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"Governor, the problem is finally solved!" Li Ziguo, the person in charge of the steel center, rushed into Vézé's office like a fire truck. His voice was so loud that even the deaf could hear.
It was already December 1857. Vézé had returned from the steel plant in November and resumed his normal work. Just as Vézé was dealing with documents, he heard the voice and couldn't help but shiver. Vézé stood up and stared at Li Ziguo who rushed in.
"After using the new ore dressing and washing machines, the quality of the steel is finally up to standard!" Standing in front of Vézé, Li Ziguo was so excited that his hands were shaking, and the muscles on his face couldn't help but tremble.
"How many tests did you do?" Vézé asked in a loud voice.
"Ten furnaces of steel were no problem, and the quality was far better than expected. It seems like the problem is here! "Li Ziguo's face twitched.
Vézé's legs couldn't help but soften as he fell back into the chair. If Li Ziguo gave another reason, Vézé wouldn't completely believe it. But when Li Ziguo said that the ore dressing and washing machines solved the problem of steel making, Vézé couldn't help but believe it.
Vézé truly experienced how terrifying industrial development was and how high the requirement for investors' willpower was. Similarly, Vézé finally understood what industrial accumulation meant. The iron mine base of the military governor's office was the Dabaoshan open-pit iron mine in Shaoguan. This mining area had been mined for thousands of years. There might have been some fine iron in the past, but now, there was no possibility of fine iron. Vézé wasn't an iron smelting expert, and he couldn't solve the problem of steel making. Therefore, he could only use the last bit of information he heard. That was ore dressing and washing.
The initial experiments used open hearth steelmaking, and the steel successfully produced was used to manufacture ore crushing, ore dressing, and washing equipment. These were all big guys, and the amount of steel required was enormous. In this era, a dozen or so tons of steel was not a small number, nor was it an ordinary resource. The equipment and manpower needed to process more than ten tons of steel was even more terrifying. For the large-scale equipment of this era, the production capacity of a dozen or so tons of steel was nothing special. Wei Ze was only able to withstand the countless complaints by relying on his own viciousness.
After a large amount of investment and a year of hard work by a team of a few hundred people, there were finally results. Li Ziguo, a division level cadre, was so excited that he almost couldn't control himself.
After all, Vézé was the commander-in-chief, and he had seen the industry of the 21st century. The breakthrough of the open-hearth furnace was a big deal, but it was not enough to make Vézé feel that it was over. He ordered, "When we get back, start designing an open-hearth furnace that's twice the size of the current one."
After that, Vézé remembered something more important. "I'll record your contributions and give you a certificate of honor. Bonus! Go back and tell your comrades that I will personally host a celebration party to celebrate with everyone! "
"Alright! Alright! "Li Ziguo said dizzily. He did not have Vézé's insight to participate in such a project and complete the work through hard work. Li Ziguo only felt that his whole body was floating. Whatever Vézé said, he answered with "Alright."
After seeing Li Ziguo off, Vézé did not have time to properly digest his joy before his secretary rushed in excitedly. "Commander-in-chief, the comrades who went to England are back!"
Vézé was overjoyed at first, but then he could not help but slap the table heavily. "Thank God! They're finally back! "
The English's attitude towards the Liberation Army was naturally not friendly, and sending people to England was naturally a great risk. Now that this group of comrades had finally returned after nine months, Vézé naturally felt extremely lucky.
The team that went to England was led by Ke Gongyu, as well as a group of military and technical cadres. They were naturally very excited to return to their motherland. Especially when they arrived at the Foshan pier, they saw Vézé among the people waiting at the pier. Ke Gongyu got off the boat and rushed to Vézé. Vézé stretched out his hand, and Ke Gongyu simply rushed up and hugged Vézé. "Commander-in-chief, I missed you so much." After saying that, Ke Gongyu could not help but cry.
Wei Changrong did not expect Ke Gongyu to be so emotional after not seeing him for a few months. He smiled and said, "What did you encounter on the way? Why are you all crying? "
Ke Gongyu let go of Vézé and went forward to hold Wei Changrong's arm. "We encountered a lot of things on the way. There were several times when I was afraid that I would not be able to return here and see everyone again!"
Hearing Ke Gongyu's words, the other comrades felt the same way, and many of them also burst into tears.
"You're home! It's good that you're back! "Vézé did not want the situation to become too tearful.
Ke Gongyu and the others went to rest first. The next day, they held a meeting for the Central Committee members.
