Rise from eight hundred.

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 Provincial Armory is not short in China. 40 years ago, it was during the reign of the Dazizi Dynasty, that is, in the 24th year of Guangxu. He hired him to establish the Jin Provincial Machinery Bureau, which mainly manufactures arms.

It is this simple mechanical bureau with only five lathes, two drilling machines, one planer, and one 2-horsepower horizontal steam engine. The beginning of modern machinery industry.

However, due to the lack of greater support, the Machinery Bureau could only focus on repairing firearms and producing some simple rifles. It took six years until the revolution broke out and the old man from Shanxi became the governor of Jin Province and entered Jin Province. It made a profit of 200 million yuan from the manufacture of copper coins in Jin Province, and used all of the 200 million yuan to expand the production of arms. This small workshop, formerly known as the Machinery Bureau, became a real arsenal.

But at this time, the Yuancheng Armory was still mainly imitation, and there was no systematic design of its own. The biggest reason was not the lack of machinery and equipment, nor the lack of raw materials, but the high cost, and the imitation was more expensive than imported ones.

This is just like the future automobile market. Pure imports are cheaper than domestic ones, and domestic ones have only been produced for a few years, and the product quality cannot be guaranteed. If you are a consumer, how would you choose?It is estimated that 90.00% of nine consumers will vote with their feet!

And a hot and magical male silver was born just like that!

Of course, the man named Zhang Kai did not jump out of a rock. He himself was a top student in the Department of 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, the proud son of heaven is very arrogant, but Zhang Kai is different from most geniuses. He not only has a good background, but also is extremely low-key, so low-key that almost everyone can ignore him and just concentrate on his research.

Here I have to praise that Shanxi old man who has no bottom line. Don't look at the old man who is black-hearted and lustful for collecting money. He won't let go of his own aunt. But this one is indeed discerning, and is extremely good at discovering talents.

Through the report submitted by his confidants, the Shanxi old man insisted that Zhang Kai was a talent, so he entrusted him with the important task of researching the formula of ammonium nitrate explosives.

Of course, there is also a careful thought of the old man in Shanxi. Before that, the already prosperous Yuancheng Arsenal had a technical master who developed the ammonium nitrate explosive formula.

That technical expert is not just a guy. He used to be a translator for German engineers in Hanyang Armory. Later, because he didn't understand a lot of technical terms at work, he taught himself chemistry and became a chemical expert.After being poached by a Shanxi old man with a high salary to Yuancheng Arsenal, he also served as the chief of the bullet department and other important positions.

The high cost of explosives in the Yuancheng Arsenal has always been a heart problem for the old man in Shanxi, and it is also the main reason why his ammunition production cannot increase. Therefore, the old man in Shanxi invested heavily in the development of explosive formulas.

Finally, after more than a year, this one is done. Logically speaking, shouldn't the old man from Shanxi laugh?
But the old man from Shanxi is not an ordinary person, he is more or less a generation of heroes. There is a couplet hanging beside 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 cost and prevent the factory from underreporting more, he asked the technical master to estimate the price and contract the production. As a result, the man thought that no one knew the formula for making explosives, so he could enjoy the benefits to himself, so he quoted the cost per pound. The price required to contract is eight cents.

The Shanxi old man originally heard that the offer was half cheaper than Pickering explosives, and he should have smiled, but this guy was guarding against everyone and always felt that he might be fooled, so he didn't start full-scale production. Zhang Kai, who was still unknown, gave him the explosives for reverse research and development.

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

Compared with that technical master, what is the price quoted by Zhang Kai?
A pound of ingredients is less than 3 cents, which is only one-fifth of the foreign formula.

The Shanxi old man was overjoyed immediately, not only asked Zhang Kai to contract production with 3 cents, but also merged the seven branches of the arsenal, including nitric acid factory, smokeless medicine factory, black medicine factory and pressed medicine factory, into a gunpowder factory, and appointed Zhang Kai as the factory director.

Zhang Kai is also very grateful for the kindness of the old man in Shanxi. While the development of the gunpowder factory is booming, he has continuously improved the process, tapped the potential to improve production efficiency, and successively developed new products such as "fast-burning smokeless medicine" .

The sharp drop in the cost of gunpowder has become the basis for the large increase in ammunition output at the Harajo Armory, including machine rifle bullets, artillery shells, bombs, raleys, and hand grenades.

Money was like snowballing and earning more and more. By 1926, Yuancheng Armory, which had continuously invested a lot of money, was able to produce rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, mountain guns, field guns, mortars and even heavy artillery. It became a rival to Hanyang Arsenal and Shenyang Arsenal. At the peak of the trend, there were more than 15000 workers.

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

After 15 years, the Shanxi old man who entered Jin Province finally developed a small workshop into a large-scale arsenal that was at the forefront of Asia at that time. While earning a steady stream of money for himself, he also had enough sense of security.

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

During the battle at Xinkou, the old man from Shanxi who was forced to reveal part of his family background 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 shells.

If this was not in the Jin province of China but in the three northeastern provinces, they would have thought they were facing Mao Xiong.

