Ding Richang naturally heard about some things in the Mawei Shipyard in recent days, and he didn't mean to meddle in these internal contradictions, after all, it involved too much power struggle, as long as Shen Singhe and Jin Wu conscientiously carried out their orders and completed the manufacture of the warship according to the plan, it would be enough for him.

"Gale, tell me what you think?"

"My lord, this artillery manufacturing will inevitably require a test cannon, and it is not suitable to be placed in the shipyard," Qin Kai looked up at Old Man Ding and said bluntly, this reason is very high-sounding, "Moreover, I also intend to try to design a new artillery, out of secrecy, I want to find another location, my lord, do you think it's okay?" ”

Ding Richang didn't speak immediately, he just closed his eyes and pondered, Qin Kai's little Jiujiu could escape his eyes, this is clearly to start anew, now is indeed an opportunity, the undercurrent in the shipyard and the school, he also hates it, but this is not a problem that he can solve as a second-grade master, it seems that he needs to make some changes.

"Gale Wind, I know what happened in the shipyard during this time, and I support you in this matter, but I can only spend part of the money for this enclosure and the money for building the factory to you, I heard that you have some contacts with the He family in the west of the city, so it's up to you to figure out a way, how about it!" Ding Richang showed the face of an old fox and looked at Qin Kai very proudly.

This old man Ding is really an iron rooster, Qin Kai was depressed for a while, and now he has a few hundred taels of silver in his pocket, or Ding Richang asked him to purchase raw materials, but he opened such a big hole for himself, he thought about it for three seconds, and he couldn't help but respond immediately, this is a complete set of machinery and workers, what is the most lacking in the 19th century, educated and skilled young people.

"Okay! My lord, please allocate some gunpowder for this test cannon, and in addition, the funds for iron materials must be in place! ”

"No problem! I'm going to see the first cannon in a month, and as for the new artillery you mentioned, I hope the sooner the better! Ding Richang agreed, and at the same time gave the order to die.

"My lord, I will not fail in my mission!" Qin Kai smiled, his eyes rolled, and he mentioned something again, "In addition, my lord, I have one more thing to ......."

Ding Richang's old face was flat, "Gale Wind, this time I want someone to give it to you, and I want to give it to you, what else do you have to do?" ”

Qin Kai rolled his eyes, but he didn't see Ding Richang's expression, and said seriously: "I have been observing in the school for a long time, these students are all diligent people, but in addition to studying, there are no measures to strengthen the body. ”

Hearing that he didn't ask for money, Ding Richang didn't bother to listen to his nonsense, "Gale Wind, just say it straight, what do you want to do?" Don't go around here, except for the money, it's easy to say anything! ”

Qin Kai grinned, revealing his big white teeth, "My lord, I want my class of students to organize for training, European military schools have such exercises, strengthen the body, and only then can I serve the country." ”

"This is the ...... Yes, the gale, the artillery, the first at that time, you can use your heart, if you miss this matter, you can blame the old man for being ruthless! Old man Ding waved his hand and sent Qin Kai and Xu Jianyin away.

His consent can make the young people of Qin Kai's class miserable, Qin Kai has already planned in his mind at this time, every morning from the academy to the artillery bureau, and from the artillery bureau to the academy at night, just let the students help him do some groceries!

Xu Jianyin is also a knowledgeable person, and he is a technical background, and Qin Kai, a pseudo-scientific worker, is not worried about the topic, the two went out, boarded the carriage and went straight to He's house in the west of the city, this is the implementation of the land, Qin Kai naturally will not go to run errands in person, this is a hard work, He Xing's simple black face appeared in his heart, this not tall southern Fujian man has great energy.

After Ding Richang sent Qin Kai away, he lowered his head and thought about the matter again, at this time Sun Fu was naturally sitting aside, he thought for a while and asked: "Sun Fu, I can't see through Qin Liefeng's baby, what do you say?" ”

Sun Fu smiled, "My lord, you have been too worried, Qin Kai is indeed a little more capable, but he is a person with good conduct, and he is also knowledgeable and experienced, to be honest, I also think he is a rare talent." ”

Old man Ding smiled, "I heard that your second nephew is following Qin Liefeng now, this is a good way out......

