After making the decision to expand the garment factory, Zhang Shusheng finally felt a little relieved. Although he still holds 4 million marks and more than 200,000 silver dollars in his hands, he knows the importance of taking precautions, knows how to continue to invest and develop, and considers long-term profit plans.

In the past few days, even the ideological education work of the militia has been slightly delayed, and just after expanding the production of the garment factory, which is enough to ensure the sustained and stable profitability in the next one or two years, Zhang Shusheng went to the power station non-stop.

In charge of the hydropower station is a patriotic student hired with a high salary, Feng Zhen.

"Manager Zhang, you know that my biggest dream is to build countless hydropower stations in China. The reason why I agreed to come to the southwest in the first place was not purely for the high salary you paid, hehe! ”

The two walked side by side on the embankment of the small hydropower station, Feng Zhen looked at the direction of the Jinsha River in the distance, and studied water conservancy engineering in the United States. The reason for choosing the southwest is completely because of the extremely rich small hydropower resources here. It is better to say that he likes the high salary, but it is better to say that he likes the rivers that are convenient for him to experiment with hydropower construction, so that he can fulfill his dream in the future.

Now this small hydropower station outside Lishuping is just feeding Zhang Shusheng's nascent factories and mines, and the other places have not been electrified except for the headquarters of Shusheng Company, the militia and the school.

"This is just a tributary of the Xiaoqing River, and the next target is the Xiaoqing River, and then the Jinsha River." On the dam, Zhang Shusheng pointed to the river under his feet like a mountain, expressing his dream, "Do you believe it? One day, we Chinese will also say goodbye to tung oil lamps and use bright electric lights. ”

"I also look forward to making such a dream come true. China has the world's leading water resources, especially small hydropower resources, which are currently low in development costs, and the cost of power supply and transmission is relatively low. Manager Zhang, I don't know when we will develop Xiaoqingjiang? Feng Zhen asked a little impatiently.

Zhang Shusheng didn't hide it, patted this talented man on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, wait." As soon as the dry season arrives in winter, the preliminary project of the Xiaoqingjiang Water Conservancy Project should have the conditions for starting! ”

"Really? Great, hahaha! Manager Zhang, I won't tell you, I have prepared the basic plan for the development of Xiaoqingjiang, and I will send it to you in the afternoon. Feng Zhen couldn't help laughing and laughed, the coveted quasi-medium-sized hydroelectric power station was about to be built, and he was one step closer to his dream.

"No problem, in order to keep the project foolproof, you still have to cooperate more with those stubborn Germans, although they are all unwilling guys, their talents cannot be denied. We Chinese are afraid of poverty and backwardness, and we must develop our own characteristics, but we must not forget the strong points of others. Zhang Shusheng reminded that it is good for young people to have ideas, but they should not be arrogant.

"No problem." Feng Zhen was in a good mood and said with rare emotion: "Manager Zhang, thank you." ”

"Thank me?"

"Thank you for giving me a stage to perform. And, of course, the high wages that feed my whole family of a dozen people! ”

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In the afternoon, Zhang Shusheng went to the third factory, which was also a factory he was very concerned about - the chemical plant of Shusheng Company.

There was a strange smell of rotten eggs in the entire chemical plant, and after smelling it hard for a long time, Zhang Shusheng suddenly remembered that it was the smell of chlorine. However, judging from the smell of rotten eggs, it should only be a trace amount, could it be that this group of people is making chlorine by electrolysis?

At present, the proportion of foreigners in chemical factories is relatively high, and the proportion of foreigners and old coastal chemical workers accounts for 80 percent, and the rest are older students from technical schools, who have participated in the work part-time.

"Look, my dear boss, this is the latest result of our chemical plant!" The American Frank pointed to the white crystals of a thick glass bottle and excitedly introduced Zhang Shusheng.

This Frank is a more interesting person, and he is also one of the most valuable foreigners poached by the foreigners at No. 48 on the Bund in Shanghai. I have to say that the eyes of those foreign devils are very poisonous, and after Zhang Shusheng named talents from all walks of life at that time, they actually found this chemist who bought stocks and went bankrupt on the other side of the ocean. Zhang Shusheng paid a full intermediary fee of 2,000 oceans for this.

Under the double pressure of high salaries and debt collection, Frank didn't know how much to nourish in the southwest of the high emperor, and no one stopped him from doing any experiments, and of course, more importantly, there were no damn stocks here.

"This is your new chemical crystal? Frank. Zhang Shusheng asked, he really didn't know.

