"I really can't imagine that Fengtian has developed to such a point, it's better to see than to hear, it's better to see than to hear, Fengtian is really a magical place." Fan Xudong, who was dressed in a somewhat gray black suit, got off the train station, and saw three or four planes in the sky lined up, the bustling crowd outside the train station, the six- and seven-story high-rise buildings towering everywhere, the endless stream of vehicles, and the tram that had just driven in front of him.

"Yes, when I sent you to Tokyo Imperial University, it was 1911, and Tokyo at that time was much worse than the Mukden City in front of you." Fan Yuanlian, who served as the Minister of Education of the Republic of China, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw the busy traffic in front of him and the complicated scene.

Fan Xudong shook his head and said, "Even when I graduated from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo was much inferior to the current Fengtian City. ”

Fan Yuanlian has always heard that the education in the Northeast is doing well, and when Qin Yu entered the customs, he first solved the problem of education funds for schools in Beijing and Tianjin, which made Qin Yu very good in the education circles. Many of the fathers of the education circle of the Republic of China have the intention of coming to the Northeast to have a look, and Fan Yuanlian is one of the people who has taken practical actions.

"It seems that although the outside world has a high evaluation of Yu Shuai, he is still a little conservative." Li Sihao, the deputy minister of finance, was dressed in a black robe with a smile on his face, "Fengtian Primary School's compulsory education system, no wonder Yushuai has the courage to be the first in the world, it turns out that there are such strong financial resources to support it." ”

A few people got off the train, watching as they walked, and were talking. A colonel officer walked towards this side with two soldiers.

"Chief Fan, Li Cisheng, Mr. Fan, Yu Shuai heard that a few people came to Fengtian, and I would like to invite you to go to the embassy to meet and get to know each other. I don't know if you have time. Wang Yuhai smiled at a few people.

"When I came to the land of Fengtian, Yu Shuai was invited, how could I not be a gift." Li Sihao said, "Others can't see Yu Shuai if they want to, if we refuse, wouldn't we be ignorant of lifting." ”

Since Qin Yu's official position changed from the overseer of a province to the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces and the envoy of the Mongolian economy, he jumped to one of the four major envoys of the Republic of China in one fell swoop. Ji Lu, the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, among which the people who really controlled the power of the two provinces and above were Lu Rongting and Qin Yu. Zhang Xun was restored last month, and the Northeast Army was in the limelight, and even foreigners had to call it a good word, Fan Xudong, an industrialist, didn't think that Li Sihao. Fan Yuanlian, the two officials, can personally experience the prestige of Qin Yu.

"Several are either the fathers of education or the upstarts in officialdom. There are also doers in the industrial world, who don't even say hello, so they didn't come to Fengtiancheng Weifu for a private visit. When he saw a group of three, Qin Yu was sitting on a lawn in Nanhu Park fishing, and there were already two carps in the wooden bucket next to him.

"I came in a hurry. Yu Shuai is usually busy with official business, and he didn't want to disturb Yu Shuai. Fan Yuanlian and the others arched their hands to Qin Yu at the same time.

Qin Yu handed the fishing rod to a soldier, and then said, "Do you think I look like I'm busy?" ”

Fishing by the lake is something that only people with spare time do. It seems that Qin Yu is usually a person who pays attention to enjoying life.

"Let's go, let's go ahead and talk." Qin Yu made a gesture of please, and led a few people to a boat by the lake, and there were some tea-making utensils on the boat.

The soldiers brewed the tea and went to the Longjing of the West Lake.

"How did you feel when you first came to Mukden?" Qin Yu asked.

"It's better to be famous than to meet, Fengtian's achievements in industry and education are still above the imagination of outsiders, if you don't actually go to Fengtian, it is difficult to understand Yushuai's great efforts in Fengtian, and it is never possible to imagine that in just a few years, Fengtian can come to such a point on the road of industry and lead the cutting-edge technology of the entire Republic of China." Although Li Sihao's words have a bit of praise, but most of them are also facts, from wool spinning, leather goods, oil extraction and other light industries, to alloy steel, machining, metallurgy and other fields, Fengtian's name has resounded outside the customs, so that now Fengtian's aircraft manufacturing technology is ranked high in the world, making the Chinese people raise their eyebrows.

