"Commander-in-chief, the design ideas of the Harbin General Factory, the use of jishu, the introduction of machines, basically a full set of imported from France, on the level of jishu, in the Far East is also the forefront, we have no factory in China can compare, even compared with the Japanese factory, it is not inferior, and even some places are exceeded, especially the foundation is very good, it can be seen that the Russians have put a lot of effort into it, and it will become very easy to expand in the future!"

"Since Mr. Kwong said so, there is no mistake, but I checked the accounts of the Russians and found that the number of locomotives maintained by the factory every year is very limited, and there are still some losses in the past few years.

Zhang Tinglan asked with some concern, but Kuang Jingyang shook his head with a smile: "Commander-in-chief, I only know jishu, with these equipment in the factory, I dare to pack a ticket, at least 100 locomotives, more than 80 passenger cars, and 400 freight cars every year." This estimate is about the same as the original production capacity originally designed by the Russians, and the Russians have introduced a lot of equipment over the years, if you sort it out well, the production capacity of the factory will exceed this number, and it is not impossible to produce locomotives on your own, it doesn't cost much at all! ”

Hearing Kuang Jingyang's words, Zhang Tinglan was immediately overjoyed, and Zhang Tinglan was still convinced of his judgment, Kuang Jingyang was also the first batch of young children to study in the United States, and Kuang Rongguang was a classmate, and his ancestral home was Taishan, Guangdong, so he was still a brother. When he was in the United States, Kwong Rongguang majored in geology, while Kwong Jingyang studied railway machinery, mainly building steam locomotives.

As a result, after returning to China, Kwong Jingyang sadly found that his skills were useless, although China began to have railways, and his old classmate Zhan Tianyou could also design and build railways, but China's railway machinery was a blank. All locomotives had to be imported from foreign countries, and maintenance had to be carried out by foreigners.

What is even more tragic and infuriating is that most of the management of China's railways is not in their own hands, and the great powers have artificially divided these railways into sections after sections, each with its own policies and completely different standards. After this condition, China does not want to use its own liliang to build locomotives at all, there is no demand for the time being, and there is no prospect in the future.

Kuang Jingyang later simply ran into the navy and became a first mate, which can be said to be completely a pearl cast into the dark. Later, after leaving the army. When he arrived at the Hanyang Iron Works, where railroad tracks could be produced after all, and it was the central plains, Kwong Jingyang hoped to make a difference.

However, what followed was the collapse of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the chaos of the Republic of China. For more than ten years, not only has it not gotten better. And it's getting worse and worse. made Kwong Jingyang almost lose confidence, and he was very depressed and closed his door.

Zhang Tinglan arranged industrial development at the beginning of the year, and wanted to build industries such as iron and steel, metallurgy, coal, etc., and the talent gap needed was too great, and Xia Han took the lead at that time. specially pulled a group of people and went south together.

Kuang Rongguang also remembered his cousin, so he wrote a long letter, and Xia Han personally took it. ran to Wuhan and visited him several times in a row, but at first Kuang Jingyang had no idea of going north at all. He knows exactly what virtues the Manchu Qing are, and Beiyang was born out of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is not a place where he can really do things.

Kwong Jingyang initially had some expectations for the revolutionary party, thinking that they could have some new ideas, but Sun Wen had just become the provisional president, and he was ready to mortgage the Hanyang Iron Works to the Japanese in exchange for a loan.

This old man is stubborn, but fortunately, Xia Han is more stubborn than him, and he asked to see him three or four times in a row, and Kuang Jingyang reluctantly agreed to see him, and then repeatedly told him, introducing the development of Fengtian's industry, introducing various policies, and even in order to impress him, Xia Han also revealed a little bit of the source of Fengtian's machine.

Suddenly calmed Kuang Jingyang, he never thought that on the ground in China, there was such a group of bold shili, in order to develop the industry can play so hard!

Kuang Jingyang Zuihou made up his mind, went north to see the situation, and after arriving in the three eastern provinces, just in time for the operation to recover the Middle East Road, the Harbin General Factory in the hands of the Russians in the past actually came into the hands of the Chinese, and when he got the news, the old man was simply unbelievable.

Now he has been turning around the factory several times in a row, and only then has he accepted the facts in front of him, and has been disheartened for many years, but now the old man has regained his fighting spirit: "Commander-in-chief, if you talk about the problems of the Russians, I think it can be summed up in a word, that is, poor management, that is, serious corruption, if a new management mechanism is introduced to stimulate the enthusiasm of the workers, let alone overhaul the locomotive, a little rectification, it is completely capable of producing locomotives!" As long as you give me 500,000 yuan, I can guarantee that I can get things done. ”

"Mr. Kuang, since you are so confident, I am relieved, you can draw up a plan, and I will arrange manpower for the specific operation."

"How?" Kuang Jingyang's eyebrows were raised, and he said loudly: "Does the commander-in-chief think that I am old and useless?" Don't look at me all these years, I have been keeping a firm eye on the things on this jishu, and this body is also good, my brother Kuang Rongguang is also investigating geology, and training students, I can't let him compare, I promise that within two years, we can produce our own locomotives! ”

Zhang Tinglan was indeed a little worried that Kuang Jingyang would not be able to withstand it, but when she saw the old man's high morale, Zhang Tinglan was also a lot relieved, and said with a smile: "In this case, Mr. Kuang, you are now the general manager of the factory, and there are two main tasks to do, one is to appease the workers' emotions and resume production as soon as possible, and the second is to repair the locomotives and carriages damaged by the war, and the railway must resume operation as soon as possible." ”

"Commander-in-chief, don't worry, I promise to complete the mission!"

