Chapter 404 Airplane and counterfeit money

The northwest of Hanyang is next to the easternmost end of a very desolate industrial zone next to Hanchuan, which covers a large area. There are six large factories in the courtyard, which looks no different from the other factories in the industrial zone from the outside. However, this huge factory surrounded by cement and bricks not only has a team of live ammunition guards at the door, but also a company of cavalry patrolling from time to time, which is obviously very tightly guarded.

The gate, which is more than ten meters, looks extremely grand than the other buildings in the desolate industrial area. Unlike other factories, there is no famous iron beam factory brand with an arched crossing on this gate. There is only an inconspicuous wooden sign "China Aircraft Research Factory" hanging next to the gate.

This is where Feng Ru and more than a dozen military governments hired from Guangzhou now work. Feng Ru and others rely on the support of the military government to place an order to purchase a number of special machines such as engines and other special machines for manufacturing aircraft from foreigners. After waiting for a long period of time, a set of 70% of the new engine manufacturing machinery purchased from Germany was finally transported to the Far East and the Republic of China and delivered to Li Han. Li Han did not know much about the professional knowledge of machinery, but Feng Ru and others were all professional talents in this field. The group was surprised to find that although this set of 70% of the new machines was not the latest things in Europe and the United States, it was also something that had been produced in the past two years. Although it was a little behind the latest machines in Europe and the United States, the gap was not much behind the machines purchased by Li Han by De Ge Fang! At least it was much more advanced than the machines of the aircraft factory they had worked hard to make when they were in the United States.

Aircraft in this era was still in its just emergence, and even the fuselage was made of wooden structures. There is no need to mention electronic equipment. The most important thing is the engine.

When Feng Ru was in the United States, after years of hard study, he mastered the manufacturing and design of dozens of machines. He was not a problem with the engine, but he had never had the money to buy machine manufacturing.

After the machine was transported, after more than ten days of running-in, a few innovative "Feng Ru 4" finally replaced it with a brand new heart. The engine that Feng Ru personally transformed has two seats in front and rear, and can ride three pilots at the same time. It is basically the same as the first two-seat Wright A-type aircraft made in the United States in 1909. In terms of aircraft horsepower, the flight speed and endurance of the "Feng Ru 4" are undoubtedly one level higher.

The current aircraft manufacturing plant may not be large, but the China Aircraft Research Factory, which has more than 100 workers, nearly 100 sawing, sewing, machine and equipment, is undoubtedly the largest and most complete aircraft manufacturing plant in Asia in this era. Although this reputation has the taste of being tall among shorts. After all, compared with the aviation industry that is not accepted by Europe and the United States, although it has not been accepted by the mainstream but has already started, the "China Aircraft Research Factory" has only 151 workers, including seven foreign technicians and 127 apprentices. Only Feng Ru has truly mastered aircraft manufacturing technology. Only a dozen apprentices brought by Feng Ru from Guangzhou. Therefore, although theoretically, the aircraft factory now has the ability to manufacture five-wheel aircraft at the same time, it is safer to actually have the ability to produce three aircraft at the same time. It doesn't seem too low, but it takes 37 days for an aircraft to be tested from production to assembly, and the efficiency is so low that it can't be lower!

The name Feng Ru4 was actually called by the technicians in the factory in private. Everyone knows that its other official name was actually called "Starter One". This aircraft with an air weight of only 314 kilograms and a maximum speed of only 78 kilometers per hour, barely considered a small trainer. Although it is more advanced than the military Light aircraft that the US party started to be equipped three years ago, there is still a considerable gap compared to the world's top-notch ones today.

Of course, I also know this, but in the plan to support the development of the country's aircraft manufacturing industry, Li Han established an "Aviation Practice Office" in the Zhongjingshan area of ​​Hubei, approved the transfer of 350,000 yuan from the secret funds and purchased twenty-one "Starter One" from the "China Aircraft Research General Factory" for training aircraft. If Feng Ru had a brand new and improved model here, after the test flight, the military government would also prepare to place an order to continue purchasing, and use huge military purchases to forcibly promote the development of China's gradually budding aviation industry.

The Aviation Practice Institute is an aviation popularization institution founded by the military. The main purpose of the Aviation Practice Institute is to train qualified pilots and reserve aviation reserve forces. Now, even other countries in the world have not yet fully popular aviation education courses, which has resulted in the Aviation Practice Institute not having enough textbooks and course professors. Therefore, most of the time it is still to train soldiers who have passed the vision and fear of high heels training to take a test flight.

