Zhong Yang and Liu Jinyang did not stay in Zhangzhou for too long. After refusing Chen Jiongming's retention, they embarked on a journey back to Guangzhou. Following two mainland soldiers, Zhong Yang was no longer as worried about safety issues as before. In addition, the matter was done smoothly this time, so he was in a particularly relaxed mood now.

The infrastructure in Zhangzhou is pretty good, but it does not have a good industrial foundation and its economic structure is not reasonable. Chen Jiongming was born in politics and law after all, so he could do internal affairs and education to no problem, but it was obviously a bit difficult for him to formulate an effective industrial economic development strategy.

However, Zhong Yang still felt that the price he paid was worth it for being able to obtain Chen Jiongming's friendship and promise. It seems that the other party has never done anything in history to go back on his word, and there is no dispute about his character in history books. The only controversy is the conflict between him and Sun Dapao. However, history has always only been about the result, and the loser has no human rights, so it is inevitable to be slandered.

But no matter what the long-term future is, according to the current situation, it is only a matter of time before Chen Jiongming wants to retake Guangdong. Just look at how many upper-class people in Guangzhou and Chen Jiongming's Zhangzhou military government are looking around, you can tell that the Guizhou clique will not stay in Guangdong for a long time. Both Lu Rongting and Mo Rongxin actually understand this, but they have no choice. The merchant group is not something they can do at will. Otherwise, they will be attacked by the inside and outside, and they will be dead. It is not a good idea to completely turn against the merchant group. It is better to take advantage of the gap that has not been driven out and speed up the removal of some people's wealth and ointment. In this way, Mo Rongxin has nothing else to pay attention to in Guangzhou.

Compared to Mo Rongxin's difficulties in the situation, Zhong Yang was much more relaxed and comfortable. After returning to Guangzhou City with Liu Jinyang, Zhong Yang, who received the support of Chen Jiongming, began a new round of large-scale production construction. The production and sales of soda ash have entered normal tracks, and the main manufacturer is the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce. The goods produced by the soda ash factory under Yi Zhongming were also handed over to the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce for sale. He only needs to be responsible for production and technical issues, and he does not have to worry about sales and channels. Although it has reduced part of the profits, Yi Zhongming also understands that profits must be shared with others in order to last longer. Eating alone is a big taboo.

Zhong Yang is not afraid to get involved in heavy industries such as steel industry, chemical industry, machine manufacturing industry, etc. It is undoubtedly very eye-catching for a private capitalist to do these things by himself. Moreover, the entire Guangdong region is not suitable for the existence and development of heavy industries. It lacks the necessary resources for heavy industries such as iron ore and coal, so it is impossible to establish a large-scale heavy industrial land here. With its geographical advantages, it is also more suitable for the development of light industry and commerce.

Therefore, Zhong Yang only asked Chen Ze to provide production technology to the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce in the name of Tianyu Technology, mainly including various process flows of textile production and the production and processing of soap and matches. The investment and construction cycle was about half a year, and during this period, Chen Ze's Tianyu Technology Company had to provide enough related production machines for the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce and promised to provide these machines with necessary low-priced maintenance services.

Many factories opened by the Chinese national bourgeoisie in this era had to buy related machines from foreigners, but it was because of this that they suffered repeated losses. Not only were they controlled by foreign technicians in production processes, but even broken machines had to pay high prices to be sent for maintenance. This is an important reason why the production cost remains high. To an objectively speaking, Chinese capital merchants have to squeeze laborers more significantly.

These requirements of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce are not excessive. After soliciting Zhong Yang's opinions, Chen Ze also agreed to the wishes of Duan Yitian and others. The contract stipulates that machines produced by Tianyu Technology Company have a three-year warranty period. As long as they are not obviously human damage, they can be repaired for free within three years. As for the collection of maintenance fees in three years, the charge of maintenance fees will be discussed with the person in charge of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce to decide a price that satisfies both parties.

