Hong Xuanjiao looked at the May Fourth rifle in her hand helplessly, but Yang Shuijiao also sighed: "Every bullet is made of copper, and with a bang, it's gone, and all that goes out is copper coins. ”

After speaking, Yang Shuijiao really folded her fingers and calculated.

Wang Feng shook his head and said: "In the current army, food and salary account for the majority of military spending, but in the future military spending, the proportion of food and salary will become smaller and smaller, and the cost of weapons will swell rapidly, which is all to take money to pile up, the further back, the more advanced the weapon, the more expensive the cost of the war, a battle consumes tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of taels of silver is the norm, and the average small country simply cannot afford such a huge amount of military spending, so vigorously developing industry has become our only choice, and the ultimate success or failure of the war is based on national strength." ”

At the same time as saying this, Wang Feng thought of the bank, and the issuance of paper money became his urgent need, only by expelling copper from the circulation field, could he collect enough copper to cast bullets and shells, but he was in a hurry to open a bank, he needed a trustworthy financial professional to prepare for the opening of a bank, and who is this person?

Wang Feng sighed secretly and asked again, "Zhang Wanchang, how is the artillery?" ”

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief!" Zhang Wanchang saluted: "Since you left, a total of twelve cannons have been built, the last of which is twenty-five times the diameter of the tube, the firing range can reach five miles, and the weight has been reduced to five tons, and the copper-shelled conical cannonball is being developed within the last two months." There will be the first samples of the matching artillery! ”

"Good!" Wang Feng shouted loudly: "The copper-shelled shell should also be based on the standard millimeter as the standard caliber, and you can handle the specific amount yourself, but don't stare at one." Instead, guns of different calibers should be designed according to different areas of application! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Wanchang saluted again.

Wang Feng nodded and said, "Okay, you guys are busy, I hope I can hear good news next time!" Good bye! After returning the salute, he left the Weapons Bureau with Hong Xuanjiao and Yang Shuijiao.

Since Huang Kaiguang has the heart of submission, the next step is to see if Huang Kaiguang is sincere.

Huang Kaiguang's current living conditions are not bad. It is a single-family courtyard near Tiger Hill, with a small area. The environment is relatively elegant, and when Wang Feng and the three of them entered without notice, Huang Kaiguang was feeding koi fish with a man in his thirties.

As soon as he saw Wang Feng, Huang Kaiguang immediately threw away the fish food. Bow deeply: "The contemptible Huang Kaiguang sees Commander Wang and Deputy Commander Hong." ”

Wang Feng raised his hand slightly: "Get up!" ”

"Thank you, Commander Wang!" Huang Kaiguang stood up and said: "Commander Wang, this is Huang Kaihe, my contemptible brother, who has negotiated with the Dutch Aidel Iron and Steel Complex, as long as you choose a good address, you can help you build an iron plant with an annual output of 20,000 tons of iron at any time, including a blast furnace, pig iron factory, steel mill, West Iron Goods Factory, wrought iron factory, iron casting factory, iron mill, fish fillet hook and nail factory, and can provide technical personnel guidance for half a year in the early stage of the factory's completion, but." Contemptible people have to remind that once the blast furnace is put into operation, it basically cannot be stopped. Therefore, AAAA also asked Commander Wang to choose the location carefully. ”

There is a common sense in the metallurgical industry, once the large blast furnace is ignited, it can not be lightly stopped, otherwise the furnace body will be severely damaged, if the economy is in a recession in modern society, iron and steel enterprises can only use the means of reducing the furnace temperature when compressing production. The blast furnace is kept warm and the product is prolonged. Reducing operating costs, which is known as a smoldering furnace.

Some people may think that stopping the furnace is not because of the fear of solidification of raw materials? Can't you just get the material out and then stop? But in fact, this is not feasible, there are three kinds of blast furnace maintenance: small, medium and large three repairs, small repairs do not stop the furnace, medium repair does not release iron, but have to change a lot of parts, and major repairs, is all out of the department, most of the furnace in addition to the structure has to be replaced, for example, if the material is out and then stop the furnace, it is equivalent to a woman to do a curettage operation, is quite nerve-wracking!

Generally speaking, stop the furnace and start again, equivalent to a weak repair, the cost per cubic meter is about several thousand to 10,000 yuan, which is still placed in the modern society that the iron control technology has not been the same day, if it is stopped at the end of the Qing Dynasty and then started, the cost will be unimaginably high.

Huang Kaiguang's subtext is very easy to understand, it is easy to build a factory, it is easy to build a blast furnace, foreigners collect money to do things, at least the credibility is still there, but the premise is that there must be enough protective force, and the supply of coal and iron ore cannot be broken, and it will be over if it is broken!

Huang Kaiguang sent a full set of factories to make Wang Feng feel sincere, originally Wang Feng only needed a blast furnace, and the rest of the supporting factories he slowly built by himself, with a full set, it saved a lot of work, but Wang Feng also thought deeply of Huang Kaiguang's reminder, indeed, these three conditions are indispensable.

Internationally, the site of a large steel plant should be located as close to the river as possible and close to the sea, so that it can make full use of cheap waterway transportation, and Wang Feng's ideal steel plant construction site is Baoshan, but the premise is to repel the attack of the British army, otherwise it will be 100 percent destroyed by artillery fire, and it is obviously not enough to maintain a large blast furnace with a daily output of 50 or 60 tons of iron.

