(Second update! Please vote for me!)

"In 1872, China Merchants Shipping Bureau was founded. Forty years ago, China Merchants Shipping Bureau has thirty-three captains, all of whom are foreigners, thirty-two first mates, all of whom are foreigners, and twenty-six second mates, all of whom are foreigners.

Foreigners, three mates and nine people, all foreigners, thirty-two people on the cart, all foreigners, a Chinese merchant ship, not a Chinese captain, not a Chinese first mate, not a Chinese captain

The ship is truly a shame to our people, and now we have established the Yingyou Merchant Shipping School to train our country for Chinese captains and Chinese first mates..."

The opening ceremony of Yingyou Shanglun School on October 20, the second year of the Republic of China

Strictly speaking, Yingyou Shanglun School is the first senior vocational school in Lianyungang. However, after completing the enrollment of 100 students last year, Shanglun School has been located on the 4,500-ton merchant ship "" acquired by the company.

It was not a school building until June this year, after the Shanglun School in Linhai was completed, and then it was moved into the new school building.

Although Shanglun School is the first higher vocational school in Lianyungang, not many people in Lianyungang have noticed the existence of this school. Many people even don't know that there is a Shanglun School near Yingyoumen.

"Shanglun School?"

Watching the chairman's car drive into the gate with the name "Yingyou Shanglun School", Yu Hongyu couldn't help but be stunned. In the past half month, he has been looking for opportunities to "encounter with the chairman by chance"

", but this opportunity is not easy to find, so he "followed" it all the way.

"hope to……"

After hesitating in front of the gate for a moment, Yu Hongyu resolutely walked into Shanglun School, which he had never even heard of before today.

"...I can say without hesitation that the current Yingyou Shanglun School is the Shanglun school with the most complete subjects in China, and it is also the school with the strongest teaching staff."

Walking on the campus of Shanglun School and introducing this school to Li Zicheng, Thomas Li seemed a little proud. This was his school, he was the principal of this school, and even this school was founded by him.

Founded on suggestion.

"In order to adapt to the needs of China's shipping, Eagle Cruise Merchant Shipping School adopts American merchant shipping education. The school's management method is modeled on the management method of Napolis Naval Academy, and the school is mixed with training of navigation officers and decks of merchant ships.

In Britain, the former and the latter two are educated separately..."

While Thomas was walking and reporting, Li Zicheng was just looking at Shanglun School, which was the size of a middle school at most. It was the first "institution of higher learning" in Lianyungang. In the eyes of some people, the reason why he founded this business school was

The shipbuilding school was, to a certain extent, a repayment mentality, because Captain Thomas Li was his savior, but how did they know their own thoughts? Only after learning about the current situation of China's ocean shipping through Thomas did they make up their minds to start a shipping school.

The Merchant Marine School prepares personnel for the establishment of shipping companies in the future and trains China's own captains, first mates and chief engineers.

China's ocean trade is completely monopolized by foreign merchant ships, which means that once the First World War starts and countries allocate merchant ships to return home, China's shipping industry will usher in a spring, and what it needs now is to establish a merchant ship school that has not yet been planned.

In this way, once the war starts, a large number of senior sailors can be launched immediately and a large number of merchant ships can be provided, thereby avoiding the withdrawal of merchant ships by various countries, which will affect future "export plans."

The purpose of coming to Merchant Shipping School this time is to prepare for the brewing "raw silk war". If those foreign companies try to choke their own necks in transportation, they will directly use the company's own merchant ships to transport raw silk to Europe and the United States.

This can be completely accomplished through commercial ship crew training.

"...The curriculum of the American Merchant Marine School is four years, with two years of classes and two years of on-board internship. It offers astronomy, shipbuilding, ship economics, hydrography, navigation, maritime commerce, steam turbine science, and boiler science.

49 courses including thermal mechanics and electrical engineering, 68 hours per week..."

Thomas' words made Li Zicheng shake his head in dissatisfaction.

“The training period is too long”

I have repeatedly reiterated this issue to him before. The training period must be as short as possible. Only in this way can we train China's own senior crew members before next year.

"I see"

Thomas smiled. Li once told him about his plan. He wanted to train a group of senior crew members as soon as possible because the company needed merchant ships and crew members.

"So, at Yingyou Merchant Shipping School, the schooling period has been shortened to two years. Students will first receive six months of classroom training, and then six months of on-board internship. Of course, the company now only has one "" for students to practice, but

, due to the company's freight contract needs, we have reached internship agreements with many companies. The first batch of trainees trained last year have already boarded the ship to study. They will return to school in two months to receive another year of education and participate in

Examination in order to obtain a certificate”

Although Thomas Li explained it fully, Li Zicheng still shook his head after thinking about it in his mind.

