After the manager of Mei Lezhi thought that he was very well prepared, he began negotiations with Mingren Zheng Bin.

But during the negotiations, he found that his preparations were all in vain. Manager Merge thinks that he is not negotiating, but assigning work to his subordinates, and belongs to the kind of college students who come to his accounting firm for an internship easily, do whatever he is told, and take the initiative to find some work to do, and he is very active in order to make a good impression on himself.

It's just that during the negotiation, the negotiation was frequently interrupted by Zheng Bin, and even made people feel that they were led by his nose. If it weren't for the good ending, Manager Meregg might have thought that this guy was a master negotiator who pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger.

In the end, Manager Merges said to himself in his heart, maybe he really thought too much about the problem?

In the video, judging from his appearance, Zheng Bin looks like a craftsman, with dark skin and rough hands and feet, although he is wearing a square scarf, a blue satin straight jacket, foundation soap boots, and a literati dress.

But these can't hide the honest and straightforward temperament on him.

Manager Merge did not suspect his identity at all, and this person was by no means an impersonator. Because he observed that Huang An, the attitude of this maritime merchant who had come several times towards this person was by no means like a disguised respect, because it was impossible for them to know that there was such a thing as remote monitoring in Lu Dao...... Huang An's expression and movements still looked a little afraid of him.

Based on the experience of Manager Melerge, this is the level of a farmer entrepreneur. It should be relatively easy to negotiate with such a client, everything can be put on the table, and it can be discussed openly and honestly, even if it can be blushing and thick-necked.

At that time, the two of them sat on opposite sides of the desk, and Huang An and a technician who helped translate sat next to them.

Before the negotiation began, Manager Mei Lezhi immediately felt that Zheng Bin was a little absent-minded, and he kept looking at the desk produced by the Hantang Group Wood Factory, and kept stroking the edge of the table with his hands......

Manager Merozie believed that if he sat on his side, he would have pulled the drawer open casually...... Fortunately, the structure of the desk was simple, and he finally set his eyes on the eyes of Manager Merge.

Manager Mei Lezhi brewed emotions in his heart, pushed the glasses that didn't exist on his nose, and said, "Mr. Zheng......"

"Where, where, just call me Wenshan, don't you dare to call me Mr. ......"

Manager Mei Lezhi blushed in his heart, he entered the role too early, and he forgot about the problem of time and space.

"Wenshan, our Hantang Group can sell you artillery and gunfire......

"Ahh He slapped the table and immediately stood up.

Manager Merges and the technician who helped laughed...... It's a cheerful person.

Huang An is bitter in his heart, and he is happy, which is really a taboo in business!

"Please sit, please sit," Manager Mei Lezhi asked casually, "How many loads of pig iron can you produce in Anxi a day?" ”

Zheng Bin didn't think about it, so he opened his mouth and said: "Two thousand quintals per day!" If you push it again, 2,500 quintals is also possible......"

Huang An complained directly in his heart, he is touching your bottom, Zheng Sanye, you opened your mouth and exposed your bottom...... But that's none of your business...... Just hurry up.

Manager Merges immediately doubled the price comparison in his heart.

"However, our price is relatively high, Wenshan, ten times the pig iron can be exchanged for a gun of the corresponding weight!"

Zheng Bin stood up suddenly, clasped his fists and said, "Manager Mei, this is true!?" ”

Manager Merozie's heart sank, the price was low, and he said slowly while thinking: "But there are some differences, some large-caliber artillery - it must be doubled -"

"So good! A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase! Give me a high-five! ”

The price is low again!

Manager Merge said, "This is a contract to be signed—"

"Ha Lu Ha, it's okay, high-five first!"

Manager Melozie barely reached out and struck him. The kid is very energetic.

After adding up their pig iron production capacity and the loss, labor, and technical costs in artillery production, Manager Merge found that he still earned too much - but he was uncomfortable in his heart, don't you know how to bargain? I don't feel a sense of accomplishment, and I feel like I've suffered a loss-

Manager Mei Lezhi was turning the idea of how to get more profits from the firecracker, but Zheng Bin arched his hand and said: "Manager Mei doesn't know, I am most afraid that the Hantang Group will mention women for artillery - women, it is easy to get it, but I really can't bear it in Xia - I heard that Guangzhou is crying for thousands of miles, and the sound is shaking the sky - as for other objects, it doesn't matter, the man works hard, and he can ensure the peace of the family——"

Oh - Manager Mei Lezhi was suddenly ashamed in his heart, this is an ancient, an ancient person who can't find detailed information in history!