According to the grand blueprint drawn by Li Han, the practice center must have more than 30 aircraft by the end of the year and at least 50 junior pilots with flight time of more than 10 hours. In addition, the aircraft manufacturer must also have the ability to mass produce the "Starter One"!

It’s okay for the first few, but the mass production in the latter is stumping Feng Ru. Mass production must have enough skilled technicians. Although there are a large number of apprentices in the factory now, and most of them are young workers who have worked hard to get enough literacy and have certain skills and experience from below. There is no way. After Feng Ru made the request, Li Han happily approved 200,000 yuan to set up a training school for him. He personally trained these young workers to master some knowledge of machinery, aviation and power!

There is nothing that Li Han is so anxious. There has been news from Beijing that President Yuan Shikai has hired Bai Liso, a military officer of the French Embassy in China, as the military adviser of the Presidential Office. He knew the meaning of the three words "Bailiso" and he had to be cautious. In 1913, Bailiso proposed to Yuan Shikai to establish Nanyuan Aviation School. In later generations, he also had the title of founder of the Modern Aviation Academy of China. Li Han has had an increasingly greater impact on the domestic situation. He cannot guarantee whether it will affect the one who noticed the power from heaven.

On October 9, after going to Hanyang to inspect the construction of Feng Ru's aircraft manufacturing plant, Li Han exchanged some monoplane manufacturing technology with him. Although he only knew one concept, he still communicated with Feng Ru, who was interested, for more than an hour. It was not until noon that he found out that he was a little embarrassed and stayed in the factory at Feng Ru's invitation and had dinner with the same workers, and then returned to Wuchang.

"Jiangsu can no longer drag it down?"

Before Hanyang boarded the ship, Li Han sent him to buy a few newspapers and came back. When he saw today's front page headlines still introducing the things about Jiangsu, he shook his head and chuckled without saying a word.

"Jiangsu may not be able to hold on, unless the gentleman wants it..."

Li Donglai followed up and said, "When they came out today, Li Han only brought the adjutant and the guards, and none of the other officials were brought with them. Even some people in the military government only knew that he was going to Hanyang to inspect the factory there today, and he didn't know when he would come back or something. After getting off the boat at the military port that had not been built, the group changed into a few carriages that had been waiting there for a long time, and rushed to a hidden place.

Jiangsu, do you want it?

Li Han also hesitated for a while!

From the end of September, after Zhuang Yunkuan sent a telegram to Hubei for help, he had a headache about this problem for a long time! Needless to say, he knew how important the location of Jiangsu is, and he knew how rich the people in Jiangsu are. But he couldn't hold on to that place. It was surrounded by enemies and was not as stable as his own. His current power was still very weak. If he spread the weak troops, it would inevitably leave an opportunity for people to take advantage of it.

It's not the best choice, Li Han knew it in his heart. He just let him give up such a good opportunity for nothing, and he was not willing to accept it.

However, although he finally made up his mind, there were many voices he didn't understand, such as his intelligence chief.

"We don't have to worry about it in Jiangsu. I have sent the specific response plan to the governor of the village. It seems that he is a little reluctant to let go. Otherwise, if he left the place of right and wrong early, he would not have ended up as infamous as he is now!"

Li Donglai was puzzled, "Sir, please forgive Donglai a little confused. Jiangsu is now a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. After all, Zhuang Yunkuan is a member of the Republican Party, and the Republican Party is a banner launched by the military government. Jiangsu is now looking at you and looking at you again. If we don't have any action, outsiders underestimate us, we may even have a voice of accountability within the party!"

He nodded, and Li Dong said it was true. Since taking over the leader of the Republican Party during this period, Tang Hualong has been running around to develop the Republican Party, and even putting him in the second place in the matter of *** and the United Parliament. After Jiangsu was unstable, the first person to contact him was Zhang Jian. Although he had a lot of influence in Jiangsu, he invested a lot of energy in Zhuang Yunkuan. If he really fell down, he would still have to move his body. The second person was worried that he would not be able to say that he was going to change his body. On the other hand, he was asking Li Han for advice in the voice of unstable within the party, but in fact he was afraid that his chairman would not be able to sit steadily and finally let Li Han take the place to replace him.

"Look out, did the Xiong come from Gansu yesterday? The two armies of Ma defeated Ma Anliang in Lintao and forced him to flee to Lanzhou? Seeing that Ma Anliang had lost four or five thousand soldiers in our hands, how much ability can he have now? Lanzhou has taken over this period of time. Now the military government is annexing Gansu, and there are too many eyes staring at the military government. The situation in Jiangsu is the same as that in Hunan, and it is all about one move. It is not that I don't want to care about Jiangsu, but I can't control it at all. First, a war is annexing Gansu. The military government is now too sharp. It is time to put down its spirit and turn its attention to other places!"