These cannons are not showy, they can really kill people. During the entire Jin Province war, the Chinese army lost 10,000+ people, which was a heavy loss, but the Japanese didn’t mean to retreat completely. According to statistics after the war, they were only promoted. , Japan's North China Front lost more than 7 people.

Don't underestimate these 7 people. During the entire Great Patriotic War, excluding the India-Myanmar battlefield and the Kwantung Army's one-pot battle losses, the Japanese army only killed 44 in total.

Of course, there is credit for the bloody battles of various Chinese ministries in the mountainous areas of Jin Province, but the large number of artillery equipped by the Jin army is absolutely indispensable.

Fighting is money, and it has definitely been confirmed in Jin Province. The old man in Shanxi has saved money for 20 years, which is really extraordinary.

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

It stands to reason that the key to a talent like Zhang Kai who can do research and 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 has this kind of talent under his command, will he not be able to sleep at night when he is unhappy?
No matter how stupid the Shanxi old man is, he would not take such talents and heroes, would he?What's more, the birds are not exhausted yet, what kind of bow is there to hide!
In fact, Zhang Kai accidentally touched Jin Sheng's Ni Lin.

'It's okay to touch Lao Tzu's woman, but never touch Lao Tzu's money! 'Although Mr. Jin Sheng didn't put these two sentences directly on the bed, but for decades, that's what he did.

That was before the Central Plains War. Seeing that the arsenal was getting bigger and bigger, Zhang Kai suggested that the Shanxi old man set up the second gunpowder factory. To put it bluntly, it was to expand the scale.

According to Zhang Kai's design, once the factory is completed, it can produce 2 tons of smokeless gunpowder, 10 tons of oleum, 3 tons of nitric acid, and 3 tons of alcohol per day.If it can be done, coupled with the output of the old factory, the Yuancheng Arsenal will be able to beat the two opponents of Hanyang and Shenyang by a cliff. Bullets, artillery shells, explosive kits, grenades, and landmines are all of the type that can be made.

According to Zhang Kai, as long as the Shanxi old man wants to, the landmines made by the Yuancheng Arsenal can be set up around the border of Jin Province, and no one can enter unless they grow wings.

This made the Shanxi old man very happy. He has been in business for so many years. He is not afraid of losing money, but he is afraid of making too much money and being missed by others. Fierce?
If we can make it so well, we are afraid of what those old hooligans will do!

Even if the construction cost is as high as millions of oceans, the old man in Shanxi waved his hand and dropped the blueprint for such a beautiful place, and he did it!

It can be said that the old man in Shanxi did not pay attention to it. He held a meeting every three days and a small meeting every day. He almost poured his production efficiency into this modern gunpowder factory.The early stage went smoothly, the factory building and office area have been built, and the equipment imported from Germany is just waiting for the settlement.

If there is no accident, there will be an accident soon.

The Central Plains War has begun.

All the warlords are fighting together, how can the old man from Shanxi, who is the boss of Jin Province, be able to stay alone?Even if you don't stand in a team, you have to choose a camp!What's more, who said that the old Shanxi man just wants to farm silently and doesn't have a heart to compete in the Central Plains?
"Princes and generals, Ning You is so kind!" 'The Shanxi old man also has the ambition to develop farming to the whole of China!

Therefore, the old Shanxi man was gearing up, planning to take the Jin army that he spent a lot of money to build to a battle.

Everyone knows the final ending. The headmaster at that moment had an aura similar to that of the protagonist. Lao Chen, Lao Li, Lao Zhang, Lao Feng, and Lao Yan were all supporting roles.

It doesn't matter if you lose, as long as the base area is still there, let's develop it for another 20 years, I don't believe we can win or not, the old man in Shanxi is still very strong in his heart.

However, the reality is cruel.

The German company that accepted the deposit for the equipment ran away for unknown reasons!
It doesn't matter if this company runs away, the deposit for rolling away is half of the equipment cost!This blow killed the old man in Shanxi.

He couldn't chase to the other side of the ocean to get that treacherous bastard back to peel and light a sky lantern, but he could arrest the hot guy who came up with the idea and was in charge of the project.

The angry Shanxi old man didn't care about his talents at that time, and directly threw the best explosives engineer and factory manager under his command into prison.

The reason why he didn't cut off his head on the spot is probably because the old man from Shanxi still fantasized that one day the Germanic man would show up. Whether the equipment can be obtained is another matter, and half of the money will be refunded!Zhang Kai, the guy in charge of contacting him, had to keep his head for the time being.

Unexpectedly, this imprisonment took more than ten years. The old man from Shanxi insisted on setting up a chemical laboratory for Zhang Kai in the prison, and let him study it during the day. At night, I continued to sleep on the floor of the prison without being paid.

The only thing Zhang Kai looked forward to was that his family would 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, but maybe he was depressed after all, and his scientific research output was very low. In the past ten years, he has only provided a limited number of items on shell fuzes, etc. Invention is far inferior to his "Kaizi Dynamite" which is famous all over the country.