What a simple and sincere humanistic thought - then, on behalf of the Hantang Group, he actually wanted to squeeze them, and even began to think about it, so what is the responsibility of crossing? Who is more shameless in the end!

Oh –

Zheng Bin suddenly touched the wall of the office, squatted down and picked the cement floor with his fingers.

Huang An's face turned red, my Zheng Sanye-rude and rude.

The magician smiled, a playful ancient.

Zheng Bin spoke: "Dare to ask Manager Mei, I know that this thing is called cement, and on the dock, we have also seen craftsmen using it to build big houses - but how is it made?" It's clearly different from white ash - it must be of great use, and it is a waste to use it for building houses. ”

Manager Merochie slowly stood up as well, and said slowly: "You-very well, rightly, it's very useful--you can just burn it with limestone—of course, you need some other techniques. ”

"I want to hear about it!"

"Oh, you want to learn how to make cement?"

"Zheng Bin wants to do it very much!"

"Well, let's talk about the exchange of firearms before we talk about anything else. Otherwise, it does not conform to the process arrangement of the negotiation. ”

“——”

In the next negotiations, the complete family and family immigrants shall not be separated, the population is not limited, the old and the young are unscrupulous, and they can be exchanged for a fire gun, and two hundred quintals of coal can also be exchanged for a fire gun——

Zheng Bin immediately readily agreed.

Huang Anxin was also happy, this is too cheap - charcoal, there are some in the ground, and a number of coolies are dug up, of course, it has to be transported, and two hundred quintals can be exchanged for a firecracker! It's a pity that Zheng Sanye has already learned about this matter, and he will never dare to participate in it. However, they want coalcoal...... This is good news, and like struvite, it's not a good deal for too much cost.

The technician who helped with the translation also calculated in his heart, two hundred quintals, according to our standards, only fourteen tons of coal, according to the current silver two price, it seems to be a loss-but the entire Tainan Plain, there is no coal at all, the whole alluvial plain, if you want silver to have a fart, resources are invincible, and the board of directors is doing a good move-

Zheng Bin suddenly walked to the window again, he touched it carefully, knocked lightly, and put his eyes on it again.

Zheng Bin spoke: "Dare to ask Manager Mei, is this the legendary sea dragon bone?" I've seen ...... on that paddle steamer It's rare to find such a blockbuster. ”

Manager Merozie thought for a moment and said, "Yes." It's not easy to get – and it's easy to get. ”

"It's very useful! It will make the helmsman not afraid of the wind and rain - it is a waste to use it for guest housing. Can I get it later? ”

Manager Merge's mind quickly turned, and he said, "Maybe not right now—in three months!" We can now talk about cement—"

Zheng Bin hugged his fists very solemnly and said: "But listening to Manager Mei's arrangement, I don't agree with it." ”

Manager Merozie smiled, this matter is not easy to handle. He thought as he made his own arrangements.

Zheng Bin was overjoyed: "Dare to ask Manager Mei to allow me to wait to learn the Dafa of making cement?" ”

"You can find some strong laborers, preferably those who have experience in burning white ash, and let them come to us, and we will teach them for free...... For example, let them build a cement kiln with their own hands and fire the cement by themselves...... Isn't it just learning ......?"

"Ah, how much labor I have to wait! My Zheng family has countless elite soldiers......"

"Labor ...... The cost of artificial accommodation during the study period can be fully covered by our Hantang Group......"

"Ha Luha, no, no, do things for my Zheng family, my Zheng family is all righteous and always give enough food...... Don't worry about Manager Mei. ”

Manager Mei Lezhi raised his voice and said: "We have never contributed in vain to do things for our Hantang Group!" Food and lodging are the basic conditions for human existence, and that is the basic dignity of human beings! We never make up our minds in this regard, thinking that it is a matter of course, otherwise it will be a kind of trampling on human beings...... Wages are a kind of affirmation and recognition of human self-worth, and any attitude towards it reflects the self-worth and moral system of human beings......"

