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In Lin Yuan's words, a few words that are quite rude in English were added. If two people in the middle of a dispute use these words, they are basically close to fighting.

Ryan and his subordinates all changed color, several craftsmen who were sitting on the side stood up, Ryan looked at Lin Yuan coldly, and said, "Sir, please pay attention to your words!"

Lin Yuan moved closer to Ryan, his nose was almost pressed against his face, he stared into his eyes, and said decisively: "There is no bonus, fix it, or not?"

Ryan was in the Machine Bureau and had never seen such a tyrannical Qing countryman. He was a little at a loss and took two steps back.

The reason why Lin Yuan dared to question foreign craftsmen so unceremoniously was because he knew that these foreign craftsmen could act unreasonably in China. If they really returned to China, they would be just ordinary technicians. , and if they really return to China, they will not have such good conditions in China.

Ryan is well aware of this, and he is not willing to lose his job at the Machinery Bureau and return to China, but if he agrees under Lin Yuan's persecution, where will he lose face!So he said coldly: "No bonus! No repair!"

Lin Yuan sneered and said, "Well, you can go back to your country!"

Ryan thought to himself: "Anyway, you can't fix this machine, and you will come to beg me in the future!" So he sneered and took the man away.

Su Mao hurried up to persuade Lin Yuan, saying, "My lord, they are gone, who will repair this machine?"

Lin Yuan smiled, looked at the crowd below, and said, "Who can repair this machine?" After asking three times, a young man swung his arms and squeezed out of the crowd.

The young man rushed to Lin Yuan in a few steps, knelt down on one knee, and said, "My lord, I think that the reason this machine can't work today is because the coal it burns is too inferior, and the fire pipes are blocked with residue. Just turn on the boiler and clear the firepipes."

The so-called fire tube is a part of the boiler. When the steam engine is working, coal is burned in the furnace, and the heated air flows into the pipe, and the outside of the pipe is water. In this way, the hot gas in the pipe turns the water into steam, but If the quality of the coal is poor, the coal will not burn sufficiently, so that dross will clog the fire pipes.

Lin Yuan looked at Su Mao and asked, "Is what he said right?"

Su Mao said: "What he said is correct, the little one thought about it too, but this machine costs tens of thousands of taels of silver, if the little one breaks it on his own initiative, we can't afford it! Shall we invite the foreigners back?"

These equipments are expensive, and if something goes wrong during Su Mao’s tenure, he can’t afford to sell Su Mao, so these losses have to be paid by the Qing court. Although Su Mao will not receive financial compensation, the lost Dismissal of officials is inevitable. What's more serious is that the Qing court will punish him, exile or even behead him.

Lin Yuan said to Su Mao: "Just follow the method you want to repair. If there is a problem, I will be responsible!"

As if he had taken a reassurance, Su Mao called people to repair the boiler, and then everyone dispersed, but the boiler could not work when it was being repaired, so Lin Yuan simply gave everyone a day off, and everyone dispersed.

Seeing that what she was worried about did not happen, Shen Wanqing bid farewell to Lin Yuan and returned to the newspaper office. Lin Yuan told Su Mao to come and find her after the work was arranged.

After Su Mao arranged things properly, he came to see Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan knew that if he wanted to build advanced weapons and equipment, he had to get the funds and management right first, so he asked Su Mao to come.

Lin Yuan asked: "How about the production capacity of our Tianjin machine? Do you have a detailed file?"

Su Mao said: "Then you and I will come to the archives room. We have to report the production situation and equipment loss of the year to the Zhili Governor's Yamen every year."

Lin Yuan and Su Mao came to the archives room. Su Mao opened the cabinet, took out the production materials of the last year, and put them in front of Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan opened the document and asked, "Just now, I heard that young man say that the coal we use is too inferior. Is this true?"

Su Mao said helplessly: "Well, it's a long story. When we bought the Kangbang machine from the UK, we had to ship it from the UK. We needed ballast for traveling on the sea. At that time, the upper management decided to buy it. I went to use British coal as ballast. Later, I saw that British coal was good and the price was cheaper than Chinese coal, so I kept using British coal. Later, the Kaiping Coal Mine was well established, and the coal from Kaiping Coal Mine was transferred Come here, but there is a lot of expenses left."

While flipping through the documents, Lin Yuan listened to Su Mao's speech, and Su Mao said, "The coal in Kaiping Coal Mine mainly has five-slot and eight-slot coal..."

Lin Yuan asked softly: "What do the five slots and the eight slots mean?"

Su Mao explained: "It's just that the places where the coal is dug are different..."

As soon as Lin Yuan heard this, he understood that this slot means the mining surface. Seeing that Lin Yuan understood, Su Mao went on to say: "The fifth slot is the best, and the eighth slot is the worst. It was to allocate coal for us in Wucao, but later, the original general manager Tang Tingshu passed away, and a new general manager named Zhang Yi was replaced. As soon as Zhang Yi came up, he sold the coal for us to Hong Kong. In this way, Kaiping The coal mines are several times more profitable! We'll have to use the worst coal."

Lin Yuan asked, "Didn't you tell the Zhili governor's office?"

Su Mao laughed and said, "It's useless. In Kaiping Coal Mine, who owns the most shares? The important officials of the Sanju Department and the Shangguan of Zhili Governor's Yamen, they most hope that Kaiping Coal Mine will make money. Tell me about this matter." Who can control it!"

Lin Yuan thought: "This is a long-standing disease of the Qing court, and it cannot be changed overnight. However, I still have to find ways to solve this problem!"

Su Mao laughed when he said this, and said: "I heard that the coal of the Beiyang Fleet has also been replaced. They are all dead. We are good."

At this moment, Lin Yuan flipped through the document, and he spread out the first page. This page contained the accounting information of the Tianjin Machinery Bureau, which recorded the financial expenditure data of the Tianjin Machinery Bureau. Building weapons is the most costly task. Money matters, don't even think about making any weapons without money.

On that page, the first line read: 39 taels of silver for the salary of the staff, the red paper and other items.

Lin Yuan knew that the so-called staff members were the managers at all levels in the Machinery Bureau, but he didn't understand what the "Xinhong" at the back meant, so he asked Su Mao: "What is this Xinhong?" ?”

Su Mao replied: "It is cinnabar. When superiors give instructions to subordinates, they must write in vermilion ink and stamp with a seal, so a lot of cinnabar is needed."

Lin Yuan said: "Now we have to spend all our limited money on making weapons and equipment, and don't waste money on this cinnabar. How about this, when you give instructions to your subordinates in the future, you will always use black ink!"

Seeing Su Mao nodding in agreement, Lin Yuan asked again: "These projects cost nearly 40 taels of silver! How come there are so many?"

Su Mao suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Lord Lin, I have a bad feeling to report back. If someone asks you in the future, please don't say that I said this."