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Volume 3: The War in the Far East Chapter 42: The Conflict between China and the United States Intensifies

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    Everything was going according to Tang Jian's plan. The intervention of the Three Kingdoms to return the Liao Dynasty was originally an inevitable historical event, but after Tang Jian's modification, it became Tang Jian's turn to turn the tide and help the Qing Dynasty regain the Liaodong Peninsula from Japan.  , although ten million taels of silver were used.  But for the Qing Dynasty, their own Longxing Land was much more important than ten million bright silver.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  Anyway, with just one sentence, Tang Jian successfully became the naval governor. He was promoted to a first-class official, was given a yellow mandarin jacket, and received a reward of 100,000 taels of silver. He became the youngest first-class admiral in the more than 200 years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty.  The famous figure in front of Empress Dowager Cixi.

    Tang Jian is not arrogant, but has a good relationship with the officials from all parties, especially Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong. The two of them now basically control the entire southeastern area of ????Jiangnan.  Tang Jian took advantage of the large orders for artillery shells for the newly built navy to cooperate with these two Westernization officials.

    Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong are of course happy that a large number of orders can flow into the factories they supervise. More orders means that a large amount of silver pours into their pockets.

    However, a series of modern enterprises in the Westernization Movement such as Anqing Ordnance Institute, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau, etc., although they created a lot of brilliance, such as Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, it is the largest modern industry founded by the Westernization movement.  The m¨¢sers imitated from self-made steel have caught up with the level of Germany's new m¨¢ssers, and the smokeless firearms it developed have reached the world's advanced level. Unfortunately, because they are government-run, the workers are not very motivated. Some of the Beiyang Navy's soldiers in the Battle of the Yellow Sea  Inferior artillery shells are also produced by it. Most Westernization enterprises have such shortcomings.

    When Tang Jian went south, Cixi gave Tang Jian the title of Imperial Envoy. Before that, Tang Jian asked Li Lianying to give Cixi a silent movie projector at that time. Cixi liked it very much and agreed to Tang Jian's request to go south to inspect the military factory.  Tang Jian was granted the title of First-Rank Imperial Envoy.

    This time, Tang Jian, along with Tian Aden, Li Gates, and Buffett, went to Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant for inspection at Zhang Zhidong's invitation, and provided guidance and suggestions.

    ? Zhang Zhidong, Liu Kunyi and other Westernization Ministers were initially very satisfied with the factories and enterprises established by the Westernization Movement, because these factories could not only produce the guns and ammunition they needed, but did not have to rely on foreign imports.  However, as the factories continued to operate, the military industry, which was specially allocated by the Qing government, gradually fell into chaos. The workers were not very motivated, and the foreign technicians were arrogant about their skills. Gradually, these factories came to a standstill and gradually became unable to make ends meet.

    This point once troubled Li Hongzhang, and Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong complained endlessly. The stagnation of the factory meant that the income of themselves and others would be reduced, and sometimes they would have to pay back.

    Tang Jian arrived in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. He first used his status as an imperial envoy to pull out some of the moths that were firmly entrenched in these factories. With the consent of Zhang and Liu, he vigorously reorganized these factories.

    Tang Jian knew that the shortcomings of these enterprises were the same as those of later generations of state-owned enterprises, so he asked Baf¨¦ to appoint consultants to reform these enterprises, gradually transforming them from government-run to government-supervised and commercial-run, to gradually commercial-run, allowing some local people to  Many gentry invested in these enterprises one after another, sharing risks and forming a joint-stock system.

    At first, these gentry were not willing to take shares in the half-dead factory, but they became shareholders under the compulsory requirements of local officials, and they advanced and retreated together with the factory.

    Soon, the enthusiasm of the workers was mobilized, and the factory gradually turned losses into profits. The gentry who had just started to invest in the shares got the benefits, and other wealthy people who were waiting and watching also began to slowly shift their funds from land to industry.

    With the support of local officials and super economic consultants like Bate, a wave of modern industry was quickly launched along the southeastern coast. Tang Jian also purchased the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau at this time, using the support of local officials.  , step by step to expand and build its own 10,000-ton shipyard.

    Thanks to Tang Jian¡¯s series of measures, Liu and Zhang¡¯s businesses began to make money slowly, from small amounts of money to big money. The two of them looked at the admiral who had returned from studying abroad in England with admiration, and almost became a matter of life and death.  Especially the people under him are all elites.

