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Listening to Sun Yuanqi's question, the three young men looked at Wei Zhenxiong together. No pop-up window update fast //

Wei Zhenxiong smiled: "The mortar structure is simple, and after preliminary calculation, the cost of each mortar should be 70 to 80 taels of silver." However, as a new type of artillery with excellent performance, it can play an important role in close combat, and even if the price is not as good as the Maxim machine gun, it is not far behind. That is, mortars are at least tenfold profitable.

"Before we returned to China, we had registered the relevant patents related to mortars in Europe, the United States and Japan. If we cooperate with Mr. Baixi, we will transfer the patent rights to Beiping Iron Works without reservation. Ren Zhi (Wu Jian) and I belong to the Society of Metals, and Guochen (Liu Qingen) and Yiting (Shen Fengming) belong to the Ordnance Engineering Society, and they will fully assist the Beiping Iron Works in debugging the production equipment and ensuring that the mortars are put into production normally. ”

As the saying goes: if you have nothing to do, you will be a thief. A few of them worked hard to develop a mortar, ran dozens of countries to register patents, and then traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to present drawings, is it just to learn from Lei Feng to do good deeds? The Time and Space Administration did not approve Comrade Lei Feng's application to travel to the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing that Wei Zhenxiong didn't talk about the details of profit sharing, but talked about the benefits of mortars, Sun Yuanqi was a little apprehensive: Speaking of him left and right, this is the one who asks for it!

Since you're off topic, won't I? Let's see who can't hold their breath first!

Sun Yuanqi began to run the train with his mouth full: "If the Beiping Iron Works makes a profit, in addition to part of the profits will be set aside for expanding reproduction, it will be mainly used for education funds, training Chinese engineering talents, and focusing on supporting technical research in steel and military industry."

"For cutting-edge technology research, Jingsei University has a good academic foundation, and there are already many research institutes such as steel and engines, so there is no need to prepare for the establishment of new institutions. However, to train engineering talents, it is necessary to have a special school.

"I have been engaged in education for many years, and I have realized that China at this stage may need more skilled workers and experienced technicians than scientists who study difficult and advanced theories. In other words, vocational schools and vocational schools may be more useful to the state than comprehensive research universities. ”

At the beginning of the 21st century, the question hovering over the minds of any Chinese scholar who intersects with education is: "Why do our schools always fail to produce outstanding talents?" This is the famous "Qian Xuesen's question". Are Chinese schools unable to produce outstanding talents? Let's not forget Chern Shiingshen, Hua Luogeng, Yang Zhenning, Li Zhengdao, Deng Jiaxian, Qian Xuesen and other famous scientists with international influence. But these people were all cultivated before the founding of the state, so the question should be corrected as:

Why did our schools fail to produce outstanding talents after the founding of the People's Republic of China?

If the public and elites see this problem, they can't help but attribute it to the system. In fact, they were right this time, and it was indeed because of institutional problems. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, China's education system as a whole tended to be the Soviet model, and the cultivation of talents had a strong national utilitarian color. Education is no longer about producing erudite generalists, but about producing concrete, useful specialists for the country, such as engineers, doctors, agricultural specialists, technicians, etc.

To this end, between 1952 and 1953, a large number of comprehensive universities with a long history were divided, such as Tsinghua University, Nanjing University, Wuhan University, Zhejiang University, Tongji University and other colleges and universities. This is the famous "major adjustment of faculties" in the history of Chinese education, and it is also the fundamental reason why many colleges and universities regard 1952 as the first year of their founding.

In this major adjustment of faculties, a large number of famous professional colleges and universities were born. Among them, the most famous are the "eight colleges" of Beijing Xueyuan Road: Beijing Medical College (now Peking University Health Science Center), Beijing Iron and Steel Institute (now University of Science and Technology Beijing), Beijing Petroleum Institute (now China University of Petroleum), Beijing Agricultural Mechanization College (now China Agricultural University), Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (now Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Beijing Institute of Geology (now China University of Geosciences), Beijing Institute of Mining and Technology (now China University of Mining and Technology), Beijing Forestry College (now Beijing Forestry University).

Cultivating outstanding talents is like a child pinching mud. During the Republic of China, the erudite general education of colleges and universities was to bring a group of children into the exhibition hall of master works, and then no matter how this group of children tossed, they were free to learn or not, and they were free to learn from whomever they could. There are always a few talented and intelligent children among the thousands of children, and they have become masters themselves under the influence of the master, and even the blue is better than the blue.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, specialized education is like bringing a group of children into a pottery factory, and the teacher teaches hand in hand: "Today we pinch a small bench, and the first step is to shoot the mud out of a flake ,......" Under the gradual cultivation, the huge gap between geniuses and mortals was eliminated, and finally all children became skilled workers regardless of qualifications, making bowls, clay pots, teapots and other daily necessities, but no one could become a master and burn into master-level works.

Do you want to scold this kind of education system that restricts the free development of the individual? But before you speak, I advise you to learn about its remarkable contribution to the country's development.

As everyone knows, China is one of the few countries in the world with a complete industrial system. You must know that before 1949, China's industry was still poor and weak, why can there be today's situation? In addition to the 156 major projects aided by the Soviet Union, which established a relatively complete framework for the basic industry and the defense industry system, it is thanks to specialized education that sufficient and high-quality technicians have been provided for various industries. Without their sacrifices, China would now be the second India!

