Yanzhou Mansion Yamen is located in Meicheng Town, which is the confluence of Fuchun River, Xin'an River and Lanjiang River, since the Three Kingdoms period has been placed in the county, the Tang Dynasty began to set up a state, and has been the state seat of Muzhou and Yanzhou. Its establishment is a long time, since ancient times it is the main road from the south of the Yangtze River to Fujian, Jiangxi and Hui provinces, so it has a long history and a gathering of talents. The only three-yuan and first-place merchant in the former Ming Dynasty was from our Yanzhou Mansion. It is precisely because of this that the famous memorial arches leading to the yamen of Yanzhou Mansion are everywhere. To the founding of this dynasty, Yanzhou because it is the land of the fathers, the scientific examination is more preferential, it is to last year's scientific examination, Yanzhou alone more than 100 people, this is the most in the world's state capital, and there are 13 people to enter the Beijing palace to test ......"

The Fuchun River is exhausted in autumn and winter, but it can still be a big ship, and the passenger ships of the Fuchun River Steamship Company have flights up and down Hangzhou in the morning and evening. After years of training in the base area, after he discovered the Beijing accent of these people, he went ashore to report to the previous intelligence station, and was rewarded with a 'careful escort', he instructed his family to greet them carefully, and the daily dishes were more varied.

Although the eldest king is only a boat owner, he has also studied when he was young, but he failed several attempts, and finally had to inherit his father's business and start rowing and transporting charcoal. The new dynasty was conceived in Yanzhou and eventually won the world, in the eyes of the big old king who is a Yanzhou person, this is his own dynasty, and because of this, the big old king not only cares about state affairs, but also often pays attention to the coming and going merchants, especially after Yanzhou caught a few spies bought by foreigners last year, he was more careful and careful.

A boat owner speaks so politely, which can't help but make Ji Gonggong, who came down from the capital, sigh that it only took a few years to win the world, maybe this qiē is due to the number of days. Ji Gonggong is sentimental. The writing is particularly good, and when he was in Beijing, he co-authored a book called 1893 with another father-in-law. The book has several chapters, and Luoyang paper is expensive for a while. Deeply praised by the eunuchs and literati in Beijing, it is a pity that a cannon rang out on the night of June 26 in Xinhai, and the revolutionary army entered the Forbidden City.

The eunuchs and scholars in Beijing didn't have the heart to complain about the discontinuation of the scriptures they read on weekdays, and they all began to worry about their fate: after the revolutionary army took over the imperial palace in the capital, the eunuchs and eunuchs were first classified according to their knowledge, and those who were illiterate and under the age of 50 were sent home with one hundred taels of silver. Those over 50 years old, those who want to go home will add 50 taels, and those who don't want to go home will live in the palace for a long time; The literacy is different, as long as there is no resentment towards the new dynasty, then the unified examination will enter the inspectorate and be stationed in various places as officials.

Only people like Gonggong Ji and Gonggong Ba who are disheartened and don't want to ask about mundane things anymore are still on errands in the palace, but at this time, those eunuch leaders and managers have been fired by the revolutionary party. The silver taels accumulated over the years were also swept away. The old man is gone, and the newcomer is promoted, and in the first year of Shenwu, the four divisions, eight bureaus, and twelve prisons are all newcomers as officials. Father-in-law Ji and Father-in-law Ba are now the attaché eunuchs of the celebrant eunuch and the palm seal eunuch of the seal eunuch. In the former Qing, this is an eye-catching position. But the power of the new dynasty is in the cabinet, and the eunuchs in the palace are just archways. Why did he send himself to Yanzhou in the palace. Gonggong Ji didn't know, although the answer was in the sword of the holy decree monk Fang that followed. But before the hour came, it was difficult for him to open the jade box.

The winter on both sides of the Fuchun River is sluggish, the river water is clear, the crops on the river bank have been harvested, the Qianmo is vertical and horizontal, there is still a thin layer of frost on the naked field, only the morning sun is bright, basking in the warm winter sun, Ji Gonggong likes this Jiangnan water town a little, and spends the whole winter in this Jiangnan, which is also good.

"Jiangnan is good, the scenery is old, the sunrise river flowers are red, and the river is as green as ......blue in spring," Ba Gonggong next to him suddenly silently remembered Bai Juyi's memories of Jiangnan, and read it for a while: "It's a pity that it's winter now, and I can't see what spring looks like." Lao Ji, when we are over fifty, let's come to Jiangnan. ”

"Come to Gangnam? Aren't we going to stay here until next year before we can return to Beijing? "Ji Gong is fair.