Because of the adoption of new export-type machinery and equipment provided by smart factories, the product cost of factories opened by the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce has been greatly reduced, while the production efficiency is higher than that of other factories producing similar products, and has gained a huge advantage in competition. In October alone, the products of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce began to seize the related product markets in the surrounding areas, squeezing many foreign goods out of this area.

In this way, relying on cooperation with the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, Tianyu Technology, a new company, quickly gained a foothold in Guangzhou and became increasingly famous. Many businessmen who do business in Nanyang also came to see it. Chen Ze and Yi Zhongming, the heads of Tianyu Technology, also had a reputation as the top star, and soon once again became celebrities in the upper social circle.

It is also because of this that the technical school opened by Tianyu Technology in Tangwei Village has quickly spread throughout the Guangzhou area. The first phase alone has recruited 120 teachers and 1,500 students. They will carry out new learning and research under the guidance of Zhong Yang and others, as the technical backbone of Tianyu Technology in the future.

Although the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce has robbed many foreign businessmen's business, this is just a commercial dispute in Guangzhou. It is not enough to attract the attention of the great powers. At most, it is just a small role like the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce. The main eyes of the great powers in China are always to focus on the major warlords and politicians, and to firmly guard the base of Shanghai, the great powers in China. As for the rise of light industry in Guangzhou, it will not have much impact on the interests of the great powers.

In fact, in this era, many foreign capital merchants who came to China came to invest in China after they could not make it through their own country. Either some big businessmen with government backgrounds from the great powers came to China to purchase bulk raw materials and compete for mineral resources. As for commercial competition, it was just a means of dumping.

Military forces are rarely deployed for commercial disputes in a certain region, because the powers in China are not monolithic, and there are many conflicts between them, which can even be said to be a tangible move. Even the arrogant British people must first submit a note to relevant countries to change their deployment of troops in China, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

Faced with the competition from the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, it is almost inevitable that foreign capital merchants in Guangzhou will take dumping measures. However, they must also spend at least four months preparing, otherwise they will not be able to launch large-scale dumping to impact the product market of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce.

Zhong Yang was not worried about such a thing at all. The early capital accumulation was enough, and his foothold in Guangzhou was consolidated. Now his plan was to go to Liuzhou, Guangxi to start heavy industry. Because Yi Zhongming had heard news that a business delegation from Germany had arrived, and some secret plans could be started.

Just in the wooden seaside villa, Chen Ze stroked some of the newly transported large wooden boxes and said with a smile: "Zhong Yang, look, these are 5 sets of machine tools and 3 sets of small power generation equipment we bought for Du Jingnan."

Seeing these brand new machines, Yi Zhongming seemed a little excited: "It took us 3 months and finally arrived."

Du Jingnan had a deep friendship with the comprador of the French Foreign Company, and it was not a big problem to ask him to help purchase some new small machine tools from French manufacturers. However, because these French merchants did not have any spot stock and could only order from China, it took a lot of time. Chen Ze started placing orders with Du Jingnan in mid-July, but it was not until October that it was delivered to Zhong Yang.

Smart factories can design high-quality machine tools according to product needs, but they do not have the ability to develop and improve machine tools. Because smart factories are always just dead objects, they do not have the ability to think and create humans, and they can only perform production tasks rigidly.

That's why Zhong Yang hopes to buy some small amount of foreign machine tools and then copy them. The reason for opening a technical school is also related to purchasing machine tools, because even the most advanced machine tools must be used by people to make sense. Zhong Yang's main idea now is to cultivate qualified technical workers through the research and use of machine tools. Only technical workers with skills can the so-called industrialization road be implemented smoothly.

To achieve industrialization in Guangdong and Guangxi, 1,500 students in advance are definitely not enough. Moreover, the school teachers hired by high salaries are only of some level of strength, which is completely in line with Zhong Yang's expectations. But this is also impossible. Many Chinese technicians have not been smooth sailing in their journey of learning. Many times, due to external reasons, their craftsmanship cannot keep up with the needs of the times.

In order to solve the problems of faculty and senior technicians, Zhong Yang could only entrust Yi Zhongming to submit an olive branch to his German classmates. Now, this method seems to have begun to achieve certain results. The German delegation has arrived in Guangzhou and is on the way to this seaside villa.

