Hearing the news of Long Qian's arrival, Wu Yong, the prefect of Yanzhou, didn't bother to change his clothes and hurriedly walked out of the house. Menzi told the prefect that the town guard did not stay and went directly to the pharmaceutical factory. He asked you to come too, my lord.

Wu Yong smiled bitterly, hurriedly returned to the inner office, changed into official clothes, and rode to the Zhongxing Pharmaceutical Factory in the southern suburbs of Yanzhou with a few entourages.

Time is tight, and busy official affairs are one thing, but the most important thing is that Long Qian's guy doesn't play cards according to the rules of officialdom at all. In the past two years, Wu Zhifu has adapted to Long Qian's fast pace, and has never ridden a horse to run errands instead of sitting in a sedan chair. For this reason, the people of Yanzhou replaced it with the immediate prefect. Wu Yong knew that this was complimenting him rather than ridiculing him.

Also, if there is no fast pace that is completely different from other places, how can Yanzhou and even the whole of Lunan have such amazing changes?

For two years in a row, the provincial government's performance in his appraisal was outstanding.

After Li Hongzhang's death, Wu Yong thought he was finished. Officialdom is like this, you always have to have someone to manage you, you can rely on the remnants of Zeng's father and son before, but after his father-in-law died, he could only rely on Li Hongzhang. Li Hongzhang died of illness the year before last, and Wu Yong felt that he would not have good luck anymore. Who knew that keeping up with Long Qian would make such a big situation in Yanzhou! In his lifetime, he was promoted to a third-grade high-ranking official, and it seems that he is nine out of ten!

In fact, Long Qian is not his peak. But Wu Yong has long regarded Long Qian as his backer in his heart.

It is a stern upper peak, who never wants to see the officialdom habits of his subordinates who prevaricate, rip off, be ambiguous, do nothing, and do not seek merit but no fault; That's a serious upstream. The assigned things always require the following to be vigorous and resolute, and act immediately; It was an easy-going peak, never a trace of official authority, even to horses, farmers, and even lowly traders, he was polite, and warm as a brother and friend; He was a man of great insight, and he always had a bright future in the matters he decided; There is a far-sighted, open-minded peak, as long as you work hard, other things will be arranged for you.

These two years. Although Wu Yong was very tired in his tenure as the prefect of Yanzhou. But fulfilling, happy, and full of confidence in the future.

When Wu Yong arrived at Zhongxing Pharmaceutical Factory, which had a different industrial pattern from Yanzhou, Long Qian had already gone to the factory with Lao Diwen, Artur and other foreigners. He rushed to the factory. Long Qian, who was wearing a white overalls, had just come out of the workshop.

"Brother Yongchuan. The next step is to vigorously promote this new drug. It can be called aspirin. It's good to get used to it. The troops will be your first big users, and I want to see your propaganda program as soon as possible. Not only my army, but also the Lunan government and departments with official colors will take the lead in using new drugs. ”

Artur was excited. "General, the people of the government take the lead in using the best advertisement. This is more effective than any kind of advertisement. ”

But the emaciated old Diwen shook his head, "General Long, it still has to go through a long period of verification." This is medicine, not a toy. ”

"Didn't Bayer bring it to market five years ago? Of course, the procedure has to go, but it can be faster. Your laboratory needs to be expanded, don't be reluctant to pay for it. ”

Coming out of the pharmaceutical factory, Long Qian called Wu Yong to the chemical factory.

The pharmaceutical factory and the chemical plant are the two largest factories invested by ZTE Industrial, the equipment is completely purchased from abroad, the most foreigners are employed, the management is the most strict, but the income is the worst. The drugs produced by the pharmaceutical factories were not enough to generate profits, and the explosives produced by the chemical factories were in short supply, and the Zhongxing Coal Mine and Huayuan Iron Mine alone were all over, and now with the addition of military factories, the contradiction of insufficient production capacity is even more prominent.

Long Qian came to the chemical plant to agree on two things, one is to expand the production capacity of the chemical plant, and the other is to separate the military factory that is still located under the name of the chemical plant.

