Chen Shu wanted to tear open the letter. After several ideological struggles, I finally endured it.

The letter was on the table. It was sent by the headquarters after receiving it. Long Qian was basically not at home these days, so they delivered the letter to him at home.

There are only these six words on the envelope of "General Long Qian's Inspiration", which is written in a Western pen, and the handwriting is beautiful, which seems to have come from a woman's hand.

What woman would send him a letter? Chen Shu held her cheeks and thought.

"You can't open his letter privately. That's disrespectful to him......" Although Chen Shu suspected that the letter came from a woman, she finally dropped the matter. She had always been grateful to her husband, who was not a womanizer, and who had known him for so many years had never seen him think of any woman other than herself.

Since marrying Long Qian, Chen Shu has learned to respect others. There are so many advantages in the husband that they can hardly be counted. Chen Shu once seriously summarized with her aunt You Shi, and the two agreed that among Long Qian's many advantages, the biggest advantage is respect from the heart.

Even if Sister-in-law Zhang made a cup of tea for him, he would say thank you. Originally, I thought that husband and wife were one, and thanking them seemed too much, but Chen Shu was still used to Long Qian's style, such as washing feet, Chen Shu thought that it was natural for a wife to wash her husband's feet, but Long Qian never let her do such a thing. Whatever he could do on his own, he would never pretend to others. There seems to be no distinction between high and low in the eyes of the husband, especially against the use of maids and old mothers at home. According to his status, it is normal to buy two maids to serve, but he sternly refused to mention it several times. And he, as long as he has time. He always takes the initiative to do some housework, including washing Zhenhua and even cooking by himself. Chen Shu believes that men are the heads of the family and cannot and should not do housework. But Long Qian still does his own thing and enjoys it.

Chen Shu was pregnant again, and Chen Xian, who followed Ye Yanbing to the station, wrote to say that she was pregnant. Two pieces of news made the whole family very happy. But Long Qian was a little apologetic for her getting pregnant again, saying that it was too hard for you, and you should take measures.

This made Chen Shu unhappy. Who doesn't want to have more children? Just have a son and take measures, what measures to take?

Long Qian explained to Chen Shu. Many sons are not necessarily blessed. It is even more crucial to take care of your body. Having a child is nothing short of a disaster for women in this era. It's not that I don't want to have another child, but I want to take care of your health. I'm only in my early twenties.

This sentence dispelled Chen Shu's unhappiness. But the words "this era" made him wonder, "What do you mean by 'this era'?" "After being married to Long Qian for a long time, Chen Shu has indeed learned a lot.

"I mean. In the future, science and technology will be prosperous. It will be safer to have children. The other thing is that there are more civilized methods. So that each couple can have a plan to have children. ”

Chen Shu didn't understand. And from the bottom of my heart, I don't approve of the concept of my husband. Do you have to plan for having a baby? She touched her slightly bulging lower abdomen, full of anticipation for the child in her belly. I couldn't help but ask my husband, "Do you want this child to be male or female?" ”

"Girl. I wish I had a daughter. Long Qian said with certainty.

Chen Shu was pleased. Patriarchy is a common belief. But the husband's attitude is sincere, and he may really want a lovely daughter.

It's all in the past. On this day, Long Qian came home late and looked a little tired. Chen Shuzhi said that he had gone to see the new governor, and he wanted to ask if the conversation was unpleasant, but she didn't ask, and her uncle kept telling her to take care of the inner house, and never interfere in political affairs.

"Have you eaten? I'm going to make you some supper? ”

"No need. I ate with Shi Jun in the headquarters cafeteria just now. Get some hot water, I'll take a shower. "As long as he is at home, he always has to take a bath, and he can hardly shake it.

"Well, there's a letter from you." She handed him the letter. He only glanced at the cover and tucked it into the pocket of his military uniform, without even opening it.

This disappointed her a little.

"Tomorrow I will get up early and ask Sister-in-law Zhang to prepare a simple breakfast for me. Don't get up, take a break. Long Qian said to Chen Shu while undressing.

"Do you want to go out?"

"Governor Yang is going to see Huayuan, I have to go in advance."

The next day, when Yang Shixiang took Hu Xuezheng and dozens of other people to the headquarters of Huayuan Industry, Long Qian and Song Jinguo had already arrived, and Yang Futai was greeted by Xu Jianyin, chairman of Huayuan Industry, and Zhou Xuexi, president of the company.

Huayuan has officially moved from Yizhou to Jinan, and the original plan was to build the headquarters in the western suburbs of Jinan, but later in order to save costs, it occupied the office space of the former Machinery Bureau. Yang Shixiang's current location is the gate of the former Machinery Bureau.

The gate is newly repaired, and the iron gate of the Western-style style customized by the iron factory is installed, and the stone columns are built on both sides, and a semicircular steel frame is installed from above the two columns, which is inlaid with a plaque with red letters on a white background - Shandong Huayuan Industrial Group.

