As soon as Chen Moran's words came out, both Fang Jingyuan and Xiao Xinren were shocked, especially Xiao Xinren, who didn't expect his words to lead Chen Moran to set up a steel factory.

"So, do you really want to build a steel mill?"

Faced with the surprise of the two, Chen Moran nodded very affirmatively.

"That's right!"

While the two were still in shock, Chen Moran continued.

"To be precise, it's a steel mill!"

"Steelworks?"

Neither Fang Jingyuan nor Xiao Xinren saw the difference between a steelmaking plant and a steelmill.

"Weiyang, do you remember what I said before, spinning, weaving and other factories, once invested, it will inevitably attract foreign goods to encircle and suppress?"

Xiao Xinren nodded, and when the two talked deeply, Chen Moran once said, "Tariffs are not appeased, there is no tariff protection, what kind of industry can we talk about." ”。

"The factory that foreigners have not run, and the goods that foreigners have not made"

Chen Moran nodded and smiled, with a mysterious smile on his face.

"I'm going to build a car!"

Car! This is the one Chen Moran found for himself, "Foreigners can't squeeze the road yet." "The world is just getting started.

"Cars?"

"That's right, it's the two cars that the Hungarian Li Enshi got them!"

Chen Moran's tone was very affirmative, seeing the surprise in the eyes of the two, he said that there were only two cars in Shanghai, a week ago, after Li Enshi brought two cars to Shanghai, when driving on the streets, the horseless car almost did not cause a sensation in the whole of Shanghai, and it was after seeing the news that Chen Moran decided to make a car.

At this time, Xiao Xinren and Fang Jingyuan glanced at each other, and they both read the surprise in each other's eyes, they obviously didn't expect Chen Moran to choose to manufacture cars as the basis for the company's development.

"More than ten years ago, the German Karl? Mercedes-Benz, invented the car, although now the car is only a tycoon's thing, only a few people can afford it, more than ten years ago, subject to technical conditions, the automobile industry has not yet formed. But for more than ten years, technology has been constantly improving, compared to the carriage, the car has too many advantages, the United States, Germany and other European countries, one after another car bus has become a flame, it can be said that with the continuous improvement of the car and the development of technology, the trend of the carriage being replaced by the car has been irreversible! ”

When mentioning automobiles, Chen Moran seemed a little excited, as a mechanical student, he had heard a sentence "the late 19th century and early 20th century was the era of automobile inventors", the steam engine triggered a revolution, but the automobile changed the world.

"Now, whether it's Germany or the United States, they produce cars that are made by hand, so they are expensive, so only a few rich people can afford to buy cars, but we want to build cars that can replace horse-drawn carriages, cars that can be affordable to everyone, a mass-produced car!"

When he said this, in addition to the financial empire that brought wealth to himself, Chen Moran was full of longing for the future for the first time, Ford, this era once belonged to Ford, and in the near future, this era is bound to belong to himself, people will no longer remember Ford, only remember him Chen Moran.

"Of course, this is just a long-term dream, now the car is a rich man's pastime, car manufacturing is also a handicraft workshop, we can only be the same as them, using workshop production, however, compared with Europe and the United States, we have an advantage, in China, workers are very cheap, Xuanlin, we are now recruiting workers, the highest salary is only equivalent to 4 taels of silver a month, in the United States, this is only two days' wages, even if it is a mechanic in the automobile factory, I am afraid it can not catch up with the salary of Americans for a week!"

Cheap labor, whether in China in 1901 or China in 2011, has always been China's magic weapon, and it is also Chen Moran's magic weapon.

"Now, the scale of automobile production in the world is not large, after we produce cars, we can even export directly to Europe and the United States, without worrying about their dumping or suppression, not to mention that this is still heavy industry, the strength of a country, does not depend on how much cotton yarn or cotton cloth you produce, but depends on your mechanical processing industry, right? And in the future, the automotive industry will become the backbone of the country's economy. ”

Looking at the two people in front of him, Chen Moran's words changed, and he directly linked his car factory to China's power, in TV and books, Chen Moran somewhat understood the Chinese of this era, but anyone with a little insight dreamed of China's strength, in this era, nothing is more attractive than a grand blueprint.