Wu Yong found Long Qian in the chemical factory and followed him around all the workshops. Wu Yong was afraid of this kind of place, but he was too embarrassed to leave. But Long Qian walked very slowly, asked very detailed questions, and sometimes stopped to ask some questions from the workers who were operating it.

After seeing the grenade assembly workshop, Long Qian returned to the office with a group of people.

"Military factories are definitely going to lose money. Listing in a chemical plant will result in untrue business results. Long Qian told the person in charge of the chemical plant, "In the future, the grenade factory will purchase explosives and detonators from the chemical factory at market prices, and the management of the military factory will be under the logistics department." The source of funding comes from military spending, and the channels should be clearly demarcated. Shupeng, you immediately start to arrange the relocation of the factory, and mass production will be carried out at the new factory site. ”

This time, he came to Yanzhou and brought Lian Shupeng, deputy director of the logistics department, who is also the vice president and director of the military factory of Zhongxing Industry, "Yes, commander." It is expected to be ready for mass production in two months. It is this personnel ...... "In the trial production stage, they are all workers of chemical plants, and the people of the chemical factories are transferred, but they do not do it."

"It's easy to do." Long Qian turned his gaze to Wang Yan, the director of the chemical plant, "Lao Wang, you have to support a little people, the military factory is our foundation, you are an old man, I won't tell you this truth." But you can only give a part of the backbone, and the rest of the manpower, Shupeng, you can find a way by yourself, recruit from the technical school, and choose from Yizhou. Workers in military factories are subject to the army's management methods, are examined and screened by the intelligence department, and sign special agreements. ”

Wang Yan is from Zhongxing Coal Mine, and was recommended by Zhang Lianfen to set up a chemical plant, "Yes, I can only give you five or six people." This side is going to be expanded, and the manpower is very tight. Wang Yanchong smiled at Lian Shupeng.

"You can do it yourself. My request is to put it into mass production before the Mid-Autumn Festival. The monthly output is not less than 5000 pieces! By the end of the year, we will increase production to 10,000 pieces! ”

"Well, explosives and detonators should be available, but it will affect other orders. In addition, there are some problems with the casting of the shell. Lian Shupeng pondered.

"That's your business. I don't care. You can talk to Mr. Zhang. Long Qian waved his hand.

The shell casting was completed in Yixian, and the casting capacity in Yanzhou has not yet been formed.

"The Yizhou Iron Works has been put into operation, and Zhou Futai was originally going to come to Yanzhou, but he didn't come for other reasons. There are no problems with the supply of pig iron. I suggest setting up a foundry in Yanzhou, which can also be counted as a branch factory over there. The demand for castings here is increasing. There is a need for this. Shupeng, you go to Yi County and find Master Zhang to figure it out. ”

"Yes."

"The management should be strict. Just now I saw that the scene is still messy, the signs are not clear, the passage is not smooth, and there are many problems. Safety is a big concern for you, especially in the gunpowder shop! If there is an explosion, people will die! In addition, if a platoon of the guard battalion is transferred, the safety of the chemical plant cannot be handed over to the security company, and the military factory is even more so. ”

"Yes." "Yes." Wang Yan and Chai Shouye, the deputy commander of the guard battalion who followed Long Qian, replied at the same time. The difference is. Lian Shupeng stood up and replied. Wang Yan just owes his body.

"Besides, the rules and regulations I asked you to establish still don't work. Some workers don't know the way at all, or they don't know why. If you can't keep in mind and understand the safety system, you will not be allowed to go to the production line with process discipline! Didn't Mr. Siegel criticize it? Where did he go? What's not there for? Long Qian's sharp gaze stared at Wang Yan.

Hans. Siegel is an expatriate engineer at a chemical plant. German-Swiss. He had a serious conflict with Wang Yan. Long Qian supported Siegel. But today the old-fashioned and serious old man did not see it.

"Siegel is sick. Run a fever. Wang Yan replied.

