"A steelmaking plant with an output of not less than 60,000 tons? This can't be done without nearly three million silver dollars, although I have a very good impression of Lord Qin, but can Lord Qin come up with such a large sum of money? Tiggs was taken aback at first when he heard Qin Yu's words, and quickly came back to his senses.

"Mr. Tiggs, don't worry, I'm not bold enough to want to buy and sell to you Germany, since I want to buy something, I will naturally pay real money, of course, now I don't have qualified engineers under my hands, the problems that need to be paid attention to in steelmaking still need to hire skilled technicians from your country, if this cannot be met, I will order equipment from other foreign companies."

A set of steel-making equipment can be bought from the United States or the United Kingdom, but if you can use this set of equipment to get in touch with the people in Germany, it is undoubtedly more cost-effective, Krupp's cannon steel, and the smelting process of Rhein Metal Company are the top in the world at present, and Qin Yu also wants to introduce the rigorous work attitude of the Germans into Fengtian. The current steel mill is just the beginning.

"Okay, I'll be responsible for inquiring about it for you, it should be able to meet Lord Qin's requirements." If you have money, you can't make it for nothing, let alone cooperate with a powerful faction like Qin Yu, Tiggs will naturally not refuse.

"If this steelmaking equipment can satisfy me, I will add a hydroelectric power plant later. Taonan is rich in water resources, and if you want to improve a city, you can't do it without electricity. Qin Yu said with a smile.

"Lord Qin wants to build a complete city?" Tiggs's eyes lit up, a city needs more than a steel mill can profit.

"I have this idea, but building a modern city is not something that can be completed in a year or two, and if your country can help appropriately, there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future."

"Very good, Lord Qin, rest assured, Germany will become Lord Qin's strongest partner." Tiggs couldn't sit still, Germany was too far away from the Qing Dynasty to exert direct influence, but supporting local forces as spokespeople was a good way to expand their power. Qin Yu's strength is not strong at the moment, if you only look at it from the northeast, it can be regarded as the most potential one. A qualified spokesperson can naturally provide commercial benefits for Germany, and from the current point of view, Qin Yu is very qualified. Compared to the greedy and stingy Qing officials, Qin Yu was more enlightened and had a much greater ability to absorb new affairs.

"My lord, when you arrive in Fengtian City, it will be much more convenient to see you in the future." Returning from the German Consulate, Du Liming had already arrived, and he couldn't help but say happily when he looked at Qin Yu.

"The current situation is unknown, and I don't know what will happen in the future, how about Benxi?" Qin Yu asked.

"Fortunately, the plague broke some money for a while, and it has been earned back in the past few months, the profits of oil mills, flour mills, and coal mines have increased, and the iron smelted is not worried about the market for the time being, my lord, has the steelmaking equipment been negotiated?" Du Liming asked.

"I talked to the German consul, it should be no problem, foreigners, how can you not make money if you have money." Qin Yu is not too worried about the steelmaking equipment, is he afraid that he will not be able to buy things if he has money, steelmaking equipment is not a strategic industrial equipment.

"I called you from Benxi this time, and I have a big deal to explain."

"Your Excellency, please command."

"You sort out all the industries under our hands, and in your name, initiate the establishment of a Fengshang Association, invite some powerful businessmen from Benxi, Fengtian, and Gaizhou to join the Fengshang Association, organize flour, oil extraction, and several small coal mines into a joint-stock system, and sell a certain percentage of shares within the Fengshang Association."

Qin Yu has thought about this idea for a while, it was always a little inconvenient to do things in Taonan before, but now that he has arrived in the provincial capital of Fengtian, the governor who has been pressing on his head has lost his deterrent power, and with Fengshang as the core, he has formed a large consortium, which can not only pull the gentry and merchants of Fengtian under his camp, but also form a group to resist the capital invasion of the Japanese, and count it in one fell swoop. Even if there is a danger of sitting big in the future, he can't take care of it so much for the time being, although Qin Yu has a lot of money in his hands now, but compared with those chaebols in Japan, it is far from it, and if he wants to prevent Japan from further infiltrating Fengtian Province, Qin Yu alone is not enough.

"My lord, these factories are all money-making businesses now, and if you sell your equity, won't you have less money to make your own living?" Even though Huaxing Qianzhuang is thriving now, Du Liming is a little reluctant to sell those factories with very good profit prospects.

"If there is gain, there will be giving, and if there is giving, there will be gain. With the integration of Fengtian's capital potential, it is not impossible to say that it is a factory in the future, even the entire Fengtian Province. In the future, our focus will be on steel, wool, leather goods, and large mineral deposits. With these slightly smaller factories, it doesn't matter if they let go. Qin Yu shook his head, and gradually sold these small factories, which seemed to make a lot less money in the short term, and from the other side, it was also more conducive to concentrating funds to do big things, and in the future, steel plants, large coal mines, chemical industries, power plants, and even arsenals would invest millions of dollars. Those factories that make hundreds of thousands more and less than hundreds of thousands of dollars are not of much help. Qin Yu can't hold all the money-making business in his hands.

"It's not all at once, and it's important to distinguish the identity of the members of the association, so as not to let the Japanese take advantage of the loopholes."

"Don't worry, my subordinates will pay attention." Du Liming nodded and said, "If this is the case, can you also sell part of the shares of Huaxing Money, Huaxing Money Village has now become the largest money bank in the entire Northeast, and it is sometimes necessary to pay a certain amount of shares to merge other money banks, if you can integrate Fengtian's financial potential, Huaxing Money Bank's strength and influence will go to a higher level." ”

"Small money banks buy directly, and those who have the strength can give up part of their equity." Qin Yu thought for a while and said, the control of the money village must definitely be in his own hands, but for the expansion of the money bank, it is not impossible to pay some price, but it must be controlled within a certain range.

After talking to Du Liming, Qin Yu relaxed a little, to be honest, Qin Yu still has some pressure in the face of Zhang Zuolin, after all, if the famous figures in history can be easily dealt with, Zhang Zuolin may not be able to leave a strong mark in modern history. Since Zhang Zuolin had already gained the upper hand at this time, Zhao Erxun was pulled over by him, so Qin Yu tried to dig up Zhang Zuolin's platform and win the support of capital as much as possible.

"Ding Cheng!" After thinking for a while, Qin Yu shouted out again.

"My lord, what do you command?" Ding Cheng hurriedly said.

"You send someone to inform Zhang Shun to come to me."