Everything develops slowly from scratch.

All strength is inseparable from time and people, and Jinsheng Arsenal is no exception.

The history of the Jin Provincial Arsenal is not short in China. Forty years ago, it was the period of the reign of the Great Braid Dynasty. In the 24th year of Guangxu, Hu Pinzhi, who was the governor of Jin Province, founded the Jin Provincial Machinery Bureau, which mainly manufactures arms on a temple ground in the Chishuyuan Qianfo Temple outside the small north gate of the original city.

It is this mechanical bureau that is so simple that there are only five lathes, two drilling machines, one planer, and one 35-horsepower horizontal steam engine. It not only set a precedent for Jin Province to make self-made weapons, but also opened the beginning of the modern machinery industry for the barren and closed Jin Province.

However, because it did not receive greater support, the Machinery Bureau could only focus on repairing firearms and producing some simple rifles. Until the revolution broke out, the old man in Shanxi became the governor of Jin Province and took over Jin Province, he spent six years to make a profit of 2 million yuan by manufacturing Jin Province copper coins, and used all of the 2 million yuan to expand arms production. This small workshop, formerly known as the Machinery Bureau, became a real arsenal.

However, at this time, Yuancheng Arsenal was still mainly imitation and did not have its own systematic design. The biggest reason was that it did not have mechanical equipment or lack of raw materials. It was because of the high cost and imitation was more expensive than imported from abroad.

This is just like the future automobile market. Pure imported ones are cheaper than domestic ones, while domestic ones are just produced for a few years and the product quality cannot be guaranteed. If you are a consumer, what would you choose? It is estimated that 99% of consumers will vote with their feet!

And the magical male silver came out like this!

Of course, that man named Zhang Kai did not pop out of the stone. He was a top student in the chemistry department of Kyushu Imperial University in Japan. He was hired by an old man from Shanxi to work as a technician in the arsenal for a high salary.

Generally speaking, the pride of heaven is very arrogant, but Zhang Kai is different from most geniuses. Not only is he a good foundation, he is also extremely low-key, so low-key that almost everyone can ignore him and just focus on his research.

I have to praise the old man from Shanxi who has no bottom line. Although the old man is a shady man and is lustful, he doesn't even let his aunt go. In the future, he will praise him if he is a scumbag, but this man is indeed keen and very good at discovering talents.

An old man from Shanxi analyzed through a report handed over by his confidant that Zhang Kai was a talented person, so he entrusted him with an important task and asked him to study the formula of ammonium nitrate explosives.

Of course, there is also a little idea from the old man in Shanxi. Before that, a technical expert in Yuancheng Arsenal developed an ammonium nitrate explosive formula.

That technical master was not an ordinary person. He was once a translator of a German engineer at the Hanyang Arsenal. Later, because he didn't understand many professional terms at work, he taught himself chemistry and became a chemistry expert. After being poached by an old man from Shanxi, he also served as the head of the bullet department and other important positions.

The high cost of explosives in Yuancheng Arsenal has always been a heart-wrenching problem for the old man in Shanxi, and it is also the main reason for the inability to increase the production of ammunition. Therefore, the old man in Shanxi invested a lot of money to make him develop explosive formulas.

Finally, after more than a year, this person was done. Should the old man in Shanxi laugh?

But the old man in Shanxi is not an ordinary person, and he is still a hero of his generation. He hangs a couplet beside his couch, "Treat people as gentlemen, guard against people as villains!" This is also his motto.

In order to control the materials and cost and prevent the factory from reporting too much, he asked the technical master to estimate the price to take the production. As a result, the man believed that the formula for manufacturing explosives was unknown, so he could only enjoy the profits. He quoted the price that would cost 100 cents per pound of material.

The old man from Shanxi originally heard that the offer was half cheaper than Pickering explosives, so he should have smiled. But this man was guarding against everyone and always felt that he might be fooled, so he did not start to fully launch production. Instead, he found Zhang Kai, who was still unknown at this time, and gave him the explosives to him for reverse research and development.

So, the nationwide "Kaizi Explosive" was born in Yuancheng Arsenal.

Compared with that technical master, what is the price Zhang Kai quoted?

