiang Qiuming's phone was connected, and Hu Wenkai instructed him that Mr. Liang Qichao and Mr. Fan Yuanlian should go to Nantong in the evening, so that he could not be lazy in entertaining him. Jiang Qiuming's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Boss, who do you say is coming to Nantong?" Mr. Liang Qichao? ”

"Yes."

"Okay, I see, the most solemn courtesy. I went to buy a copy of my husband's book and asked him to sign it. ”

The phone hung up with a bang.

Wang Shan and his entourage, accompanied by Yang Siliang, visited one factory after another. A few months after Tianfen, I felt that the speed of development was as fast as flying, Wang Shan and the speaker were proud of the decision to start, if they didn't fully support Hu Wenkai at the beginning, how could they have Tianfen, Haimen, and Nantong today.

The speaker saw a group of officials whispering, raised his voice and said: "Everyone, I warn you, this day Fenxiang is not within the scope of our provincial administration, don't put your hand in it, and when the time comes, you will be cut off, and the governor and I will not ask." ”

"Speaker, you think too much, we are discussing whether Tianfen accepts investment or not."

Yang Siliang was stunned and said: "At noon, we will issue an investment guide booklet in the management center, which has a detailed introduction, and you are welcome to invest in Haimen and Nantong." ”

Yang Siliang was surrounded by a group of officials, asking about the amount of funds, sales, and workers, and those who could become officials were not stupid, but had a keen sense of smell. Or Wang Shan was angry and said what kind of system, didn't there be an investment introduction meeting at noon, why was he so impatient, so he dispersed.

As soon as Wang Shan and the speaker returned to the management center, they immediately went to the reception room to meet Liang Qichao, who was splashing ink with the words Far Eastern University and throwing discarded paper on the ground.

Wang Shan also wondered how to write these four words, and had never heard of the name of Far Eastern University. Hu Wenkai explained the experience, Wang Shan was skeptical about the success of this plan, but because Liang Qichao was concentrating on writing, he didn't say much.

Hu Wenkai, who was polite in the officialdom of several people, was very bored and couldn't walk away, so he listened patiently. When it comes to Tianfen, several people are full of praise, Wang Shan praised Hu Wenkai, and Liang Qichao took up the topic and said that Wang Shan didn't add more burdens to Hu Wenkai and manage more places is good for the economy of Jiangsu Province.

How could it be possible to pick up this topic before the time came, Hu Wenkai hurriedly said: "Mr. Liang, you can spare me, I am already in a hurry to manage a Haimen." ”

"Really? Hu Wenkai, I don't think you want to contribute," Wang Shan had the intention to hit Hu Wenkai.

"Governor Wang, it's really not that you don't contribute, it's that Haimen hasn't digested it yet."

Liang Qichao nodded and said: "Young people Wenkai take advantage of their youth to do more things that are beneficial to the country, and they will not regret it when they are old, unlike us who don't have the time and energy to do it now." ”

Wang Shan said solemnly: "Wen Kai, I and the speaker are here to give you a word, and the next step will be Huhai Daoyi and the governor of Shanghai County." I am very satisfied with your performance in Haimen this time. ”

Hu Wenkai knew that the foundation must be stable, otherwise it would be duckweed, and said with a wry smile: "The governor and the speaker of the parliament can tolerate me for a while, according to the rules, Wenkai should obey the arrangements of the two leaders, I just took over Haimen, and there are still many things that have not been straightened out." ”

The speaker has been accepting benefits from Hu Wenkai, and then interjected: "Hu Wenkai, what you said is also reasonable, but you have to accept Shanghai County if you don't take it, do you think this is good?" Hu Wenkai recommended a person to be appointed as the governor of Shanghai, and Hu Wenkai must not be less than his support for Haimen to support Shanghai County. ”

Wang Shan also felt that Hu Wenkai in Haimen and Nantong counties would not leave if he couldn't eat it thoroughly, and the foundation was very important to Hu Wenkai, so he nodded and agreed.

"Hu Wenkai, let me tell you, this is just an expedient measure, and it is impossible for the country to let an expert like you go."

"Wen Kai understands that Wen Kai will do his best to serve the country."

Liang Qichao saw that the goal had been achieved and said: "Wen Kai, don't stand all the time, I and Wang Shan and I have a good drink with you today, you can arrange it, I am not afraid of getting drunk here now." ”

Hu Wenkai hurriedly said goodbye and went out to make arrangements, and he also knew that Liang Qichao wanted to talk to Wang Shan, and he didn't want him to listen to the content.

In the conference room, Yang Siliang finished the investment promotion guide in his hand, and a group of officials buried their heads in studying the projects and requirements on the investment promotion guide. Yang Siliang is digesting Hu Wenkai's words, ten years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, these people have a lot of official positions, and the money in their hands is already moldy under the bed board, give them a chance to invest Tightly tied to our ship, and there will be people secretly supporting everything in the future.

The Tianfen Industrial Management Center has set aside a total of 15 projects for the officials of the delegation to choose from, and there are paper mills, wire factories, power plants, screw factories, match factories, and other projects that need large investment, as well as small investment amounts, and each factory management center has given 40 percent of the share to the officials to invest.