"No, I said let's... Then why come to Jiangnan after retirement," Father-in-law Ba said the new words of the new dynasty, "I have been in Beijing for most of my life, and it is just right to change to Jiangnan in my lifetime." Let's just write down that story. ”

Father-in-law Ba always wanted to finish writing the book, but he didn't practice just talking, he always said that there were many official duties and complicated things, and Ji Gonggong wanted to laugh at him, but he felt that the hull of the ship shook and swayed, and then stopped, and suddenly heard the voice of the boss of the ship: "Ladies and gentlemen, but you have arrived at Yanzhou Port." So he said, "I'll talk about this later, let's go ashore quickly, it's estimated that someone from the dock will pick us up." ”

With the assistance of the steward sent by the governor of Hangzhou, the two fathers-in-law left the cabin and went ashore in a short time. The boat stopped at the innermost side of the Great South Gate Wharf, and there was no other ship nearby, only looking at the west side and seeing the boat like a cloud and the mast like a forest. Stepping on the narrow pedal, the two people who went ashore saw a military attache and several sedan chairs waiting on the bluestone pier, and the official led by him stepped forward and saluted: "Welcome to Yanzhou!" The subordinate is Captain Hua Yanqiu, who was specially ordered to pick up a few adults. ”

Seeing that the military attache saluted himself, Father-in-law Ji and Father-in-law Ba were not good at talking, they just hugged their fists, and then got on the sedan chair, entered the Great South Gate, passed through Huangpu Street, passed through countless archways, and went straight to Yanzhou Mansion.

When the two fathers-in-law who secretly came to Yan in Beijing got on the sedan chair and hurried away, everyone in the government was already waiting, today is the day of the founding of the Chinese Air Force, according to the calculated day and hour, noon should be auspicious, and it is best to take the stage at that time - follow the example of the ancient worship generals, and now there is a worship platform in front of the Yanzhou Mansion, when the holy decree is read, the military flag, the sword, and the seal letter are awarded, and the third army air force alongside the navy and the army will be established.

Yang Rui didn't care about the Ministry of Rites making such a flower, but the scheduled commander of the Air Force, Major General Pan Shizhong, was sweating profusely from the morning, and he didn't want the Prime Minister to let the Air Force become an independent army after praising the Air Force. Since ancient times, there have been armies and naval armies, but when has there been an air force? In the yamen, I was restless, and I suddenly heard a report outside, saying that the two fathers-in-law from Beijing were about to arrive.

As soon as this news broke, Major General Pan Shizhong and the air force generals all stood up from their stools like springs, and Yang Rui, who didn't care about it, also began to get up. Although they were two eunuchs, they were the emperor's representatives after all. Although this kid has no power, he still has to do it.

Under the leadership of Yang Rui. Everyone went out of the yamen to greet the visitors, and Yang Rui hugged his fists at the two fathers-in-law and said politely: "Two fathers-in-law." In a hurry, in order to strictly keep secrets, but he was negligent. ”

Gong Ji was startled when he saw that the prime minister of the current cabinet was here, and then saw that there were many generals around him, so he hurriedly saluted, and then was welcomed into the yamen by everyone. Soon after they arrived, they heard someone shouting: "The auspicious time has arrived, ready to take the stage!" ”

On the fifth day of October in the second year of Shenwu, the sky of Yanzhou was full of white clouds. Flipping like a flocculent, the sunlight in the clouds shone downwards on the two-foot-high platform of worshipping generals, and also sprinkled on the shoulders of nearly 1,000 officers and men of the air force in the school grounds. When Gonggong Ji and Gonggong Ba took the stage, the west wind was fierce, and the gossip flag, the five-party flag, and the three-army flag inserted in the middle of the stage were whirring.