"Okay, please come, I don't want to hear you say good things about me." Qin Yu smiled and waved his hand, "I heard that Mr. Fan has been doing well in the area of Minggu after graduating from Tokyo Imperial University. ”

"Compared with Yu Shuai, my achievements are insignificant." Fan Xudong modestly said that the success of Benxi Iron and Steel made domestic industrialists unable to think of comparison.

"My starting point is higher than yours, the platform is different, and the results are very different. With Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant in front, steel is not a breakthrough in the technology of the Republic of China, but your technology of making refined salt has broken the monopoly of foreigners in the refined salt market in China, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the founder of the chemical industry of the Republic of China. ”

Fan Yuanlian has served as the chief of education, and the Fan family's strength in officialdom is naturally not weak, Fan Xudong could have been like a fish in water in officialdom, or easily become an official businessman. However, Fan Xudong chose to take the path of the chemical industry, perhaps because when he was studying in Japan, he was stimulated by the words of a president of Tokyo Imperial University, and when he completed his studies, I am afraid that China would have perished long ago.

Previously, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the Republic of China, such as Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, southern Jiangsu and other places, the transportation and distribution of salt was monopolized by government and business partnerships. Salt merchants hijacked money, colluded with the government, swayed the salt government, and fished the people. High-quality refined salt is all imported from abroad, and the price is expensive, and only high-ranking officials and nobles can afford to eat it. In order to fight against maladministration and invigorate the economy, Fan Xudong decided to make his own refined salt and sell it to treaty ports such as Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhu, Jiujiang, Hankou, Changsha, Yichang and other places. He worked with Jing Benbai, who had served as the director of salt affairs, to apply to the government for the establishment of the Jiuda Refined Salt Company. When the news spread, it was opposed by the old salt merchants, but public opinion strongly supported it, and the Fan family also had some connections in the officialdom, so it was barely passed.

Fan Xudong founded Jiuda Refined Salt Company in Tianjin. The share capital is 50,000 yuan. He began to develop refined salt in the fishing village of Tanggu, and soon reached a purity of more than 90%, Jiuda processed brine with beach salt, and evaporated and crystallized it with a steel plate pan to produce the first batch of refined salt made in China, which was clean, uniform and hygienic. The main varieties are grain salt, powder salt and brick salt, etc., and the coarse salt produced by the traditional salt making method cannot be compared with it at all. Fan Xudong personally designed a pentagonal logo and named it "Neptune".

Jiuda refined salt was soon surrounded and suppressed by domestic and foreign salt merchants, and Japanese businessmen spread poisonous rumors about "Neptune" in the newspapers, and the British minister in China even tried to blockade Tianjin Port with warships to prevent salt ships from leaving the port, and domestic salt merchants even attacked in groups. For hundreds of years, the production and marketing of salt in the country has always been monopolized by the partnership of government and businessmen, and the big salt merchants in Jianghuai have controlled the price of salt. They have formed a large and intricate interest group that neither the foreign nor the Chinese government dares to speak lightly of reform. As soon as Fan Xudong comes out, it will obviously turn the status quo upside down. Jiuda refined salt could not be sold to the south of the Yangtze River for a long time.

However, even so, the daily output of more than 5 tons of refined salt has also made Jiuda refined salt a year of profit as high as 560,000 yuan. The first investment was only 50,000 yuan, and the subsequent investment did not add up to more than 100,000 yuan.

Fengtian's industry has developed quite rapidly, and both light and heavy industries have made great strides, but Qin Yu can't take care of all aspects of development. The chemical industry has always been a shortcoming of the Republic of China industry and a lack of talents. The blockade of the great powers has made it difficult to develop the fields of soda ash production and refined salt.

That's why Qin Yu attaches so much importance to Fan Xudong.

Yu Shuai's evaluation really made Xudong embarrassed. I don't know what Yushuai thinks of the refined salt market? Fan Xudong, an industrialist, is no better than Li Sihao, and Fan Yuanlian, the two people in the officialdom, were a little embarrassed in the face of Qin Yu's attention. China has always valued officials over business. The success of the Jiuda Refined Salt Factory made local officials look at Fan Xudong differently, but if it weren't for the Fan family's background, I'm afraid his factory would have been unable to withstand the peeps of bureaucrats. Even so, in the past two years, some powerful factions have begun to want to invest in Jiuda Refined Salt Factory. and put pressure on the Fan family through the power in his hands.