In the past 30 years of reform and opening up, higher education and vocational education have advanced by leaps and bounds, and there has been a surplus of specialized personnel. Moreover, the rapid development of China's economic development also urgently requires the emergence of outstanding talents in science and culture, as the soul of the new era, so "Qian Xuesen's question" came into being. At the same time as "Qian Xuesen's question", major universities have begun the development of "comprehensive universities", such as the traditional famous science and engineering schools Tsinghua University, Beihang University, and Beijing University of Science and Technology have colleges of humanities and social sciences, and the famous liberal arts universities Renmin University and Beijing Normal University have also had master's programs in science, engineering, agriculture and medicine.

On the one hand, the integration of universities is certainly due to the atmosphere brought about by the industrialization of education, and on the other hand, we must also realize that universities are actively or passively shouldering the expectations of society for outstanding talents.

Looking back on the 100-year history of education in China, we will find that the transition from general education to specialized education is based on the urgent needs of the country and the nation. The shift from specialized education to general education is also the general trend of economic and cultural development. It was precisely because Sun Yuanqi realized this that he spent a lot of money in Hubei and established a series of specialized schools.

"If the economy allows, the Beiping Iron Works will establish an affiliated school, focusing on cultivating the technical talents needed by the iron factory in the early stage, and I have thought of the name of the school, called 'Shuimu School'. I hope that you can stay, participate in the preparation and opening of the school, and contribute to the education of industrial and technical talents in China! Sun Yuanqi invited enthusiastically.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the tide was turbulent, and the simple and unrestrained young people were stirred up with enthusiasm, and all of them took the rise and fall of the world as their own responsibility. They can't stand the seduction of grand narrative words such as "country", "nation" and "responsibility", and when they talk about it, they feel like they have been drugged.

Sure enough, as soon as Sun Yuanqi finished speaking, Shen Fengming, Wu Jian, and Liu Qingen immediately came over and began to talk about their grand ideas for training China's future technicians. The more they chatted, the more excited they became, and they even discussed the curriculum of each department of the Mizuki Academy in the future. Only Wei Zhenxiong was left alone beside him, staring wide-eyed.

After more than half an hour, Wei Zhenxiong finally couldn't hold it back, and hurriedly said in the middle of the conversation: "Everyone, let's talk about the production of mortars first!" There is no hurry about the Mizuki Academy, and we can talk slowly in the future. ”

Sun Yuanqi was proud: Hmph, play with me, boy, you are still a little tender!

The three young men also found that they deviated too much from the topic, so they quickly closed their mouths and asked Wei Zhenxiong to continue speaking.

"Just now we talked about how to cooperate, we are willing to provide a full set of drawings for mortars, and be responsible for debugging equipment and guiding workers in production. I wonder what the Beiping Iron Works can provide? Wei Zhenxiong asked.

Sun Yuanqi thought for a moment and said: "According to what you said, the production of mortars is a huge profit, and it should have been proposed to you for higher profits. However, considering that the early investment of the iron factory is too large, the weapons need to be taken care of in the production, transportation, sales and other links, and the profits have to be left to the iron factory and the school, so the Beiping Iron Works will give you 20% of the net profit. ”

The 20% ratio is not good, but it is definitely not mean, it is decent, so a few lads seem to be relatively satisfied.

Wei Zhenxiong said: "We don't want silver, but for every 10 mortars produced by the Beiping Iron Works, they will provide us with 2 for free." ”

"Give you 22%!"

Mortars that are available for free, who knows where they will end up? At least nine and a half of the ten students studying abroad are revolutionaries, and if they take them to rebel and are caught by the Qing government, won't they suffer from the fish in the pond? Mortars are protected by patents, and the Beiping Iron Works is the exclusive production, and they can't be pushed off if they want to. In order to avoid the risk of uncertainty, Sun Yuanqi preferred to pay an extra 2% of the profit.

Wei Zhenxiong frowned: "Then for every 10 mortars produced, we will be provided with 1 for free, and another 10% of the profit will be paid." ”

"24%, no more!"

Wei Zhenxiong gritted his teeth: "My bottom line is to give us 1 for every 10 mortars produced, and pay an additional 8% profit." ”

Sun Yuanqi shook his head: "No." You know, produce firearms, each of which will have a number engraved on it for government inspection. The weapons that leaked out without permission would pose a great risk to the Peiping Iron Works, myself, and even Jingshi University, so I would rather pay a little more than agree to your plan. ”

The revolutionary party failed to succeed in several uprisings in the country, largely because it did not have enough weapons and ammunition. The money of the revolutionary party was obtained by Sun Yat-sen cheekily from everywhere, and there were not many in the first place, so how could he buy any good guns? Even if it can be bought, whether it can be shipped to China is still two words, and the Qing government is very strict about arms control. In desperation, the revolutionaries had no choice but to make their own bombs in the country, but their chemical level was really difficult to compliment, and they often did not blow up the enemy, but blew themselves up first. The revolutionaries exposed as a result of this are not one or two.

Judging from Wei Zhenxiong's insistence on obtaining free mortars from the iron works, Sun Yuanqi can basically conclude that he is a revolutionary, and it is very likely that these mortars will be used in the uprising.