Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 240 Looking back suddenly, the hammer is in the dimly lit place

"Zhiyuan, I have two news here, one good news and one bad news, which one are you going to hear first?"

When Cheng Nuo came to the Jiangnan Shipyard, Cheng Nuo's buttocks were still hot when he saw Chen Zhaoqiang rushing over, without even wiping the sweat off his forehead.

"Isn't the water hot? Then I'll just drink it."

Walking quickly all the way, Chen Zhaoqiang was really thirsty and hot. Seeing a glass of water poured in front of Cheng Nuo, he drank it down without waiting for an answer after asking.

"No, I already have this glass of water..." At first Cheng Nuo wanted to stop him, saying that he had already used that glass, but when he saw that Chen Zhaoqiang had already drank it, he had no choice but to say, "Drink slowly, be careful not to choke, I still have it."

Chen Zhaoqiang nodded while drinking, and touched it with his hands immediately after drinking: "What did you just say?"

Cheng Nuo waved his hand and refilled the glass: "I'm asking you, why did you go to Jiangnan Shipyard for so long? Is there something wrong?"

Chen Zhaoqiang sat down on a bench and said: "It is indeed a little different when I was in office. Didn't I tell you before that Shanghai is a major trading port in China, and a large part of the shipping business of Chinese and foreign ships is concentrated in Shanghai. This puts new demands on the shipbuilding and repairing industry.”

"Try it, this side dish tastes pretty good." Cheng Nuo pushed the stewed peanuts over, and then said, "Yes, that's when the division of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau began. I remember it was planned by Zhou Fu, Governor of Liangjiang. .”

"Five-spice? It looks pretty good." Chen Zhaoqiang leaned out and sniffed it carefully, but after thinking that there was still a mess waiting for him to sort out, he suddenly lost his appetite: "Actually It was Zhang Zhidong's idea to split up the family, but that's how it is, and it's just a hidden danger for the future."

When it came to business, Cheng Nuo also put a smile on his face: "Is it related to the Jiangnan Shipyard?"

Chen Zhaoqiang nodded, sighed and said, "You know our situation well. There are not many people in our country who can build ships. This gives the gringos who left after the separation of families a chance..."

Just as Cheng Nuo was listening carefully and waiting for the second half of the sentence, Chen Zhaoqiang suddenly stopped and looked at Cheng Nuo with a half-smile:

"Did I ask you a question when I came here?"

Cheng Nuo pretended to be confused and said, "Is there such a thing?"

Chen Zhaoqiang took a sip of tea: "Don't talk to me haha, I have a good news and a bad news here, tell me which one do you listen to first?"

Seeing that he couldn't fool him, Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "I like to see the good news at the door, so let's hear the good news first."

Chen Zhaoqiang stood up with his hands on his knees: "The good news is that our steel plate quality and other technologies are better than those in the institute."

Although Cheng Nuo knew the result a long time ago, after he really knew the news, he couldn't help but clenched his fists and stood up: "So, Jiangnan Shipyard is willing to cooperate with us? As long as they are willing to cooperate, we will immediately buy a steel company The factory, or the new captain, can definitely guarantee the supply of steel."

While speaking, Cheng Nuo was already thinking about establishing a complete industrial system through shipbuilding, connecting the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, and then adding more large, medium and small factories from all over the country into this ecological circle, thus changing the old situation of domestic industry .

Speaking of the time window before and after World War I, the development of our domestic machinery industry was indeed faster than before, but the expansion of the steel industry eventually led to failure.

The expansion of our leading enterprises in the machinery industry to the steel industry is to solve the bottleneck problem of lack of raw materials. The cause of this bottleneck problem is the difficulty of China's metal imports during the First World War. It can be seen that the First World War brought development to China's machinery industry At the same time, it brings irreparable negative effects.

To make matters worse, the failure of the aforementioned Qiuxin Shipyard happened not after the process, but to some extent because it has been able to independently manufacture machine products.

In contrast, companies that were still in the stage of repairing parts or foundry at that time were able to survive the crisis of raw materials.

The reason is that enterprises such as Qiuxin Shipyard have too many things involved and are involved in all aspects, so they have to bear greater risks. Once a problem occurs in a certain link, the capital chain is broken, and it is easy to collapse directly .

As for those small companies that focus on OEM, on the contrary, because they are in the stage of repairing parts or OEM, their business is relatively simple. Simple repair work avoids huge expenses, and thus preserves the strength of the company.