"The Northeast welcomes your refined salt entry at any time." Qin Yu said with a smile.

"In this way, I am afraid that the Jiuda refined salt factory will have an impact on the local salt merchants in Northeast China." Fan Yuanlian said truthfully.

"The industry of the Republic of China always has to move forward, and the salt technology in the Northeast is backward. It's up to these factories to improve themselves. If they can't make a breakthrough in technology, they will inevitably be squeezed out of place by other foreign businessmen, and the local enterprises in the Northeast are no different from those in the mainland of the Republic of China. As long as it is a national enterprise, the Northeast is supportive, Japanese businessmen control the Northeast refined salt market, after the 21st article, I have been forbearing, but also because the Republic of China does not have its own refined salt production technology, the Northeast does need refined salt, after your factory produces refined salt, the government will secretly plan the people to boycott the Japanese refined salt, the United States enterprises I will find a way to appropriately raise the threshold, but due to some previous historical reasons, the Republic of China has lost too many rights and interests. I'm afraid it won't take long on my side, and if you can't occupy a large number of markets, I'm afraid you'll have to wrestle with American businessmen for a while. Qin Yu thought for a moment and said with a smile.

"Enough, enough, as long as Jiuda Refined Salt Factory has the right to compete fairly, it is enough, Xudong really didn't expect Yushuai to support Jiuda Refined Salt Factory so much. Xudong is grateful. Fan Xudong was excited for a while, and his emotions were difficult to control. He and a few like-minded young people in the chemical industry spent their days seeking technological breakthroughs, but after producing the products, they found that the market was far from being as simple as they imagined. Not only did some officials begin to peep at the profitability of the Jiuda Refined Salt Factory, the foreign powers prevented the expansion and sales of the refined salt factory, and even those traditional salt merchants in Jiangnan were also blocking the sale of refined salt for their own interests, although the Fan family had some power in the officialdom, but the influence was limited after all, and Fan Xudong was helpless against so much resistance to the force, although the quality of the refined salt in the refined salt factory was good, but every place he went, he had to pay a cent, and the cost of other officials making things difficult, compared to the troubles of the great powers were much less. Originally, before coming to the Northeast, Fan Xudong was ready to pay a certain price, but it was really not possible, and the market of Jiuda Refined Salt Factory could only be cramped in Tianjin for the time being, as well as a few cities near Tianjin, and other places were blocked by foreign businessmen and local officials and businessmen with little effect.

Fan Xudong, who came to the Northeast, was ready to accept failure. I didn't expect people to be invited by Qin Yu as soon as they came, such favorable conditions were even more unthinkable to Fan Xudong, the story of Maxima and Bole Fan Xudong had always been able to see it in books, but this time Fan Xudong felt that he had met the real Bole, and the idea of using the chemical industry to revitalize the national economy was born very early on. It's just the cruel fact that he knows that the revitalization of industry is not just knowledgeable, but also requires a strong background and the support of its government, or local powerful factions.

Qin Yu's support is no less than opening a door to the whole of North China for him, and with Qin Yu's influence in the Republic of China, at least the provinces north of the Yangtze River will not refute Qin Yu's face. And some bureaucrats who had ideas about the Jiuda Refined Salt Factory before did not dare to easily embarrass it, even if the foreign powers squeezed it out, it was more of a blockade of technical funds. In addition to the financial difficulties, if there is no way to make a breakthrough in technology, Fan Xudong himself will not have the face to go down the factory again.

"But as far as I can see, the scale of your refined salt factory is still too small, and it is difficult to compete with foreign merchants in terms of scale, Huaxing Bank, Fengtian Bank, you can open an opening at any time, and it will not be a problem in terms of funds. Even if the output is increased tenfold, or even dozens of times. The Northeast side can provide enough loans. Qin Yu pressed the table and said.