Frank drew circles in front of the crystals like a trick, happy like a child, "Boss, the money you gave was not in vain, this is industrial-grade pure sodium hydroxide." ”

"Sodium hydroxide! Produced so quickly? Yes, Frank, you're doing a good job. Not to mention supplementing the basic knowledge through the database of the dream machine, even this American bankrupt chemist can make Zhang Shusheng understand that with this thing, the production of soap and soap is not far away.

After careful questioning, I found out that the chemical plant used sodium hydroxide made by electrolysis of salt water, although the cost is slightly higher than that of seawater, but there is no way to do it, who let Zhang Shusheng not put the nest on the coast. At present, it is good to be able to buy back well salt from Sichuan.

"Uh, Zhang, you know, with it, our soaps and soaps, and even use this to conduct chemical research in high-end fields such as chemical fibers."

Zhang Shusheng held his hands and looked at these white crystals with interest, with it, soap and soap are really not far away, "Frank, how long will it take to produce soap at the earliest?" ”

"My boss, you just have to wait a month for tons of soap to satisfy you." Frank was in a good mood, as if he saw countless prizes flying. "Haha, when the time comes, I should have another chef at home."

When Frank came to China, he ate Chinese food, except for being able to do all kinds of experiments with great freedom without anyone taking care of it. The family has hired two chefs with a high salary for a long time, and they will take a group of foreign devils to eat and drink together at their own house in three days.

Nodding with satisfaction, Zhang Shusheng doesn't mind his habits, what is eating? Even Sichuan opera dramas have a lot of foreign devils addicted, broad and profound Chinese food, of course, will starve to death of these superficial carnivores.

He has been fully prepared in his heart, and the final flavor process of batch soap will not be directly handed over to the chemical factory, and he will arrange for farmers to plant a kind of vanilla that has not attracted people's attention so far, and mix it into natural flavors according to the formula provided in the dream machine and several other ordinary grass plants, which is the core competitiveness of the soap he will produce in the future.

Compared with foreigners' research on the production of soap, which is still in the process of continuous improvement and exploration, Zhang Shusheng has found this kind of high-quality plant flavor that is very simple, pure natural and pollution-free from the dream machine.

"Don't worry, you won't lose a penny from your winnings. Moreover, your wise and generous boss I, I have decided to surprise you when the time comes. ”

Looking at Frank, who didn't know what was going on, Zhang Shusheng didn't say much, anyway, things will be clear when the time comes.

The progress of the chemical plant made him very satisfied, as long as there is this extremely special, even Westerners have no chance to crack the pure natural flavor soap and other aromatic series of toiletries and care products derived from it, his dream of a chemical kingdom can lay the most solid starting foundation. Frank, on the other hand, apparently didn't know what kind of new product he was going to make.

After going around the chemical plant again, especially after checking the work of the students and Chinese engineers, Zhang Shusheng left the chemical factory satisfied. Although the short period of half a year has not made these "national chemical pioneers" enough to become chemists who can control the overall situation, their basic skills are extremely solid, and they will inevitably make achievements after a long time.

Of course, their hard work Zhang Shusheng also understands that many people go to work during the day and read books all night until three or four o'clock at night, and knowledge has never been desired by people as much as it is today. Especially with some foreign teachers who can never be contacted before, this opportunity is too rare.

Zhang Shusheng originally planned to go back at night to complete the most important part of the follow-up of Plan A, but suddenly received a great piece of good news, which made it difficult for him to calm down.

"Commander, Mr. Huffman asked me to report to you. The military factory is expected to start production lines tomorrow morning to produce the first domestically produced Mauser rifles. ”

That's great! Zhang Shusheng didn't sleep all night with excitement, he didn't put himself in his shoes, no one knew that it was now fighting the suffering of the world with his bare hands. After hearing the news, he finally had the feeling of exhaling.

Yes, the current development is very difficult, there is a lot of hardship, there are many difficulties. However, he is convinced that if he endures more hardships today, sweats more, builds more bricks and tiles, and lays a solid foundation for his cause, when a big war breaks out in the future, he will have an absolutely solid industrial foundation, only then will he be able to block those bayonets that stab the common people, and only then will he have enough aircraft and artillery to knock the enemy down like harvesting rice.

Looking out the window at the sparse starlight, the bleak dark clouds seemed to reflect China's future misfortunes. Holding the dream machine, Zhang Shusheng clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and muttered to himself: "Since I am back, I can't live up to the entire nation, and I can't live up to those hundreds of millions of suffering compatriots......"