The real solution to Schneider’s dilemma depends on a French businessman, Jean Dubois, a French adventurer and businessman who provoked the war between France and Vietnam and came to the East with a dream of making a fortune.
The French-Vietnamese war was finally fought by two key figures, one was An Ye, the discoverer of the shipping value of the Red River, and the other was Jean Dubuy, a businessman.
Anye entered Yunnan through the Red River and then arrived in Wuhan through Huguang. After they met in Wuhan, Jean Dubuy learned the value of the Red River from Anye, and then he could not help but want to gain benefits from it.
此人满脑发财梦并没有让他变成一个疯相反在极度渴望财富刺激他脑非常好使他前期表现堪称完美他先是取得了清廷和法国双方支持后才不顾越南政府阻挠闯入了红河流域
得到清政府支持是接是他通过跟云南巡抚岑毓英达成采购军火协议这样他就可打着运送军火名义正大光穿过红河进入云南而不会遭受满清官府阻挠
此时云南还处在杜文秀叛乱混乱中官府极其需要武器镇压反叛所岑毓英很不但跟杜布依签订了军火合同还出了一个相当不错价钱杜布依需要跑完这一趟就能挣到大钱同时他还计划着交货后立刻在云南采购当地矿产然后运到广東出售给法国商人同样能够谋取一笔厚利
在巨大盈利前景刺激杜布依投入巨资不但帮忙订购了军火了防备红河出没大量匪徒他还从英国洋行手里购买了两艘炮艇招募了两百多人武装队伍
最后当他大摇大摆进入红河时候遭到了越南官府阻挠和攻击结果在利润面前异常勇敢杜布依不但没有被越南官府吓到反而带着两百个乌合众打败了更乌合众越南官兵竟然占领了河这样重要城市
越南官府向在西贡法国殖民当局出抗议法国印度支那总督马派出安邺带领法国殖民地軍队赶到红河进行调停显然法国殖民当局没有诚意因安邺根就是跟杜布依一伙是红河航运积极鼓动者
结果安邺带兵进入河不但不是去帮助越南人反而态度蛮横威胁越南官府行更像是去给杜布依护航越南人不接受再次打结果又被安邺带领两百多个乌合众打败这次带队是安邺他胃口更大直接在河招兵一就招募了两万多人
安邺势力极度膨胀让越南官府完奈不了他直到安邺被黑旗军打死法国印度支那殖民当局直接介入才真正引发了战争
战争结束后安邺死了但是杜布依却没受到伤害反而在战争期揽到了几笔不错高利润生意在法军帮助赚取了巨额利润
战后他继续在北越寻找机会战前他就发现越北生产铁矿石运输困难是最大制约而他立志于拓红河航运贸易他发现太原省铁矿区跟红河距离很近近不过数十公里远也不过一百来公里要能修建一条铁路通往红河河港河那么铁矿运输困难就迎刃而解了
所战争后第一时他就像当地官府交了修建铁路申请刚刚被法国人痛揍一顿越南政府根就不敢反对反正越北山区都快沦中国移民和匪帮割据地了他们根就不重视哪里
就这样中国人虽然垄断了矿产可是一个法国人掌握了运输渠道这让施耐德公司觉得他们可取得了跟大兵工厂进行谈判底气
So on the one hand, they found Du Buyi to build a railway with Du Buyi to monopolize the ore transportation channel, and on the other hand, they found an arsenal to negotiate an iron ore purchase agreement with the arsenal.
In the case of controlling the railway line, Schneider is no longer worried about being stuck by his competitors, because the competitors’ necks are also in his own hands. Once the arsenal cuts off Schneider’s supply, Schneider can also cut off the ore transportation channel of the arsenal, so neither side dares to breach the contract.
In this case, Schneider got a stable raw material, and their steel plant should operate stably for the first time.
Soon they took away more than half of the big steel market from the arsenal. After all, they are professional steel mills, and their technical level and accumulation are much better than the arsenal, a self-produced independent military enterprise. Soon, the arsenal shipbuilding steel was directly ordered from Schneider.
