Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 992

Chapter 992: Working silently!

Everything develops slowly from scratch.

All strength is inseparable from time and people, and Jin Province Arsenal is no exception.

The history of the Jin Province Arsenal is not short in China. Forty years ago, it was during the reign of the Da Zhuidi Dynasty, that is, in the 24th year of Guangxu's reign, on the temple grounds of Qianfo Temple surrounded by cypress trees outside the Xiaobei Gate of the original city, the then Jin Province The governor Hu Pinzhi founded the Jin Provincial Machinery Bureau, which mainly manufactured arms.

It was this simple machinery bureau that only had five lathes, two drilling machines, one planer, and one 35-horsepower horizontal steam engine. It not only created a precedent for Jin Province to be able to make its own weapons, but also opened up a new era for the barren and isolated Jin Province. The beginning of modern machinery industry.

However, due to lack of greater support, this Machinery Bureau could only repair firearms and produce some simple rifles. Until the revolution broke out, the Shanxi old man became the governor of Shanxi Province and took over the province for six years. After making a profit of 2 million yuan from the production of Jin Province copper coins, all of the 2 million yuan was used to expand arms production. This small workshop, formerly known as the Machinery Bureau, became a real arsenal.

But at this time, the Yuancheng arsenal was still mainly imitation and did not have its own systematic design at all. The biggest reason was not that there was no mechanical equipment or lack of raw materials, but that the cost was too high, and imitations were more expensive than imported ones.

This is just like the future car market. Purely imported ones are cheaper than domestically produced ones, while domestically produced ones have only been produced for a few years and the quality of the products cannot be guaranteed. If you were a consumer, what would you choose? It is estimated that 99% of consumers will vote with their feet!

And a magical man was born just like that!

Of course, the man named Zhang Kai did not just pop out of a rock. He was a top student in chemistry at Kyushu Imperial University in Japan. He was hired by an old man from Shanxi to work as a technician in an arsenal with a high salary.

Generally speaking, talented people are very arrogant, but Zhang Kai is different from most geniuses. Not only does he have a good foundation, but he is also extremely low-key, so low-key that almost everyone can ignore him and just concentrate on his research.

I have to praise the old man from Shanxi who has no bottom line here. Don't look at the fact that the old man has a black heart and a thick face when collecting money. He is also lustful and will not let his aunt off. In the future, if you call him a scumbag, you will only praise him. But this person is indeed very discerning and very good at discovering talents.

Shanxi old man simply analyzed that Zhang Kai was a talent through the reports submitted by his confidants, so he entrusted him with an important task and asked him to research the formula of ammonium nitrate explosive.

Of course, there is also a small idea of the Shanxi old man in this. Before this, a technical expert in the already prosperous Yuancheng Arsenal developed an ammonium nitrate explosive formula.

That technical master is not an idle person. He used to be a translator for German engineers at the Hanyang Arsenal. Later, because he didn't understand many professional terms at work, he taught himself chemistry and became a chemistry expert. After being poached by an old man from Shanxi with a high salary and sent to Yuancheng Arsenal, he also served as the chief of the bullet department and other important positions.

The high cost of explosives at Yuancheng Arsenal has always been a worry for Shanxi Laohan, and it is also the main reason that restricts its ammunition production volume. Therefore, Shanxi Laohan invested heavily in developing explosive formulas.

Finally, after more than a year, this one was done. Logically speaking, should the old man from Shanxi laugh?

But the old man from Shanxi is not an ordinary person, he is more or less a hero of his generation. There is a couplet hanging next to his bed, "Treat others like a gentleman, guard against others like a villain!" This is also his motto.

In order to control the materials and costs and prevent the factory from under-quoting over-quoting, he asked the technical master to estimate the production quota. As a result, the technician thought that no one knew the formula for making explosives, so he could enjoy the exclusive benefits, so he quoted the quantity per pound. The contract price is eighty cents.

The old man from Shanxi should have been delighted when he heard that this quotation was half the price of Pickering dynamite, but he was wary of everyone and always felt that he might be deceived, so he did not start full-scale production. Instead, he found this time Zhang Kai, who was still unknown, gave him the explosives and asked him to do reverse research and development.

Thus, the nationally famous "Kaizi dynamite" was born in Yuancheng Arsenal.

Compared to the technical master, what price did Zhang Kai quote?