At the signal of the celebrant officer, Gonggong Ji walked to the microphone in the center of the stage and unfolded the holy decree taken out of the jade box. After clearing his throat, he read aloud: "Commanders listen to the order!" Fengtian carried King Min, and the edict said: Since the beginning of Hongmeng's end of Pangu, there have been dreams of flying for thousands of years, but although there are those who soar in the sky. But it has not been heard that it can attack cities and seize land, and defeat the enemy. And the airship of our country was created at the beginning of the Liberation Revolution, defeating the enemy on the capital of the enemy. Outstanding meritorious service and great military achievements. Today, I am looking at the prosperity of the planes of the world, and the prime minister is thinking about the country. In addition to the army and navy, there will be an air force. Pan Shizhong, former major general of the army, is hereby promoted to lieutenant general. Appointed as commander of the Air Force, former Army Major General Shan Yunian was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed as director of the Air Force, and the remaining officers such as Qin Guoyong, Liu Zuocheng, Li Baoyan, Li Qi'an, and Tan Gen were all promoted to one rank and transferred to the Air Force. The eagle strikes the sky, the wings vibrate the Chinese people, and the séance of Wanger is punished in the sky, and the prestige of the country is broadcast in the world......"

Ji Gonggong first read the edict, Yu Guang saw the stage carrying swords and guns, heroic generals, immediately panicked, after reading the wrong two words, only to smell a cough behind the back, suddenly the whole body of cold sweat, but did not dare to look under the stand to read more and more smoothly, only when the chant 'eagle strikes the sky, wing Zhenhuaxia', the blood is also stirred by the meaning of the text, the voice immediately became louder, and after reading the 'Qin this', I found that the long holy decree had been read.

Yesterday they suddenly heard that the air force was going to build an army, and the officers and soldiers were very excited. After the stirring holy decree was recited, nearly 1,000 officers and soldiers in the audience involuntarily shouted in unison: "Long live King Min, long live, long live!" Long live China, long live, long live! Long live King Min, long live, long live! Long live China, long live, long live, long live......"

While everyone shouted, according to the script of the Ministry of Rites, Yang Rui, who was dressed in military uniform, and Pan Shizhong, the first commander of the Air Force, rode side by side to inspect the air force phalanx, and then dismounted together and ascended to the high platform in the sound of drums. Lieutenant General Pan Shizhong bowed down to take the holy decree and sword in the hand of Gonggong Ji, and then took the hunting flag in the hands of the prime minister, and stepped into the microphone in Taichung but his words were choked, just when Yang Rui thought he had forgotten the words, he suddenly waved the flag and shouted: "The eagle strikes the sky, and the wings vibrate China!" The eagle strikes the sky, and the wings vibrate China! ”

All the rituals drummed up by the Ministry of Rites made Yang Rui unable to lift his spirits, but all the rituals of the Ministry of Rites made those small soldiers and generals very excited, and Yang Rui was very helpless about this. But thinking that these guys are all promoted to the next level and have formed an army on their own, it's not too much to shout. After all, it is the Air Force, 30,000 yuan is equal to 20,000 taels, 1237.5 grams, and 20,000 taels is 750 kilograms of silver. This ton of silver must be treated kindly, not only to mention, but also to be honored, so that it can fight bravely to kill the enemy.

After this day's banquet, Yang Rui finally returned to the north, first went to Wuchang to inspect the Hanyang Iron Works and the Military Industrial Park, and then went to Luliang, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province and other places to inspect the basic industries that had been built with a lot of money. At this time, many sections of the Tongpu Railway had been completed and opened to traffic, and Yang Rui, who rushed to the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant in Shanxi, found that there was light smoke on the blast furnace, and several 500-ton pig iron furnaces from the Bethlehem Company of the United States had been ignited and tested, and the first phase of the project of this large iron plant, with a total design of one million tons of steel per year, had been completed. Yang Rui of the steel mill is familiar, but the focus of his visit to Shanxi is to go to the Luliang Aluminum Factory, so that accompanied by Sun Songling, the governor of Shanxi Province, he took the train to the Lvliang Aluminum Factory.

"President, all the aluminum in Shanxi is in the area of Luliang Mountain, and its aluminum ore reserves are more than 200 million tons, which is the largest in the country. Jiaokou Xiaoyi area has the best quality and the shallowest burial. Open-pit mining can be done, so Lvliang Aluminum Plant is located in Xiaoyi. "Governor Sun Songling is a native of Lixian County. Former Qing Juren, one of the representatives of the Revival Association. When Hangzhou raised the uprising, because Yuan Shikai, the governor of Zhili, did not want the scandal to be publicized, he was not arrested, but only asked people to persuade him to escape, so he was spared. Unlike others who call Premier Yang Rui, he only calls Yang Rui as the chairman, indicating that he has never forgotten his roots.

