And Zhang Kui is now the same title of the four products, and the position of Fangcheng County Order was handed over to the county seat Lu Yixing, Fangcheng County has made huge profits in garments and textiles for a year, and the labor force continuously recruited from North Vietnam has enriched the foundation of Fangcheng industry, and Zhang Kui has organized the local Chamber of Commerce in accordance with the idea of Qin Kai Textile Association, which has played a very good role in promoting local factory production. This book is from.

Of course, there are also restless elements among them, trying to buy technical personnel, or trying to win over the members of the Chamber of Commerce to stand on their own, obviously, a qiē behavior that destroys the economy of the city, a qiē person, will become Qin Kai's public enemy, that is, Zhang Kui's mortal enemy, the best one is said to have been sent to a factory hidden in the mountains, and has become an eternal coolie, and the others ...... According to his teacher, he was captured by aliens!

Now Zhang Kui is not busy with the deep-water port of Fangcheng all day long, which has long been surrounded by countless forts and dark forts, in the barracks behind the deep-water port, more than 3,000 recruits recruited by Chen Bingkun are undergoing super-intensive intensive training, in order to improve the training level of these recruits, Zhang Kui's troops have been scattered and inserted into the recruits.

Although the training time is not long, less than two months, but these hard-working soldiers are indeed very good, and the progress is also very fast, but Zhang Kui follows behind like a ghost all day long, this shooting training started very early, and after only a month of queue training, he immediately began to shoot live ammunition. He had already received the news from Qin Kai and trained recruits at any cost, and the news that Qin Kai passed on was that war could break out anytime and anywhere!

In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival of 1882 is coming, although the factory belonging to the Mawei Shipyard is still in full swing during the New Year, but the workers are beaming one by one. This year, all the workers received an additional bonus of 30% of their annual salary, which is a huge amount of money for the people of this era.

The apprentices who have just entered the factory in Mawei Shipyard can get 12 taels of silver, and at the price level of this era, they can buy 700 catties of rice, or 40 catties of pork, and the new students of the entire Fuzhou will get an additional month's food allowance, of course, this money is issued in the name of Ding Richang and Zhang Peilun, which is also a little cautious for Qin Kai......

The residential area to the west of the Mawei Shipyard is a wasteland purchased by the Harbour Master, and workers who have worked in the Harbour Administration for three years can apply for the construction of their own standard-sized houses at the Harbourmaster's expense. Wang Hai and Zeng Qing each invested 80 taels of silver here to build two adjacent houses.

Both of them were graduates of the Mawei Hou School, and they were originally just the most ordinary craftsman apprentices in the shipyard, but after Lord Qin came, he promulgated the "Mawei Technical Hierarchy", Zeng Qing was hired as a teacher of the Mawei Higher School through the public examination the year before, and Wang Hai became an intermediate worker in the Mawei steam engine workshop after the assessment.

It's almost the New Year, the two of them called three or two apprentices and students to Zeng Qing's house to gather, Zeng Qing can now be regarded as a cultural person among these people, and now his income is high, his wife doesn't have to cook every day, and hired an aunt to take care of it, but today it is rare to do it yourself, and give a whole table of wine and food, this chicken, duck and fish meat is not lacking.

A few people chatted while eating, and they were very satisfied with their respective jobs, and the high-salary income here was counted as Wang Hai, and he had a stable income of 20 taels of silver per month, which made a comparison of the image point, and it was similar to the Jiupin master book in the county government, which was indeed a high salary.

And Wang Hai joined the technical research team this year, and made four technical research and development achievements in the research and development of steam engines and boilers, and now the research and development technology has been reported, and it needs to wait until the technical audit team of the shipyard to evaluate before giving the final evaluation, but everyone has already started this matter.

"Master, I went to inquire, what project was reported to the chemical team last time, after Lord Qin read it, he was amazed, and gave a red envelope of 20,000 taels at once, and I heard that each member of the R&D team also received 2% of the new company dividend! I see that your results this time can be at least a few thousand, and at least a few hundred taels will be divided! The one who spoke was Wang Haidai's apprentice Yang Fan, who had just graduated from Mawei Technical School, and was actually a young man who was not a few years younger than him.

