The eavesdropping records of the Dutch East India Company's merchant house were the highest priority material and would be translated, printed and sent to Zhao Manxiong's desk early the next morning. [Read full text] This material was also copied to police headquarters and the Foreign Intelligence Service, as agreed at weekly security joint meetings.
Zhao Manxiong will personally study these highest-level materials every day when he enters the office - the executive committee does not want any outside forces to interfere with the engine operation.
Among the foreign forces, the Portuguese and the British were weak, the Spanish were far away and inert; only the Dutch had a certain strength and were closely related to their interests.
The officials were very important to the East India Company, and it was difficult to say how they would react to the Senate's development of Kaohsiung.
"The Dutch must fully realize the terror of being our enemy." In the planning meeting before the start of Operation Engine, the countermeasure adopted in response to the possible reaction of the Dutch was to use intimidation methods to force them not to take rash actions. action.
Judging from the eavesdropping/eavesdropping/reports, the work on Trini has obviously achieved good results-whether intentionally or unintentionally, the Italian desperately brags about the force of the Senate. Zhao Manxiong knew very well that a person in a comfortable and comfortable environment would not have much interest in starting a war.
Living a comfortable life, doing a job he loves, receiving a large salary, and being accompanied by Loli and Shota - Trini would only hope to fight a war to end her current situation unless she was mentally abnormal.
The conversation between the two did not go beyond most of his speculations: including the thoughts and attitudes of the East India Company, the purpose of sending a large ship to Lingao when it was not the trading season was obviously not just to make money. The Magdeburg's mission was obviously to gather information.
Then he read the surveillance report on the East India Company's trading house, especially the report on the activities of the servants in the trading house. Ufo believes that at least one of the servants has some kind of secret job.
Judging from the report, this servant was very active. He often travels to Lingao and travels to all places where foreigners are allowed. I have to go to Bobu Port almost once a day - the public excuse is to buy fish.
Finally, there is the report of the correspondence inspector stationed at the General Post Office of the Political Security Bureau. The General Post Office took over the original e-mail system of the Ming Dynasty government. Postal routes from Lingao to various counties in Hainan were opened. Postal branches were established in every county. However, these branches are currently only responsible for delivering official documents and correspondence from departments, enterprises and military units under the Senate. Private messages are limited to naturalized people and a small number of indigenous people who have contact with the crossing group.
In the postal inspection method, all letters from some individuals and departments are inspected, and some letters are randomly inspected. Zhao Manxiong skipped the other parts and directly found the postal inspection report on the East India Merchant House.
As usual, letters from Dutch merchants were delivered to the museum by the servants of the merchant. It will be handed over to the East India Company merchant ships returning to Batavia or about to go to Dazhan, when there are no East India Company ships. Just leave it to the Chinese merchant ships heading to the two places. Regardless of the delivery method, the OGPU was able to obtain a copy before leaving port.
The letters were encrypted, but to the OGPU any encryption in the seventeenth century was child's play. Each letter is decrypted and translated. Make a few more copies and send them to the "relevant departments" - because the Dutch are the focus of attention. Therefore, the postal inspection reports involving them are accompanied by the original letters.
Zhao Manxiong carefully read the report and recent letters. Generally speaking, he was satisfied: it was completely in line with the effect they wanted to achieve by their "promote power" activity.
However, this is only for the current business staff. It is difficult to say whether it can have the same effect on the newly arrived Van Delantron. Whether it is necessary to carry out a new "declaration of force" against Van Delantron is an issue that Zhao Manxiong needs to consider.
To "declare force", there are many ready-made things: whether it is Project 901 in the port or the new artillery that the Army has been testing recently. Even the not so new typewriter was enough to shock the Dutchman.
The issue is. Excessive display of force may sometimes be considered as "covering up weakness." Zhao Manxiong was very worried that there were a group of smart people in Batavia who would make such judgments.
"It would be great if this cheese-eater understands this unambiguously." He said, thinking of the 2300 project that was currently being carried out in full swing - if it was successfully completed, it would be a very amazing military progress. Unfortunately, Van Delantron may not be able to accurately understand its power.
It would be better for Van Dellentron to see the steam engine fleet of the Senate - as a seafaring nation, Van Dellentron would not fail to understand the powerful power of steam engine warships.
The location of Project 2300 is Lingao Specialty Chemical Complex. Although this consortium belongs to the Ministry of Chemical Industry, it is far away from the chemical companies under the Ministry of Chemical Industry. Many workers working in chemical plants have never even heard of such a company.
