Wu Yulin imagined many ways to meet, but he never thought that as soon as he met, Zhang Tinglan would give everyone a salary increase and a bonus, which was simply too unexpected, and it took a while for all the workers present to understand what Zhang Tinglan's words meant.

"Guys, don't you think the wages are less?" Zhang Tinglan said with a playful smile: "I can tell you that as long as you do a good job, the salary and bonuses will increase exponentially, a university professor can get three or four hundred oceans a month, and the senior technicians among you can completely surpass the university professor, of course, if you want to get such a high income, you must first prove that you are worth the money!" ”

Relying on money incentives, it may sound like a very cheesy thing, but for these ordinary workers, there is nothing more real than money, there are old and young in the family, the shipyard has been operating dismally over the years, arrears of wages have been commonplace, how many people have not bought new clothes for several years, have not eaten a little meat for months, at this time, suddenly a large amount of bonus fell on their heads.

And if they do a good job, they will increase greatly in the future, and these workers are simply crazy with joy, and in an instant everyone cheers, and from the bottom of their hearts they are full of joy.

Wu Yulin is the same, he was still worried about the future of the shipyard, but now when he saw that Feng Jun was so generous, he suddenly put his heart in his stomach, the salary is not bad, the funds will not be bad, and he, the director, does not have to break his fingers to live.

"Director Wu, first give everyone a bonus, and then give you half a day of vacation, so that the family can have a little more comfort, and then you accompany me to see the factory, since Fengjun is in charge of the factory. I can't go on half-dead anymore! ”

"Everything is up to you, I'll do it!"

Soon the bonus was sent down, these workers were all smiling, went home together, everyone was thinking about buying a pair of shoes for the children, pulling a new dress for the wife, buying a few catties of meat, and opening the meat well, to meet a generous boss, this future days will be hopeful.

The workers almost all left. Wu Yulin accompanied Zhang Tinglan to walk up in the factory, and while walking, Wu Yulin introduced: "At the beginning, the Beiyang Navy was created and purchased a large number of warships from Britain and Germany, in order to facilitate the maintenance of these warships. Li Hongzhang single-handedly built the Dagu factory. 110 acres of land was selected as the dock site, and there were only eight mobile machine rooms at first. One motor, one boiler, and one steam hammer. The equipment of the plant is very rudimentary. Subsequently, 20 machine tools and one power machine, one pumping machine and one horizontal boiler were purchased from foreign countries, and the construction of turbine workshop, power room, pumping room, dock, wood mill, wharf, drawing, and office space began. By 1885, the dock had an iron-striking factory, a boiler factory, an iron foundry, and a mold factory, and six docks were established, including A, B, C, D, E, and more than 600 workers. ”

Wu Yulin briefly introduced the history of Dagu Factory to Zhang Tinglan, which can be regarded as the earliest shipbuilding enterprise in northern China, and has also brought together a large number of talents. Warships of less than 1,000 tons were built, and later the munitions production capacity was increased, capable of producing small-caliber fast guns.

This was quite rare among Chinese factories, and later when the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China. The Russians ransacked the factory, the machinery and equipment were greatly damaged, and most of the workers were unemployed.

"When the Dagu factory was under construction, it was not worse than the Japanese shipyards of the same period, and what dragged down the development of the factory was the problem of funding, and if it could not get enough funds, it could not produce enough products, and as a result, after the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the Beiyang Naval Division was wiped out, and the Dagu factory became a dispensable chicken rib, and then it was destroyed by the Russians, if there were no such misfortunes, maybe now the Dagu factory can also build more than 1,000 tons, or even thousands of tons of warships, and China will not have no sea defense, let others bully!"

Speaking of this, Wu Yulin was also very sad and angry, Zhang Tinglan also knew the difficulties, and looked at the vicissitudes of the factory, and felt very uncomfortable.

"Reminiscing about the past is something that literati like to do, and those who really do practical things must be based on the present, constantly catching up, without machines we find ways to buy, without talents we collect and cultivate, sooner or later, Dagu Shipyard will definitely surpass the Japanese shipyard and produce giant warships to defend China's maritime frontier."

"You are our boss leader, you have confidence, we are confident that Dagu Factory can move to Fengtian, which is a new life of the factory, and we must do a good job."

"Well, funds, jishu, talents, machines, these will find a way, try to help you solve it, there will be at least 500,000 investment every year, and it will continue to be added in the future."

During the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the annual expenditure of the Dagu factory was only about 50,000 taels, and Zhang Tinglan suddenly increased it tenfold, which made Wu Yulin particularly excited.

"General Zhang, it turns out that there are many craftsmen in the Dagu factory, because there is no job, they have changed careers, and now the factory is going to relocate, I suggest that these people should also be recruited, and then recruit more shipbuilding talents, and strive to quickly put into production!"

