"The purchase of a ship is just one step away from being shelved?

Gengzi battle, aside from the rest, the Qing Dynasty was first defeated at sea, the covetousness of the great powers was not extinguished, and the development of the naval division could not stop, and the so-called "Jiangning Treaty" was signed, which could hold the coastal defense of the Qing Dynasty?

If you can buy warships from Millican, why not continue? ”

Speaking of a thousand ways and ten thousand, the Qing Dynasty and the Great Powers, Yang Meng is still on the side of the Great Qing, and the Great Powers are the real alien people and the real enemies of the Qing Dynasty.

"One is the constraints of England, and the other is that the officials of the two Cantons are not doing well here, and I am also responsible for this, but there is always a reason for the incident.

The Wu Bingjian Wu family mentioned earlier, this old Wu spent more than one million taels to donate a third-grade official, do you know what the Tao of Lu is for more than one million taels? The indemnity of the "Jiangning Treaty", the gentry of Liangguang contributed a lot, and of course I did not fall behind.

Buying a steamship and warship is simple to speak, but the imperial court does not allocate silver, so what do you use to buy it? The taxes of the two Guangxi have to be paid, and the open source can only start from the people, which not only offends people but also easily causes civil unrest, which one is willing to do?

The businessmen of Liangguang are rich, and the thirteen lines are fat, but apart from one Wu family, which of the thirteen banks has no official relationship? Let them pay, the court has a good calculation!

It is difficult to be an official and a businessman, the Wu family is still a heart, and most of the business has been transferred to foreign countries, but after Gengzi World War I, Lin Laohu liquidated the Wu family, and the loss was also several million.

One step short? Do you know how far this step is? And how many people are dragging this step behind?

If you want to say that this is one step short, which one of Gengzi battles is not one step behind?

Battleship! Countless naval warships were captured, for what reason? The boat is a little smaller. Steps in shipbuilding. It's a step off.

Artillery battle! The artillery of the batteries everywhere could not hit the foreign ships. What's with? The skill of casting copper and wrought iron is one step behind.

Marine! What is the reason for the consecutive defeats? The guns were one step behind.

This step! The difference is on the court, the difference is on the Manchurians, and the difference is on the scholars of the Manchu Dynasty, this step is counting on the court to catch up, there is no way! ”

From a red-top official and businessman to a chaotic minister and thief who is secretly rebellious, Pan Shicheng was forced by the imperial court. was also forced by his beloved son-in-law, and the anger that had been accumulated in his heart for more than a year also took the opportunity to send it out.

"Is there an iron-hulled steamer near Canton? Can I go over and have a look? ”

Iron-hulled ships, once they are manufactured, those sail warships will become garbage, even if they are not now, they will be there soon, can they seize this opportunity?

As for the anger of his father-in-law Pan Shicheng, Yang Meng subconsciously ignored the past. Following the Yang family, this red-top businessman is also worried. Tantrums are also normal.

"Yes, yes! But there are no iron-hulled ships, most of them are wooden steamers, iron-hulled ships I have only seen the Jardine's, as well as the British Navy's steamers and gunboats, and other commercial steamers, most of which are converted from wooden sailboats, and there are not many new ones near Guangzhou.

If you want to hear about the iron-hulled ship, I can find you a man who should be familiar with it. This man is an Englishman, named Corbaixian, who opened a ship repair business in Whampoa, this man is very stubborn, you ask him the type of ship, he answers without discounting at all, but it is difficult to use him, I give him 10,000 taels of silver a month, and he doesn't do it!

As for the iron-hulled steamer, it may only be available on Hong Kong Island, and it is inappropriate to go to Hong Kong Island at this time, and when Renlei returns to Daqing, I want to find a way to see if I can get an iron-hulled steamer from Millican. ”

Pan Shicheng found that many things are a good bridge for the Millican Renres, and this person should be introduced to his beloved son-in-law, but he doesn't know whether to hurry up at this time.

"A ship repair firm? Can this foreigner open a trading house in the Qing Dynasty? ”

Yang Meng didn't want to pay attention to this Kebaixian, these things will wait for him to consult the missionaries in Yunnan, shipbuilding is not a matter of one or two days, the technical content of this industry is too high, and Yang Meng does not plan to involve it for the time being.