On the narrow asphalt road outside Tongwai, three Mercedes-Benz cars were driving smoothly on the dark gray road. They were a German inspection team who secretly visited China. These cars were bought directly from German sellers at a high price. They were high-end cars mainly used for business purposes.

In the dark black Mercedes-Benz in the middle, there was only a young man with chestnut hair sitting in the back seat, wearing a suit with luxurious materials but low-key style. Under his handsome appearance, he had a pair of blood-red double pupils and exuded a strange aristocratic temperament.

A black-haired man sitting in the passenger seat turned around and looked at the young man in the back seat of the car, and said in a respectful tone: "Your Highness Kasa, you don't have to come in person this time."

"It doesn't matter, Rancius. We are very leisurely now, right? I hope to find some new fun in China than looking at the faces of those Jews in China." This young nobleman with chestnut hair, named Feng Casar D. Lorraine, is a young Junker nobleman of the prince. But because his family has been engaged in low-key work, even if he has the title of prince, he has become less famous in the long river of time, as if a shadow hidden behind Germany.

"Your Highness, are you interested in the suggestions put forward by that arrogant Chinese?" This time he spoke not Lancius, but a man driving a Mercedes-Benz in the main driver's seat. Although the Mercedes-Benz belongs to Tianyu Technology's property, in addition to the first car there is a Chinese driver as a guide, there are no other Chinese in the three Mercedes-Benz cars, but all Germans.

"Isn't this very good, Mingyan. There are too many British spies staring at them in Germany, and many military technology research are not easy to be too blatant. Instead of trapping in the country, it is better to make more Chinese friends here, which may be a good choice." Kassa showed a confident smile, but when she looked in the rearview mirror, she always felt that there was an evil meaning hidden in that smile.

"Including research on that thing? I don't think China now has this strength." The young man who was called Mingyan by Kassa was contemptuous, of course, it was not directed at Kassa. He did not have such courage. What Mingyan despises is the scientific research level of China in this era.

After hearing the question of Ming Yan's words, Rancius had to shout: "Ming Yan, pay attention to your words. That thing must not be mentioned!" Rancius is a very serious and old-fashioned person, but as a trusted subordinate of Casar, he has always been meticulous and conscientious in his work.

"Okay, OK, Mingyan, you should also pay attention to it. The reason why the German intelligence system is so bad is that there are too many people who don't care about their mouths." Unwilling to hear the two subordinates continue to argue about this matter, Casa waved lazily, stopping the topic of Lancius and Mingyan.

Hearing the impatientness in Casa's tone, Rancius and Mingyan could only say in unison: "As for your order, Your Highness."

Looking leisurely at the farmland and cottages flying past the window, Casa was also thinking about some of his own plans. Although the decision to come to China was a bit sudden, it was definitely not a decision made in a hasty way. For a visit to Guangzhou, Casa also made a decision after careful consideration.

The Junker noble family where Cassa is located is an ancient family with a long history. Since the Brandenburg election, Frederick William, gave Junker the power to "fully dominate" the peasants in 1653, the Lorraine family where Cassa is located was given a large number of economic benefits such as tax exemption. After the rapid development of Prussian capitalism in the 19th century, the Lorraine family even transferred to military positions under the Prussian dynasty and obtained government positions, and had been engaged in research on special military technology for Germany.

Even in the past decade, we have been engaged in a secret research program that only few people are qualified to know. However, the failure of World War I led an unprecedented crisis in Germany's international environment, and many military and technological research had to be transferred abroad and even came to a halt.

I learned from the University of Freiburg that Yi Zhongming sent from China, and Casar thought of establishing a secret military research base in China. Germany will never forget the shame of World War I, and Germany's anger must be compensated by the blood of the entire Western world.

Unlike most German intelligence departments, the secret research institutions and huge family forces that Casar belonged to have done a very successful job in keeping confidentiality. Both the Lorraine family and Casar himself were just unknown people, both in Europe and Germany. Therefore, this secret visit to China did not attract the attention of European powers.
Chapter completed!