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Wan Ling went on to say: "The site selection of the shipyard also needs to consider many natural environmental factors, such as wind factors. For example, typhoons often occur along the southeast coast of my country. There are many tall lifting equipment and high-rise buildings in the shipyard. If buildings and shipyards are located in places where typhoons are frequent, typhoons will destroy these facilities and even uproot the lifting platforms.”

"The same is true in the north. Although there are very few typhoons in the northern region, the cold current will cause extremely strong winds. Under such winds, many jobs cannot be carried out. Moreover, there are special problems in the north, that is, the coastal areas. Seawater freezes, and after the seawater freezes, shipyards cannot work."

"Many shipyards in Russia have to put unfinished ships on the shore in winter, which brings unnecessary difficulties to shipbuilding, so we should put shipyards in warm seas, I think, Dalian That’s right, in our time there was a large shipyard here, and the shipyard here was responsible for the refitting of our country’s first aircraft carrier, the Varyag.”

Lin Yuan nodded and said: "Well, we will build the shipyard near Dalian Port, but due to the changes of the times, the shape of the coastline of Dalian Port has changed a lot compared to ours, and the specific location still needs to be determined." Wanlao, worry a lot."

Wan Ling nodded and said, "No problem."

Lin Yuan continued: "We will build the shipyard first, as well as the machinery and equipment that must be used during shipbuilding, such as hydraulic presses for processing steel into predetermined shapes, equipment for cutting and welding steel, etc. I know these The manufacture of equipment also takes time, so we should build these equipment first.”

Lin Yuan continued: "In the next period of time, I will return to Beijing. There are three purposes for returning to Beijing. One is to persuade the Qing government to build railways across the country to meet our needs for various mineral resources; Second, we are about to start negotiations with the Russians, and the location of the negotiations is set in Portsmouth, England, and I will go to Beijing to collect intelligence and listen to news.”

"There is also the last purpose, which is also very critical. Everyone knows that building ships requires a lot of skilled workers. These people are also the most lacking at present, so I will go to several shipyards this time and give their workers Win over."

After Lin Yuan finished the meeting, it was already noon. After making arrangements for the site selection of the shipyard and the manufacturing of equipment, Lin Yuan sent a message to the chief officers of each army, asking them to report on the situation of agricultural reclamation, and received a reply soon. It is said that the reclamation process was very smooth, and only a few Russian prisoners of war disobeyed orders, and measures have been taken against them.

The chief officers of the various troops also reported: "Rice and wheat have been planted in most parts of the Northeast, and now they have begun to sprout, and the growth is gratifying."

Lin Yuan read this report and thought: "When the grain base is established, even if you turn against the Qing court, you can develop on your own behind closed doors, and you don't need to rely on the Qing court for most things." I also thought about chemical fertilizers. The grain production bases are mainly located in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces. The land in these two provinces is covered by dark brown soil, which is often called black soil.

This kind of soil has a high organic matter content and contains a lot of nitrogen and phosphorus elements necessary for plant growth. This kind of soil is very fertile and suitable for large-scale planting of food. However, no matter how fertile the soil is, if you don’t fertilize it Fertility is also gradually lost.

Lin Yuan thought about it carefully, and found that even simple chemical fertilizers cannot be produced now!In the final analysis, there are three kinds of chemical fertilizers, nitrogen fertilizer, phosphorus fertilizer and potassium fertilizer. The first step in the production of nitrogen fertilizer is to synthesize ammonia. The raw materials for synthetic ammonia are mainly coal and petroleum. These industrial areas are not lacking.

However, what the industrial zone lacks most now is the most important thing in the ammonia synthesis industry—a catalyst. If there is no catalyst in the ammonia synthesis reaction, the efficiency will undoubtedly be greatly reduced, and the catalyst needs rare earth elements such as vanadium, which is not yet available in Northeast China. , can only be resolved from the Mainland.

The manufacture of phosphate fertilizers requires large-scale mining of phosphate rocks, and China's phosphate rocks are mainly distributed in five provinces, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan and Hubei. These places are thousands of kilometers away from the northeast. Railway transportation is simply a dream.

This brings us back to the issue of the railway. Lin Yuan couldn't help but stand up when he thought of the railway. This time he returned to the capital, the task is indeed very important. Not only to build a railway covering the whole of China, but also to build a navy, which will completely Completely change the face of China.

The next day, Lin Yuan returned to Beijing. As soon as he returned to Beijing, Lin Yuan announced the news of his return to Beijing to all walks of life. Lin Yuan did this because he wanted to see the reactions of all aspects of society. Sure enough, all walks of life sent greetings. Tie, want to meet Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan looked at the mountains of worship posts and thought: "If I meet so many people one by one, I will definitely not be able to see them. I might as well not see anyone. I am ready to convince Emperor Guangxu. It is useless to convince Emperor Guangxu. There is Empress Dowager Cixi behind him, and according to my observation, Emperor Guangxu supported the reform, but Empress Dowager Cixi is different."

However, Lin Yuan did not have too much hope for Emperor Guangxu, because the current reforms in all aspects have not touched the core interests of the Qing rulers, and it will be different in the future. If society continues to develop, the land system must be reformed. The wealth of officials comes from the land. If the ownership of the land is changed, it may be a civil war.

At this moment, someone suddenly came to report: "Li Jingfang asks to see you."

Lin Yuan asked, "Did he say anything?"

Butler Liu San said: "I haven't said anything, but it looks like a big deal."

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Let him in."

As soon as Li Jingfang came in, Lin Yuan could see that something was wrong with him. It turned out that Li Jingfang was very handsome, but now he has lost a lot of weight. The most unusual thing is his eyes, which are full of bloodshot eyes, as if he was very tired. He asked, "Brother Li, what's wrong with you?"

Li Jingfang smiled wryly, and said, "Brother Lin Xian, hurry up and leave with me, my father wants to see you for the last time."

When Lin Yuan heard the word "last side", he couldn't help but think, "What's going on? Could it be that Li Hongzhang is going to die? According to the development of history, he should not die until 1901."

Lin Yuan didn't say much, so he followed Li Jingfang to Li Hongzhang's house. As soon as he entered the courtyard, Lin Yuan found that the place Li Jingfang took him was wrong. Li Hongzhang usually saw himself either in the study or in the living room. I went to those places.

Lin Yuan then asked, "Where are we going?"

Li Jingfang sighed and said: "My father is bedridden, we are going to the bedroom in the inner house."

Lin Yuan nodded, but involuntarily touched the pistol at his waist, thinking in his heart: "The Qing court is not going to attack me, is it? Confession!"