The journey starts from the Titanic

"Can I write to you?" Yu Mingyu stared at Lu Bicheng's beautiful eyes, so as not to hide the heat in his eyes.(Nonsense, people are going away, and they hide their farts.) In an era without mobile internet, a man writing a letter to a woman is equivalent to saying "Can I soak you?".Lu Bicheng seemed to feel the reluctance of the man in front of her, and she smiled slightly, "The journey is far away. I travel everywhere, so communication might not be convenient."

"Will you write to me then?" Yu Mingyu said unwillingly.He firmly grasped Lu Bicheng's hand, as if the other party wouldn't let it go unless he agreed.

Lu Bicheng did not expect the other party to be so bold. She looked at Yu Mingyu in astonishment. She struggled for a while and was unsuccessful. She had no choice but to say: "Okay! It's a big deal! When I was writing for the "Ta Kung Pao", I would send you a letter by the way."

Lu Bicheng looked at Yu Mingyu with tolerance, and said in his heart: Distance will change everything.After all these years, looking back is a thing of the past.

The lone sail is far away from the blue sky, only the sky stream of the Yangtze River can be seen.

"Everyone is gone, why are you stupefied here?" A voice rang in his ear, and Yu Mingyu looked back, but Song Ziwen smiled meaningfully."Why are you here?" He was surprised.

"Pick up a guest! Liu Hongsheng from Pingxiang Mining Company will have to rely on him to supply coke in Hanyang in the future!" Song Ziwen explained.

"Oh!" Yu Mingyu replied, and couldn't help but glance at the empty Han Shui again.

Chapter 136

The Hanyang Iron Factory is reborn, and the most intense feeling is the Hanyang Armory, which is a stone's throw away.Investigating the historical origin, Hanyang Iron Factory and Hanyang Armory are twin sisters, and they are closely related.But that was already a matter of the Qing Dynasty. Now that the iron factory is prosperous after being acquired by Meihua and Chinese businessmen, the Hanyang Arsenal is depressed.

"Mr. Song, I really envy you!" Liu Enzuo, the general manager of the Hanyang Armory Factory, looked at the four-chimney iron factory and said to Song Ziwen enviously.

The Hanyang Arsenal is China’s largest arsenal. It produces over 100 rifles per day. It can also produce machine guns and a small amount of artillery. This is the only one in China. How can you listen to Liu Enzuo’s tone of dismay?

"What do you say?" Song Ziwen looked at the plump and simple neighbor with a little puzzled.

"Isn't funding short? I'm waiting to be fed now. Seeing the new outlook on your side, I am a little bit emotional." Liu Enzuo's tone was a little depressed.He went to Beijing several times to ask for funds, but every time he got lost in the "relevant departments".

Although the arsenal is under the management of the Ministry of War, it is actually controlled by Hubei Supervisor Wang Zhanyuan. Wang Zhanyuan is a local warlord. Beijing naturally refuses to allocate funds to the arsenal, lest Wang Zhanyuan will be taken advantage of.However, Wang Zhanyuan was an extremely stingy man, and he did not even pay his soldiers, let alone take money to build an arsenal.

Song Ziwen thought for a while and immediately understood Liu Enzuo's situation.

"Does the arsenal need some steel? The iron factory is willing to provide some, but the quantity may not be much!" Song Ziwen said.Although he knew that the arsenal could not pay for the time being, Song Ziwen was still willing to build on this relationship and spend money on personal affection, and at the same time advertise for the iron factory.

"Thank you, Mr. Song." Liu Enzuo looked at Song Ziwen gratefully. Before he could say it, the other party satisfied his wish. No wonder he was able to take charge of this huge iron factory at a young age.Liu Enzuo's favor with Song Ziwen soared.

"Hey? What is the gun?" At this time, the factory guards just passed the training. The factory guard's rifle attracted Liu Enzuo's attention. He is an expert in this field, so he is a little sensitive.

"That is a Mauser rifle made by Nanyang Philippines. I asked a friend to buy some to protect the factory." Song Ziwen smiled, and saw Liu Enzuo interested in it, so he found it and showed it to Liu Enzuo.

Liu Enzuo studied it and praised: "The structure is very compact, the barrel is also made of high-quality steel pipe, and the processing technology is also in place. It's not bad! I didn't expect the Philippines to be able to produce such a good gun, which is stronger than the Hanyang Armory."

