Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 238 Young man, go learn shipbuilding

"Hey, that boy selling newspapers, is there any big news recently?"

On the streets of Shanghai, a young man saw a newspaper boy yelling the newspaper in his hand. If he followed the past, he would definitely do whatever he should.

But today a flash of inspiration flashed in my head, and I was suddenly full of interest in these newspapers.

Hearing a customer saying hello, the newsboy trotted over. He didn't bother to wipe the sweat off his face. He held the newspaper out of breath and said, "Sir, the recent news is much older. What are you interested in?"

"Since you tell me all the important things, if I'm interested, I'll buy them all for you!" The young man waved his hand generously.

The newsboy's eyes lit up, and he immediately began to take out the newspaper from the satchel at his waist, introducing as he took it:

"The former President Feng Guozhang announced that he would quit politics, return to his hometown of Hejian, and farm for a living..."

The man sneered at this: "I've been through it, what the hell? Who can believe the words of these officials? Isn't it in that place waiting for a comeback in the future? That is to deceive us ordinary people, they are all a bunch of bastards."

The newsboy was a little disappointed, but he hid the newspaper and introduced it to another newspaper:

"Our country borrowed another 1000 million from Japan, with an annual interest rate of 7%, guaranteed by all the income from the salt business, and said that it will give preference to people's livelihood education..."

"Bullshit!" The man spat directly on the ground, very disdainful: "How old is this, and you still want to use this excuse to continue fooling around? Didn't you just buy a large number of weapons from the Japanese devils last month? Said to send us all these things, and we will live by hunting in the future? Next, next!"

The newsboy curled his lips, and reluctantly stuffed the second newspaper back into his bag. Just as he was complaining and asking the customer whether he wanted it sincerely or not, he suddenly thought of an article in a certain evening newspaper. Although it was not a big news, it was Right now it's ready to use.

Rolling his eyes, the newsboy quickly took out the evening paper and said loudly:
"Cai Yuanpei, the president of Peking University, published an article at the Zhili Primary School meeting, saying that educators are not we who educate children, but we are taught by children."

The man was a little confused now, and asked, "Bring me the newspaper, let me see what it says?"

At this time, the newsboy smiled and didn't take out the newspaper in time.

The man was taken aback, and instantly understood what was going on. He took out a few copper plates from his waist, shook them in his hands, and handed them to the newsboy:
"Let's talk about it first. Xiao Smart will stop early when he gets here. It's still the same sentence. If I am satisfied, I will pay for your newspaper today."

Seeing that his little thoughts were punctured, the newspaper boy backed down violently, but after getting the hard copper coin, the unhappiness of that year disappeared completely.

"Sir, don't worry! Even if the newspapers here don't satisfy you, I can try my best to make one up for you."

"The little guy can do it! He has a future." The man laughed loudly, then opened the newspaper and glanced at it casually.

The above content is actually very simple. Cai Yuanpei expressed in public that he attaches great importance to children's education, supports the establishment of experimental educational institutions, trains high-quality teachers, and provides excellent teaching materials.

The man sighed after reading it, didn't say much, and silently folded the newspaper neatly, and put it in his bag.

The newsboy saw that there was something going on, and quickly asked, "Is this newspaper okay now?"

The man shook his head: "Anyone can say good things, but actions are more important. Are there any other newspapers?"

Seeing that this business was about to fail, the newsboy was very anxious, and he didn't care about the rest, and just said what he had.

"Japanese ronin run rampant in Shanghai, endangering one side."

"Well, what else can I do with him? I can't beat him or scold him. Even if he is caught, he will not only have to be sent to him in the end, but he will also have to make an apology. It's not news."

"Li Shutong, a romantic and talented man of a generation, quietly escaped into Buddhism."

"In this world, who can have an easy life? It's better to be open."

"Professor Cheng, a great mathematician, continues to make great efforts in industry. He builds airplanes first and then ships. The span is amazing..."

"A martyr's daughter committed suicide by committing suicide. The government praised her absurdly. Mr. Hu Shi, a professor at Peking University, strongly opposed this."

"The Legion Overseer held a meeting in Tianjin to discuss the presidential candidate..."

Watching the news read one after another, the man was not interested yet, which made the newsboy feel a bit decadent. He read all the newspaper headlines like a horse, and at the same time, he was thinking about whether to ring the bell again.

The man suddenly became interested and said excitedly: "Wait a minute, what did you just say? Read that news headline to me again!"