Zhang Tinglan and Kwong Jingyang also looked at the situation in the factory, in this battle, the workers played a considerable role, helping the Feng army to transport supplies and wounded, and they also paid considerable sacrifices, a total of more than 50 workers died, and many others were injured.

However, after this test, all the workers have also been reborn, and just after Fengjun took over, Zhang Tinglan asked people to draw up a new management system, determine new rewards and punishments, work more, get more, and greatly improve the treatment of workers.

Each worker must sign a new employment contract to ensure their rights. Seeing these real changes, all the workers were in high spirits, if they originally helped the Feng army, out of hatred for the Russians, and wanted to repay the favor, but now, these workers are completely wholeheartedly supporting the Feng army.

They are now in the factory, first cleaning up all the corpses, bullet casings and other things, and then temporarily erecting the damaged gate. Then everyone cleaned the whole factory again, and their old sheds were also cleaned up, originally they were just begging for food, and they couldn't care about how dirty and messy the factory was. But now these workers finally have a sense of belonging, and their work is extraordinarily serious.

If it weren't for the sporadic bullet holes in the walls. I'm afraid that everyone will think of this as a new factory. Seeing that the workers' work enthusiasm was very high, Zhang Tinglan and Kuang Jingyang were very satisfied.

"Mr. Kuang, in this factory, Chinese workers account for eighty percent, and Russian Jishu personnel account for twenty percent, and I control these Russians. We are short of talents, and we have to use them, but you also have to be careful, if these Russians don't work honestly. It must be dealt with seriously, and if necessary, it can be killed. There is also to cultivate more of their own talents, to let our workers master more skills, in troubled times, you can not have the kindness of a woman! ”

Kuang Jingyang nodded: "Commander-in-chief, don't worry, I know in my heart, I must carefully screen these Russians, and I will write letters to some friends and students in the Guannai, so that they can come outside the Guanai as soon as possible, especially the Hanyang Iron Works, there are also many workers and technicians, I will let them come, but to relocate so many workers, I am afraid it will cost a lot of financial resources." ”

"I've got it all, in fact, I already had the intention to go to Hanyang to dig a corner, but there is no way, and my hand can't reach there, now that you're here, everything will be easy!"

Kuang Jingyang's face also showed a trace of emotion, and he sighed and said: "At the beginning of the establishment of the Hanyang Iron Works, known as the first male factory in Asia, if it is used well, China's iron and steel industry may not be able to overpower small Japan, but now, this factory is half dead, and the Japanese occupy most of the shares, which is sad and lamentable." ”

Speaking of this, Kuang Jingyang also showed a look of grief and indignation, and he said excitedly: "It is the incompetence of the government, and the development of the country is fateful. I am indeed old, but the older I get, the more I have to do more to make up for the lost time, so that I can develop the Harbin total factory and build the largest locomotive factory in China and even Asia, so that I can die without regrets in my life! ”

Zhang Tinglan also deeply understands Kuang Jingyang's grief and indignation of having no way to serve the country and seeing the country fall, industrial development is not an overnight thing, especially heavy industry, which requires long-term investment, care, and care, as well as those jishu workers, also need to be cultivated for a long time, these are the foundation for a country's prosperity.

Even in later generations, the level of industrial development has been very high, but the same can not ignore the role of people, some factories, the probability of defective products will suddenly increase a lot, as a result of the investigation of the reason, is an unknown old worker retired, he may have mastered a very simple skills and processes, usually not paid attention to by everyone, the result is not until people leave, everyone knows the precious.

Up to now, whether it is Beiyang, or the later government of the Republic of China, do not know how to pay attention to industry, the only little family has been lost, to Zuihou, we can not help but feel the tragedy of an inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood, but it is precisely because of this helpless tragedy that we must hold those incompetent leaders responsible, the tragedy is half caused by the enemy, and half is caused by themselves, as the so-called backwardness will be beaten, this is the eternal truth.

"Mr. Kuang, there is not only the Harbin General Factory along the Middle East Road, but also many factories, including two weapons maintenance factories, I am ready to integrate them together to form an arsenal in Harbin, and the factory seems to have a cast iron workshop, do you see if it can be used?"

Kuang Jingyang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said: "I'll check it out immediately, as long as it can be used, our production time for locomotives can be greatly advanced!" ”

After Zhang Tinglan left the Harbin General Factory, he stepped up his inspection of several other factories, and the Russians did put a lot of effort into the Middle East Road, and they built two gun repair factories, both of which were capable of repairing Mosina dry rifles, and could also produce some simple parts.

In addition, there are supporting thermal power plants, which can provide sufficient electricity, and after these, they are integrated, and the prototypes of locomotive factories and arsenals are there, and the Russians also built a small mechanical parts factory, which is also for the Middle East Road, and there are dozens of mines along the way, mainly for coal and iron mining, as well as limestone, gold, graphite, lead and zinc and so on.

In short, with the greed of the Russians, almost what they see, what they want, but now these things are all in the hands of Zhang Tinglan, after taking over the Middle East Road, Zhang Tinglan will do his best to clean up these industrial and mining enterprises, the management level of the Russians is not flattering, so the production is limited, but as long as it is in the hands of Fengjun, the output will increase rapidly. (To be continued......)