A factory with an annual output of more than 30,000 tons of steel, all the investment is calculated, about 3 million or more, of which the largest investment is machinery and equipment, but the price is high, and due to the blockade of the rising countries by the great powers, even the Japanese cannot get advanced equipment, let alone China.

However, at this time, the machinery and equipment have been obtained, and they have been included in the shares, and the investment in the steel plant has been reduced by a large amount, and the cost is not so big, but Xia Han calculated it, and then said: "I think we can't just stare at the cost of the factory, but also control the mine in our hands, and the more controlled, the better, the price is still cheap, and when the large-scale construction is carried out in the future, the steel needs to increase, and the price of the mine will rise. ”

After everyone talked, they had agreed to Zhang Tinglan's suggestion, Xia Han owned 10 percent of the shares of the factory and held the position of general manager, and Fengtian held 45 percent of the shares and became the largest shareholder, while Liu Shucheng and Qiao Ruixuan divided the remaining shares.

After the plan was finalized, Xia Han suggested buying a large number of mines, Zhang Tinglan also agreed, the Japanese have been staring at the iron ore in Anshan for a long time, if it were not for Fengtian's sworn struggle, it would have fallen into the hands of the Japanese, and Zhang Tinglan in Benxi also suppressed the Japanese, forcing them to highlight part of the coal and iron resources.

Since we are going to set up a steel plant, we will make use of these resources, and the scale of the steel plant will continue to expand in the future, and the richer the resources, the better.

"Xia Han, your proposal is very good, go and implement it immediately, and put all the coal and iron resources under your name, and the Japanese will have no chance to toss it. In addition, you should note that these devices were actually supplied to Russia by France. Jishu has a high level and can directly produce steel for artillery, and the sooner it is put into production, the greater the benefits to the Feng army, do you understand? ”

"Old sir, don't worry!" As soon as Xia Han heard Zhang Tinglan's words, his eyes widened, being able to produce cannon steel doesn't mean that Fengtian will be able to produce his own artillery in the future, as a soldier. Xia Han is most concerned about this kind of thing, even if he doesn't have any economic interests, he will do it desperately.

"It's freezing right now, and we can't start construction on a large scale. We prepared the raw materials first, and I would like to make a trip to the Hanyang Iron Works. Dig a little jishu workers come over. Senior technicians, skilled workers, all of them! Then run to Shanghai to see if there are any available college students, and try to pull them all over! ”

Xia Han is very vigorous and resolute, and Zhang Tinglan is also very satisfied with it. He said with a smile: "If you go to the south, you have to find a way to contact the source of tungsten ore." Since the production of special steel, it is inseparable from tungsten and nickel, and there are some nickel ores in Jilin. Although the reserves are not much, they are enough to be used temporarily, and the tungsten ore will be carried out in Jiangxi. It just so happens that our army can produce a lot of weapons, and if those military leaders in the south are willing to sell them to us, we can exchange them for weapons! ”

Zhang Tinglan confessed almost, at this time other factories were also distributed one after another, Jilin power plant fell into the hands of Jilin businessmen represented by the Guo family, the metallurgical plant and the machine manufacturing plant were divided by Fengtian businessmen, and the coal mine in Jixi was in the hands of Zhou Shutao.

Zhang Tinglan had contact with the Zhou family, suggesting that they get the workers of the Kailuan Coal Mine to Jilin and dig the corners of the British.

It's just that now, the situation has become clear, Jilin's coal mine is about to be mined, and the machine has also been obtained from Russia, which can be said to be all ready, if you don't start, the opportunity is gone, so the Zhou family did not hesitate to take the Jixi coal mine.

As for the other businessmen, they also have their own gains, or jointly, or individually, they have all obtained some factories, and the next step is to change the guns of the merchants in Fengtian collectively, and everyone is no longer satisfied with getting some small things such as light industry, but to move towards higher standards.

"After everyone gets the project, make preparations for the time being, don't leak the news easily, especially the Japanese, these little devils will not want to see us develop heavy industry, they will definitely try their best to make things difficult. In addition, everyone should also know that our machines are not coming from the right way, and it is easy to cause trouble if it makes a big fuss! ”

"Then how long do we have to keep it a secret, such a big factory, if we start construction, we can't hide it from others!"

In the face of everyone's questions, Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Don't worry, we will see you soon, and I guarantee that we will not delay everyone's construction work!" ”

With Zhang Tinglan's guarantee, everyone has put down their burden, they have almost reached the point of blind worship, since they have the ability to get so many machines, other problems can definitely be solved, everyone still thinks about how to build a factory.

All the merchants dispersed one after another, and Fan Xudong and Zhou Shutao stayed.

"Mr. Zhang, it's really amazing, I looked at those factories, and I was a little moved, if I hadn't put all my wealth on the chemical plant, I would definitely fight for a factory."

"You can set up a chemical plant with peace of mind, the importance of chemical industry is not less than steel, I got a batch of equipment from Russia this time, I estimate that it can produce soda ash, and in May and June, many students in the United States will return to China, including Mr. Hou Debang, with his help, there is hope for the future of the chemical plant!"

"That's a good dare, I've been looking forward to it for a long time!" Fan Xudong is also very happy, now that the main obstacles have been cleared, the rest is to test his ability, whether he can develop the chemical industry, it depends on his own ability.

"Yaoyao is okay now?" When Zhou Shutao saw these factories arranged by Zhang Tinglan, he admired them from the bottom of his heart, taking the Zhou family as an example, although they are known as the top businessmen in the country, but with their skills, it will be difficult to establish one of the factories.

