After visiting a few Ruoguade in the handicraft workshop of the Kapok Society, Hu Chuyuan was generally clear in his heart.

He and Koji Kimura asked, "Does Saymoto have the ability to localize the production of this kind of machine now?" ”

Koji Kimura shook his head and said: "It's not that it's completely impossible, but its production and sales are very low, and the companies that are willing to do it have no steel production capacity, and the companies that are capable of doing it are not willing to waste time." Even if we produce it ourselves, it doesn't seem to be much lower than the price of the French. ”

This means that the steel industry is also very difficult, at least at the technical level, there is no qualitative change!

Hu Chuyuan nodded silently, and Koji Kimura continued to ask about the price of various specifications of Wakaguad, as well as the training time required for a quantity worker.

While asking, Hu Chuyuan unexpectedly saw a few wooden Joguades, compared with the machinery of French origin, these wooden machinery are a little smaller, probably because the strength of the wood machinery is not enough.

He roughly counted it and found that it was about 200 holes, so he asked Koji Kimura, "Is this your own copy?" ”

Koji Kimura said, "Yes, we asked a carpenter in Kyoto to make an imitation, because we don't have iron, so we can only imitate it with wood. Although this replica machine is rudimentary, it has taken us more than a year of hard work to make it. At present, the 200-hole wood machine is considered to be the highest, and there are many mechanical failures and problems. ”

Hu Chuyuan asked him: "Is this 200-hole wood machine of practical value?" ”

Koji Kimura said: "It doesn't make much sense, in the process of weaving silk, the 200-hole wood machine is not as good as the air guide machine, but the efficiency is relatively high." We currently mainly use it to train new weavers. ”

Hu Chuyuan continued to deliberate in his heart, and said, "Let's go, go and see your silk reeling factory and silk dyeing factory!" ”

Nishijin Bussan's silk reeling and dyeing factories were located nearby, and they were purchased by the Kyoto Prefecture with money borrowed from the company, but the money could not be returned due to the delay in mastering and promoting the new process.

The equipment is very good, after several years of development, there are already a lot of workers, and there are a few technicians who have returned from studying in France.

At present, there are several silk reeling factories in this book, but most of them are concentrated in Tokyo, and this is the only one in the Kyoto area, and it still owes the debt of the political axe.

Hu Chuyuan and Koji Kimura calculated that it would cost about 40,000 yuan to buy the silk reeling factory and the silk dyeing factory, which was actually not expensive, after all, their scale was not large, and the total number of hired workers was only fifty people.

For the Nishijin Properties Company, the 200,000 yuan estimated by Hu Chuyuan is simply a huge amount of money.

Come to think of it, the Mitsubishi Chamber of Commerce started out a few years ago with just three old ships, but now it is the largest shipping company in the world, with hundreds of ships.

Hu Chuyuan felt that this small factory could be completely bigger at present.

He roughly estimated that it would cost 30,000 US dollars to add 100 600-hole and 100-1200-hole Ruoguad, and 40,000 yuan to buy two small factories.

60,000 foreign won.

Not a lot.

Hu Chuyuan did not immediately say his decision, but went to Koji Nakamura's house with Pan Rong first.

It's about these years that I've really spent a lot of money investing in the Nishijin Club, and although Koji Nakamura's house is more atmospheric, the layout and decoration inside are not as exquisite as Pan Rong's house.

As soon as Hu Chuyuan sat down, Koji Nakamura picked up a slender and rectangular black lacquer box and gave it to Hu Chuyuan: "I was too hasty to meet last time and couldn't prepare a gift, I apologize, this is the third generation of the famous sword that my ancestor received when he served in the Tokugawa family, I hope you can laugh!" ”

Hu Chuyuan opened the lacquer box and saw that it was an Oriental katana, with simple and fine decoration.

The famous knife is very precious in this book, and Hu Chuyuan didn't need it, so he wanted to return it, but Pan Rong hurriedly reminded: "Young Master Jin, it is a very special gift for the samurai to give you a sword...... It is not advisable to refuse. Although it is a lonely samurai family, it is still a samurai after all! ”

Hu Chuyuan thought about it for a while, pulled out the knife to observe, and saw that the inscription on the hilt of the sword was engraved with the words "Those who are fighting in front of the soldiers are in front", it is estimated that it should be a real famous knife, so he said to Nakamura Koji: "Then I thank you for your kindness, I was in a hurry when I came, and I didn't expect to visit your company, so I didn't prepare a suitable gift." If you have the opportunity to go to China, please be sure to visit my house, and I will send you a small gift to express my gratitude! ”

Koji Nakamura prostrated himself humbly and said, "Thank you for your kind invitation, if I have the rest of my life, I will definitely go to your mansion at your invitation." ”

His words are very simple, as long as he doesn't die, he will definitely go, and the things he agreed with will not change.

Only then did Hu Chuyuan put away the other party's clan weapon with confidence, let Koji Nakamura get up to speak, and asked Koji Nakamura: "Can you explain the origin of this famous knife to me roughly?" ”

"Okay!" Koji Nakamura slowly narrated: "This is the third generation of Izumi Kanesho given by my great-grandfather, which belongs to the list of nine characters and determination, has the style of Muramasa, and belongs to one of the most outstanding knives." A few years ago, the very famous new samurai Hijikata Suizo used the third generation of Izumi Kanesada. It is said that there are not many third-generation Waizumi Kaneshoucho who are still alive, and almost half of them are in the Shibusawa family. ”

"Shibusawa?" Hu Chuyuan suddenly thought of someone and asked, "What is the origin of the Shibusawa family?" ”

Koji Nakamura said: "The Shibusawa family has been based in the Kanto region since the Toyotomi period, but it is not famous until the emergence of Shibusawa Eiichi, as one of the most famous economic chaebols at present, he not only has a lot of wealth, but also serves as an important official of the Ministry of Economy as a political axe, and formulates the economic system for the capital!" ”

"Oh?" Hu Chuyuan continued to ask: "Shibusawa Pingdong, have you heard of this person?" ”

Koji Nakamura said: "I have heard that it is said that he is called by Shibusawa Eiichi as a man who can really inherit the Shibusawa family, and he is also the third son of Shibusawa Eiichi. ”

"So, no wonder ......!" Hu Chuyuan sneered in his heart, and then remembered that Shibusawa Eiichi was probably the person who was called the father of the economy, and it was he who laid the idea of "respecting heaven and loving people", and it was widely praised in the economic circles.

The so-called "respecting heaven and loving people" means respecting the laws of society and nature, and caring for everyone in society.

Hu Chuyuan said to Koji Nakamura again: "It can be seen that you really want to run the Nishijin Club very much, regardless of whether this matter itself is profitable or not, but as long as you have such a spirit, I believe you can do it well." ”

Koji Nakamura was very happy and said, "Please rest assured, for the sake of my colleagues in Kapok Club, in order to live up to everyone's expectations and trust in me, and not to live up to your trust, I will do my best to run the club and never let you down!" ”

Hu Chuyuan just smiled and didn't answer anything immediately.

What his financial resources are like, Nakamura Koji and Pan Rong don't know, but they are also businessmen, and they can see some traces of seedlings - people who can afford to use people like Shen Furong and Wang Yirong are definitely not ordinary people.

After pondering in his heart for a while, Hu Chuyuan said: "Mr. Nakamura, I am willing to invest 100,000 yuan first, and keep the later investment of 200,000 yuan to 300,000 yuan, but I have one condition!" ”

Koji Nakamura was not excited, and said, "Please say it!" ”