Great Entrepreneur of the Universe

Chapter 235 Wang, you are really a genius

It was another new day. Wang Shouliang had breakfast in his villa. When he pushed his bicycle out, he accidentally found Bai Yinghong pushing a women's bicycle on the roadside in front of his house, as if waiting for him.

Mr. Wang laughed and said, "So early?"

Bai Yinghong came over with a smile, "Wang Sheng, thank you for your help to us all the time. Although we can't do anything big to repay you, we can still help you find out some small information on intelligence."

"This month, the Island Council will have a combined fleet composed of Mikasa, Hatsase, and Yashima. They will come to Xiaoliuqiu and Wan, intending to have a big battle with you."

"More specifically, we can't find out. It's probably a merchant ship fishing, hoping to encircle your battleships. As long as one Shikishima-class battleship can be eliminated, it will also cause a heavy damage to your navy."

Wang Shouliang laughed, "Good news, you've been quiet for so long and you want to play something big again?"

Speaking of which, his Sihai Escort water force relied on equipment to reduce dimensionality and attack. It was very convenient to bully armed merchant ships, but it really went into full-scale war with the Japanese.

He is still the weak side.

Again, ten years of army and one hundred years of navy. Regardless of the tonnage of its ships and whether it has its own manufacturing capabilities, Luo Sanpao's earliest three or four hundred elites only took over the armored fleet for eight months.

But the bunker guarding the same level as Maginot may be China's largest steel factory, ordnance factory, power plant, etc. in the future. Manufacturing, production and living areas are still very meaningful.

It won't be long before hundreds of thousands of people there will have the surname Wang and live on the salary paid by Mr. Wang.

Again, large numbers of people and families.

Speaking of bunkers, the Maginot Line, which France built for more than ten years during World War II, is a bit of a grievance.

The Pearl River Power Plant and Pearl River Construction also include the cement factory under the Pearl River Construction, whether it is building houses or building roads, as well as helping to build various five-story employee dormitories, family buildings, etc. on the Pearl River side.

From the time the factory was built eight months ago, Wang Shouliang knew that the scale of the factories would get bigger and bigger, and more and more people would be hired. They would definitely have to set aside a piece of land where they could plan and build at will.

Fresh water for daily use is still in jeopardy and has been on an embarrassing supply line. This also includes asking caravans from eastern Guangdong to take the initiative to transport water from both sides of the Pearl River to distribution reservoirs and storage ponds.

Bai Yinghong smiled and said, "I don't dare to take it seriously. We can only do these small things. By the way, Wang Sheng, who are you today? If you have time, may I treat you to dinner?"

Wang Shouliang smiled and said, "Okay, as long as you are not afraid of getting tired, let's go together. Sometimes we can save the country through industry and accumulate a lot of strength."

How familiar can you get in eight months? How many elite-level artillery can be trained?

In a head-on decisive battle with the Japanese, he would still receive four or five shells, while the opponent would receive at most one shell.

In the past few months of knowing Bai Yinghong, he occasionally donated a batch of Yingyang or supplies to the other party, blocking the killers who came from Daiqing to Hong Kong Island to hunt them down.

If you have your own construction team, including cement and steel bar factories, you will need all kinds of basic resources and manpower.

Wang Shouliang respects these progressive young people who are willing to sacrifice their lives and blood for their ideals and patriotism to save the country.

After all, there are many workshops such as iron-making, steel-making, steel-rolling, etc., making steel every day, which is a sign of industrialization.

It is really a brand new industrial and living development zone.

Waiting for the sugar factory to open? ? If you want to become the largest sugar production place in eastern Guangdong and the white sugar base of the entire Chinese national industry,...

But it would be of great significance to actually build a few bunkers at the entrances and exits of important factories.

Of course, Wang Shouliang had people build fortifications, and it was impossible to build a French Great Wall of fortifications at random. Only a few were built at key locations.

The current Foshan New District is more beautiful and modern than Yau Ma Tei. Yau Ma Tei has to worry about some ghosts. Foshan... it is a town.

But the vast majority of wooden sailing ships and armed merchant ships? Just a few shots and it's over.

And in Foshan like that, how safe is it? ? Not to mention the 1500 executioners and bodyguards who were stationed there before, how about the self-defense force? Bunkers must also be built.

A modern city, even a future county town, accommodates residential areas, industrial areas, commercial areas, administrative areas, cultural areas, tourist areas, green areas, etc.

Today's three to four thousand workers represent three to four thousand households.

They robbed the merchant ships of the island country so smoothly, because the shells on the armed merchant ships were not a big problem even if they hit the ironclad ship and hit more than a dozen rounds.

Nanhai County above Foshan has delegated power to everything in this town.

Mustache's steel torrent could only avoid Maginot and did not dare to attack hard.