This is the reason why the so-called ship turned around in a catastrophe.

But because of this, the overall domestic machinery industry has been in the downstream stage, and it is difficult to make a difference.

Now that he can seize this opportunity, it is possible to change the direction of the motherland's industrial history. How can Cheng Nuo not be excited.

"General Chen, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. If we integrate the country's shipbuilding, machinery and steel industries and increase the degree of concentration, then our international competitiveness will be improved unprecedentedly. Maybe seven continents and eight oceans They can all sail aboard our ships!"

Chen Zhaoqiang's eyes flickered, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "It would be great if it could be as we thought, but the problem is that Jiangnan Shipyard is now taken over by the Ministry of the Navy. Really, now Jiangnan Shipyard can't let me decide, throw me to Fuzhou, and let me take care of it here."

Cheng Nuo took a step forward and said cautiously, "So what's the bad news?"

Chen Zhaoqiang said: "The bad news is that the operation and management of Jiangnan Shipyard is monopolized by the British Mao Gen."

Cheng Nuo was startled and asked, "What do you mean, they don't want to purchase our technology?"

Chen Zhaoqiang nodded helplessly, and said dejectedly: "Mao Gen once worked in Shanghai Yingshang Shipyard for a long time, and the entire operation and management method of the institute was copied from Yingshang Shipyard, almost word for word. Some are from the UK."

Cheng Nuo didn't give up, and asked, "What about the technology? Are you using British technology?"

"That's not true, he wants to learn, but the local British shipbuilder is unwilling to teach him." Chen Zhaoqiang shook his head, and continued: "The problem now is that in terms of technology, he monopolizes too much secrecy and discriminates against us engineers and technicians in many ways." and suppression, and there are various restrictions on the cultivation of new technical forces..."

Cheng Nuo frowned: "So he's out of oil and salt?"

"It's not wrong to understand that, basically it's like this." Chen Zhaoqiang crossed his hands and rubbed his hair, almost turning into a bird's nest: "I also reported this matter to the Ministry of the Navy and reflected the situation in detail, but the problem is ..."

Cheng Nuo asked, "What's the problem?"

Chen Zhaoqiang said bitterly: "The problem is that these cadavers play football all kinds of things, and finally I was cornered by me. They actually told me that it would involve foreign affairs and damage the country's diplomatic style. One thing more is worse than one thing less."

"duang~"

Cheng Nuo clenched his fist and slammed it on the table, startling Chen Zhaoqiang.

He has worked so hard with foreigners and fought wits to obtain technology, equipment and talents from foreign countries, but he did not expect to fall on his own kang. How can he not make him feel desperate.

I am really not afraid of godly opponents, but pig teammates.

Seeing Cheng Nuo's appearance, Chen Zhaoqiang felt very worried: "Zhiyuan, are you okay, let's think of a way, maybe things will turn around."

"It's okay, I was just angry just now." Holding back his anger, Cheng Nuo even took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down: "We've put in so much hard work before, we can't just let it go, there must be something else Way, on our Chinese land, we must not let this British guy go on rampant!"

Chen Zhaoqiang nodded fiercely: "Yes, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. The factory is our Chinese factory. I don't believe that we can't subdue him."

It's a pity that the car couldn't be built behind closed doors. The two of them faced each other. After thinking hard for a long time, they couldn't come up with any countermeasures.

It was finally decided to meet again in a few days and go back privately for everyone to brainstorm.

However, Cheng Nuo was still unwilling. After returning to China and doing so many things, it was the first time he encountered a setback in such a big matter, and he felt very upset.

Even if he was planning to go back home temporarily, he decided to take a good look around Jiangnan Shipyard.

Passing by an old bookstall, Cheng Nuo habitually squatted down to see if there was anything different there.

I never thought of being here, but I really bumped into him.

""Compilation of Recent Events in the West Country"? What is this?"

Before he could take a look, Cheng Nuo's eyes were completely attracted, and he took a breath while watching.

"The Workers' Uprising in Lyon, France, the Chartist Movement in Britain, and the Textile Workers' Uprising in Silesia, Germany, my good fellow, you are not one of the three major workers in Europe, and you still have such a detailed introduction."

Looking further down, there is even a dragon-slaying sword hidden inside.

"Conminis, Conminis!? Isn't that me..."

Although no one in the surrounding area noticed the abnormality, Cheng Nuo still stopped what he was saying. On the surface, it seemed to be calm, but inwardly, the waves were turbulent.