Wang Hai snapped and gave the apprentice a brain, "Yang Fan, you kid learn more and learn better, and you will go to the money all day long, now these houses and this salary are not all given by Lord Qin after he came, my old man is now at home with the adult's immortal card, and participating in this technical research is also one of our work contents, how can we care about these anymore!" ”,

"Master, I'm so good at money! What an honor it is for the results of this research, the bonus is a small thing, the honor is a big thing, and it will be a red list when the time comes! But well, when the prize money comes down, you can ask us to celebrate! Yang Fan held the wine glass and walked around the back of Zeng Qing to avoid the brain that might fly again.

"Okay, okay, don't make trouble," Zeng Qing laughed and asked Yang Fan to sit back, "Wang Hai, you can make more money than me, a teacher, don't let your sister-in-law hear it, otherwise you will blame me for not taking the technical exam at that time!" In fact, calculated in total, Zeng Qing's income as a teacher is not low, in addition to the fixed salary of 20 taels, there are also various benefits.

"Zeng Qing, don't shiver at me, I know, you are the backbone of the physics teaching group of Mawei Senior School, my eldest brother's kid is still studying in the primary school this year, and I will send him to study in your higher school when the time comes!" I plan to enroll in the evening studies at the Higher Institute of Technology at the beginning of the new year, and my goal is to become a steam engine technician! ”

"Okay, Wang Hai, it seems that only Xu Guofang, the general office, is an engineer now, you have to come on! Here, let's have a drink! The two touched their glasses, Zeng Qing is now a teacher in a higher education school, and he is very comfortable in Fuzhou Mansion, where new learning is popular, so that his dream of being a preacher and teacher can be realized in Mawei.

However, today's teachers can definitely be described as "busy and crazy", all subjects are arranged very tightly, 8 classes a day, six and a half days a week, winter and summer vacations in the future...... Naturally, there is no more, Qin Kai did not intend to let these students and teachers study easily, this era absolutely does not allow the slightest relaxation, everyone in the ponytail must run at high speed.

The new school has been open for more than a year, with three months as a semester of study, Mawei College has had the first batch of graduates who have completed six semesters of study, most of them are students of the Harbour Master School, with a good foundation, after graduation, the Harbour Master gave them two choices, one is to stay in school to become a teacher, the other is to enter the Harbour Master, start from the intermediate technician, and embark on the road of engineer.

Eight out of ten of these graduates chose the path of engineering, although this path is still a fantasy for China in this era.

A room full of people talking and laughing, listening to the introduction of the pioneers, these young people who have just entered the industry are full of hope for the future of their jobs.

In the official residence of Qin Kai in Guangzhou, in the first New Year after being promoted to governor, in addition to Zhou Ruidong, who was still confronting the French outside Haiphong City, Xue Chao in Hue, and Liu Yongfu in Shanxi City, the core backbones who could come from all walks of life also rushed back! He set up a dinner in the official residence, which can be regarded as a New Year's greeting for these core backbones.

The number of people attending this dinner was obviously more than before, Chen Bingkun was the first time to attend such a party, and he was also quite surprised by the miscellaneous subordinates of this prosperous Qin governor, in this official residence, he was also familiar with Sun Fu, and the others had met at most.

Sun Fu smiled and pulled him to sit aside, someone came in and introduced, the first one to come was Zhang Kui, who was the farthest away, originally a cynical appearance has changed greatly, there are things to make decisions every day for most of the year, and from Fangcheng government affairs, commerce to Fangchenggang defense, shipyard construction all need him to spend his brains, but it is not in vain.

