On August 20, 1698, at Nancheng Carriage Factory, several bannermen and young men were drinking tea and chatting.

The Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia can be roughly divided into three parts. The first is the Eight Banners in Guanwei. To be honest, these people have a relatively easy life. Although they are facing considerable pressure, after years of peace, the spirit of the Eight Banners children will be much worse than that of the founding of the country, and their personal skills are quite different. Obviously, this is a side effect brought by pampering, and the blood and courage of their ancestors has been wiped out by more than half. The only one that looks like a little is probably the new army of bannermen in the two towns. Because of their strict training and most of them are not from a family of upper classes, these more than 20,000 people still maintain a certain degree of energy.

The second part of the bannermen is the Eight Banners of Manchuria. These people's lives are not as good as the Eight Banners of the Guannei. The cold and cold place outside the Guannei has a small population, so they really cannot provide them with too many enjoyment things. In addition, they are also facing the threat of people from the East Coast. They fight on small and medium-sized scales very frequently, so they still maintain considerable combat power and their spirit is much stronger than the Eight Banners of the Guannei. In other words, they have been peaceful all of a sudden. The people have been raised a little, and their combat power has declined slightly, but they cannot be underestimated.

The truly miserable bannermen are the third part, and the Mongolian Eight Banners stationed in the grasslands. These people make a living by nomads. Although they also receive a large amount of banner pay and subsidies issued by the Qing court every year, they are still not enough. Life is really easy, but they are actually just the upper class aristocrats. Ordinary Eight Banner herders at the bottom are actually not well-off. Sometimes they even have to accept the fleeing Han farmers and farmers to rent their land, and their lives are a little better. The escaped Han people are basically Shanxi and Hebei immigrants in the Guanxi area. They originally lived in military camps outside the Great Wall, but their lives are too hard (taxes are required and husbands are levied), and many people have to escape with their families.

In recent years, the Eight Mongolian Banners have suffered great losses in the battle with Galdan. They then have to divide some cattle and sheep and save the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes that fled south in the pastures, so the economic losses have also been great. Therefore, overall, they probably have offended the miserable people among the bannermen.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria outside the Pass are actually in a state of being less than the top and less than the bottom. There are some combat powers that can be sacrificed at critical moments, but they are a little lazy in peacetime. Especially now that Han people have immigrated heavily to Guandong, the land that originally grew grass in their hands has increased countless times, and many people's family background has been completely improved, and some people get rich overnight, and their lives are becoming more and more lazy. Especially those who have been associated with the banner master and nobles and even the royal family, after a few years, they have earned a lot by selling military rations. In addition, some of the family property passed down from ancestors, this is not a big deal. It is not a big deal for everyone to raise 500,000 yuan silver dollars and half a factory, not to mention that the money does not need to be taken out at one time. They invest 200,000 in advance.

But that's right. The problem is that these bannermen and young men are more conservative and are unwilling to invest in the carriage factory that seems illusory in their opinion. Yes, carriages are becoming increasingly in short supply now. Whether it is a private carriage, a private carriage or a military heavy-load carriage, the demand is very high. But what does it have to do with us? Now everyone has meat to eat, a big house, and a servant, and goes out to ride, shoot and hunt from time to time. When they come back, they can listen to songs and watch operas. The family has 10,000 mu of fertile land, and 100,000 mu of rent. How much does it cost to collect rent in a year? Why do you have to set up a carriage factory? Isn't that going to do anything?

Therefore, the wealthy bannermen and young men in Fengtian really hated Feng Yu. They thought he was troublesome and blamed him for making trouble. In short, they hated him. However, who made him have someone above Master Feng? Not only Jian Zai Zhen, but also had a very good relationship with Soetuso Zhongtang. This hard background is hard for them to compare. In the end, everyone could only accept it with their noses. More than 20 young men raised money and took three respectable directors as the general office and conference office of the factory, which was considered to be a rough plan.

Now, the factory is almost in place, just by the Hunhe River. The machine has also been transported to a newly built port called Yingkou at the mouth of Liaohe River. It has been transported to the factory a few days ago, and foreign technicians are installing and debugging. These bannermen investors do not understand the matter very well, so they entrusted them to several experts who run the factory invited from Beijing (of course, they are all Han people) to bring them a group of teenagers with a group of young people. It is obvious that the children of Han immigrants near Shengjing followed the foreigners to learn and help. Of course, there are not children of bannermen in the factory, but there are few, and most of them are not well-off, so they come to the factory to try their luck.

