The hot water was very comfortable. After enjoying the relaxation brought by the bath for a while, Yang Fan was eager to exercise in the water.
Soon, the sound of water splashing came from inside. Outside the big tent is the temporary secretariat office.
Yang Fan splashed in the water for an hour before he came out happily. Dry yourself with a bath towel, put on new clothes, stretch your limbs, sigh comfortably, walk around the screen and walk out.
He still has a bunch of official documents to approve, so he can't go to bed so early. Now he is used to reviewing documents until late every day.
This has almost become a required course for him every day. Yang Fan no longer plans to continue to develop in Zunhua City. The poor place is too small and the development space is limited.
Moreover, the Qing army launched a massive attack next year, and Zunhua soon fell. No matter how well you do it, it will be destroyed, so you might as well give up now.
What he said there didn't matter. Whether it was fighting or defending, he would have to fight with those who were unfriendly to him. Yang Fan didn't have the time to spare.
The most capable person here is him. He has built his own territory. As for the Qing army coming, everyone will mind their own business.
You guys are doing your own thing, and Yang Fan doesn't want to get involved. The emperor's arrangements made him very embarrassed. He had no final say in Zunhua. There were commanders, colleagues, and other commanders and ministers above, and none of the five thousand households below were under his control.
They were very worried that Yang Fan would take away their power, so they isolated Yang Fan and did not have much contact with him.
Simply, don't go there yourself, do whatever you like. I can build my own West Road with peace of mind.
This is a wasteland, but as long as the reservoir is built, this will be a very good place. The new city he is currently building is surrounded by mountains and rivers and is very suitable for industrial development.
This area in northern Hebei has always been one of the four major iron ore areas in the country. There is a joke in later generations that the world's steel production is ranked first in China, second in Hebei, third in Tangshan, fourth in Sinister Country, and fifth in Tangshan's underreported output.
The four areas with the highest concentration of iron ore in the country are Anshan and Benxi. This area is now owned by slaves.
The second is Zunhua, Qianxi, Luanxian and other northern Hebei areas. Currently Yang Fan is preparing to take it as his own.
The third area is Panzhihua and other areas in the western part of southern Sichuan. The fourth is the Baima mining area in Sichuan. This is too far and transportation is difficult, so there is no need to consider it. If you want to develop it on a large scale, you will have to meet the conditions of future generations.
There are proven reserves of 8 billion tons of iron ore around Zunhua. Moreover, Luanxian County also has very large open-pit coal mines and water transportation on rivers such as Jiyuan River, which are unique conditions for the development of industry.
The only drawback is that it is too close to the Great Wall. In the future, Jiannu will often come to visit. The successful resumption of production of the modern obsolete small open-hearth furnace previously installed at Zunhua Xinghe Iron Works gave Yang Fan confidence in the workers of this era. Coupled with the first batch of technicians with primary school education who were trained by surprise, Joining the iron factory made Yang Fan decide to build a new steel factory in the new city.
The new plant will build a large number of modern-style blast furnaces for iron-making, and use modern obsolete open-hearth furnaces for steel-making.
As for the iron ore, it was redeveloped in the locations explored in later generations, and a large number of explosives were used to mine, so that the output of iron ore increased.
As for the mineral processing, it is done at the location of the mine, and it is selected as soon as it is mined. Transportation was solved by laying horse-drawn rail cars.
The Hustlers have already brought in Sharma in advance. Breeding on a large scale. After all, output also develops bit by bit. Animal power does not require too much at once, it can be developed bit by bit.
Yang Fan asked Xiaoyu to lay out the map, and took a pencil to mark several large-scale open-pit iron mines and coal mines in later generations, as well as the distance to the new city. He roughly calculated that two hundred kilometers of rails were enough.
In later generations, this place was where the Datong-Qinhuangdao Railway passed. It ran from the Qinhuangdao Bulung Port Terminal through the Luanzhou Coal Mining Area, the Qianxi Iron Mining Area, and through Yanqing in the north of the capital to the Datong coal mine-intensive area.
Transport coal from Shanxi and steel from Tangshan to various coastal areas through Qinhuangdao Port. The raw materials and output of Yang Fan's industrial base will also follow this route in the future, and shipments will mainly be shipped by sea.
Supplemented by inland river shipping, it can basically cover the major urban areas of Ming Dynasty. Large cities in this era were basically located near rivers and seas.
Water sources are a prerequisite for urban expansion. Without enough fresh water, urban development cannot be supported.
Even seaport cities generally rely on the mouths of freshwater rivers. Yang Fan has already built ships in Beitangkou to build a navy that is not too large but has enough combat power to crush sail warships of this era. It will be used to escort commercial fleets and fight against pirates.
As long as we can control the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the northern part of the East China Sea, we can ensure the safety of inner-core shipping in North Korea, Japan, and the Yangtze River.
The markets in these places are enough to support Yang Fan's sales of industrial products. As for the sea surfaces in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, Yang Fan will continue to explore them in the future.
