Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Zai Chun is so embarrassed! His face turned purple. How could such an idiot become an official? The roosters and hens had all come out. All the workers around them held back their laughter. It was as if they were constipated.

"Shut up!" Tongzhi turned his head and glared at him.

"In that case... The Northern Special Region can already produce high-quality post-mortem cannons? " Zai Chun asked.

Without waiting for Xin Jian's reply, Prince Chun said in a low voice, "Yes, the first batch of eighty-eight here are called imitators of Prussia … All of them have been sent to the Western army! "

"Zuo Zongtang tested using cannons in the northwest direction. It's very easy to use.

"Yaqub's rebel army is already at the end of their tether. Many of their troops' horses aren't real warhorses. They haven't even been trained enough to listen to the sounds of gunfire … As long as the cannon sounds, many war horses will be shocked! "

Hearing Fifth Uncle's words, Zai Chun's mouth was filled with bitterness. From the moment he had seen the forging bed, he could roughly guess what it was.

"In this special area, there are heavy forging beds..." "How many?"

"This one is the biggest one hundred and fifty tons, the rest isn't more than one thousand tons, about twenty or so!"

Zai Chun let out a long sigh, "Fifth Uncle... Now do you know how the foreign devils get their profits? Without this heavy forging machine, you won't even be able to build a cannon! "

"Truly good cannons rely on forging. It's not something that can be done in a single pouring of molten steel …" "The difference between the two of us is like the difference between each other in terms of the molten steel of this furnace and the forging beds …"

"If you don't improve now, perhaps there will be 10,000 tons of hydraulic presses in the future. At that time, an amazing big cannon will appear!"

"Sky Shattering Cannon?" "How big can this cannon be?" Weng Tonghe obviously did not want to raise the prestige of others.

"How old? Hehe … It's big enough that a cannon ball could collapse a tower of the True Sun Sect! " With that, Zai Chun left!

The visit that followed made Zai Chun's heart turn heavier and heavier. He still remembered how it was five years ago when he went to sea to study. Back then, the Special Zone was already very busy, but at that time, the Special Zone was still mainly composed of light industry.

Producing iron nail, oil lamps, spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing … All of them were from the light industries that focused on life!

It wasn't that there weren't any military factories, but at that time, they could only produce some light weapons. Rifle assembly, grenades, explosives … Even the barrel of the rifle had to be imported from the United States and Prussia.

In just five years, Xiao Letian relied on strategic deception to buy himself five years of peaceful development, but now, heavy industry had become the mainstream of the Special Administrative Region.

The iron and steel blast furnace was also built. There was also a heavy forging machine and a milling machine … The basic machinery of the industry was also complete!

What was even more terrifying was that Xiao Letian was cultivating thousands of types of skilled workers, and then picking out plastic engineers from these technical blue-collar workers.

Look at that greasy lathe, a master with a European face has to bring at least ten apprentices, each one of them is so focused!

His master was building a system, and that was the industrial system. What he wanted was for the Chinese industry to not show any weaknesses!

Perhaps at the very beginning, the items produced by the Chinese were of poor accuracy, reliability and low standards … However, it didn't matter. The difference between them was like the difference between heaven and earth!

If it could be produced, at least it wouldn't get stuck in someone's throat. As for the quality of the products, that could be improved a little by relying on time!

Once this system was set up, the greatest safety would be during the war. When the Western trade embargo began, the Chinese could at least produce a batch of ordinary quality substitutes to make do with.

And the Great Qing? What is it? What could she produce? She was still relying on his breathing!

In the end, Tongzhi pushed away the huge lunch that the special region had prepared and left after observing for only four hours.

Riding a boat from here, they could smoothly return to Beijing. When Zai Chun boarded the ship, he did not even wave to the commoners who were on the shore to send him off. Instead, they immediately convened their own royal meeting.

"Did you see that? Did you see that? This is the work the Chinese have done these years. What about us? Fu Qing, you are from Head Office. Tell me, how are the other special zones of Great Qing doing? "

Back then, when Xiao Letian was renting the Tanggu District, the Great Qing joined in as well. There was even one in Guangzhou, Shanghai.

Shanghai's is not too bad, more or less built a few ceramics factory, tea factory, filature, weaving... In any case, profits had already been made through the old industries in the South.

But what about Guangzhou? The land was ringed, and in the end, even the workers of the factory could not be recruited. In the end, they split it up and let the merchants build storehouses and shops.

This was not a special area at all, it was where the General of Guangzhou and the Governors of Guangzhou were working together to create real estate!

He used the imperial government's decree to forcefully circle the land of the commoners, but he didn't have any ability to set up an industrial area. In the end, he directly sublet and sell it to the merchants.

In such a short period of time, the profits were more than a million, and the money that was given to the influential figures in the capital was not a small amount!

This pot of water is too dirty, Qing San Ye does not dare to talk about it!

"Your Majesty … This subject is only in charge of the telegraph office in Head Office, I am really not clear about the situation in this region … "

"Haha …" "You don't know. Okay, does anyone else know?"

"Are you telling me none of you are aware of this?"

Hearing Tongzhi's questioning, the officials all lowered their heads and shut their mouths, only the sound of the dragon boat piercing through the water could be heard.

Zai Chun's expression was turning worse and worse, this was the sign that he was about to go berserk! At this time, only the Fifth Uncle of the emperor came to make things clear.

"Cough, cough …" Your Majesty … "Although this official has no specific political affairs, I still have some understanding of the situation!"

"This Industrial Zones of Jiangnan backed the convenience of opening a port in Shanghai and engaged in foreign trade. They built a batch of porcelain factories, silk factories, textile factories, and even refined tea factories …"

"It's said that they did something else … "In accordance with the custom of selling goods, accept foreign orders, and make products according to their requirements..."

"For example, porcelain painting their country's scenery! Silk must be the most gorgeous colors and patterns! Even the grade of tea is made in accordance with the standards of foreigners … "

"Well, in the past five years, Jiangnan's special administrative region has already made a lot of money. Not bad!"

"I'm not too familiar with Guangzhou's special administrative region, but I've heard it from the imperial government that they've already made a profit. I hope they don't worry too much about this!"

Zai Chun had no choice but to give Fifth Uncle face. He sighed. How is this a matter of money? Could it be that the purpose of our special administrative region is to make money? "

"Why not?"

"Aiya …" In the end, our Qing Dynasty is still going to do our industry, we have to produce iron and steel, and we have to produce Gun cannons!

"As long as I can produce my own Gun cannons and battleships, I would rather pay for my own! I'd rather he lost money every day! "

"It's not because we are poor that our Qing Dynasty fell behind. It's because we don't have industry!"

Zai Chun was so angry that his head hurt. He waved his hand. On the way back to the capital, all of you have been carefully pondering about this … When we return to the palace and hold our assembly, you'll have to tell me everything! "

After the temporary meeting dispersed, Weng Tonghe stopped Fu Qing and the Fifth Prince on the deck and said softly, "Your Highness, Master San … What should he do? Once His Majesty returned to his country, he asked for both industrial and industrial goods! "

"Going back to the capital with this fire, I'm afraid there will be a conflict! Think of a way to calm His Majesty down! "

"Before we get our hands on the government, we can't mess around. Before we get our hands on the authority, we can't mess around!"

"We have to protect His Majesty's personal government first!"