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But both engineers and workers are more motivated than before, and they now have a strong self-confidence, a courage to overcome some crises.

Disasters are disasters and tests, and those who pass the tests tend to be stronger.

At the same time, the organizational ability of the Qiangguo Fumin Society has become stronger, and after this disaster relief, many members of the society have been trained, and their organizational skills have been greatly strengthened, and some people have also gained a lot of prestige, and they are often recognized when they walk among the crowd. Of course, basically no one knows their true identities, only that they are Yang Chao's staff. Even Zhan Tianyou and others only knew that Wang Qiu was a party member, although they secretly guessed in their hearts, they still didn't dare to suspect Yang Chao.

But in this way, I don't dare to publicize it publicly, and it is difficult to bring in new members, at this time, there are still only three or two big cats and kittens, or that group of talents.

"Lord Yang is really a good official!"

Following the many workers who passed the disaster in one piece, Yang Chao was even more grateful to those who were rescued, and Yang Chao was more famous.

Even Zhou Fu gave a letter to the imperial court asking for merit, praising Yang Chao's actions.

Yang Chao was nervously calculating the accounts in the big stone room, and he found that he seemed to be a little short, and this time he used up a million taels of silver, which was a big deficit.

In the past two years, Yang Chao will take a stake in a steel plant and an arsenal, each with an investment of 5 million US dollars, Yang Chao's family will account for 40 percent of the shares, and the other will account for 30 percent of the shares, with a total investment of 3.5 million US dollars, and the gold content of one US dollar is 1.5 grams, and 3.5 million US dollars is more than five tons, in addition to the operating expenses of the Qingdao Arsenal, which is also a large expense, and the construction of the railway is 30 million taels of silver, which is equivalent to 30 tons of gold.

The total reached thirty-five tons of gold, and Yang Chao's spacecraft mining capacity was only ten tons a year, and twenty tons in two years, even if there were still 200,000 taels (more than six tons) of Spanish gold coins, it was actually a lot of deficit, fortunately, it was paid gradually, otherwise the project would have to be stopped now, and I could only hope that the railway would be profitable as soon as possible after it was repaired.

It's too hard to accumulate on your own.

Yang Chao has a spacecraft that can dig the bottom of the deep sea, and if this is the case, it is conceivable that the difficulties of China's industrialization era in later generations can be imagined, no wonder the Soviets starved millions of people to death in Ukraine in order to engage in industrialization, and the Celestial Empire is still a mystery.

It is no wonder that the British squeezed the blood and sweat of the Indians to complete industrialization, the Germans sucked the blood of the French to develop, and the Japanese directly bit off a piece of meat from the Manchus to be qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with the great powers.

But once the industrialization is completed, the ability of industry to create wealth, that is very terrifying, Ma Jiao Leader said that the wealth produced by capitalism in a hundred years is more than the past few thousand years of history combined, this is not an exaggeration, the products produced by industrial large-scale production, this is wealth.

Of course, this is a well-run enterprise, such as the Hanyang Iron Works, which has never made any money since its establishment, and the government has to spend tens of millions of taels of silver every year.

"Heavy industry, without a three-to-five-year cycle, is often difficult to make a profit, without a seventeen or eighteen year cycle, it is impossible to recover costs."

Yang Chao knows very well that heavy industry is a gold-swallowing monster, an industry with high input and high output.

"It's still easy to do light industry, and the money comes quickly! Maybe it's time to get in touch with Zhang Jian. ”

Yang Chao said secretly in his heart.

Industrialization should not only engage in heavy industry, this is the Soviet model, it is seriously biased, and it is unhealthy.

In fact, it is not unreasonable that the correct step of industrialization should be light industry first, and heavy industry second.

The development of the industry must have been agriculture at the beginning, and then the industry of processing agricultural products developed to light industry, and the development of light industry to a certain extent created a market for heavy industry, which is a natural development trend.

After figuring out the law, you can coordinate the development, but if you are too eager for quick success, you will be punished, that is, the industrial chain will collapse directly, the social order will collapse, and it will not be unexpected if there are dead people.

This is also the reason why Yang Chao refused to set up a joint venture with the Germans to build a steel plant, because he wanted to introduce American steel plants, so if there was one more, the market would be saturated. China's market for building railways is so large, and a large steel plant of 100,000 tons fully meets the requirements. In this era, the single-track railway, one kilometer weighs one ton, Yantai to Jinan supports 600 kilometers, 60,000 tons of steel is more than enough, even if you add railway bridges, road studs and other auxiliary materials, 100,000 tons are enough.

Even if a Jiaoji railway is built every year, the output of 100,000 tons of steel is enough, as for the steel for weapons, it is expensive to take things, but the overall consumption is not very large, when there is no shipbuilding, no machine manufacturing, no automobile industry, 100,000 tons is enough, not to mention the Hanyang Iron Works, that is also the output of tens of thousands of tons.

