Looking at the scene in front of them, Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang were completely shocked, and Cao Kun behind him had a gloomy face, obviously thinking about something?

However, at this time, Cao Kun was still just a small person after all, and his ideas did not play a very important role.

Even Wang Shizhen and the three didn't take Cao Kun too seriously, the reason why they took him was just to prevent Cao Kun from making trouble behind their backs during the time they left, it was as simple as that.

"It doesn't look like a barracks." Feng Guozhang said with some doubts.

Anyway, Feng Guozhang also visited the foreigners' barracks, although he didn't understand it very thoroughly, but he still had some understanding of the foreigners' barracks deployment.

"With its wide streets, its own courtyards, and its tall and spacious houses, it looks more like a number of large factories." Wang Shizhen nodded slightly, and according to the layout he had seen so far, he said his guess.

"Could it be that Wang Sirui wants to build a factory here? Running a business? Duan Qirui was slightly puzzled.

Regarding this issue, he didn't dare to continue to think deeply, running an industry, it was not as simple as talking.

This not only requires a lot of financial support, but also needs the support of foreigners, both of which are indispensable. If you don't have money, you can't buy machinery and equipment, and you can't hire workers to start work. Without the support of foreigners, even if you have money, you can't buy equipment, let alone some core technologies.

If it were a single one or two factories, Duan Qirui would still believe that Wang Sirui was planning to do business, but looking at it, there were almost dozens of independent courtyards on the entire construction site, and according to the layout, there would be dozens of factories here at the same time.

What does this mean? Unless it was strongly supported by a certain great power, he would not have been able to buy so many machines and equipment.

And the great powers are not good birds, will they watch you go to business and grow your own power?

If all the powers were very good at talking, I'm afraid Yuan Shikai would have already started his own arsenal.

Regarding the difficulty of this, Duan Qirui is not unclear, but very clear, because he once followed Yuan Shikai to negotiate with the Great Powers in this regard, Yuan Shikai hoped to buy a set of production equipment for the arsenal from the Great Powers, but in the end he was rejected by the foreigners.

Similarly, there is another question that Duan Qirui can't understand. If Wang Sirui has a lot of money, then why do these expensive and not easy to produce industries? Wang Sirui can fully use these funds to arm more troops.

And with more troops, who else dares to argue with Wang Sirui all day?

With deep doubts, Duan Qirui followed the footsteps of the soldiers leading the way, strolling on this hot construction site.

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On the other side, Wang Sirui was holding the drawings in his hand, and his eyes kept observing the semi-finished building in front of him.

In terms of architecture, Wang Sirui is also a complete layman, and he doesn't know anything about some of the technical knowledge in it.

Although the drawings in his hand were drawn by Wang Sirui, if these drawings were placed in front of those professional engineers, I am afraid that those people would not hesitate to tear up all these drawings.

Oh no, maybe one of them will remain, and that drawing is the floor plan of the entire industrial park.

It accurately marks the length and width of the entire industrial park, the length and width of each branch area, the length and width of the road and other data.

In these years, glass has appeared, but the quantity is pitiful, and the price is not something that Wang Sirui can afford, so the windows are replaced by old-fashioned paper windows, and the door of the workshop, because of the lack of steel for a short time, and at the same time in order to solve the internal space, so two sliding wooden doors are used.

As for cement, don't think about it for the time being, it's in vain. Cement is a bestseller in China, and the quality is not very good, but the price is not cheap at all.

And such a huge project, the demand for cement is extremely huge, so Wang Sirui also chose to balance at this point.

Instead of blindly choosing those expensive cements, they used the most commonly used mud structures for people to build houses, but there was a big problem with the stickiness of the soil.

In order to prevent the soil from being diluted by water on heavy rainy days, Wang Sirui has made two evasive measures in this regard, the first of which is to extend the eaves outward to protect the wall as much as possible.

The other is to decorate the inside and outside, and when the soil inside is almost dry, a layer of soil mixed with this straw is applied to the inner and outer sides to protect the wall.

There is no big problem with this kind of house living in ordinary houses, but if it is used to run a factory, I am afraid that the service life will be lower, but Wang Sirui has no other choice.

The branch factory where Wang Sirui is located is the factory with the largest area and the most buildings in the whole park.

And this factory was also placed in the middle by Wang Sirui, surrounded by a circle of factories, and the scale of this factory is enough to be as large as the four factories outside.