"This training period is still a bit long. Captain Thomas, please see if you can shorten the training period. Two years... is too long. It's best to do it once a year."

It is best for the training period to be as short as possible, so that they can do things slowly, but Li Zicheng himself knows clearly that a world war will start in August next year, and European countries will withdraw all merchant ships to meet their own shipping needs. By then,

All coastal routes in China, and even routes in Asia, America, and Africa, will be waiting to be developed by themselves. Those merchant ships will be loaded with goods produced in Lianyungang and China, and they will use that precious blank period to do everything possible to expand the market.

The war era is indeed an era of huge profits, but if you want to get huge profits, you must sell goods. You don't bother to earn the small money of Chinese people, but if you want to earn foreigners' ships, you must have enough merchant ships.

"Li, you have to know that we have shortened many courses."

Thomas shook his head. In his opinion, he had compressed the courses to the best of his ability and removed those "less useful" or even "useless" courses to speed up training.

"A year and a half, what do you think of this time?"

"this……"

Looking at the chairman and the foreigner wearing a sailor's uniform walking on the roadside, Yu Hongyu, who had gone through a lot of trouble to enter Shanglun School, hesitated for a while before gritting his teeth and walked over.

"Hello, Mr. Li"

Out of caution, but more out of respect, Yu Hongyu did not address himself as chairman.

"Who are you……"

He turned around and looked at the person who called him. He looked about twenty-four or five years old. His appearance seemed ordinary, but the cool perseverance in his bright eyes gave people an unforgettable feeling.

"Mr. Li, I have a question and I need to ask you for advice."

Yu Hongyu did not answer his question, but directly stated his purpose. He knew that he must first obtain the discoverer's franchise. Before that, his discovery could not even be told to anyone else, otherwise he himself would be the discoverer. It will be difficult to protect the rights and interests.

But he knew how difficult it was for him to obtain this "Discoverer's Charter". It was obviously impossible to rely on the government to grant it. Knowing that the government was dark, he knew clearly that this was undoubtedly a conspiracy with the tiger, and the person in front of him was Mr. Li is a negotiable person, and the more important point is that after returning from Jinping Mountain, he specifically studied the contract between the company and the government. According to the contract, the railway land includes "road construction materials" "land", which means that the ownership of the quarry belongs to Liuhe Company.

"Oh? What's the problem?"

Listening to the stranger's words, Li Zicheng asked with a smile. He was obviously not a teacher or student at Shanglun School. He could find this place, so he was obviously a thoughtful person.

"If a person discovers a mine near the railway land, what can that person get?"

Yu Hongyu asked with reservations the purpose of his trip.

"The bonus company will provide a large bonus, of course, if there is indeed mining value."

"What if he doesn't want the bonus?"

"Don't want the bonus?"

Li Zicheng was stunned, looked at the stranger, and thought in his mind. It seemed that he had discovered some kind of mine. If he didn't want the bonus, what did he want?

"That……"

With a slight smile on his face, Li Zicheng looked at this person with a smile.

"What do you want in return?"

"me……"

After hesitating for a moment, Yu Hongyu made his request.

"You only need to withdraw the royalties after the project is completed. If there are really no mineral deposits there, the company will lose nothing."

"Royalty fee?"

"Mr. Li, if I discovered the mineral deposits relying on your company's funding, then I naturally do not need to withdraw royalties, but..."

"It was you who discovered the mineral deposit, so..."

"Yes, sir"

Facing his answer, Li Zicheng remained silent, looking at this young man who was several years older than himself. He was the one who discovered the mineral deposits. If he is right, maybe the mining area is not far from Lianyungang. What he wants is Franchise, and even went out of his way to find himself... staring at the young man in front of him.

"Sir, you once said that here everyone can get a fair and equitable opportunity to achieve personal success, as long as the individual is willing to work hard, and I believe that the franchise fee is fair and equitable due to my personal efforts. "return"

At this time, Yu Hongyu seemed a little nervous. He didn't know whether his request would be ignored...

"How much do you want? 10% of the profit, okay?"

The sudden promise that came to his ears made Yu Hongyu look at Mr. Li in surprise. He...he promised himself? And it was 10% of the profit.

"Li, Mr. Li..."

Facing his surprise, Li Zicheng still kept smiling.

"If there is a Chinese dream here, maybe you are not the first person to realize this dream, but I hope you are the first person to be remembered"...
Chapter completed!