"Fetch three grenades and wait for me at the testing site. Let Lord Wu see how powerful it is. Long Qian commanded, "I'll go see Siegel." Director Wang. You go too. ”

"Okay." Wang Yan was a little reluctant. He really can't stand Siegel's rigidity, and the relationship between the two is still not harmonious.

On the way to the expert building where Siegel lived, Long Qian said to Wang Yan, "Mr. Zixia, you still have prejudices against foreigners. ”

"Yes. Every good thing for foreigners. They're here to make money and exploit us. Without Mr. Zhang's insistence, our railways would have fallen into the hands of the Germans. One of Wang Yan's relatives died in a clash with the Germans in a road-building storm in Jiaodong last year. made Wang Yan hate foreigners even more, especially Germans. Siegel is German-Swiss.

"You're still too narrow-minded." Long Qian sighed lightly. His biggest headache is not that things are complicated, but that he has to fight against outdated concepts, and he must also be careful not to hurt the hearts of these "patriots", "Mr. Zixia, I understand your patriotism. It is a fact that foreigners bully our country, but this world is the law of the jungle, and the law of the jungle is the law of the jungle. Because we are weak, we are bullied. For decades, people of insight have launched the Westernization Movement, with the aim of strengthening the country. The only reason why these foreign experts are invited to come is to learn their skills and management methods, and then carry them forward, so that they can surpass them. Do you think your factory would have been able to make TNT without Siegel? ”

Trinitrotoluene, commonly known as TNT, has replaced picric acid as the most popular explosive. But the time for the mass use of TNT in the West is also very short. This is why Long Qian asked Zebra, a company based in Switzerland, to buy patented and technical equipment. This is the largest piece of money in Lunan Industrial Layout, with nearly three million US dollars spent. However, the starting point is high, and it has caught up with the international advanced level all of a sudden. In terms of safety and power, TNT is not comparable to picric acid. Wang Yan, who was born in the Yixian coal mine, certainly knows it.

"I don't believe that we are not as good as foreigners......" Wang Yan gritted his teeth.

"It's good to be ambitious. But the backwardness of technique is not something that can be caught up with just ambition! It's been 200 years since people were immersed in research. What have we been doing for these two hundred years? It is not enough to recite the Four Books and the Five Classics and to talk about the Three Principles and the Five Constants. Moreover, you must admit that the gap between us Chinese and Westerners in running industries is all-round, not just in terms of technology. Our biggest problem is that we are not serious and do everything so-so. This is going to kill us! Siegel's old-fashioned and unaccommodating is, in my opinion, a plus, a big plus. Especially in chemical plants, dealing with explosives every day, if you are not careful, you will make a big mess! There must be a stereotyped spirit of Siegel, one is one, two is two, and it must not be plausible. Compared with the last time I came, the factory has made great progress, and the results are there, but they are not enough! I don't know how to do it, but I know management, running a factory is like leading soldiers, I must know two things, one is to put the right person in the right position, and the other is to respect the system. Even you, the factory director, must bow your head in front of the system. If you can't do this, you won't run a good factory. I know you have a problem with Siegel's high salary, but people run from Switzerland to China just to make money. Long Qian stood on his feet and stared at Wang Yan, "Brother Zixia." You are willing to save the country through industry, but what feelings do foreigners have with China? How many are there like David? You can only spend money to buy management and technology. If you figure this out, you'll have a good relationship with the Siegels, and you'll learn their advanced things seriously. If you have ambition, let's work hard for 20 or 30 years, surpassing them in technology and management, and the breath you hold in your heart will be smooth. ”

"Commander," the managers of ZTE and Huayuan are used to calling Commander Long Qian. "Can we really surpass them?"

"Look. Why are you not confident again? Why can't you do it? Did you think we could make the most advanced explosives? Didn't you? TNT is the best explosive out there, but it's never going to be the most advanced forever! More powerful explosives will be invented. If you have anger in your heart, work towards it. Now we have to buy everything from people. I hope that in my lifetime, I will see foreigners also looking for us to buy patents. Buy Tricks. Buy equipment ......"