Yang Rui laughed a little at his careful thoughts, but he could also comprehend the pressure he was under. Unlike Yang Rui's knowledge that Shanxi is rich in minerals and diverse resources, the governors of various provinces and social elites all said that the imperial court did not send people to the province to investigate, once it was explored. That resource must be more than Shanxi. The governor's ass must sit on the local side, and it has been the case since ancient times, especially in the new dynasty is different from the late Qing Dynasty, and the financial and tax power is all in the central government, so the governor can at most rectify and clean up the city at most, or use the poor financial appropriation to do some small things, and it is impossible to run a big business.

Therefore, the common Beijing office began to appear in the capital in later generations, and there were many people who "ran to Beijing", and those provincial governors carried a large amount of "family property" with a value not exceeding the regulations of the Inspectorate every time they entered Kyoto for personal exchanges. They dare not go to the 'ruthless' Prime Minister's Office, but the gentle Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Rites that loves to eat stinky tofu, the Ministry of Agriculture that often wears straw sandals, the Ministry of Household that smiles coldly, the Ministry of Industry that runs around the country, the Ministry of Commerce that sees the eyes of profit, and the Ministry of Transportation, which coaxes cowhides, are where they often go. Universities give more places, more local monuments, more iron cattle in rural areas, more subsidies in provincial accounts, more business in chambers of commerce, and a section of railways in the local area...... These are the things that the governors are looking forward to. Even if you don't want much in the capital, when you get to the provincial capital, it's also a great event.

Everyone worked hard to 'run into Beijing'. Hunan says it is the hometown of the Son of Heaven, Zhejiang says it is a revolutionary holy land, Guizhou says it is a poor mountainous area, Liaoning says it is in danger, and Mongolia says it is a Han brother...... It takes so much effort. Shanxi is the only country that is valued by the central government, and it is also building railways and running industrial parks. How unbearable is this. The governors are all senior members of the Revival Association, and they all want to govern the province well in order to have some official reputation, and they also know the importance of industry.

When Yang Rui introduced the situation of the aluminum plant in Sun Songling, he only thought about those meetings that usually dare not make any atmosphere, and once someone made a fuss, it was a meeting of provincial governors who shouted in unison in unison, and the corners of his mouth were slightly touched, and he already laughed in his heart. Governing both inside and outside is important, not to mention the outside powers, the provincial governors all want to supply blood to the central government, but there is only so much money, and the porridge is so little, everyone will live in the past few years.

The tall chimneys and high-voltage transmission lines of the supporting power stations of the aluminum plant could already be seen on the carriage, and at this time, the governor Sun Songling no longer advocated in detail how rich Shanxi's resources were, and began to introduce the aluminum plant itself, "...... The first phase of the factory covers an area of more than 102,000 square meters, with a construction area of 53,000 square meters, 770 electrolytic cells designed and installed for 5,000 amperes, and an annual output of 5,000 tons of electrolytic aluminum......"

When Sun Songling said that the annual output of 5,000 tons of electrolytic aluminum, Yang Rui did not react and even shook his head, compared with the aluminum factories that were 100,000 million tons at every turn in later generations, the output of 5,000 tons of aluminum is really not enough, but who makes the world's annual output only more than 8,000 tons. China suddenly changed from a non-aluminum-producing country to a major aluminum-producing country, and the market supply increased by nearly 70 percent, which immediately lowered the original aluminum price of 700 US dollars per ton to 100 US dollars [Note: In 1900, the output of aluminum was 6,000 tons, and in 1930 it was 270,000 tons; In 1900 the price was $720/ton, in 1930 it was $530/ton. From K. Griotheim, B. J. Welch, Aluminum Electrolysis Technology, P4. ]。 Before he read the World Aluminum Industry Briefing, he fantasized about making aluminum alloy wheels for export to the United States, but now the price of aluminum is more than ten times the price of steel, the price of aluminum alloy is higher, and the four wheels will be sold for at least thirty or forty dollars.

When Yang Rui was worried about aluminum production and prices, a group of people entered the factory under the leadership of Sun Songling, and at this time the general offices of the factories were already waiting there, the general office of the electrolytic aluminum plant was in charge of the Hubei monosodium glutamate sales office in the past, Mr. Yu Dechang (Yu Huizu's nephew), this person is no longer as timid as a mouse before, and he is not dressed in a long silk shirt and melon skin hat, but with short hair cut and overalls. Yang Rui is a thing in the pool, he has long seen it, but it is beyond his expectation that he can be the head of a country. Before Yang Rui hugged his fist, Yu Dechang began to bow and said loudly: "Yu Dechang, the grass people, has seen the Prime Minister, the Lord Shangshu, and the Lord Governor......"

