Wu Jingui carefully put away the signed agreement, this good thing for the God of Wealth to come to the door came so easily, he and his eldest brother carefully thought about each article in this agreement, although in the early stage, the Wu family has to invest a lot of manpower and material resources, but compared to the future income and the status of the Wu family in the future, this is definitely a good thing.

Wu Jingui carefully put away the signed agreement, this good thing for the God of Wealth to come to the door came so easily, he and his eldest brother carefully thought about each article in this agreement, although in the early stage, the Wu family has to invest a lot of manpower and material resources, but compared to the future income and the status of the Wu family in the future, this is definitely a good thing.

It's just that he still didn't understand how this young Lord Qin was so capable, and he was so sure of the business that Western businessmen generally dare not dabble in...... However, there was no need for him to think about this, he immediately summoned all the manpower of the Wu family and devoted himself to the preparation of the Qin Kai Machinery Factory, looking forward to the abundant returns.

Qin Kai left Dr. David at the He family's house, and Vice Consul Schleier needed to be notified as soon as news came, and as a German, David had the added advantage of being able to get in touch with Fuzhou in time with the help of the telegraph line that had only been laid in the British Concession.

Thinking of such inconvenient communication in this era, Qin Kai, who was used to the omnipotent Beidou communication system a few months ago, was somewhat depressed, and now he couldn't even find a hand-cranked phone that he saw in historical movies, and got on the ship back to Fuzhou, Qin Kai began to ponder about this all the way, and he was familiar with modern warfare, so he naturally understood the importance of communication.

Returning to the Mawei Shipbuilding School, Qin Kai went to Xu Guofang for the first time, and arranged the preparation of receiving materials, for Wu Jingui's side, he believed that under the stimulation of huge profits, this would be more urging than any contract or contract, not to mention He Yong over there, the empty shelf of the "China Textile Association" is still somewhat cohesive.

Because he went to Guangzhou, he also missed a day's course here, and he was thinking about it, when the squad leader Zhou Ruidong and his old partner Zhang Kui appeared in front of Qin Kai.

"Instructor, when will this week's class schedule be made up, as the class leader, I need you to give a clear answer as much as possible!" Zhou Ruidong's question was not polite at all, and his old partner was hidden behind him, his shoulders still shrugged slightly, and he didn't know what his expression was.

During this period of contact, this class leader is definitely not wrong, not only has strong management ability, but also the things arranged by Qin Kai can be arranged properly, he has not assigned his own class students to do things, of course, everything has his own reasons, and the students feel that they have gained a lot from doing it.

"In the afternoon, I will make up for a lesson first, and let the students bring the social investigation report assigned last time," Qin Kai is very concerned about the students in this class, although he is very disappointed that there are no historical celebrities in his memory, but he believes that after his own training, these are definitely the sparks that light up this last era.

In the last few classes, he has arranged after-class investigation tasks, such as the investigation of the current situation of the Mawei Shipyard, the analysis of the technical aspects of the Mawei Shipyard, and the investigation of the warships of the Nanyang Naval Division.

This provided great convenience for these students to conduct in-depth investigations, and many information that Qin Kai did not know were listed one by one in the students' investigations, such as the high failure rate and low production capacity of the steelmaking open-hearth furnace of Siemens in Germany, the outdated model of the imitation steam engine, and the outdated warships in production.

This is undoubtedly Qin Kai's eyes and ears, although he knows that Shen Sing and the golden fat man are quite wary of themselves, and they are wary of themselves everywhere, for fear that their achievements will threaten their position, and now they are coincidentally setting up a name to pull themselves back, but this is fine, which prompted him to make up his mind and start from scratch, but this matter of digging the foot of the wall is undoubtedly his favorite.

Hidden behind Zhou Ruidong, Zhang Kui appeared at this time, with a lazy expression, "Instructor, I have a question to ask?" ”

"Yes, Zhang Kui, what places did your investigation report investigate?" ,

"Instructor, my question is related to this investigation report! I went to visit the 'Thunder' and 'Huwei' gunboats, consulted with the seniors who served on the ships, and then I went to visit the British battleship 'Lilai' anchored in Mawei Harbor, and found that the British gunboats were mostly equipped with rapid-fire weapons such as Green guns. The giant ship cannon that the instructor said seems to be contrary to the strong Western army! ”