After completion, this will be Wang Sirui's arsenal.

In fact, it is a very irrational choice to build the arsenal here, especially if it is arranged in the middle of many factories, which will undoubtedly leave an opportunity for those who are interested in peeping into the situation of the arsenal.

"Commander, Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, they have arrived." A soldier walked up to Wang Sirui, who was frowning, and reported in a low voice.

And Wang Sirui was looking down at the drawings at the moment, looking up at the semi-finished building in front of him from time to time, many workers were resting on the side, no way, Wang Sirui had already shouted to stop, and they didn't dare to continue to work.

"Let them come!" Wang Sirui put down the drawings, and immediately said to the workers who stopped: "Continue to work!" ”

Soon, Wang Shizhen and others came to Wang Sirui's side, but Wang Sirui did not look back at them, but continued to stare at the project in front of him, constantly thinking about his doubts in his mind.

"What do you think of my factory?" After a long time, Wang Sirui, who was puzzled, could only shake his head helplessly, and asked the three of them while looking at the busy workers in front of him.

"The great man came up with the idea of bringing together a large and small factory in this way, which saved a certain amount of time and money, and allowed some merchants to purchase all the goods they needed at once, and also to avoid having to travel from place to place.

In the same way, gathering a large number of factories together will allow the adults to save as much energy as possible, and only need to send a battalion of troops here to keep the factory safe.

I think other places might be able to take a look at the idea of adults and set aside an area and move all the factories here. Wang Shizhen first complimented, but then, it was a change of words:

"However, my lord's move is a bit flashy. One of them is the problem of improper site selection, because the capital is located in the north, and most of the raw materials needed by these factories need to be transported here from the south, and then the finished products are transported to the south, which will greatly increase the transportation cost.

Second, it is still a problem of improper site selection, this place is too close to the capital, I think someone only needs to buy a city wall defender, you can stand on the city wall, and see everything in the factory area clearly.

Third, it is this safety, most of the factories are now composed of those huge machinery and equipment, and these machines and equipment are operating even more roaring, with soil as the cornerstone, people can barely make a living, but this is used for factory production, I am afraid that it will keep adults awake at night.

If the enemy were to attack so far, without even the presence of infantry, a single burst of artillery could reduce the entire industrial complex to ruins. Wang Shizhen expressed his three opinions.

'Smack! ’

Wang Sirui slapped his head and realized it instantly.

He finally understood what he had been worried about before, and that was security.

The Arsenal has a different nature from other factories, and the products produced in it are all devastating, especially those in the gunpowder factory, and in the event of an accident, the consequences are unimaginable.

And if the enemy bombards, these mud structure factories will not be able to resist that level of blow at all, and what this arsenal in front of them lacks is the ability to resist blows.

Thinking of this, Wang Sirui instantly changed his decision, the arsenal still needs to be set up here, but the ammunition factory and gunpowder factory inside need to be moved to other areas.

Moreover, underground fortifications were built here, which could be used to store weapons and equipment in case of war.

Although this cannot be Wang Sirui's only arsenal, and even in the middle and late stages, this arsenal will be moved, but at present, Wang Sirui can only rely on this arsenal to maintain his needs.

"Yes, it is worthy of being hired, and I can think of a problem that has bothered me for a long time in a short period of time." Wang Sirui turned around with a smile and looked at Wang Shizhen and praised.

"The adults laughed, and the contemptible people just put forward some foolish opinions, and the overall thinking of the adults is not wrong, and it is worth learning from other industrial businessmen in China." Wang Shizhen also smiled and shirked.

"Yes, this is the development trend of the future industry, in an industrial park, there are all kinds of factories, like some iron nail factories, they don't need to go thousands of miles away to buy steel, they don't even need to find people to transport it, they only need to send a few workers to the steel factory next door to get their raw materials." Wang Sirui explained.

There is a common misunderstanding among today's industrialists, and of course, this is also the misunderstanding of everyone in this era. Their factories always focus on one-stop production, from the raw materials are procured, they will process and produce them by themselves, and then until the finished product is produced.

In this way, although they can guarantee their own profits, they lose their efficiency, and in the future, it is an era of efficiency.

Wang Sirui's industrial park is a large-scale flowing water industrial park.

After hearing Wang Sirui's words, Wang Shizhen suddenly felt that his eyes lit up, as if he had seen something enough to make him excited. (To be continued.) )