Feng Yu arrived at about four o'clock in the afternoon, riding a horse, and more than ten followers followed him, as if he was a light car. After arriving, the old and young men who were drinking tea and chatting in the factory courtyard, and the old and young men who practiced boxing immediately came over. Feng Yu waved his hands to them, and did not exchange any more greetings. He went straight into the factory behind and looked at the machine.

The factory was a little busy at this time. More than a dozen foreign technicians stood aside and pointed, and the two interpreters ran around, sweating profusely. A group of 17 or 18-year-old boys installed machines under the guidance of foreigners. They looked very focused and studied very seriously. But on the periphery, there were more than a dozen children of flag-men standing with their arms on their backs and did not participate in the process.

Feng Yu glanced at them coldly. The guys were also clever. When they saw the prefect coming, they immediately knelt down to pay their respects. After hearing the movement, the young men who were installing the machine also knelt down tremblingly. However, the foreign technicians were still standing there one by one, and watching all this with surprise.

Feng Yu actually didn't understand industrial machines, but this did not hinder his love for these things. At the same time, he also deeply realized that the new policy was to set up factories and build machines in large quantities. The more machines the better, and the stronger the production capacity, the better. Therefore, after seeing the boilers, gears, connecting rods, forging hammers, and smelting furnaces, he was really excited and happy, so that the little unhappiness when he came in earlier disappeared.

This is the beauty of industry! This is probably the mystery of the power of the Eastern people. Now I have learned it from the Qing Dynasty. As long as the money is in place and the talent is well cultivated, it is not a natural thing to do with the national strength of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, can the yellow-clothed thief still become arrogant?

The more Feng Yu thought about it, the happier he became, and kept twisting his beard and smiling. He also guessed that he might have thought it was a little simple, but he felt that it would not be wrong in general. The people of the Eastern Kingdoms do not have three heads and six arms, nor are they gods. Why can't I do what they can do? There is no reason!

Feng Yu then talked with foreign technicians through the translation. He learned that except for the leaders of the group, the other ten people came from a place called "Germany". They had worked as craftsmen in local factories before and were impressed by the high salary offered by the Qing Dynasty, so they came here across the ocean.

To be honest, these people's level is actually not very clever. Some of them are too young, obviously not experienced enough, some are too low in their education, they seem to be speechless, some are too old and have not made good use of their eyes, and they obviously come to make the last vote. In short, these people's level is very average, even in Europa, they may not be outstanding people. The "ancestor-level craftsmen" boasted by the English people are completely fooling people. The leading English technicians seem to be quite good, at least they have long-term experience in working in factories, and they are not the kind of ignorant people. Listen to the following reports, these people have been doing the equipment installation and debugging before, and a boiler that has been debugged has been tested, and everything is normal, which means they are still a bit skillful.

Feng Yu was quite kind when talking to them. Even though this team was filled with many people who were just filling in the gaps, the Qing court paid them high salaries but the overall level was still competent. If the people below were smarter, they could still learn a lot from them, which was enough. The only thing that made people feel uncomfortable was probably the children of the bannermen. What was going on? When installing and debugging equipment, they just stood on the periphery with their arms in their arms, chatting and laughing. Is this salary so easy to get? On the other hand, the children of the Han people were all smart and intelligent people selected outside the city. Many people may not be able to read, but they all learned very seriously, because this was a hard-won opportunity for them and an opportunity that could greatly change their destiny. They would never give up!

With this understanding, Mr. Feng Yu felt a little sad. This factory was raised by the bannermen. As a result, except for the several important management positions that the bannermen were working on, the other unimportant management positions and most of the workers' apprentices were Han people. This made him Feng didn't know what to say. The bannermen would rather drink, hunt, practice boxing, and use big swords than learn machine manipulation techniques, or run a factory well. Then the question arises, who did this carriage factory run for? If all the Han people in the factory left in the future, could this factory still operate? I'm afraid it wouldn't even be able to pull out a shock absorber spring? What's the difference between that and closing?

In the end, it was fucking cheaper for the Han people! Lord Feng was a little depressed. The bannermen paid to help the Han people learn technology. They felt so heartwarming when they thought about it, but there was no good solution at present. And not only were they Feng Fengtian, but all provinces across the country were actually similar, right?

Thinking of this, Feng Yu suddenly became very excited and had no intention of continuing to visit.
Chapter completed!