It was less than two months after the end of the 'Yuanjiang fiasco', which caused a national uproar. A convoy of three German cargo ships, one large, two small and three, arrived at the port of Hongji.

The flotilla stayed at Hongji for two days, and a batch of coal mining equipment was transported to shore, along with a small group of German engineers. The quality of the coal in the Hongji Coal Mine is something that all Germans should admire. When the fleet left Hongji Port, the coal bunkers of each cargo ship were of course filled with high-quality Hongji coal.

These coal mining machines were placed by Liu Xian when he sent a telegram to Huo Guangzheng when he set off. Because coke is used to make steel. Fortunately, these machines are very ordinary, and I bought them casually in Germany. It cost less than 100,000 taels of silver.

The fleet sailed to the port of Qinzhou in one day, and the armed plainclothes of more than 1,000 people put the entire port under martial law, with three steps and one post, and five steps and one sentry. Liu Xian was full of excitement and greeted the arrival of the mechanical machine. This is the foundation of Qin Jun's industry, and it is also the basis for the blooming of his ideals.

From the port of Qinzhou to the factory in Qinnan, there were dense Qin soldiers on the way. The warehouse built by the steel mill did not store a single piece of iron ore, but first lived in a piece of machinery and machines.

The governor of Qinzhou frowned and frowned, and after careful consideration, he did not dare to draw too certain conclusions, and only said in the official document to Guangzhou, 'There are many machines, and there are more than 100 foreigners'. Ask Guangzhou for an idea. As for the errand officer who delivered the official document, he had just left the city gate less than ten miles away, turned into a small hotel on the side of the road, and respectfully handed the official document to the spies of the military intelligence department for inspection, but this was not known to the governor of Qinzhou.

The construction of the Qinnan construction site and the port of Qinzhou, just like Qi Dalin's development of the Shilu iron ore mine on Hainan Island, has brought endless shocks and influences to the small Qinzhou. Too many locals were eating under the Qin army. As for what kind of factory the Qin army wants to build here, except for those officials and gentry, no ordinary people pay attention to it. Their eyes are fixed on the money that comes in every day. One day's work, one day's money, a month can be worth a year's spare money.

Zhang Zhaodong, the governor of Guangdong, and Deng Ting, the political envoy, did not care about the affairs of Qinnan. Liu Xian has set up a lot of machine factories in recent years, and before the steel mill was built with steel-making furnaces, iron-making furnaces and chimneys, no one could see that the high-rise factory building would be a place for steelmaking, which is an important weapon of the country. Therefore, Liu Xian has already transported the equipment and machine to his home, and the Qing court is not small on the steel factory.

However, Qi Dalin's movements on Hainan Island were too big, and they attracted Guangzhou's attention. And many people are confused and don't understand. In a few months, these laborers recruited by Qi Dalin have initially dredged and built the roads and houses in Shilu, and what is there in Shilu, of course, it can't stop the eyes of these big people in Guangzhou.

-- It's just an iron ore. Qin Jun made such a big move, it's too small, right?

China's north, south, east and west, iron mines are really not rare. Zhang Zhaodong and the others really didn't understand where Qin Jun valued Shilu.

As for what to do after Shilu dug up the iron ore, Zhang Zhaodong, Deng Tingxiang, Ruilin, Changshan and others all took it for granted. With the strength of the Qin army, it is not logical to want half of the iron bureau? Even Liu Xian didn't expect this.

Van de Bang has returned from Shanghai. In the past six months, Nanyang Shipping Company has really inserted a foot in Guangzhou-Shanghai Shipping, and with the care of the government, although Nanyang Shipping Company has always been fighting prices with Taigu, Qichang and Jardine Matheson, and the profits are meager, it can continue to do business and has been persistent.

Now that Xu Tang and the others have officially entered the work of the General Administration of Steamship Investment, Li Hongzhang was only limited to the General Administration of Steamship Merchants last year, and he is showing himself at a speed that is visible to the naked eye. The only pity is that although Nanyang Shipping Company has intervened in the shipping from Guangzhou to Shanghai, it is really unable to intervene in the inland transportation of the Yangtze River, which is the most important link supporting one of the iron triangles of foreign businessmen - Qichang Foreign Bank. As mentioned above, Qichang Steamship Company opened the Shanghai-Hankou route, accounting for 80% of the Yangtze River shipping. 】

Setting up a steel plant is a long process. Historically, the Hanyang Iron Works took two years and ten months, and the Qin Jun's Iron and Steel Works was not so large-scale, and the previous preparations had been carried out for several months, and many warehouses had already been built. It is estimated to take six months to eight months.

Qinjun Iron and Steel Plant has a total of 2 blast furnaces with a daily output of 80 tons (200 cubic meters) and 1 10-ton open-hearth furnace. It is a pig iron mill and a Martin steel mill, and has five major factories: a rail mill (with an 800 mm rolling mill), an iron goods mill, and a wrought iron mill, and four small factories: a machine factory, an iron casting factory, an iron-making factory, and a hardware factory. From the furnace machine to the anchor bolts, all are imported from Germany. It is expected that after full production, it will produce 40,000 tons of iron and 10,000 tons of steel per year, as well as corresponding rails and wrought iron.