One pound of raw materials costs less than 30 cents, which is only one-fifth of the foreign formula.

The old man in Shanxi was overjoyed. Not only did he allow Zhang Kai to contract production for 3 cents, but he also merged the seven branches of the arsenal, including the nitric acid plant, the smokeless medicine plant, the black powder factory, and the press powder factory, into a gunpowder factory, and made Zhang Kai the director of the factory.

Zhang Kai is also very worthy of the Shanxi old man's kindness. While developing the gunpowder factory into a boom, he constantly improved the technology, tapped the potential to improve production efficiency, and successively developed new products such as 'quick-burning smokeless powder' .

The cost of gunpowder has dropped significantly, which has become the basis for the Yuancheng Arsenal's ammunition production to greatly increase, including machine rifle bullets, artillery shells, bombs, ladles, hand grenades, etc.

Money was making more and more like a snowball. By 1926, the Yuancheng Arsenal, which continued to invest a lot of money, could produce rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, mountain artillery, field guns, mortars and even heavy artillery. It became a tripartite with Hanyang Arsenal and Shenyang Arsenal. At this time, the number of workers reached more than 15,000.

Weapons made in Jin Dynasty were recognized as one of the best equipment in China at that time.

It took 15 years for the old Shanxi man who took control of Shanxi Province to finally develop a small workshop into a large arsenal that was at the forefront of Asia at the time. While earning himself a steady stream of money, he also had a sufficient sense of security.

A super arsenal could naturally provide enough weapons for the Jin army at that time. When other warlords were still short of guns and artillery, the Jin army had at least one artillery battalion in each infantry division.

At the Battle of Xinkou, the old Shanxi man who was forced to reveal part of his family fortune even dragged ten artillery regiments to the front line. That was more than 360 artillery pieces! At that time, Japan's fifth division, known as the "Steel Army", which was facing the Chinese army, was stunned by the overwhelming artillery shells.

If this was not in China's Jin Province but in the three northeastern provinces, they would definitely think they were facing a woolly bear.

These cannons are not just fancy, they can really kill people. During the entire Jin Province War, the Chinese army lost more than 200,000 people and suffered heavy losses. However, the Japanese did not just retreat. According to statistics after the war, only in In Jin Province, the Japanese North China Front suffered more than 70,000 casualties.

Don't underestimate these 70,000 people. During the entire Great Patriotic War, excluding the Indo-Burmese battlefield and the Kwantung Army's heavy losses from the bear, the Japanese army only lost a total of 440,000 soldiers.

This is of course due to the **** battles of various Chinese ministries in the mountainous areas of Jin Province, but the large number of artillery equipped by the Jin army definitely contributed.

Winning in war means money, and this has definitely been confirmed here in Shanxi Province. The old man from Shanxi has saved up his capital for 20 years, which is really no small matter.

I got off track, let's get back to the topic!

Logically speaking, the key for a talent like Zhang Kai who can do research as well as manage well is not to be greedy. Isn't that what colleges and universities will require of principals in the future? If the Minister of Education had such talent under his command, he would be so happy that he couldn't sleep at night?

No matter how stupid the old Shanxi man is, he will never take action against such talents and heroes, right? What's more, the birds are not gone yet, what kind of bow can I hide?

In fact, Zhang Kai accidentally touched the old man from Jin Province.

　　　'You can touch my women, but you must not touch my money! ' Although Mr. Jin from Jin Province did not directly hang these two sentences in front of his bed, he has done so for decades.

That was before the Central Plains War. Seeing the arsenal growing bigger and bigger, Zhang Kai suggested that the old man in Shanxi open a second gunpowder factory. To put it bluntly, he wanted to expand the scale.

According to Zhang Kai's design, once the factory is completed, it will be able to produce 2 tons of smokeless powder, 10 tons of contact oleum, 3 tons of nitric acid, and 3 tons of alcohol per day. If it can really succeed, coupled with the output of the old factory, the Yuancheng Arsenal will be able to defeat the two opponents of Hanyang and Shenyang. Bullets, shells, explosive packs, grenades, and landmines are all of the highly manufactured type.

In Zhang Kai's words, as long as the Shanxi old man wanted to, the landmines manufactured by the Yuancheng Arsenal could lay a minefield around the border of Shanxi Province. Unless he had wings, no one could enter.