    Among them, Tian Adeng solved the naval gun assembly technical problem that had troubled foreign technicians for several years in just one hour. Lee Gates should also not be underestimated. The gun retreat technology he developed is even more advanced than foreign countries.  .  Bart's miraculous creation of the joint-stock system greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of workers and established specialized supervisory agencies, allowing these modern enterprises to quickly turn losses into profits.

    Tang Jian was even more generous. He used Cixi's last 100,000 taels of silver to build 10,000-ton shipyards at Lushun Port and Weihaiwei Port, and used the silver taels funded by the southern gentry to build three 10,000-ton shipyards.A series of supporting maintenance plants and military equipment are being built next to it.

    In half a year, Tang Jian traveled to almost every city along the southeastern coast, and was present in various modern factories, strengthening the military power of the Qing Dynasty step by step.

    On this day, Tang Jian accompanied Zhang Zhidong to inspect the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau. The Fuzhou Shipping Bureau was gradually recovering from the trauma of the Mawei Sea Battle. In addition, Tang Jian acquired this place and built a 10,000-ton shipyard. The entire dock was busy.

    Zhang Zhidong stood on a hillside in the port and looked at the busy dock in front of him. He praised: "Master Tang is really generous. Everywhere along the southeast coast is not so busy now! Haha."

    Tang Jian cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang. Serving the country and the people is your duty!"

    Zhang Zhidong smiled and said: "Master Tang is being too modest, huh? What are those closed docks for?"

    Tang Jian replied calmly: "This is a secret. Master Zhang, just wait and see. In a few years, the warships that emerge from this secretly built dock will shock the world!"

    Zhang Zhidong looked at the two large shipyards that were close to their capacity in astonishment. Although Zhang Zhidong did not know what warships Tang Jian would build, this young admiral gave himself too many surprises and surprises. I believe that in a few years, as  What he said would shock the world!

    Zhang Zhidong began to have some faith in this admiral who was decades younger than him.

    Maybe, he can really save China from dire straits!  Instead of saving this Qing Dynasty that is riddled with holes.

    Zhang Zhidong didn¡¯t dare to say the words about beheading. After all, he was still a high-ranking member of the Qing Dynasty, but he saw in this young man¡¯s eyes the look that he only had when he was young.

    Zhang Zhidong sighed: I'm old!

    Tang Jian turned around and asked: "Mr. Zhang, have the warships customized by the Qing Dynasty, Germany, and the United Kingdom been finalized?"

    Zhang Zhidong replied: "We have signed a contract with the German Vulcan Shipyard for three maritime cruisers, which will be paid in three years. Each ship costs 163,000 pounds. We have customized four armored cruisers with the British Armstrong Shipyard, each of which will be paid.  One ship costs 200,000 pounds! I'm ashamed, but these seven warships have already used up all the military expenses approved by Lafayette. Then, the information of several warships at this time." After Zhang Zhidong finished speaking, he took a thick document from his entourage.  The information was handed to Tang Jian.

    Zhang Zhidong added: "Others like us country gentlemen and officials from the capital have also collected some military expenditures, but we can only buy some small torpedo boats. Haha, our Qing Dynasty can't even afford a main battleship now."

    Tang Jian shook his head and said: "We build our own main battleships, and they are better than the ones we bought!" Tang Jian smiled mysteriously: "I have tried to put pressure on Japan through Russia, France and Germany, although Japan refused to return it.  The rest of the warships, but Japan agreed to return the 'Zhenyuan' to our Qing Dynasty! It only costs 30,000 taels of silver."

    Zhang Zhidong held Tang Jian's hand tremblingly and asked, "Is it true?"

    Tang Jian nodded: "The remaining ships are already very old, and the cost of redemption and maintenance is higher than purchasing a new ship. Although I know that the main gun and torpedo tube of 'Zhenyuan' have been dismantled by the Japanese, but  This just saves me having to do it myself!¡±

    Zhang Zhidong then asked: "However, the 'Zhenyuan' is seriously injured, has no main gun, and is just a pile of scrap metal when redeemed!"

    Tang Jian blinked his eyes mysteriously and said, "I have a magical effect!"

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