Although the newsboy was a little confused, he still read the headline just now: "The Overseer Regiment is in Tianjin..."

The man was a little anxious: "No, one was injured."

"The last one?" The newsboy opened the newspaper and said, "A martyr..."

The two men stepped in front of the newsboy, took the stack of newspapers over, flipped through them and said, "It's not that you said this, it's the last one."

Originally, the distance between them was not too far, so the man found the article without making a single move, and after seeing the headline twice, he excitedly said, "Nobody's news is as big as Cheng Nuo's, but they are People who do practical things, maybe this day will change again.”

The newsboy moved his head curiously: "Sir, what is written on it?"

The man smiled and said: "It is said that Professor Cheng wants to find cumbersome cooperation with Jiangnan, not only to build my country's [-]-ton ship, but also to train a lot of shipbuilding talents, regardless of background or education, as long as you are willing to learn, you are welcome at any time Sign up, you say this is not changing the sky, what is changing the sky?"

The newsboy was still a little puzzled: "Sir, you said it's so good, but people like us who don't finish their last meal, can't afford tuition and miscellaneous fees even if they want to go. The sky is still the same day, and it can't change."

The man waved his hands repeatedly, pointed to a section of it and said, "It was explained in detail in the inside, as long as you are willing to study, you can work and study in it, but if you continue to work in it after graduation, your tuition and miscellaneous fees will be exempted, and you Food and housing are included, and there are even subsidies.”

After finishing speaking, the man was still a little curious: "Just now you said a lot, isn't it quite literate? Why can't you understand this?"

The newsboy scratched his head in embarrassment: "A child without a father and no mother has no money to study. These headlines are all old people in the newspaper office. Let us memorize them by rote. After a long time, we will be able to recognize a few common ones. So many We still can’t understand the text.”

The man solemnly put away the newspaper, put it in his armpit, and said earnestly: "Then you should sign up. Only by learning this way can you have a chance to change your destiny. If you want to change the world, go to Professor Cheng." !"

The newsboy seemed to understand but didn't understand, and the word confusion was written all over his face.

However, I can still feel the kindness in it, and said seriously: "Thank you, sir."

The man smiled and said: "You don't need to thank, it's just a matter of one word, but the opportunity is rare, you have to hurry up, if you miss this village, this shop will disappear."

After saying these words, the man did not continue to persuade, but took out a large bill from his wallet, solemnly put it in the hands of the newsboy, and bought all the newspapers that published Cheng Nuo's message .

"Manly man, do what you say, keep thinking. If I have something to do here, I will leave first. We will meet again in the future."

At this time, the newsboy suddenly woke up, holding the banknotes tightly in his hand, and asked loudly to the figure of the man:
"Sir, may I ask your last name?"

The man didn't turn around, but waved his hands in the air:

"If you don't change your name when you're going, and if you don't change your surname when you sit down, that's true for Zhu Kezhen!"

……

On the other hand, Cheng Nuo didn't know how much sensation his own admissions promotion had caused in the outside world, and he was still discussing cooperation details with Chen Zhaoqiang and others.

"In a word, we don't focus on making but on learning!"

Cheng Nuo knocked on the table with a pencil, and continued to express his opinion: "We build ships not just for the sake of building ships, but to regain manufacturing and driving skills, accumulate corresponding experience, and cultivate outstanding talents through shipbuilding.

Then summarize the knowledge and cultivate more talents, so as to establish a relatively complete industrial system. "

Huang Yanpei originally attached great importance to vocational education, so he agreed with Cheng Nuo's point of view, but he was cautious on the issue of funds: "It's good, but we want and do everything, and funds will be tight. At that time, I am worried that the bamboo basket will be empty."

Cheng Nuo shook his head: "Not to mention the investment we have made before, but the current billing price of the four ships is 195 US dollars per ton, a total of 780 million US dollars. As long as we make reasonable arrangements, we can guarantee the delivery of goods on schedule and at the same time ensure the quality of human resources. cultivated in an orderly manner.”

Chen Zhaoqiang shook his head: "Blind optimism is not advisable. The famous Qiuxin shipyard had to be converted into a Sino-French joint venture because of funding problems. It seems to be beneficial to us, but in fact it was controlled by the French very early on. We The Chinese directors have long been in name only."

Qiuxin Shipyard is also known as Shanghai Qiuxin Machinery Factory. Its founder is Zhu Zhiyao, who was born in a family of sand ship industry in Shanghai. Sand ship is a unique ship type in ancient China. Depressed "four great masters, headed by Zhu Jia.

