Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Wan Ling asked, "It took a lot of work? What does that mean?"

Lin Yuan said: "Both Fuzhou Shipping Bureau and Mawei Shipyard were founded by Zuo Zongtang. Zuo Zongtang belonged to the Hunan Army Group, and Li Hongzhang belonged to the Huai Army Group. These two people have never dealt with each other, and Li Hongzhang and I left It’s relatively close, and they have already regarded me as Li Hongzhang’s confidant among the government and the public, how can you say that the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau can honestly listen to me?”

Wan Ling smiled and said, "That's really impossible, so what are you going to do?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "You leave the design to your students. Let's go to the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau together. In the name of recruiting workers, we will get all the skilled workers there!"

Wan Ling chuckled and said, "Okay, I'll leave the specific work to them. During the time we're away, I'll let them start building our first warship. I want to wait for us to come back from Fujian." It happened to be in time for the launching ceremony of the first warship."

Lin Yuan said: "That's great, you get ready, let's go to Beijing first, tell the emperor about this matter, and then go to Fujian to get all the skilled workers from the Shipping Bureau."

The next day, Lin Yuan took Wan Ling and set off, first to Shenyang. Lin Yuan felt that since he was going back to Beijing, he could not do without his right-hand man, Master Chen Qingyun.

On the way, Chen Qingyun asked: "Shuai Lin, the villain has been inquiring about things in the capital during the days when you went to Mongolia to show off your skills. I don't know why you returned to the capital this time, Shuai Lin?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I want to build warships, but I lack skilled workers, so I want to get people from Jiangnan Shipyard and Fuzhou Shipping Bureau to me."

When Chen Qingyun heard this, his expression changed immediately, and he said in a panic, "Shuai Lin, this is absolutely unacceptable!"

Seeing Chen Qingyun's appearance, Lin Yuan knew that this matter was no small matter, so he asked, "Why do you say this matter is not acceptable?"

Chen Qingyun slapped his thigh and said, "Shuai Lin, if you do this thing two months in the morning, you'll be fine."

Lin Yuan became more and more confused as he listened, and quickly asked, "What's going on? Tell me quickly."

Chen Qingyun said: "Didn't you tell the emperor a lot of benefits of building a navy? You also changed the calendar, timekeeping methods, and weights and measures to Western styles. After hearing this, the emperor was moved. After you went to Europe We have been making preparations since then, hasn’t Yuan Shikai been training the new army? The emperor and the queen mother thought he was a general, so they gave him the title of Minister of Shipping of Fuzhou, in charge of the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau.”

Lin Yuan thought to himself when he heard this: "It's Yuan Shikai again. I have dealt with him many times, and every time he was tortured terribly by me, I'm afraid this time he will seize the opportunity to embarrass me."

Chen Qingyun went on to say: "The Holy Majesty allocated a sum of money from the Ministry of Households to Yuan Shikai for the construction of warships. Now he plans to build two warships. It is said that they are the latest steel-armored fast gunships!"

Lin Yuan thought: "It's the latest one! Now the British have produced dreadnoughts!" Lin Yuan asked, "Who designed the battleship?"

Chen Qingyun said: "Shuai Lin didn't know that this Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau was created by Duke Zuo Wenxiang when he was in charge of Fujian and Zhejiang. The Fuzhou Shipping Bureau is a Frenchman named Duyer, and the design of the battleship was completed by the craftsmen he invited from France."

Lin Yuan laughed secretly in his heart: "The French still want to buy steam turbine technology from me, and now they even come to build us warships." Chen Qingyun said again: "Yuan Shikai and Du Yeer have a very close friendship. It's extremely difficult!"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Which one of the things I do is easy?"

Chen Qingyun waved his hands again and again, looked around, and said to Lin Yuan in a low voice: "Shuai Lin, in terms of shipbuilding strength, the Jiangnan Shipyard is obviously stronger than the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, do you know why Fuzhou was given the task of building warships?" Shipping Bureau, but not Jiangnan Shipyard?"

Lin Yuan frowned and asked, "Tell me why?"

Chen Qingyun said: "Shuai Lin, they all think that the Jiangnan Shipyard is your confidant, so they didn't entrust them with the task of building warships. Think about it, you have made the Northeast so good, and the imperial court is not at ease with you. ! Especially your army, which beat off the Russians and Japanese, is simply invincible in the world, tell me, can the imperial court hand over the navy to you again?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "So that's what happened, I'm not afraid."

Chen Qingyun said: "The villain knows Lin Shuai's strength, but this is not something you are afraid of, but what those craftsmen are afraid of. Think about it, the imperial court will definitely not let you send all the craftsmen to the northeast , how can you get them there?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "You don't know that, that Du Yeer is domineering in the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau, and he is a relative. What are his men doing? These craftsmen have not signed a contract of sale with the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau, so why can't I get them all?"

Chen Qingyun thought for a while and said, "This is a good idea, but Lin Shuai, you have never been to the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau. How do you know that Du Yeer is domineering?"

Lin Yuan smiled in his heart: "Of course it's written in the history books." But Lin Yuan didn't tell him, but smiled and didn't speak, and soon came to Beijing. After listening to Chen Qingyun's words, Lin Yuan knew that there was no need I went to see Emperor Guangxu again. First, I sent the workers from the Jiangnan Shipyard to the Lushun Shipyard with an order, and then took the train directly to the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau.

At this time, the railway to Fuzhou had not yet been built, so Lin Yuan first went to Shanghai on the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, and then went to Fuzhou by boat. The completion of this railway also surprised foreigners, because they did not expect that the railway When crossing the Yangtze River, there was no bridge, but a tunnel was dug under the Yangtze River.

In this era, Shanghai is the economic center of China. With this railway, the goods in Shanghai can be transported to the northern provinces more quickly, so many merchants use this railway to transport goods. This railway is very busy. If it is not for the railway The operation right is in Lin Yuan's hands, he really can't squeeze on the train, Lin Yuan looked at the trains coming and going, and thought in his heart: "It seems that we need to build more branch railways connecting the north and the south, look at these people outside, It’s almost time for the Spring Festival travel season!”

When Lin Yuan came to Shanghai, he met the comrades of Zhang Industrial Company in Shanghai. He learned that the trade situation with foreign countries was very good, and it could be said that he was making money every day. Then Lin Yuan brought some followers and bought a few cars. , from Shanghai to Fuzhou by boat, the Shipbuilding Bureau's shipyard is located in Mawei, this place is under the jurisdiction of Min County, Fujian Province, [-] kilometers away from the provincial capital Fuzhou, Lin Yuan first arrived in Fuzhou, the prefect of Fuzhou stepped down to welcome him, Lin Yuan is not welcome, Stay in the most luxurious post house in Fuzhou.

On the next day, November 11th, Lin Yuan drove to Mawei with his people. Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I want to recruit technicians, so I should put some airs on." When people went in to report, they thought that the people inside would come out to greet them, but they didn't expect that the person who went to report would come back with a bruised nose and a swollen face.