The machine factory in Lu Hong's mouth, in fact, so far, there is not even a single machine, the machine tools, technicians, and laboratory equipment that the bearded Anderson promised are now gone!

Therefore, he asked Cheng Daqi very bluntly, steel and iron are directly purchased from the factory through Ruisheng, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau has its own steelmaking plant, although the production capacity is not high, but the consumption here is not high, and what is worse is that the steel ingots and iron produced by the factory cannot be used within the manufacturing bureau in many cases, and many supervisors below will refuse to use them under various excuses, and would rather buy imported steel from foreign banks.

Of course, there will be reasons that are difficult to refute on the face of these things, but the real reason, in most cases, is actually only one, that is, the purchase of factory raw materials, it has always been an important opportunity for supervisors and co-organizers to reap the benefits.

As for the problem of the venue, Lu Hong, at the suggestion of Cheng Daqi, went directly to Ruisheng...... In the huge place of Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, the current depressed field is not one or two!

Originally, his main input was naturally in the revenue rebate, however, because he had just changed the new general office a while ago, and now he has much less benefits on hand than before, but he invested in the silver on Lu Hong's side, and he inquired only to know that he was actually involved in a new industry with such a background, although he didn't know much about the silk reeling industry, but there was the shopkeeper of the Zhang family to do it, and the head snake Huang Zuluo supported him. It's hard to think about it without making money.

was thinking about the new industry in the yamen of the manufacturing bureau in his spare time, but a small official came in to report, saying that there was an adult surnamed Lu outside who was looking for him, he immediately jumped out step by step, and when he heard Lu Hong mention that he wanted to rent a field, he immediately agreed, "Lord Lu, this is not difficult to do, but it takes a little silver!" ”

Lu Hong naturally knows that this guy is a rat from the Manufacturing Bureau, and the cats in this official industry are much clearer than himself, if he can use them for himself, it is naturally the best, so as to save himself a lot of trouble, he smiled and handed over a list, "Supervisor Rui, in addition to the field, if you can rent more machines, as well as the materials on the list, in this newly opened machine factory, I promise you half of the shares!" ”

Ruisheng originally thought that this was a preparation for the silk reeling factory, but he didn't expect that after hearing it, this Lord Lu was really powerful, and he was ready to open a new factory so soon, and it was completely different from the machine factory of the silk reeling factory, he really didn't understand the capital from Lu Hong, but in view of Lu Hong's methods before, this made him more and more superstitious...... Could it be that this Lord Lu's background is really unfathomable!

He cautiously looked at the list, which was naturally not an ordinary thing, mostly using drilling machines, universal grinders, vertical lathes, and air hammers...... Of course, what Lu Hong meant, these things are borrowed, and there are also some raw materials such as steel ingots, iron, and wood.

After pondering for a while, he said with great confidence: "Lord Lu, give me a few days, these things are not difficult to do, if you want to rent them for a long time, you will inevitably have to open a few joints, but I am afraid that this is not something that can be done with a little silver, and it is best to pull them in!" ”

The "they" in his mouth naturally referred to the other supervisors and assistants in the manufacturing bureau, but this idea was immediately vetoed by Lu Hong, and he didn't plan to turn the factory he founded into a place for a group of compradors......

However, Ruisheng then proposed to add another 50,000 taels of silver, expand his shares to two and a half, Lu Hong thought about it, or very generously agreed to the request of this guy, he has the right working capital, in fact, if the machine factory these things are rented, the initial investment will be greatly reduced, to put it mildly, now the machine tools in the factory here, in fact, take a little time, their own imitation of a set, it is not impossible to think about it, the Chinese technicians of this era, in fact, it is not technology, Rather, it is a Western-style concept of mechanical principles.

On the third day, when Lu Hong was warmly welcoming Wang Daosheng, Ye Yuanliang, Ye Yilin's brothers and Qin Tianmin's younger brother Qin Xiaocheng from afar in the mansion, this guy brought good news with an excited face.

From the torpedo factory, the shipyard concession to four or five yards, Lu Hong's machine tools, out of a deep-hole drilling machine may need to go to the artillery bureau to get out, other equipment is readily available, and Wang Daosheng is a few, for Lu Hong's current high position is also very surprised, when they first came, a few people were still a little casual in their conversation, but at this moment they have a little more awe.

Of course, Lu Hong didn't have the heart to pay attention to the expressions of a few of them at the moment, so he asked Qin Tianmin to arrange for a few of them to rest first, and he personally followed Ruisheng to the shipyard...... He blew Lu Hong like the God of Wealth in front of Zehra!

And the field here is definitely in line with Lu Hong's requirements, and, more importantly, the place is big enough, and even has its own small wharf, which is particularly convenient for the transportation of goods, as for the rent, it is so cheap that Lu Hong feels a little surprised, and Cheng Daqi came over with a few engineers, looking at the dozen machines covered with spider webs in several fields, and began to maintain them very carefully.

Later, under the sponsorship of Ruisheng, Zehra also took out a sum of 30,000 taels of silver, saying that it was going to be invested in the machine factory, Lu Hong naturally refused, but we also want this silver, "Ze supervise, the industry of this machine factory is full, so ...... I'm going to open a new dye factory in a while, and you can get 10% of the money on this money! ”

"Dye Factory!" This news immediately made Ruisheng a little crazy, he smashed 100,000 taels of silver, and only then did he get 20%+25% of the shares in Lu Hong's hands...... However, he understands that this kind of topic is not the time to ask now, and he only asked about it after Lehe sent Zehra away.

Lu Hong naturally guessed the meaning of this guy, "Supervisor Rui, this money-making industry can't be done, if you still have money left, it's okay to invest in a dye factory...... Even if you come to open a factory by yourself, you can do it, but this is not an easy industry, and if you don't have Western knowledge, it will only kill you! ”

Ruisheng heard Lu Hong's explanation, but also believed very much, he has been in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau for many years, and is used to seeing the dominance of Western technicians, but the problem is that too many industries have to be taught by Western technicians in person, and the engineers in the factory are a little deficient in this regard...... In recent years, the manufacturing bureau has mainly copied some firearms and artillery, and purchased machines for smokeless medicine, but the cost of production remains high.

After sending Ruisheng away, Lu Hong immediately summoned a vote of engineers who were tossing machine tools, his own machine factory, to put it bluntly, is actually a bit like a government-run industry, at least the current production is directed supply, not worrying about sales at all, which makes the difficulty of operation almost zero, of course, the follow-up production, Lu Hong has already calculated, but it is not the right time.

He looked at these works of uneven age, Cheng Daqi's hemp skin is also considered to be the older one, but most of them are strong men around 40 years old, but there are only two or three people in their thirties, today's group of apprentices did not come, according to Cheng Daqi, these apprentices should also have good strength, but because the factory refuses to give a salary increase, so they are still mixed in the apprentice position.

However, these are not the focus of what he wants to say, he does not have many people, but he has to run out of the highest production efficiency, of course, the concept of assembly line, in this era is completely impossible to surname, that thing can only be the idea of talking, after all, he is a 25-person machine factory!

"Lao Cheng, you personally check the quality of the parts of the machine factory here! My request...... Every processed part must be a finished product, which should also be your requirement for yourself! Lu Hong looked at the ten engineers below, to be honest, he did have high hopes for them, but he didn't know if their abilities were as good as Cheng Daqi said, he added, "This is already a very low requirement, if none of them are all excellent products, then it is the requirement of intermediate engineers......

"Intermediate engineer ......" The group of people immediately heard this new term......

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