The source of raw materials has been solved. Schneider Company has flourished in great undertakings like a spring breeze, and with the great construction of railways, Schneider finally reached its peak in spring, because Schneider is not only a steel enterprise, but also a steam locomotive manufacturer and the only professional railway machinery manufacturer at present.
Therefore, to build a railway, Schneider will usher in a period of rapid development of their railway equipment manufacturing and is expected to gain a position in the steel industry soon. This time, the biggest obstacle they encounter is still their competitor, the biggest machinery manufacturing enterprise and the big arsenal. Schneider’s biggest disadvantage is that the railway body is the operation of the arsenal, and the biggest advantage is that the big government has given them special priority. Building a railway will give priority to purchasing Schneider equipment.
However, the arsenal intends to adopt its own equipment, a large number of which are imitations of Schneider’s technology. As a result, Schneider has joined forces with many western companies and the British and French ministers to strongly demand the protection of their technology patents.
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This priority was that Zhu Jinglun personally talked about attracting Schneider to set up a large factory, and at the same time, he specially gave Schneider preferential policies in order to let Schneider accept the shareholding conditions.
However, Hao Kejiu, who presided over the arsenal, did not intend to admit this priority, which caused a huge conflict with Schneider, a giant, and the two sides were deadlocked.
In fact, the Arsenal had a good relationship with Schneider Company in the past few years, because the first railway line, the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway, was an Arsenal. It was always difficult for technicians to produce various failures when they were in charge of the operation of the railway. There were a large number of regular maintenance workers and maintenance workers who needed to replace damaged parts regularly, but the Arsenal had no production experience in these parts. Therefore, the first three years of the operation of the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway mainly focused on purchasing Schneider parts.
However, the arsenal has a problem, that is, it doesn’t let go of its profits, and Schneider feels that it is a unique business. The price of parts is only slightly lower than that of equipment and parts produced in Europe, but when they are finished, Schneider’s tax rate in big factories is not only low (ten-year tax concession), but also the labor wage is low, even the raw materials in Chengdu are much lower than those in Europe. Plus, it is transported to Europe for long distances and high insurance. It can be said that Schneider’s big profits are twice as high as those of European counterparts.
It is impossible for a character like Hao Kejiu to accept his instructions that the arsenal must produce and copy Schneider’s technology by itself. So from the fourth year, the arsenal can also copy some parts of the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway, and soon the arsenal even copied the heavy equipment such as railway locomotives, and it is no longer necessary for Schneider’s goods.
At this time, the two giant enterprises broke out before the conflict, and they did not blame each other.
Schneider was able to tolerate the arsenal copying their technology before, mainly because the arsenal was the only customer of their railway machinery and equipment, but the other side completely excluded itself from the big railway market and took action to make Schneider accept the law, so he took the arsenal to court.
At this time, the problem came. Schneider sued the arsenal for infringing their patented technology, but there was no patent law at all.
As a result, Schneider didn’t win the lawsuit after a long time.
Westerners will not be entangled in lawsuits for a long time, which will seriously affect the company’s business. They will hold their breath for a while, but they will soon be unable to sit still.
Compared with the equipment market of Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway, it is obvious that the new railway is the real big cake because of the overhaul and construction of the new railway. This 900-kilometer railway line is placed in the west, but it needs rails and locomotives to cross a country’s ultra-long line, which is a huge market.
Schneider decided to bury the hatchet with the Arsenal this time. They lowered their stance and did not intend to pursue the old debts of the Arsenal infringing their patents. However, he hoped to jointly undertake the railway equipment business with the Arsenal. Schneider saw that it would be difficult for them to make a profit on the Guangjiang Railway without the Arsenal, because the technicians who built the Guangjiang Railway were all from the Arsenal. In the future, this railway will still be operated by the Arsenal.