Jianshan Town, where the steel plant is located, is close to the Qinjiang River, which flows into the sea from north to south. The river in its lower reaches is as wide as 50 zhang, and the water depth is about 5 feet, which is enough to pass through the old Chinese sand boats carrying 500 stones. In the future, ships transporting iron ore and coke will be unloaded at the port of Qinzhou and then transported in old-fashioned sand boats, so that the ore fuel can be transported all the way to the steel plant. Compared with foreign iron and steel plants, although Qin Jun's iron and steel plants are not as convenient as the coal and iron complexes where iron ore and coke are all gathered together, the cost is really not large. At least compared to the historical Hanyang Iron Works and the Yawata Iron Works in small Japan, it was much cheaper.

Liu Xian stayed in Qinzhou for half a month before returning to Liuzhou. The governments of Qinzhou and Lianzhou turned a blind eye, and Guangzhou was as if it was dumb, not saying a word. Liu Xian originally wanted to continue to stay in Qinzhou, but for more than two years, Li Shien, the general soldier of Youjiang Town, who had not met twice, was going to send troops to Yunnan again, and he could not help but return to Liuzhou.

Li Shien is a native of Fujian and was born in Wujinshi. Yu Zongtang's deeds, although his background is suspicious, he can also be regarded as a member of the Hunan and Chu families. When he entered Yunnan, he listened to the tune under Liu Changyou and Liu Kun.

This man only returned from Yunnan at the beginning of the year, and Liu Xian only met him for the first time at that time. The impression is okay, and people know how to advance and retreat. Li Shien prepared a big gift for Liu Xian, because when Liu Xian first arrived in Guangxi, that batch of guns gave him a lot of help.

Li Shien was kicked back to Guangxi from Yunnan. The Taiping Army is becoming more and more lonely, and it is a good time to make contributions. But there are more wolves and less meat, and the Southwest Taiping Army is not enough to share the profits between the bigwigs and the generals under Xianghuai. Then he had to kick out some people first, and Li Shien, who could only be regarded as a foreign member of the Chu army, became one of the victims.

Now Shi Dakai is on the list of the British's big thick legs, and a large number of breech guns, artillery and gunpowder supplies have been delivered, which has caused the Taiping army to rebound, and the morale of Yuanjiang Prefecture has risen greatly after World War I. And when the Taiping Army, which had sufficient breech guns and ammunition in hand, started a defensive battle again, it would not be so easy for the Xianghuai Army to break through.

The Xianghuai Army has now transferred Li Shien over, and Liu Xian thinks that it is used as cannon fodder.

"Go to the military office and take five hundred new guns and ammunition. Take it easy, now the guns and bullets are not as far away as before, don't throw your life in Yunnan. ”

Send charcoal in the snow, and send warmth when you are hungry and cold. Liu Xian will never entrap people again, and he will not give up such an opportunity. But he still didn't say a word.

Li Shien didn't know whether he was really grateful, he was cold to Xianghuai Army, or he made a performance, and he was grateful in front of Liu Xian. "The great grace of the military gate will be remembered by the last general."

"When the southwest is pacified, the last general is willing to follow the military gate and follow the work of dogs and horses."

Liu Xian doesn't think much of Li Shien. But he is also the chief military officer of a town, and when he starts the army in the future, he can also strengthen his momentum.

Li Shien took the six battalion leaders of his headquarters to set foot on the road to the west again. Liu Xian's matter is over. In addition to continuing to pay attention to Qinzhou, only the exchange of new and old camp heads between Hanzhong and Liuzhou can make him refresh for a while.

The Green Battalion soldiers of the Qing court were almost a lifelong occupation. As long as you don't encounter disarmament, you can do it all the way to fifty or sixty. Therefore, the Qing army does not have the theory of being discharged from the army.

The Qin army system is different, after the battle of Xinjiang, Liu Xian made a rule, non-commissioned officers can be discharged from the army for three years, and non-commissioned officers and low-level officers can also be discharged for five years. It's just that this discharge is a voluntary one.

At present, the number of vacancies in the Qin army discharged from various departments in Guangxi has reached two integrated brigades. Then it needs to be replenished by new recruits from Hanzhong. It's just that there is no need for Liu Xian to come forward in person, and the people below can do it themselves.

In a blink of an eye, Liu Xian has been in Guangxi for two years, but Li Ying continues to nest in Hanzhong Mansion, with only a hat on his head. In the past two years, the development of Hanzhong has been very good. As long as there are no wars, no excessive taxes and natural disasters, the self-healing function of the Chinese people has always been great. As long as there is a stutter, that's fine. Now, with the development of various factories in Hanzhong, many people have been promoted from stuttering to the stage of being full, that is, 'very good'. Peaceful years, good days.

"Adults are damp and hot, qi stagnation and blood stasis, the tongue is pale red, less moss, and the pulse is slippery and ......"

In the backyard of the Admiral's Yamen, an old doctor with gray hair was carefully checking Liu Xian's pulse. With his eyes squinted, he slowly uttered this series of Chinese medicine terms for most of the quarter. Liu Xian didn't understand anything.

"Mr. Huang, if Liu has a certificate, there is no need to hide it, and I hope to be able to tell him directly." If it weren't for the old gentleman in front of him, his character and medical ethics were all first-class, Liu Xianzhen shouted directly: "Tell Lao Tzu that people can understand." ”

Huang Caoyun was silent for a while, looking at Liu Xian's face carefully, as if he was making a final diagnosis. Then he finally spoke: "My lord, this is a disease of dampness and heat. ”

"The old man prescribes a prescription for adults, nourishing yin and nourishing the spleen, channeling the essence of the kidneys, and benefiting qi ......"

Liu Xian's face stiffened. The mind is full of: wounded sperm, wounded sperm, wounded sperm, ......, in an infinite loop. R1152