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Back at the Artillery Bureau, Qin Kai immediately brought Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui to teach them face-to-face, and the two of them were quite surprised by what they were going to do, but they took the task without hesitation.

Out of the room, Zhang Kui smiled and approached Zhou Ruidong's ear and said, "Ruidong, it seems that your dream is getting closer and closer, and the instructor has finally started to do it!" ”

Zhou Ruidong glanced at him, "Mawei Shipmaster, this is the most important place of the country, how can it fall into the hands of such a villain!" Hurry up and find a way to do things, but don't lose the face of the instructor. ”

In the mansion of Wenshan, the governor of Fujian, which is a famous luxury house in Fuzhou, in the living room of the back garden, the fat man is comfortably leaning on the Taishi chair, very casually selected a bunch of fruits from the fruit bowl on the table and eats it, and in the middle of the upper hand sits a richly dressed woman, about thirty years old, and it looks very standard.

The fat golden man chewed the fruit and said while eating, "Sister, have you mentioned that matter to the adults?" ”

The richly dressed woman glanced at the fat pig-like Jin Wu, and was quite disdainful in her heart, but this fat man was her own eldest brother, and she really couldn't ignore it, so she replied lazily: "Big brother, the master said, you are in Fuzhou, he can still take care of you, don't fight that idea!" ”

The golden fat man was very domineering in the school, but he looked honest in front of his sister, "Sister, this time there is an estimate of something in the Mawei Shipyard, I don't want to leave a way, just in case!" Supervisor Shen and the kid surnamed Qin don't look at each other! ”

The woman in Chinese clothes giggled, "Big brother, what are you thinking about, the master is here, even Governor Ding will not make trouble with you, if you are unhappy in the shipyard, then ask the master to move a place for you!" By the way, the lord asked me to bring you a message, and the fold you presented was buckled by the governor's yamen, and it was useless to think of it. ”

The fat man was still smiling, but at this time he was full of sorrow, and said yes, but he was not in the mood to continue to eat and drink here, and inquired again, but fortunately, the governor Wenshan protected it, and the matter was over, so he hurriedly got up and hurried back to the school.

After Shen Singhe heard the news, he was also puzzled, the two of them had already summed up, Qin Kai had laid such a big stall, and the wages of the workers had risen outrageously, according to their logical considerations, the way to get money in the factory now was nothing more than those few, and there was a deficit in materials, fire consumption and the silver allocated by the imperial court.

Qin Kai spent so much silver, part of it may have been funded by the He family, but the He family's funding must be very limited, and he will definitely do things in these places, otherwise he is a foreigner with no roots, where will he get the silver.

Who would have thought that the fat man handed over the fold, and the governor Wenshan first sent someone to secretly investigate, and the result was that the affairs in the artillery bureau were very clear, and the news that he learned from the governor's yamen was even more thunderous, Ding Richang had not allocated any silver at all, and now he didn't have to check, how did people dump their money bags, and the official didn't have anything to say.

Fat face to round face, the two of them didn't have anything to calculate for a while, they could only stare at the new method, the new method didn't expect that there were several small officials outside the door, each of them looked anxious.

Shen Singhe saw that he was a small official in charge of various factories, and he sat in the school every day to eat, drink and have fun in the name of supervision, but this specific affairs still had to be handled by these people below, and he had to take care of these little officials.

beckoned the little officials in, pointed to one of the middle-aged fat men with a lot of pockmarks on his face, and asked, "Wang Haozi, you are not busy in the dock, why are you running to me here with a monkey in a hurry?" ”

Wang Mazi looked like he was crying, "Lord Shen, something happened in the factory, many workers heard that the salary was high over there, and they all clamored to work there, and in the past two days, seven or eight people have left, and they are all able to work!" If this continues, the two ships in the dock will miss the construction period! ”

Syllable...... Shen Singhe was so excited that he dropped the water glass, "Wang Mazi, this is a mistake in the construction period of the gunboat, your job will be gone, I don't want to take care of this matter, I can't take care of it, my hands and feet are on other people's bodies, can I go and tie it back?" You have a little bit of a move on the salary of the craftsman, and this silver yamen is not short of you! ”

When Ding Mazi heard this, he knew that this was Shen Sing and wanted to take himself to the top of the tank, the salary of this craftsman was given by you Shen Sing and given, how many years have not risen, the silver allocated in the yamen is all plucked by geese, and he drank some soup, and for a while anger also came up, and he opened his mouth to argue a few words, but several other officials next to him hurriedly pulled him aside. ,

"Li Xiong, Qiu Ergou, Wu Daya, how many of you are also here to talk about this?"

A few small officials nodded in fear, it doesn't matter if a few of his men ran away, the problem is that this matter is getting worse, if it is a living person, his mind has to move, this artillery work is a little hard, but the salary given by Lord Qin is full of full official silver, which is like the shipyard gave, Yingyang is already very on the road, and from time to time he also uses variegated silver dollars to pay his salary.

