Chapter XXIII Airplanes

When he was a guest at Tang's house for two days, Wang Maoru gave Zhao Jiacheng a holiday and asked him to go home to visit his wife and family. Later, he returned to Beijing, Ma Xiaoshui, who was in charge of the match factory, and Cui Zhou, who was in charge of the oil lamp factory, made the match factory and the oil lamp field impressive.

Of course, although the Huaxing Match and Oil Lamp Factory made money, it was not as famous as the Huaxing Aircraft Factory, Wang Maoru left Ouyang Peng 20,000 taels of silver as the starting fee, and then successively called 200,000 US dollars at his request, and the money earned was not seen at all, but the money invested went in like flowing water.

Ouyang Peng also did not live up to Wang Maoru's high expectations, and he and his classmate Luo Haiquan and 13 other friends and classmates set up an airport on a wasteland near the Huaxing Factory Oil Lamp Factory. His classmate Luo Haiquan went to Guangzhou again, and invited two of Feng Ru's assistants and more than a dozen aircraft technicians to Beijing with a high salary. Since Feng Ru's death, the flying team of the Guangdong ** government was disbanded all of a sudden. The people at the original airport, walking and scattering, everyone sighed when they occasionally gathered, the first aircraft made by the Chinese, how sensational it was to the world. It's a pity that the ending was so tragic that some aircraft technicians had to go to textile factories to repair looms for people to make a living.

Luo Haiquan went to the right time, after Chen Jiongming declared the independence of Guangzhou, Yuan Shikai appointed Long Jiguang as the Guangdong consolation envoy, and later Long Jiguang led the 25th Division of the Army to defeat Chen Jiongming's department, and the so-called second ** was unpopular, Chen Jiongming was soon defeated and driven out of Guangzhou, and went into exile in Hong Kong. Later, Yuan Shikai appointed Long Jiguang as the governor of Guangdong and the chief of civil affairs. Long Jiguang hated the Kuomintang deeply, and it was these Kuomintang who were the ones who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty in the first place, and kicked themselves away after the victory. Therefore, Long Jiguang implemented a policy of white terror against the Kuomintang, slaughtered a large number of Kuomintang, and for a time the Kuomintang went into hiding or fled to Hong Kong. Although the flying team of the former Guangzhou ** government did not help the Kuomintang, it was immediately disbanded by Long Jiguang.

As soon as Luo Haiquan arrived in Guangzhou, he poached these people, and I heard that it was a private organization to set up an aircraft factory, not to serve Yuan Shikai, and these technicians and workers of the former Guangdong Flying Team came to Beijing with Luo Haiquan.

It was not only the talent that was brought, but also the technology, and even the drawings of Feng Ru's No. 2 aircraft that Feng Ru had not yet completed, which gave Ouyang Peng and others great encouragement. They continued their research on the basis of the Fengru 2, and because of the sufficient funds, a double-decker propeller aircraft was soon developed, which was named the Fengru 3, referred to as the FR1 aircraft. And the first test flight achieved good results, the flight altitude reached 50 meters, the flight distance reached 10,000 meters, the engine used the American Ford company production of star brand 72 horsepower four-cylinder piston gasoline engine.

At that time, when the test flight was carried out, the entire city of Beijing was in a sensation, and an aircraft developed by the Chinese themselves appeared in Beijing, which made Yuan Shikai, who was sitting in the position of the president, unable to sit still. Beijing is not without planes, there are several French planes parked at Nanyuan Airport, but also to decorate the façade, I did not expect that there are also aircraft produced by the Chinese themselves. He immediately sent Wang Zhixin, chief of internal affairs, to invite Ouyang Peng, chief engineer of the Huaxing Aircraft Factory, to be the captain of the Republic of China Flying Team to form the Second Beiyang Flying Team. However, Ouyang Peng, who was committed to the study of aircraft, didn't care whether it was the face of the president, refused Yuan Shikai's invitation, and sent a telegram to Wang Maoru asking what to do. Wang Maoru called back and said don't refuse or accept, one word, drag.

