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Lin Yuan asked, "Is there any question?"

Shen Wanqing said, "What if Zeiss doesn't sell it to us? Besides, Zeiss doesn't specialize in making optical glass."

Lin Yuan said: "This is the ingenious part of my plan. I wanted Tianjin Machinery Bureau to buy it in their name. Later, I thought, this is not possible, because now that China and Japan are at war, Germany will strictly abide by neutrality. I want to help each other, so I plan to let a private enterprise buy these equipment in the name of civilian use. Although there will be a certain gap in quality between civilian supplies and military supplies, for the current Qing army, it is better than nothing. Be strong."

"Just at this time, Zhang Jian came to our door, and I simply asked him to buy it for us. Zeiss is indeed not a company specializing in the production of optical glass. The most famous optical glass factory in Germany is the Schott factory, but these factories are all If you want to buy optical glass from them, it will definitely attract the attention of the government. After all, in this era, optical glass is still a relatively cutting-edge thing. Although Zhang Jian’s spinning factory is a private enterprise, I am afraid they will find out. , so I approached Zeiss.”

"Zeiss is still a small company. Such a company, facing such a large order as us, will not let the cooked duck fly away. At that time, they will definitely go to the most famous Schott in Germany. The factory, buy these optical glasses, and then sell them to us. As for some links in it, Zeiss will definitely find a way to help us manage them. In terms of the strength of management in Germany, Zeiss does not know how many times stronger than us.”

Shen Wanqing thought for a while and asked, "However, what does a spinning mill need optical glass for?"

Lin Yuan said: "They don't care, as long as they make money!"

Shen Wanqing giggled, and suddenly, her smile froze, and she said, "I seem to have made a mistake."

Lin Yuan also became nervous and asked, "What mistake did you make?"

Shen Wanqing said: "I forgot to tell the group of arresters not to tell what happened today!"

Lin Yuan thought: "What kind of mistake is this?" So he smiled and said: "What's the matter?"

Shen Wanqing said: "Think about it, what would the workers of the Tianjin Machinery Bureau think if they knew that there were Japanese spies in their bureau?"

Lin Yuan said: "They will definitely hate these traitors. Are you worried that the workers in the factory will trouble Xu Bin?"

Shen Wanqing shook her head and said: "No, Xu Bin's matter is easy to talk about, as long as he was arrested and arrested by the wrong person, anyway, arresters in this era often arrest the wrong person, what I am worried about is: something like this happened , everyone inside is in danger, afraid that one day they will be blamed, if you say this continues, how can the machine bureau produce with peace of mind?"

Lin Yuan said: "That's right, how about this, let's go to the Machinery Bureau to take a look, if there is any trouble, we will take timely measures."

Shen Wanqing said: "I'm all to blame for this incident. Everyone knew that such a secret operation was not leaked, but I forgot the era."

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Okay, don't blame yourself, this matter is not out of control, it's getting late now, they are almost off work, let's find a place to rest, and we will go to the machine department tomorrow."

Turning the other day, Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing went to the Machinery Bureau after more than an hour of working time. There were many branch factories in the Machinery Bureau, such as gunpowder manufacturers, bullet manufacturers, and artillery shell manufacturers. There is a certain distance between each other, in order to prevent accidental explosive explosion of gunpowder, so the distance between each factory building is a safe distance that will not cause martyrdom.

Since there are several manufacturing processes for the same weapon, different manufacturing processes may be in different factories. Take the manufacture of bullets as an example. The warhead and the shell case are made in different plants. In a factory building, people need to walk back and forth between the factory buildings to transport weapons, usually pushing carts, so the factory is quite lively.

But when Lin Yuan entered the machine bureau, he was surprised to find that no one was moving around in the huge factory!

When the two of them were puzzled, they finally saw an old craftsman appearing in their field of vision. Lin Yuan quickly stopped him and asked, "Master, why is there no one in this game?"

The old craftsman slapped his hands hard, and said angrily: "The group of foreign devils are making trouble again! No, they are making trouble in the Kangbang workshop. They don't work unless they get paid!"

The so-called Kangbang refers to the steam engine. The Kangbang workshop, as the name suggests, is the workshop where the steam engine is placed. In modern factories, electricity has long been popularized as power. Mechanical processing equipment such as punches, lathes, and milling machines are all driven by electricity. In factories, steam is still used as power.There are many machine tools in the factory, and it is impossible to provide a steam engine for each machine tool, so the steam engine is placed in a workshop to provide power for each workshop.

Lin Yuan glanced at Shen Wanqing with relief, his eyes clearly said: "You don't have to blame yourself, it has nothing to do with you."

The two came to the workshop mentioned by the old craftsman, and saw three floors surrounded by people. Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing squeezed into the center, and saw a few blond craftsmen sitting beside several boilers. , There is no flame in the furnace of the boiler. Obviously, the fire has not started. If there is no fire, there is no way to generate high-temperature and high-pressure steam, and there is no power, so the equipment in the entire factory has stopped.

Su Mao was talking to the leading foreign craftsman, and he spoke fluent English: "Mr. Lane, we hope you can fix the boiler immediately!"

Ryan said blankly: "Mr. Su, if you can't provide twice our monthly salary as a bonus, we won't repair it."

Su Mao's face was livid, and he said, "Mr. Ryan, you also know that your wages are twelve times that of our workers' wages. You take so much money, and now you want more money!"

Ryan smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Su, our ability is worth the price!"

The conversation between them was conducted in English, so the craftsmen below didn't understand. Lin Yuan stepped forward and said to Su Mao, "Director Su, what happened?"

When Su Mao saw Lin Yuan, he felt as if he had seen a savior. He said, "I don't know why this morning, the pressure of the steam couldn't go up, and we couldn't use a lot of equipment. Let these foreign devils repair it, but they took advantage of it! "

Lin Yuan asked: "Has there been such a problem with the equipment before?"

Su Mao said helplessly: "It happened before, but at that time the price raised by foreigners was not high, so we agreed, but this time, alas!"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have a solution."

Su Mao said: "My lord, please don't mess with them, just try to make them ask for less money."

Lin Yuan said like a peacemaker: "Don't worry, I will talk to them properly."

Lin Yuan walked up to Ryan with a smile and said in English: "Either fix the machine! Or put your tail between your legs and get out!"