Although these weekdays rely on Shen singing and eating, they can have some soup, but these days they have not been less to inquire about the news, the water in this shipyard can be deep, although Lord Shen has a deep background, but Lord Qin over there can have the support of Governor Ding, I heard that Li Zhongtang of Tianjin Wei also sees it.

So secretly, they also have some contact with Qin Kai through the relationship between twists and turns, Li Xiong is a small official in the steam engine workshop, and he can be regarded as having cooperated with Qin Kai, most of the month ago, he privately approached Xu Guofang, and also wanted to come to the Artillery Bureau to make a difference. Qin Kai was naturally full of words, and everyone under this horsetail shipbuilding system was of great value in his opinion.

However, Qin Kai brought a message and asked him to stay in the shipyard for the time being, waiting for the opportunity, and yesterday he received a message from Qin Kai, asking him to take the cause of the workers to change jobs, and encourage the small officials of other factories to come out, so he instigated Wang Mazi to come together.

Li Xiong saw that Shen Sing and Yizhen didn't dare to speak, thinking that if this thing couldn't be done, if he went to Lord Qin's side in the future, his status would be greatly affected, and he wanted to fight anyway, so he stood up and said loudly: "My lord, you have to take care of this matter, if this worker doesn't say leave, even if he stays in the factory, he won't feel at ease, after all, the salary now given in the artillery bureau is known to anyone who understands it." ”

Shen Singhe burst into flames as soon as he heard the silver, which tendon is these guys throbbing now, what do you mean by this, isn't it just that I will pay a salary increase for these damn craftsmen out of my pocket, Lao Tzu took out his waist, maybe I will let a few of you scratch off a few points, thinking of this, I was even more angry.

"Li Xiong, what do you mean, are there any rules, I still have the final say in this factory, isn't it just a few craftsmen, just go to the art garden to transfer people after you run away, I will make it clear to you today, this salary increase is given to these inferior craftsmen, I am the first to not allow it here!" Roll !! If you miss the deadline, you guys will be the first to get out! ”

A few small officials scolded the disgraced people, they are all official positions that do not enter the ranks, Shen Singhe is a high god, since Shen Singhe mentioned the official authority, then they have no status to speak at all, but the golden fat man next to him came out to play a round at this time, beckoning them to step back first.

Seeing that these little officials had gone away, the fat man said thoughtfully: "Brother Shen, you can't be rash about this, do you see if it will be a kid surnamed Qin who will show us the color!" ”

"Yes! It's a good thing that this kid did, Brother Jin reminded him in time, let's still think about how to lift the bottom of this kid and let him get out of the ponytail shipyard! Shen Singhe said hatefully.

Several of the officials who went out began to complain about Li Xionglai, after all, this time he picked up a few people who came to Shen Sing and complained.

"Lao Li, look at you, you brought us here for a stinky meal! You'll have to invite me to dinner another day," Wang Mazi was the first to nag.

"Yes! Lao Li, there are nearly 2,000 people in our shipyard, and there are only 200 people in the artillery bureau, how much climate can it become, just run a few, what are you talking about, I won't come next time, Shen Xiao's face is not a fuel-efficient lamp! ”

Li Xiong retorted unceremoniously: "Look at a few of you, everyone has been working in the shipyard for more than ten years, they are all old poles, when Shen Baozhen was Lord Shen Baozhen in the past, the shipyard was so neat, but it has been much worse in the past few years, and our old brother didn't nag me about this at these times, where is this work is not doing, why do you work can only drink soup......

A few people had already heard what Li Xiong had said, and hurriedly turned their heads to look around, Wang Mazi couldn't hold back and asked in a low voice: "Li Xiong, we have been friends for decades, I have known you since I was a child, don't fool me, you also want to run away?" ”

"Dead pockmarks, you, I won't run away, we are now in this position by ourselves, why don't you want it, besides, now the Minister of Mawei is Governor Ding, I'll see the excitement first!" ,

"Governor Ding, that's Lord Qin's backstage, Li Xiong, don't hide any news from our brothers!" A few people began to mumble and discuss, and soon some rumors, true or false, quietly spread in the Mawei shipyard.

In the Mawei Artillery Bureau, Qin Kai was participating in the research and improvement of the artillery equipment in the Artillery Bureau with Wu Yun. Now there is a new boring machine in the artillery bureau, which is the result of more than a month of hard work in the machine tool workshop, of course, the drawings of the machine tool come from Qin Kai's masterpiece, which is completely for the future artillery production service machine qì, so this boring machine is very high, and it occupies most of the factory alone.

