Chapter 66 Xu Jianyin

[66] Xu Jianyin

"My boss, now our Yuchun business is famous. Not only is the umbrella sold well, but also the soap and matches shipped are starting to sell well.

Our box of 30 pieces of matches is 40% cheaper than the box of 50 pieces of foreign fire on the market! I heard that the matches of various businesses in Jinan are all sold by us!

There is also soap. Although it is sold for two yuan, it is twice as expensive as ordinary foreign pancreatic, but as long as large local households buy it and use it, they all say that the smell is much better than foreign pancreatic, saying that it smells like real flowers, not pungent and has no alkaline smell.

The servants who came to buy soap said that after using the soap of our Yuchun business, they were no longer willing to use the cheap pancreas of others. They all said by name that in the future, we will only buy the soap of our Yao family Yuchun business!" Zhou Fourth is very excited and full of hope for the bright future of the Yao family and his future in the business.

Yao Fan is also very satisfied with the current sales situation. In less than ten days, Jinan has returned nearly 70,000 taels of silver. This real gold and silver is really exciting.

"Fourth, have you figured out the price of the store?" Yao Fan whispered.

When Zhou Fan asked about this, he immediately turned his head and looked around. Seeing that no one was eavesdropping, he bowed and whispered, "My landlord, I found several famous local teeth to find out. This shop is selling well, and it's only this number at most! Nine hundred and fifty taels must be nonsense!"

Zhou said on the fourth side and drew a V-shaped gesture.

"I knew it!" Yao Fan snorted coldly.

"Fourth, when you inquired about it, you know what He Wan is doing outside these days? I don't even come to the shop very much!" Yao Fan was unhappy.

"Master, I heard from Qi Maishun in the store that Third Master He bought a house in the leather alley and raised a new bereaved widow. I went around and inquired about it. The neighbors said that Third Master He didn't go out much and hid in it all day to hang out with the woman. The little widow was originally a concubine of Master You in the city. After entering the door for half a year, he killed Master You. As soon as Master You died, the little widow was kicked out of the You family..." Zhou Shi talked about the gossip he inquired about. .

"Oc's it, stop talking." Yao Fan interrupted.

"Shicheng has now gone to Tai'an to send money. He must be able to complete my registration procedures in the next few days. When he and Luo Guan Qun Wang Chuan Nian help me enter the genealogy, we will leave when we come back. Just ask Luo Guanqun to stay and look at He Wan You!" Yao Fan made a decision.

"How much money is left in the account?" Zhou Fourth asked.

"Let's save 3,000 taels, not too much. You can go back to Qingdao tomorrow and take these drugs back to the third sister and Li Hainiu. There is also a letter to them.

"Yes, boss, I'll start tomorrow morning."

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Today, on the streets of Jinan Prefecture, traces of paradise umbrellas can be seen everywhere. The rich people who bought paradise umbrellas wear sunny umbrellas of various colors, colorful and compete for victory. Even the city, which is the inner city of Jinan Prefecture and dedicated to the Eight Banners, is full of umbrella flowers of various colors.

"Hey, Mr. Pi, you also bought this paradise umbrella."

"No, this day is too poisonous. I heard that there is a purple light hidden in the sunlight. If people tan this purple line, the skin will be purple and black. Do you know why foreigners are so white? It is because foreigners know this truth that they secretly hide a small folding umbrella in their sleeves.

"So that's what happened... But, but your blue flag men are also afraid of tanning? It's not a bitch..."

"You know nothing! My ancestors and grandparents have been a poor person in front of the emperor. Maybe one day, when the royal family will ask me to serve. On that day, I will go to the Jinluan Hall, and my face will be whiter, isn't it?

"I got it! Mr. Pi, I think you are looking forward to raising a white face to get Fifth Master Zhan's daughter, right?

"All bullshit! Get out of here! I still have business, and I don't have time to talk nonsense with you here!"

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In the Sihai Teahouse on Dongcaiyuan Street, Jinan, tea guests are also chatting.

"Mr. Xun, you are so elegant today that you have used foreign fire to light cigarettes! What's the matter? Your ancestral fire fold is broken?

"That's my ancestral fire fold, blue enamel with gold, that's the treasure uploaded by my ancestors! How can it be bad! I can't bear to use it and leave it at home. Nowadays, the foreign fire of Yuchun's business is really cheap. There are 30 big men in a box, with more than ten in it. Counting three big men, I'm not short of this little money. Why do I have to wander around with a dead thing?

"Alas, yes, the foreign fire used to cost 50 yuan a bag, but now it has fallen by almost half. Seeing that foreigners' things are getting cheaper and cheaper, we all use foreigners' goods in the Qing Dynasty, so who will buy fire folds in the future?

"Yes, how long is that foreigner's head? How can he make such strange things? Let's talk about the fragrant pancreas of Yuchun's business. My daughter used it once in her home and came back to buy it. She insisted that it would bring incense on her body after washing. I can't resist it, so I have to ask her to buy it. Hey, not to mention, after washing my hands, it's really oily and fragrant! It's comfortable to smell."

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Yao Fan was called to Ding Baozhen's Shangzhi Academy that day, received some books that Ding Baozhen asked him to translate, and was introduced by Ding Baozhen to a number of institutions and translations in the college. After that, Ding Baozhen asked Xue Fuchen to take Yao Fan to the Machine Bureau to meet Xu Jianyin.

Yao Fan met Xu Jianyin in the office of the Shandong Machinery Bureau under the leadership and introduction of Xue Fuchen. He was wearing a white cloth single coat and trousers. The cuffs and lower edges of the single coat were set with green silk wide edges. Although his figure was not tall and slightly fat, his eyebrows were full of wit, and his body seemed to have a little transparent wisdom. .

After a polite ceremony, both sides drank tea and got to the point.

"Yao Dong's family, at present, General Xu's Office is worried about the construction of the Machinery Bureau." Xue Fuchen, who will handle the Machinery Bureau, opened the topic.

"Exactly, has Yao Dong's family seen how to plan the foreign gun factory?" Xu Jianyin asked.

Yao Fan felt that it was not only like two people were testing themselves, but also as if they were asking for questions.

But these two have indeed never been abroad, and they don't even know how to build factories in Europe now.

Yao Fan looked at Xu Jianyin, who was the first group of people in the Qing Dynasty to see the world and actually run science. Yao Fan was very eager to help him. Maybe one day, this person will have the opportunity to help this country on the big stage provided by Yao Fan.

Yao Fan decided to shock the two and convince them.

Nowadays, large foreign factories are equipped with power workshops. Steam engines are installed in the power workshops. Through the transmission gear installed on the roof of the large factory, the power is output to the top of each working area in the factory, and then the belt is used to guide the power down to drive the belt machine tool.

In addition to small family factories in Europe and the United States, large factories no longer use a single small steam engine to drive a single machine tool, which is not only energy-saving, but also makes the interior of the factory crowded and lacks planning. Yao Fandao.

Xu Jianyin said, "But I heard from foreign priests that many small European and American family factories are suppliers of gun parts."

Yao Fan knew that even the famous John Browning started with a hand lathe. After founding the Browning Company in 1878, he bought a vertical 5-horsepower coal-burning and firewood dual-purpose steam engine to drive the lathe. However, Browning's real fame came to FN in Belgium and relied on FN's large-scale production workshop, which made him famous in the world.

"That's right, but Brother Xu is planning a large factory. In the future, he will provide guns to dozens of millions of troops in the Qing Dynasty. How can he ensure the quality without mass production?" Yao Fandao.

"In Brother Yao's opinion, how should this factory be designed?" Xu Jianyin asked.