"Isn't this the transliterated word of our party? I didn't expect to see it in this little-known book. It's really unbelievable! This book is definitely not that simple, and there is definitely more to the rest. "

Sure enough, Cheng Nuo later discovered Mr. Ma's thoughts. Although it was only a literal translation, it was already extremely advanced in this era.

Combined with the history of our party, "Compilation of Recent Events in the West" was the first book to report on the labor movement in the West, and it was also the first transliteration of words introduced in China. It was also the first publication in China to publish Mr. Ma's thoughts. The source of Mr. Ma's thoughts.

While Cheng Nuo was still in shock, a young man suddenly squatted down next to him, glanced at the book Cheng Nuo was holding, and took the initiative to answer, "You like this book too? It seems that we are soulmates?"

Cheng Nuo looked wary and said, "Really, it seems that you are more interested in the West?"

The young man smiled, and after glancing at Cheng Nuo, he turned his attention to the bookstall and turned the pages by himself: "Actually, I was as shocked as you when I read that book for the first time. The earth-shaking changes have ushered in, the eyes are suddenly clear, and the things that I didn't understand before are gradually clarified."

When he didn't understand the other party's intentions, Cheng Nuo didn't answer in a hurry, but looked up and down with the book in his hand, curious in his tone: "Is this book so good? I don't know which page you read? I'll ask you when I get back." Read it carefully."

The young man shook his head: "I'm really envious that you haven't read that page yet, unlike me, who has been exposed to it for a long time, and even before the book is written, I know the content in advance. I feel that it is too difficult to find, and other books are too boring in front of him."

The curiosity this time was not fake, Cheng Nuo asked: "I know the content in advance, so is it true that you translated all the content in the book from a foreign country?"

Picking a copy of "National" and "New Youth" from the bookstall, the young man stood up and paid the bill from the boss, and then said: "This book was translated by our Jiangnan Shipyard, so naturally we can understand the above in advance. information."

Hearing this, Cheng Nuo's heart seemed to have grasped something extraordinary, and before the inspiration dissipated, he quickly asked, "So, all the workers and masters in your institute have read the above things?"

The young man thought for a while, and replied: "Not necessarily, after all, some old masters are still illiterate, but even so, if you pass it on to me and I pass it on to you, everyone basically knows what is written on it."

Cheng Nuo swallowed quietly, suppressed the surge in his heart and asked, "About how many employees are there in your office?"

"If you don't bring foreign workers, there are probably more than 2000?" The young man blurted out, and then wondered: "Why, why are you asking this? The number of people in the factory does not affect the content on the tree."

After hearing the numbers, Cheng Nuo couldn't help laughing out loud.

Combining the young man's words and this book, Cheng Nuo can almost conclude that after the separation of the bureaus, Jiangnan Shipbuilding has grown stronger and stronger, and Jiangnan's labor force has also continued to grow, and gradually began to play a pivotal role.

Aren't there British guys running rampant in the institute right now? Cheng Nuo believes that the workers and masters who have accepted Mr. Ma's ideas will never agree with him.

Cheng Nuo had been busy with technical aspects before, ignoring the strength of such a group of masters below. As long as he got their support, he would definitely trip up Morgan.

Even the Beiyang government is under pressure to protect foreigners for the sake of diplomacy.

But in the face of so many workers, you still have to think twice. You must know that they are the first generation of industrial workers in our country, with a huge lineup and superb skills.

Stability is also very important.

Sure enough, Cheng Nuo learned during the enquiry, that in order to refuse such a generous offer from Cheng Nuo, Morgan made a lot of guarantees from top to bottom, saying that the ship would be delivered on time.

But we can also understand from the side that Morgan's position at this time is not stable, and he has to wait until all the ships are delivered before he can convince the public if he really takes power and secures his position.

If something can be done now to make Morgan unable to deliver the ship on time and with high quality, then not only may he not be able to take the position of chief engineer, but it will also be difficult to guarantee the position of chief engineer.

At that time, not only will they be able to cooperate normally, but they will also be able to break the monopoly of technology.

The scythe is already in action.

It's time to let the world know the power of the hammer.

Looking at the young man in front of him, Cheng Nuo stretched out his right hand, "Hi, my name is Cheng Nuo, nice to meet you."

The young man opened his eyes wide and quickly calmed down after being shocked: "Hi, my name is Li Nan. Professor Cheng is very pleased to meet you. I have heard your name before when I was in Hunan No. [-] * Normal University."

A classmate of the great man? !

(End of this chapter)