How many people are there in total in Foshan? The original Foshan Township Chronicle from the 13th year of the Republic of China shows the 1930 people in Foshan in 34.

But it seems that it will not be long before the Pearl River series of enterprises founded by Wang Shouliang will have tens of thousands of employees and their families.

"In addition to the original old town, the various factories and residential areas in the new area seem to have brought Foshan into a new era like New York and Chicago."

The Pearl River Ordnance Factory has been open for a few months and now has hundreds of masters. It will definitely expand in the future and train apprentices on a large scale.

It can only be said that Foshan is about to become the largest industrial base in eastern Guangdong. The Pearl River Iron and Steel Plant, which started eight months ago, has gradually grown from a few hundred workers to a team of three to four thousand people.

There are 1500 people in the escort branch, which also represents households.

Bai Yinghong smiled sweetly and said, "Sheng Wang, can I have the honor to visit Foshan with you? I often hear these days that Foshan changes every month."

Wang Shouliang laughed, "I'm going to Foshan. Whether it's recruiting new people in the branch, inspecting and accepting bunkers, or opening a sugar factory, there are a lot of things to do."

In another year and a half, the Pearl River Iron and Steel Plant may not be a large factory with a workforce of 10,000 people.

The next moment, Wang Shouliang smiled and said, "Thank you for the information. I'll treat you to dinner next time."

There is nothing that can be done. Yau Tsim Wang cannot afford to support too many large factories. Recently, there are one to two hundred thousand new victims and refugees, even though he has built reservoirs and storage ponds in various places in advance.

Masnot's line of defense could not stop Mustache's detour and sneak attack.

The outside of each gunboat command tower starts with 60MM, or even 100 or 200MM of armor steel. Do you think it is just decoration?

Not to mention all kinds of bandits and remnants of the religious rebellion, even in the future when the king's flag is changed on the city wall, a French-standard bunker will be enough to make the generals collapse.

Now when it comes to the big game, we can only decide the outcome with the torpedo boat kamikaze.

This was supported by the well-known wealthy families in eastern Guangdong who were doing big business with Wang Shouliang. A team of 1500 escorts and escorts basically took over all management business in Foshan New District.

That is, the county is evolving towards its original trajectory of the 20s or s.

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More than two months later. In Shanghai, two destroyers, Taishan and Huangshan, escorted more than a dozen large ships into a pier in the public concession.

One by one, the majestic and capable crewmen and escorts in blue uniforms began to take care of a large number of Pearl River-made goods, disembarking from the ship and entering the warehouse.

The whole dock was in a sensation.

Countless people gathered near the pier as if they were looking at a rare sight, looking at it, sizing it up, and even gradually becoming more adoring and proud.

Wang Shouliang stood in the command tower of the Taishan destroyer. He took a look at the many people on the dock who were mostly dull and thin in complexion and physique. He grabbed a Pearl River lighter, and the pulley ignited a flame.

Light a cigarette.

"This is my product. It has officially entered Shanghai. Kevin, the department store you prepared for me should not be too shabby. It must at least meet the passing standard in my mind."

Mr. Wang traveled back in time for more than a year and left Hong Kong, Kowloon and eastern Guangdong for the first time to go to Shanghai, where he was delivering goods to commercial groups and building reputation.

Perhaps his instant noodles, Zhujiang bicycles, including briquettes and matching coal stoves, etc., have already followed the Guangdong merchants and arrived in Shanghai in batches, but the direct sales of Zhujiang Department Store is also very necessary.

Of course, this was not the only reason why Wang Shouliang came to Shanghai. He planned to install a branch in the concession and establish his own large intelligence agency.

In the past, the Sihai Escort Bureau also had an internal communications team, but to collect information from the outside, it mainly relied on Wang Shouliang's silver bullets and purchases, including friendly gifts from other people.

Now, the scale of the Sihai Escort Intelligence Team has been expanded.

Let's just say that at the end of April, the Japanese's three armored fleets with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons were trying to use various tricks to cause trouble and consume his fleet's weapons. He also gave instructions to the chief escort and each escort commander who went to sea every day.

It has been going on for more than a month now, and the number of merchant ships from the island country that have been snatched by the escort leaders is much less than that before April. There are also two destroyers and cruisers, one of which was seriously injured and the other was sunk.

The Navy suffered more than 500 casualties. The Navy expanded its recruitment again and now has 6000 men.

Of course, the island nation also sank three cruisers.

The number of naval casualties of the Sihai Escort Bureau was twice that of the island nation. The sunken cruiser of the island nation was a torpedo boat suicide squad that detected the opponent's location in advance, charged and launched a sneak attack at night, and sent it to the sea.

In short, people were exchanged for people, and blood was exchanged for blood. Wang Shouliang suffered heavy casualties, and the Japanese armored ships suffered heavy losses.

A big battle like the Battle of Kumejima didn't happen because the time was not right.

