Chapter 1173 The romantic woman is paired with farming in the Republic of China (24)

Shen Xijin has a map of the current distribution of arsenals in the country. There are as many as forty large and small, including more than a dozen in coastal provincial cities alone. He was relatively familiar with the arsenals in the north, and there was only one in the south where he knew someone.

Haicheng currently has only one arsenal on the surface. It used to be called Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, but now it is called Machinery Bureau.

However, the Machinery Bureau has always been a government industry and is currently taking orders from the commander-in-chief.

If they approached Marshal Zhang with blueprints and money, he would probably be very happy to cooperate with them, but neither Xu Yin nor Shen Xijin wanted the warlord to get involved.

Xu Yin knew the general trend, but Shen Xijin had no good impression of the warlords because his family was in decline and his family members were separated and died because of the warlords. One was motivated by the rise and fall of the nation, and the other was burdened by family hatred, so he simply decided: do it yourself!

"After the Chinese New Year, I am approving a piece of land in the name of starting a machinery factory. How about choosing the small forest behind the pharmaceutical factory? Although it is called a small forest, the area is actually not small, and there are many towering ancient trees. If used properly, these Trees are natural barriers. Besides, with this grove, there is no need to purchase additional wood used in production, and it attracts less attention from the outside world, which is the best of both worlds."

Xu Yin took Shen Xijin up to the attic and pointed to the small woods behind.

"At that time, a wall will be built to enclose the two factories, a tunnel will be dug inside, and an underground warehouse will be built. Production that is obviously military industry will be placed underground. The ground will be ordinary mechanical production, and there will be no fear of official raids. "

 Shen Xijin agreed with her proposal, but——

 “I’m afraid that the funds for a large-scale construction project...”

“I said, leave the money to me. I don’t have much else but money.”

　　　…”

Shen Xijin was amused by her.

Xu Yin was stunned by his starry smile, and sighed in her heart: Comrade Xiaojin is so alluring without even realizing it.

The two of them reached an agreement, and after the New Year, Xu Yin went to allocate land.

  It’s still a box of big yellow croakers. If you buy enough land, donate it.

The government likes to deal with stupid foreigners like Xu Yin who have a lot of money. First, they give money easily and buy it if the price is right. They rarely bargain. Any extra large yellow croakers will be donated to the government to build roads, but in the end it is not the case. Into their pockets? Of course the roads will be repaired, but that is a public expense and they do not need to pay for it privately. Secondly, unlike other local factory owners, they are fixated on the limited amount of land in the city center and cannot move away. The four families are fighting, and in the end the government has to step in to coordinate. It's so good for people like Xu Jinjin. The land outside the city is also vacant. You can buy as much as you want. If you buy it and set up a factory, you'll still be taxed. It's like making money twice.

The official who received Xu Yin happily put a piece of large yellow croaker into his pocket. He was very efficient in doing things and completed all the procedures in less than half a day.

Xu Yin received the land deed and returned to the pharmacy to ask Fenglu to post a recruitment notice. She was going to hire people to build a factory. The treatment would be the same as when building a pharmaceutical factory.

She has no intention of doing it secretly in private. The underground arsenal will be opened quietly, and the above-ground machinery factory will be opened openly. Except for the basement and tunnels, which were built by herself, the factories and buildings on the ground were all built on the surface, just like when the pharmaceutical factory was built.

Fenglu was wondering why his boss bought land to build a factory again? The investment made by the pharmaceutical company has not yet been repaid, and the seam is too big! No, he has to save some money on other expenses.

Hence, the other employees of the pharmacy discovered that Feng Lu, who was trained by his employer as the boss, had been a bit stingy recently. When they asked him to approve the note to get money, they couldn't come up with three reasons not to approve it.

Even if there is no soy sauce in the kitchen, if you ask him to get money to make soy sauce, you will be asked a few questions: How long does a pot of soy sauce last? When was the last time you made soy sauce? When frying the same dish, which one is more economical, soy sauce or salt?

The big-haired lady who went to approve the strips was asked so hard that her eyes were filled with mosquito repellent.

 Worrying is nothing but worrying, but Feng Lu still completes the tasks assigned by his boss meticulously.