"Haha. That's the American territory. They want to produce some guns. It's quite simple." Song Ziwen slapped, he didn't care much.His subsidiary Shanghai Commercial Machinery Company cooperates with Meihua Company to import and sell a large number of machinery and equipment every year. The production of rifles is actually not a big deal when he sees it.

"Oh! I have designed an automatic rifle before and participated in the US Army's arms bidding, but unfortunately there is no further. I have improved a lot over the years, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to produce it." Liu Enzuo said with emotion.

"General Manager Liu also designs an automatic rifle?" Song Ziwen was intrigued, thinking that if Liu Enzuo can take part in the U.S. military bidding, it should be a good product, at least not at a bad level.

"I know a lot of foreign arms dealers. If Mr. Liu can trust me, you might as well show it to my friends, maybe they can see it?" Song Ziwen said casually.

"Okay!" Liu Enzuo nodded, and couldn't bear to live up to Song Ziwen's kindness.After returning, he gave the sample to Song Ziwen.Song Ziwen handed over the gun to Meihua Company. After several rounds, it was sent to the secret arsenal in Medan.

Over the past ten years, Liu Enzuo has improved the design and the performance of the gun has improved a lot, so the actual combat performance has been greatly improved.

If history has not changed, this humble gun can only rust and rot in dusty corners. The rifle that Liu Enzuo participated in the U.S. arms competition ten years ago was kept in the U.S. Museum a hundred years later. I just remembered, oh, the Chinese were able to make automatic rifles a hundred years ago.

This is just a small episode, Song Ziwen forgot immediately afterwards.The first business of the iron factory was to credit a part of the steel to the arsenal, while the second customer was the well-established Yangtze Machine Manufacturing Factory in Zhanjiaji, Hankou. This machine factory can produce railway bridges, vehicles, small steamers, Iron-wood barges, barges, water tower tanks, gas engines, cast steel furnaces and other products.The factory employs more than 1,000 workers and has become the largest private machine factory in Hubei.

This is a big customer, so Song Ziwen naturally attaches great importance to this transaction.To this end, he specially asked Liu Hongsheng, the chairman and general manager of Pingxiang Mining Company, to come forward to lobby Song Weichen, the boss of Yangzi Machinery Manufacturing Plant.

Song Weicheng is the largest businessman in Hankou. His Jiji Hydropower Company is the largest civil water and electricity company in Hankou. The Hankou business district, including the concessions, is using his tap water and electricity. He is a first-class figure in Hankou's business community.

"Ziwen, you are not being honest. With your current status, Song Lao will give you a bit of face. Why do you want to get me?" Liu Hongsheng smiled. Not long after he took over the Pingxiang Coal Mine, he also had a lot of money on hand. thing.At the same time, there is also the business of taking care of the match factory, which is no easier than Song Ziwen.

"Senior, isn't this a casual thing? You have a close relationship with Song Lao. One thing you say is better than me. Besides, after the iron factory and the mining company have exchanged shares, the iron factory is not the same for you. What's wrong?" Song Ziwen laughed.

Liu Hongsheng is really different. He and Song Weichen are from Zhejiang, and more importantly, Liu Hongsheng’s father-in-law Ye Shigong is the brother of Ye Chengzhong, a businessman from Jiangsu University. Ye Chengzhong is that Song Weichen is a good friend and partner. Established the national match brand-Xiechang Match!

The output of the Hankou branch of the Xiechang Match Factory in Hankou opened by Song Weichen surpassed that of the Shanghai main factory, which was highly valued by the owner Ye Chengzhong, so after leaving the match factory to do business alone, he still got the support of Ye Chengzhong and the relationship with the Ye family. good.

"First declare, I am me, the Ye family is the Ye family, you know, I have a bad relationship with the Ye family, so I dare not save the face of Song Lao!" Liu Hongsheng gave Song Ziwen a vaccination in advance. The family looked down on him and did not want to marry his daughter Ye Suzhen, Liu Hongsheng had always been worried about it.

"I know! It's done, thanks to your work, but no, I don't know what I can do, right?" Song Ziwen smiled.He also knows a lot about the grudge between Liu Hongsheng and the Ye family.

After seeing Song Weichen, the conversation between the two parties went smoothly.As younger generations, Song Ziwen and Liu Hongsheng were respectful and polite towards Song Weichen, which made Song Weichen very satisfied.

As soon as they met, Song Weichen teased Liu Hongsheng and said: "What? Are you still worried about Lao Ye back then?"

