To make a factory more efficient, it is necessary to start from two aspects, one is the workers and the other is the machine. Zhang Tinglan proposed a new management system and promised a substantial increase in wages, which greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of workers.

Foremen, who used to punish those who lag behind, have now become reward-firsters, the former treating people as animals, and the latter making the most of humanity, and everyone is eager to earn more. I am afraid that in the future, the workers will work harder, produce more goods, and pay more sweat, but they are willing to eat.

"To put it mildly, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. It is good that the problem of the workers has been solved, but the machines in the factory are too backward and must be renovated! ”

When Kuang Rongguang inspected the situation in the factory, his brows were furrowed, and Xiong Mengyuan and Chen Qiming were even more like eating bitter melons. The machinery of the Mukden Machinery Bureau was originally procured by Shengjing General Iktanga, and the original plan was to produce munitions, but after completion, it could only produce silver dollars.

These machines are all steam-powered, coarse benzene is huge, compared with the world's mainstream power equipment at that time, has been seriously backward, and has been used for nearly 20 years, the effect of maintenance is also very bad, the machine can only be described in four words.

"The road is blue, entrepreneurship is difficult, we are not afraid of how difficult it is!" Chen Qiming said with a very serious expression: "There is nothing in the factory starting low, and many large companies in the United States also start from small workshops, and the most critical factor is people, there must be good managers and enough talents, so that they will be able to develop." ”

"That's right." Xiong Mengyuan also said loudly: "When we come back from overseas, we just want to serve the country, if we want to enjoy happiness, we won't come back abroad!" ”

"Two ambitious best, I can tell you. These difficulties are temporary, and the British promised some time ago to help build a power plant, and it is almost over. In addition, I ordered a batch of machines and generators from the United States, and we will soon enter the electric age. As for talent? For the time being, there will be a group of Russian technicians working in Mukden, you must fully squeeze out these Russian technologies, learn the real skills, arrange enough apprentices in the factory, and stare me to death every operation process! ”

Kuang Rongguang has long known that Zhang Tinglan is not leaking, but now that he looks at it, he is really thoughtful. Power plants, machines, and Russian mechanics, all of which add up, and the shelves of the Mukden Arsenal are erected.

"Mr. Zhang. Now that we've arranged everything so thoroughly, what are we going to do now? Production of firearms. Or explosives? ”

"Brother Xiong, you're too anxious." Zhang Tinglan smiled bitterly: "I negotiated an agreement with the Americans, we will be responsible for the production of the butt and magazine, and then ship it to the United States for assembly, and we will do this for the time being." ”

"It's too far from making guns!"

"It's finally next to the guns." Chen Qiming said with a smile: "Make the butt first, and then get the first money." You can continue to buy machines, like a snowball, rolling bigger and bigger, and sooner or later you can improve the factory. ”

Chen Qiming is clearly full of energy. Zhang Tinglan is also very satisfied, what he needs is such a young man who is not deeply involved in the world and is full of momentum, the beginning of the arsenal is bound to be very difficult, and he can't persevere without perseverance.

"To tell you the truth, I have enough money to buy a few production lines, even chemical plants and steel plants!"

"Then why not buy it?" Xiong Mengyuan blurted out, he obviously didn't understand Fengtian's current situation.

"Brother Xiong, the great powers don't want to see China strong, many key technologies and equipment can't be sold to us at all, and there is the evil wolf of the Japanese staring at them, they have long regarded Fengtian as a future colony to operate, let alone allow the squadron to become stronger. Now to produce some butts, maybe they can still tolerate it, if they can produce rifles, the Japanese will definitely intervene and do everything possible to control the factory in their own hands! ”

This was the case with the Mukden Arsenal in history, where a large number of Japanese technicians were active, and these people were supposed to help, but in fact they restricted surveillance and even sabotage. They controlled the key technology, influenced the direction of development, and did everything possible to prevent the independent development of the Mukden Arsenal, so that everything was under the control of the Japanese. Historically, the scale of the Fengtian Arsenal can be called the first in the country, but it is a castle on the beach, which does not have enough foundation, and does not make the Fengtian army really strong, and finally this arsenal still fell into the hands of the Japanese and became an accomplice in the invasion of China.

At the beginning of the establishment of the arsenal, Zhang Tinglan had already thought of preventing the infiltration of Japanese forces as much as possible. Our ancestors have long taught us that the sharp weapons of the country should not be revealed. The core technology of the Mukden Arsenal must not be known to the Japanese with ill intentions.

"Mr. Zhang, then we can't just keep producing rifle butts instead of rifles because we are afraid of the Japanese, right?" Chen Qiming asked with some confusion.