"Why can't you open it? Are you a decoration for the treaties signed by the Qing Dynasty with other countries?

Speaking of this, I remembered one thing, according to the report of the steward, the Mizi Qiji Iron Works and the British-funded Novi Shipyard have recently been looking for a suitable port. ”

Yang Meng's question, I didn't expect to hook a thunderbolt, iron factory! This thing, which Yang Meng has been thinking about, actually appeared in the Qing Dynasty in advance.

"Qiji Iron Works? Novi shipyard? The Qing Dynasty already had an iron factory and a shipyard, or was it funded by Yingmi? ”

Just now I said that the Qing Dynasty was always one step behind, and now it is Yunnan's turn, and the iron works and shipyards are not a good thing, in case the great powers are allowed to develop and grow near Guangzhou, what is the use of their so-called merchant group training?

Fighting warships at sea in the port, as long as there are people with some brains, they will not do this, and they have their own ideas for the future navy, if there are iron works and shipyards in Guangzhou, once the merchants of the profit-making powers are bound to flock to it, and it should be the army.

"Yes! However, these two factories are not big, and there are many restrictions from the imperial court, and the Qiji Iron Factory can barely cope with it. ”

"Where does the iron come from in this Banner Iron Works? Where does the coal come from? ”

The iron factory, since it can be called an iron factory, must be not small, but where do their raw materials come from?

"Baiyun has coal, Conghua has iron, but this Qiji Iron Factory uses mostly charcoal, Xingdou, what are you asking for?"

Pan Shicheng was also a little confused by Yang Meng's anxious question, is there such a fuss in an iron factory? He has also seen the list placed by his son-in-law Yang Meng, some of the machines used to build the iron factory have been made in Millican, and the iron factory will be built in Yunnan in a few days, how can this small Qiji iron factory be compared?

"Father-in-law, can we cooperate with Qiji Iron Works and Novi Shipyard?"

Iron-hulled steamers and iron-hulled gunboats, if they are transformed, they will be ironclad ships. Plus the right artillery. That power is not comparable to that of a sail battleship.

It seems that this flag is the ironworks and the Novi shipyard. It's not a bad thing to open in the Qing Dynasty, but if you think about it differently, this may be your own opportunity.

"Why not? Wu Bingjian, which I just told you, was the first person to set a precedent, the East India Company back then, to put it mildly, he also had to rely on the Wu family's snort, and the East India Company borrowed five or six million. are all from the Wu family.

Countless British merchants have also borrowed silver from the Wu family, let's go to these two families to cooperate now, just to help them, refuse? Unless the proprietors of these two houses are fools. ”

Thinking of the Wu family who was brilliant in Guangzhou, Pan Shicheng was also embarrassed, with a net worth of more than 10 million taels of silver, he was about to arrive once upon a time, but he was defeated in the hands of the imperial court and Lixiangyuan, if it weren't for his beloved son-in-law. Lixiangyuan is now coming to an end.

"So good! Then let's make a lot of money and let Qiji and Novi live. Become our long-term worker, specializing in the development of all-iron structure of the wheel. Lack of skills and skills let Qiji and Novi come forward, and lack of money is our business.

Father-in-law, can you make this happen? ”

Thinking of this, Yang Meng's voice was also much more eager, what a chance! Tianda opportunity, the three-party joint venture of the Yang family, and the placement of some people, this Novi shipyard is the foundation of the rise of the Yang family's navy.

"Develop a steamer? Xingdou, you have to be cautious about this! Otherwise, if you delay it for a while, wait for Renres, he can solve the heavy artillery, presumably the iron-hulled steamer is not a problem, and it costs a lot of money to develop it yourself, and it is difficult to have something real.

Lin Zexu, Changqing, and Pan Shirong, including me, have all tried, and there are no foreign craftsmen, so the development of the steamer is just a waste of money!

