Lin Yuan thought about it in his heart, the manufacturing task of the factory is very tight now, and he really can't spare more time, so he said: "Why don't you wait for half a year." ”

Zeng Ajiu beat his chest when he heard this, and said, "At that time, we all starved to death!" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "How can you starve to death?" Do you know the truth? Your sugar can be used to make weapons. ”

Zeng Ajiu hurriedly asked, "What did you say?" Can our sugar also be used as a weapon? ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Of course, I don't know if you know that there is a weapon called a mine in the Dao, and this kind of thing needs sugar cubes in its fuse." What Lin Yuan said is true, in mines, it is indeed necessary to use sugar cubes, and the function of sugar cubes is to block the firing parts in the fuse.

Zeng Ajiu nodded again and again and asked, "Then do you have a way to save us?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Of course there is, you first leave the sugar that you are about to sell on the market, and then process it into the sugar cubes we need, and we will discuss the salary later, if you really can't get through the difficulties, I can give you a part of the salary in advance." ”

Zeng Ajiu heard this and thanked him again and again, and Xu Linxiang turned around and went out, Lin Yuan invited Wan Ling out, and Wan Ling smiled as soon as he came out: "It's just right, I was still thinking about where to solve the problem of the brush, but I didn't expect it to be solved here." ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "You heard what Zeng Ajiu said, it's about sugar, I'm trying to find a way to solve this matter, but the key to solving this matter is on you." ”

Zeng Ajiu heard this and thought for a while before saying: "You're not kidding, sugar is such a thing, I can also distinguish white sugar from brown sugar, I don't know anything else, what can I do to help?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "You have also heard, Mr. Zeng's production efficiency is relatively low, so the cost of their products is higher than that of foreigners, if it is in a completely free market, their sugar is eliminated and there is nothing to say, but our situation is different, they are our national industry, we must protect, and the powerful tool of this protection is tariffs!" ”

"By setting very high tariffs on foreign superior products, their costs will increase, so that the selling price of their products will have to be as high as our products, but now that the right to formulate our tariffs is in the hands of foreigners, it is not easy for us to take it back, so, Wan Lao, I would like to ask you to solve this matter."

When Wan Ling heard this, he smiled and said, "You asked me to take back the right to formulate tariffs?" I don't even quite understand what a tariff is, what can I do? ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "You have been designing ships for so many years, you must be no stranger to the classification society." ”

Wan Ling smiled when he heard the word "classification society", and said: "For ship designers, classification societies are like the names of designers, and they will never forget at any time, classification societies are the standardization organizations of ships, China has classification societies, the United States, Britain and Japan have classification societies, they have set standards for ships, and only ships that meet the standards of classification societies can sail in their countries, so ship designers will design ships in accordance with the standards set by classification societies." ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said: "That's right, the classification society is the beginning of a country's shipbuilding industry, there is no guidance for shipbuilding without a classification society, we will also get a classification society, I have thought of the name, it will be called 'China Ship Standardization Center'." ”

Wan Ling nodded and said, "But what does this have to do with tariffs?" ”

Lin Yuan replied: "Of course it has a relationship, after we formulate the standards of the classification society, we will investigate the foreign ships in the name of the classification society, investigate the parameters of their ships, all ships that do not meet the standards of our classification societies are not allowed to enter the port, if they want to enter the port, they must pay a port entrance fee." ”

Wan Ling asked, "How should our standards be formulated?" There will definitely be some ships that meet the standards that have been set, so wouldn't there be some ships that we can't charge for? ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "I haven't finished talking yet, we not only want to build a classification society, we also have to clean up the river, I have already investigated, there are several channels that should be widened, we pretend to repair the river, and then levy tolls on all the ships that pass, so that all the ships can be charged?" ”

"In order to protect the interests of our compatriots, we have let Chinese ships be registered with classification societies, and all our country's own ships are free of charge, so isn't it a disguised collection of tariffs?"

Wan Ling smiled: "Your method is good, but how can we implement it?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "You must have heard of the concept of 'water diversion right', right?" ”

Wan Ling replied: "Of course, the right to divert water is part of the sovereignty of a country, and when a foreign ship enters a country's port channel, the country can send someone to board the ship and drive the ship to the designated wharf." ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Yes, our country's customs were controlled by foreigners before, so we don't have the right to divert water at all, this time, I'm going to enforce the right to divert water." ”

Wan Ling nodded and said: "I originally wanted to talk to you about the location of the shipyard and the layout of the factory, but now that this matter has happened, then let's solve it first, I will go back and draw up the standards of the classification society, and then we will implement it, but you are charging the port entry fee and taking back the right to divert water, and foreigners will not take the opportunity to start a war, right?" ”

Lin Yuan shook his head and smiled: "My seizure of Asco has not had any impact in the UK, I still think it is strange, I have been thinking about what such a thing did not attract their attention, if it was before, they would definitely use this matter as an excuse to force the Qing court to sign an unequal treaty with them, and then I figured out that they are now a little afraid of us, so they don't dare to act rashly." ”

As soon as Wan Ling left, what Lin Yuan did was to recruit experienced sailors, and the pilots must be familiar with the conditions of the port's waterways, and such people were not difficult to find, because there were many foreign foreign houses in Yingkou, and many Chinese were employed in the foreign houses, and these people were very familiar with the situation of the port waterways, and they all joined Lin Yuan's team under Lin Yuan's heavy money "lure".

Later, Lin Yuan transferred two Haixun Type 1 patrol ships from the Jilin Machinery Bureau, and he knew that there would definitely be foreigner ships who would not obey orders, so the right to divert water must be protected by the army.

Five days later, Wan Ling gave Lin Yuan a copy of the classification society standard, and Lin Yuan then asked people to publicize it on Yingkou Port, and also printed it in large quantities and put it in the Yingkou Port Naval Barracks for all ship owners to receive, and announced that three days later, they would begin to collect port fees on foreign merchant ships that did not meet the standards of classification societies.

After Lin Yuan issued the order, he stayed in Yingkou Port to see the reaction of foreigners, and Lin Yuan sent a lot of people to ask them to go to taverns, restaurants and other places where foreigners often gather to find out the news.

The day before the entrance fee was charged, Lin Yuan asked them to come to his office, and then instructed: "Tell me about the reaction of foreigners in the past few days." ”

One of the attendants said: "Foreigners don't take this matter seriously at all, and there are many people who take this matter as a joke, and everyone says that they don't pay this fee." ”

Lin Yuan secretly sneered, thinking, "If you don't pay this fee, you can't help it." ”