Chen Jingyun was a little distressed, after he took Luo Li to the Governor's Mansion, because he hadn't married yet, it was naturally not good to take a concubine first, so he couldn't give her a name, although the Governor's Mansion regarded her as a future aunt's wife, but now after all, it wasn't, Chen Jingyun felt a little bad to her.

"How can I be so squeamish!" said that he also seemed to feel that he was not good enough: "Many people in the family embroider better than me!" ”

What does Luo Li want to do Chen Jingyun will not object, just do what you want, anyway, Chen Jingyun is very busy in the near future, although Luo Li was taken to the Governor's Mansion, but Chen Jingyun has no time to accompany her during the day, and there is no one else in the Governor's Mansion, unlike the old mansion where there are many maids to play with her, if she doesn't find something to do, she will probably be bored.

"Let's go, yesterday Chen Cai said that the backyard was cleaned up and a lot of flowers and plants were planted, let's go and have a look!" Chen Jingyun had the heart to accompany her for a walk.

When Luo Li heard this, he instantly threw away the embroidery in his hand, and looked at the few maids behind him and smiled.

However, good time is always short-lived, Chen Jingyun had just accompanied Luo Li for less than half an hour, Chen Cai came in, he walked up to Chen Jingyun and whispered: "Dudu, Mr. Henry has arrived!" ”

As soon as Chen Jingyun heard the word Henry, he knew that it was about arms, and immediately said to Luo Li: "I still have something to do outside, so I won't accompany you first, and we will come here again tomorrow, and we will go to the pavilion to eat and drink!" ”

Luo Li knew that he had something, and although he was reluctant to give up, he still said: "Hmm! ”

Soon, Chen Jingyun took Chen Cai and others to the main hall, and soon after he saw Henry, this German [***] fire merchant was also the same as last time, dressed in a standard suit, and when he saw Chen Jingyun coming in, he took the initiative to bend down and said: "I have entered His Excellency General!" ”

After sitting down, Chen Jingyun asked about the most relevant thing to him: "Mr. Henry must have brought what I wanted when he came to Fuzhou this time!" ”

Henry smiled and said, "As your Excellency wishes!" ”

Then he took out a document and said: "The contract I signed with the general has received strong support from the headquarters, and the relevant public relations activities have been carried out in the country, so my company has been able to prepare some arms in a short period of time!" ”

At this time, he handed over the list and continued: "The first batch of contracts includes 1,000 new 1888 rifles, 4,000 refurbished 1888 rifles, 100 Luger pistols, 200 Mauser C96 automatic pistols, 12 heavy machine guns, 24 light machine guns, 12 60-mm light rapid-fire mountain guns, 6 75-mm field guns, 10,000 shells, and 5,000,000 rounds of ammunition......."

Henry said again, Chen Jingyun was also reading, but only the model and number could be seen on the list, Chen Jingyun wanted to see the real thing, after all, it was second-hand goods, and it would be bad if people were pitted, so he immediately closed the list: "Go, look at the real thing!" ”

Henry also got up and went together, and at the same time, Chen Jingyun also asked people to call Tang Huikang, the general office of the Fujian Arsenal, and Ouyang Tian, the chief of the equipment department. Not long ago, Chen Jingyun ordered the Fujian Arsenal to be converted into a Fujian Arsenal Project.

Although this batch of ordnance is only the first batch, but the quantity is not small, Henry put the batch of ordnance transported in the warehouse of Lihe Foreign Company, after arriving at the warehouse, without Chen Jingyun's instructions, Ouyang Tian and Tang Huikang each took technicians to test and inspect.

And Chen Jingyun also picked up a refurbished 1888 rifle casually, looked left and right, and found that although it was a little old, the rifling and appearance inside were kept quite intact, not to mention ninety, but eighty percent of the new ones were still there, he was interested, he carried the gun, and then walked to the door of the warehouse.

"The general is good marksmanship!" Henry wasted no time in complimenting.

"Good gun! Not much worse than made in New Hanyang! In fact, what he said was a bit of a boast, even if it is a brand new Hanyang, it is not as good as these refurbished 1888 rifles, which are German originals, even if they are second-hand, they are still easy to use.

After putting down the rifle, he walked behind Ouyang Tian and saw him and a few people fiddling with a 60mm light mountain cannon, and immediately asked, "Chief Ouyang, what do you think?" ”

Ouyang Tian stood up and nodded: "Dudu, I have checked it roughly, although the style is a little old, and some of them are obviously worn, but they are all good things, especially the seventy-five-millimeter field artillery, which is not much worse than the brand-new seventy-five-millimeter field artillery we bought this year!" ”

Chen Jingyun doesn't understand the detailed technical surname, since the technical staff below said that there is no problem, then there is no problem! Then everyone came to a small conference room in the warehouse of Lihe Foreign Bank, and after serving tea to Chen Jingyun and others, Henry said: "General, the goods are all good goods, I dare to say that there will be people rushing to ask for this batch of goods anywhere in China!" ”

Chen Jingyun was also satisfied: "Since the things can, let's hand them over!" Mr. Henry, I will ask the Treasury to pay you the balance of this batch of ordnance and the deposit for the next batch! ”

Henry was naturally full of joy when he heard this: "It's really a pleasure to cooperate with the general!" The first batch of contracts has been completed, the second batch of goods has already been loaded on Wilhelmshaven, including a large number of artillery, I hope the general will be ready! ”

Henry knew that Chen Jingyun didn't have much money in his hand, so he reminded him that the second batch of goods was coming soon, and there were a lot of them, so get the money ready as soon as possible.