The planning of Lingao's special chemical industry complex is modeled on a certain pyrotechnics plant of the 156 projects of that year. Its main task is to produce gunpowder and gunpowder.
Fire weapons are a key project for time-travelers to maintain their advantages. With the continuous expansion of the scale of the army and the needs of civilian engineering, the early manual workshop-style production scale and laboratory-style production technology have become far from meeting the demand.
In particular, the lack of sufficient and relatively safe weapons has greatly restricted both military and civilian applications. As a result, military inventory of firearms can only be maintained at a low reserve level. The ammunition reserved by the Army, in addition to ensuring the daily training of the army, only has a campaign amount. The artillery and ammunition reserves on various naval ships are also generally dissatisfied with the base level.
The Planning Institute is well aware of the current predicament, so it officially began planning and constructing the Lingao Specialty Chemicals Complex, a coal mine enterprise, more than a year ago.
Lingao Specialty Chemical Complex occupies a vast area - just like an old man with a vast territory, the factory covers an area of several thousand acres. Even so, it was only planned according to the scale of the old time and space by more than ten times. The factory is located on the edge of the hilly area of Gaoshanling. It is a slope where bedrock begins to emerge. The soil layer is very thin and there are rocks and gullies everywhere, making the project very difficult. The advantage is that it is remote and desolate, with almost no homes or farmland around, and the terrain is higher, so it will not be flooded by typhoons.
Because in the refractory factory, various refractories and precursors are concentrated together. Once a chain reaction occurs, half of the existing industrial zone in Lingao will be reimbursed. It is already very unsafe to stay in the industrial zone.
For things like fire **, the finished product is actually very safe. What is unsafe are the intermediate precursors, many of which are in an unstable state. Only strict process specifications can maintain temporary stability. However, workers in this time and space have almost no idea of craft discipline. Even though the former gunsmith factories strictly followed militarized management and frequently imposed extremely severe punishments, even the death penalty and consecutive imprisonments, various minor accidents were not completely eliminated.
The casualty and accident rate of the pyrotechnics plant is kept secret and is never reported in internal bulletins. Unless naturalized people work at the plant, they have no idea that such a place exists. The selected workers should also be single as much as possible.
Even if various means are used to minimize the impact of the accident. Small accidents can turn into major accidents if they are not handled in time. Relocating to this desolate area can at least minimize losses in the event of an accident - even if it mainly produces black powder, once a sufficient amount of gunpowder explodes, the effect will be very strong - Wang Gong Factory originally The big explosion was terrifying enough.
The planning of the special chemical complex is still a serious violation according to the safety standards of the old time and space. Because this factory not only produces pyrotechnics, but also manufactures various finished ammunition, and also undertakes scientific research tasks.
"At least our production conditions are much better than those in Huangyadong..." Xu Yingjie said with a forced smile after looking at the planning map. There is already a scar on his exposed arm - it was left by a piece of glass that was shattered while making mercury fulminate half a year ago.
"It's also better than the current safety conditions. Otherwise, our guys from the Chemical Industry Department will turn into one-eyed dragons with one leg sooner or later. It's inevitable to enter Cuigang early." Ji Tuisi, the head of the Chemical Industry Department, said. Not to mention things like fire, even the production in chemical plants often makes him tremble.
The Ministry of Chemical Industry does have a few revolutionaries who are not afraid of death, but courage cannot bring safety - everyone still wants to see the day when the revolution wins - of course it must be intact.
"Everyone should try to raise safety requirements as much as possible. Don't be afraid of trouble or waste. As long as it can be met, the Planning Institute will definitely meet it." Wu De said at the meeting, "Safety comes first."
After more than a year of extensive construction work, the factory has not yet been completed, or it is not known when it will be completed. According to the plan: a large number of artificial obstacles to block shock waves must be built between various facilities, usually 20-30 meter high earth embankments, in order to guide the shock waves and burning materials to high altitudes - in order to avoid the splashing of rocks during the explosion, they cannot be used yet. Stone.
After the basic civil construction was completed, less than 10% of the earth embankment project was completed. Many earth embankments have to be made up by piles of stones on the inside and a thick layer of soil on the outside. The factory just bit the bullet and started production. The traditional safety ditch method continues to be used. Construction of the earth embankment continues. For safety reasons, steam-powered engineering equipment that spits smoke and fire can no longer be used at this time. We can only rely on manpower: the Fubo Army and the labor reform team, and use modern machinery when necessary.
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