If it's just the Qiji Iron Factory, it's fine, but I'm afraid that it will be difficult to do it with Novi! The English people are wary of the Qing Dynasty everywhere, but they are afraid that they will not contribute to the work, and the construction of the shipyard will also cost money in vain and drag down Yunnan! ”

The development of warships and mines is a disease in Pan Shicheng's heart, although he was rewarded by the imperial court, but he also took the Pan family of Lixiangyuan to the end, and his son-in-law Yang Meng wanted to take his own old path, Pan Shicheng was a little optimistic about the future harvest.

"It doesn't matter! The English people are not one and the same, this Novi shipyard came to Daqing shipbuilding, and I am afraid that it is only a benefit! Promise a lot of profits, if the proprietor of the Novi shipyard doesn't plan to contribute, let's squeeze them out in the United Flag.

Didn't Milicon also have iron-hulled ships? Let Qiji introduce a shipyard, without him Novi we can't make a steamer?

I also have a purpose in building this shipyard, that is, to train our own shipbuilding craftsmen, so that they can learn Western methods and advanced techniques.

Let the thirteen families step up a bit, find more blacksmiths and shipbuilding craftsmen during this time, promise them huge profits, and let these craftsmen learn Western shipbuilding skills in the shipyard. I also prepared some talents in Yunnan, and I will also send them over after a while.

Flag and Novi shipyards, we must take it! ”

From small ships to large ships, from merchant ships to warships, Yang Meng has begun to fantasize about his huge fleet in his heart.

"Alright! I tried my best! ”

"It's not about trying, it's about making it happen! If the proprietor of Nanova does not know each other, he will send someone to assassinate him! Yang Fuliang has manpower there! ”

"Xingdou, we are trading, we can't always use those inferior means, and besides, the proprietor of Novi is not in Guangzhou City, how can you start?"

"So be it! During this time, the gold, silver and goods obtained by Yunyan should not be sent to Yunnan to settle on the spot, and all the silver money obtained was used to buy Baiyun's coal mine and Conghua's iron ore.

All the coal and iron that can be transported to Guangzhou, you have to find out the way from it, but all the coal and iron mines that are close to Guangzhou and easy to transport, we must take them, whether it is private or the imperial court, and throw a lot of money, and those that are stubborn will be handed over to Yang Fuliang for disposal. ”

Thinking of the future fleet, Yang Meng's heart was on fire, and he directly regarded his father-in-law as his subordinate, and gave orders one after another.

"Why are you doing this? I just said that you should slow down, slow down, and this is not waiting to turn back! You're thrown out of the clouds, and that's not a good thing! Besides, there are countless coal and iron private kilns and official kilns near Guangzhou, not to mention how much it costs to take them all, it won't work with General Guangzhou alone!

Coal and iron near Guangzhou, although both officials and businessmen are small kilns, but they are also indispensable things, the guns and swords of the green camp need coal and iron. ”

Yang Meng's starting point is absolutely fine, but in the eyes of his father-in-law Pan Shicheng, monopolizing the coal and iron near Guangzhou is not a good thing, but a nest of right and wrong that invites disasters and causes trouble.

The generals stationed in various parts of the Qing Dynasty have always been controlled by the banner people, not to say how important this coal and iron is, but that this coal and iron is the money bag of the Guangzhou general.

"General Canton? Take the money to buy! How much does he profit from coal and iron in a year, let's directly add fifty percent to him, and if not, double it! Turn coal and iron into Pan's private industry! There are no officials in the Qing Dynasty who can't be bought with money, and the main reason for me to do this is to control the flag and let them cooperate with us obediently.

If the proprietor of the Novi shipyard doesn't know each other, he will give the flag a silver, and the two of us will build a shipyard, whether we can build a shipyard or not, the key is to train our own manpower! ”

"This ...... This...... Why doesn't that make sense? I don't feel sorry for the silver, but I feel sorry for you, why do you jump into this fire pit? ”

Seeing that Yang Meng was still in a hurry, Pan Shicheng was also anxious, this matter can't be done like this, his beloved son-in-law acted too quickly, and he made a mistake in his busyness! It's taboo to be careless!

"Just for that step, Daqing is one step behind, and now Yunnan is also one step behind, we can't always be one step behind!

One step away here, one step short there, together it is close to the end of the world, the sea frontier of the Qing Dynasty is too long, we are fat without ships, and no matter how strong the foot soldiers are, they can't hold their homeland! (To be continued......)