What is even more surprising is Xiwang's enthusiasm for shipyard investment projects, he listed in shipbuilding investment projects, he recruited engineers, technicians, and mechanics from the West to recruit jishu, according to different jishu levels, Xiwang recruited jishu personnel for him to list the salary is very rich, and even the salary of ordinary technicians has reached 70 taels of silver per month. Next is a series of equipment purchase lists for the shipyard, which are very diverse and extremely large, and it seems that this Xiwang has consulted a knowledgeable foreigner about the equipment problem of the shipyard.

However, in the eyes of pedestrians, Xiwang's shipyard is still too bloated and huge, and many of the equipment or dock equipment depends on the location of the specific shipyard, and it is possible that the equipment cannot be installed at all.

In the face of these huge investment projects, in terms of medicine and education, small projects such as investing in pharmaceutical factories, cooperating with Western-style schools, and connecting Western European and American universities to send international students have become inconspicuous.

Seeing these investment projects, many foreigners are snickering in their hearts, not to mention the shipyard, let's talk about the breech-loading rifled rifle production line and the breech-loading rifled artillery production line, at this time the breech-loading gun and the breech-loading gun have just been developed, there are many problems, the lovely West King is actually ambitious to introduce the production line, I really don't know what he thinks. For a time, the news of a lot of money, stupid people, and a quick arrival quickly spread across the east and west oceans in all directions.

Is Xiao Yungui stupid? He is not stupid, and he can't waste the hard-earned silver so badly, but the situation in front of him is that the shijie trade has been monopolized by Britain, France, the United States, Prussia and other powers for a long time, especially the United Kingdom, known as the shijie factory, Britain alone accounts for 33% of the total Shijie trade, and the trade in the Far East is even more inclined to the British one, which is also the only few Weishenme French foreign firms in Shanghai. And the business is not doing very well, if it weren't for Xiao Yungui pulling them, Arune would have gone bankrupt a long time ago. Therefore, Xiao Yungui painted a very big pie, and he hoped to attract more merchants and companies from other countries to come to China and further break the monopoly of the United Kingdom.

As for the shipyard, Xiao Yungui also knew that the shipyard purchase order he asked the China Merchants Administration to publish was a very unreliable thing, and the China Merchants Administration had received equipment quotations from several countries such as Britain, France, and the United States, but Xiao Yungui didn't look at it, because he knew that the quotations of these companies were all for money, and he didn't care whether the equipment you bought could be installed or not. Xiao Yungui was waiting for an honest man to appear, waiting for someone to tell him. When you can't do this, Xiao Yungui knew that the chief designer of the shipyard he was looking for appeared.

And are breech-loading rifled rifles and breech-loading rifled guns unsellable? Xiao Yungui is not worried, these two things have already been invented, although they are not mature, but after improving the process, they will replace the breech gun sooner or later. Xiao Yungui didn't want to spend a lot of money to introduce something outdated. Moreover, he seemed to remember that in some countries of Northern Europe in this era, the jishu of rear-loading rifled guns seemed to be more advanced, and he had studied this period of history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. I have also seen some historical materials on the development of weapons during this period. Norway seems to have a rear-loading rifle called the Kaman Ryder rifle, which uses Mini rounds in all models, especially the 1851 model, which is an eleven mm caliber and has epoch-making progress, because Sweden, Norway and other countries have small purchases. Production had to be stopped, and the gun's theoretical rate of fire was eight rounds per minute, which was 1.5 times faster than the British Enfield Type 1853 front-loading rifled Mini rifle and the French Type 1850 front-loading rifled Mini rifle with a theoretical maximum of three rounds per minute.

The British, in turn, were arrogant and looked down on the industrial level of these small countries. Naturally, it is impossible to order weapons from these small countries, so it is indeed a pity that this kind of good thing has to be stopped because the British and French powers have squeezed out the trade space, and Xiao Yungui's idea is to expand his influence and attract these small countries to do business in China. Although the reputation of having a lot of money and being stupid is not good, the publicity effect is better than anything else, Xiao Yungui believes that he will wait for the right person to invest, and before that, he would rather buy finished weapons to use.

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In the Xujiahui Church in Shanghai, Xiao Yungui sat alone in the first row of the church, he was remembering his mother, and he didn't know how his mother was doing. He respected his mother and hated his father at the same time. After his father made a fortune, there were more and more women around him, and until he divorced his mother, Xiao Yungui basically lived with his mother, so he had a deep relationship with his mother. After his parents divorced, Xiao Yungui became very bad, the reason is that he has no mother by his side to discipline him, and like most children from divorced families, both parents have a lot of money to give, but there is very little family affection and education.

After returning from the crossing, Xiao Yungui's mind became more mature, especially after experiencing the baptism of war, he was no longer the gentleman he was before, sometimes he would quietly reflect on his past alone, reflect on what he gained and lost.

The quiet and peaceful atmosphere in the church really calmed his mind, and he seemed to go back in time, remembering the time when he used to go to church with his mother, when he could not sit still, and now he can sit still, but his mother is not around.

The sound of footsteps sounded, it was Hong Yun'er's footsteps, Xiao Yungui found that he was becoming more and more familiar with this woman, and sometimes the two even had a heart.

Hong Yun'er stood behind him, did not speak, and stared blankly at the huge portrait of Jesus in the main hall of the church.

"I've got a surprise for you, I don't know if you like it or not." Xiao Yungui took out a diamond ring from his arms and handed it over, this was the Brazilian diamond ring he bought from a foreign company in the United States, the ring shone lightly in the candlelight.

