"I'm going to have to work hard for you next." Yan Guang shook the hand of the foreigner technician vigorously and pointed to the factory behind him.

"Don't worry..."The foreigner technician who held Yan Guang's hand smiled. I still understand a sentence of you Chinese, take people's money and eliminate disasters with people. And you're friends with Richard and Charlie, and we'll do our best. ”

"Hmm." Yan Guang nodded.

At this time, Wang Er was unloading the machines on the car with the newly recruited laborers, and then transported the machines into the factory one by one.

Of course, since only more than 300 female workers have been recruited, the labor force is in a serious state of shortage, and Yan Guang is also a little shy in terms of financial resources, so only one-fifth of the machines are sent into the factory for installation, and the remaining four-fifths are stored first, waiting until enough workers are recruited and Yan Guang's financial resources permit...

After buying machines, building factories, hiring workers, etc., after doing all these things, Yan Guang now only has more than 100,000 silver dollars left, and these also include the salaries of workers and the import of raw materials in the future...

"Phew, I wish time could be sped up, so I can get the money for the rubber stock in advance." Seeing that several foreign technicians had already gathered together to discuss the installation of the machine, Yan Guang thought after wiping the sweat on his forehead.

Fortunately, it was already October at this time, and in two months it was 1909, and then in ten months it was the peak of rubber stocks.

Just when Yan Guang was about to drool, those foreign technicians had already walked over.

"Yan, can you act as an interpreter for us when we are in command in a moment?" The leading foreign technician spoke.

These foreign technicians are the more dedicated ones that Charlie helped find, and they will not grind foreign workers there more or less like other foreign technicians, but they will also have some shortcomings, such as Chinese and other aspects.

Of course, it's not like nothing, like "Have you eaten?" They'll still say it, but that's about it.

And when the machine is installed, their poor Chinese level is not good, after all, the installation of the machine is not something that a few of them can do, and a large number of people are needed to help, at this time a translator who understands Chinese and English is very important.

Of course, Charlie also took into account that Yan Guang himself could speak English, so they would recommend these most dedicated people, but...

"It seems that I want to find two people who can speak English to be translators, and now I will act as a temporary translator until it is nothing, after all, the factory has not yet opened, but after it opens, I am afraid that I will not have time to be a translator..." There should be an interpreter in Chengdu, right? ”

Just when Yan Guang was thinking there, several foreign technicians had already assembled the machine with dozens of laborers, because it was only a preliminary stage, so the foreign technicians and the dozens of laborers communicated in the world's most common language, body language, but it didn't take long for Yan Guang to call over.

After all, not everything can be explained clearly with body language...

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Just when Yan Guang and the others were installing the machine there, a man dressed as an errand in Chengdu City was running in the direction of the prefect's yamen.

"Yo, second son, why did you run so fast today?" The guard saw that it was an acquaintance, and quickly stopped him and laughed.

"Go, go, don't stop me, I have something to report to the adults." The messenger who called the second son panted and shook off the officer's hand.

"Huh? What's the matter? The officer said with some curiosity, and several other officers who were looking at the door also came over curiously.

"Urgent." The second son just threw down these two words and ran into the yamen.

"In a hurry?" The remaining officers didn't stop them, but just looked at each other in the end. "What's the urgency of this in broad daylight? Could it be? ”

Thinking of the only few urgent things that could happen in the Qing Dynasty today...

"Could it be that there is a revolutionary party making trouble in Sichuan?" The messenger thought with a pale face.

The officer named Erzi didn't know that his words would actually make these people think of the revolutionary party, he just ran inside, wanting to tell the prefect what he had just seen.

Yu Zongtong, the prefect of Sichuan, although he is not a Westernist, knows that if he wants to strengthen the country, he needs to run an industry, but it is a pity that as the prefect of Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province, there is a governor on it.

Since Chengdu had a police station, it couldn't even manage criminal matters, so in addition to handling some official business, he did his best to set up some schools in Chengdu.

However, after learning about the important surname of the industry, Yu Zongtong also asked his subordinates to pay attention to see if there were any factories built near Chengdu, but unfortunately since he took office, there have been some small fights, and sometimes there are no small fights, and gradually he forgot about this matter...

However, as the prefect, he forgot, but his servants did not, so after seeing the cart and horses and the machines on it, the second son immediately ran back to the yamen from outside the city.

Just as the second son was outside the study, an errand stopped his way. "Second son, the adults are resting in the study, don't go in and disturb the adults if it's not important."

Hearing what the errand servant said, the second son also hesitated, after all, this matter was ordered by Yu Zongtong a long time ago, and it is difficult to say whether he still remembers it or not, in case he doesn't remember and he disturbs his rest again...

"Something that hasn't been mentioned for a long time shouldn't be considered a matter of urgency." Thinking so, the second son also stood outside, and waited until the afternoon when the door of the study was opened.

"Huh?" Seeing that there was another person standing outside his study, Yu Zongtong was a little strange. "What's the matter?" Yu Zongtong knew the second son and knew that this was his own errand servant.

"My lord..."Seeing that Yu Zongtong had already come out, the second son hurriedly stepped forward. Do you remember when you mentioned two years ago that if someone builds a factory near Chengdu, come here..."

"Oh, yes, that's the case, how could someone have built a factory near Chengdu?" As soon as he heard the second son mention this matter, Yu Zongtong remembered it and hurriedly asked.

Seeing that Yu Zongtong hadn't forgotten this incident, the second son wiped his sweat in his heart.

"I don't know if it's a factory villain, but I saw a long row of carriages, and they were all machines..."

"That's it..."Yu Zongtong nodded. I'll see for myself in a moment..."

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Ask for collections and tickets ~~~