In the era of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, Shanghai was to be the most prosperous and developed city in the Far East in the next few decades. It was necessary to branch out, develop forces and establish an intelligence office here.

Due to problems with the Huangpu River waterway, Wang Shouliang's 15,000-ton Sihai is still anchored at the pier at the seaport.

Under his words, Kevin stared at the kerosene lighter in Mr. Wang's hand. This was similar to the ZIPPO kerosene lighter that only appeared in the 30s. The difference was that in addition to the beautiful and atmospheric shape, the lighter body was engraved with the two characters of Pearl River. Chinese character.

The Pearl River Lighter Factory was also opened in Foshan in April together with the Pearl River Sugar Factory. After Wang Shouliang used his eighth-level fitter skills to DIY the first modern kerosene lighter, it suddenly became popular in Hong Kong, Kowloon and Guangdong. East.

Those who are capable naturally look for craftsmen and masters everywhere to learn how to make their own products, counterfeit them, etc. Those who are not capable can only wait for lighter factories to produce them one by one.

For two months, the serious industrialized assembly line is still being debugged, and the production capacity has not officially reached its peak. It is purely a group of masters who are very skilled in craftsmanship, hand-making shells, regulators, flints, springs and other parts.

Reassemble.

Within two months, Wang Shouliang took the lead, and he did not mind teaching more hand tools and skills such as benchwork to the original late Qing masters. Now he has made hundreds of lighters by hand.

It is also a warm-up for the upcoming Zhujiang Department Store in the market.

After staring at the lighter for dozens of seconds, Kevin said, "Don't worry about the department store. During the Chinese New Year, you bought the land and started construction. It's only a three-story building. There is no problem with the acceptance."

"But your Sihai Escort Bureau is in the public concession, armed with guns and internal law enforcement, with a maximum of 150 people. And you have to give me 10 of these kerosene lighters."

"Wang, you are really a genius. This thing is not only useful but also beautiful. It only burns kerosene."

On the other side, Joseph also said with greed, "King, you disappoint me so much. We are such good friends, why don't you give me one?"

The history of lighters, original trajectory: At the beginning of the 20th century, not only the Yinlun guy but also the Austrian guy had created the prototype of the modern lighter. It was nothing more than the earliest craftsmanship, not so convenient, and ugly in appearance.

The ZIPPO series in 1932 has flourished for a century.

In the 30s when ZIPPO existed, due to fluctuations in silver and gold prices, a brand new ZIPPO lighter cost $1.9, which was basically equivalent to seven or eight Yuan Dayang, and demand exceeded supply!

The current Zhujiang lighter is planned to be sold in department stores, with a retail price of 10 black Spanish eagles, and the matching kerosene bottle is extra.

Wang Shouliang smiled and took out two lighters from his pocket and distributed them one by one, "There are only 150 people, so the strength is a bit small."

"There's so much chaos in Hongkou, I'm worried that my people will be bullied."

Kevin took the lighter in surprise, wiped the fire and watched the steady flame burning. He couldn't wait to take out the cigar and lit it, and complained, "Not enough? Hell, there are only a few hundred Chinese police officers in the entire French Concession patrol room? "

"You are going to Hongkou area to open a branch and a trading branch. 150 armed men armed with Lee long rifles and Mauser C96s are not enough??"

"As long as you don't start a war with us, won't the island guys in Hongkou be bullied to death by you?"

This is Shanghai Beach in the summer of 1902. In the public concession, the number of immigrants from the Islands has exceeded 1915, and they are all concentrated in a few streets of Hongkou. By 7, there were more than Islanders in Hongkou. .

To establish its own intelligence team, it is necessary to expand greatly. At this stage and in the next few years, it is an era of constant battles between the water power of the Sihai Escort Bureau and the Japanese navy.

Even the heads of the land escorts were fighting guerrillas at the place where the Black Flag Army died.

When the Sihai and Zhujiang series move to Shanghai, they must also live in Hongkou. He wants to be able to hold firearms and have internal law enforcement rights, and he will not have many conflicts with Yalun ghosts on a daily basis. It is definitely not something that can be done with a few lighters.

That would require additional money.

But something that can be done with money is not a big deal.

A moment later, when Wang Shouliang, Kevin, Joseph and others moved to disembark, there were already 300 people in blue on the dock, each pushing the Pearl River bar, carrying rifles and carrying pistols, neatly guarding the people transporting supplies to Hongkou. gesture.

Compared with more than two months ago, these 300 people all retreated from the guerrilla battlefield.

What is also different from the naval battle is that each of them has been trained and studied the militia training manual for a year. When they fight guerrillas, they basically lose one casualty on their own side, which can be replaced by three enemies.

After all, the guerrilla thing highlights a three-three system sneak attack... a sixteen-character manual!

These are 300 real blood-seeking elites.

(End of this chapter)