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Although Qin Lang had visited the home with Duncan and Claude two years earlier, Elizabeth had seen Ford's home for the first time. Therefore, out of instinct like a conditioned reflex, she cast an inquiring glance at Qin Lang. "Henry. Ford lives here? ”

"Hmm." He nodded, then added with a smile, "If he hadn't moved." ”

Elizabeth knew it was just a joke - if Ford decided to live in a different place, Qin Lang and Rachel would definitely get accurate information and get his new address, otherwise, Ford would not want to get any more investment - even if it was just a penny.

One thing is for sure, Mr. Ford won't have to deal with the banknotes.

So he lived here, at 58 Avenue Bagley, and eagerly awaited Qin Lang's second visit—a point that could easily be confirmed: as Qin Lang and Elizabeth approached the house, the door opened, and Ford and his wife greeted him.

The two stopped in front of Qin Lang and Elizabeth, and then Ford saluted and said with a smile, "Mr. Qin, it's a pleasure to see you again." We are honored to be here. ”

"Mr. Ford, you're so kind." Qin Lang smiled and returned the salute. Of course, he felt a trace of doubt and worry about Ford's exaggerated performance. Ford is a formidable character, with intelligence, ability, and ambition comparable to Morgan; "It's an honor to be here", such a statement came from the mouth of a car tycoon, and undoubtedly seemed very suspicious.

Qin Lang told himself that he needed to be vigilant, but on the surface, he didn't show anything special. After a few pleasantries, Elizabeth was formally introduced to Ford and his wife, and then took her by the hand and followed the Ford into the open-door house.

Of course, it's still time to say hello. Ford doesn't seem to be in a hurry to understand the issues associated with building a car plant, and so does Qin Lang. The two talked about topics that had nothing to do with automobiles, from the situation in Africa to the weather in Florida, from the scenery along the western route to agriculture in Mississippi, from Ford's son to Qin Lang's relationship with Elizabeth...... Then the conversation shifted to the presidential election.

Again, it seems inevitable that successful businessmen will always care about politics and get involved, even though Ford is still just an engineer...... Inventor, but as the founder of the Ford empire, his interest in politics was probably evident early on.

Perhaps his political judgment -- but, on the whole, the 1896 presidential election was a dull game with nothing to talk about, and the only thing that remained to serve as a topic of conversation was the extraordinary tactics employed by the Republican leaders.

Now, Qin Lang has a new understanding of the Republican Party's campaign measures. The situation in the east is very different from that in the west: in the west, it is only the workers who are forced to support McKinley, while in the east, some factory owners are also intimidated, and businessmen write to them that they will cancel orders if Brian is "unlucky" to become the next president.

"But in reality, the workers are the ones who ultimately have the effect of these threatening letters." Ford said, "Because the factory owner was originally William. McKinley's supporters, the only thing they had to do when they received the letters was to put them in a conspicuous place so that every worker could see them. ”

"To avoid losing their jobs because of the factory's cuts, workers had to vote for McKinley." Qin Lang laughed, "There is another practice in California, where the boss tells the workers that if Brian is elected, their salary will only be ten yuan a month, but if McKinley enters the White House, their salary will be raised to twenty-six yuan a month." ”

"Actually, it doesn't make a difference, the result is always the same, it's just that someone is a little more subtle." Ford commented slightly sarcastically, "Of course, in the East, most people are not very reserved. ”

"Indeed." Qin Lang nodded.

Companies in the East are doing something blatant indeed, with a Pittsburgh ironworks even asking its 3,000 workers to donate a dollar each for Republican campaign funding, and there are grapevines that some factories in some areas are preparing to close until the election results are announced and Republicans win.

This is undoubtedly very insane.

"Of course," Qin Lang commented, shrugging his shoulders, "The world we live in has always been crazy. If anyone feels incredible, it's only because he's not crazy enough. ”

"That's right, Mr. Qin." After a pause, Ford continued, "Speaking of which, I have a crazy thing here, too, in the warehouse in the back." ”

Everyone knows what he is talking about: his novelty invention, the new type of vehicle that the Umbrella company will produce in cooperation with him, the four-wheeled automatic car. Now, the conversation finally gets to the point. Qin Lang smiled secretly and said, "Can you show us around?" ”

"Of course." After all, that's exactly what he's here for. Ford stood up and straightened his crumpled clothes, then made an inviting gesture. "Please follow me, Mr. Qin, Miss Daubers."