A pound of work and material costs less than 30 cents, which is only one-fifth of the foreign formula.

The old man from Shanxi was overjoyed and not only asked Zhang Kai to take charge of the production for 30 cents, but also merged seven branches of the arsenal, including the nitric acid factory, smokeless medicine factory, and black medicine, and pressurized medicine, into a gunpowder factory, allowing Zhang Kai to serve as the director.

Zhang Kai is also worthy of the kindness of the old man in Shanxi. While developing the gunpowder factory, he continues to improve the process, tap the potential to improve production efficiency, and successively develop new products such as "quickly burning smokeless medicine".

The cost of gunpowder has dropped sharply, becoming the basis for the huge increase in ammunition output in Yuancheng Arsenal. It is no problem for machine rifle bullets, artillery shells, bombs, rares, hand grenades, etc.

Money is like snowballing and making more and more money. By 1926, Yuancheng Arsenal, which has been investing a lot of money, could already produce rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, mountain cannons, field cannons, mortars and even heavy artillery. It was a feud with Hanyang Arsenal and Shenyang Arsenal, with the largest number of workers reaching more than 15,000.

The weapons made in Jin Dynasty were one of the best equipment recognized by China at that time.

After 15 years, the old man from Shanxi who entered Jin Province finally developed a small workshop into a large arsenal in the forefront of Asia at that time. While earning himself a steady stream of money, he also had a sense of security.

A super arsenal could naturally provide enough weapons for the Jin army at that time. When other warlords were still short of guns and cannons, each infantry division of the Jin army had at least one artillery battalion.

When the battle at Xinkou was held, the old man from Shanxi who was forced to reveal some of his wealth even pulled ten artillery regiments to the front line. There were more than 360 artillery pieces! The Fifth Division, known as the "Steel Army" who was against the Chinese army at that time, was stunned by the shells that were smashed over.

If this was not in the Jin province of China but in the three northeastern provinces, they would definitely think they were facing a bear.

These cannons are not fancy, they can really kill people. During the entire Jin Province War, the Chinese army lost more than 200,000 people, and suffered heavy losses, but the Japanese did not say that they would escape unscathed. According to statistics after the war, only in Jin Province, the Japanese North China Front Army suffered more than 70,000 people.

Don’t underestimate these 70,000 people. During the entire Patriotic War, not including the Indian-Myanmar battlefield and the Kwantung Army's damage caused by the bears, the Japanese army only died in battle for 440,000.

Of course, the contribution of the bloody battles of various Chinese troops in the mountainous areas of Jin Province, but the large number of artillery equipped by the Jin army is absolutely indelible.

The war is all about money, which is definitely confirmed in Jin Province. The old man in Shanxi has saved up twenty years of capital, which is really a big deal.

Going off the wrong path, get back to the topic!

Logically speaking, Zhang Kai’s talent who can conduct research and management well is not greedy. Isn’t it the requirement of colleges and universities for future colleges and universities to give principals? If the Minister of Education has such talents under his command, he will not be happy and unable to sleep at night?

No matter how stupid an old man in Shanxi is, he will never attack such talents or heroes, right? Besides, the birds are not yet complete, what kind of bow is hidden!

In fact, Zhang Kai accidentally touched the old stinging scales of Jin Sheng.

'It is OK to touch my wife, but never to touch my money!' Although Jin Sheng Lao Suo did not hang these two sentences in front of the bed, he did this for decades.

That was before the Central Plains War. Seeing that the arsenal was developing bigger and bigger, Zhang Kai suggested that the old man in Shanxi open a second gunpowder factory. To put it bluntly, it was to expand the scale.

According to Zhang Kai's design, once the factory is completed, it can produce 2 tons of smokeless gunpowder, 10 tons of smoke-free sulfuric acid, 3 tons of nitric acid, 3 tons of alcohol, etc. If it really works, plus the output of the old factory, the Yuancheng Arsenal will beat Hanyang and Shenyang's two opponents, bullets, shells, explosives packs, grenades, and mines.

In Zhang Kai's words, as long as the old man in Shanxi wants to, the mines created by the Yuancheng Arsenal can be laid in a minefield around the border of Shanxi Province. Unless they grow wings, no one can enter.