At this time, Zhang Kui came in, followed by a few pro-soldiers, as if he had some independent posture, seeing Sun Fu here, he naturally understood Sun Fu's current position, walked up with a smile and arched his hand, and passed a gift box from the hands of the pro-soldiers behind him, "Master Sun, I will give you an early year!" Brought some local products of Fangcheng - special effect multi-whip wine, this is a variety of beast whips soaked in a variety of beast whips, for you to get a copy! ”

"General Zhang, it's hard to be stationed abroad!" Sun Fu smiled and unceremoniously took the gift, turned his head and pointed at Chen Bingkun on the side, "Chen Yuanting, now in charge of the general office of Leizhou Industrial Zone!" ”

"Ahh Zhang Kui naturally knew this, and the three thousand Hunan army disciples he trained there were all recruited by this one, "Lord Chen, those recruits you recruited are all men, and after two months of training, they can only go to the battlefield!" After that, he politely handed over the gift box.

Although Chen Bingkun didn't specifically inquire about the news of the Qin armor system, he had also heard that these generals outside were said to be students brought out by the governor, and they also returned the salute, "General Zhang has worked hard!" ”,

Zhang Kui arched his hand, turned his head to ask Sun Fu, and asked with a smile: "Master Sun, instructor, what is he doing?" There won't be any conspiracy going on! ”

Sun Fu shook his head and tapped his finger at him, "General Zhang, you go in, the governor is preparing to give you a red envelope!" ”

The two laughed, Zhang Kui walked into the backyard by himself, Sun Fu smiled and turned his head to Chen Bingkun and said: "Yuan Ting, this is Zhang Kui, a student of the adult, who takes care of military affairs and civil affairs for the adult in Fangcheng County, and has a lot to do with the Leizhou Bay Industrial Zone that you dispose of in the future, what do you think of the disciple of the governor?" ”

"Brother Sun, it's really hard to say, it's just that Lord Qin can train such a student, it seems that there is no order, I think he is acting steadily!"

"Yuan Ting...... Sure enough, good eyesight......" Sun Fu raised his eyes and looked at the door, "Yuan Ting, you have to get to know the people who came in at this time, our God of Wealth of Mawei Shipbuilding!" ”

He Xing still had that calm appearance at the door, but his original face seemed to be darker, and after coming in, he began to take care of this chores for Qin Kai like a housekeeper, this is the silver held by the big shopkeeper, Sun Fu didn't care about the specific numbers, but look at Qin Kai's big moves in Guangzhou, as well as the benefits of this horsetail shipbuilding system, it was mentioned at the core backbone meeting last time, and the monthly income is at least more than 2 million taels!

What kind of concept is this, just the income of the Mawei Shipping Administration is worth all the customs duties of the Great Qing Kingdom...... But now there is no need to tell Chen Bingkun about these things! When he needed to understand, Qin Liefeng would naturally tell him.

After a while, a lot of people came one after another, Chen Bingkun was a little strange, this core member of Lord Qin's subordinates was really eclectic, a fat man who looked sloppy, Sun Fu told sù himself, this is Chen Tongpu, who is in charge of the Mawei Chemical Factory, who is a child in the United States, and Lord Qin's favorite general.

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man next to Chen Fatzi saw Sun Fu busy coming over to salute, it turned out to be Sun Fu's nephew Sun Xiang, Sun Fu naturally couldn't help but proudly introduce that his nephew was one of the only two personal disciples of Lord Qin.

And another man in his forties who looks rough and ugly, but he is dressed quite elegantly, Sun Fu introduced that it is Wu Yun, the general office of the Mawei Artillery Bureau, who turned out to be a small official of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, but he didn't expect to make a fortune after the ponytail, but now the cannon of the Artillery Bureau, according to Lord Qin, also has an advantage over the Taixi powers.

Later, Xu Guofang, Wu Jingui, Wang Fei, Zhang Siqi, Qingying, Hu Changchang and others can be said to have a variety of origins, and the techniques they learned are almost everything that Chen Bingkun has heard of, after all, he is good at government affairs, and he doesn't know much about these industrial and commercial things......

After that, Zhang Jian, Luo Shou, Lu Han, Xu Shoushan, Chen Ying, etc., listening to Sun Fu talk about the scale of this new school, Chen Bingkun was secretly surprised by Qin Kai's strength, this big school, this history has taken this road to the pinnacle of power There are many big people, and Qin Kai now controls the Nanyang Naval Division is even stronger, if the achievements of these people were placed in the Huai Army and the Hunan Army, they would have been admirals long ago, but now they are holding the position of a general in the Nanyang Naval Division!

