On March 25, 1689, the west wind roared outside Nanding Port and huge waves were surging. A 150-ton inland/offshore universal steamer flashed with lights and drove into the port with difficulty.

As the sailor put down the pedal, a man wearing a thick wool coat went ashore with a bitter look on his face. His name is Mo Xingye, the founder of the East Coast Army and the eldest grandson of the army veteran Mo Ming. He is currently the deputy director of the family business Sea Eagle Instrument Factory, responsible for the research and development, introduction and production of new products.

Of course, because he is too young and has limited experience, this deputy factory director is just nominal. The one who really does things is the group of old people who have been in the factory for almost twenty years. These people are familiar with everything in the factory, and some of them are working in the workplace, and they are very motivated. The Haiying Instrument Factory is still in their hands.

The Haiying Instrument Factory has been relatively old, and generally has a history of more than 25 years. It was founded by Mo Dashuai after he returned from the Far East. In the early days, it mainly produced sextant instruments, quadrant instruments, compass, protractors, rulers, etc., and now it has begun to produce instruments such as flowmeters, pressure gauges, thermometers, which further enriches the product line.

In fact, the above instruments are very different from the products of the same name in later generations, and their uses are also very different. They are all relatively advanced precision instruments of this era. Such as compass, protractors, rulers, etc., not only need to be used in surveying and mapping, but also have great uses in navigation. Almost all homework on the map are used for these things. The Navigation School offers special courses including navigation surveying and geodetic measurement, and has trained a large number of qualified staff officers. These staff officers who have mastered a lot of knowledge are an important part of the combat effectiveness of the East Coast Navy.

Compared with the East Coast Navy, European naval officers certainly have corresponding courses, but the content is much simpler and the equipment is a bit incomplete. For many years, Europeans have been trying to import some such instruments from the East Coast in non-regulated catalogs, which are much better quality and more accurate than they produce themselves, making East Coast people make a lot of money.

Although the products produced by the Haicheng Instrument Factory are not as good as those of the state-owned East Coast Precision Instrument Company (a large leading enterprise that integrated the former state-owned scientific instrument factory), under the huge market demand, their products are still in short supply and excellent sales, and have become a very good cash cow. You should know that the maritime industry is becoming more and more popular all over the world, and the ship ownership of various countries is getting more and more than one year after another. The total tonnage of 50,000 tons decades ago and 100,000 tons of ships have already made everyone amazed, but now there is no 200,000 tons, you really dare not say that you are a major navigator! The popularity of the maritime industry and the sudden increase in the number of ships will naturally make related companies, including the Haicheng Instrument Instrument Factory and the East Coast Precision Instrument Company, make a fortune.

In fact, there is also a sea eagle watch factory under the Mo family, which specializes in the production of many timekeeping tools including navigation clocks, tower clocks, and mechanical watches. It can be said that it is the only one in the east coast, including the Navy, and they are loyal users of their family. The various sea eagle watches produced in the factory are sold nationwide and overseas colonies, and are another major source of profit for the Mo family and are very stable.

However, after researching the family meeting of the Mo family, I felt that the future of the family would be neither a sea eagle watch factory nor a sea eagle musical instrument factory, but a sea eagle instrument instrument factory, that is, it will be transformed into a manufacturer of measuring instruments and precision instruments in the future. These things are used in the industry, and the market demand in the future is very huge. If it develops smoothly, this alone can make their family prosperous.

It is precisely because of this that Mo Xingye, as the eldest grandson of the family, left his hometown in Xingnan Port and took a ship from the messenger liner company to Nanding Port, which is the location of the Sea Eagle Instrument Factory, a medium-sized port city in the development boom.

Nanding Port is the Brigadier General of Rivadavia in Argentina, located on the west coast of St. Jorge Bay. Currently, there is a second-class national highway leading to inland Shuanghu Township and other places. Economically, it is mainly wool textile industry, ceramic manufacturing industry, animal husbandry, and fishing industry. Of course, there are many sea eagle instrument factories located here. The main reasons why the sea eagle factory is located here are nothing more than two reasons. One is that the head of the here is old with the Mo family, and the factory is located here for easy care; the other is that the national administrative order mandates that all production control technology factories are located in remote southern cone areas to avoid technical leakage as much as possible. The sea eagle instrument factory was originally unable to reach this point, but their factory also developed a national important weapon such as a wire engraving machine (of course, it inevitably "draws" the technology of the East Coast Machinery Instrument Company), so it was on the surveillance list of the Mei agency, and the factory could only be set up here.

Of course, setting up the factory here is also the will of Mo Ming, who has passed away. Mo Dashu was a later generation, so he naturally knew that there was extremely rich oil and natural gas resources near the Rivadavian Brigadier City. Like Neuken, it is the main oil production center in Argentina. The future development prospects are destined to be underestimated, although the surroundings of this city are desolate and arid.

