Zhu Zhiyao and Uchida Nobuya are very familiar with each other. The two have been old acquaintances since they were in Shanghai. When Zhu Zhiyao founded Qiuxin Shipyard in the 30th year of Guangxu, it was Uchida Nobuya who helped him purchase low-priced equipment and machines in Japan. Although

Most of those machines were second-hand machines, but they were expensive because most of them were made in Germany and the quality was really good. In addition, at that time, Nobuya Uchida also really considered Zhu Zhiyao. The price of the machines was the lowest, and he took the initiative to reduce commissions. Because of this, the two

People had already formed extremely deep friendships at that time.

And this time it was the first time the two met after they said goodbye three years ago. Naturally, they had endless things to say when they met again. Originally, Zhu Zhiyao wanted to entertain him at his home in Shanghai, but he insisted on coming to Lianyungang.

Bay Shipyard, and because of this, he felt that Uchida Shinya's visit might be more than just a "reunion of old friends".

Almost as soon as Uchida Nobuya entered the room, a female staff member brought a pot of tea over. Zhu Zhiyao poured the tea for Uchida Nobuya himself as a courtesy, while Uchida Nobuya put his hand next to him and took care of him respectfully.

, after Zhu Zhiyao poured the tea, he said back, holding a ritual in his hand and said.

'Mr. Pang De, old lady, how are you doing lately?'

The old lady refers to Zhu Zhiyao's mother. When he was in Shanghai in the past, he had been to Zhu's mansion many times. He was even invited to the Zhu's Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival dinners for three consecutive years, and it was the old lady who made the invitation.

Yes, it was really difficult for him to be alone in China. Perhaps it was this kinship that made him later return to Japan. He once asked someone to give a gift to the old lady during festivals. He handed the gift box to Zhu Zhiyao with both hands and said:

'This time, I can't go to Shanghai in person. I also ask Pang Dejun to make it clear to the old lady. Thinking of the old lady taking care of her, Uchida is really guilty. This is the high-quality ginseng I got from my friends in the Governor-General's Office of North Korea.

It is of the same level as the imperial gift given to the emperor, showing Uchida's heart!'

When receiving the gift box, Zhu Zhiyao stood up quickly and bowed lightly to express his thanks:

'Thank you. The old lady is in good health. She just misses Uchida-kun from time to time. As long as you have this heart. Your relationship with me should never be like this in the future. The old lady has already told you not to let Uchida spend money all the time.'

When the two of them chatted politely about the past and expressed their longing for each other, they were the only two people left in the room. This made them feel more comfortable, so Uchida Nobuya sat close to Zhu Zhiyao and said:

'Pang De-kun, we have known each other for many years. This time, in addition to reuniting with old friends, Uchida also wants to ask for something!'

As he spoke, Uchida Shinya stood up and bowed there. Zhu Zhiyao quickly pulled him to sit down, then gave him another cup of tea and said:

‘Uchida, go over and help me. As long as I can help with your matters, I will definitely help!”

"I……"

Looking at Zhu Zhiyao, Uchida Nobu also made his request.

"I want your shipyard to help me renovate a ship!"

Modify the ship?

It sounded simple, but Zhu Zhiyao did not laugh out loud. He even regretted that he had responded too early. Zhu Zhiyao, who knew the Japanese shipbuilding industry, knew very well that although the Chinese shipbuilding industry, dominated by Yingyoumen, has developed rapidly in the past two years,

However, Japan's shipbuilding industry has developed for decades, and its comprehensive technical capabilities are far superior to China's. Even the Eagle Gate Shipyard cannot be compared with it. Although the scale of Japan's shipbuilding industry at this time may not be as large as that of China's today, it can transform merchant ships.

For such a simple project, Uchida would not come to China to find himself!

I'm afraid this ship really isn't that easy to repair.

"A ship that can carry chemicals!"

Zhu Zhiyao immediately fell silent as soon as he heard about the chemical tanker. He was holding the tea cup and could not speak for a long time.

After the outbreak of the European War, Japan's industry also achieved rapid development. For Japanese companies, in addition to using the blessing of war to gain wealth, for many Japanese, after the "Jiaoao Incident" and Japan's defeat, the government

The people are holding their breath in their hearts. They are unconvinced, and when they see that China's industry has rapidly surpassed Japan's overall position, they are even more unconvinced. The government, for various purposes, encourages Japanese companies to compete in various fields.

Chinese companies are challenging...

