The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 243: Leaving the Foreigners No Way Out

Teng Yuzao went on to say, "Although the production capacity is temporarily set at 3,000 bags per day, the site purchased must be large enough to have enough space for future expansion. The final production capacity must be the largest in Asia, or at least the largest in China."

"Brother Jizhi, although we are not short of money, we have too many things to do. We have to make appropriate arrangements. You estimate the investment amount for the first phase of the flour mill, make a plan, and then ask Brother Yucheng's bank to make a feasibility assessment, and then borrow money from the soon-to-be-established Aurora Investment and Development Bank."

Teng Yuzao looked at Xi Ligong and said, "Brother Yucheng, if you want to get a loan from a bank, you normally need a plan or something similar, right?"

Xi Ligong nodded in admiration and said, "Your Excellency is absolutely right. Bank loans now require detailed information, but they don't necessarily require a plan. I think our bank will do this and require this plan for future loans."

"of course."

Xi Ligong smiled and said, "Generally, loans require guarantors and collateral, but our own business loans do not require any collateral. All we need is an approval document signed by you or Chairman Ning."

Teng Yuzao shook his head and said, "No, as long as Mr. Ning is still the chairman, only Mr. Ning's approval will count. No one else's opinion, including mine, will count."

Teng Yuzao continued, "All new businesses should take this investment in the flour mill as an example, including Brother Cuojiu's Minsheng Company and the trading company, and Mr. Fuzhi's newspaper. In the future, whether it is investment and construction, or acquisition, if a loan is needed, it must be done in the same way."

Seeing Zhou Xuexi, Huang Chujiu, and Master Qian looking at him in confusion, Teng Yuzao said, "Although these companies are all one, their accounts are independent and their profits can be clearly divided. Therefore, all capital operations must follow the loan procedures, which can also ensure the standardized operation of our bank."

Teng Yuzao smiled and said, "The only advantage is that if you borrow money from the Aurora Investment and Development Bank, you will have fewer complicated procedures and the interest rate will not be too high."

Then, Teng Yuzao took out more than a dozen manuscripts, some thick and some thin, from his briefcase, and even a crudely made fountain pen.

After Teng Yuzhao picked out a few manuscripts and the pen, he stuffed all the other manuscripts back into the briefcase. Wei Jinghai carefully locked the briefcase again and handed it to the soldier who had been waiting behind him. The three soldiers then turned around and left.

It can be seen that Teng Yuzhao was extremely careful with his manuscripts and even had someone specially assigned to guard them.

Among the manuscripts picked up by Teng Yuzao were metal tungsten filaments for making light bulbs, fountain pens with ink storage capsules, watch automatic winding technology, monosodium glutamate, technical documents on cigarette filters, and drawings of machines for pressing filters on cigarettes.

At that time, the filaments were still made of osmium and tantalum. Since these two metals had low melting points, the operating temperature and luminous efficiency were naturally very low. In history, it took three years for the Russians to produce metal tungsten filaments as filaments for light bulbs, and they also applied for a patent.

Although fountain pens have become a commonly used writing tool in later generations, the first batch of patent certificates for water storage pens were issued by the United Kingdom as early as 1809. However, the fountain pens at that time were still very imperfect.

In early water storage pens, the ink could not flow freely. The writer had to press the piston for the ink to start flowing. After writing for a while, they had to press it again, otherwise the ink would not flow out. This was of course very inconvenient for writing.

It was not until 1884, sixteen years ago, that the American Waterman invented the fountain pen with an ink capsule.

Fifty-two years later, in 1952, the Schnockel pen, which had a tube inserted into the ink capsule to absorb water, finally appeared. It was the fountain pen that people often used in later generations.

It was not until 1956 that the capillary fountain pen commonly used today was invented.

The fountain pen patent that Teng Yuzao brought out this time directly advanced the development of fountain pens by fifty-two years.

As for the capillary fountain pen, that is, the fountain pen without ink storage capsule, Teng Yuzao plans to postpone it for a few years before bringing it out.

Regarding the automatic winding technology of watches, although the Swiss watchmaker Perrelet invented the automatic winding function in 1770 and used it on pocket watches, and the design was later improved by Breguet, the technology was relatively simple.

It was not until 1923 that the Englishman, Robert Summers, invented the automatic mechanical watch, but its rotor could only swing 300 degrees.

Seven years later, in 1930, Rolex and Polyester invented an oscillating weight that could rotate 360 ​​degrees, greatly improving the winding efficiency. From then on, automatic mechanical watches became popular.

As for the cigarette filters that became popular in later generations, they were invented by the Hungarian Aivaz in 1925. The machine for installing filters on cigarettes would not appear until a few more years later.