This made the old man in Shanxi very happy. He has been doing business for so many years, and he is not afraid of losing money or making too much money and being missed. Old Chen from Guangdong Province, Old Li from Gui Province, and Old Zhang from Fengshi, isn’t that accomplice?

If we can do this, we are afraid that those old hooligans will do what!

Even if the construction cost is as high as millions of oceans, the old man from Shanxi waved his hand and did it for such a beautiful blueprint!

The old man in Shanxi is extremely important. He has a meeting every three days and a meeting every one a day. He almost pours the efficiency of production into this modern gunpowder factory. The early stage was very smooth, and the factory and office areas were already built, just waiting for the equipment imported from Germany to settle in.

If nothing unexpected happens, something will happen soon.

The Central Plains War has begun.

The warlords are fighting together. How can the old man in Shanxi, who is a big boss in Jin Province, be safe? Even if he doesn't stand in a team, he has to choose a camp! What's more, who said that the old man in Shanxi wants to farm silently without a heart to compete for the Central Plains?

‘Why would you rather farm, king, prince, general, and minister!’ The old man from Shanxi also has the ambition to develop farming to the whole of China!

So, the old man from Shanxi was ready to fight the last battle with him, who had spent a lot of money to build the Jin army.

Everyone knows the final outcome. The principal had a similar halo to the protagonist at that moment. Old Chen, Old Li, Old Zhang, Old Feng, and Old Yan were all supporting roles.

It doesn’t matter if you lose. As long as the base is still there, we will develop him for another twenty years and we will not believe that we can’t win. The old man from Shanxi is still very strong in his heart.

However, reality is cruel.

The German company that received the equipment deposit ran away for some reason!

It doesn't matter if this company runs away, the deposit for Juan Run is half of the equipment money! This time it will kill the old man from Shanxi.

He couldn't chase the other side of the ocean and get the treacherous dog god back and peel it and light the sky lantern, but he could get the idea and catch the hot man who came up with a plan and was in charge of the project.

The angry old man from Shanxi didn't have the utmost scruples at that time and directly threw the best explosive engineer and factory director under his command into prison.

The reason why he didn't cut his head on the spot was probably because the old man from Shanxi was still fantasizing that one day the German man would appear. If he could get the equipment, he would be fine to return half of the money! Zhang Kai, the guy in charge of contacting him, still has to keep his head for the time being.

Unexpectedly, after more than ten years of being put into prison, the old man from Shanxi, based on the basic idea of ​​squeezing out the last bit of value to repay his losses, he set up a chemistry laboratory for Zhang Kai in prison, asked him to study during the day, and continued to work on the floor in the prison at night, without paying his salary.

The only thing that made Zhang Kai a little hope was to let his family enter the cell every month and reunite him for one day.

For this rare day, Zhang Kai could only focus on doing research in the laboratory, but perhaps he was depressed in the end. His scientific research output was very low. In the past ten years, he has only provided a few limited inventions about shell fuzes, etc., which is far inferior to his famous "Kaizi explosives".

Of course, some detailed pasts of this famous gunpowder engineer in Jin Province were learned by Tang Dao from the unlucky director who was punished to stand for a day.

Tang Dao only vaguely remembers that there was such a person who was persecuted and detained by an old man from Shanxi for failing to build a factory. Now, Dakouzidong Arsenal has no shortage of leading figures and talents in mechanical forging, but there is no talent in the chemistry department, which has led to the idea that Tang Dao can use for mortars and mountain cannons to fire incendiary bombs, which has not even been left on paper.

Such a chemistry master with a solid foundation and management talent is the talent that Dakouzidong Arsenal needs the most.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The unlucky director was very open that afternoon.

He has met a rich man in Shanxi for so many years, but he is the first to be a small leader like Tang Dao.

Tang Dao spent a lot of money to buy arms from the Jin Provincial Ordnance Office. Not to mention valuable weapons such as mountain cannons and mortars, just talking about various types of bullets, Tang Dao's orders were as high as 2 million rounds. Based on a 7 cents per round, the total price was as high as 140,000 yuan. Almost half of the 5 million rounds in the Ordnance Office were sold out.