Whatever China has, Japan must own it, and whatever China is ahead of, Japan must surpass it. This kind of challenge is of course beneficial to Japan's economy and development to a great extent, and this sense of catching up due to self-esteem often defeats the government.

Economic encouragement, just like the reason why Chinese industrialists founded industries, is not only for personal gain, but also for a deeper reason, which is to gain a breath.

But in many things, ambition is far from enough. Ambition belongs to ambition, and technology belongs to technology. For example, after the "Jiao'ao Incident" and the heavy losses suffered by aircraft, when Japan tried to develop the aircraft manufacturing industry, it encountered the problem of not using materials.

From engines to overall design and a series of other issues, but in the end Japan still found another way to develop anti-aircraft weapons to cope with China's air superiority. This actually benefited Japanese military factories, especially after European aircraft began to be widely used.

The anti-aircraft machine gun mounts and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns developed by Japan have been welcomed by their European counterparts.

This may be a successful example, but in fact, there are countless examples of failure. At this time, rayon was one of the most technologically advanced consumer goods industry projects. Originally, it was only owned by Britain, Germany, and Italy.

Industrial production capacity, after the outbreak of the European War, rayon factories switched to producing smokeless gunpowder one after another, and the international price of rayon rose sharply. The Chinese rayon company that was founded before the war made huge profits as a result.

When they saw the huge profits made by Chinese rayon companies, the Japanese consortium immediately developed the rayon industry, which was a "high-tech" technology. After barely solving the rayon production problem, after the completion of its factory, it unexpectedly faced

Facing another dilemma - chemical raw materials, perhaps Japanese chemical experts tried their best to solve the problem of rayon production, but they were unable to solve the problem of large-scale production of chemical raw materials in the short term. Before the war, not only Japan, but also

The vast majority of chemical raw materials in the United States come from Germany or the United Kingdom. Now, China is almost the only supplier of chemical raw materials.

According to the original intention of the Japanese, the purpose of establishing a rayon factory was firstly to obtain huge profits, and secondly to challenge China and show that it also has a rayon industry. However, if there are no vital chemical raw materials, the rayon factories that have been built will

The factory will become a pile of scrap iron. Perhaps the quality of Japanese rayon is low. But the market demand is still huge. In the end, facing reality, Japanese rayon companies have to choose to import chemical raw materials from China to solve production problems.

At this time, we encountered another problem - transportation.

The vast majority of chemical industrial products have corrosive properties, which determines that their transportation is completely different from the transportation of ordinary liquid raw materials. In the past, liquid chemicals were transported in porcelain barrels that have been treated with anti-collision. They are not only heavy in weight, but also difficult to transport.

The quantity is limited, but last year, Yingyoumen Shipyard launched a special chemical tanker. Although it was rebuilt from an old ship, it reduced the cost of transporting chemical liquids by more than 60%.

This transformation does not seem complicated. It is nothing more than changing the merchant ship cabin into a sealed cabin, and then using a special deep well pump. Then more flexible internal management is installed to solve the problem of chemical loading. In short, this technology is not complicated.

To develop the country's rayon industry, some Japanese ships also did the same.

However, in the end, those Japanese shipbuilders still have to face an inevitable problem - corrosion. Chemical liquids seriously corrode the steel plates of the cabins, seriously shortening the life of merchant ships. Those Japanese shipowners who are trying to "make a profit" have no choice but to modify the transport ships again.

For merchant ships, they use small barrels to transport them as they did in the past, but some people don't believe in this evil. And this person is Uchida Nobuya.

There are currently only three chemical liquid transport ships in the world, and they are all Chinese ships, which makes it impossible to rent a ship. Moreover, Chinese shipping companies have internal priorities for chemical liquid transportation, that is, first to satisfy the US market, and secondly.

In Europe, and only in Japan again, the shortage of chemical raw materials has forced Japanese rayon companies to rely on ordinary merchant ships to transport liquefied products. As a ship merchant, Nobu Uchida cannot sit back and watch the huge profits from transporting chemical liquids. Because of this, he

A dedicated chemical tanker will be needed...

Seeing Zhu Zhiyao's silence, Uchida Nobuya knew that he might have guessed that the ship was "difficult to modify". If it were easy to modify, Yingyoumen would not refuse the Japanese shipbuilder's request for modification, and would even refuse to accept the order.

China's shipping industry wants to monopolize the transportation of chemicals.

"Mr. Pang De, only you can help me with this matter now!"

Zhu Zhiyao, who had already agreed before, seemed extremely embarrassed. The shipyard had not been changed and he didn't know how to change it. How could he step down?