"Commander. I believe that as long as you are here, you will be able to do it! Wang Yan said what he said from his heart. Two years. After two years of hard work, he was completely convinced of this general, who was one round younger than him.

"Okay, let's work together." Long Qian stretched out his hand and shook Wang Yan's hand. If it weren't for the efforts of Wang Yan and a group of others, the chemical plant would never have been put into operation in just one and a half years.

After seeing Siegel, Long Qian and Wang Yan returned to the test site. The weapons testing site was in an open space outside the chemical plant, surrounded by barbed wire, and mobile sentinels were set up. A deep pit was dug in the middle, and wooden planks were inserted into it to form a square, and when the grenade exploded in the middle, the explosive power of the grenade could be quantified according to the situation on the plank.

A dozen people were already waiting there. They are Long Qian's personal guards, Chai Shouye and the relevant technical personnel of the military factory, and only one Wu Yong is an "outsider". But Long Qian was not prepared to keep it a secret from Wu Yong.

It is not the first time that the test has been performed, and the technique has been basically solved. The current model is already number three, and the internal number of the military factory is the number three grenade.

"Brother Yongchuan, do you dare to throw one?"

Wu Yong shook his hand.

Long Qian took one of the three grenades placed on a black cloth and leaned over to inspect the planks in the pit where the two of them were so deep.

"Commander, it's new." Chai Shouye reported softly.

"Well, everyone stand back a bit. No, you don't have to lie down. Long Qian saw that Wu Yong's entourage had already fallen to the ground and smiled, "It's not that powerful." If...... Ha Luha, forget it, just lie down if you want to. He unscrewed the back cover, pulled out the ring of fire, held the grenade in his right hand and held it up, then pulled down the ring of fire, and green smoke came out of the wooden handle, and he casually threw the grenade into the pit and took a step back.

A deafening explosion sounded, and a puff of smoke rose from the pit.

After waiting for half a minute, Long Qian went up and down the pit from the ramp built on the side. Everyone present followed.

Wu Yong curiously inspected a wall of wooden planks that had been blown up, "Oh, it's amazing!" If this blows people up, they have to be torn to pieces. He exclaimed, exaggeratedly.

Long Qian didn't say anything, carefully counting the explosion marks around him, and two thumb-sized fragments were inserted into the wooden board.

"Not bad! At least ten pieces are broken! Lao Zhang, bring a message to the foundry, well done. "Grenades are all killed by fragments, and the more fragments, the greater the theoretical lethality.

"I feel that there are a few problems," Long Qian pondered, "and the weight can be reduced by another fifty grams." Do not reduce the charge, reduce the wall thickness of the elastic body. The second is that the ignition time is long, seven seconds is enough, never more than ten seconds, otherwise the enemy will catch and throw it back. ”

The technician took note of Long Qian's words.

"One more refinement will be finalized. The most important thing is the reliability of the detonator. Try those two too. He waved his hand, and everyone climbed up again.

The two grenades were still in the pit by Long Qian's guards. Yes, they all blew up.

"Give out bonuses! Bonuses will be given to those who have made meritorious contributions to this improvement. Credits once. Long Qian said to Wang Yan with a smile.

"Retreat! If you had this thing in your hand the year before last, there would have been more than one Xigu victory. Wu Yong was shocked by the power of the grenade.

"Yes, yes," Long Qian rubbed his hands, "you can't fight a war by bravery alone. It is also necessary to have good weapons. Today's test continues to be kept secret, and no one is allowed to say anything! ”

"Yes."

"Brother Yongchuan, take a step to speak." Long Qian called Wu Yong and told him Zhou Fu's decision.

"What? Shaochuan is going to be the governor of Mukden? Wu Yong was surprised, but also a little reluctant to Yanzhou, "Do you have to let me go?" ”

"Of course. If there is the right person, it will not transfer you. We're in the same boat, all for the sake of the big picture. Long Qian patted Wu Yong's shoulder, "Don't worry, it will be arranged over there, and I won't wronged Mrs. Sister-in-law and Miss Gongzi." (To be continued......)

PS: 1314, what a wonderful day, and may book friends have a happy new year!