"Yes, my second brother won his life in exchange for fame back then, but he still can't support his wife and children, I am very ashamed to be the eldest brother," Sun Fu naturally will not hide this kind of thing on the surface.

"Sun Fu, my Hunan army and Huai army have also walked a big circle, and there are few good old brothers in you! Qin Kai, you have to be careful, don't do anything out of the ordinary, our primary school is not peaceful. ”

"Don't worry, sir!" Sun Fu knew that Ding Richang was conveying some hints through Guò himself, and these words would naturally be conveyed when appropriate.

At this time, Qin Kai had already changed to ride a jujube red horse, and he and Xu Jianyin and He Xing went all the way to the periphery of the horsetail, and finally had his own one-acre and three-point land, which made him a little excited.

The surrounding terrain, Qin Kai is not familiar with, He Xing to the end of the old land, according to Qin Kai's assumption, soon, behind a mountain range in the north of the Ship Master School, a large piece of wasteland was determined, here is close to the Min River, but hidden behind the hills, access and transportation are very convenient, here will be the birthplace of the new generation of Fuzhou Artillery Bureau!

The rest of the things, Qin Kai handed over to He Xing very freely, and took Xu Jianyin straight to the Ship Master School.

Xu Jianyin followed behind Qin Kai, to be honest, this young man who was a few years younger than himself made him quite impressed, and the respectful and confident conversation with Ding Richang in the governor's yamen, the decision of the foreign artillery bureau, and the vigorous and resolute action of contacting the He family's site selection made him very surprised, this maturity and sophistication were quite inconsistent with his age.

He studied with his father, who was proficient in Western studies, since he was a child, and only then did he have today's attainments in chemistry, physics and mechanics, but he talked with Qin Kai all the way, and he admired the breadth of the other party's knowledge and confidence in conversation. Before coming to Mawei, someone did sue him that Mawei Shipyard had developed a high-performance mechanical grinder, to be honest, he didn't believe it very much, at best it was an imitation, but it could imitate a Western machine, and this era was amazing.

But now, he did have a little more expectations, and this Qin Liefeng could see that he was a person who did things.

The two chatted while eating lunch in the school, and both of them had the feeling of hating each other. Qin Kai is also very impressed by Xu Jianyin's knowledge, from the theoretical basis, Xu Jianyin has basically mastered the chemical and physical knowledge of this era, the completeness of this theoretical system is definitely unmatched, and what he lacks around him is this kind of character who can communicate and expand with himself.

In the afternoon, Qin Kai's "Practical Investigation Report" course made Xu Jianyin greatly impressed, his father founded the "Gezhi Academy" in Shanghai, and applied science to teaching for the first time in China, so he has a sense of identity with Western learning, and Qin Kai's teaching route is completely different from the teaching mode of Gezhi students.

The scope of the topics here is so wide that it can be said to be all-encompassing, and Qin Kai's investigation report on the Mawei Ship Administration requires the students to complete it independently, so there are students to investigate everything from the machinery of the shipyard to the wages of workers, of course, the conclusions may not be correct, but in the discussion, the knowledge of these students has greatly increased.

At this moment, there was a tall young man on the stage who was announcing his investigation, but it was Zhou Ruidong, the squad leader, and the topic was also quite eye-catching -- the weakness of the Nanyang Naval Division, Zhou Ruidong obviously did a careful investigation, and made an assessment of the warships of the Nanyang Naval Division in Hong Kong according to his standards, and put forward his views on everything from armor, speed, artillery, to command and crew, and talked about it for half an hour.

The next thing that jumped out was not Zhang Kui as Qin Kai expected, but Xue Chao, another team leader in the class, this is a standard Southern Fujian student, with a long face and thick eyebrows, medium height, and a burly figure, his family is a local tyrant in Luoyuan Mansion, but this young man unexpectedly ran to Fuzhou alone to study this shipmaster school.

It was evident that the young man had personally gone down to the dockyard and conducted a comprehensive survey of the two warships under construction, both of which were wooden-hulled gunboats, but the key materials, such as the ship's side, had to be procured from England and France. For this reason, Xue Chao went to the ironmaking plant and the steel rolling workshop to investigate, and expressed his opinions on the issue of localization of key parts of the battleship.

was preempted by Xue Chao in front, Zhang Kui was naturally quite annoyed, and had already occupied the position and rushed to the podium for the third, his topic was exactly the ...... he had asked Qin Kai about the contest between rapid-fire cannons and giant cannons during the day.

