() While Liu Fu was running his own small world wholeheartedly, Liu Fu privately told Liu Fu the news that there was a peasant uprising in Changhua, Taichung. Liu Fu hurried back to the governor's office and asked his father about the general situation.
.It turned out that Liu Mingchuan planned to clear his land in Taiwan, but the result was that Li Jiatang, the magistrate of Changhua,
Maybe he took political achievements more seriously, felt a little impatient, and was a little tough. When he was clearing the land, he had conflicts with local villagers who opposed it, and even arrested people and tortured them. As a result, a man named Shi Jiudan led thousands of people.
, besieged Changhua County, and now Liu Mingchuan is ordering the mobilization of soldiers and bravery to rescue Changhua County.
"This county official must be corrupt." This was Liu Fu's first thought.
"There can be no chaos at this time. If the court is offended, it will be troublesome to send people to Taiwan to inspect the work or transfer dad to another position." After listening to this, Liu Fu immediately felt that the situation should be brought under control quickly.
Don't affect your base construction. This was Liu Fu's second thought.
"Pull your own factory guard team over to try your skills? They say that soldiers who have never seen blood are not real soldiers. Take the opportunity to try it." This was Liu Fu's third thought.
Liu Fu's idea was ruthlessly rejected by his father without any discussion. According to Liu Mingchuan, this kind of thing is not something Liu Fu can do. He has no soldiers and generals under his command, and there is no need for the factory protection team to charge into battle. And fight a war.
It’s not just playing house, you should still be optimistic about your factories and mines.
Liu Fu had no idea. He could only suggest that his father put out the civil unrest as quickly as possible, and it was best to make the noise less. In addition, the county magistrate was not a good person, so it was best to replace him.
Liu Mingchuan refused to comment on Liu Fu's suggestion and drove Liu Fu back without even leaving food for his son.
In the following days, Liu Fu paid special attention to the news of the civil uprising, and specially asked several local patrols to put on peasant clothes and go to Changhua to find out the news. At first, an admiral named Zhu Huanming went deep alone, but was killed by the uprising.
The army was killed, but in the next few days, reinforcements from Taipei and Penghu arrived one after another and dispersed the rebel army. The siege was relieved in Changhua County, and the officers and soldiers were going around arresting the leaders of the rebel army.
Liu Fu felt relieved. Anyway, the uprising, which lasted for more than ten days, would not have much impact. Except for the unlucky admiral and the magistrate of Changhua County who was dismissed by his father and investigated, there was basically no major loss or damage.
Following the failure of the Changhua Uprising and his quiet departure in 1889, Liu Fu ushered in the fifth year of time travel, 1890.
At the beginning of the year, Liu Fu saw a piece of information sent back from pharmacies in mainland China. Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, planned to open the Hanyang Iron Works and was raising funds to start construction. Although he was not very clear about the history, Liu Fu remembered that in
It is described in the novel that the Hanyang Iron Works is quite large in scale and has decent equipment. It is a government-run and private enterprise. However, due to the unsuitable composition of the iron ore, the steel produced was not up to standard. In the end, it seemed that the Japanese took over.
Much cheaper.
Adhering to the principle that fighting the enemy is to protect oneself, and his family will help if they can, Liu Fu passed Liu Mingchuan to Zhang Zhidong with a banknote of 200,000 taels and a letter. The letter was what Liu Fu meant.
, Liu Mingchuan's handwriting, the main meaning is to test the composition of the iron ore first, and then buy suitable equipment to avoid replacing it later.
It would be costly, time-consuming and laborious. Of course, this idea cannot be said to come from Liu Fu or Liu Ming. It can only be borrowed from a foreign engineer. It is said that there is an engineer in Taiwan who has stayed in Hanyang before and is familiar with the nearby areas.
Iron Mine understands this better. As for whether Zhang Zhidong listens or not, Liu Fu has nothing to do. He will do his best to follow fate.
In addition, Liu Fu also learned from David's telegram that both Germany and France had automobile companies, namely Daimler Benz in Germany and Armand Peugeot in France. Seeing that the prototype of the car was gradually growing,
Liu Fu was very itchy and wanted to build a factory to mass-produce the cars and motorcycles in his hands several times, but he thought about his own life and held back.
Seeing that countries around the world are making strides forward, Liu Fu does not dare to neglect. Keelung's industrial zone has begun to take shape, with steel plants, coking plants, chemical plants, machinery manufacturing plants, shipyards, cement plants, power plants and some
The supporting small factories have basically been completed. Coal mines, gold mines, silver mines, and copper mines are all being mined at full speed. However, iron ore mines are relatively useless. Taiwan is not rich in iron ore. There are some iron sand mines in the north of Tamsui, but the quality is not high.
, the reserves are not large either.