Looking out of the car through the window, the newly paved stone road was very bumpy, but it did not affect his mood. Li Han recently became obsessed with the Confucian classic - the Analects of Confucius. To be honest, although he thought he liked the Legalists more, he spent a lot of thought on the Analects of Confucius during this period. For example, the "I examine myself three times a day" and other Confucian principles in the Analects of Confucius, which he highly praised, and recently he looked like a few words like Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the early Song Dynasty, ruled the world.

The Republic of China was really a rise of heroes and heroes. He never dared to underestimate the Beijing people. None of the local governors were fuel-efficient. He knew that because of a war of ***, he defeated the British's intention to get involved in the ***, which not only offended the British, but also Yuan Shikai also targeted him. After annexing Gansu, his ruling scope became a front line, second only to the central government of Beijing, and confirmed his title of the most powerful vassal in the local area.

Judging from the situation coming from the south, to be honest, Hunan has not been in chaos yet, and the Hunan military government still needs to thank him more. Li Liejun, Tang Jiyao, and Lu Rongting all have an affair with the wealthy Hunan. However, the reason why there is no movement yet is mainly because of worrying about him. He was afraid that the tiger, who was half-squinting and seemed to sleep, suddenly came out, and caught them off guard when they were defeated in Hunan, and finally got the benefit of the fisherman.

Although the southern provinces have been deterred by the central government to varying degrees, who outsiders know how many trump cards they have in private?

Therefore, even if he divides troops in Gansu now, it only causes a little unstable situation in Hunan. If he sees him using troops from Jiangsu thousands of miles away, he is afraid that an alliance will be formed around him. The purpose is not to fight against Yuan, but to ask him, the strongest local vassal. He does not take Jiangsu, but to know that he is now supporting Zhuang Yunkuan. The party members in the province do not support him, the army cannot command him, and there is still Zhang Xun in northern Jiangsu. The Anhui Bai Wenmo and Zhejiang Zhu Rui are not easy to get out sooner or later.

It would be better to take advantage of the situation to shrink your influence. On the one hand, you can avoid the current limelight and make Yuan Shikai's attention focus as in history. On the other hand, you can also relieve the forces close to him. On the other hand, you can also criticize Zhang Jian and others, so that he can withdraw his energy from Jiangsu to Sichuan and Hubei and Gansu, which is about to be included in his pocket. Zhang Jian is well-known in the business world. If he really transfers his financial resources to his ruling area, it will undoubtedly greatly increase his current development speed!

It was precisely because of this idea that Li Han rejected Tang Hualong's request for assistance to Jiangsu, and once again persuaded Zhuang Yunkuan to voluntarily dismiss his post and to Gansu to take charge of Gansu's civil affairs for him!

He had already made up his mind, so others could not shake it. Although Li Donglai had a pity for such an opportunity to interfere in Jiangsu affairs, he could only sigh and give up and continue to persuade him.

The carriage suddenly became quiet, and the three people in the carriage were not in conversation. Soon, after about half an hour, the carriage slowly drove into a very tightly protected military town.

Although it was Li Han's special car, he still told Cai Qing to do it according to the prescribed procedures. After getting off the car and finishing the procedures for entering, several machine guns that were aimed at here turned the gun and slowly drove into this small town, which was neither big nor small.

"The defense is very tight!" Li Han seemed very satisfied with the guard.

"According to your instructions, a battalion guard was transferred. In addition, there were eight 60mm mountain cannons, twenty-four machine guns belonged to twelve bunkers, and patrol soldiers were replaced every four hours. The garrison was in charge of three, of which the military dispatched two, and one in the Intelligence Department!"

This heavily guarded military town is not far from Zhifang Town, Jiangxia County, the former former Wuchang. Li Han is not unfamiliar with this building. It was the original Zhao family manor, but was later taken away by the horse thief. After the horse thief was seized by the military government, he asked Zhao Shiyan for it. With the help of the favorable terrain here, he used it to store precious metals such as gold, silver and other precious metals purchased by the military government from foreigners. In addition, the banknote printing factory of the Western Reserve Bank is also here!

"arrive!"

The carriage drove into the Zhao family manor that had been expanded, demolished a large number of courtyards and reinforced. Li Han and others got off the carriage. Under the guidance of the current guardian of the manor who arrived immediately, they passed a room in the side yard and entered the basement!

"There was a basement here, and it turned out that the boxes were stored. It was probably gold, silver and jewelry, but they were all looted by the horse thief. According to the instructions of the master, after we discovered this place, we continued to excavate, reinforce and expand it for four months. So far, a considerable piece of space has been dug for mechanical operations!"

