African Nationhood

Chapter 242 Comprehensive contraction
  (In the previous chapter, some book friends felt that the protagonist was not cautious enough, even on such a large scale.

The protagonist was destined for this ordeal when he negotiated with the British with smokeless gunpowder, and the arrangement was arranged in London to minimize the impact.

If the British drive a warship to capture the protagonist, will the protagonist respond?

If it's the other way around, what will happen to farming in the future? If not, what do the common people think?
  Some book friends said: What if the British directly killed the protagonist?
  You should pay attention to the environment of the times. Europeans at this time still paid great attention to honor, especially the nobility.

They are at the forefront of battles, and it is an honor to earn a title for their meritorious service.

It is also honorable for the army to line up to die.

It is far from the Red Goose and Germany after World War I, during the great purges of the secret police.

In addition, the protagonist's influence and territory have grown, so he must use the famous trial and execution method. )
  ……

Shi Jintang walked away quickly, completely ignoring Sir Bannerman's explanation. He just wanted to go back to his hometown.

After exiting the gate of the detention center, Shi Jintang saw Alice, Shi Ming and others waiting outside.

Seeing Alice burst into tears instantly, Shi Jintang felt warm in his heart.

Then he saw her running straight towards her with her red hair disheveled and high heels on, and he smiled and opened his arms.

Feeling Alice rushing into his arms like a red reindeer, Shi Jintang felt inexplicably at ease.

Shi Jintang let go of the red-haired beauty, then raised his round chin, and kissed her heavily.

……

It took a long time for the two to separate from each other. Alice was already paralyzed and didn't want to move.

Shi Jintang hugged the beauty and patted her back, whispering a few words of comfort, waiting for Alice to recover.

After a while, feeling that Alice's body had returned to normal, Shi Jintang smiled and said, "Let's go back."

Shi Jintang hugged Alice and was about to leave when a cough came from behind.

"Hey, General Manager Shi, can I have a few words with you?"

Shi Jintang turned to look at Sir Bannerman and chuckled, "I'm rushing back to sleep with the beauty now, so there's no need to talk about it."

After saying that, he ignored Sir Bannerman's surprise, got into the carriage and left.

Returning to Prince Leopold's estate outside London, Shi Jintang directly ordered to pack his things and prepare to move back to Southwest Africa.

Alice would naturally not object to Shi Jintang's order. After she gave birth to her daughter, she no longer wanted to stay in Europe.

But Henry never asked her to move there, and she didn't dare to mention it for fear of making Henry angry.

……

Shi Jintang asked Shi Ming again about the situation in Southwest Africa during this period.

Shi Ming took out a bunch of telegrams and Shi Jintang checked them one by one.

During the time he was imprisoned, all conditions in Southwest Africa were stable. The only major event was that both of his women gave birth.

The most annoying thing is that Mr. Jin Xiyue’s daughter is still his daughter.

After reading this telegram, Shi Jintang was secretly sad, thinking that his tadpole had been cursed.

Feeling sad, he breathed a sigh of relief when he read Ye Rong's telegram again.

Ye Rong was the most helpful and gave birth to a son for him.

Shi Jintang almost jumped up with excitement after reading the telegram. He was worried about Shi Ming's presence, but Shi Jintang held back.

But I have already thought about going back and praising this girl Ye Rong to make Master Shi look good!

In this way, the competition between Ye Rong and Kelly came to an end, and it also made up for Shi Jintang's inner debt to Ye Rong.

As a result of Ye Rong giving birth to a son, most of the civil and military officials of Nanhua Company went to Ye Rong to show their hospitality.

Ye Rong was frightened, and she sent several telegrams in a row, all urging Master Shi to come back.

After Kelly learned that Ye Rong had given birth, her mood obviously fluctuated.

However, she still maintained the standard of a good tutor and a married woman. While caring deeply for Ye Rong, she also sent several telegrams to ask her husband when he would return.

Shi Jintang ordered Shi Ming to send a telegram to Southwest Africa, reporting that the work here had been completed and that he would set off to return soon.

……

After reading the telegram, Shi Jintang rushed to Birmingham without even hugging his daughter.

Tell Tesla that he wants to move the laboratory back to Southwest Africa.

Tesla had no problem with this, and it didn't matter where he did the research.

After all, his high-frequency AC generator still needs time to perfect.

Moreover, Boss Shi promised him that he would fully support his experiments and ideas and would not hold him back financially.

After bidding farewell to Tesla, Shi Jintang rushed to Lyon to ask for Hertz's opinion.

Do you want to go to Southwest Africa with him and Tesla?

Hertz thought for a long time and decided that it would be better to stay in Europe. After all, the academic atmosphere here is better.

Shi Jintang did not force him, but just asked about his research progress.

This Physics Ph.D. took Shi Jintang to talk about his discoveries and ideas.

Shi Jintang gave him a few words of advice within the scope of his own knowledge and encouraged him to realize the idea of ​​radio communication as soon as possible. Hertz nodded in agreement.