Liu Fu secretly looked at the tourist map. The nearest large iron mine to Taiwan is Hainan Island. There is Shilu Iron Mine, and it is a rich open-pit mine. It not only contains iron, but also nickel, aluminum, copper, cobalt, sulfur and other resources.
, the reserves are also quite large.
The mine is a good one, but how to mine it? After asking Liu Fu, Liu Fu learned that Hainan Island is now called Qiongzhou Prefecture, and there are Qiongya Zhili Prefecture and 11 counties below it. After comparing the map, he can probably determine Shilu
The iron ore is located in Changhua County. The location has been determined, and all that remains is who will come forward, get approval, and under what name to mine it. Liu Fu can't figure this out, so he has to find a way with his father.
After Liu Mingchuan heard about this, he agreed simply and told Liu Fu that good people are rewarded and that the money he gave Zhang Zhidong last time should come into play. Liu Fu was confused. Zhang Zhidong was
The Governor of Huguang and Qiongzhou Prefecture are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Could it be that Zhang Zhidong is also the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi? It is impossible to serve as the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi at the same time, but Zhang Zhidong does have a close relationship with the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, because he was the previous Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Liu Fu is so happy. Although he is the previous governor, he has not retired. He has been promoted and has just been transferred. No matter how quick the next governor is, he cannot purge all his predecessor's subordinates as soon as he takes office.
Again, after all, the former boss's reputation should be enough, and it wasn't a big deal. It was just a mine, and it was at his own expense.
Without further ado, I quickly urged my father to write a handwritten letter to Bei, who is still far away.
Liu Shengfen, Jing's eldest brother, asked him to go to Hubei to meet Zhang Zhidong quickly, and brought another handwritten letter from Liu Mingchuan, explaining the general matter clearly, and attached a banknote of 200,000 taels as the cost of opening up various joints. According to Liu Mingchuan
I mean, there is no need to spend so much, because there is still Li Hanzhang, the current governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, who needs to take care of things later. However, Liu Fu feels that it is not surprising that there are many people in Li, and if things can be solved with money, use money.
Here, let the family take the letter to bei Jing to find the eldest son. The remaining matters cannot be solved in a day or two. Liu Fu can't rush. In fact, Liu Fu really wants to go to Hubei to find Zhang Zhidong and meet this man.
It is said that he was a very enlightened feudal official in modern times. However, thinking that he could not even say a word in a polite way and knowing very little about the Qing Dynasty, he was afraid of messing up the matter, so he patiently waited for news in Taiwan.
The news is waiting slowly, but the preliminary preparations cannot wait. You can not buy the mining equipment now, and it will not be too late to buy it later when it is confirmed. However, if it can be mined, then transportation will be a big problem. Hainan Island is about 30 kilometers away from Taiwan.
The map roughly measures more than a thousand kilometers. The mined ore cannot be transported back by fishing boats, so a fleet is necessary.
David, this matter depends on David. A telegram was sent to ask David to set up a shipping company in the United States and buy or rent several large ships to be responsible for transporting ore from Hainan Island to Taiwan.
David acted quickly. For Liu Fu, a life-saving and investment benefactor, David never complained and did whatever he was told. Anyway, with the backing of "anti-inflammatory tablets", David was not afraid of losing money. He used it.
In 3 months, David's "Helena" shipping company was established. First, it ordered two 30,000-ton cargo ships, and then rented three 20,000-ton cargo ships with a batch of goods purchased for Taiwan.
The supplies set off for Keelung.
Just when David was busy ordering cargo ships, news finally came back from Zhang Zhidong. Lao Zhang was very fond of the Taiwan governor. After seeing the handwritten letters from Liu Shengfen and Liu Mingchuan, he agreed to help with this matter.
.Then he saw another 200,000 taels of silver notes, which made the governor, who was already short of money, deeply grateful. He wrote the letter and sent someone to write it in one go. Within ten days, the family members sent by Zhang Zhidong took the letter all the way.
He rushed to Taipei at a trot, met with Liu Ming's return gift and letter sent to Zhang Zhidong, and immediately led Liu Fu to Guangzhou to meet with Li Hanzhang, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Li Hanzhang had no evil thoughts about this matter, and as a governor and a governor, he could not refuse. The completion of the iron mine within his jurisdiction was his political achievement. Although Li Hanzhang was not enthusiastic about Westernization, he had
Political achievements are better than nothing. The most important thing is that you don’t have to spend a penny yourself. You only need to ask Changhua County to issue a charter for government supervision and private management. Therefore, the matter of building the mine went smoothly and soon arrived in Changhua County.
The magistrate of Changhua County has not been changed, he is still the same one when Zhang Zhidong was in office. The old superior came with a handwritten letter, and the new superior did not object, so only a fool went inside to explore the details without spending a penny on himself, and
There are benefits to be gained, let alone oppose it. If you don't take the initiative, you are a fool.
