[This chapter is a bit delayed, brothers will take a look, some foreshadowing of the follow-up story hehe]

It may not be difficult to let Qin Kai get N artillery drawings, but to make it clear that he really doesn't know anything about Western artillery in this era, fortunately, Xu Jianyin is here, not to mention that Xu Jianyin also has an ambassador Wu who specializes in cannon casting from the Artillery Bureau.

A few days later, Xu Jianyin suddenly found that the on-site placement of the foreign artillery bureau had become his job, except that He Xing came to report the progress of the factory to him every day, and Qin Kai, who was nominally supposed to be in charge of this matter, actually disappeared.

However, as compensation, a thick textbook for the subject of "machine Qì industry" was sent by Zhou Ruidong, the class leader, and when he opened the pages, every big title made Xu Jianyin's heart beat - "The First Industrial Revolution", "The Age of the Steam Engine", "The Theory of Sea Power", "The Future of the Electric Motor", "The New Era of the Detonation of the Internal Combustion Engine", ......

He Xing first built a few brick houses on the land of the Artillery Bureau, and Xu Jianyin settled down on the construction site with peace of mind, and he was immersed in the new knowledge system brought by Qin Kai, which talked about many principled things, he had dabbled in, but to transform them into the physical objects and machines that Qin Kai said, it was indeed never imagined.

Zhou Ruidong will send some materials every two days, and it can be seen that these are the teaching materials that Qin Kai has just made, and there are inevitably some typos in them, Xu Jianyin has seriously revised them, and he will also ask about Qin Kai's traces, and the news he got from He Xing and Zhou Ruidong is that Instructor Qin is busy transforming the mechanical grinder.

He wanted to go over and take a look at the mechanical grinder that surprised him, but obviously the information at hand attracted his attention more, and after thinking about it, he gave up this plan for the time being, after all, these machines would have to be moved to the Artillery Bureau sooner or later, he just asked Zhou Ruidong to take the words, so that Qin Kai would not miss the progress of the artillery.

At this time, Qin Kai was not in the machine tool workshop of the shipyard at all, there were now hundreds of people there, Xu Guofang had already brought the word, most of these workers were proficient, and the rest also had short-term work experience, which made him very satisfied.

As for the task of the grinding machine transformation, it was completely subcontracted to Xu Guofang, and he asked to complete the transformation of the external grinding machine to the internal grinding machine within seven days, which had already been put on the agenda, and Xu Guofang patted his chest and promised to finish the matter as soon as possible.

In the back garden of the He family in the west of the city, Qin Kaile was sitting, the head was naturally the old lady of the He family, and He Yong and He Xing were sitting in front of him.

His two students, Huang Xing and Sun Xiang, can only help to do some specific things at present, and the students in the class are naturally impossible to be pulled out to do things by themselves because of the school and study, he now has to free up his hands to do a long-planned thing, and whether this matter is successful or not, will have a huge impact on the future, and today he is here to talk about this manpower problem.

"Old lady, I've bothered you a lot during this time, but I came today, and I still have something difficult to trouble you!" Qin Kai smiled and said to the old lady of the He family.

"Lord Qin, this is too outward, our He family is not a big family in Fuzhou Mansion, but as long as the He family has this ability, it will definitely not disappoint Lord Qin," Old Lady He's old face was wrinkled, but his eyes were still blazing, he stood up, coughed a few times, and said in a tone like talking to himself: "Old bones, there is still some cold in this April day, Dayong, Xing'er, you have an idea, Lord Qin, the old man will go and rest first!" ”

After that, the old man walked slowly into the room with the support of a sturdy maid, and entered the room, and the old man He, who seemed a little staggering just now, suddenly recovered his spirit, leaned on the Taishi's chair and drank the Pu'er tea in the purple clay pot, and after a while, a servant came in from the back door and whispered in his ear for a while, which made the old man fall into contemplation again.

The remaining three people in the courtyard were drinking tea, and He Xing turned his head and asked, "Brother Qin, you are a capable person, I am optimistic about you, just say anything directly!" ”

He Yong next to him was drinking the teapot and nodding to Qin Kai. ,

"Brother He, I have two things, one is that I want to borrow some manpower from your He family, you know, I have no one on hand except for students, and the second thing, I want to use the forty percent amount of soap as a mortgage, can I take some silver out!" Qin Kai straightened out his thoughts and said slowly.

