The railway swimming industry is expanding on such a large scale. [Read the latest chapter] There are so many supplies in reserve, Kawako and Tokuji asked. This blast furnace is not a Great Leap Forward-style blast furnace, but a real industrial blast furnace. Although in terms of scale, in another time and space, it was a restricted and demolished small blast furnace with backward production capacity. But this thing is definitely high-tech in this century.
Not counting the problem of refractory materials, which has been solved with the bitter brine in the salt field, the cooling water jacket for the furnace alone requires several tons of steel and is a casting. Wen Desi knew that steel casting was the most difficult to produce. The fluidity of steel was not high. The difficulty of large steel castings such as cooling water jackets can be imagined.
"The technical conditions for building these new equipment are fully mature, and the material conditions are also available. There is no problem in expanding to this scale." Ma Qianzhu replied, "But it will consume a lot of pig iron and steel inventory to manufacture equipment, and other aspects of pig iron and steel quotas further reductions must be made
"What to do with the mining equipment, as well as the supporting equipment: boilers, steam quilts, these things are piled up with tons of steel." Zhan Wuya questioned, "There is also the rail manufacturing arranged by the Planning Commission for Tiandu. The gap is 40%. Even if there is no shortage of materials, additional production equipment must be added to deliver on time.
"Of course it is guaranteed." Ma Qianzhu opened his notebook. "Everyone, since August, the Planning Commission has reduced the amount of steel in all aspects, with the purpose of breaking through the fatal bottleneck of steel and coal. The difficulty is temporary. Yes, as long as this threshold is passed, steel will no longer be a first-level controlled material. Everyone knows the expected output. However, the current inventory is still tight." He immediately reported the current inventory of steel, pig iron, and forged iron. Stock.
"It's really not much." Zhan Wuya said. "We must stop Jinbu's arms production now. Casting cannons and shells consumes a lot of pig iron.
The armament work of the crossing group has been carried out at a slow but uninterrupted pace. The Planning Commission allocates certain production quotas for the production of weapons, ammunition, and rations every month. As for the professional arsenals required by the 6th Navy, they are not all turned into machinery factories at the moment.
Stopping all arms production is a very sensitive issue. Because it was a five-year plan implementation work meeting, there was only one Ma Qianzhi who could be called the representative of the military. Naturally, no one jumped up to raise objections. However, once the measures are implemented, it is conceivable what kind of reaction the military will have. Especially the young officers headed by Zhang Pailin and Wei Aiwen. Cannons are their pet peeve.
The stakes are high. Everyone's eyes fell on Ma Qianxu: his other title was the chief of general staff of the army.
, "It's okay, but it's a little uncertain." He took out another Holy Ship notebook from the briefcase with a combination lock that he carried with him, with the word "Army" written on it.
"The current Minie rifle has a base number per woman. The artillery training team has a base number of shells, and the coastal heavy artillery has half a base number. The naval gun on the pilot tank has an old base number. The triangular schooner patrol boat has a base number, and other sailing warships The reserve of artillery shells is insufficient. After absorbing the remnants of Zhucai's old troops, our sailing fleet expanded rapidly. All the old miscellaneous artillery and artillery shells were dismantled and refurbished, but there was no time to match the new cannons. The shortage was too large, not to mention the cannon shells. I said it." Ma Qianzhu said without any hesitation.
"That's enough of one fight.
"As long as it is not a joint attack between the Ming army and the main force of the Zheng family, it is not necessarily possible to completely destroy the opponent, but it will definitely be possible to defeat it. Ma Qianzhu has participated in several war games hosted by Xi Yazhou at the General Staff Headquarters.
Wen Desi asked: "Is there any danger of war now?"
"According to the analysis report of the intelligence department, there is currently no
"First stop the production of artillery and ammunition. Go all out to open planned production equipment for Tian Du.
"Can you ask Guangzhou to expand the import of pig iron?"
"It's not easy to be small. The problem now is not only that the price of pig iron imported from Guangdong is getting more and more expensive. It's that our import volume is too large, the inventory on the market is low, and we have encountered competitors.
"Who but us would buy so much pig iron?"
"The small Ming Dynasty government." Ma Qianxu said, "The report from Guangzhou Station said that Wang Zunde, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was casting cannons on a large scale and purchasing large amounts of pig iron. The price of iron on the market has risen sharply."
"Will the government use cash to buy iron? Aren't they always engaging in "buying" and other things to rob real goods with virtual money?" "
There is nothing wrong with small talk. But since the smelting farm owner suffered a loss, he had to make up for it. Besides, Ming Dynasty is now inviting investment and hosting, and it’s not all about robbing.
"According to historical records, Wang Zunde was very creative in casting cannons, casting two hundred cannons at a time." People from the intelligence department reported, "And the scale will probably be even greater next year. There is a wealthy businessman named Li Luoyou. No. I know who I am and I have already taken over the cannon casting business in Guangdong Province."