Of course, Tang Dao learned about the detailed past of 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 person who was persecuted and imprisoned by an old man in Shanxi because of the failure to build a factory. Now Dakouzidong Armory has a lot of leading figures and talents in mechanical forging and processing, but there is no great talent in chemistry. , Leading to Tang Dao's idea that it can be used for incendiary bombs fired by mortars and mountain cannons, and so on, it has not even stayed on paper until now.

Such a master of chemistry with a solid foundation in chemistry and management skills is exactly what Dakouzidong Arsenal needs most.

Unfortunately, the director had his eyes opened that afternoon.

For so many years by the old man's side in Shanxi, he had seen local tyrants before, but it was the first time that a small regiment leader like Tang Dao was so rich and rich.

This time, Tang Dao spent a lot of money to buy arms from the Jin Provincial Ordnance Department. Not to mention the expensive weapons such as mountain cannons and mortars. Just talking about all kinds of bullets, Tang Dao's order is as high as 200 million rounds, based on 7 cents Once calculated, the total price was as high as 14 oceans, which sold nearly half of the 500 million rounds of ammunition in the Ordnance Department's inventory.

There are also some heavyweight ones. Jin made 75 mountain cannons for 8000 oceans, and Tang Dao ordered 24 of them at one go, with a total price of 19.2 oceans; a mountain cannon shell cost 20 oceans, and Tang Dao ordered 1 pieces madly, with a total price of 20 oceans. ;
The Oerlikon 20mm machine gun is an imported product. Not to mention that the two branch factories can’t manufacture it now, even the original factory can’t make it, but it doesn’t matter. As long as you give money, you can take it from the existing troops and sell it. That's it.

It turned out that the Jinsui army invested a lot. Almost every infantry regiment was equipped with Oerlikon 20mm machine guns. Now that the downsizing is severe, many machine guns have been vacant. What's wrong with turning them into cash?

It's just that if you buy it at whatever price, you can buy it at whatever price, and don't accept bargaining.

Daringly, it’s been a waste of years!The business of the Shanxi old man is also absolutely perfect.

The local tyrant Tang Dao agreed without even blinking his eyelids. The 24 Oerlikon 20mm machine guns alone cost another 16.08 oceans, and with the addition of 2.4 shells, another 24 oceans disappeared.

Seeing the moment Tang Dao agreed, the unlucky director felt a pang of pain for him.

Finally, counting the 10 oceans packed with old equipment and the 200 oceans worth of 1.6 tons of raw materials, the total value of the entire transaction is as high as 196 million oceans. The reason why it is an integer is really unlucky. its erased.

Such a large transaction would earn no less than hundreds of thousands of oceans in profit. How could Tang Dao ask such a "useless person" without knowing what to say?

Even when Tang Dao made further unreasonable requests later, demanding to spend money to redeem people, this one also agreed with his chest.

It seems that there is no oil to be squeezed out. Finally, the waste utilization becomes [-] oceans. Isn't he good?

So, under the operation of the unlucky director and the old man from Shanxi nodding in agreement, Tang Dao saw the engineer in the unfortified and even a bit rudimentary cell.

When Tang Dao explained his purpose, the gray-haired uncle only put forward one condition: "If you save my family, my life will be yours."

Before the defeat of the defense battle of Yuancheng, all departments of Yuancheng had already started a large retreat, and they did not forget to bring this "useless person", that is, this person can squeeze some oil, but his family is not so indispensable .

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

However, this man who had been imprisoned for more than ten years and whose mind had been tempered was as strong as fine steel. After hearing the news, he didn't rush to find death and live. He asked about Tang Dao's identity, after all, he was also the leader of the regiment, and then he took this as an exchange condition.

Yuancheng is the largest city in Jin Province, and the Four Elements Regiment wants to live comfortably in the battlefield behind enemy lines in Jin Province. Sooner or later, an intelligence agency will be established there. After calculating the gains and losses in silence for a moment, Tang Dao agreed to the only condition.

However, because of the huge losses in Yuancheng, the Japanese army ravaged the people of Yuancheng for a while after conquering Yuancheng. Tang Dao also explained to this man that even if he sent someone there, there was no guarantee that he would be able to take them back alive.

"Don't worry, Head Tang. Because of me, Jiannei and Quanzi are smarter than ordinary people. They must still be alive. Head Tang, your people can find them at the address I gave, and they will definitely be found." The grizzled uncle was extremely confident.

Xia Dayu on the other side just wanted to curl his lips, and because of you, why have you been locked up in the prison for more than ten years because of you?

"Well, as long as the man is still there, Tang Dao guarantees with the honor of a soldier that he will definitely bring him to you alive." Tang Dao nodded.

"I believe in Captain Tang's character!" The uncle also nodded solemnly.

He is in a big prison, but he is not an ordinary prisoner. There will be newspapers read to him every few days, and there is nothing else in the prison. It is common to read a newspaper over and over again. It is even clearer than many Jinsui troops.

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

How terrible it is for a chemical engineer who has been in a prison for more than ten years, or it can be said that he has worked silently for more than ten years in a well-equipped laboratory!
You know, his dream over the years is to blow up a prison with heavy guards and high walls with very little explosives.