As soon as Zhang Tinglan heard this suggestion, he immediately nodded in agreement: "This idea is very good, a factory person is the most critical, the machine can be purchased, but experienced workers can only be trained step by step, everyone tries to recruit back, their moving fees are all paid by me, first allocate 10,000 yuan to you, and complete the relocation as quickly as possible!" ”

Tianjin is also the earliest open door in China, bringing together talents from all walks of life, Wu Yulin got the support of Zhang Tinglan, and immediately began to explore everywhere, and the workers of the original Dagu factory were called back as much as possible.

In addition, Wu Yulin came forward to hire a few Western technicians, these people's level is not very high, after all, people who really have the ability are not willing to come to China to take risks, but with their ability, it is still possible to produce ordinary cargo ships.

The shipbuilding industry is an industry that needs to be accumulated, Zhang Tinglan did not expect to climb to the sky in one step, Dagu Factory must first use small tonnage ships to practice in the initial stage, and then gradually improve Jishu, and at that time, the First World War may have ended, Germany's huge high seas fleet has also come to naught, subject to the Treaty of Versailles, a large number of German shipbuilding talents are unemployed, it is a good opportunity for the Feng army.

The Battle of Jutland has proved that the German shipbuilding jishu is still quite good, and if the German jishu can be introduced, there will be hope for the great cause of the navy.

As a large number of workers were re-recruited, the Dagu factory regained its vitality, and these workers also knew about Fengjun's new treatment, their wages were doubled, and they would have more bonuses for doing a good job, and they could even get hundreds of oceans, which was like a magnet, firmly attracting these former workers.

The dismantling of the machines, which, like many workers, are old and have been given a new lease of life.

Industrial jishu backwardness is not terrible, after all, as a late-developing country, can take a lot of detours, the most important thing is the problem of whether there is or not, as long as it is solved, the next step is continuous progress and upgrading, the speed is often faster than imagined, the mission of these old machines is to help Fengjun train workers.

At the same time as the relocation, Zhang Tinglan also instructed Wu Yulin to set up an affiliated technical school to train shipbuilding talents needed in the future. This is also something that Wu Yulin has wanted to do for a long time, but he can't do it due to lack of funds, and now after Fengjun takes over, everything has been done, which makes Wu Yulin overjoyed, and his whole body is full of energy.

Just when the relocation work was on the right track, the Zhou family also sent an invitation to Zhang Tinglan and Zhang Xueliang to attend the welcome dance together. Zhang Tinglan actually wanted to visit the Zhou family a long time ago, but he was in a hurry to deal with the affairs of Dagu Factory, so he didn't spare time, as for Zhang Xueliang, he liked to be lively, and as soon as he heard that there was a ball, he readily agreed.

"I have long heard that Tianjin is full of Chinese and foreign people, prosperous and extraordinary, and it is also trendy and fashionable, so I happened to see it this time."

Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Han Qing, it's fake to see the scenery, but it's true to appreciate the beauty, right?" I heard that there are a lot of celebrity courtesans at this kind of ball, and with Zhang Shaoshuai's brand, I really don't know how many people throw themselves into their arms! ”

"Clumsy words, you don't want to hurt me, if Feng Zhi knows about this kind of thing, she will have to divorce me."

"Han Qing, the implication is that if Feng Zhi doesn't know, you can just do it?" Zhang Tinglan smiled: "Don't worry, my mouth is very strict!" ”

Zhang Xueliang couldn't help but roll his eyes at Zhang Tinglan, and put on a look of Jiashi who believed that you would be fooled.

They rushed all the way to Zhou's mansion, and this dance party was mainly for the younger generation, so Zhou Xuexi and they didn't show up, and it was Zhou Shutao who was in charge of the reception, and he had just returned to Tianjin from Jilin.

During the period of coal mining in the three eastern provinces, Zhou Shutao carefully observed the political situation of the Feng army, knew the status of Zhang Tinglan and his son in the Feng army, and also knew how many things Zhang Tinglan tossed during this time, so he was very enthusiastic about this future brother-in-law.

Pulled Zhang Tinglan and Zhang Xueliang into it, Zhou Xuexi served as the Minister of Finance, and held a large number of industrial companies in his hands, which can definitely be called a first-class wealthy family, their family held a ball, Tianjin, young talents from big families, well-known courtesans, and many foreigners, all gathered together.

The lights are shining, the music is melodious, and there is almost no difference from later generations, and here, Zhang Tinglan has only seen the other side of the Republic of China, not only mourning all over the wilderness, but also drunk gold fans, but this kind of enjoyment is only a very small number of people.

As soon as she sat down, a young woman wearing a cheongsam and showing her snow-white shoulders walked over and smiled at Zhang Tinglan: "Sir, let's dance!" ”

"I'm sorry, I won't."

This courtesan was obviously stunned, she hadn't been rejected yet, and immediately turned her head dissatisfiedly, and said softly: "Tubaozi, you don't know anything, you dare to come over!" ”

Between the words, she floated like a gust of fragrant wind to the tall foreigner who came to her, greeted her in a sweet and greasy voice, her face was full of flattery, who knew that the foreigner didn't pay attention to her at all, and walked directly to Zhang Tinglan's face, and said respectfully: "Boss, I was about to meet you, but I didn't expect to meet here." (To be continued......)