That night, Qin Beiyang crossed the Huangpu River and came to the wilderness of Lujiazui in Pudong. Fastest updates

A few days after the last meeting, Chanco had set up a makeshift hangar, with a large airship floating above it, a large Caproni transport plane stored under the roof, and a dormant four-winged grave beast.

Li Longsheng, Xiaojunwang, and Caproni also gathered here. Lao Jin laid out straw mats and blankets as usual, and sat on the ground. This time indoors, I don't have to endure the cold wind of winter nights. A small stove was lit in Zhongshan, and Qian Kewen was holding the rice wine he brought from his hometown in Huzhou, and it was snowing again outside the window......

"Green ants are freshly brewed with wine, and the red clay is a small stove. If you want snow in the evening, can you drink a glass of nothing? ”

The little king drank a glass of rice wine and chanted a poem by Bai Juyi.

Qin Beiyang looked at the Huangpu River outside the window, faced Qian Ke and asked, "Mr. Sai, the young owner of the Machinery Iron Factory, can you comment a few words on this place?" ”

"This place is also the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, which can grow rice and cotton, but the biggest advantage is the Huangpu River."

The Huangpu River turns an S-shaped bend around Lujiazui, becoming a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides, and the sharp angle of Lujiazui's "mouth" is facing the mouth of Suzhou Creek.

"Why did Ling Zun's factory open in Caojiadu?"

"The proximity to Suzhou Creek is convenient and inexpensive to transport goods." "In contrast, the Huangpu River Port is located in the center of China's north-south coastline, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and can be traced back to Nanjing, Hankou and even Chongqing by boat. In the Ming Dynasty, the Huangpu River replaced the Wusong River and became a good port, with tax grain and rice supplied to the north and south of Beijing, and the cotton textile industry was marketed all over the world. During the Qianling period of the Qing Dynasty, Shanghai was already 'the capital of the southeast and the southeast'. ”

"The British coveted Shanghai, and after the Opium War, a concession was set up and became the center of China's foreign trade. Today, Hong Kong, an authentic colony, can only be called 'Little Shanghai'. ”

"Beiyang, what do you mean......" Qian Ke looked at the Huangpu River, the undeveloped virgin land of Pudong, and thoughtfully, "Take advantage of the natural advantages of the Huangpu River port to build a factory in the fields of Lujiazui?" ”

"Great idea!" Li Longsheng stood up, two glasses of white wine in his stomach, his face was not red but white, looking at the high-rise buildings on the Bund in Puxi, "Look at the lights opposite." Pudong and Puxi, drinking the same river water, why is the opposite bank prosperous and developed, but this side is a flat field? If you build a factory, take advantage of the excellent location and water transportation of the Huangpu River, and back to the two concessions and the Chinese boundary of Greater Shanghai, why not build a new Shanghai? ”

"New Shanghai?" Qian Ke also poured himself a glass of rice wine, "What factory?" Steel? Shipbuilding? Machine? Chemical industry? ”

"Look there!"

Qin Beiyang pointed to the Caproni transport plane outside the window, like a huge beast crouching.

"Airplanes?" Chanko's eyes lit up, and he kept changing the posture of duck sitting, kneeling, and sitting cross-legged, "So, you summoned me and Mr. Caproni?" ”

"Not only airplanes, but also airships. Everything that flies in the sky will change the world, such as your four-winged angel! ”

"Borrowing the power of the Grave Beast?"

"Correct." Qin Beiyang touched Jiu Se's head, "People have been able to transform the tomb beast as a killing weapon, why can't they study its principle thoroughly?" If we can build a tomb beast aircraft before the European and American powers, the future will no longer be China groveling to Europe and the United States to buy technology and equipment, but China's aircraft will be exported to the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan! ”

Li Longsheng gave Qin Beiyang another glass of wine: "Since the twentieth century, scientists in the West and Japan have been secretly studying the 'soul machine', and Dr. Holstein is by no means alone. If we continue to be muddy, like the destitute miser, guarding the treasures of the tomb beasts, clinging to the defects and keeping to the sufficiencies, China will be destroyed by the tomb beasts invented by our ancestors. However, I have been in the UK for many years, and the British Isles are the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Modern industries need a strong industrial base, steel, machinery, power, ...... There are also engineers and skilled workers. If you can't master the core technology, important parts such as engines can only be imported from Europe and the United States, which is by no means a long-term solution. ”

Timur, the king of the little county, said worriedly: "It makes sense! China can't even build a car, let alone an airplane? ”

"Recently, there has been a popular science in Europe called 'bionics', a Latin coined word, which I translate as 'bionics'. It is said that Mozi invented the wooden kite, borrowing from the principle of bird flight. Sonar, invented during the Great War, borrowed from the ultrasound of bats and dolphins. The Tomb Beast is much more complex, containing the essence of nature, such as the Heart Spirit Stone of the Tomb Beast, as well as the substances that belong to the spirit. ”

“artificialintelligence。”

Qin Beiyang read out a sentence of Japanese English on the spot, and Li Longsheng and Qian Ke couldn't help but laugh when they heard it.

"Many Western scientists often spend their entire lives without success. Gathering the strength of our brothers, although it is the best combination, there are still countless difficulties to overcome. Beiyang, why did you choose a few of us? ”

When the wine was hot, Li Longsheng raised an important question.

"You have a PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge. Scientific research on the Grave Beast will involve theoretical physics, and even many cutting-edge sciences, and scientists like you are absolutely indispensable. You are also well-versed in history and archaeology. Looking at the whole of China and even the Chinese people around the world, you are the only suitable person. ”

"It's an honor to be in Longsheng!"

Qin Beiyang turned his head to Qian Ke and said: "You are the queen of the Qian family in Huzhou, Ling Zun is a big man in Shanghai's industrial and commercial circles, and your uncle is a university scholar. Doing business in Shanghai, you have irreplaceable advantages. What's more, the first time we met, I got on your airship, isn't it fate? ”

"It's my pleasure!"

"Little County King!" Qin Beiyang patted Timur on the shoulder, "When we were fifteen or sixteen years old, we tried wrestling at the gate of the Beijing District Court, and you won." Today, you are a member of parliament of the Republic of China. Although I am extremely disgusted with the Beiyang warlords, your status as a parliamentarian is a great convenience, and you can cheat and eat and drink in the political and business circles in Beijing and Shanghai. ”

"You can still cheat!" Xiaojunwang did not shy away from saying, "In China, from Lü Buwei to Hu Xueyan, there has never been a pure businessman, and any business must be related to the government, otherwise it will be destroyed in minutes." ”

"Yes, your identity and family background are also incomparable to me, a lowly person from a craftsman's background. With your relationship, at least this factory will not be bullied. ”

The little county king gave a thumbs up: "Beiyang, I haven't seen you for two years, you are no longer a simple-minded daredevil." ”

Qin Beiyang didn't think it was a compliment: "Did we change the world, or did the world change us?" ”

"What are you talking about?"

Giuseppe Caproni spoke in English ignorantly, and everyone had a good conversation just now, while he just ate meat and drank a large glass.

"By the way, you are the hero of the air war of the world war, the best aircraft designer in Europe, and the younger brother of the famous Giovanni Battista Caproni, your family has a huge aircraft factory in Milan, and you can also use the identity of the Italians to introduce European technology and talents, and even open up overseas markets."

Chanco said to Caproni in French: "As long as we build airplanes and airships together, we can eat a lot of meat, drink a lot of wine, and have a lot of good girls every day!" ”

"I'm in! Happy New Year! ”