Therefore, based on this consideration, the Mo family finally decided to set up the factory here, while producing and selling it, while quietly studying various instruments and instruments used in the oil production process. When internal combustion engines appear in the future and liquid fuels such as oil are popular, their factories can get the first place to get close to the water and develop one step ahead of others.

Mo Xingye hired a large carriage near the dock and hurried to the factory. The factory was not far away, just inside the city, so it took only about twenty minutes before Mo Xingye sat at his desk.

"The factory wants to launch a metal expansion instrument and comparator project? This is a ban on precision instrument companies. These old men are very motivated." As soon as they sat down, the secretary knocked in and handed him a large pile of documents. Mo Xingye simply looked through it and found that the managers in the factory who were the same age as his father were thinking about enriching product lines again.

In fact, if there is a huge demand for instruments at home and abroad, the Haicheng Instrument Factory will be enough to maintain a steady and stable profit by producing the instruments mentioned above and supplying flowmeters, pressure gauges, thermometers and other instruments to various water plants and factories in China. Not to mention that they have developed key basic cutting-edge instruments such as line etching machines. Although the quality may not be similar to Dongban Precision Instrument Company, the sales are also very wide. There is no need to enrich the product line and make some more complicated things.

However, as an old saying goes, if you sail against the current, you will retreat if you don’t advance. If the sea eagle factory is lying on the credit book of the past, then how can you catch up with the industry’s leading precision instrument companies? And if other manufacturers overcome technical thresholds and rise rapidly in the future, it is not impossible for their factory to decline. Mo Xingye can understand this, so after seeing these reporting documents, he did not reject it, but sighed a little, and actually agreed with the opinions of these uncles and uncles.

"Well, here is another...a feasibility study on the development of astronomy series products. This is what we are trying hard to compete with precision instrument companies for business. It's amazing, great!" Mo Xingye saw another report and was stunned for a moment.

Theodolite, equatorial meter, radial telescope, reflective telescope, etc. are the research and development directions mentioned in this report. Some of these products are products being developed by Dongban Precision Instruments Company, and some are the flagship products of the state-owned Henan Glass Factory. They are all cutting-edge equipment with high-profile entry into this industry. What will these two factories look at? It is still unknown.

You should know that the various high-precision lenses needed to produce these precision optical instruments must rely on them. Especially the Henan Glass Factory located in Dongfang County, which just created the world's first large lens for astronomy a few years ago. The main reason is that after years of dedicated research and development, they can already produce stable quality flint glass on a large scale. Moreover, their factory manufactures and sells large astronomical telescopes to observe star bodies for relevant departments. Now that the sea eagle factory wants to enter this industry, will they sell such key optical lenses? I'm afraid it's not very optimistic.

"Instead of making trouble on this, it is better to focus on entering physics instruments. Ordinary balances, precision balances, scales, etc., mints, precious metals management bureau, national grain reserve warehouses and even various factories, don't sell too much, I'm envious." Mo Xingye lit a cigarette, shook his head, and said to himself: "In addition, polarization meters, air pressure pumps, gas meters (measures gas status), microscopes, etc. are all places that can be chased, so why bother to humiliate themselves? Well, domestic surveys are in full swing now, and various geodetic instruments are sold very popular. The East Coast Precision Instrument Company is rich and has government channels and relationships. If our similar products cannot be steadily suppressed in terms of quality and performance, they will probably not be able to compete. These products, I heard that the Precision Instrument Company is in full swing.

The scientific instrument factories under the country are constantly improving and innovating, and we cannot just rely on our old capital. Turning, adjusting, placing scales, vernier and microscrew improvements, etc. are all technical obstacles that need to be solved urgently. Our factory spends money on this, which seems to be more reliable than developing astronomy products. No, I have to discuss this with them. If you should argue with them, you have to fight for it. The scale of the business founded by my grandfather and father is not easy, and it cannot be defeated in my hands. I heard that several children from Qingdao County in the north have joined forces to enter this lucrative industry. They borrowed money from Qiang Xiaoman, and they also took tens of thousands of yuan. They also dug up several technical backbones from the precision instrument company and the Henan Glass Factory. It seems quite threatening and should not be careless."

In fact, it is normal for Mo Xingye to have such concerns. Precision instrument manufacturing is an industry with high technical thresholds on the east coast and even the whole world, and the demand for funds is also very large. It is necessary to continuously invest money to improve old products, develop new products, and upgrade various instruments very quickly. It is normal to fall behind if you are not careful.

Moreover, with the increasing development of the East Coast economy, the demand for such instruments used in industry, scientific research and teaching is also increasing, and the market size here is amazing. Not to mention, European countries are now learning about various standardized production in the East Coast, directly "plagiarizing" various measurement standards on the East Coast, trying every means to import brand new or second-hand instruments to improve their industrial level. Without these instruments, precision production is a joke. If the market is carefully calculated, it is even more amazing. It is also ordinary to be targeted by later generations who hold money in their hands but have no investment direction.
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