Historically, it would take another eight years for MSG, first developed by the Japanese, to be released on the market.

The first monosodium glutamate developed in China was the Chinese chemist Wu Yunchu in the Republic of China, who discovered the ingredients of monosodium glutamate, which the Japanese treasured, in Shanghai and named it "monosodium glutamate". After that, monosodium glutamate quickly became a household name in China. In addition, there are also the preparation technology of refined salt and several prescriptions of Chinese patent medicine.

As for refined salt, historically, it took more than a decade until Tianjin people Fan Xudong, Chen Diaofu and others established the Jiuda Refined Salt Factory, which ended the history of Chinese people consuming coarse salt.

Regarding these patents that are ahead of their time, Teng Yuzao always thinks twice before taking them out.

Teng Yuzao will not bring out anything that is too advanced or related to scientific and technological progress for the time being. He does not want the emergence of these advanced technologies to cause a significant change in the trajectory of history, which would be of no benefit to him as a "prophet".

The technologies that Teng Yuzao has brought out now may not have any significance for the economy and military, and they are all as far as possible only a little ahead of the original history. They may even follow the development of history and be gradually brought out step by step.

Teng Yuzao’s view is that as long as he can be slightly ahead of the world in a certain field and ensure his company’s leading edge, that is enough.

Of course, Teng Yuzao wanted to follow the foreigners' path and leave them with no way to go.

Teng Yuzhao briefly explained to everyone the functions of these inventions, which made everyone exclaim in surprise and joy!

With these good things, not to mention Zhou Xuexi opening a factory, anyone else would make a lot of money.

Teng Yuzhao handed the crudely made fountain pen and the manuscripts he had picked up to Zhou Xuexi. As soon as he got them in his hands, Zhou Xuexi was eager to check them.

Teng Yuzao waved his hand to stop Zhou Xuexi and said, "Brother Jizhi, we need to find someone to apply for patents for filaments, fountain pens, automatic winding technology, cigarette filters, etc. in the major countries of the world as soon as possible. Don't use my name as the inventor, just use my brother's name."

Teng Yuzao pointed to the manuscripts that Zhou Xuexi was holding in his arms, "All the relevant information about my brother is in there."

Teng Yuzao went on to say, "We can't chew too much. We don't have the ability to mass-produce some technologies yet, so it would be a waste if we keep them in our hands."

"Inventions such as metal tungsten filaments, automatic winding technology, cigarette filters and the machines that install them can all be licensed to foreign companies that need them for production. We charge patent fees. For example, for a fountain pen that uses our invention, we can charge one to several cents, and for each watch that uses automatic winding technology, we can charge ten or twenty dollars in patent fees, and so on."

"As for the preparation technology of MSG, don't apply for a patent for the time being. As I just said, this thing will still make us a lot of money. We should build our own factory to test the production."

"In addition, in addition to the flour mill and MSG factory, you can also run a cigarette factory and a pharmaceutical factory for the time being."

"In addition, Brother Jizhi, you can't just rely on me to come up with good things. Whether any company can successfully grow and develop, in addition to good management, it also needs to continuously improve and develop technology and constantly have advanced technologies that others don't have. This requires our own highly skilled people, so we must value talents and hire talents to work for us at high salaries, including some highly skilled technical workers."

Teng Yuzao looked at Ning Xingpu, "Mr. Ning, have the people I invited arrived at your place?"

Teng Yuzao asked the Lin brothers to contact sixty-four Chinese children studying in the United States, but only thirty-six of them were willing to join the vanguard army. Teng Yuzao asked the Lin brothers to tell these people to go to Xuzhou to report to Ning Xingpu for the time being.

Ning Xingpu nodded and said, "Fifteen people have already arrived at my place, and their food and accommodation have been arranged."

Teng Yuzao nodded and said to Zhou Xuexi, Xi Ligong, Huang Chujiu, Master Qian and others, "The people I invited are all from Chinese students who studied in the United States. They are treasures for our country. They should be paid high salaries. You can select some talents and place them properly according to their expertise."

"Technical talents and skilled workers recruited from other places should also be paid high salaries similar to these people."

Teng Yuzao reminded Zhou Xuexi again with concern, "The main thing is that you should not be too stingy in paying technical talents. You should offer twice as much as other places, or even more. Only in this way can you find the best technical talents."

Seeing Zhou Xuexi nodding while staring at the two remaining manuscripts in his hands, Teng Yuzao couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Brother Jizhi, you are a bit greedy!"

Teng Yuzao's words caused everyone to laugh, but not only Zhou Xuexi, everyone else also set their eyes on what Teng Yuzao was holding.

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