On both sides of the gate, two soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Fifth Town stood with guns, they were soldiers of the third battalion of the patrol battalion Jinan, which undertook the task of defending Huayuan Industry.

Xu Jianyin, Zhou Xuexi and others stepped forward to see Yang Shixiang. Yang Shixiang knew Xu Jianyin and had heard of Zhou Xuexi's name. After a few people finished greeting, Yang Shixiang's eyes fell on the two guards who were standing solemnly.

"Lord Yang, they are not soldiers from the Fifth Town, they are soldiers from the patrol battalion." Long Qian saw Yang Shixiang's doubts, "Because many enterprises under Huayuan undertake the task of weapon development and production, which is confidential and must be guarded by the armed forces. Long Qian explained.

"Oh, their uniforms look like those of your Fifth Town."

"It's basically the same. The difference is in the armbands. You can see that their armbands have the word "patrol" written on them. ”

"Oh, very good......"

"Your Excellency, please." Long Qian had the attitude of a host.

"Lord Dragon, please."

Luo Xiao, who was following behind Yang Shixiang, couldn't see that Yang Shixiang was dissatisfied with Long Qian. But he did lose his temper with Long Qian yesterday...... What's going on?

The group entered the conference room that had been prepared for the office building. The furnishings are a novelty for Yang Shixiang, with a huge oval table in the middle. There were several small signs on it, on which were written the positions and names of the guests and hosts, and Yang Shixiang sat on the chair in front of the sign with the word governor written in the center, and he found that his chair was different from the others. This one satisfied him.

"Is this the method of the Western Conference?" Yang Shixiang thought.

"My lord, do you want President Zhou to report the overall situation of Huayuan to you and Lord Hu first? If you want to inspect the site, we will go to the factory later. ”

"Very good." Yang Shixiang looked at Hu Xuezheng sitting on his left, and the thin Xuezheng nodded expressionlessly. The reason why he called Hu Xuezheng was to communicate with Hu Xuezheng about the construction of schools in the province. Xuezheng is the same as the political envoy and the feudal platform, and they are all members of the three grades. But today, he did not call Bai Ruiting, the political envoy who should have come.

"Lord Futai, Lord Xuezheng." Zhou Xuexi is obviously prepared. coughed lightly, "The current Huayuan Industrial Group was formed by the merger of the former Shandong Huayuan Industry and Jinan Machinery Bureau, which were established in Lunan. It is divided into two divisions, military and civilian, and currently has 21 factories and two research institutes. It has 13,000 employees. Among them, more than 600 foreign technicians and engineers are employed. Mainly the Americans......"

"Wait a minute," Yang Shixiang interrupted Zhou Xuexi, "the twenty-two factories you mentioned." Are they all in Jinan? ”

"Reply to Lord Yang's words. Five in Yizhou and sixteen in Jinan. ”

"Hmm, what kind of factories are they?" Yang Shixiang asked.

"There are seven military divisions, a bullet factory, an artillery shell factory, an explosives factory, a gunpowder factory, a gun factory, a gun factory, and two machine repair factories. There are 12 factories in the civilian products division, including cigarette factories, textile factories, vehicle factories, printing plants, two power plants, iron and steel mills, rolling mills, refractory factories, mints, enamel factories, furniture factories, and ...... Among them, Yizhou has six steel, vehicles, glass, power plants, machine repair and refractory materials. The rest are near Jinan. This year, the vehicle manufacturing plant will be relocated to Qingzhou, and infrastructure construction has already begun. ”

"Well, let's go ahead." Although he had heard about it for a long time, the figures reported by Zhou Xuexi still shocked Yang Shixiang.

"In terms of silver dollars, excluding the Mint, the total sales of Huayuan Industrial last year were 94 million, and the actual taxes and fees paid were 5.6 million yuan...... Seventy percent of the sales come from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and about sixty percent of the sales are sold to other provinces, of which Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhili are the largest customers of Huayuan......"

Yang Shixiang was shocked by the numbers again, just one Huayuan, the sales volume was close to 100 million silver dollars! But why did you only pay more than 5 million taxes? Without waiting for him to speak, Hu Xuezheng asked with a smile, "President Zhou, why do you pay so little tax?" ”

"That's right. For Huayuan's taxes, there were several rounds of negotiations with Zhou Fu and Lord Zhou, and finally agreed to pay taxes according to a fixed amount. Since power plants, iron and steel plants, and the military industry are in a state of loss, this part of the industry is actually running at a discount. In order not to kill chickens and take eggs, it was determined that the annual payment of 5 million silver dollars was determined, and last year the actual payment was 5.6 million ...... in the province."

5.6 million silver dollars is nearly 4 million taels of silver! If Zhongxing Industry is of the same scale, then relying on these two major industries alone, the province can collect nearly 10 million taels of silver! That's almost half of the province! No wonder Huayuan and ZTE are rampant in Shandong.

"And what are the expectations for this year?" Yang Shixiang is more concerned about the present.

"This year's situation is not as good as last year'......"

"Why is that?"