Hong Yun'er was slightly stunned, she didn't expect Xiao Yungui to get a ring out, and looked at Xiao Yungui in a daze and couldn't speak. Xiao Yungui took Hong Yun'er's slender hand and whispered, "Yun'er, marry me." ”

Hong Yun'er was flustered for a while, and forced a smile: "What are you messing around? I came in to have something important to look for you. ”

Xiao Yungui held her hand tightly and said, "I've figured it out in the past few days, there are so many things that you can't do." I only need a moment of effort, and this moment belongs only to me and you. Saying that, he put the ring on Hong Yun'er's ring finger, and then knelt down on one knee and said: "I know you are sad in your heart, although the two of us have already been husband and wife, but you still have regrets in your heart, no love, no marriage proposal, no wedding." If you don't have anything, you will become someone's wife, so I will make it up to you in the same way. We've been in love since we came back from the time, haven't we? Now I propose to you, the Chinese-style proposal is to ask the matchmaker to propose, it is unlikely at the moment, I can only propose to you in the way of Western-style proposal, please marry me. ”

A burst of warmth welled up in Hong Yun'er's heart, and with tears in her eyes, she looked at the dark-skinned man in front of her. She knew that in this world, she could only live with him for the rest of her life.

After the tears flowed, Hong Yun'er laughed lightly: "Okay, you playboy, you are really good at coaxing girls, and I don't know other men." I had to marry you. ”

Xiao Yungui was overjoyed, stood up and cheered. followed and hugged Hong Yun'er tightly in his arms. The two hugged each other tightly, feeling each other's warmth and coldness, at this moment the distance between the hearts of the two was so close, the estrangement between them was indifferent, and all that was left was tenderness and sweetness.

I don't know how much time passed, Hong Yun'er felt that something was hard in her abdomen. Only then did he come to his senses, pushed Xiao Yungui away with a red face, and gasped softly: "It's inconvenient here, and Mr. Midile is here outside." Let's meet him first. ”

The lust that rose in Xiao Yungui's heart was ruthlessly extinguished again, and after greeting the whole Midile family in his heart, he said wistfully: "Weishenme has someone disturb us every time? ”

Hong Yun'er blushed and smiled: "Who made you have a bad idea?" I'm going to ask Midile to come in. Then he turned his head and left, and said softly as he walked: "No one will disturb you tonight, there will be no will." With that, she blushed and quickened her pace.

Fortunately, the church was quiet, and Xiao Yungui heard Hong Yun'er's words later, and he was also a burst of joy in his heart, secretly sighing that happiness was really not easy.

Hong Yun'er walked to the door with a red face, leaned behind the door to calm down a little, and secretly scolded herself for being shameless, this kind of thing is said, it seems that she has learned badly with this bad guy. After taking a deep breath, Hong Yun'er calmed down, straightened her clothes and hair, and walked to the courtyard of the church to invite Midile in.

Midile saluted Hong Yun'er, and found that Hong Yun'er's face was flushed, and asked uninterestingly: "Princess Xi, your complexion is not very good, are you sick?" ”

Hong Yun'er's face turned even redder at this question, and she said angrily: "It's hot, there are many things, and I'm upset!" "Let's go.

Midile smiled bitterly, women seem to be elusive monsters, both Chinese and foreign.

Entering the church, Xiao Yungui haha smiled and gave a cordial hug to Midile, Midile is the most favorable person among the British to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, many things Xiao Yungui and Wen Han are through the lubrication of Midile to achieve mutual compromise, so Xiao Yungui attaches great importance to the friendship with Midile.

After hugging, Midile still bowed slightly and said, "Your Excellency King Xi, I don't know if there is any news about the negotiation with your army the day before yesterday?" ”

Xiao Yungui couldn't help laughing, and looked at Hong Yun'er, what Midile said was to find Clifford, this Clifford is a strange rich second generation, he is obsessed with art, he hates the dirty things of doing business, and when he was in Suzhou, he asked Hong Yun'er to help him get rid of the people who followed him, and he planned to explore the ancient beauty of Haode Chinese art by himself. Hong Yun'er really helped him with this, of course, Hong Yun'er sent Bai Zetang's people to secretly protect Clifford, but in fact, Clifford didn't go far, he was still walking around near Tiger Hill in Suzhou.

Hong Yun'er smiled and said: "Clifford we have found it, but he seems to be disgusted to come back, and we have no choice, but he is safe now." Mr. Midile, I hope you will send someone to persuade him. ”

Hearing the news of Clifford's safety, Midile breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Thank you very much for your help, I will take someone to Suzhou with the two of you after I go back to report to Minister Wenhan." ”

Xiao Yungui nodded and said, "Mr. Midile, your business is over, what about this king's business?" ”

Midile sighed and said, "Didn't Jardine Matheson have already sent Jihua books over for the railway?" Is there something that is not clear? ”

Xiao Yungui shook his head and said, "I mean the arms thing. ”

Midile said with some embarrassment: "Your Excellency the King of the West, the production lines you want have no production lines in each country, where can they be sold to your army?" ”

Xiao Yungui stood up and hugged Midile's shoulders and laughed in a low voice: "Britain, France, the United States and other countries are not, you can help me go to Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and other countries to ask, in short, find a suitable cooperative business, this king will not treat you badly." ”

Midile sighed and asked, "Sweden, Norway??" Can the industrial level of these countries be compared with that of our British Empire? (To be continued......)