After the issuance of Fuxing Coin, Xia Jun began to deal with the factories in his hands. Because of conquering Fuzhou, the Mawei Shipbuilding Bureau was also accepted by the East China Provisional Government.

The Mawei Shipbuilding Bureau was a large-scale and well-equipped shipyard invested by the Qing Dynasty during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. The largest ship built at present is the Tongji practice cruiser with a capacity of more than 1,900 tons, and there is no bigger one.

Xie Baozhang had already rushed to Mawei, Fuzhou to inspect the shipyard. After Xie Baozhang inspected the shipyard, he reported to Xia Jun that the shipyard was normal and more than a thousand shipbuilders were still in Mawei, but the shipyard had already owed them three months of wages.

"Let the Ministry of Finance issue salaries immediately and make up all the arrears." Xia Jun immediately called out, explained the matter clearly, and began to plan to revitalize the shipbuilding industry.

Shipbuilding requires technicians, and those workers at the Ponytail Shipyard are obviously unable to build larger ships, especially warships.

Xia Jun did not want to buy shipbuilding equipment directly from the redemption platform, thinking that it was very expensive and might as well buy it from other countries.

As for technicians, it is best to hire them from other countries and then train their own shipbuilding technicians.

Xia Jun called Xie Baozhang and asked, "Is there any suitable candidate to preside over the shipbuilding?"

"Report to the chairman, there is one candidate, I have recruited into the navy." Xie Baozhang obviously had plans, and he also recruited talents in this area and recruited them into the navy.

"Oh, let him come to Jian'an to see me tomorrow." Xia Jun was surprised and said to Xie Baozhang in surprise.

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The next day, a man named Wang Chengyi entered Xia Jun's office, and he was the candidate recommended by Xie Baozhang to preside over the Mawei Shipyard.

Wang Chengyi looked 27 or 28 years old, from Fuzhou, and was from Xie Baozhang. He studied shipbuilding in the UK and worked as a manager in a British shipyard after graduation. Not long ago, he received a letter from Xie Baozhang, so he resigned from the generous treatment of the British shipyard and resolutely returned to Fujian.

Xia Jun talked with Wang Chengyi in the office for a long time. Although he didn't know how to build a ship, he could see that Wang Chengyi was very motivated and he was full of longing for the future, but the premise was to ask for money.

"As long as you have enough funds, you can build 10,000 tons of warships within three to five years." Wang Yifu said to Xia Jun. What he was most worried about at this time was still the capital issue. Equipment can be bought, but this country can't be bought, and other countries can always buy it, but it all requires money.

"Funds are not a problem. I will allocate five million US dollars in advance, and also transport you a 10,000-ton dock and merchant ship manufacturing equipment." Xia Jun said to Wang Chengyi, "First of all, I want you to build a 10,000-ton merchant ship, first determine our competitive position in merchant ships, fishing boats, passenger ships, etc., and then use the funds accumulated in these projects to manufacture warships."

"Ten thousand-ton merchant ship! Really?" Wang Chengyi was shocked. You should know that among the German merchant ships at this time, there were only a few dozen ten thousand-ton merchant ships, and most of them were at the seven or eight thousand-ton level.

British merchant ships are not as new as Germany. There is absolutely no merchant ship that has been used for thirty or forty years among German merchant ships. Many of the British merchant ships have been used for many years, many of which are only one or two thousand tons, but Britain also has merchant ships worth 10,000 tons and 20,000 tons.

"The dock and equipment will arrive in a few days." Xia Jun nodded, "For technical workers, I will also send people to European and American countries to poach the corners. It depends on you next."

Xia Jun did not blindly transfusion blood to the shipyard, but instead made the shipyard profitable projects as soon as possible. Manufacturers ships, fishing boats, passenger ships and other civilian ships are obviously the fastest to make money. After the outbreak of World War I, the profits of manufacturers will increase significantly.

Wang Chengyi looked excited and immediately promised, "Don't worry, Chairman, I will definitely run the shipyard well."

"Okay, I will entrust you with all rights to manage the shipyard." Xia Jun nodded.

Wang Chengyi came out of Xia Jun's office, and the Administration Department soon sent a letter of appointment, and also sent a cashier and an accountant to assist Wang Chengyi.

The Ministry of Finance will soon transfer funds to the shipyard's East China Bank account. If the shipyard wants to use this money, it must be a cashier, an accountant, and a factory manager to go to the bank at the same time to withdraw the money. This rule is mainly to prevent officials from absconding with the money.

After Wang Chengyi left, Xia Jun began to exchange for ship docks and merchant ship manufacturing equipment. Xia Jun's equipment was mainly used to build merchant ships, fishing boats, passenger ships, and exchange them for ordinary-grade equipment. At present, the shipyard lacks technicians, and these technicians have to be invited from abroad, so advanced equipment can be exchanged, and manufacturing technology may be leaked.

The manufacturing equipment of these merchant ships, fishing boats and passenger ships reaches 30 million points. After owning this batch of equipment, the Mawei Shipyard can have a ship manufacturing capacity of 500,000 tons.

Although it is a little more expensive, it is much more cost-effective than buying a ship directly, because Xia Jun will need 300,000 points to purchase a 1,000-ton cargo ship. After purchasing this batch of equipment, the shipbuilding capacity will be increased to 500,000 tons of water displacement, which can be compared with direct exchange in just two to three years, and the cost of manufacturing itself can be recovered in at most four or five years. Four or five years later, it is equivalent to making money from these equipment and docks.

This is definitely a cost-effective deal. Of course, Xia Jun has a new model in terms of shipbuilding, that is, to place the parts in an inland factory and then transport them to the shipyard for assembly. This time, the shipyard was not built, because Xia Jun didn't have many factories in his hands.

Relatively speaking, Xia Jun is not very enthusiastic about manufacturing battleships. Xia Jun is more interested in manufacturing submarines. Because the cost of manufacturing submarines is cheaper, he temporarily handed over the task of manufacturing battleships to Wang Chengyi.

After redeeming the shipyard equipment, Xia Jun allocated 20 million yuan to Xie Baozhang. If Xie Baozhang wanted to build a battleship, he would go to Mawei Shipyard to coordinate with him, or go to a foreign shipyard to order.

Xia Jun had a naval development plan in his mind, and in the future he mainly developed submarines and aircraft carriers. In terms of battleships, he only planned to build an iconic "ultimate meaningless ship", but now is not the time.

The workers at Mawei Shipyard soon received the wages owed by the Qing court, and Xia Jun also ordered to raise their salaries. For a moment, the workers at Mawei Shipyard were distorted and cheered up again.

Wang Chengyi rushed to Mawei Shipyard overnight and began to take charge of Mawei Shipyard. The first thing he did after taking office was to rectify the shipyard management system, select capable personnel to serve as management class, and apply the management experience he accumulated in British shipyards to Mawei Shipyard.

Just as Wang Chengyi was rectifying the Mawei Shipyard, Xia Jun promised that his equipment and docks would be shipped on the third day after he arrived at Mawei, which made Wang Chengyi shocked the efficiency of the young chairman.

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