Within ten years, China has 100,000 tons of steel production, Yang Chao feels that it is enough, the most important thing is to train a group of qualified technicians, which is the foundation of expansion and development.

The steel mill in the United States has already started, but only a group of engineers are currently surveying and selecting the right land to build the plant.

At the same time, American engineers have also arrived in Laiwu to look for suitable land on the outskirts of Laiwu, and construction is expected to begin before the end of this year.

At the same time as the construction started, Yang Chao's first batch of project funds had also been paid, using the 200,000 taels of Spanish gold coins.

The Qingdao Arsenal had already begun production, and after several months of production, by September, the first batch of 10,000 rifles had been produced, and Yang Chao contacted Beijing to confirm the delivery in Tianjin.

Yang Chao originally planned to send it directly to the Beijing barracks, but when he sent a telegram to the military aircraft office, the other party responded that the goods would be delivered in Tianjin, and they had a special handover minister, Zai Zhenbeizi.

Along the way, Yang Chao was sighing, or making money by making munitions, 10,000 Mauser 98 rifles, because they were shareholders, the Germans did not hide Yang Chao, telling Yang Chao that the cost of one was 20 taels of silver, but selling it to the Qing Emperor Zaifeng was 40 taels, double the profit.

The Germans also said that they bought it cheaply, because the spot price of Chanchen Foreign Company has always been 50 taels, and it is also because this is the first batch of weapons in Qingdao Arsenal, and they are shipped cheaply in order to open up sales.

In fact, the cost of Qingdao Arsenal is higher than the cost of the German Mauser Arsenal, the cost of the Mauser Arsenal can be reduced to ten taels of silver, and the Zen Chen foreign line shipped to China, immediately became fifty taels, people this is a huge profit, Qingdao Arsenal is indeed a conscience price.

The reason why the Qingdao Arsenal is expensive is because the raw materials are from Germany, and even the workers are sent by Germany, and the wages of these workers are twice as high as in China.

When I arrived in Tianjin, I waited for a day, and finally waited for a Humpty Dumpty.

Humpty Dumpty was wearing a Beizi official uniform, and the dragon purple flowers on it were very eye-catching, and they turned out to be brand new.

This is Qianlong's fourth grandson, the shell who was canonized after Zaifeng ascended the throne.

"Xiaguan Yang Chao, I've seen Bei Ziye, Bei Ziye is polite!"

Yang Chao looked at Zai Zhen and felt a sense of joy for no reason, and greeted him with a smile.

"You are Yang Chao."

Jae-jin took two entourages, followed by a group of followers, all left on the dock, and he only brought two cronies on board.

"Okay, let's show you the goods!"

Zai Zhen squinted, as if he hadn't woken up, and waved his hand to let Yang Chao lead the way.

Carrying Zai Zhen out of the warehouse, a skilled worker from the arsenal came to pry open a box with a neat and neat brand new rifle mat.

Yang Chao took out one and held it to Zai Zhen.

Zai Zhen took it casually, fiddled with it casually, and made an aiming posture.

Yang Chao smiled: "Master Pei, there are no bullets." Bullets at another shipyard, you want to like, give you two shots? ”

Zai Zhen yawned: "The gentlemen are not interested, the gentlemen have always loved red clothes and not arms." ”

After saying that, he casually threw the rifle into the box, and the touch was loud and echoed in the cabin.

Yang Chao smiled: "That Bei Ziye, the goods are all here, ten thousand are not much, one is not much, and one is not less." Why don't you order it? ”

Zai Zhen didn't have that effort: "Forget it, don't order, forgive me and don't dare to lie to the master, if you deceive the master, you can deceive the emperor." ”

When he said the word 'emperor', he also arched his hand to the side.

"Come on. Let's talk about the price! ”

Jae-jin turned around, sat directly on the box, and asked.

Yang Chao said: "Forty two one!" ”

"Forty taels?"

Zai Zhen's right eyebrow raised, skimming Yang Chao from the bottom to the top.

Yang Chao explained: "Forty taels is not much at all, and the price of the German foreign company has always been fifty taels, no two prices!" ”

"Good!"

Jaejin screamed and stood up.

"Yang Chao, you are really a loyal minister."

Then he clapped his hands: "However, we can't be wronged, the loyal ministers are not." ”

Yang Chao saw that Zai Zhen suddenly stopped talking, his eyes glanced directly at the foreigner next to him, Yang Chao immediately said a few words of German, and the worker went out.

Zai Zhen said: "Since the Germans sell fifty taels, let's sell him forty-five taels, and it is not a loss to the emperor." ”

Yang Chao was stunned: "Forty-five taels? ”

Zai Zhen smiled mysteriously: "You take forty taels, you eat yours, I eat five taels, and leave five taels for the emperor." ”

While talking about changing his chin, he spoke very slowly, as if he was teaching Yang Chao.