Although the arsenal copied a lot of railway equipment, they couldn’t meet the demand for this large-scale railway construction, so they made up with Schneider. The two sides contracted all the equipment orders for this railway and each got half the business.
However, the honeymoon period between the two companies was too short. Hao Kejiu did not intend to abide by the agreement and gave Schneider half of the business. That was because the Arsenal Law met the equipment order of the Ministry of Railways. However, the construction period of this railway was very long, and the manufacturing capacity of the Arsenal was constantly expanding. Soon Hao Kejiu was not satisfied with taking half of the business. He secretly instructed the acceptance technicians to pick Schneider’s equipment and prick various problems from the rails to the locomotives, and constantly canceled Schneider’s business contract in the second half of the year under an excuse.
Foreigners’ legal system is obviously healthier and they are used to using legal means to protect their own interests. The lawsuits of the two companies have been fought again, but Hao Kejiu’s means are disgraceful, but he can’t find anything wrong. The railway company is worried that Schneider’s equipment quality problems will be returned and Schneider will not be able to catch the handle. In this era, the industrial qualification rate cannot reach 100%.
Schneider suffered a dumb loss on the Guangjiang Railway, and sometimes some wanted to quit the big railway market. It was the mediation of the Ministry of Industry that saved a small part of Schneider’s business and made them unable to make up their minds.
After eating this dumb loss, Schneider doesn’t intend to deny it. In those years, France went back on its word and lost the Franco-Prussian War. The French government finished the Franco-Schneider decision. They can unite some western companies that have suffered similar losses, at most, French silk reeling machines and silk loom manufacturers, and tell them to develop the silk weaving industry. The machinery manufacturers in the Lyon Silk Chamber of Commerce have long been dissatisfied with this, and the British cotton yarn and looms have also been copied by big arsenals, so the British are also very dissatisfied with this.
Therefore, more and more Schneider allies, from Lyon Silk Association to Manchester Chamber of Commerce in England, have made representations to the big government, but they have never been shelved.
Snyder’s anger is that Schneider has just announced the railway plan, from which he has seen huge benefits. He is ready to reconcile with the arsenal again, and at the same time, he wants to share one-third of the market and requires the arsenal to strictly implement the agreement.
However, in recent years, the arsenal has developed too rapidly. In the Qing Dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the average annual arms order of 10 million taels of silver stimulated the profits of the arsenal to soar. In that year, the profits were as high as 10 million taels for the Qing Dynasty and 10 armored ships for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
You can’t keep a lot of profits. Arsenal implements the Rishengchang separate account system, and the account period is four years. Therefore, these profits will remain in the arsenal account for four years. The method of Rishengchang is that these profits will continue to be put into business. Rishengchang business is to lend money to the arsenal business, while Hao Kejiu will continue to invest this money in expanding production, especially when he sees the huge profits of the railway industry from the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway and thinks that the railway industry has great potential in recent years.
As a result, Hao Kejiu believes that the Arsenal can eat the upcoming big railway order alone, and he doesn’t want Schneider to earn a penny. Isn’t it just a lawsuit? Isn’t it a protest to the big government? Arsenal, but the official industry is the government, and you are still afraid of suing foreigners?
Hao Kejiu refused Schneider’s request for a piece of cake and didn’t plan to join Schneider.
Schneider can’t be mad at the huge interests. They finally moved all their resources, such as the French government resources.
With the withdrawal of Prussian troops from France, France finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly rebuilt its army, and its diplomacy became strong again. At last, the French consul was able to make a stand for French enterprises. They joined forces with the British consul who was dissatisfied with the large imitation machine and sent a note to the Ocean Department, demanding that this kind of infringement on western companies be faced squarely, urging them to formulate laws to protect the legitimate production of western companies.
Britain and France have a tough attitude this time. France said that if the bad behavior of Chinese enterprises is ignored, France will impose a special tax on large exports of raw silk to make up for the losses of French machinery businessmen. Britain threatened to levy a new tea tax.