As a result, the people near the pharmacy all knew that the owner of the pharmacy was going to build a factory outside the North City Gate in the new year. Thinking about the salary when building a pharmaceutical factory, it was much better and more profitable than carrying bags or pulling yellow croaker carts, so people flocked to the pharmacy to sign up. After signing up, they went to the grove to start work the next day. First, the trees were cut down according to Xu Yin's request. Not all the trees were cut down. The towering ancient trees were not moved. They were transplanted later. The cut wood sections were piled in the warehouse of the pharmaceutical factory to dry. According to the public, they were kept for furniture. A sum of money can be saved.

 The trees were cleared and the site was cleared before the formal construction of the factory building began.

Dashuai Zhang heard that Xu Jinjin had bought land again, this time to set up a machinery factory. Doubts flashed through his mind. How could a descendant of the Xinglin family who opened a Chinese and Western medicine shop and a western medicine factory inexplicably start a machinery factory?

Combined with the news coming from the north, it’s hard not to be suspicious.

He walked around the study several times with his hands behind his back, then called Adjutant Chen and said, "Go and find out who Dr. Xu has been in contact with recently. If there is a strange face, remember to check the identity of the person."

 Adjutant Chen went to investigate.

 I checked around and found nothing suspicious, so I came back to report:

"Commander, Dr. Xu's daily itinerary is very simple. He is either in a pharmacy or a pharmaceutical factory. I heard that the new drug has reached a critical period and will be launched this year without any accident, so he spends a lot of time in the pharmaceutical factory recently. In addition to In these two places, he has not been seen anywhere else, nor has he had any interactions with strangers.”

"This is strange... He is a doctor, so it is understandable that he opens a pharmaceutical factory, but it is unreasonable to open a machinery factory!"

"You're talking about this, I do know some truth." Adjutant Chen laughed, "Yesterday I accompanied my wife to the pharmacy for a follow-up consultation. I chatted with Dr. Xu for a few words. I heard him say that the most effective new medicine is not injections, nor injections. It is not a pill, but an oral method called capsule, which is to fill the powdered medicine into a soft gelatin capsule, which is easy to absorb and does not hurt the stomach. This kind of capsule was seen by Wu Anping when he was studying abroad, but The machines for producing this kind of capsules are currently unavailable in China, and Dr. Xu is a very particular person. In order to optimize the effect of the medicine, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to open a machinery factory to manufacture it himself."

When Dashuai Zhang heard what was going on, all the doubts in his mind disappeared. He patted his thigh and said with a smile: "I'm telling you! Dr. Xu behaves in an upright manner and doesn't look like someone who does small tricks. It seems that he is very interested in the new medicine." Expect higher.”

Adjutant Chen smiled mysteriously: "Commander, let me tell you the truth. The effect of Dr. Xu's new drug is countless times better than sulfonamide!"

"What!!"

Dashuai Zhang was startled. He suddenly stood up from the imperial chair and almost knocked over the tea cup on the table:

“Isn’t he developing sulfa?”

"I also thought it was sulfonamide. Maybe this time the new drug has really taken off. He was in a good mood and told me the truth. He said that it was indeed sulfonamide that was developed at the beginning, but in the process he discovered another drug with better efficacy than sulfonamide. , it seems that sulfonamide can only inhibit germs, but another drug can not only inhibit but also kill germs, so the research and development direction was changed."

They have heard but not understood the medical terminology of inhibiting germs, but who doesn’t understand the words “better curative effect”?

"well!"

Dashuai Zhang excitedly clasped his hands and laughed, as if the new medicine came out thanks to him.

“Did Dr. Xu say when the first batch of new drugs will be launched?”

“I haven’t said the specific time, but I can’t say that it will be put into production this year. I guess I want to wait until the machinery factory starts working and the capsules are produced, otherwise I wouldn’t be in such a hurry to set up the machinery factory.”

“You go and tell him that the machinery factory is fully supported by the government, but the first batch of new drugs must be left to us...forget it! I will find time to tell him myself.”

Xu Yin could still guess a little bit of Marshal Zhang's thoughts. He just wanted to use this batch of medicine in exchange for better political resources.

 But when the mouth grows on her body, she has the final say which one is the first?

 (End of this chapter)