"Naturally not, the production of butts is just a cover." Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Whether it's buying, stealing, or even robbing, I always have a way to get some, and after the arsenal begins to take shape, Zhang Dudu's position is also secure, and we have enough power to deal with the Japanese." At that time, I believe that soon Fengtian Arsenal will become the largest factory in China! ”

"That's a great point!" Xiong Mengyuan waved his fist excitedly: "Since Mr. Zhang has a clear plan, then we don't have to think about it, Qiming and I just have to work, and you can assign any tasks!" ”

"I tentatively planned to divide the arsenal into three production workshops, the first for firearms, the second for explosives, and the third for repairs. At present, the task of producing the butt is mainly placed in the first workshop, and Brother Xiong is temporarily in charge, and the explosives workshop will be handed over to Brother Chen. The third workshop is called a maintenance workshop, but the task is the most important, to allow the workers to understand the structure of the rifle through disassembly and assembly, and strive to make more parts themselves. ”

"Humble words have a good idea." Kuang Rongguang also said with a smile: "Sooner or later, you have to make your own rifle, it is necessary to start researching it now, learn from each other's strengths!" ”

"Mr. Kwong, not only that, the more parts we can make, the more orders we can get from the United States. Now to make the buttstock, the next step is to make the bayonet, the bolt, the bullet. Take out the strength of ants to gnaw bones, run in small steps, and soon we will be able to make our own weapons, and the Feng army will have the capital to deal with the Japanese. ”

Zhang Tinglan said very seriously: "Fengtian established a strong military industrial system in order to protect the fertile soil of the three eastern provinces, the Japanese wolf ambition, Tsarist Russia is insatiable, the lives of tens of millions of compatriots, and the survival of millions of square kilometers of land is tied to the Fengtian Arsenal, we must do our best together!" ”

These words are Zhang Tinglan's heartfelt words, only in this era, can we really feel the aggressive posture of the Japanese, there are a large number of Japanese garrisons along the South Manchurian Railway, Japanese businessmen footprints all over Mukden, they use force as a backing, wantonly seize economic interests, and turn the three eastern provinces into actual economic colonies.

The September 18 incident was by no means accidental, and after Japan's operation, the three eastern provinces were ripe and difficult to maintain. Although Xiong Mengyuan and Chen Qiming do not know the history of later generations, they are well aware of the cruel reality, the Japanese have just threatened to use force against Mukden, and so far, the carjacking case has not yet been finalized.

After the inspection, they began to formulate a plan for the comprehensive reorganization of the factory, Zhang Tinglan and Kuang Rongguang were responsible for drawing up various specifications, Xiong Mengyuan and Chen Qiming were responsible for carefully understanding the technical level of machines and workers, and also counted what kind of talents and machines were needed in the Fengtian Arsenal.

Then draw up a catalog, estimate the cost, and hand it to Zhang Tinglan, and then Zhang Tinglan will find a way to solve it. While they were busy, Yang Yuting also came to the arsenal.

"Mr. Lingge, you came just in time, otherwise I will go and arrest your strong man." Zhang Tinglan and Yang Yuting got along for a while, and found that this person is actually very good, the only problem is that he is a little arrogant, but this also has to be talented first, in history, the Fengtian Arsenal was run by Yang Yuting, and it is just right to let him help now.

Yang Yuting didn't have any excuses, and helped Zhang Tinglan sort out various relationships and formulate strategies.

"To put it mildly, the first thing to do is to employ people, and you don't have the ability to say, but you can't stare at the arsenal every day. Mr. Kwong will also be in charge of the School of Mines, and although Mr. Xiong and Mr. Chen are talented, they may not be familiar with management and coordination. Liu Tongguang is an old man in the former Qing Dynasty, he is a sleek official, extremely greedy, and he is not a suitable person to manage the factory, so I recommend a person, this person is called Tao Zhiping, who studied military affairs in his early years, and also presided over mining in the mine, and is a talent. ”

"Neighbor Ge's vision has always been unique, so appoint Tao Zhiping as the supervisor of the factory!"

"Clumsily, there is another point, you should also pay attention, the factories are all located in Mukden, which will inevitably attract the covetousness of the Japanese, especially those Russian technicians, if the Japanese know, they will definitely make efforts to track down, if they find something, it will be difficult to do!"

Yang Yuting participated in the carjacking case, and his vigilance was the highest, and what he was most worried about was leaking the news, and Zhang Tinglan also very much agreed with this, and sailed the ship carefully.

"Neighbor Ge is right, I was originally going to place the Russian mechanics in Tieling, so I might as well put the maintenance workshop in Tieling, and put the explosives workshop outside the city, protect it tightly, and wait until this time has passed, and then move the factory together."

"Well, although it increases the difficulty of management and costs some money, safety is still the first priority!"

Zhang Tinglan and Yang Yuting are both the top figures in the Feng army, and the two of them joined forces, and soon the reorganization of the arsenal was almost complete, and the American machinery also arrived in Tianjin, and it could be shipped over immediately. And they found Wang Yongjiang again, who is now the head of the finance department of Mukden and holds the financial power, and he quickly approved the special funds.

Just when everything was ready, another team came from Fengtian, and the leader was Feng Delin, who took two battalions of soldiers and found Zhang Zuolin murderously, and this pair of old enemies met again.