The mood that I was happy about because of the arrival of the ordnance just now suddenly deteriorated again! Without him, there is just a lack of money! If there is a way to make Chen Jingyun make millions of dollars now, he will definitely do it without hesitation!

"I never thought I would be so short of money!" Chen Jingyun sighed, since he found out that after arriving in this era, all he thought about was how to rebel, and then occupy a place in this era of warlord melee, and become a nourishing and happy warlord, in this case, even if he was not a military enthusiast in his previous life, but he also put his mind on the army and weapons every day, although he also thought that he might be short of money in the future, but he didn't expect to be so short of money.

First of all, the operation of the military and political axe and the maintenance of the army are enough to have a headache for Anwarin every month, not to mention that Chen Jingyun also plans to expand the army and order a large number of arms, in addition to munitions, Chen Jingyun even plans to purchase machinery to expand the arsenal.

However, all this needs money, and the current fiscal revenue is far from enough to spend, the reason why the Ministry of Finance can still retain three or four million yuan, it is because in the early stage, nearly three million and inventory left over from the former Qing Dynasty, and then there are a lot of Manchu magnates who have confiscated a lot of property, and they have recently obtained a lot after selling at a low price, and then these two are one-time surname income, that is to say, they will be used when they are used, and they will not be there in the future.

Chen Jingyun, who was full of thoughts about making money, said goodbye to Henry, and then took people back, on the way, Tang Huikang whispered to Chen Jingyun: "Governor, the 100,000 yuan of funds taken by the arsenal last time has been exhausted, and it is difficult to purchase raw materials without this fund!" ”

"So fast?" Chen Jingyun was a little surprised: "It's only been less than half a month."

Tang Huikang saw Chen Jingyun's puzzled face, and said with some trepidation: "Now it is working day and night, and the raw materials and labor costs required are extremely expensive, and it is usually about 4,000 yuan per day!" In the past, it took a lot of money to reorganize the factory and restore production capacity, so ......"

Chen Jingyun calculated in his heart that according to Tang Huikang's figure, the arsenal would get more than 100,000 yuan per month, which was worth the cost of a brigade, and immediately asked: "If it goes down to more than 100,000 yuan every month, what is the output and cost!" ”

Tang Huikang said: "If we keep working day and night, the monthly output of bullets is about 150,000 rounds, 3,000 rounds of 75mm shells, 1,000 rounds of 57mm shells, and 1,000 guns!" In terms of cost, because our factory is not as large as Hanyang's factory, we have our own steel plant, so the raw materials have to be purchased, because the output is low, and the cost is slightly more expensive if it is flat! ”

"How much more expensive?" Chen Jingyun asked

Tang Huikang said: "About one into five!" ”

Chen Jingyun doesn't feel very good, but he also knows that there are too many drawbacks in this kind of government-run enterprise now, and it is Tang Huikang's great credit to be able to run well now, but in the future, he has to find a way to rectify one or two and clean up those moths and the like. But now is not the time.

Chen Jingyun pondered for a while and said: "General Manager Tang, I will give you a month to reduce the cost while maintaining production, and adjust the production line of shells in the arsenal to imitate sixty mm shells as soon as possible!" ”

After hearing this, Tang Huikang said: "I understand, but Dudu, now the arsenal is already processing at night, if you want to make a 60 mm one, I am afraid that the 57 mm shell production line will have to stop!" ”

Chen Jingyun said: "Then stop, there are only six of our fifty-seven mountain cannons, and they are still the old cannons of the Hanyang factory many years ago, and we should return when the thousands of shells in stock are finished!" ”

Tang Huikang said: "I'll adjust production when I go back!" Then he looked at Chen Jingyun's face, and found that Chen Jingyun was in a good mood and immediately said: "Governor, I said last time that I wanted to expand the arsenal, and I have already made a list of what I need, you see!" ”

"Hmm!" Chen Jingyun said: "Give me the list first, and when I raise the money, I will add equipment for you!" ”

No one wants to expand the arsenal more than Chen Jingyun, but there are too many places that need money now, and Fujian is a poor province, for this batch of ordnance, Chen Jingyun has already arranged for Anhualin to save other provinces, and first make up enough ordnance money.

With the list of equipment needed for the arsenal in his hand, Chen Jingyun returned to the Governor's Mansion and directly found An Hualin.

"Chief An, how is our financial situation now!" Chen Jingyun put down the teacup and handed Tang Huikang's equipment list to An Hualin.

Anwarin didn't answer, but first took the list and looked at it, he naturally didn't know the name and function of the equipment, but the estimated total amount at the end of the list surprised him.

"Three million eight million!" An Hualin was a little frightened: "Governor, what does he Tang Huikang want so much money for, this more than three million is enough to buy two divisions of ordnance!" ”