Hertz is not leaving, but the electrical laboratory is moving.

Those who are willing to go will be given a high salary, and those who are unwilling to go will sign a confidentiality agreement and terminate the contract.

As for the zipper factory, electric iron factory and clothing factory to continue to operate, the follow-up will be handed over to Shi Jinyong's business office. He will not easily come to Europe again in the future.

……

After meeting with Trudeau who came over at the Stone Hall in Lyon, he instructed him to hand over military industry orders to the British War Department.

He was also directly instructed to use chromium plating to process the gun bore, and at the same time, he was asked to secretly develop a production line for new rifles.

After the development is completed, it will be secretly sent back to Southwest Africa.

Engineers involved in the design of new rifles all signed confidentiality agreements, and were given high salaries and invited to work in Southwest Africa.

He does not plan to disclose the design of the new rifle in Europe. He will just wait for a while and apply for a patent for the new gun case and bolt structure.

At the same time, he wanted to make a backup copy of the Maxim machine gun and shell gun production lines and transport them back to Southwest Africa.

The arsenal here is mainly used to make money from exports. The latest and most sophisticated weapons are produced in Southwest Africa for their own use.

……

After discussing with Trudeau, Shi Jintang sent a telegram to Karl Benz and the Muller brothers in Stuttgart, Germany.

It is agreed with them to hold a technical meeting on June 6 every year. At that time, they and engineers can discuss any technical issues and R&D problems at the meeting.

At the same time, Shi Jintang also issued a transfer order to Rudolf Diesel, asking him to follow him to settle down in Southwest Africa. Once there, he would lead his team to develop diesel engines.

He sent a separate telegram to the Kohler brothers, asking them to send a few backup sets of bicycle and motorcycle production lines to Southwest Africa.

In the future, Southwest Africa will promote the rise of local manufacturing, and he will also prepare to build a small aluminum products factory in Southwest Africa.

Although his factory in Germany has achieved mass production of aluminum alloys, industrial production of aluminum products is still new around the world, which is suitable for smuggling in Southwest Africa.

Although there are currently no bauxite resources in Southwest Africa, they can be imported from outside.

Moreover, there are bauxite resources in Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique). Nanhua Company can organize mining after discussing with the Portuguese.

……

In addition to industrial production, Shi Jintang also arranged for people to purchase several dye workshops in Europe.

Mainly two chemical dye equipment and raw materials, tnt and picric acid, were all shipped back to Southwest Africa.

Other dye workshops take it back to dye clothes without wasting it.

In addition to these two, Shi Jintang also hired some chemistry majors who graduated from well-known European universities to work in Southwest Africa.

These college students are not necessarily suitable for scientific research, but they can help develop basic chemical industries in Southwest Africa.

"Three acids" are very important chemical raw materials. There are many fur processing plants in Southwest Africa, and there is an urgent need to establish "strong acid" and "strong alkali" industries.

In the past, he bought it from the UK, but now he plans to do it himself.

The "two alkalis" are also very important, and basic research needs to be established to lay a technical foundation for future large-scale production.

……

After dealing with these trivial matters, Shi Jintang boarded the cruise ship back to Birmingham.

After arriving in Birmingham, Shi Jintang met up with classmate Xue Youfu who came to take over the new ship, and on behalf of the Nanhua Company, he took over two new immigration cruise ships, the "New Orange Town" and the "Harbin Town".

These two immigration cruise ships have canceled first and second class cabins and only have guest cabins and steerage cabins.

There are few rooms in the cabin, but plenty of beds in the steerage cabin.

Each ship can carry 1500 people, and it can be overloaded with 1800 people.

The two ships, manned by employees of the Southwark Company and Henley Shipping Company, sailed smoothly into the Thames.

When sailing into the Thames River, Shi Jintang saw the former cruise ship leader "Great Eastern" moored on the Thames River. Now the ship has become an advertising display board for a department store.

Looking at this giant cruise ship that can carry 4000 people, Shi Jintang was moved.

After disembarking, Shi Jintang asked the staff of Henry Shipping Company to negotiate with the current owner of the Great Eastern.

He wants to buy this giant ship with a displacement of 32000 tons.

It is not for anything else but the 16000 tons of steel on its hull. These steels can also play a big role when transported to Southwest Africa.

Whether it is dismantled and resmelted, or used as a teaching tool for shipyards in Southwest Africa, it has value.

（这时段的钢铁价每吨8-10镑，这艘船的折卖价可以讲到1镑每吨，1888年售卖时的价格正是16000镑。）
  After explaining the matter, Shi Jintang picked up sisters Alice and Liv and returned on the "New Orange Town".

Shi Ming stayed in London with two security guards, and then they would return to Southwest Africa on their own.

A month later, two officers in London suffered accidents one after another.

One died in an assassination attempt by a robber, and another had a fire in his home.

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(I finished the second volume and will continue writing the third volume in the afternoon)

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