This made the Shanxi old man extremely happy. He has been doing business for so many years. He is not afraid of losing money but is afraid of making too much money and being remembered by others. Lao Chen from Guangdong Province, Lao Li from Guangxi Province, Lao Zhang from Fengxi Province, that one is not a helper A vicious one?

If we can be so good at making things, why are we afraid of what those old gangsters will do!

Even though the construction cost was millions of dollars, the old Shanxi man just waved his hand and got it done with such a beautiful blueprint!

The old man from Shanxi did not take it seriously. He had one meeting every three days and one small meeting every day. He almost devoted his entire production efficiency to this modern gunpowder factory. The initial stage went very smoothly. The factory building and office area have been built, and we are just waiting for the equipment imported from Germany to be installed.

If nothing else happens, there will be an accident soon.

The Central Plains War began.

The warlords are fighting against each other. How can the old Shanxi man, who is the boss of Shanxi Province, survive alone? Even if you don't take sides, you still have to choose a side! What's more, who said that the old man in Shanxi just wants to farm quietly without having a heart to compete in the Central Plains?

'Princes, generals and prime ministers, I would rather forgive you! ' The old man from Shanxi also has the ambition to develop farming all over China! Therefore, the old Shanxi man was gearing up and planned to fight with the Jin army he had spent a lot of money to build.

Everyone knows the final outcome. The principal had a protagonist-like aura at that moment. Old Chen, Old Li, Old Zhang, Old Feng, and Old Yan were all just supporting characters.

It doesn't matter if we lose. As long as the base area remains and we develop it for another twenty years, we don't believe we can win. The old Shanxi man's heart is still very strong.

However, the reality is cruel.

The German company that accepted the equipment deposit ran away for unknown reasons!

It doesn't matter if this company runs away, the deposit for running away is only half of the equipment cost! This time it cost the old Shanxi man his life.

He couldn't chase the treacherous **** across the ocean to skin him and light the sky lanterns, but he could arrest the hot-tempered man who came up with the idea and was in charge of the project.

The angry Shanxi old man didn't show any respect for his talents at that time, and directly threw his best explosives engineer and factory director into prison.

The reason why his head was not chopped off on the spot is probably because the old man from Shanxi still imagined that one day the Germanic man would appear. Whether he could get the equipment was another matter. He could just refund half of the money! Zhang Kai, the guy responsible for contacting him, has to keep his head for the time being.

Unexpectedly, he was thrown into prison for more than ten years. Based on the basic idea of squeezing out the last trace of his value to repay his losses, the old Shanxi man just built a chemistry laboratory for Zhang Kai in the prison and let him study during the day. I continued to work on the floor of the prison at night, and no one was paid.

The only thing that gives Zhang Kai some hope is that his family members can be reunited with him in the cell for one day every month.

For this rare day, Zhang Kai could only immerse himself in research in the laboratory. However, perhaps because he was depressed after all, his scientific research output was very low. In the past ten years, he has only provided a limited number of information on artillery fuses, etc. The invention is far inferior to his nationally famous "Kai-character dynamite".

Of course, Tang Dao learned some details about this famous gunpowder engineer in Jin Province from the unlucky director who was punished to stand for a day.

Tang Dao only vaguely remembered that there was such a number one person. He was persecuted and imprisoned by Shanxi old men because of the failure to build the factory. Now, the Dakouzidong Arsenal has many leaders and talents in mechanical forging and processing, but there are no great talents in the chemistry department. , leading to Tang Dao's idea of incendiary bombs that can be used for mortars and mountain guns, and so far they have not even stayed on paper.

Such a chemistry major with a solid foundation in chemistry and management skills is exactly the talent the Dakouzidong Arsenal needs most.

The unfortunate director had his eyes opened that afternoon.

Having been with the old man in Shanxi for so many years, he has seen some rich people, but this is the first time that a small regiment leader like Tang Dao is so rich and rich.

This time Tang Dao spent a lot of money to purchase arms from the Jin Provincial Ordnance Department. Not to mention expensive weapons such as mountain cannons and mortars. Just talking about various bullets, Tang Dao's order was as high as 2 million rounds. According to 7 cents Counting one round, the total price was as high as 140,000 yuan, which instantly sold out nearly half of the 5 million rounds of ammunition in the Department of Ordnance's inventory.

