"Thank you, on behalf of all the workers in the arsenal, thank you commander..." Xiao Wenchang said excitedly.☆→☆→,

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied: "The arsenal will create more and better weapons for the army, which is the best reward for me. Well, I will send you ten thousand taels of silver in the afternoon. As for the technician you play, I will solve it within one month."

After returning to the headquarters, Yang Xingguo called Huang Xing, who was most familiar with Hanyang Iron Factory, to the office before he had time to rest.

As soon as Yang Xingguo spoke, Huang Xing replied thoughtfully: "Commander, you are talking about Hubei Guns and Hubei Iron Factory..."

"These two factories were established by Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Zhidong, after serving as the Governor of Two Lakes, and spent huge amounts of money to purchase equipment from abroad. It can be said to be the largest arsenal and iron smelting plant in the country."

Yang Xingguo nodded and asked, "Then how are the situation of these two factories..."

"It's very poor, and it's not enough to make ends meet. The most important thing is that the quality of the things produced in these two factories is very poor."

"Especially in the iron smelting plant, the steel refined is basically not available for military use because of its unqualified quality..."

"As for guns and cannon factories, because the raw materials for making guns and cannons have to be purchased from abroad, the cost of producing a gun is higher than that of directly purchasing and renovating, and the entire guns and cannon factory is almost in a semi-stop state..."

Speaking of this, Huang Xing, who already had a certain understanding of Yang Xingguo, asked thoughtfully: "Commander, are you going to attack Hubei Guns and Hubei Iron Factory again..."

Seeing that Yang Xingguo didn't say anything, Huang Xing immediately reminded him, thinking that silence was certain.

"Commander, you still give up this idea. The current situation of these two major factories is indeed not very good, but they were all established by Zhang Zhidong, and there are imperial edicts from the court. No matter what the situation is, Zhang Zhidong will not move these two factories. "" Also, these two factories have tens of thousands of workers in total. If you bring these two factories outside the customs, then these tens of thousands of workers will have no food to eat and turmoil. No matter how stupid Zhang Zhidong is, it is impossible to riot tens of thousands of workers..." So, Commander, please give up your heart!"

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied: "The equipment of the gun factory and the iron factory are both old goods purchased from abroad more than ten years ago, and it took so long that I don't like it!"

"Then commander, do you want it?" Huang Xing asked subconsciously.

Yang Xingguo did not hide it. He directly replied: "People, I want the experienced technicians in the gun factory and the iron factory. The more the better. As for how much the price I paid, I don't care..."

Huang Xing thought about it and replied: "As long as people are, they will definitely succeed..."

"Because both factories are unable to make ends meet, many technicians are idle, and the Governor's Office needs to support them with silver every month. As long as the equipment of these two factories is not moved, the Governor of Two Lakes will definitely welcome us to help them share some of the technicians' salary."

Hearing this, Yang Xingguo immediately decided: "Since that's the case, I want to ask Director Huang, you personally go to Hubei..."

"Let's find Zhang Zhidong, the governor of the Two Lakes, and tell him that we will use weapons to exchange for technicians. In the two factories, as long as we are experienced and capable technicians, we will all want. Those who are willing to come to Liaodong can bring their families together. I will give them fifty taels of silver to settle down, and give them twice the current salary..."

"Director Huang, you have stayed in and opened a factory. You know which technicians are really capable and which technicians are not capable. So, at this point, you must keep a good look, rather than be insignificant than be indiscriminate..."

"Of course, if there are many people who are willing to come, and they are all capable... I, Yang Xingguo, will have as much as I do."

Seeing Huang Xing nodding with a serious face, Yang Xingguo continued.

"Of course, going to these two factories to exchange weapons for technicians is just the first task of your trip to Hubei..." "We all know that after Zhang Zhidong served as the governor of the Two Lakes, he promoted the Western Learning and Westernization Movement in the Two Lakes. If it weren't for Zhang Zhidong's measures, Hubei wouldn't have built so many factories in just a few years and became so prosperous."

"Our current Liaodong, after being baptized by war, is poor and has nothing."

"If the Liaodong Army wants to grow and grow, we have to have money. Only when the local area develops well and prospers can we have sufficient taxes and money to support the army."

"And I, Liaodong, want to ask for such a poor and deserted situation, only one way is to learn from the experience of the two lakes, promote Western learning, promote Western affairs, establish factories, and make the place prosperous and strong."

"No matter what you do, the starting point is the most difficult. For our poor and careless Liaodong Army, this starting point is even more difficult..." "If you want to make the Liaodong Army more prosperous, two key factors are indispensable. One is money, that is, money. The other is talent. With talent, they can make money make money. "So, the second task of your trip to Hubei is to recruit talents, especially those who learn Western learning and understand Western learning, as long as they are willing to come..."

Huang Xing said with a serious expression: "Commander, you are right. If a place wants to grow and grow, talents are crucial..." However, the so-called talents cultivated by the court are basically nothing but the ones. Only those scholars who have learned Western learning are real talents..."

"I have been in Hubei for several years, and I am very familiar with the situation there..."

"With Zhang Zhidong's support, the atmosphere of learning Western learning in Hubei is very good. Unlike in the north, when people talk about Western learning, they feel a sense of fear."

Seeing Yang Xingguo nodding with approval, Huang Xing's speech suddenly changed and continued: "But, Commander, even if Hubei has a good atmosphere for studying Western learning, there are not many real Western learning talents. It is impossible to recruit enough Western learning talents at least in a short time. Therefore, even if I go to Hubei and mobilize all my connections, I will not recruit many people to come back."

"This is indeed a question..." Yang Xingguo frowned after thinking about it.

At this moment, a string of very familiar words in later generations suddenly appeared in Yang Xingguo's mind.

What labor exports, what talent introduction...

In later generations, in order to introduce talents, labor, or export labor, many places set up a company to introduce talents in various places.

In the future, you can do this, and you can do this yourself.

Thinking of this, Yang Xingguo immediately suggested: "If you can't do it in a short period of time, then we will do it for a long time..."

"We can open a company in Wuhan, which has the most talents in Hubei. We can not only recruit us a steady stream of talents, but also sell some unique things to our Liaodong Army to the outside world to make profits..."

"My thought is that this company is called Liaodong Foreign Trade Company..."

Huang Xing's eyes lit up and he immediately agreed: "Commander, this can..."

"Selling weapons to the outside world and importing talents to the inside is indeed a good way to win multiple goals in one go..."

"Then it's settled..." Yang Xingguo answered with a positive look.

"Now our strength is limited, so we will open a company in Hankou first. Once we have the strength, we will open a branch in each province. In this way, the large amount of weapons and ammunition held by our Liaodong Army will no longer worry about sales."

"Director Huang, this matter is left to you. After arriving in Hubei, I found Zhang Zhidong and asked Zhang Zhidong to approve us to open a company. At the same time, I would like to give Zhang Zhidong a promise that no matter what the foreign trade company we have established, the price given to him will be 20% lower."

"I believe that under the temptation of interests, Zhang Zhidong will definitely agree. After all, there are already many foreign trade companies in Hankou, and it is not bad for us." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!