The progress of technology does not necessarily bring about a decrease in costs, and in terms of weapons, the more advanced it is, the higher the cost.

Gao Hongsheng also couldn't avoid encountering the same problem, the original cost of 200 kilograms of floating mines was about 200 pounds, and after his magnetic mines were produced, the cost suddenly rose to more than 600 pounds, and the price of selling them to him reached the point of 1,000 pounds each.

Gao Hongsheng only told Ferdinand about the way that later generations would adopt when he kept the new weapons secret, and he strictly implemented them as a secrecy criterion, so that for a long time, people were very secretive about the situation of the new weapons of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the outside world did not know about the situation of the new weapons at all.

A large number of new weapons research and development work was arranged by Gao Hongsheng, which also brought him great benefits, at least those senior engineers in the Austro-Hungarian Empire knew him thoroughly, this unfathomable and knowledgeable guy left a deep impression on them, and Gao Hongsheng also looked at the greedy drooling of these engineers.

From 1870 to 1900, there were less than 300 international students, can you expect 300 to build a heavy industry system?

Once we reach heavy industry, in a large factory with more than 10,000 people, there will be no less than 300 people with engineer qualifications, not to mention a huge number of low-level technical personnel with the title of technician, as well as skilled workers with various technical titles; if we add the management personnel who understand industrial management, a large factory will need at least 3,000 to 4,000 people with a certain degree of industrial knowledge and technical ability.

Heavy industry is not light industry, light industry is the use of ready-made machinery and equipment to process and produce raw materials provided by heavy industry or agriculture, heavy industry is the basis of light industry, there is no heavy industry all rely on imported equipment of light industry, in fact, it is a castle built on the beach, the surface scenery is infinite, but the slightest wind and grass will collapse as a whole.

You can think of light industry as an arm stretched out by heavy industry, and the strength of the arm depends on the basic strength of the heavy industry that supports this arm.

It's a pity that Gao Hongsheng has an artifact but can't conjure up talents who can help him build heavy industry, looking at those talents who come in and out, he can only look at it and drool, but it also forced him to make up his mind, let the children come to study abroad, there is no more useful than nesting in the country, there is a talent among a hundred mediocre talents, then he is earning, now taking advantage of the relationship with Austria-Hungary is quite good, there is no reason not to seize this opportunity.

"Ferdinand, I want to send some people to study abroad, is it okay to study?" Gao Hongsheng took a sip of coffee and looked at Ferdinand on the recliner opposite and asked.

These days, Ferdinand is considered to have lived here with Gao Hongsheng, and he can't help it if he doesn't come, his future wife Sophie is now doing something with Bo Caiyun, and he has to go to Gao Hongsheng to work here every day to sell those modern goods brought by Gao Hongsheng.

Now their company is thriving, and the wealth is abundant, and Sophie is now worth more and more, and the speed of wealth growth is not good for Ferdinand.

Now the ridicule of her is long gone, and the company established by Sophie and Bo Caiyun has set up distributors in various regions, and it is very close to a group of old aristocrats who have made a fortune around them, and those people are too late to scold her, where they will chew their tongues indiscriminately to offend a person who has a super-profitable product.

Among them, the biggest profit and impact is even those drugs, Gao Hongsheng's drugs have gradually been recognized by everyone with the huge publicity costs he invested, and various curative effects continue to remind people that they thought they would die of a terminal illness, and now with the help of his new drugs, it is very likely that there is a possibility of cure, as this possibility gradually becomes affirmative, people's demand for those drugs has exploded, and even those who have obtained dealer qualifications have also risen with the tide, and profits are rolling in.

As for the beautiful salesmen trained by Gao Hongsheng in France earlier, they are no longer the kind of salesmen who work hard to sell door-to-door in hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies.

Countless people surround them, just to deduct a batch of medicines or new products from their hands, even if they don't put those goods into the black market to make black money, just normal trade can also get huge benefits, all for profit, luxury life needs money support, no one doesn't need money to decorate the façade.

Now Sophie is also facing this situation, and at the same time she also likes this situation, it turns out that her status is simply miserable, now it is the old hen flying up the plane tree, and she trembles all of a sudden, of course, she is very attentive to work, but it is bitter that Ferdinand has to pick up and drop off every day, you must know that at this time they are still ** relationship, and they have not risen to the marriage Cheng dù, the main reason is that Sophie's status is too low, and the resistance is too great, like a layer of ice isolating the two on both sides, but this layer of ice is loosening a little bit.