However, in Zhu Zhiyao's time, the sand ship business had already been seized by steamships, and the family fortune was ruined.

Fortunately, his uncle is the well-known Ma Xiangbo, the founder of Aurora College, Fudan Public School and Fu Jen Catholic University. Under his operation, Zhu Zhiyao entered China Shipping Merchants as a comprador.

It’s just that this comprador is not that comprador. Although he has worked as a bank comprador, he is mainly a technology entrepreneur.The Qiuxin Shipyard founded later was a pioneering work in the history of China's machinery development, known as "the giant of my country's machinery factories".

It is a pity that in time for World War I, the price of steel in the domestic market remained high, causing the Qiuxin shipyard to be heavily in debt, and was taken advantage of by French businessmen, so far unable to recover.

Cheng Nuo smiled: "So here we need a large number of professionals to join, which seems to increase the investment in training, but from another perspective, it can reduce our investment in scientific research."

Huang Yanpei was puzzled and said, "What's the meaning of this? If it's what you said, then we can definitely save a lot of money. After all, scientific research investment has a considerable risk of failure, and the risk of talent cultivation in this respect is obviously smaller. .”

Cheng Nuo didn't answer in a hurry, but got up and went to the blackboard behind him, and wrote "Incremental Innovation" with a pen.

When everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and didn't know what it meant, Cheng Nuo said slowly: "The so-called incremental innovation is often not the result of well-thought-out research and development activities.

Rather, it is the result of inventions and improvements suggested by engineers and others directly involved in production activities.

Although inconspicuous, it also brought about innovative development of the industry. "

After a pause, Cheng Nuo continued: "In other words, this is the main way for our country's early mechanical enterprises to accumulate technical capabilities. Many industrialists, in addition to their early work, partly out of interest, partly to increase income and make up for family expenses, Or study some small things.

Over time, we have gained continuous experience in technology, and the scale has changed from the initial workshop to a modern workshop, thus a brand new machinery enterprise was born.This aspect is also applicable to our shipbuilding. Although it is slow, it is better to work steadily. "

Chen Zhaoqiang was not so easily persuaded: "But in terms of innovative technology, we can't wait!"

Cheng Nuo smiled: "So it's not up to us. This time we came to Jiangnan Shipyard. In addition to deck technology, we have other technologies."

……

The first shot is Wang Zha, first of all in terms of boiler smoke and water pipes.

Since the European and American powers banned the export of boiler smoke and water pipes due to the war in the First World War, this has brought difficulties to the production of China's shipbuilding industry. go down.

But it can't work now, the Yankees are pressing very hard, and the construction period is getting closer and closer, the person in charge is anxiously running around like ants on a hot pot, but they just can't solve the problem.

There is no solution at all, such as buying technology from Americans. There is a new type of gasoline engine that can replace the water pipes of the boiler.

But the problem is that the other party seems to have settled for Jiangnan Shipyard, and directly offered a price of tens of thousands of dollars. You must know that Jiangnan Shipyard only has a few profits for a [-]-ton ship. Too painful.

Fortunately, the other party did not bite the price too hard, and finally pressed it at [-] US dollars, unable to survive, and the negotiations fell into a stalemate again for a while, and it seemed that the only way to go was to pay [-] US dollars.

At this time, Cheng Nuo was like a heavenly soldier, and directly took out the drawings "borrowed" from Europe, saying that he could not only sell the technology at a low price, but also transfer all the drawings, structures, models and manufacturing technologies to Jiangnan Shipyard , and responsible for training.

For a while, Jiangnan Shipyard was very excited.

Considering that the governments of European and American countries have ordered to prohibit the export of mechanical lathes and other components for their domestic applications, our domestic enterprises have no machines to use.

Cheng Nuo said that he could rent some of the machinery "smartly" shipped from Europe, and the price was negotiable.

Hearing this benefit, Jiangnan Shipyard began to hesitate. Cheng Nuo was too kind to them, which really made people feel uncertain.

But even so, Cheng Nuo was not finished, and even expressed his willingness to sell Krupp steel at a friendly price, and fully supported the [-]-ton ship to deliver on schedule.

Going on like this, the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Institute was completely knocked out.

It's not that Cheng Nuo is willing to spend the money, but that the person in charge of Jiangnan Shipyard is that gringo—Morgan.

This old guy is a ghost.

(End of this chapter)