(2nd Update)

Dai Hongci is a former minister of military aircraft, and one of the five ministers who went abroad, and has a certain prestige in the DPRK, although he has an unclear relationship with Liangbi, but he is also a cabinet minister, and Yi-Liang is polite to him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Hearing that he had the intention of going to Shanghai, Yi-Xuan subconsciously thought of Liangbi in his mind, and suddenly became a little alert.

"Brother Guangru is the minister of the Ministry of Law, and he has a very important position, so it is better to send a vice minister to host this kind of thing, besides, the foreigners only sent the trial judge of the concession, if Guangru goes, I am afraid that this specification is not equal."

After thinking about it, Yi-劀 is so, but Dai Hongci is.

"I have been looking through the files in the past few days and found that this case is extremely complicated, involving hundreds of internal and external personnel, such a big case, if it is not done well, I am afraid that it will cause disputes among many countries.

Yi - 劊 thought about it carefully, it was also the same reason, the foreigner had just left, and at this time, he didn't want any more chaos in Shanghai.

"Well, since Guangru has this heart, then I bother you to make a trip."

"Where the responsibility lies"

Dai Hongci retired, and according to his plan, he had to arrive in Shanghai as soon as possible, and the case could not be dragged on.

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The matter of attracting investment is in full swing, Li Pingshu is fully responsible for this matter, Ye Kai has saved a lot of effort, but he has not completely calmed down, he has a cursory look at the list of the first batch of enterprise registration, mostly raw yarn factories, cotton mills, foreign fire factories and other daily necessities light industry, it is true that these enterprises have the advantages of less investment, small risk, and fast returns, but Ye Kai is somewhat disappointed, he expects heavy industry, such as iron smelting, biochemistry, automobile manufacturing and other projects are still blank.

You must know that in the next thirty or forty years, we can count on these heavy industries to earn the country's capital, and without heavy industry, no matter how big the country is, it will be a lame giant after all.

Of course, this truth may not be only Ye Kai alone, since the beginning of modern times, many ethnic entrepreneurs have tried to establish Chinese's own heavy industry, but when the ideal meets reality, pure blood will not work, the grim actual situation has to let them stop there, the main reason is the problem of "money".

This kind of enterprise costs a lot of money, the effect is slow, it often requires more than ten years of continuous investment, and the technical requirements are extremely high, at the beginning of the establishment, it is often necessary to hire foreigners to do it, which is a huge amount of money, and it is extremely troublesome to manage, and at this time, the national capital is far from being able to support the above required conditions, so it is hopeless to rely on businessmen alone, Ye Kai has to find a way from the government level.

In this case, Ye Kai set his sights on the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, the first military industry in the late Qing Dynasty.

In terms of industrial scale, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is still the largest factory in Yadong, but if you weigh it carefully, you can pinch out a lot of water.

Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau was built during the Westernization Movement, founded by Li Hongzhang, from the current point of view, this military industrial enterprise is a four-like, both yamen-style vertical management, and the rarity of old-style enterprises, there are some affiliated schools around, with a little bit of vocational education, foreign engineers and Chinese craftsmen are mixed in it, foreign machines and Chinese raw materials are matched in everything, these messy elements are all mixed together, and it is not difficult for others to understand the reason why Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is large but not strong.

Corruption is rampant, coupled with backward technology, the reliability of the guns produced by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is extremely low, and the cost is extremely high, and the imitation weapons range from Germany, Britain, to Belgium, Italy, and a wide variety of categories. In comparison, foreign guns and foreign guns are really "good quality and cheap", and even Li Zhongtang, who founded this enterprise himself, sneered at it in his later years.

In such a factory, major surgery is necessary.

At the end of the month, Ye Kai and Li Pingshu and their entourage went to Gaochang Temple in Shanghai by car to inspect the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.

Wei Yungong had no fear of Ye Kai's arrival, and the Governor of Liangjiang inspected the General Manufacturing Bureau, which was almost an annual practice.

After a simple greeting, Wei Yungong walked in front, leading the way for Ye Kai and his party, thick black smoke rose in the factory area, Ye Kai could see it a long time ago, along the way, Li Pingshu pointed and painted beside him, he was also promoted by the General Administration of Manufacturing, with him, Ye Kai had an extra pair of eyes.

In the manufacturing workshop, Wei Yungong stopped, pointed to the rumbling machine tool in front of him, and reported to Ye Kai.

"Liang Governor, this is a newly made Mauser post-Mauser gun, the texture is quite good, the technician has calculated, and the original firearm is roughly the same, 550 in the spring, 498 in the summer, 621 in the autumn, about 2,000 a year."

"Bring one and let the Governor try it." Ye Kai suddenly became interested.

Wei Yungong said with a smile: "I have heard that Governor Liang was born in the military, and he must know a lot about guns, so quickly, take one." ”

Ye Kai took the bolt of the gun with his own hands and fired a shot into the sky, the sound was crisp, the spring bounced powerfully, and the genuine Mauser gun was almost the same, and after holding it for a long time, Ye Kai didn't notice anything wrong, of course, no one would let Ye Kai see what the problem was.

Putting the gun back, Ye Kai nodded and said, "Yes, it is almost the same texture as the foreign gun used in the army." ”

Hearing the praise of the Governor-General, Wei Yungong smiled and said: "Among the many ordnance factories, the output of the Jiangnan Manufacturing General Bureau is the highest, and the War Department has issued a document to gradually replace foreign guns with firearms made by the factory, and the period is within ten years. ”

"Oh, that's good news."

"I don't know how much silver does it cost to make a gun in General Wei's office?" Ye Kai suddenly asked.

"On average, seventeen and a half." Wei Yungong looked up and said.

"Seventeen and a half, this price is much more expensive than a foreign gun." Patting the dust on his hands, Ye Kai questioned.

Wei Yungong replied slowly: "The good governor doesn't know, there are a lot of foreign technicians in the factory, and the salary is extremely high, and he has always been unruly on weekdays, depending on the skills in his hand as chips, eating and taking cards, adding or subtracting at will, so this cost is evenly spread, seventeen or eight taels, about this number." ”

"I see."

Ye Kai's face was abrupt, and after nodding at Wei Yungong, he turned to everyone and said, "Since these foreigners are so unruly, it is better to quit them all, so as not to damage our national defense." ”

Ye Kai choked, and Wei Yungong was immediately stupid. (To be continued.) )