Qin Kai said okay, picked up the teacup by himself, and made it full of Longjing, and brewed it for He Xing and He Yong, Old Man He suddenly withdrew, although there was some surprise, but it was also expected, no one in the world would be willing to do a loss-making business, and his friendship with He Xingjian can be said to start from the end, but the relationship with the He family should be measured by strength and return.

The He family invested a lot of manpower in the recruitment of personnel from the Artillery Bureau and Guangzhou, and the most important interest link was the soap business. As for the "China Textile Association" advocated by Qin Kai, it is just a big pie at present, although He Yong is very optimistic about this matter, but the old lady of the He family who wants to seek stability and survival must have his own ideas.

He Xing and He Yong glanced at each other, and in the end, He Yong still signaled to let He Xing take the idea,

"Brother Qin, it's not difficult to use this manpower, although the soap factory, the artillery factory construction site and Guangzhou all need people, but it is completely possible to free up ten or eight reliable people," He Xing still looked a little nervous, picked up the teacup and took a sip to moisten his throat, "Yinzi, you name a number!" ”

"In the short term, I may need 30,000 taels of silver, if the textile machinery can be successfully launched, this money may be able to be returned quickly", after Qin Kai finished speaking, although he was still drinking tea, his eyes were still staring at He Xing and He Yong.

The two of them were obviously shocked by such a large number, their He family's industry is also accumulated over several lifetimes, this big business is big, and the natural expenses will be large after the branches and leaves, and they used to do foreign goods business in the mainland, and the profits were good, but this time they took out 30,000 taels of silver, to be honest, it was a family fund.

He Yong obviously hadn't figured it out for a while, he was still there drinking tea, He Xing stood up, moved the chair, and went to Qin Kai's side, then looked up and down carefully, and suddenly asked, "Brother Qin, are you serious?" Can you tell me about the use of such a large sum of money? ”

He Xing's question is already very straightforward, Qin Kai naturally understands what he means, today to come to the He family, borrowing money from others is one purpose, and the other purpose, he hopes to test the sincerity of the He family from this matter, after all, making money is one thing, if you need to gamble on the future of this family, even if there is a great return, it will also require great courage and determination.

"Brother He, you see that I seem to be playful, the foreign artillery factory is about to be produced, this foreign artillery factory is in my hands, I need to give the craftsman a raise, how can it cost two thousand taels of silver this month, I need to develop a textile machine, and I also need to invest a lot of money, I am going to build a research institute soon, this research institute is a place to eat money, but once there is output, this will definitely be a surprise!"

"What is the research institute, Brother Qin, could it be that this is what you told your students about the industrial revolution?" He Xing asked dumbfounded, the word industrial revolution was still heard by that Lord Xu muttered on the construction site yesterday.

"Industrial Revolution!" Qin Kai was also stunned, but he didn't expect this word to pop out of He Xing's mouth, he raised his head, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and said with a smile: "This is not a revolution, this is an earth-shattering explosion!" ”

He Xing listened to Qin Kai's answer to the question, pondered for a while, and then ran into the house with He Yong, leaving Qin Kai outside to drink tea and blow the cool breeze.

After listening carefully to the statements of the two, Old Lady He thoughtfully held the teapot, "Xing'er, second brother, what do you think of this?" ”

"Big brother, I can't figure this out, but our He family can't miss the business of foreign cloth no matter what!" He Yong was smashed by Qin Kai's textile industry, and he didn't wake up much since he came back anyway.

"Father, I think Lord Qin is a person who does great things, if we take out this money, I think it's a try, a soap recipe is worth more than that!"

"It's not clear whether the soap business can last for a long time", Old Lady He said sharply, took a sip of tea, and continued: "This Qin Kai is indeed an outlier, the news from the yamen can see that Lord Ding trusts him very much, but if these 30,000 taels are taken out, our He family's family will be empty, and if the soap can't be turnover, there will be a big problem!" ”,

“……”

"Doesn't my father agree to raise this money?" He Xing was obviously a little anxious.

"I'm old, you have an idea about this, I'll just say a word, there are so many old and young people in the family, you have to leave some money for them!" Old lady He muttered, got up and went to the side to close his eyes and rest.

Qin Kai heard the voices of the three people of the He family in the house, and he secretly laughed at himself, it turned out that he was not surnamed Qin, but surnamed Ma.