"Where is it? I'm just a coal seller on the street, and now I'm also a coal seller." Liu Hongsheng sneered.

"It's great that you can sell coal to you like this. Now people call you the coal king. I have to say that this Ye family had a miserable look back then, but now it seems that Suzhen girl has a good eye!" Song Weichen laughed.

What can Liu Hongsheng say?He smirked, as a tacit understanding.

"After talking about the coal king, now I'm going to talk about the new steel king." Song Weichen turned his head and looked at Song Ziwen wittily, "Hanyang Iron Factory is reborn, and the old man is also very happy!"

"Song Lao Mizan, does Ziwen still have to eat your food? Now the iron factory is out of iron, but there is no market. Ziwen is terrified!" Song Ziwen looked at Song Weichen with some pity.

"It's easy to say about steel. As long as the quality is qualified and the price is right, Yangzi Machine Manufacturing Plant will buy steel from Hanyang Iron Plant in the future." Song Weichen said readily.

"Thank you Song for being old. Don't worry, our steel quality is absolutely guaranteed, and the price is the same as that of imported goods. Calculating the freight, our products are much cheaper than foreign ones."

Song Ziwen said happily.He breathed a sigh of relief. Foreign steel was dumped, which put a lot of pressure on the Hanyang Iron Works. It is Song Ziwen's most important thing to find the order as possible.Hanyang Iron Works can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being to get a big customer like Yangzi Machinery Manufacturing.

"I can't write two Song characters in a stroke, and I am willing to do something for Hanyang Iron Factory. I was secretly anxious when I saw the iron factory almost closed down a few days ago. I didn't expect you to save it again. Song Mousheng Master Dezhongtang helped a lot, so naturally he didn’t want to see his efforts in vain. Besides, the machines from the machine factory were bought from the iron factory! After all, we are still a family!"

Song Weichen said.

"Yes, yes! We are a family. In the future, the iron factory and the machine factory will cooperate more and seek common development." Song Ziwen laughed.Then he recommended his own Shanghai Commercial Machinery Company, "Song Lao, what machinery and equipment will be needed in the future, even if you ask me, my company in Shanghai also runs machinery import trading business to ensure high quality and low price. I can do whatever technology you need. Help us in."

"Oh?" Song Weichen's eyes lit up, and he looked at Song Ziwen with some surprise, thinking of the Meihua company behind him, and his heart was bright.

"It's Meihua? And Hongsheng. Your Pingxiang coal mine also has Meihua company involved? Meihua's staff are so long!" Song Weichen said finally, a little to himself.

Song Ziwen and Liu Hongsheng looked a little embarrassed. They have the same big boss Situ Nan, but others don't know!In the eyes of many people, Meihua is an American company. Although it has always had a good image, it is still a foreign company.

Suddenly, Song Ziwen didn't know what to say to Song Weichen.However, Song Weichen's next sentence made Song Ziwen overjoyed.

"I am going to separate the vehicle workshop of the Yangtze Machine Manufacturing Plant and build a depot. As for whether to produce cars or locomotives? I haven't considered it yet! Both are outstanding businessmen and broad-minded. Can you give me a reference?" Song Weichen said.

Liu Hongsheng didn't say anything, after all, he was unfamiliar at this time.Song Ziwen thought for a while and said, "Car! As far as I know, the Model T produced by Ford Motor Company in the United States has a simple structure, but it is suitable for various terrains and has good sales. If Song Lao is interested, I think it can be imported from abroad first. Engines, transmissions and other important parts are produced by ourselves, assembled, and then sold to cities such as Hankou, Shanghai, Tianjin, etc. There should be a certain market. In this regard, I can contact the American machine company on behalf of it. If the price is right, it is estimated that it will not be possible. problem."

Song Weichen nodded. Song Ziwen's suggestion is pertinent, reasonable and well-founded, in line with reality, and in line with the interests of Hanyang Iron Works. After all, once things are done, Hanyang Iron Works should first consider the steel needed by the depot.

"I think so too. But recently I heard rumors that the government intends to rebuild the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway. If it is true, I would like to find a foreign company to cooperate in the production of locomotives. So it is a bit swaying!" Song Weichen said.

"Is this serious?" Song Ziwen's eyes straightened.If the government wants to build the railway, it will be most beneficial to the Hanyang Iron Works first, and the supply of rails at the Hanyang Iron Works will exceed demand.

"Where did you hear it?" Song Ziwen asked again.Although a little ethereal, he didn't plan to let go of this great opportunity.