Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Liu Dingzhuang hurriedly picked up and said: "Our shipyard is now capable of producing steam engine-driven ships of less than 500 tons, and three 500-ton steam engine ships have been completed this month, and will be able to put into production 1,200-ton steam engine ships next month, and will be able to produce 5,000-ton steam engine ships on its own next year." ”

"Slow! It's too slow, it's too slow! ”

When everyone heard the voice, it turned out to be Liang Kunri, the general of the Huaxia Army, who was arguing because he didn't have a ship: "Now even our army's transport ships have been taken out to the north to pick up the victims, and we want to send a little force to the islands outside Borneo but there are not enough ships, what a fart!" ”

Liu Dingzhuang was speechless for a moment, and Fan Qianhai saw that the atmosphere of the scene was a little wrong, so he came out and said: "Now there are four Chinese family capitals to invest in shipyards in Pontianak, so that Pontianak will have five shipyards!" ”

"Five shipyards? Will you be able to build a ship tomorrow? What if there are fifty of them......"

Liang Kunri didn't give up, but was pulled by Su Wenzhen, who was sitting next to him, and pulled the corner of his back clothes, Liang Kunri looked up and saw Hu Zhen sitting expressionlessly in the middle of the crowd, and immediately swallowed all the words behind him.

"Although the speed of our industrial construction is not slow at all, and there are many unique technologies, our industrial workers are far from enough!" Zhan Tianyou sighed, these days, he has visited all the important cities and towns under the control of the Nanyang Huaxia Guild, and praised the products produced by the iron and steel factory, automobile factory, and arsenal in Lager Town, but he also regretted that these enterprises lacked qualified production workers and it was difficult to expand the scale of production.

"There are at least five or six hundred thousand skilled Chinese workers in the United States, and if all of them are shipped back, the shortage of production workers can be greatly alleviated immediately!" Chen Yixi, who grew from a slave laborer to a railway engineer in the United States, is the one who is most familiar with the Chinese workers in the United States.

"Didn't you just say that we don't have enough transport ships, how can we quickly transport back hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers who are half a world away?"

As soon as Liang Kunri said this, the topic of discussion reached a dead end again.

"Can you imagine that we can work in stages, first transporting Chinese workers from the United States to the Hawaiian Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. And then it was shipped here from Hawaii! Zhan Tianyou prefers to build in sections in railway construction, first build one section and put it into operation to generate profits, and then build another section, so he put forward his suggestions according to this way of thinking.

"Hawaiian Islands!" Hu Zhen's eyes lit up. Suddenly I had an idea.

Historically, the United States controlled the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, that was after 1898, and now there are still a few months until 1888, and now it is set out to control Hawaii. Wouldn't there be a good chance of successfully taking it into your arms?

"Then we will send a large army to the Hawaiian Islands and control Hawaii in our hands!" Cui Jinfeng, who was sitting next to Liang Kunri and Su Wenzhen, suddenly whispered a cruel word to Liang Kunri and Su Wenzhen.

Su Wenzhen, the chief of the General Staff, was taken aback, and seeing that others didn't hear this, he hurriedly made a gesture: "Please pay attention in public, don't talk about these topics of military strategy casually!" ”

Cui Jinfeng also knew that this was not a trivial matter, so he quickly stopped talking.

Who knows, Lin Yufan, the elder of the Huaxia Guild, bowed his hand to Hu Zhen and said in a low voice: "Chief Executive, can I come up with a suggestion?" ”

Hu Zhen waved his hand: "But it's okay to say it!" ”

"For the future development of the Huaxia Guild, we should have a plan in advance. Develop in the direction of Luzon and take Luzon from the Spaniards, so that in the next step, you can go east out of Guam and Hawaii in the future, and you can also go north to Taiwan at any time to expel the Tatars and restore the Central Plains! ”

"Ah, this is a big matter, and we need to think about it in the long run!" How could Hu Zhen discuss such a strategic matter related to life and death in public, and immediately passed it with a vague and perfunctory sentence.

Lin Yufan still wanted to say something to Hu Zhen, but the master of ceremonies, who had been waiting for a long time, shouted: "The auspicious time has come." The ribbon-cutting ceremony begins! ”

Hu Zhen walked to the field with everyone, picked up the scissors according to the guidance of the master of ceremonies, and cut the ribbon red flowers held by a group of beauties with a click. Using the latest amplification equipment, he announced loudly to the audience: "On behalf of the Huaxia Association, I hereby announce that from now on, the railway from Pontianak to Dong Wanlu will be opened!" ”

Red firecrackers were lit in the field, crackling for several minutes, and hundreds of fireworks were shot into the sky.

However, many people don't just watch the firecrackers roar and fireworks go off. Instead, he asked the people around him in wonder: "Why was Chief Hu's voice so loud just now?" ”

"Chief Hu is a god, of course he can sound in all directions!"

"No, it's not the power of the gods, it's the use of horns and amplification equipment!"

"What kind of amplification equipment and horns, that is also made by Chief Hu Dachang, isn't it that the gods can have such ability, maybe you can make one and show me?"

"PA equipment? Horn? ”

"Will we be able to see something like this in the future?"

"Of course, as long as it is the first time that the chief has used something, it will soon be built a lot, for example, this car that can run on land is the first time that the chief Hu rode out to wander around, but in a few months, there are hundreds and thousands! We'll be able to use these items just around the corner. ”

"We can win all battles with President Hu, and we can see things that the gods can't see!"

"Of course, the chief is a god descending to earth, what can't be made?"

"Then we are going to die and follow the chief, and following the chief will inevitably have a good life, and it will definitely make the people of the entire Greater China live a good life."

The people praised Hu Zhen as a god, but Hu Zhen was thinking hard at this time:

The next step is to take Luzon first, and then Hawaii? Or take Hawaii before the people of the United States have made a move? Moreover, there is a very serious problem in reality, at this time, there is also a Brooke dynasty and English colony established by the English in the north of Borneo so in the throat, if you don't pull out this thorn, how can you rest assured that you can go to Hawaii?

Hu Zhen looked around, but he didn't see the two people he was looking for in the crowd, and muttered in his heart: I don't know how Li Haoran and Niu Quyunzhong talked with the Brooke Dynasty, and how did the other communicate with the English?

After cutting the ribbon, the steam engine train started slowly after ignition, and galloped forward, the people on the train sounded earth-shattering cheers, and the crowd around the railway also cheered, cheering for the completion and opening of the first railway built by the Chinese people themselves. Those who did not flock to the train followed the train, some on bicycles and motorcycles, and even some young people drove cars to chase the train, competing with the speed of the train.

As the crowd boiled after the train started, Hu Zhen's two wives Han Yuqing and Zhong Ling also jumped and shouted like children.

But Hu Zhen was in no mood to have fun with the people at this time, but wanted to rush back to the office, contact Li Haoran and Niu Quyun, and ask about their progress. (To be continued.) )