Ferdinand looked at Gao Hongsheng's cautious expression, thought for a while, and said: "It should be no problem, but it is better not to have too many personnel, and the university controls about 100 people a year." ”

"Poof" a sip of coffee was sprayed to the ground by Gao Hongsheng, and then he bent over and coughed violently, listening to his words, he didn't swallow a mouthful of coffee and put it all in his throat.

Ferdinand walked over and patted him on the back kindly and said, "Okay, okay, two hundred people are always fine, you must know that my ability can only help you get a quota of two hundred people, and it will be difficult for me to do it there." ”

Gao Hongsheng coughed even more violently, it was really annoying, not so annoying, you asked me to go there and find two hundred students who could be international students.

"Two hundred and thirty, this is my greatest ability, and I can't help it any more." After Ferdinand finished speaking, he slapped Gao Hongsheng's back vigorously, and there was a sense of taking the opportunity to take revenge after being threatened.

Gao Hongsheng finally just gasped, these few hard blows were a bit too hard, he almost turned his back on his back, straightened his back with difficulty, dodged the big fist that wanted to beat himself to death, and said with a wry smile: "No one, I have no one to study in your university, I want to send some children over, from elementary school to college, I pay for it, I don't need to be free." ”

"What? You're going to send a bunch of kids to study abroad, oh my! They, they're still children! Are you too cruel? Ferdinand looked at Gao Hongsheng with a bitter face in surprise and shouted.

Gao Hongsheng grinned and made a smile that was more ugly than crying and said: "No way, you know the situation in the Great Qing Kingdom, their teaching content is different from yours, you can only start cultivating from a young age, the Great Qing Kingdom can't cultivate the talents I need, and I don't feel at ease in Europe and the United States, I am still a little more at ease here." It's no way, and I don't want to, I know it's cruel, even cruel, but it's a sacrifice that must be made for the sake of that country. ”

Ferdinand straightened his waist and looked at the man with a bitter face in front of him, and said word by word: "I will accept as much as you can rehearse, but if you pay the fee, I will find the best family for them to foster there, so that they will be at home and will not be left out in the cold." ”

"Thank you, Ferdinand. I'm so glad to meet such a friend as you. I will give you news of this matter when I return to the Great Qing Kingdom in two months, and you must take care of them. Gao Hongsheng sincerely expressed his gratitude, no matter what happens in the future, this is also to cultivate some reserve talents for that humiliated country.

"Why are you going back home?" Ferdinand asked in surprise, Gao Hongsheng has not talked about his return to China these days, and there is still a lot of work that needs his specific guidance, at this time, he suddenly proposed to return to China, which is really too sudden.

"Yes, in seven days is the Spring Festival of our lunar calendar, the gift I prepared for Her Royal Highness the Empress can also be unveiled that day, after giving the gift to Her Royal Highness, we have to prepare to return to China, a month later Feng Laosi and some of their men must leave for China, the situation in the Qing Dynasty has a tendency to deteriorate, there have been countless telegrams urging us to go back immediately to solve it, damn Kaiser Wilhelm II, this stupid pig has made a mess of things, if we don't return to China to deal with it, The country is about to fight with them. ”

"What's so strict, can't you wait? You must know that a lot of research work is just going on at the most critical time, and I'm afraid that you are not delaying the research process, after all, you know the research work best. Ferdinand said worriedly.

"It's very strict, I can't wait, I don't know what kind of development will develop in two months, and I can still control it. You don't have to worry about the research work, they should be able to solve it, they really can't solve it when I come over next year, it's not a big problem, if I don't know it, I don't dare to let go, you have to believe in the ability of your scientists, they will solve it. Do not worry. Gao Hongsheng gave Ferdinand a reassurance, this is not his nonsense, science is a layer of window paper, if it is pierced, there is no secret at all, when the window paper is stored, you can't see the qiē behind the window clearly, but if you pierce it, then the problems behind it are not problems at all, just the ladder of success.

"So you'll be back in a year, aren't you?" Ferdinand asked.

"Hmmm! I'll be back next spring, and by the way, I hope to be able to attend your wedding then. ”

"That's great, I don't have to worry about it now. I think Sophie and I will be able to get married by then, and at the rate at which Sophie's wealth is growing now, I think she will be the richest woman in the empire by then. Ferdinand said happily.

He was tormented by Sophie's identity, those damn stubborn nobles couldn't accept a commoner to be their queen, but now this voice is gradually decreasing, and by this time next year, this voice should disappear completely, even if there is him, don't worry, because there will be more voices to cover them up, there will always be people who can't afford the money**, as for that damn tradition, to hell with them.