There was so much information revealed at Qin Kai's New Year's banquet today that Chen Bingkun couldn't digest the contents for a while, but he obviously saw his advantages first, this Lord Qin was surrounded by talents engaged in industry, and what he lacked was a figure like himself who was familiar with the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Chen Bingkun glanced at Sun Fu, the two looked at each other and smiled, Sun Fu muttered a pun, "Yuan Ting, the task that the governor gave you and me is not light!" ”

This New Year's dinner is obviously a relaxed gathering of these bigwigs from all walks of life, everyone is busy like crazy people on weekdays, and there is no chance to contact each other, today is obviously a good opportunity, when Qin Kai came out of the house with Zhang Kui, the atmosphere on the field reached the most.

He Xing announced a series of reward plans on behalf of Qin Kai, and every core backbone present here will receive a big red envelope from Lord Qin, as a reward for all of you present for your outstanding contributions to Mawei Shipbuilding in the past year, and everyone will receive a big red envelope from Qin Kai, with a minimum amount of thousands of taels of silver.

After the reward, Qin Kai naturally threw out his five-year plan, and the general offices of these independent factories suddenly felt the pressure on their bodies, the first to bear the brunt of the steelworks, to expand the scale of steel production within five years, Mawei Iron and Steel Plant is now only 500 tons of blast furnace ironmaking and 200 tons of steelmaking per month. ,

With the increasing production capacity of the Mawei shipbuilding industry, it is clear that even with the production capacity of the Vietnamese coal and iron base that will be restored in the future, the pressure on steel production is huge, and Qin Kai's plan is even more amazing, within five years, the total production of blast furnace ironmaking will increase by 10 times the current level!

Secondly, in the five-year plan for chemicals, machinery, and ships, detailed estimates have also been made, which need to reach five times the current scale, especially mentioning the Leizhou Bay Heavy Industry Zone in charge of Chen Bingkun, and a series of plans of the Mawei Shipbuilding Administration after the year are all centered on the construction of this heavy industry base.

In addition, Qin Kai had high hopes for the light industry he started in Guangdong, and with the gradual construction of the Guangzhou Light Industrial Zone, he also planned a series of projects to further expand the scale of light industry in Guangdong.

Everyone is discussing the big industrial initiatives in the coming year, and the general offices of these factories are also thinking about how to dig deep into the potential and complete the scale expansion of several times that Lord Qin arranged, at this time, Song Yunze, the leader of Qin Kai's personal soldier squad outside, hurriedly came in, holding a letter in his hand, and it can be seen that the content of this letter is very important, otherwise he would not have come in at this time.

After Qin Kai hurriedly glanced at it, he was also very surprised, the Sino-French peace treaty that had been negotiated for nearly a month was very unexpectedly a big problem, and the reason for this was even more bizarre. Li Zhongtang's mother passed away, and the powerful minister of Beiyang and the governor of Zhili immediately resigned from the court and went back to worry about his mother Ding according to this Confucian etiquette!

The successor to Li Zhongtang, the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, was Zhang Shusheng, another big man of the Huaijun department, but the French suddenly proposed that the prime minister refuse to be presided over by Zhang Shusheng to participate in the negotiations, and finally led the two sides to continue the peace negotiations and became confusing.

The current actions of the French, the hidden meaning of which is almost obvious, which makes the atmosphere of the New Year's dinner a little dignified, Lu Han and Xu Shoushan both came to Qin Kai's side to ask about the next plan, it is obvious that to deal with the French, the Nanyang Navy Division is bound to be dispatched again......

However, Qin Kai didn't immediately issue any new orders, it was still the same old saying, prepare for war with all your might! However, the next day, new news came again, the Qing Embassy in Japan sent an urgent telegram to the Military Aircraft Department, and the Japanese were actually preparing to send troops to Korea to preside over the so-called murder of Japanese expatriates!

Qin Kai took the telegram, looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, and muttered thoughtfully, "It's really eventful!" ”