“……”

“……”

The technician smiled, it had been a long time since he had heard the long sentence of Manager Merge. He thought for a while and said to Zheng Bin: "You just need to do it according to our regulations......

Zheng Bin hurriedly nodded: "Know, know, stipulation, stipulation!" ”

Manager Merozie smiled apologetically at the technician, his words were really difficult to translate.

"Wenshan, the skills of your iron-making furnace are too backward, and the daily output of eight iron-making furnaces is only 2,000 quintals......"

Zheng Bin was a little unconvinced. He said in his heart that our iron-making method is exactly the same as that of Foshan, Guangdong...... The master there is now in my Anxi......

Zheng Bin was unconvinced for a reason.

Judging from iron-making and steel-making methods, the Ming Continent at that time already had several advanced techniques.

The first is the tandem use of iron-making furnace and iron-frying furnace. That is, the molten iron flowing from the iron-making furnace flows directly into the iron-frying furnace to fry the mature iron. This method reduces the process of one-step re-melting, which should be regarded as an important starting point in modern metallurgical technology.

In Europe, it was not until the mid-17th century that this iron-making technique began to be used in England.

The second is the semi-continuity of the operation of the iron-making furnace, that is, after the tapping is tapped, the tap hole is blocked with mud, and then the blast is re-refined.

At this time, ironmaking in Europe waited for the furnace to cool before taking out the iron, and then melting and smelting.

The third is to create a set of steel production system, that is, iron ore is smelted into pig iron, and then smelted from pig iron to mature iron, and then from pig iron and wrought iron into "steel filling".

Of course, whether or not qualified carbon steel can be produced is a matter of probability and experience...... Therefore, once a furnace of "good steel" with a more suitable carbon content is produced, it is really earth-shattering, crying ghosts...... The sword forged can already be close to the level of ordinary kitchen knives in the world...... But for the ancients to describe it, it has to scare people to death.

Of course, this level of steelmaking did not exist in Europe at this time.

Fourth, the use of fluxes. That is, the pig iron of the iron frying furnace is sprinkled with plaster, which is used as a flux, and then stirred with a wooden stick to help oxidize.

It can be seen that in this Ming Dynasty, the Ming people have mastered the most advanced iron-smelting and steel-making technology in the world at that time. At this point, even foreign scholars who study the history of metallurgy in the world of the world sincerely admit that this kind of "putting pig iron and wrought iron together to make steel is the precursor of the open-hearth steelmaking method in later generations, which is still unseen in the world of Lu".

With such an advanced method of iron-making and steel-making, the output of steel was unparalleled in the world at that time, but it could not be transformed into combat effectiveness, and was even beaten by the former Qing Tartars who had just come out of the tribal civilization.

On this issue, the people of the Hantang Group have also had a big discussion, from macro to micro, everyone has mentioned it, and finally summed up one point: steel cannot be transformed into combat effectiveness, this problem is not in the steel technology itself, but the transformation system of the whole society.

This discussion is somewhat similar to the anatomy in biology class...... Everyone learns practical lessons from it.

For example, science and engineering students have gained social science knowledge and can look at problems beyond technology; Liberal arts students gain technical knowledge and can relate theories to the actual level of technical skills at this time.

Yang Youxing, a well-known online writer, wrote triumphantly: Who said that middle-aged people can't be learning? We are the real learning talents......

Jiang Tiesheng was annoyed by the use of boilers by teaching Ming people and laborers, and they would be scared half to death if they added charcoal!

He sprayed Yang Youxing and said: "Learning? Put down your pen and come to me to study, if you can find where the condenser of the boiler is, I will serve you! The most annoying mouth cannon party. ”

Manager Mei Lezhi saw that Zheng Bin was a little unconvinced, so he opened his IPD and said a few things about the open-hearth production technology and production capacity in the information.

Zheng Bin's eyes became round, and he blurted out, "Are you holding the Book of Heaven?" With such a Dafa of iron smelting, are you willing to teach me to wait? ”

"It's called IPD, it's not a book from heaven. We can also teach you in Hantang Group, and you can also select craftsmen to come after you go back. ”

"No, no, I won't go back, just go down with a few men."