"Uchida-kun, it's not that I don't want to help, but this matter is too difficult. In terms of technology, my shipyard is not as good as your Japanese shipyard. Otherwise, I would have built the ship long ago, so why bother repairing it?"

What Zhu Zhiyao said was half truth and half lie. Now he is not concentrating on ship repair. In order to improve the shipyard's technical capabilities and prepare for future shipbuilding, he sent hundreds of workers to Yingyoumen.

Study, and also sent several engineers.

And the reason why he is unwilling is just because he knows that Yingyoumen once rejected the Japanese. Even if he is capable, if he accepts the order, what will the company think of him?

"Uchida-kun, I am the most loyal person in my life, but this is really different. I am not in a very difficult situation, but I am really over-motivated but unable to do anything!'

After hearing what he said, Uchida Nobuya was really crying, whether he was pretending to be or really, he took out his handkerchief and wiped his tears, and said at the same time:

'I know that you have always had a bad feeling towards the Japanese because of "Jiao'ao", but Mr. Pang De, you know me. I personally don't agree with that kind of thing. I am a businessman and I just want to do business.

Although the government has also supported me, I have always felt very good in China for more than ten years, especially the friendship with Chinese friends, which I cherish very much. In my opinion, nothing is more powerful and more impressive than China.

What a happy thing…”

When Uchida Nobuya said this, Zhu Zhiyao nodded in agreement. After the success of the Shanghai Uprising, Uchida Nobuya was even more excited than him, a Chinese. In his view, it was not just the Han nation winning freedom, but Asia.

In the first step of liberation, when the two of them were drinking together, Uchida even imagined the scene of China and Japan joining hands to repel the Westerners. Even during the Jiao'ao Incident, Uchida wrote to him, firstly to express his apology, and secondly.

It is to express his position and oppose the government's sending troops.

"I treat every customer. No matter when, I treat you and other business partners equally. It's good to be friends with you. At least it's better than Westerners. Whether it's Japan or China, they are all deeply Confucian.

Orientals, why do we have conflicts? But now, the misunderstanding between countries has affected our friendship...'

Speaking of this, Uchida Shinya actually started crying like a child. He seemed to be extremely painful about all this.

The reaction of the old friend was beyond Zhu Zhiyao's expectation. Looking at the crying old friend, he thought about the thirty years of Guangxu's reign, when he accompanied him in a factory in Japan, running around, talking, looking for the best and the best.

Cheap machine, even thinking that he was too tired at night, he found a good hotel for him to rest, and arranged for a prostitute to relieve his fatigue. When he accused himself of wasting time, Zhu Zhiyao was moved, and he patted his old friend's face.

Shoulder said:

'Uchida-kun, I, I can't promise you this. Let's, let's slowly think of a way. Let's go have a meal first. Let's go have a meal first. I'll arrange for people in the dock to check...'

It was supposed to be time for dinner, but a dozen Chinese and foreign technical staff from the Tiantianwan Shipyard did not go to the canteen. They frowned at what they could do, and their big boss threw a difficult problem for them.

“Chemical tanker!”….

This is a problem left by their big boss. To be precise, it is a problem left by the big boss’s Japanese friend.

"Most liquid chemical tankers have double bottoms and double sides. The cargo holds are partitioned and equipped with dedicated cargo pumps and piping systems. The inner walls and piping systems of the cargo holds are made of 301 steel, while the cargo holds use anti-corrosion coatings. These

The technologies are patents that the company cannot export. Without these two patents, it would be impossible for us to build a liquid chemical tanker..."

When Haidner, the shipbuilding expert hired by Zhu Zhiyao from the United States, said this, everyone else nodded. Because of the exchange and learning, they more or less knew about the advanced technology of Yingyoumen Shipyard.

, the two most fundamental points are that one is the leadership in raw materials, and the other is advanced equipment, and shipbuilding technology is only ranked third or fourth, but they rely on those technological leaders to become the largest shipyard in Asia, and

There are some technologies that the company cannot export in the short term. Those are their flagship products. There is no reason to export them, let alone to the Japanese.

"Think of a way, think of a way!"

When the big boss over there saw them, he told them with a face full of embarrassment, forcing them to think of ways to solve this problem.

"The most critical issue is the corrosion of the cabin by chemical liquids. The fact that Yingyoumen can build this kind of ship has solved this problem. As for the 301 steel transmission pipeline, it is completely unnecessary. Do factories all use 301 steel? Even we

Is this the case here, in Germany, and in the UK?"
To be continued...