At the end of the year 1916, in this turbulent era, it seemed like it was a blessing to be able to see the rising sun every day. The silent Chinese nation was still filled with darkness. There were foreign powers eyeing them covetously and warlords fighting for years. Yuan Shikai's death caused the huge Beiyang to fall apart. Everyone wanted to jump out of this chess game and become the person holding the chess piece!
In the direction of Europe, the artillery fire of World War I was even more deafening. The Battle of Jutland and the Somme River was the ultimate performance of the art of war of steel machines!
On the other hand, the United States of America, which was far away on the other side of the ocean, was making a fortune from the war, making the entire Europe as a dumping ground for their industrial products as much as possible!
Japan, which was separated by a strip of water from the Republic of China, continued to expand its position as a superpower in the world. Whether it was the navy or the air force, the position that the empire wanted was not as simple as being the number one in Asia. At some point, the 88 warship construction plan was no longer a fabricated imagination!
In Quanzhou, Zuo Zongming had carried out a series of big actions before the end of the year. He had sold all the shops of the Zuo family in Quanzhou and also dismissed the servants of the Zuo family!
On the road from Quanzhou to Mawei, a carriage was also speeding along. Mawei Shipyard and Fuzhou Shipyard Bureau were the real headquarters of the Zuo family. This was also the reason why Ruan Lingyu agreed to sell off the family business of Zuo Zongming!
Mawei Shipyard was an important industrial facility in the entire history of China. It had witnessed too many storms. From Quanzhou to Mawei Shipyard, it almost spanned the entire Fujian Province!
When Zuo Zongtang, the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, who was obsessed with foreign affairs and wanted to build his own warships and strengthen the coastal defense, officially built a shipyard in Mawei, he finally found a natural harbor!
In the decades before and after the Westernization Movement, the talents from Mawei Shipyard and Fuzhou Shipyard Bureau had made their own way in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.
Along the way, there were scattered villages. Some of the villagers had sickly expressions on their faces. In this era where food was scarce, living was also a kind of happiness.
However, Zuo Zongming could not help but admire the scenery along the way. It was impossible to see such beautiful scenery in the rapidly developing industrial era in the future!
Ruan Lingyu was like a curious baby, because these few days, Zuo Zongming's mouth had been filled with new words and sentences. Moreover, this kid had the courage to sell his family property and gather nearly a million silver dollars. Such a huge amount of wealth, if it was someone else, they would have long fallen into the eyes of money. However, Zuo Zongming was determined to rush to Mawei Shipyard!
"To establish a new order for this vast China, to fight for hegemony with the foreign powers, and to reproduce the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties!!!”
The little guy in front of him had a firm gaze and clenched his fists. His words were filled with passion, as if he had forgotten that Zuo Zongming was only a young man who was not even fifteen years old. This was probably the reason why he was mature at a young age!
Even in the southern world, the temperature at the end of the year had fallen below freezing point. Thick layers of ice had formed on the rivers one after another. It was naturally not an easy task to let 400 million people live a good life!
The current military governor of Fujian was Li Houji. After Yuan Shikai died, he joined Duan Qirui's Wan faction and became the military governor of Fujian. He held his own troops and was known as the 100,000-strong army to the outside world. However, how many of them were incorporated by local bandits? How much of their true combat strength was there?
The situation in Fujian was only a microcosm of China. The provinces and armies, the south and the north, were all warlords fighting. After the south fought, the north fought, the north fought, the northeast fought, and the northeast fought. The western powers continued to fight!
In the land of North and South China, the cannons were rumbling. The warlords levied heavy taxes, bought heavy weapons, and fought wars. The so-called justice was just money in the hands of the warlord leaders and prostitutes in their arms. What else could they do?？？
And when did they ever think of saving the country from danger, or contributing their strength to the country's industry? Perhaps, they did, but they were powerless!!
The road to success had always been a lonely journey for a lone ranger. Even if there were thousands of people, he would still go. To obtain the recognition of thousands of people, he would definitely have to put in an effort that would shake the world!
Ruan Lingyu stuck her head out and saw Zuo Zongming, who was swinging the horsewhip in front of the carriage, raising his chin. His well-defined face seemed to have some taste. She couldn't help but be stunned. This little guy seemed to have changed into another person!
It was as if he had never been like this since he was young. His gaze was so powerful. The corners of the girl's lips curled up into a faint smile. She was extremely beautiful…
The sky was getting darker and darker, and Zuo Zongming's destination, Mawei Shipyard, finally appeared in front of him!
A few old docks stood in front of them. Even ten years ago, Mawei Shipyard was still a shipyard that could produce ten gunboats a year. Although the key engines were imported from the West, the cannons and torpedoes on the gunboats were all built by Mawei Shipyard. Now, the glory of Mawei Shipyard was gone. With the decline of the Qing Dynasty and the turmoil of the Republic of China, the glorious history of Mawei Shipyard had completely become a thing of the past.
However, when Zuo Zongtang built the shipyard in Mawei, some of the shipyard workers who were unwilling to leave, as well as the corresponding workers, settled here!!
Intermittent human figures were standing at the entrance of the village. The person in the lead was an old man with white hair. The temperature of the night was still very low, but there was a hint of hope between the old man's brows!
"Grandpa, will anyone come to our place?”
The child beside him raised his head and could not help but ask. They always said that Ponytail was once a prosperous place, but why was it that after he was born, he did not even see an outsider? Other than being barren, it was still barren. There were only abandoned shipyards and maintenance workshops that accompanied his childhood!
The old man's name was Wu Guangzhong. Back then, he had followed Zuo Zongtang and personally supervised the construction of Mawei Shipyard. He had personally experienced the prosperity and decline of Mawei and witnessed the changes from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China!
"Yes, yes, the young master of the Zuo family will arrive tonight!!”
"Mawei Shipyard will definitely be revived!!”
The old man muttered to himself, as if he was talking to himself and the poor people behind him. Two days ago, a letter from Quanzhou made Wu Guangzhong completely believe that the Zuo family had returned to Mawei Shipyard!
Little did he know that Zuo Zongming's purpose in coming to Mawei Shipyard was not just to build a shipyard. The shipyard was like an industrial base with a large number of additional industrial machines, such as the production line of some naval cannons. Although they were naval cannons, they were similar to land cannons!
Most importantly, Ponytail had a group of skilled workers. The construction of a gunboat involved hundreds of thousands of different technologies!!
Moreover, Quanzhou would be in trouble in a few months. The revolutionary party in the south and Li Houji would probably go to war again. At that time, he would not know who his family's surname would be. He might as well sell it directly and exchange it for money!
Zuo Zongming had also bought a large amount of industrial machinery, textile machinery, and even a large amount of food from Quanzhou. It was likely that he would officially arrive at Mawei in three days!
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