"My lord, because of the relocation of Huayuan, many factories have not yet officially started. Sales and earnings are expected to fall by about 30 percent......"

This is the caliber of the pre-pinched stump. But not the facts. The relocation did have an impact, but not that big. Lao Huayuan merged with the Machinery Bureau, reduced the number of factories, further merged related businesses, and some factories with little prospects were sold, such as honeycomb coal factories, iron furnace factories, etc. The most profitable garment factory merged with ZTE's textile factory, ordered newer machines from abroad, and the new machines were shipped directly to Jinan for installation, and the Jinan factory was opened, and the Yizhou factory was not yet shut down.

"Hmm, who did the artillery shells and bullets from the military factories sell to?" Yang Shixiang set his eyes on Long Qian.

"My lord, the military branch is jointly managed by Huayuan and the Fifth Town. This Director of Song, Jin Guo, is the head of the logistics department of my fifth town, and he is one of the representatives sent by the fifth town to the Huayuan military branch. The reason for this is to ensure that guns and bullets do not flow into the civilian population. Before Xinhuayuan was formed, it could not produce guns and ammunition, and the Machinery Bureau could produce them, but the amount was very small. Lord Xu is here, he can prove it. The previous machine bureau couldn't build guns, so it could only do some simple repairs. Shells, bullets, and rifles can now be produced. In terms of artillery, we can only produce artillery guns and grenadiers with simple structures, and we can't do mountain artillery. Long Qian took a few sips of water from his cup, "Since the establishment of the Fifth Town, all the Ordnance Troops have not allocated a single item, and it is completely self-funded. Weapons of the Germans were purchased mainly. This, I have a special fold to play, and the Queen Mother agreed. At present, the weapons and ammunition of the Machinery Bureau are basically supplied to the town, and a small amount is provided to patrol battalions. According to general calculations, the consumption of troops in one day of wartime is one base, and at present the ammunition reserve of the fifth town is only three and a half bases, which is still far from the goal. As a result, the military sub-divisions do not yet have the ability to sell military products to the outside world. Moreover, the subordinate officials believed that before the danger of war came, the main task of the military branch was to study weapons and improve their manufacturing capacity, and it was not suitable for large-scale production of weapons and ammunition. ”

"Lord Xu is a veteran of the Machine Bureau, do you have anything to say?" Yang Shixiang asked Xu Jianyin, who was sitting on Long Qian's left hand.

"If there is no merger and reorganization, the machine bureau is at the end of the road. I didn't have to live up to Lord Ding's hard work. To be honest, Huayuan proposed to merge with the Machine Bureau, and the lower officials were worried. I am afraid that I will disappoint the imperial court and the Shandong region, but now the concerns of the lower officials have been completely dispelled. After the merger, the level of ordnance manufacturing in Shandong has been greatly improved! Xia Guan couldn't believe that Long Junmen could exchange a new machine gun for a complete artillery shell production line and a repair shop for the Germans! At present, Huayuan's military production research is several times stronger than a year ago. In time, Shandong will undoubtedly be the military industry of the Qing Dynasty! Xu Jianyin spoke impassionedly.

Yang Shixiang wanted to hear about the production capacity and product destination of Huayuan's so-called military industrial branch, whether it was really not enough to meet the needs of the fifth town as Long Qian said, but Old Man Xu greatly praised the merger of Huayuan and the Machinery Bureau, and sang a song of praise for Long Qian.

Yang Shixiang has a sense of self-cultivation, "Brother Zhonghu, you are one of the few military veterans in our Qing Dynasty, and you have stayed abroad, and you also know the situation of the Hanyang factory very well, according to what you see, Huayuan Industry has surpassed Zhang Xiangshuai in arms manufacturing?" ”

"Yes! Huayuan and ZTE have formed a complementary relationship. In particular, the improvement of the production capacity of explosives has made Shandong the largest production base of explosives in China. Moreover, Yizhou's iron and steel has been built in two phases, and even the rolling of steel is about to be launched, and we all know that the arms in Ludao are mainly steel and fire explosives, and there are really no other places with these two conditions! What's more, since the establishment of the Ordnance Research Institute, Huayuan and Zhongxing's arms manufacturing will get rid of the trap of imitation, the old man has been hoping to make our own weapons since he was young, and he has been busy for most of his life, but he didn't expect it to be realized in Shandong. ”

Yang Shixiang was silent for a moment and asked a key question, "What Brother Zhi Zhi and Brother Zhonghu said, Ben Fu listened to it and was very excited. However, Huayuan is privately owned, and the Machine Bureau is an asset of the imperial court, how to dispose of the merger of the two? ”

"Equity, as long as the equity is dealt with, there is no problem. Huayuan's accounts are clear, and adults will know it at a glance......" Zhou Xuexi explained Huayuan's equity management measures. Yang Shixiang couldn't find any flaws for a while.

"It's better to see than to hear, why don't you take this book and watch it on the spot?"

"The visit to Xinhuayuan is the greatest encouragement to the company. Adult, please. Long Qian stood up and made a gesture. (To be continued......)