Unexpectedly, this student, who looks tired on weekdays, is very meticulous in doing this investigation, and has his own ideas, this is definitely the object of training, he laughed, showing his white teeth, "Zhang Kui, not bad!" It's good to have your own ideas, but I'm still going to tell you, your instructor, that every conclusion you make has been demonstrated, you just have to remember to believe in me unconditionally! Of course, I'll prove it to you when I need to. ”

Zhang Kui originally prepared a large set of theories and investigation reports, ready to argue with this self-confident instructor, but unexpectedly touched a soft nail, and suddenly disappeared behind his old partner Zhou Ruidong, and responded, "Got it, instructor!" ”。

"Britain is now building a giant ironclad ship 'Infleczewhite', the caliber of the gun is a 406 mm (16 inches) cannon, of course, in addition to the huge main gun, there are more than 40 guns of various calibers on board, and the modification of the guns on this giant ship is also constantly improving, Zhang Kui, what do you think about this?"

Zhang Kui poked his head out and looked at Qin Kai in a daze, although he was diligent in thinking and good at investigating and discovering, but he also understood Qin Kai's true intentions for a while, so he had to shake his head and make a strange face.

Seeing that the student had admitted defeat, Qin Kai naturally did not hide it, showed Bai Sensen's teeth again, and said with a smile: "Remember! Artillery...... It is the god of war, and now is the era of the former giant ship cannon, and the Europeans' artillery is too poor to deal with the ironclad giant ships wearing heavy armor, so there is the advent of the era of giant ships such as 'Inflecil'! This is a spear and shield fight! ”

"The instructor is saying that once the artillery is powerful enough, it means the end of the era of giant ships?" This time, it was Zhou Ruidong who picked up the topic.

"If you want to break the enemy, you must first make your spear sharp enough! To defend against the enemy, we must naturally make our fortress strong enough, and understand the truth of whether or not we are invincible! Qin Kai said faintly, but his eyes had already fallen on the towering dock in the distance.

He did not expect that today's remarks would have such a profound impact on the two students that it would not be fully expressed until the distant future.

Just as the three of them were still discussing some details, Huang Dang came in a hurry on horseback, and shouted from afar: "Brother Qin, Governor Ding has sent someone to find you, hurry up and go to the governor's yamen!" ”

What is Ding Richang looking for me, Qin Kai's brain teaser is in a hurry, the matter of this grinder is being prepared, and there doesn't seem to be such an urgent matter, since he can't think of it, he simply doesn't think about it, hires a carriage and goes straight to Fuzhou City.

Sun Fu had been waiting at the door for a long time, his thin face was as calm as ever, but when he saw Qin Kai, he lowered his voice and said, "Xu Zhonghu is here!" You have to hurry up with what you're doing! That's what Lord Ding came to you to ask about this. ”

Qin Kai sighed quite emotionally in his heart, someone in the court is everything is going well, nothing is predicted, this is not easy to deal with, he bowed his hand slightly, followed Sun Fu into the inner room, and the two of them sat down after saluting.

Ding Richang's face is still as gray as ever, this old man is a real doer, but this body is inevitably going to collapse, with this old man in the position, it is a good backstage for himself, Qin Kai secretly wondered if he would find a time for the German David to take a look at the old man Ding.

There was a young man of about thirty sitting next to him, with a rectangular face, but his face revealed a sophistication that was not commensurate with his age, presumably this was Xu Jianyin, as a rare figure who could be called a scientist in the late Qing Dynasty, Qin Kai couldn't help but look at him a few more times, Xu Jianyin was also looking up to observe Qin Kai at this time, and when the two of them looked at each other, they would smile and nod their heads.

Ding Richang looked left and right at the two young people below, and nodded slightly, Qin Kai is seven or eight years younger, but Xu Jianyin is also all the way up, at the age of thirty, he is already the general office of the Shandong Machinery Bureau, and he can be regarded as a member of the five products. ,

"Zhonghu, you've worked hard along the way!" Ding Richang spoke first.

Xu Jianyin hurriedly put down the teacup, turned sideways and said: "Lord Ding, this is all a matter of duty, and it is the real hard work for your lord to supervise the great cause of the Mawei shipbuilding!" ”

Thousands of clothes, not sycophants, Xu Jianyin's words naturally made Ding Richang happy, he laughed, "Zhonghu, your father is in good health, and he is still translating books in Shanghai?" ”

"My father is in good health now, but his body is not as good as before, he always says that time is not waiting for me, and now he is still supervising the affairs of Gezhi Academy, and he is also very busy!" Xu Jianyin replied calmly, as if he was talking about the old man's old age.