There are also some heavyweights. Jin made 75 mountain cannons for 8,000 oceans each, and Tang Dao ordered 24 of them at once, with a total price of 192,000 oceans; mountain cannon shells cost 20 oceans each, and Tang Dao ordered 10,000 for a total price of 200,000 oceans. ;

The Oerlikon 20mm cannon is an imported product. Not to mention that the two branches cannot manufacture it now, even the original factory cannot manufacture it, but that doesn't matter. As long as you give the money, you can take it from the existing army and sell it. That's it.

Originally the Jinsui Army invested a lot, and almost every infantry regiment was equipped with Oerlikon 20mm machine guns. Now the downsizing is so severe that many machine guns are vacant. What's wrong with turning them into cash?

It's just that you will buy it at whatever price you originally bought it for, and you won't accept bargaining.

Honestly, these are just a few years wasted! The Shanxi old man's business is also excellent.

The local tyrant Tang Dao agreed without even blinking. These 24 Oerlikon 20mm cannons alone were worth another 160,800 yuan. With the addition of 24,000 shells, another 240,000 yuan was gone.

The moment Tang Dao agreed, the unlucky director's heart ached for him.

Finally, including the 100,000 yuan for packing the old equipment and the 16,000 yuan for the 200 tons of raw materials, the total transaction value is as high as 1.96 million yuan. The reason why it is a round number is really unlucky that the director thinks that the local tycoons are too "local" and makes the decision himself. It's erased.

The profit earned from such a large transaction is no less than hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tang Dao asked such a "waste", how could the unfortunate director know everything he said?

Even when Tang Dao later made a further unreasonable request and asked to spend money to redeem the person, this man also agreed with patting his chest.

Looking at it, there is no more oil to be squeezed out. Finally, the waste will be recycled into an ocean of 10,000 yuan. Isn't it delicious?

So, with the unlucky director's operation and the Shanxi old man's nod of approval, Tang Dao met the engineer in a cell that was not strict and even somewhat crude.

When Tang Dao explained the purpose of his visit, the uncle, who had some gray hair on his temples, only made one condition: "If you save my family, my life will be saved."

Before the defeat of the defense battle of Yuancheng, various departments of Yuancheng had already begun a large-scale retreat. They did not forget to take this "waste" with them. At least he could still squeeze some oil, but his family was not so indispensable. .

So, Zhang Kai knew that his family was trapped in the Japanese-occupied area on the way.

However, this man, who had been in prison for more than ten years and whose character had been tempered, was as strong as steel. After learning the news, he did not cry out for life and death, but buried it in his heart until Tang Dao asked him for help, and in He asked about Tang Dao's identity and found out that he was also the leader of the regiment, so he took this as an exchange.

Yancheng is the largest city in Jin Province, and the Si Xing Tuan wanted to live happily on the battlefield behind enemy lines in Jin Province. Sooner or later, an intelligence agency would be built there. After Tang Dao was silent for a moment and calculated the pros and cons, he agreed to this person's only condition.

However, because the Japanese army suffered huge losses in Yuancheng, they also wreaked havoc on the people of Yuancheng for a while after conquering Yuancheng. Tang Dao also explained to this person that even if he sent people there, he could not guarantee that they would be able to pick them up alive.

"Captain Tang, don't worry. Because of me, Ji Nei and Quan Zi are more alert than ordinary people. They must still be alive. Commander Tang, your people will find them according to the address I gave them, and they will definitely be found." The grizzled uncle was extremely confident.

Xia Dayu on the other side just wants to pout, and because of you, how come you are so awesome and have been in prison for more than ten years?

“Well, as long as the person is still there, Tang Dao guarantees with military honor that he will be brought to you alive.” Tang Dao nodded.

“I believe in Commander Tang's character!” The uncle also nodded solemnly.

He is in prison, but he is not an ordinary prisoner. A newspaper is read to him every few days. There is nothing else in the prison. It is common to read a newspaper over and over ten times. The story of Tang Dao, he Even more clearly than many Jinsui troops.

At this time, Tang Dao didn't know what a surprise his ten thousand oceans had brought him.

How terrifying it is for a chemical engineer who has been in prison for more than ten years, or can be said to have been working quietly in a well-equipped laboratory for more than ten years!

You know, his dream over the years is to use very little explosives to blow up a prison that is heavily guarded and has high walls.

(End of this chapter)

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