In any case, the battle with the British must be fought, and it may have to be fought in a brilliant light, and it must be won. Whether in the present or in the future, Westerners only believe in one truth - when your fist is hard enough to hurt him, he will sit down and reason with you like a gentleman. Until then, he will only rely on his strength without losing money, and smash you mercilessly!

The so-called Western civilization is so crude and direct, and only Chinese people in the world pay attention to "attaining the goal and helping the world". It is only in China's thousands of years of history that it has been influencing the surrounding countries through its own excellent civilization, rather than for plundering and aggression.

From the perspective of humanity as a whole, it is undoubtedly that Chinese civilization is more likely to bring happiness to all mankind, but it is difficult to win the trust of others when it comes to saying this. The Chinese themselves have not solved the problem of reincarnation, and before the productive forces have solved the basic needs of life, saying such things will only attract ridicule.

In the final analysis, the world still relies on strength to determine the right to speak.

Yang Hao could not expect the black-and-white diplomatic team of Li Jingfang and Ma Yang to make the Europeans follow the baton as soon as they were dispatched. When the major European powers still have colonies to rob outside, there will be no internal strife. It is necessary to ensure that they knock out their front teeth in the Far East, knowing that this piece of fat has been turned into a steel plate of beef tendon for diplomacy to work.

In order to ensure this, Yang Hao had to seize the time and work overtime to raise military construction work.

After arranging the task of the diplomatic team, he drove non-stop to Jiajiagu, the eastern suburb of the county, where the original Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau was now renamed the Tianjin Arsenal.

Far away. A choking smell of chemical fumes can be smelled in the air. Yang Hao subconsciously raised his hand in front of his nose. Frowning and muttering, "Industrial pollution is really a big problem." You have to find a way to solve it for him, or you will become a scourge sooner or later. ”

However, other people obviously didn't have the same idea as him, seeing the patches of buildings, and the black smoke spewing out from the sky, Zhou Jianhao praised excitedly: "I didn't expect that Tianjin Jiqì Bureau has such a scale, and it is not inferior to the grand occasion of our old camp!" ”

Yang Hao rolled his eyelids helplessly, well, people in this era are still addicted to the powerful allure of the industrial revolution and can't extricate themselves. Major cities in Europe and the Americas. Tens of thousands of gas stoves in the United States are constantly producing all kinds of high-concentration toxic gas discharge channels in the air, and countless industrial sewage pollutes the river water without any vitality.

How strict is it? The fog in London can choke tens of thousands of people, the fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs in the Great Lakes of the United States die cleanly, and the heavy metals contained in the water can poison people.

In short, in these years, if you want to sue them for environmental pollution, you will only attract a blank of eye. As long as the production is large enough, they wish the chimney was as thick as possible. The bigger the smoke, the better.

Yang Hao also has to admit that for contemporary Chinese. Tianjin Machinery Co., Ltd. can be regarded as a top industrial cluster. As of this year, she has built a black medicine factory, a copper hat factory, a chestnut medicine factory, a cotton medicine factory, a smokeless medicine factory, a gun and ammunition factory, a machine factory and a steelmaking factory, each of which is equipped with complete sets of machine equipment. The number of workers here all year round is as high as 2,000! It can produce 200,000 kilograms of black gunpowder every year, and 320,000 kilograms can be produced overtime; 90,000 kilograms of maroon cake medicine, 113,000 kilograms can be produced overtime, 10,400 kilograms of cotton medicine, 23,000 kilograms can be produced overtime, 3,600 kilograms of smokeless medicine, which is trial production, to be purchased, 3.82 million Mauser bullets, 4 million rounds can be produced overtime, 15 million copper caps, 28 million can be produced overtime, and 14,500 shells of various types, which can be added as needed.

It seems that the number is quite scary, but Yang Hao is used to calculating in tons, so he doesn't think it's very powerful. Replacing chemical equipment at the end of the 20th century, the output of a factory with 2,000 people is 100 times that of 100 times that of it.

He doesn't look at it, but outsiders don't. If nothing else, the Japanese are all covetous of this factory -- their family still does not have a large-scale industrial body that is in full swing, and all arms and equipment are imported.

It's a pity that such a good factory and such a large production capacity can't play a role in the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which can be described as a pearl of secret investment.

Since Yang Hao seized Tianjin, he naturally took over this important arsenal honestly and unceremoniously, and then immediately invested manpower and material resources to transform it, striving to become the second important industrial force that can support military expansion. At this time, Tianjin's industrial power accounted for more than one-third of China's.

The car is close to the arsenal, and along the way you can see a continuous stream of steam trucks, each loaded with a large number of second-hand industrial equipment being transported inside. In the 21st century, all the backward production capacity that has been shut down and eliminated is all super industrial artifacts in this era.

The idlers around the arsenal were all cleared, and the original workers and managers were evacuated. The bureaucrats who were stuffed into the households that ate and drank were supposed to be opened, and the foreigners and technicians were all taken to technical schools as lecturers, or hired to other small private factories. The rest of the workers were also taken to technical schools for retraining and brainwashing.