"The United Kingdom is really amazing!" Ke Gongyu's words made Vézé very satisfied. At this time, the United Kingdom was the world's largest industrial country, and its strength was naturally very strong. Moreover, London really did not expect the Commander-in-Chief's Office to send a delegation of more than 20 people to visit the United Kingdom. They did not know if they thought that they could use the United Kingdom's strength to intimidate the people from the Commander-in-Chief's Office. In short, the United Kingdom did not make things difficult for the Chinese. In more than three months, the delegation visited London, Manchester, and other major cities in the United Kingdom.
According to the list that Vézé made for the delegation, they not only visited the city, the port, and took the train. They also visited the university, the museum, and the library. They even went to the Royal Academy of Sciences for a visit. The members of the delegation also brought back personal photos and group photos.
One of the team members laughed and said, "Commander-in-Chief, at first, we were afraid that we would lose our souls after being photographed. If it wasn't for Commander Ke taking the lead to take photos, we really wouldn't have dared to do so! "
Vézé did not care about this at all. He asked, "How did it feel to sit on the train?"
"That iron dragon is really scary when he sits on it! The trees and fields on both sides of the train were moving very fast. "
"Just a locomotive that was half the size of a house could move so many long cars. It was really scary! "
"Commander-in-Chief, we also need to learn how to build trains!"
The team members all talked about their impressions of the train. As for the others, they looked at the photos of the train and listened to their comrades who were going to the United Kingdom talking about it. Some of them listened foolishly, while others had strong expressions of envy on their faces. There were also some who could not help but have disapproving looks on their faces because they were too jealous.
Vézé listened to everyone's narration and was quite satisfied. He had to see the true face of the industrialized countries with his own eyes in order to know where to work hard.
Most of the people who were going to the United Kingdom were not good at writing, so Vézé asked them to sort out what they had seen and heard with the recording staff. Of course, there were a few people who came from the General Staff Department and knew a little about sketching. The sketches they brought back could be considered as more images that could be used for imagination.
The meeting that needed everyone to describe together continued. Vézé called Ke Gongyu and the interpreter to his office first. After closing the door, Vézé asked, "Did you see Mr. Marx?" This was what Vézé was most concerned about.
"I saw Mr. Ma," Ke Gongyu replied.
"What did Mr. Ma say?" When Vézé saw that there were no foreigners in the team, he knew that the purpose of inviting Mr. Ma had not been achieved.
Ke Gongyu replied, "Mr. Ma asked us a lot of questions and was very grateful for the money you gave him. He said that he would help us contact Mr. En, but whether Mr. En would come to China or not, we can't guarantee. "
After saying this, Ke Gongyu looked at Vézé. Seeing that Vézé did not show too much disappointment, he continued, "Mr. Ma did not seem to agree with the establishment of industrial socialism in an agricultural country. He felt that you did read some books by Cumming Nathan, but it seemed to be completely different from what he thought. "
Vézé couldn't help but laugh when he heard this evaluation. Before Lenin established the Soviet Union, no one really thought that it was possible to establish a socialist system in an underdeveloped country.
"But Mr. Ma was very concerned about the letter you gave him. He kept asking me if you had been to Europe and the United States. I told him that you have been in China, but Mr. Ma did not seem to believe it. "Ke Gongyu said to Vézé with a little hesitation.
Vézé could only laugh about this. The summary of the great social upheaval in Europe in 1848 required a lot of information and comprehensive reflection from later generations. Vézé himself only had a deep impression of it after reading other people's articles.
Ke Gongyu continued, "Also, Mr. Ma sent you a lot of books. He said that one of them was his newly completed first draft. Commander-in-chief, you must reply to him after reading it. "
Vézé did not have the ability to read English books. Moreover, Vézé was not sure whether Marx's first draft was in English or German. He changed the topic, "What are your thoughts after going to England?"
"We can defeat England because England is too far away from us!" Ke Gongyu said from the bottom of his heart, "I saw some English ships at the dock from afar. Those big ships were made of iron. If those ships were to sail to our side, we would not be able to hit them with our current cannons. When I went to Hong Kong, I thought that the things I saw were very powerful. Compared to the British mainland, it was nothing. Governor, can you lead us to become more powerful than England? If we can become more powerful than England, then we can also fight our way to England! "
Vézé originally thought that Ke Gongyu was able to understand the immensity of heaven and earth, and was able to learn and improve. This had already completely achieved the purpose of sending them to England. He did not expect that Ke Gongyu would still be able to say such unyielding words in the end. Nodding his head heavily, Vézé said loudly, "We can definitely do it!"
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