After a while, He Xing ran out with a somewhat solemn face, and he whispered to Qin Kai: "Brother Qin, I couldn't convince my father, he thinks it's too risky, the matter over there in Guangzhou, the construction site of the foreign artillery factory is completely fine, it's just this silver, I'll help you find a way, I may not be able to raise enough, I still have some ability!" ”

Qin Kai nodded, when it came to this, He Xing had already tried his best, and in this regard, he naturally expressed his sincerity, managing the money and cashiering at the same time, and he didn't bother to do it if he was killed, "Brother He, you can do it for you!" You take care of it, I don't worry! ”

He Xing listened to Qin Kai's heavy emotion, and was naturally very excited, and at the end, when he returned to the house, he remembered that the money was originally given to Zhang Luo, and he had inexplicably set up an account room...... However, this is easy to solve, anyway, I have to lend Qin Kai ten or eight helpers, so Lao Liu, the account office of the He family's shop, called to help manage the accounts in and out.

Before leaving, Qin Kai also found a good errand for He Xing, relatives of the He family, or children of local good families, can go to the Mawei Research Institute next to the Artillery Bureau that is under construction to register, and the students who have been admitted after the assessment will not only manage three meals a day, but also give Yingyang one yuan a month.

This news Huang Xing brought back to his father Huang Dang yesterday, as long as the conditions are met, the children of the Hunan army can also come to sign up, as long as they can afford to endure hardships, have patience, and are not stupid, Qin Kai will ensure that he has a serious way out.

This really made Huang Dang excited for a while, and the old brothers who were dismissed from the Hunan army also had hundreds of people, all of whom settled in Fuzhou Mansion, and they relied on a fortune, which was a good way out, and immediately patted his chest to deal with this matter.

Xu Jianyin, who had been on the construction site of the Artillery Bureau for almost ten days, suddenly found that Qin Kai had come out on this day, with a group of students behind him, pointing at a vacant land under construction that had been circled next to him, he had noticed that there was a new construction site seven or eight days ago.

A factory building of the Artillery Bureau is nearing completion, and the other two factories have also set up shelves, which can also be seen He Xing's energy, through the small river next to Guò, a large number of building raw materials, wood purchased in the mountains are quickly transported here by flat boat, and the construction site is even more crowded, and the He family has offered a high salary of 2 jiao milli a day for a high salary, and the young people of the nearby villages have been hired.

Although he has been studying intensively for the past few days, the matter between this construction site and the Foreign Artillery Bureau has not been pulled down, and when he was thinking about whether to urge Qin Kai about the progress of the grinder, Qin Kai came to the door.

"Brother Zhonghu, do you think when we will start casting cannons? The iron material on Lord Ding's side has been allocated yesterday! "Throwing Xu Jianyin here in the past few days, it can indeed be seen that Xu Jianyin is a doer, except for inspecting and supervising the progress of the artillery factory and the time for three meals a day, this person is lying in that simple hut.

Speaking of business, Xu Jianyin was very resolute, and after a little consideration, he set the progress, "Today, this first factory can be capped, I will let people clean it overnight, and tomorrow I will transport the machine from the dock, and strive to start construction within two days!" ”

"Brother Zhonghu, what cannon this foreign artillery bureau casts first, you have to make an idea!"

"Brother Gale, this cast cannon can't be sloppy, I've always been worried about the quality of the cast iron on the horsetail, so I specially shipped Western hard steel from the Jiangnan Bureau with the ship, and the first gun is still an imitation Krupp front hall 152MM front-loading gun! It can't be imitated before, mainly because of the rifling and polishing of the inner chamber, which can be left to you! ”

Qin Kai nodded frequently, but he was thinking in his heart, we have this machine, even if we don't have it, we can build one, but when it comes to the manipulator, he estimates that he is not as good as Xu Guofang's apprentice, we are engaged in science and technology, this rough work, how can we let brain workers do it! I immediately made up my mind and threw this matter to Xu Guofang.

Three days later, with the sound of firecrackers on the construction site of the Artillery Bureau, Xu Jianyin presided over a simple listing ceremony, and the Mawei Artillery Bureau was considered to have started.

The workers of the Mawei Shipyard, he is not good at openly poaching, these are the skilled workers recruited by Qin Kai from the Huangpu Shipyard of the British in Guangzhou, some of them have been observed by Xu Guofang and several veterans, and their level and ability are relatively high, of course, in order to recruit these people, Qin Kai also offered a salary thirty percent higher than that of the British.

Compared with the hot scene of the artillery factory, the Mawei shipyard is much more deserted, and the slightly popular ones are the two warships under construction in the dock, and at this time, Shen Singhe and the golden fat man are muttering in the corner on the side of the dock.

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