As a result, Zhang Tinglan made a string all at once, almost all the major industrial departments are complete, this stroke is really not comparable to them, it can be called a vast supernatural power, as a cousin, Zhou Shutao also began to admire his sister's vision from the heart, and sure enough, he found a capable person all of a sudden.

"Very good, there are too many things to do during this time, and I am busy and dizzy, in fact, I am going to accompany Xin Yao to Tianjin to visit the door. Meet the seniors, but there are too many things, and they all have to be dealt with, I'm really sorry! ”

After all, it is a lifelong event, and Zhang Tinglan is also thinking about taking the opportunity of the Chinese New Year to visit the parents of the Zhou family and recognize their relatives. Unfortunately, this winter was the time when Russia was on the verge of collapse, and it was necessary to train the road guards and get the layout of the factories right. It can be said that every second is a race against time, and there can be no mistakes at all.

I really can't pull away, but Zhang Tinglan is still very generous, and she has already bought a rich gift and sent it over, which can be regarded as doing her best. Originally, Zhang Tinglan also planned to let Zhou Xinyao go back to Tianjin by herself to reunite with her family for the New Year. However, Zhou Xinyao disagreed. insisted on staying in Jilin.

She has been helping to train military medical personnel, and Zhou Xinyao also knows that if she serves the army anytime and anywhere, she may start a war with the Russians for the Middle East Road, and there will be heavy casualties at that time. And she was also worried about her lover, so she didn't go home, but only sent back a long letter.

"Mr. Zhang, the old man has been thinking about it since a few years ago. What do you say about the outgoing girl, she won't even come back to the day of family reunion! ”

Zhou Shutao said with a smile: "The old man values these, but I always think that everyone has to have some career, Yaoyao's medical talent is very good, but it can't be buried, saving more people is also accumulating virtue for the Zhou family, those old gifts are all formal things, as long as you have it in your heart, it is enough." ”

Zhou Shutao is still very open, they gradually talked about the matter in front of them from family affairs, Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "I have long known that the Zhou family is famous in the Beijing and Tianjin area, and controls many industrial and mining enterprises. ”

"Compared with the humble words, it is dwarfed, our factories have too many problems, the burden is too heavy, it looks glamorous, but in terms of development stamina, it is not comparable to many factories in Fengtian. In less than five years, there will definitely be a group of businessmen in Fengtian who are stronger than our family, and at this time, from my personal point of view, I advocate moving the industry to Fengtian, get rid of the burden, and use the preferential policies of Fengtian to achieve rapid development! ”

The Zhou family set up a factory with the help of Beiyang and the great powers to guard too much, and Zhou Shutao didn't feel anything at first, but after arriving in Fengtian, he felt more and more that their family business was a kind of puppet, and the development future was very bleak, and they could not realize the ideal of saving the country through industry.

Although the merchants of Fengtian also relied on the support of the government to develop rapidly, they were more independent, and without the intervention of foreign powers, the prospects for development were brighter, which made Zhou Shutao a little envious.

"Your big family doesn't want to move, but if you have this mind, I suggest starting from the bottom, such as transferring your skilled workers to the Northeast first, and then transferring some advantageous industries, zuihou will be a matter of course!"

"Humble words, you are too cunning!" When Zhou Shutao heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "You are helping us transfer our industry, you are obviously digging the corner of the Zhou family!" ”

"Wrong! I'm going to dig up the whole house. ”

Dispatching the factory, Zhang Tinglan's main task is to train the road guards, and now the four brigades have been prepared, and all the soldiers are seizing the time to familiarize themselves with the weapons and practice tactics.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Three mortar shells landed near the target 400 meters away, and the smoke cleared, and most of the pre-prepared target had been destroyed.

"Mortars are indeed good weapons, light and dexterous, and powerful!" Yang Yuting said with a smile.

"Yes, but it also has to be trained enough to get the soldiers to figure out how to use it. In addition, the chief of staff, we have to take the initiative to attack the Russian army this time, and the coordinated operation of infantry and artillery must be well practiced, and the Feng army has fought several defensive battles and several encirclement and annihilation battles, but it has not fought a tough battle, the Russians have been operating on the Middle East Road for a long time, and if we want to take it quickly, our fists must be hard enough! ”

"Don't worry, I'm arranging to intensify training, the soldiers are very enthusiastic, especially the first batch of students in the martial arts hall, many of them have grown up rapidly and become the backbone of the army, and the heavy artillery unit is also decent, I am still full of confidence in this operation!"

Just as the Feng army was preparing for war, the time finally entered March, and an unprecedented strike demonstration took place in Petrograd, the capital of Russia, with more than 250,000 people participating in the strike.

Tsar Nicholas II ordered a force to suppress it, shot and killed a large number of marching workers, the situation in the Russian capital was completely out of control, the workers formed an armed liliang and began to seek a violent overthrow of the tsar, soldiers began to join them, and tsarist Russia finally collapsed.

By 12 March, the uprising had swept through Petrograd, and the rule of the last tsar had been overthrown. At this time, Zhang Tinglan had already set up the General Headquarters of the Road Protection Army in Changchun, and all the main commanders gathered here, Zhang Zuolin, Sun Liechen, Zhang Zuoxiang and others also arrived.

After the news from the Russian side came, Zhang Tinglan breathed a sigh of relief, the time to come is finally here!

"The heaven-sent opportunity is right in front of us, and the success or failure of our Feng army lies here!" (To be continued......)