The artillery design proposed by Qin Kai today is a 254mm caliber (10 inches 26 times caliber) breech cannon, this caliber of steel cannon, when Qin Kai first proposed it, it really scared Wu Yun, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau's newly introduced American machine qì, can now imitate the British Armstrong 80-pounder gun (caliber 149.2mm), and the scrap rate is very high.

"My lord, the length of this 254mm caliber gun is beyond the range that our drilling machine can handle, can it be slowed down in trial production?" Wu Yun recently pondered the blueprints of the rapid-fire cannon that Qin Kai had assigned to him, and he sincerely admired the technical level of this Lord Qin, but this task seemed to be a little too arduous.

"Wu Yun, time is running out, our artillery bureau can't stay low all the time, every time we follow the script of the Westerners, we must create first-class artillery!" Qin Kai said this encouraging thing seriously, but he sounded like he was doing a great leap forward, but even if it was a great leap forward, this was also a great leap forward with scientific and technological background.

Huang Xing and Sun Xiang followed behind the teacher with a book to record the main points discussed by Qin Kai and Wu Yun, these months of study, coupled with following the teacher all day, made them really open their eyes, and now hearing the teacher's ambition, the two of them did not feel any inappropriate and pressure, and they would be realized under the teacher's magical ability.

Huang Xing had already taken out the steel ruler with great interest, compared the size of the 205 caliber gun, and he looked at Sun Xiang, "Ah Xiang, look, this cannon tube is so thick, it's too powerful!" ”

There was a snap, because Huang Xing's smug action was fixed by Qin Kai, "Huang Xing, haven't you drawn drawings for a few days, and your hands are so idle!" ”

Seeing the teacher's smiling expression, Huang Xing was chilled, everything was good with the teacher, it was the work of drawing drawings day and night, he immediately stood upright, with a dead face, "Teacher, if you come, I won't help you record everything, you can continue to discuss the problem!"

"My lord, this new boring machine should not be a big problem, what do you think can be done about this drilling machine?"

"Wu Yun, about the improvement of the drilling machine, you go and talk to Lao Xu, I think he will definitely be able to help you get it! In addition, you can also mobilize the workers to work together, maybe anyone will have a good idea! "It's really overkill to let me solve this kind of small problem with such a traverser, Qin Kai is secretly funny, but to put it bluntly, he really can't do anything, he can't immediately build a giant drilling machine with three drawings!

Wu Yun thought for a while and nodded, "My lord, then I'll go and discuss with Lao Xu, there is always a way to think about this matter!" But the steel has to be bothered by adults! ”

"This matter has been arranged, and the Wu family's ship will soon return to transport the steel from the Minjiang River!" Qin Kai patted Wu Yun on the shoulder with a smile, and sighed secretly in his heart, these are all talents, let's draw drawings first in the world, when it comes to making parts and tinkering machines, at present, in the artillery bureau, the ranking is estimated to be backwards, "Old Wu, this is the top priority of our artillery bureau now, how much do you bother!" ”

Seeing Qin Kai's distant back, Wu Yun rubbed his stiff long face with his hand, and the excitement in his heart calmed down a little, he was a small official, he used to be a craftsman leader, and the salary was enough to support his family, he originally thought that it was bad luck from the Jiangnan Bureau to the Mawei Shipyard, and it was more or less a distribution, but he didn't expect that he was in his forties, and he would come and run from time to time and meet such a boss.

Now with a salary of forty taels per month, it is definitely a well-off rich family, this time Lord Qin opened a research institute, he did not hesitate to stuff his teenage son into it, and followed Lord Qin, it was a broad road! This artillery ...... This young Lord Qin is really bold, if he makes it, it will be bigger than the cannons on those English warships anchored in Shanghai Harbor!

Thinking of this, he sweated excitedly, stretched out his hand and patted his head, and immediately gathered all the workers in the artillery workshop and announced the latest artillery plan.

"This thing Jiangnan Bureau will definitely not be able to build, do we have this strength here?"

"What do you know, Lord Qin is proficient in the study of Taixi, not to mention making cannons, I think that the ironclad ship of foreigners may not be able to be built by Lord Qin!"

"Look at the Artillery Bureau, it's only been a long time since it was set up, and how many new machines are there now!"

“……”

Wu Yun saw the lively discussion of the workers below, obviously this topic aroused everyone's interest, Lord Qin said that there must be a reason for this, and it must be right to do it. He suddenly remembered that after arranging for the workers to overhaul the machine tool, he hurriedly returned to his desk, and soon a few letters were sent to the customs post in Mawei Port.

Although this customs post was initiated by the Qing government, but from the face to the end, it is completely British blood, founded by the British Hurd, the general affairs department of the customs, of course, this wave of good things is also the "Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen" who has no concept of national rights and interests.

Of course, this customs post did a famous thing in the history of Chinese stamps and issued the first set of Dalong stamps in China.

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