There are also some heavyweights. The 75 mountain cannons in Jin were built at 8,000 oceans. Tang Dao ordered 24 at one time, with a total price of 192,000 oceans. Shan cannon shells were 20 oceans. Tang Dao ordered 10,000 yuan in total, with a total price of 200,000 yuan. Erickon 20mm machine cannon, this thing is imported. Not to mention that the two branches cannot manufacture it now, even the original factory cannot be built, but it doesn’t matter. Just give the money and take it from the existing troops and sell it.

It turned out that the Shanxi-Sui army had a very high investment. Almost every infantry regiment of Erickon's 20mm machine guns were equipped. Now it is very reduced. Many machine guns have been vacant. What's wrong with turning into cash?

However, I bought it at any price, and I would not accept bargaining.

It turns out that it has been useless for a few years! The old man in Shanxi is doing this business.

The rich man Tang Dao agreed without blinking his eyelids. The 24 Erliton 20mm machine guns alone had another 160,800 oceans, plus 24,000 shells, and another 24,000 oceans were gone.

The moment Tang Dao agreed, the unlucky Director felt ache for him.

Finally, including the 100,000 oceans packaged by old equipment and 16,000 oceans of 200 tons of raw materials, the total transaction value is as high as 1.96 million oceans. The reason why it is an integer is really unlucky. The Director saw that the local tyrant was too "rustic" and took the initiative to help him erase it.

Such a big deal makes no less than hundreds of thousands of oceans of profit. Tang Dao asked about such a "waste man", how could the unlucky director say everything he said without knowing?

Even when Tang Dao further made a request for non-substitution and asked to spend money to redeem the person, the man patted his chest and agreed.

I can't squeeze out any oil, but in the end I used the waste to turn into ten thousand oceans. Isn't it delicious?

So, under the operation of the unlucky director, the old man from Shanxi nodded in agreement, Tang Dao met the engineer in a not-so-stricken or even a little-simple prison cell.

When Tang Dao explained his purpose, the uncle, who was already a little gray on his temples, only asked one condition: "If you save my family, my life will be yours."

Before the defeat of the Yuancheng Defense War, all departments of the Yuancheng had already begun a major retreat. They did not forget to bring this "waste man". This person could at least squeeze some oil, but his family was not very indispensable.

Therefore, Zhang Kai knew on the way that his family was lost in the Japanese-occupied area.

However, this man, who had been in prison for more than ten years and had been trained in a jail, did not call for death after hearing the news, but buried him in his heart until Tang Dao asked him for help, and after he asked about Tang Dao's identity, he was still the leader of the group, he used this as a condition of exchange.

As the largest city in Jin Province, the Four-Road Group wanted to live a prosperous battlefield behind enemy lines in Jin Province, and sooner or later it would build an intelligence agency there. After Tang Dao was silent for a moment, he agreed to this only condition.

However, because the Japanese army suffered huge losses in Yuancheng, they also ravaged the people of Yuancheng for a while after conquering Yuancheng. Tang Dao also explained to this person that even if he sent someone, he could not say that he could take the person alive.

"Don't worry, Captain Tang, because of my reason, Gu Nei and Dogzi are more alert than ordinary people. They must be alive. Commander Tang, your people will find someone according to the address I gave you, and you will definitely find them." The gray-haired uncle was extremely confident.

Xia Dayu on the other side just wanted to curl her lips, but because of you, why are you so awesome in prison for more than ten years?

"Okay, as long as the person is still there, Tang Dao guarantees that he will bring the person to you alive with his military honor." Tang Dao nodded.

"I believe the character of Captain Tang!" The uncle nodded in his stern key.

Others are in prison, but he is not an ordinary prisoner. Every few days, newspapers will be read for him. There is nothing else in the prison. It is common for a newspaper to read more than ten times. He is even more clear about the story of Tang Dao than many Jinsui Army.

Tang Dao didn't know how much surprise he had brought to him by this ten thousand oceans.

How terrible it is to stay in prison for more than ten years, or it can be said that a chemical engineer who has been working silently in a laboratory with sufficient equipment for more than ten years!
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