"Does Yu Shuai need to participate in the shares?" Fan Xudong asked cautiously. "Xudong has no other meaning, if Yu Shuai can pay so much for the refined salt factory, even if the refined salt factory is handed over to Yu Shuai, Xudong has no complaints, when Xudong ran the refined salt factory, it is hoped to drive the chemical industry of the Republic of China. If it can be realized in the hands of Yu Shuai, Xu Dong will be happy in his heart. ”

"Ha Luha, to be honest, the profit of the refined salt factory is very large, but the money in this world is inexhaustible. At this point in me, money is just a number for me. Life does not bring it, death does not bring it. If you can help the Northeast and drive the chemical industry of the Republic of China, it will be a great thing. Qin Yu smiled heartily.

"Yu Shuai is broad-minded, and he can only see the practical source in his life." Fan Yuanlian couldn't help but sigh.

"Yu Shuai, the problem of capital is indeed a major factor restricting the expansion of production of the refined salt plant, but the purchase of machinery is the most fundamental factor, the equipment of the Jiuda refined salt plant is quite old, and several large chemical plants in the world have very strict control over their machinery and equipment, and do not sell them to enterprises in the Republic of China. These things are something that money can't buy. "Fan Xudong said." Refined salt is only the first product of the factory, and what Xudong wants to do most is to manufacture soda ash, and the foreigner chemical factory is more strictly controlled in this regard. ”

"This is also a helpless thing, foreigners have mastered such a technique, and it is not surprising that they want to implement a technical blockade, there are many international students in the Northeast in the United States, some of whom are engaged in chemical engineering, you can also contact your friends, design yourself, there is always a way, in addition, the Northeast also has some relations in the United States, when the time comes, contact to see, can you buy equipment directly." Qin Yu thought for a moment and said.

"Thank you Yu Shuai, if the chemical plant can be built, Yu Shuai will have a life in the future, and Xudong will definitely do everything." Fan Xudong was grateful.

Qin Yu personally called Du Liming, and asked Fan Xudong to go directly to Du Liming later, and the two discussed the expansion of the scale of Jiuda refined salt plant, as well as the development of refined salt machinery and soda ash.

For a while, Fan Xudong was full of ambition, and after the initial hardships, there was an impulse to show off his hands and feet at this time.

"I didn't expect the three of us to come to Fengtian City together, and the one who received the most attention from Yu Shuai was Brother Ling."

Li Sihao said with envy in his tone, Qin Yu's garrison was in Beijing, during the Tianjin period, I don't know how many people in Lu Dao wanted to see Qin Yu but couldn't get it, I didn't expect Fan Xudong to come to Fengtian City, he was personally received by Qin Yu, not to mention, but also got Qin Yu's almost full support, Fan Xudong not only solved the financial difficulties in one fell swoop, but other difficulties from officialdom will no longer exist, at least no one in China dares to touch the idea of Jiuda Refined Salt Factory. It's easy to offend Fan Xudong, but if you want to win a favor in Qin Yu's hands, few people in the entire Republic of China can do it.

"The measure of Yu Shuai, rare in the Republic of China, looking at his bearing and style of acting, he is not a greedy person, and the importance of industry and talents is really the only one seen in the life of a foolish brother. Everyone's experience is different, it is rare to be handsome and heavy, Xudong, you have to take advantage of this opportunity. Fan Yuanlian also looked at his younger brother Fan Xudong very happily at this time, and was sincerely happy for his younger brother. Although Fan Yuanlian gained quite little, he also received Qin Yu's sponsorship for the fundraising for the opening of Nankai University, but compared with Qin Yu's attitude, he attached much more importance to Fan Xudong than he was the chief of education.

"Yushuai trusts me so much, I should go all out to live up to Yushuai's hope of revitalizing the national chemical industry." Fan Xudong's mood was not calm at this time, "No, I have to send a telegram to Chen Tiaofu, Wang Xiaoxu, and Li Zhuchen as soon as possible, so that they can also know the good news." ”

In order to lay the foundation for the chemical industry of the Republic of China, Fan Xudong had close contacts with a group of like-minded young people, Chen Tiaofu was a master's student in the Department of Chemistry of Soochow University, Li Zhuchen was a graduate of the Tokyo Institute of Electrochemistry and Technology, and Wang Xiaoxu was the director and chief engineer of the Shanghai Daxiao Machinery Factory. These people are all working for the same dream. Now that Jiuda Refined Salt Factory will soon burst out with unprecedented vitality because of Qin Yu's support, how can such good news not be shared with them. (To be continued......)