Qin Lang and Elizabeth stood up, and then they walked together to the garage at the back of the house - strictly speaking, it was actually a warehouse with miscellaneous items, and now part of the space was cleared for temporary parking of Ford's invention. So compared to Qin Lang's giant garage in San Diego, this one is small and shabby – and certainly the same goes for Ford's four-wheeled automobiles.

What Qin Lang and Elizabeth saw in the garage was not so much a car as a gasoline engine mounted on a simple four-wheeled frame with seats; Despite having only two cylinders and a measly four horsepower, Ford's engine was much more pleasing to the eye than the cars he built.

At least that's Qin Lang's opinion; And Elizabeth, unlike Rachel, Yishui, O'Connor, and Duncan, had never seen that M1120 military truck, so her reaction was what Ford expected to see, with exclamation, approval, and a small amount of eagerness.

Noticing the expression on her face, Qin Lang secretly smiled bitterly. But now it's 1896, what else can be pursued? Although Carl. It's been a decade before Benz built and patented the world's first car, but today's car designers are still only making rudimentary things.

There are too many technical issues that limit the performance of the designers. As a result, the automobile would not have become a full-fledged commodity until 1910.

But Qin Lang still decided to build a car manufacturing plant.

"That's exactly what I need, Mr. Ford." He told Ford, "Of course, we have to make some improvements to it." At the very least, we need a more powerful gasoline engine. Four-horsepower ...... It has to be said that the car does not run at all. ”

Fukut nodded. "That's exactly what I'm going to do next – bigger, faster, more advanced cars, and that's what I've always been after."

"And there's a bigger production, a thousand vehicles a day, what do you think?" Qin Lang laughed for a while, and then became serious again. "Well, now let's talk about the car manufacturing plant. Mr. Ford, I'm prepared to make a little change to our agreement. ”

"How?" Ford's eyebrows jumped slightly. In addition to family and developing cars, if there is anything in this world that he is particularly concerned about, it is the car factory. Finding a knowledgeable partner is not easy, and at this critical juncture, he does not want anything to go wrong.

But what Qin Lang was about to tell him was indeed only a small modification. "Originally, I was going to have a car manufacturing plant in San Diego, but now I'm going to build it in Milwaukee."

Actually, this was good news for Ford, the factory was in Milwaukee, which meant that he didn't have to move his family to California, which was far away and strange and he didn't like at all, and he would definitely be completely under Qin Lang's control in San Diego - but now all the problems were gone.

He liked the news, but couldn't help but ask, "Why?" ”

"It's just that I think the eastern region has a better supply of raw materials and a broader market, and at the same time, it also saves the transportation costs that we have to ship our products over."

"It's true that it's a better place to build cars in Milwaukee than in San Diego, but why not build a plant in Detroit? At least I think it's a better place than Milwaukee. ”

Qin Lang shook his head slowly. "I'm not going to start my business on someone else's territory." He's referring to a few of the big conglomerates in the East, and of course Ford understands what he means, but there's one more point: Ford is a Detroit native, so it's his home — so why build a factory in Detroit?

Although Milwaukee was close to Detroit, it at least gave him and Rachel a little peace of mind that they were going to give Ford a huge investment......

Ford aptly mentions this. "About this factory, I take the liberty of asking, Mr. Qin, how much are you going to invest?"

"$160,000." This is a huge investment, far more than the investment received when the Ford Motor Plant was established in 1903.

So Ford was completely stunned.

This was exactly the effect Qin Lang hoped for, and taking this opportunity, he put forward his other requirements. "I will send someone to be responsible for the production, management, trading and finance of the factory, and at the same time, the production method should also refer to the big viper company, assembly line, standard parts ......"

He had to do this, on the one hand, he needed to keep the factory firmly in his own hands, and on the other hand, Ford's current view of the car was still to satisfy his own preferences, rather than making a qualified product, but this was not what Qin Lang and Rachel wanted.

Factories must operate as they are required to be.

Of course, Ford did not refuse his demands, not even the slightest objection -- because he could not refuse $160,000.

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