Now, the inside and outside are guarded by the army, and the team of technicians who came from Rizhao, under the command of Xu Jianyin, is carrying out a comprehensive transformation of the inside according to the style they are familiar with.

Seeing the convoy coming, the soldiers immediately opened a passage and let them drive in.

Xu Jianyin sweated profusely and ran over to greet him, Yang Hao quickly stopped the car, went down to shake hands with him warmly, and greeted him with concern: "Chief Engineer Xu is very hard!" The one qiē here is still shun lì! ”

Xu Jianyin's black face was full of red light, and he nodded again and again: "It's very good." Thanks to the support of the engineering corps, the dismantling was extremely fast, but it was a pity that those machines and factories were lost! ”

According to Yang Hao's requirements, at least more than sixty percent of the plant and equipment here will be bulldozed and rebuilt, which is not only a problem of large amount of work, but also destroys the construction achievements of more than 20 years since the Westernization Movement. And the ones that are retained, they are not expected to play much role, and they are purely reserved for the mechanics to practice their skills.

Yang Hao is now wealthy, and there are so many industrial preparations that he has gotten from collecting scrap iron in this world. A little bit of it can immediately increase China's industrial capacity tenfold, but there is a shortage of qualified workers, where is he willing to waste?

smiled at Xu Jianyin at the moment: "We want to build the most efficient and safest military production equipment, and those old and unsafe things cannot be left." Chief Engineer Xu must not be reluctant, you should know that once there is a problem with those machines that make quercus medicines, the consequences will be severe. ”

Of course, Xu Jianyin knows that an ordinary shell of more than ten catties and dozens of catties of quercus can destroy the city and uproot the village. It's produced here, and it's tens of thousands of catties in one move, and if something happens, the whole factory will have to be swept away.

He sighed helplessly, in fact, he understood it in his heart, but he couldn't get over it emotionally for a while, so he just talked about it.

Then accompanied Yang Hao to inspect along the road, especially to see the progress of the new gun factory, those after the world's master carefully maintained and debugged, although the life span is more than forty or fifty years, but still high precision, stable performance of the machine tools.

Xu Jianyin reported excitedly: "With these machines, we can build at least ten firearms production lines, six artillery production lines, and manufacture millions of guns and thousands of guns a year!" Since then, it has not only been able to meet the needs of the army, but also to sell it to the outside world. ”

Yang Hao is more concerned about the time that can be put into production, and Xu Jianyin patted his chest and promised: "Don't start work in two months!" ”

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Jianyin said cautiously: "Mr. Yang, there is something I want to report to you." A few days ago, Zhang Xiangtao, the governor of Liangjiang, sent a letter asking me to help him set up a military industry. I think of the prosperity of China's industry, roughly without distinguishing between them, but I wonder if you can agree? ”

"Does Zhang Zhidong want to expand the military industry?"

Yang Hao is not surprised by this, that old man is one of the practitioners of China who are willing to bend down to do foreign affairs, but the temper of civil officials cannot be changed, and he is willing to spend money only if he has ambitions, but the actual effect has not been high, mainly because of the lack of professional help.

If the drastic changes are imminent today, its Hanyang Iron Works will not be profitable for a long time, and four or five million silver will be spent, so it is no wonder that the old man is not in a hurry. He could think of looking for Xu Jianyin, so it can be seen that he finally understood.

It's just that in this way, Zhang Zhidong still can't wipe his face!

Yang Hao thought for a while and said with a smile: "Chief Engineer Xu relax, when the transformation of the Tianjin Arsenal is completed, you can not only go to Governor Zhang to help, but also bring some more people." Some of our advanced equipment can also be sold to him! Since you have to spend money to set up a factory, let's do something good in one step. ”

Xu Jianyin was surprised, but it was more of a surprise, and he bowed his hand: "Mr. is broad-minded and admirable!" You can rest assured that Xu must first complete the affairs of this place before going. ”

When he walked away, Zhou Jianhao asked puzzledly: "Sir, why do you want to help that Zhang Zhidong build an arsenal?" This person is really clear, and his heart is towards the court. Once we have arms, won't it be against us? ”

Yang Hao puffed up his chest and said confidently: "Zhang Zhidong is very cunning. When he has enough strength, he will most likely support his own troops. Moreover, no matter how much money he and the Qing court spend to build an industry, it will definitely belong to us in the end. Why not? ”

Zhou Jianhao was taken aback: "Do you mean to say that a first-class governor like Zhang Zhidong actually lost confidence in the Manchu rule?" At this time, you have to prepare for your own door? ”

Yang Hao nodded affirmatively: "That's right!" The Manchus had lost the support of the people, and the provinces were only formally subordinate to the imperial court, and now they were trying to get money out of the Qing court as much as possible, and the best excuse was to set up a military industry and train a new army in order to fight our revolutionary army. Hehe, you wait and see, something like this will soon spread all over the country, let's wait to get rich! (To be continued......)