However, Qin Kai knew that his father Xu Shouna was definitely the backbone of the pioneers in modern history, the father of modern Chinese chemistry, from the earliest homemade mercury explosives and nitrocellulose in modern times, to the Chinese names of sodium, calcium, nickel, zinc, manganese, cobalt, magnesium and other elements came from this strange man who was self-taught.

"Zhonghu, if you go back to see your father, greet him on behalf of the old man,"

"Thank you, Lord Ding!"

After the greetings were over, Ding Richang naturally went to the topic, he turned his head and pointed at Qin Kai, and said: "Zhonghu, let me introduce, this is Qin Kai, the new instructor of our Mawei Shipbuilding School, Qin Kai, this is Xu Jianyin, Xu Zhonghu, the general office of Shandong Machinery Bureau, you are all engaged in machinery, and the old man has full authority to ask the two of you for the affairs assigned by the middle hall." ”

The two of them hurriedly got up to receive their orders.

"Qin Kai, you came back from overseas, and I haven't heard you talk about your cousin?"

Qin Kai also knew that in this era, if the table word is called, it represents the closeness of the relationship, but to immediately come up with a powerful and meaningful table word, it is difficult for him who has only learned a new study, he turned his brain, bowed down and said: "The kid really has no table words, why don't you ask the adult to give me one!" ”

"Oh...... If it's called a gale, I heard that you are advocating the cannon of giant ships in the academy, and this is a very good word", the old man laughed and laughed.

Damn, why did this old man give such a vernacular expression, but it sounds very powerful - Qin Liefeng, Qin Kai also smiled slightly, bowed and thanked him.

Xu Jianyin naturally inquired about the origin of Qin Kai, and although he was surprised by the mechanical grinder he designed, because he had never seen the real thing, it was not easy to judge more. Before coming to Mawei this time, he naturally went to Tianjin Wei to meet Li Zhongtang, and the court is still oscillating between coastal defense and shore defense, but he didn't expect that more avant-garde theories have already been bred here.

"I didn't expect Brother Gale to be a theoretician of the coastal defense faction, I don't know if I can give him the next opportunity to discuss it?" Xu Jianyin asked.

"Brother Zhonghu, I'm all arrogant, if you're interested, this afternoon, when I'm teaching, I'm going to have a discussion about the cannon of the giant ship, you might as well give some advice!" Qin Kai naturally spared no effort to woo this doer and scientist, there are too few talents in this era!

The two of them just took a shot, Ding Richang next to him looked at it, his face became more and more pleasant, since the first two phases of the Mawei Ship Master School, the student's Su zhì and grades have been declining, the first and second phases of the students have been in charge of the Beiyang Naval Division, including Liu Buyun, Deng Shichang and others, and the Nanyang Naval Division ships are small and few, and the artillery is weak, the reason for this has also been mentioned earlier.

However, after Qin Kai came, too much new news came, such as the theory of sea power, giant ship artillery, and ballistics...... These concepts had never appeared in this vast territory, but now they were about to take root in the Mawei Ship Master School under his management, and with his knowledge, he naturally understood that in time these theories might give birth to countless new school students, and he was full of expectations for this.

"You two don't forget to get down to business, Zhonghu and Gale Wind, you give the old man a time limit, when will the first cannon be built!" Old man Ding is very kind on weekdays, but he is not ambiguous at all in business.

"The machine of the foreign artillery bureau has been unloaded, just waiting to be assembled, and 90 workers on board have also been brought along, Lord Ding, do you think this foreign artillery bureau is going to build there?" Xu Jianyin turned his head to look at Qin Kai, this matter naturally depends on when his grinder can move.

"Let's find a place in the Mawei Shipyard!" Old man Ding is very resolute.

Qin Kai's brain was already spinning rapidly at this time, this foreign artillery bureau is a newcomer, Xu Jianyin will go to Europe to investigate the ironclad ship soon, isn't the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships ordered in Germany, these technicians and machinery must not fall into the hands of Shen Sing and Jin Fatzi.

He immediately said loudly: "My lord, I still have some thoughts on this matter, I don't know if I should talk about it?" "[Brothers, please smash the ticket if you have it, hehe]

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