When Wang Maoru, who returned to Beijing, held a meeting, he found that his company was full of talents, and a group of talents from the three major factories gathered, and there was a thriving atmosphere. The factories also reported on the operation of Wang Maoru in the past year, and due to the advanced sales methods, the Huaxing factory successfully expanded the match business to the whole of North China. Now 70% of the match market in North China is occupied by Huaxing. Huaxing's oil lamps have also been promoted by salespeople to the entire rural areas of North China, and even in Guangzhou, Hunan, Hunan, in the south, there are Huaxing salespeople running around to sell.

The first thing Wang Maoru did when he came back was to give everyone a red envelope, as long as it was an employee of Huaxing, each of them would receive a year-end bonus of 20 yuan from Yingyang. In addition, it was announced that employees should work five and a half days a week, with one and a half days off, and their wages during the rest period would be paid as usual. As soon as this measure was promoted, the company's internal employees applauded.

Pu Ji was taken aback, how did this sworn brother stay in the United States for a year, and he became stupid when he came back, which factory didn't desperately let the workers work, you are good, you still rest, rest and pay wages......

As soon as the meeting was over, Pu Ji complained: "Big brother, you can't do this, it's too good for the workers, they won't work in the future, what should I do if I'm lazy?" Besides, even if our company makes money now, but this tax, that tax, still have to be paid up and down, and salaries, how much money can we make in a year? This can't be done, Xiusheng. ”

Wang Maoru laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, don't stare at this small place, this money is not saved, it is earned." As long as you can make money, you can lose no matter what. Why should you be good to the workers when I do? ”

"I don't know."

Wang Maoru said: "How long does it take for our factory to train a skilled worker? ”

"A few months."

"That's right." Wang Maoru said, "Can't we train skilled workers, work in us for half a year, and then others will give him better conditions and pull them away, right?" ”

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Puji said again: "By the way, I'm going to see you." ”

"I also want to visit my uncle, let's go."

The two came to the Pubeile mansion, Wang Maoru went back to his house first, Wang Peng saw that the master was back, and he was happy enough to ask if he was eating at home at night. Wang Maoru said with a smile that he should eat at Lao Baylor's place at night, Wang Peng pulled over a woman and three children, two **-year-old boys and a three- or four-year-old girl with a runny nose, Wang Peng said: "Master, this is my wife Cuihua, this is my eldest 2, and my girl." Wang Maoru knew what he meant, and before leaving, he asked Wang Peng to pick up his family, Wang Peng was worried that now that the master was back, his wife and children would have to go back to the countryside. Wang Peng's wife and children were waiting for the master's instructions with a cautious look, Wang Maoru talked about it for a while and said that there were indeed good things in this old society, but there were also bad places, and the distinction between high and low was particularly obvious, so he smiled and asked: "What are the three children called?" ”

"The eldest is called Wang Gouyu, and the second is called Wang Goudan, which is a pair of double sticks (twins), and the girl is called Xiao Chun'er, because she was born in spring." Wang Peng replied.

Wang Maoru smiled: "Why did you come up with this name?" Dog eggs, dog leftovers. ”

"The name is cheap and easy to feed, when the child gave birth to them, he really suffered a lot of sin, and he was afraid that he would not be able to live, so he took the name cheaper."

"It's all grown up, you can't call it like this in the future, it's not good to say it, and you won't be able to find a daughter-in-law in the future." Wang Maoru thought for a while and said, "In this way, I'll help you two choose names." ”

"I don't thank you for the name." Wang Peng hurriedly asked the two children to kneel, Wang Maoru stopped the two of them and said, "Don't be like this, think about it, the eldest is called Wang Yadong, and the second is called Wang Yabei." ”

"Master Xie gives the name, Master Xie." Wang Peng knew that this was not only a name, but also a hint that their family could live here and give them a place to live.

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