Just like a comment that later generations once saw on the Internet, "Sun Yat-sen used an ethereal blueprint for the republic, and as a result, all Chinese believed that once the Chinese republic was republic, it would be strong, and countless people threw their heads and blood for it." Later, some people used ......"

Of course, after experiencing a hundred years of grand blueprints, when Chen Moran began to face the blueprints, he knew that those blueprints were just things to coax people, but Chen Moran didn't mind using those blueprints at this time to make the Chinese people excited, excited, and even willing to suffer, and finally put their money, tickets, and personal talents into their dreams.

"Perhaps, you will think I am exaggerating, but the automobile industry will become the economic pillar of the country, but there is no exaggeration, a car is almost composed of 1,000 to 2,000 parts, the production of these parts will promote the development of China's related industries, such as the production of parts of the machinery manufacturing industry and machinery and equipment production, and then the production of steel required by the car, and can drive the development of the steel industry, such as electrical appliances, power, etc. will be because of the growth of the automobile industry, highways, insurance, petroleum, rubber, Textiles are not driven by its rapid development, the development of related industries can provide stable tax revenue for the political axe, the same car or the assembly of scientific and technological achievements, industrial demand, will further promote the level of science and technology in China. ”

Before that, Chen Moran summed up his words with a slogan that everyone later knew about.

"In short, 20 years of super-Britain catching up with the United States, sweeping away a hundred years of weakness! It all started with the car! ”

What's more appealing than drawing a blueprint? As far as Chen said silently, there is no one for the time being.

Sure enough, when he said this, Xiao Xinren and Fang Jingyuan were stunned, so that they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time, they thought of a car from the future to play such a role, in fact, even in this era, how many people can understand the important surname of the automobile industry, or an important surname of an economic pillar industry.

Fang Jingyuan, who had come back to his senses after a long time, looked at Chen Moran in front of him, and he had been convinced by the "grand blueprint" that Chen Moran kept throwing out again and again.

"That'...... However, according to you, it may be very important to build a car, but ...... But if China is big, who will build a car? ”

"Me!"

Chen Moran calmly spit out two words and picked up his teacup at the same time.

"I know how to design cars, and when I was studying mechanics, I designed cars."

Maybe the kind of car composed of more than 100,000 parts in later generations, Chen Moran couldn't design it, but in this era, the kind of car with only a few thousand parts, he believed that he could spell it out, not to mention that he really did it, and when he was in school, out of his love for Willis Jeep, he almost built a Willis by hand.

What's more, in the warehouse of the Mumenshan Quarry, there is also a Valin Star Kaima parked, relying on the current technology may not be able to make that kind of cross-era truck, but it can always provide some technical reference, at least technology such as electric lights, wipers, tires and other technologies can always be borrowed.

"And in the future, the engineering school I want to build will also open this major, teach them to learn automobile design and manufacturing, and invite the best teachers in the world to teach them."

Speaking of this, looking at the two people in front of him who didn't seem to have come back to their senses and looked at him with longing, Chen Moran was happy in his heart, and his words changed, and he began to pull them back to reality from the grand blueprint.

"Anyway, now let's take it one step at a time! Now we will build this orphanage first, then we will build a factory, and then we will build a steel mill, use our own steel production, build a bridge over the Huangpu River, and then build our industrial bank building. ”

"Xuanlin, Weiyang, you must know that this is just my idea now. Although it is an idea, it will be realized one day, but, Mingju, whether this dream can be realized, just like I just said that "chasing Britain and catching up with the United States, sweeping away the weak" started from the car, our dream, whether it can be realized, it all depends on whether these two buildings can be repaired in the shortest possible time! ”

Chen Moran looked at Fang Jingyuan and said, his expression was extremely serious.

"I know, maybe I don't think it's necessary to build so fast, our China has been weak for nearly a hundred years, and the steps are always bigger, no, people use to walk, we have to run! Right! What's more, this is to make a name for ourselves! ”

"I ......"

Facing Chen Moran's gaze, Fang Jingyuan hesitated, according to the normal construction speed, it would take at least half a year to build two such three-story buildings, but now the construction period has to be shortened by two-thirds, and there is that complex basement, suddenly, when he was studying in Germany, he heard about the case of German sappers rushing to repair the railway during the Franco-Prussian War.

"Perhaps, there is another way, but before that!"

Fang Jingyuan cast his gaze on Xiao Xinren.

"I need ten days, let Weiyang do me a favor."