This discussion was definitely vigorous, starting after lunch and continuing until after dinner, and it also attracted many students from the front and back of the school who took a break after class, and throughout the whole process, Qin Kai always listened carefully to each student's point of view as a bystander, and also took out a pencil to record something in a notebook.

Xu Jianyin was deeply attracted, his experience of studying when he was young was completely dependent on his own efforts and his father's teaching, a person's world is painful, he has a deep understanding of this, and always looks forward to a platform to communicate, even in Gezhi Academy, it is still in the pattern of teaching by word and deed.

And in this place of Fuzhou, he can see such a different kind of teaching, these students have a wide field of vision, in his opinion is absolutely rare, he listened while nodding frequently, some of the questions that have been suppressed in his heart for a long time, it seems that the answer has been found here.

Qin Kai actually paid close attention to the science expert around him, he noticed the glittering light in Xu Jianyin's eyes, and secretly felt proud in his heart, it seems that this discussion class has achieved another purpose, and greatly narrowed the cognitive sense of the two of them. Looking at the young faces, freely stating what they saw and thought, he felt that his students had finally begun to grow and embarked on a completely different path.

After Xu Jianyin listened to the class, he could see that he seemed to be much deeper, and when Qin Kai saw him in the dining hall the next day, he found that his eyes were red, and he didn't know what he was doing all night.

"Brother Zhonghu, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Jianyin raised his eyes to look at him while pulling the porridge, and smiled, "It's nothing, it's nothing, Brother Gale Wind, you gave me such a big surprise yesterday, a lot of new terms made me think about it last night, it's strange, today I am still in good spirits, I am waiting for you in the canteen!" ”

"Brother Zhonghu, if you have anything to ask, call me over directly!" Qin Kai politely smiled, most of his ideas are still brewing in this era, and some are simply cross-era things, shocked! Ha ha!

"Brother Gale Wind, I have been pondering why the Taixi countries can produce so much technology, and why they can produce force that can dominate the world in their territory. Xu Jianyin talked eloquently, and it could be seen that he had indeed thought about these issues deeply.

The two had breakfast, chatting while eating, and when the conversation was good, Xu Jianyin found that there was still no one in the canteen, the two looked at each other and smiled, and went out to Mawei Port together to take over the manpower and machine of the Suzhou Foreign Artillery Bureau.

This time, there were a total of 90 workers from the Suzhou Foreign Artillery Bureau who came with the ship, they came on the British freighter "Tellesi", in this era, the handover procedures of the personnel were also simple, Qin Kai and Xu Jianyin were present, after counting the number of people, this group of people was immediately handed over to Xu Guofang to take away, Qin Kai only gave him two tasks, arranged a place to live, and then touched the details of these workers, whether they could work, and it was clear when they were pulled into the workshop.

Since then, due to the poor production of the Foreign Artillery Bureau, the cast artillery has been old and old-fashioned, and the production has also stopped and been carried out, and there has been no improvement after being merged into the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.

However, when he saw the machine qì that had been unloaded and stacked in the dock warehouse, Qin Kai was still taken aback, these things can also be regarded as machine qì! The parts that have been dismantled are covered with rust, and some copper nuts are full of patina, and I know how these Suzhou workers removed the rust into such things.

After looking at several large wooden boxes in a row, Qin Kai's face became more and more gloomy, it was really hard to imagine that such a foreign artillery bureau could make up such a garbage machine tool, he looked back at Xu Jianyin with some depression, "Brother Zhonghu, these machines are really from the foreign artillery bureau?" ”

Xu Jianyin's face was a little embarrassed, "Brother Gale Wind, these machines are definitely from the Foreign Artillery Bureau, I personally went to the scene to supervise them to dismantle two large milling machines, a planer, three drilling machines, in addition to a small air hammer and seven or eight small machine tools for parts processing, but these equipment are indeed old, and they were old when they were originally bought!" ”

"Can it work?!" Qin Kai asked depressedly.

"It will definitely work! I can guarantee that. Xu Jianyin raised his voice and patted his chest to reassure.

The two of them stood in front of a big push of rags, staring at each other in a daze.

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