"There is a person named Chen Kangnian in the exploration team of the lowly belt, he was a student in the United States, majoring in geological exploration courses, and his talent is there, but he is not reused, why don't you choose him to inherit this glory?"

Wang Chenhao thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's okay, Chen Kangnian and that exploration team will be rewarded together, you can arrange it yourself, don't let them talk nonsense." ”

"Humble duty understands!" Wang Shizhen now has an inexplicable admiration for Wang Chenhao, but he won't ask more. In his opinion, this kind of secret matter Wang Chenhao can be handed over to him to deal with, which is obviously to use him as a confidant, plus the reuse of him during this time, Wang Shizhen is even more grateful in his heart.

"My lord, I have already said hello to the prefect of Yongping Prefecture, and I have bought all the mining rights in Qian'an and Luanzhou counties, and I am waiting for my lord's order to prepare for the construction of iron ore plants and coal mines."

Wang Chenhao smiled and said, "Shizhen, you are really thoughtful, I can get twice the result with half the effort when I get Shizhen's help." ”

Wang Shizhen hurriedly replied modestly: "My lord has been promoted, but I don't dare to do my humble job, this is what my humble duty should do." ”

"Shizhen, you don't have to be too humble, I know your talents." Wang Chenhao knew Wang Shizhen's ability, of course he didn't dare to look down on him.

Since Wang Shizhen has encircled the iron ore mining area in Qian'an and the coal mining area in Luanxian County, the next step is to build a complete steel complex in Qian'an including steel, iron smelting, casting and forging, and coke firing while the iron is hot.

However, it takes a lot of silver to build a steel complex, compared to the five million taels of silver that the Hanyang Iron Works consumed, and if you want to do business, you need three million taels of silver to remove the water generated by the government. At this time, the three iron-making furnaces and six steel-making furnaces of Hanyang Iron Works have an annual output of 40,000 tons of iron and 20,000 tons of steel, which is far from meeting the domestic demand, so the iron and steel complex that Wang Chenhao wants to build must be at least a large iron and steel company with an annual output of 1 million tons of pig iron and 200,000 tons of steel, which requires an astronomical amount of funds.

Hanyang Iron Works introduced Luxembourg's steel smelting technology, although the construction cost is low, the production efficiency and output are too low, and it is not cost-effective to operate. In the next 20 years, the German open-hearth smelting technology will be the most advanced, and it will be relatively easy to operate, but the good things are always expensive.

Historically, after the First Sino-Japanese War, the company used 19.2 million yuan (13.44 million taels of silver) in war reparations to build a German-style Yawata Iron Works with an annual output of 60,000 tons of steel, so Wang Chenhao estimated that the construction cost of at least 30 million taels of silver would be needed to achieve a production scale of 200,000 tons of steel.

Wang Shizhen was frightened by Wang Chenhao's huge concept, and it took a while for him to come to his senses and ask: "My lord, such a large steel company is indeed very tempting, but I am afraid that Lord Zhongtang will not be able to come up with such a high cost." ”

Wang Chenhao waved his hand and said with a smile: "I didn't plan to ask Lord Zhongtang for money, I want to be in charge of this company." So you have to help me get a loan from a bank, or raise funds from the private sector, in short, I want to get this money as soon as possible. ”

asked Wang Shizhen to help raise such a huge amount of money, which really scared him. However, what made Wang Shizhen most interested was that Wang Chenhao wanted to open his own steel company, which meant that Wang Shizhen's cleverness quickly figured it out.

Since Wang Shizhen chose to assist Wang Chenhao, he naturally supported Wang Chenhao's idea of reading power alone. He was happy and asked, "Since the adult wants to work alone, how much money can the adult come up with?" ”

Wang Chenhao interrupted him and said: "I have 100,000 taels of silver in my hand, you can take it first and buy all the iron ore reserves around Qian'an, as for the coal mines in Luanzhou, you can put them in the back first, after all, Luanzhou is not too far from Kaiping, you can use Kaiping's coal first." ”

Wang Shizhen swallowed her saliva, and suddenly frowned, just 100,000 taels of silver was not enough to even play in the water.

Wang Chenhao ignored his expression and continued: "First circle the land, and then register a short company, publicize it to the outside world, there are many wealthy businessmen in Tianjin, sell company shares to them, and after raising silver, first build some low-cost iron ore factories and build the basic shelf." Then, with the company and the mine as security, they will borrow from banks in various countries. There are more than 10 banks in Tianjin, and it is not a problem to apply for a few million taels of silver from each bank in the name of the government, so it is enough to raise 50 million taels of silver to operate. ”

Wang Shizhen looked at Wang Chenhao in surprise, and was impressed when he heard such a clever fundraising method of the white wolf with empty gloves for the first time. However, he asked worriedly: "But how can the bank allow us to mortgage multiple times?" ”

Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "The task has been given to you, and the method has been told to you, as for how to complete it, it is your business." No matter what method you use, you can play with the abduction and abduction, and I will see the money of the factory in a week. ”

Wang Shizhen looked at Wang Chenhao with a stunned face, with a defeated expression. However, as a subordinate, he should share his worries for his superiors, not to mention that Wang Chenhao has the grace of knowing and reusing him, Wang Shizhen can only bite the bullet and not do it.

Wang Shizhen was ordered to retire, took the starting capital of 100,000 taels of silver given to him by Wang Chenhao, and seized the time to find a way to raise money.

Fortunately, Wang Chenhao did not put the reins on Wang Shizhen and allowed him to raise money by any means. I believe that with Wang Shizhen's ingenuity, he only needs to use his brain a little to complete the fundraising business, and Wang Chenhao is not worried about this.

Wang Chenhao has his own small Beiyang shogunate, and it is impossible to do everything himself, he only needs to formulate the general direction, and arrange his subordinates to complete the rest of the detailed work.

Wang Chenhao closed his eyes and took a nap, and suddenly felt a familiar fragrant wind blowing in his face, and when he opened his eyes, Li Youyi had already rushed into his arms like a whirlwind and quickly kissed Wang Chenhao's face, and said coquettishly: "Youyi is tired of waiting for a long time." ”

"Say what?" Wang Chenhao hugged Li Youyi's delicate body, looked at her jade face, and said lovingly: "How can I not know that Youyi you have been secretly helping me, hard work for you." ”

A plain sentence, but it made Li Youyi's heart warm, and she said softly: "I can share your worries for your husband, Youyi doesn't know how happy I am." ”

Then Li Youyi told Wang Chenhao the identities of the three noble ladies who came to visit today, one was De Xuanlin's wife, the other was Hurd's wife, and the other was De Xuanlin's son-in-law Hannagan's wife.

Wang Chenhao couldn't help but be surprised and asked, "Youyi, when did you understand foreign language?" ”

Li Youyi smiled: "How do I know any foreign language? They have always spoken Chinese. ”

Wang Chenhao nodded, De Zhulin, Hurd and Hannagan have lived in China for a long time, and it is not surprising that their family members know Chinese.

At that moment, Wang Chenhao and Li Youyi were warm and affectionate for a while, and then the two took a carriage to the Dagu Shipyard, and when they arrived, they raised the Jiaolong from the Security Section, and then the Meiyun transport ship carried the Jiaolong out of Shuiguan Wharf and into Bohai Bay.