Yang Chao nodded when he heard this.

Yang Chaoxin said, Qingdao Arsenal sells for 40 taels of silver, which is black enough, but I didn't expect Zaifeng's younger brother to hack his brother and take away another five taels.

Yang Chao did not think: "But this is an extra five taels, how to explain to the emperor?" ”

Zaifeng glanced at Yang Chao: "I have long heard that you are stupid, it seems that it is true, you do foreign affairs and fat errands, you are stunned to do foreign affairs and sell all the houses!" ”

After despising Yang Chao, Zai Zhencai explained: "The emperor doesn't know the price, and it's not you and me who have the final say." I'll write you a check later, and you can send me a receipt, or it's over!" ”

Soon Zai Zhen wrote the check, and Yang Chao also typed the receipt.

Then Zai Zhen was in a good mood and invited Yang Chao to visit Tianjin Qinglou, but Yang Chao declined.

Zai Zhen didn't insist, so he said goodbye and got off the ship, Yang Chao also asked how to unload the cargo, Zai Zhen said, it's all handed over to the foot, he got off the boat, and the attendant shouted, and the group of entourages in the distance rushed over, it turned out that they were all porters hired by Zai Zhen.

The porters carried the goods all the way to the train station, which was not far away, just across the docks.

Yang Chao couldn't control these things, and Yang Chao still thought that Zai Zhen didn't know how he would explain to Zai Feng after he went back.

What he didn't know was that Zai Zhen plunged into the box of the train, and there was already a girl who lit the lamp and waited for **.

drunk all the way to death, unconsciously arrived in Beijing City, Zai Zhen lifted his spirits, and went to the Forbidden City.

After seeing the emperor, he immediately reported the news.

"Forty-five taels one, ten thousand is forty-fifty thousand taels!"

Zaifeng sighed, he purchased a total of 20,000 rifles, which is 10,000 taels, and there are bullets, although each gun comes with 200 rounds of ammunition, but this is obviously not enough, and he will have to buy it in a steady stream in the future, how expensive it is.

Zai Zhen said: "Go back to the emperor." This is a Mauser rifle, authentic old Mauser. The price of the German foreign company in Tianjin is fifty taels, and Yuan Shikai bought two thousand a while ago, but he spent sixty taels of one. Let's not talk about the cat in it, this Yang Chao sells it to us really cheaply. The minister thought about something strange, and quietly inquired, guess what? said that Yang Chao had been grinding with the Germans for two months, and then he grinded it down. These foreigners are all asking for money! ”

When Zaifeng heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's hard for him." ”

At the same time, he felt that Yang Chao was really loyal, and suddenly felt that this was all the result of his co-optation, and he couldn't help but be happy, much happier than saving tens of thousands of taels of silver.

As soon as he was happy, he wanted to reward this loyal servant again.

So he said: "I heard that the Yellow River broke in Shandong, Yang Chao was able to relieve the disaster, and the governor Zhou Fu also wrote to ask for merit......"

Yang Chao was carrying an HSBC cashier's check, but he did not have the consciousness of being a loyal minister. He had already disembarked and rushed to the Yamen of the Minister of Beiyang Commerce.

The Minister of Beiyang Trade, referred to as the Minister of Beiyang, was originally called the Minister of Commerce of Sankou, and managed the three ports of Niuzhuang, Tianjin and Dengzhou in the north, and later changed his name to the Minister of Beiyang Commerce, not only responsible for the three ports, but also served as the trade affairs of the three provinces of Shandong, Zhili and Kwantung, and was stationed in Tianjin.

Yuan Shikai's current position is very high, and he is one of the three giants alongside Zhang Zhidong and Zaifeng.

It's just that as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Military Aircraft, Yuan Shikai was mainly active in Beijing before, and his family was also in Beijing, but the telegram exchange learned that Yuan Shikai had recently arrived in Tianjin, and if he was in Beijing, Yang Chao did not dare to see him in order to avoid suspicion and not to get involved in the whirlpool of power struggles, but in Tianjin, there was no need to be so scrupulous, and Zaifeng's group of Eight Banner nobles couldn't think of any means such as surveillance.

As for Yang Chao's purpose in coming to see Yuan Shikai this time, he also sent arms, of course, he also had other purposes.

After paying attention, no one was watching, and Yang Chao quietly walked to the trade yamen next to the famous big iron bridge.

Since there is no one outside to monitor, there is no need to scruple, as for whether the people in the yamen will break the news, it depends on whether Yuan Shikai agrees or not, Yang Chao believes that what happened in the palace, Yuan Shikai will know the next day, but what happened in Yuan Shikai's yamen, if Yuan Shikai doesn't want people to know, no one will know.

So generously handed over the prayer post, stuffed a few pieces of ocean according to the unspoken rules, and the door went happily.