The layout here was taken over by Li Donglai, and he knew very well about it.

Li Han nodded, and shut all the guards out of the basement. Even the adjutant Cai Qing did not take him. Only his intelligence officer followed him, because today they need to see something, the fewer people they know, the better!

"My subordinates have already informed Mr. Wu and tell him that you are here!"

Li Han nodded and walked around the powered basement with interest. The surrounding walls were reinforced with cement. Because the paper mill is close to the Yangtze River, the underground here is cold and damp. If it weren't for concealment, it would have been impossible to assume a factory here!

Some lime powder was sprinkled on the ground, which made him nod slightly.

"It's not bad, how are the workers here feeling?"

"It was not very good at the beginning. Some workers were in a state of emotion, but their subordinates had already solved these problems in terms of treatment. However, for safety, the Intelligence Department has controlled all the workers' families here to ensure that the news does not leak out at all!"

"Be careful, after all, once outsiders find out about this place, our future will be worrying!"

"yes!"

This is not the first time Li Donglai has been here, so he naturally knows the importance of this to the military government. It is no exaggeration to say that once a little thing is leaked here, Chuan and E will all disappear.

Because this is the counterfeit currency printing factory of the Sichuan-European military government.

"See the Master of the Strategies!"

Wu Jintang, who had a slightly unwiped trace of ink on his forehead, came out of the confidential printing room on the second floor of the underground under the guidance of two guards in black, and came to the room to see them with a black leather bag.

"Mr. Wu is polite. The military government has treated him a little unfairly. You are so sad. You are busy here!" Li Han smiled apologized with him very gently.

Wu Jintang didn't even dare. This young man already knew what they were going to do. At first, he was a little resistant. However, Li Han had secretly transferred their parents and children from the north. Each family not only had hundreds of acres of high-quality fertile land, but also the military government came forward to help buy the built mansion. Except for being forced to change the name and household registration for decades, there was nothing else that was sorry for them. In addition, Li Han had already explained to them the importance of their current work, so now, Wu Jintang and others have also settled down and honestly printed counterfeit coins with him here.

"You guys all go out!" Li Donglai waved the guards, and the few saluted, and left the room and brought it to the door. Only Li Han and the other two were left in the room.

"Sir, this is the finished product!"

The head of the Intelligence Department had already told them yesterday that Wu Jintang already knew what he was going to do.

Putting the leather bag on the table, Wu Jintang took a deep breath, then opened the black leather bag, took out a few printed banknotes from it, and placed it on the table in front of Li Han and the others.

"This is 50 pounds, this is 100 pounds, this is 50 pounds. These are all finished products, here are the banknotes exchanged from HSBC. Please read them!"

Wu Jintang excitedly pointed to one of them, "This is printed using the magical machine brought back by the adults abroad, almost exactly the same as the ones obtained from HSBC. These were printed using the machine of the Money Printing Office. There was a slight color difference. We were still a little short of color adjustment, but we could use it to be fake and real!"

He pointed to several of them, and Li Han and the others picked them up and looked at them for a while, but they could hardly tell the difference.

After being busy for several months, he finally got a reward. Li Han's smile became a little stronger. He smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work. If it weren't for you, the military government would not have achieved such a rapid development speed!"

Wu Jintang shook his head repeatedly, "You can get templates abroad, and even make detailed references to the mixing of ink and material selection. What we have left is just a little bit of experiments. But despite this, it took not three or four months to get a qualified thing!"

“How much finished products can be made in a month?”

"The output is not enough now. Now that I have mastered this kind of craftsmanship, there are only four people including me. The pigment mixing requires pure handicrafts. Let's calculate it. If you can make about 10,000 50 pounds in a month, the 100 pound dollar is also around 10,000. You have to wait until the following craftsmanship is improved in the future, so you can do it better!"

Li Han couldn't help but feel excited. His hands kept trembling slightly. After a while, he nodded and said, "It's enough. I'll bother Mr. Wu!"

In a month, it is already quite large to make fake notes of 500,000 pounds and about 1 million US dollars. Not to mention digesting one tenth of the country for the time being, even one percent is difficult, because once there is too much, it will attract the attention of foreign foreign companies.

At this moment, Li Donglai finally understood why after he took office as the governor of Sichuan, Li Han asked him to hire some European and American personnel to China for training, and even allowed him to control them with drugs. At the same time, he ordered the Intelligence Department to contact some human traffickers who came to China. Through their hands, he purchased more than a hundred European and American children. It seemed that the gentleman had already made preparations to take these counterfeit banknotes abroad to consume them.
Chapter completed!