Zhang Yi, who was far away in Mukden, finally received telegrams from Li Hongzhang and Beijing. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]

After Zhang Yi saw the telegram, he laughed and shouted, "Shaochuan, Zixiang, how is it?" What do you think? This matter has been successful for more than half of the time, as long as we start negotiations, then we will be equivalent to the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau! ”

Tang Shaoyi smiled bitterly: "Jianzhi, you are indeed happy, I am worried, in the blink of an eye, millions of taels will be thrown in again, you spend money really fast, I haven't reacted yet, millions of taels, how do you make up the money, don't always loot that group of Jin merchants, the current Jin merchants have pressed all their net worth on the two railways for you, and there are some other investments, and there are not many liquid funds in their hands now." ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "Shaochuan, who said that I was going to beat Old Man Qiao's idea?" Jin Shang is now short of funds, but, don't forget, we still have Shengjing Bank, now Shengjing Bank has covered all provinces in China, and branches have even been opened in Frankfurt and New York, today's Shengjing Bank is no longer comparable to three years ago, not to mention taking out millions of taels of silver from them, that is, taking out tens of millions of taels of silver in one go, Qiao Yingxia will definitely not hesitate, their current funds are only afraid of more than 100 million! ”

Tang Shaoyi was surprised: "Are you going to let Shengjing Bank pay this money?" Don't you forget, these millions of taels of silver are not a small amount, and in business, can you afford to pay their interest? ”

Zhang Yi replied: "What can't you pay, when the two bureaus are in hand, I will form a new military industrial group, put all the guns and ammunition research institutes of the General Manufacturing Bureau in our arsenal, let the arsenal pay to buy this part, and reintegrate the remaining shipyards with the Harbour Bureau to establish our Golden State Shipbuilding Group!" Moreover, I will open the bidding in the society, invite a person with superb management to operate independently, and even allow him to invest in management technology, completely imitating the operation model of the West! You can rest assured that once the Western company operation model is introduced, our shipyard group will burst out with unimaginable vitality, and when the time comes, this investment will be earned back to us as soon as possible! ”

Liu Buyun said in a deep voice: "Jianzhi, do you want to operate the shipyard group independently?" Is this feasible, all businessmen are mercenary, and once they cut corners in the construction of warships for us, then our losses will be great, and besides, without official supervision, how can we control the shipyard group? ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "Control? Why do we want to control the Harbour Master? What I want is for him to grow independently, don't you know why for so many years, the things made by the General Manufacturing Bureau and the Harbour Administration Bureau have only cost more than the selling price of the West? In the two bureaus, there are people everywhere who are in charge and take money, there are not many skilled workers, and the things produced by such factories are not expensive at a high cost, and their raw material procurement is bought from abroad, which is expensive in itself, and then it is skinned by those people, can it not be expensive? ”

Liu Buyun nodded thoughtfully and did not speak.

Zhang Yi continued: "We set up the Shipbuilding Group Company, which is to cut off all officialdom relations, and anyone must rely on their real skills to enter and want to have a leisurely meal, sorry, the Shipbuilding Group does not raise such people!" I will give the future general manager of the shipbuilding group all the right to appoint and dismiss, the board of directors only has the power of supervision, no right to appoint and dismiss, and the general manager will only have an annual salary of 50 yuan per year, his income comes from the annual profit dividends with the shipbuilding group, with this as a spur, he will definitely see the shipbuilding group do a good job, rest assured. ”

Liu Buyun smiled bitterly: "Jianzhi, then according to your meaning, in the future, our warships will all be purchased from the Shipbuilding Group?" ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "Why not, you use other people's things, don't pay for it, what do people eat and drink?" ”

Liu Buyun said: "Damn, how can Lao Tzu still afford their warships, we don't have so much naval military spending." ”

Zhang Yi replied: "Don't worry, Zixiang, I want you to promise that in the next five to ten years, the navy's military spending will maintain a growth rate of 20 percent every year, and now your annual naval military expenditure is two million taels, and in the next ten years, your military spending will skyrocket to *** million taels, at that time, what are you worried about?" If you want to buy a warship, you will directly throw the money on the ground, and some people will come and grab it! ”

Tang Shaoyi said: "Jianzhi, in this case, do you want to make the Shipyard Group produce civilian ships at the same time as Western shipyards? ”

Zhang Yi replied: "Of course, otherwise, just by virtue of naval procurement, the life of the shipbuilding group will never be comfortable, they must support themselves every year without naval procurement, and they can also earn back profits for us, otherwise, why should I give dividends to the general manager?" ”

Liu Buyun took a deep breath, this president, this is under the guise of the navy, to open up financial resources, this is spending the country's money, this is building a money-making machine, a cash cow.

Zhang Yi continued: "Since the Qing government has agreed to start negotiations, then we will organize people to go to Shanghai to start business negotiations with them, and this matter will be made by Ji Zhi as the plenipotentiary envoy, Zixiang, you should not show up in this matter, let a few brothers accompany Ji Zhi on a trip, and send a few people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce to form a negotiation team, and we must take down the General Manufacturing Bureau and the Shipping Bureau!" ”

Zhang Jian asked: "Jianzhi, you need to tell me a final price, how much silver is the highest price we can accept, and how much is the approximate assets of the two bureaus today, so that I can negotiate and protect our interests to the greatest extent." Zhang Yi said: "Ji Zhi, I have raised seven million taels of silver here, and the price we can accept is seven million taels of silver, but the premise is that all the equipment and engineers and skilled workers must be brought back to Jinzhou, and all of them have official titles and management personnel do not want it, we can give them some compensation appropriately, as for the way of advance and retreat in the negotiation, Ji Zhi You are an expert, and you have never fallen into the disadvantage in the face of foreigners, not to mention the idle Duan Wangye, just let go and do it, I support you!" Zhang Jian nodded and said: "Since this is the case, then I will prepare, prepare today and tomorrow, and leave for Shanghai the day after tomorrow, rest assured, I will definitely bring you back a enough surprise back!" ”