The entourage is all adults, Yu Dechang bowed a few times, Yang Ruinian is old acquaintance, stepped forward to help him and several other general offices, and said: "Brother Zulong, don't bow, it's all old acquaintances, you can meet friends." Yang Rui's words made Yu Dechang stunned, and then Yang Rui said again: "How can Brother Zulong be in the electrolytic aluminum factory, you are not ......?"

Yang Rui said this, and suddenly thought that Yu Huizu said that he was not very worried about sales, and transferred to the management post, and then the chlor-alkali plant was managed by him, the chlor-alkali plant was electrolytic, and the electrolytic aluminum was electrolytic, no wonder the Ministry of Industry would send him here to be the general office.

When the prime minister asked, Yu Dechang replied respectfully, the reason was exactly what Yang Rui thought, it was precisely because he had managed the electrolysis plant that he was sent to Shanxi Electrolytic Aluminum Plant as the general office; I have seen the general office of the electrolytic aluminum factory, and next to him is Xu Baoyu, the general office of the aluminum alloy factory, who is the grandson of Xu Jianyin and the nephew of Xu Huafeng. When the aluminum alloy factory was first opened, in order to be foolproof, Xu Huafeng invited him back from Germany; The deputy general office is Geng Buchan, a native of Lingshi, Shanxi, with a master's degree in metallurgy from the Royal School of Mines, University of London; After the general office of the aluminum alloy factory saw it, the last was Jiang Lifu, the general office of the engine factory, a native of Pingyang, Zhejiang, who graduated from the Department of Applied Mathematics of Tongji University, and later studied management, and was the first batch of MBA in Tongji.

Different from those old tracks in the Shanghai Light Industrial Park, most of the people I saw here in Shanxi were factory directors and general offices with professional backgrounds, and Yu Dechang also entered Tongji for several years to study. However, this kind of thought flashed in Yang Rui's heart, and he was relieved after a while, although those people in Shanghai lack professionalism, but their skills and experience are all obtained from practice, and they have been rolling in the shopping mall for a long time.

Yang Rui was distracted, and Xu Huafeng began to introduce his electrolytic aluminum to Yang Rui in detail. "Running an aluminum plant is the same as running an iron plant, the distance between the mines is very important, Xiaoyi to the intersection are bauxite concentration areas, this area found 21 bauxite deposits, bauxite reserves of 210 million tons, its taste is not only high but also open-pit mining, and we are under the feet of the coalfield, Fenshui is also near the side, set up a factory here can be said to be sitting on the geographical advantage, unique. The purity of the aluminum ingots produced by electrolysis can reach more than 98%, and then it is fused and smelted with electrolytic copper to obtain the alloy performance is quite good.

But the difficulty is that pure aluminum can be cut arbitrarily, and aluminum alloy cannot, it has high strength, so it is not easy to process, in order to make it cast into various parts, it needs to be processed immediately after the heat treatment of its solid melt is cooled, and the time between them must be very rapid and not slightly delayed. This is because the alloy begins to harden one hour after quenching. If there is no way to process it quickly within this hour, we should apply temperature control, such as after quenching, store it in the refrigerator at -20 degrees Celsius, and take it out during processing. ”

Xu Huafeng's description of the situation only made Yang Rui amused, and he said: "All the time for smelting is to use water and oil, how can you use the refrigerator." If the royal families in Europe knew that this Haier royal refrigerator was used for smelting and processing, they would definitely be mad. How did this happen and why did it happen? ”

Yang Rui felt funny, Xu Huafeng was very strict, he said: "Actually, why this aluminum alloy can only remain in its original state at minus 20 degrees, we can't figure it out." As for how you found out, thank you. When you sent the freezer to the European royal family, didn't you say that you would also send it to the real yàn room, so you sent a few more to the real yàn room. At that time, the metallurgical room had a headache for the processing of this alloy, which was not easy to move after an hour, everyone thought about it, and then some people thought that it should be cooled down, which came and went, and finally used the refrigerator, the freezer was not enough to minus ten degrees, and everyone started to reduce the temperature to minus twenty, which finally solved the processing problem. It's amazing, it's hard to do scientific research! Every step is too hard! It depends not only on hard work, but also on luck, which is really ......" (Want to know more exciting news about "Heroes of the Late Qing Dynasty"?) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add Friends to add an official account, search for "Qidianzhongwenwang", follow the official account, and never miss every update! (To be continued......)