After all, Gu Zheng's power is still very weak. The Zheng Zhilong Group in Fujian has thousands of large and small ships. Pirates, no, he has now recruited people. It should be called the Fujian Navy. There are hundreds of thousands of people, and the annual income is more than 3,000. Ten thousand taels of silver.
As for Li Dan and other great pirates, they even dominated the South China Sea. Those giants on the sea are not something that Yang Fan can provoke now.
At this stage, Yang Fan is using clipper ships to transport goods at high speeds, as long as the pirates can't catch up. Yang Fan touched his chin and thought.
First, collect scrap rails and sleepers from modern times and build a horse-drawn track connecting various iron ore mines and coal mines as well as the Xincheng Steel Plant. Depending on the situation, the railway can be extended to the west to the capital and to the Qinhuangdao Wharf to the east.
Once this primitive railway is completed, the energy and raw materials for Yang Fan's industrial base will be stable. Yang Fan immediately contacted Er Lengzi via WeChat.
"Stupid, are you asleep?"
"Not yet, what's the matter, Fanzi."
"It's okay. I'm just afraid that you're playing poker late at night and I won't bother you again."
"Go away, I have something to talk about. I'm in a hotel in Taiyuan. I'm here to see a closed factory and collect some old machines."
"Are there any mines that have been shut down now? I want to purchase some more rails, sleepers, and mine cars. I can also purchase some old passenger cars."
"Well, the economy has not been very good in the past two years, especially many small mines with low output and substandard environmental protection have been closed down. These closed mines are everywhere. These things are very easy to find and the price is low. It just needs to be replaced regularly. There are also channels for the train tracks coming down.”
“Are these rails still usable?”
"It depends on what it is used for. If it continues to be used as a heavy-duty train track, it is not safe. If it is used as a small railway with a small transportation capacity, it will be fine for another hundred years."
"Okay, I'll send you money to order two hundred kilometers of rails and sleepers first. I'm also buying a batch of old truck carriages. As long as the carriages are in good condition, it doesn't matter. I'll also buy as many mine cars as possible."
"Don't worry, these are all connected in the early stage. There is a customer near Tangshan. She can get the dismantled old rails and sleepers, and she can also get the decommissioned train carriages. Just wait for my news. If it's quick, it can be done in a week. Transport it to the warehouse." There was a freight railway line nearby the land that Yang Fan purchased outside the imperial capital, passing behind the transmission warehouse. Yang Fan asked Monkey to apply for the relevant procedures, and from the freight line that had not been used for decades A railroad track is connected to the teleportation warehouse.
At that time, the convenience of transporting grain was considered. After all, it is more convenient to transport bulk grain by railway. Now it happens that decommissioned freight cars are being brought in via this railway.
These minecarts, sleepers, rails, etc. are also very heavy goods, so it is best to transport them by railway for convenience.
In the past two days, Yaoguang went back to the academy to teach. The academy's half-year crash course will graduate soon, and Yaoguang, as the person in charge of education, has to personally host it.
Yang Fan opened Yaoguang's WeChat. Now the focus is on the new city, and the teleportation point needs to be rearranged in the new city.
These all require Yaoguang's help.
"Have you slept?"
"No, I'm still signing the diploma. I'm exhausted." On the other side of the video, Yao Guang was wearing bear pajamas, stretching cutely and complaining.
This time, more than 300 students graduated. They learned knowledge that was equivalent to most of elementary school and a small part to junior high school.
Because of Yang Fan's desire for talents, these fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys must immediately put themselves into the assigned work.
In fact, Yang Fan also knew that their study was far from enough. However, Yang Fan was pressed for time and there was a shortage of people everywhere.
I can only work first and then continue my studies when I have the opportunity. There are more than 100 female teachers purchased from the Jiaofang Division, and they have been assigned to the female school.
The teaching staff of women's schools has basically been solved. Yang Fan decided that the first batch of graduates from the women's school would basically become teachers, and they would first support the primary schools and kindergartens in Yang Fan's system.
Except for a few who have joined the secretariat, they are responsible for the management, sending and receiving of files and documents. In addition, the next step is to establish an intelligence department, let Lin Yueru be the director, and provide her with sufficient personnel. She will also be assigned some back-office personnel at the women's school.
As Yang Fan's career grows, the Finance Department, the Judicial Department, and the Civil Affairs Department are also making preparations. The office staff of these central offices must be trained by new education. Currently, the personnel are still stretched thin and very tight.
Yang Fan rubbed his head. He suddenly understood the importance of the cabinet. There was no way he could handle so many things by himself.
It seems that I have to establish a complete transaction processing system to handle various matters efficiently and orderly. I only need to make overall decisions.
Yang Fan decided to introduce the regular meeting system of later generations. There will be an office meeting every five days. Anything that needs to be decided by Yang Fan will be dealt with at the meeting.
After the meeting, Xiao Niangpi went to track the implementation and was responsible for supervision. It was time to establish a shogunate.