"What is this person's background?"
"I haven't started checking yet.
"Call Guangzhou Erjiu immediately to clarify the situation! As the female desi said, she suddenly thought about it, has Li Huamei figured it out?"
"Not yet. She sailed for Goa in October. Carried away a large cargo."
"What is she planning to bring back to us?"
"Mainly opium and jute," Ma Qianzhu said, "and sporadic goods."
"How's your sailor training going?
"Very good, Mr. Wen, the sailors on the schooner patrol boat you designed were all trained by her.
Xiao Zishan coughed, reminded Mr. An not to tilt the building, and then said: "Then the price of pig iron will rise even more next year." We can be completely self-sufficient and even export a large number of steel products, but this will not happen until the end of next year at least.
"We have no choice but to grit our teeth and endure it for a while and continue to rely on imports." Wang Luobin said, "High prices are high prices, at least we can afford it." "
"This money is just for the smelting owners to make money temporarily." Wen Desi said, "Once our steel production increases, not to mention selling the iron products back to Guangdong, just stopping imports will cause the price of iron to plummet.
"We can take the opportunity to establish a commodity exchange system and control the epidemic in Guangdong through bulk commodity trading."
"Stop, let's talk about the economic issues later, otherwise we will have to deal with them again." Xiao Zishan, the host of the meeting, stopped Yi Fan's lofty argument, "Let's talk about the coal and iron issues first."
"After obtaining a stable supply of coal from the island, our next step is to open the Tiandu Iron Mine." Wen Desi said, "Now let's talk about the plan to open Tiandu.
Ma Qianzhu stood up and came to the large display board. The upper curtain was opened.
Behind the curtain is a large-scale map of the entire vicinity of Sanya. It has been marked with flags of various colors.
"The Planning Commission is under the order of the Executive Committee. The plan for Tian Dukai has been prepared. Ma Qianxu said, "Please review it."
Opening up fields is not simply a matter of building a mining area and expanding the Yulinbao wharf. Chuanchuan Group is preparing to build Yulin as a new base. In the future, the navy will travel to Southeast Asia for trade and colonization. So the whole plan is very ambitious. The first and second phases of the project will be completed within the first five-year plan, and the third and fourth phases of the project will be carried out later.
This is left to the second five-year plan.
"The first phase of the project involves the development of the Tiandu mining area," Ma Qianzhu pointed at the map, "and the construction of basic supporting facilities.
First, a new fort was built on the main peak of Luhuitou Peninsula. At the same time, docks, trestles and forts were built on the peninsula. This place will serve as a base for the naval fleet heading south to Southeast Asia in the future.
The original Yulinbao Terminal will be expanded into a dedicated material output terminal, all using mechanized loading and unloading equipment. In the future, Tiandu's iron ore, Damao's manganese ore and phosphate ore, and Yazhou's dried coconuts and wood will all be transported through this terminal.
Anyu Market opposite Yulin Fortress will be fully rebuilt in accordance with modern urban planning and equipped with complete infrastructure. At the same time, a large number of immigrants came to enrich it. Establish local enterprises to process local resources, and plan to build a wood processing factory, a copra processing factory and a food factory first.
Anya Market will become a commercial port for trade with Southeast Asia. Not only to attract merchant ships traveling to and from Southeast Asia to dock here for trade, Wen Desi also planned to move the headquarters of the newly established Southeast Asia Company here.
Tiandu Town will appear at the original site three years in advance, and the Tiandu Mining Bureau of the country will be established here. The Tiandu Mining Bureau not only manages the mining of Tiandu iron ore, but will also be responsible for the opening of manganese and phosphate mines in the Damao area in the future.
A railway will also be built between Tiandu Town and Yulinbao Pier to transport ore.
"In this way, we will gain a lot of capital in the Yulin area." Wen Desi commented.
. The cost is large. The income is also high. The Kaiyulingang area is not just a Tiandu iron mine, it is actually a new support point for us in the southern part of Hainan Island. Ma Qianxu said that it formed a situation that echoed from the north to the south with Lingao.
This new base is basically a blank, there are very few local indigenous people, and the influence of the Ming Dynasty government is far away in Yazhou, which is dozens of kilometers away. The Crossing Group can plan, develop and build this area at will without spending a lot of effort on conquest and negotiation. Unlike the "coexistence" system like Lingao, the Yulingang area will become the first real crossing group. ruling area.
. Yulinbao will be designated as Sanya Special Economic Zone. "Wen Desi said.
The executive committee immediately approved Tian Du's plan to start a war. The entire program will begin in the spring of the field year. The complexity of this operation is no less than recreating Day O. Various ministries and commissions have begun plans to allocate materials and personnel. ! ~!