Huainan Mining is full of calculations, and it will take a year to produce coal at the earliest, even if the blast furnace construction time and coal mining can solve this problem, so where does the iron ore come from?

According to Wang Feng, the iron ore in the south of the Yangtze River has Meishan Iron Mine, which belongs to Shanghai Baosteel and is located in the area of Xishanqiao in Nanjing, but this is the sphere of influence of the Taiping Army, and it is impossible to mine it unless Nanjing is conquered.

In fact, Wang Feng still has some illusions about the Tianjing Incident, although he has become a public enemy in Nanjing, but during the time when he went abroad, will the contradiction between the three kings of Hong Yangwei intensify? If something happens, it can just eradicate the three kings of Hong Yangwei in one fell swoop.

This can not only occupy the moral high ground, but also can be relatively easy to incorporate the Taiping army, and directly wave the army to attack, will force Chen Yucheng and Shi Dakai to choose to take sides, Wang Feng has no confidence in which side they will stand on, in the final analysis, Wang Feng attaches great importance to these two people, and he will never want to meet each other unless he has to.

Seeing Wang Feng's expression, Huang Kaiguang gestured to Huang Kaihe, and Huang Kaihe immediately arched his hand: "Commander Wang, are you worried about coal and iron ore?" If Commander Wang believes in our Huang family, we can sign a bridge in the middle and sign a long-term trade contract with the mine owners in Vietnam, which can completely guarantee the operation of the blast furnace. ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Feng immediately affirmed that Huang Kaiguang did have the intention of taking refuge in himself, so he asked quietly: "Huang Kaiguang, I arrested you for more than half a year and extorted the sky-high ransom, don't you hate me?" Why so dedicated? ”

Huang Kaiguang's face showed a trace of struggle, and then he suddenly arched his hand: "Commander Wang, please forgive me a few heartfelt words, in the past few months, the vigorous development of Suzhou's industry and commerce has touched me a lot, you abolish the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, eat and take cards to all kinds of assessments, integrate Suzhou merchants, set up factories, engage in the joint-stock system, a thriving scene, I am sure that at most three or five years, the industrial output value of the Jiangnan region will reach a remarkable situation!"

In the final analysis, I Huang Kaiguang is a businessman, and what businessmen yearn for the most is a fair and orderly environment, maybe you will think that I Huang Kaiguang is such a great person in Guangzhou, but in fact, such as my Huang family, you can't understand the hardships of thirteen small and medium-sized businesses!

We not only have to bear the heavy exploitation from the court, but also the arrogant and domineering of foreigners, that is, the tooth merchants above, we are also extremely oppressed by our small and medium-sized businesses, the rules of the thirteen lines are formulated by the tooth merchants, the terms are extremely unfair, we have no right to speak, we can only implement unconditionally, otherwise we will be bankrupt by the joint government of the tooth merchants, I am by no means alarmist, this kind of thing has happened too much in Guangzhou.

The reason why I am confused and you are enemies for a while is precisely to fight for the top, hoping that one day I will be squeezed into the ranks of tooth merchants, and I will no longer have to be squeezed by big businessmen, but when I saw a qiē in Suzhou, I finally understood that the policy you are implementing is really for the sake of our businessmen, and if you are enemies again, I can't think of a reason myself!

Besides, since your Northern Expedition, you have won consecutive victories, the Qing court is crumbling, the world is shaken, and even Xianfeng has been forced to make an edict against himself, if I can't see the general trend of the world in the future, wouldn't I be blind?

Although I Huang Kaiguang is not a good person, but I have not done anything hurtful to the heavens and reason, today I cheekily implore Commander Wang to take him in, and I will do my best to do things for Commander Wang, if there is half-heartedness, I will be thundered by the sky, and even the commander of the king will come to Guangzhou, my Huang family can contact the people of Guangzhou and small and medium-sized businesses to respond on behalf of me! ”

After speaking, Huang Kaiguang and Huang Kaihe bowed deeply to the end, with a sincere look on their faces!

Wang Feng said without thinking: "Boss Huang, since you are willing to do things for our Democratic Alliance, I have no reason to refuse, come, two of you get up quickly." ”

"Thank you, Commander Wang!" The two brothers Huang Kaiguang thanked and got up, and then Huang Kaiguang turned his head and said: "Kaihe, you will return to Guangzhou tomorrow and bring the Dutch secretly, and the car and machine that Commander Wang needs must also be exhausted, do you know?" ”

"Eh~~" Wang Feng waved his hand: "Boss Huang, tomorrow you go back with Brother Ling, and tonight I will do my best as a landlord and set up a banquet to entertain the two." ”

Huang Kaiguang was stunned and said, "Commander Wang, you AAAA, you just let me go?" Aren't you afraid that I won't go back? ”

In Huang Kaiguang's expectation, Wang Feng would release himself only after the steel plant was in place, which was indeed a bit unexpected.

Wang Feng said indifferently: "Since you have joined our Democratic Alliance, you can be regarded as your own person, which one will I detain you again?" Take a step back and say, even if you don't return, I will only lose a steel plant, and tomorrow morning, I will send the two of you out of the city. ”

Huang Kaiguang immediately gave another salute: "Commander Wang is generous and generous, treat people with sincerity, no wonder I can lay a big country in just one year, I Huang Kaiguang is convinced, and I am more confident, please rest assured that Commander Wang, within three months, I will come to Suzhou again!" (To be continued)