When St. Jose woke up at eight o'clock the next day, the butler Luke had already boiled hot water.
He smelled of alcohol, took a shower, changed into clean clothes, shaved cleanly, and then sat at the table to eat breakfast.
Buston was already waiting in the living room, reporting to work.
"Boss, Tom and the others have already arranged their accommodation. It's a building next to the Radical Party. It's the residential building purchased in the name of Xin'a Newspaper."
Saint Jose took a sip of milk,
"We will arrange two big buses for us today to go to Future Agriculture."
"Okay, I'll get the steak right away."
"The foundation of the Lingang Industrial Zone has been repaired and the first floor is ready for construction. The eight factory areas initially set up are already under construction. There are currently more than 1,000 workers on the construction site, and several construction companies are building simultaneously."
"The canteen has been built, and workers' accommodation is also being worked on."
"The food and accommodation issues for so many people must be ensured to be safe."
There are more than 1,000 people, and they spend a lot just to eat every day. Now they are all transported from the Port of Blanca. Fortunately, there is no shortage of food in the Port of Blanca.
"Okay, I will pay attention to the people in the Construction Department of the Investment Promotion Department."
St. Jose's plan for this industrial zone is to be a very large industrial zone, which will eventually house at least 50 large and medium-sized factories with more than 30,000 workers. Among them, St. Jose has initially invested and arranged 12 large factories here, as well as some supporting facilities. The factory is also recruiting investors, most of whom are coming from Putrajaya, Maria City.
The factories currently under preparation include Sanhai Shipbuilding Blanca Factory, Prali Food Factory No. 6, Lanyun Textile Factory No. 3, etc., Maya Plasticization Factory No. 2, Maya Sulfuric Acid Factory, Maya Fertilizer Factory No. 2 and a large number of factories with huge investments.
Among them, the contractor of Maya Fertilizer Plant No. 2 is Leighton Machinery Factory. It has negotiated with Bayer and BASF in Germany to purchase synthetic ammonia technology and started the process of localization. Due to the problem of steel materials, the technical expectations can be met, but there are still big problems with materials. Synthetic ammonia The cost of steel accounts for the majority. The fertilizer plant originally set up in Maria City has been fully put into operation. The cost of ammonia synthesis equipment is mainly German special steel.
If the required special steel can be produced, the ammonia and sulfuric acid plants can not only be domestically produced, but also exported, with huge profits. The investment in ammonia plants using natural gas as raw material is relatively low, but it is still difficult for Saint-Jesse Especially when Argentina cannot produce special steel, the price of special steel sold by the Germans is more than ten times that of ordinary steel.
San Jose has planned to continue investing in the construction of special steel plants, but this will take time.
As for why the second fertilizer plant was built, the annual output of the Rennes Fertilizer Plant in Maria City is only 200,000 tons. It can be fully put into production this year, but it is still far from the original target of 800,000 tons. Here in Port Blanca There are very good construction infrastructure conditions. At least the fertilizer plant and sulfuric acid plant are not located in Port Blanca. After all, this is an urban area. Instead, he plans to arrange it in the south where the population is relatively sparse.
The main raw materials for synthetic ammonia include natural gas, naphtha, heavy oil and coal. The raw materials for the Maya fertilizer plant come from the natural gas produced by the Argentine National Petroleum Company, and the Port of Blanca is closer to the Patagonian natural gas production area here.
In the seven or eight years after the war, the world's synthetic ammonia industry has developed rapidly. From a single equipment with a daily output of 200 tons to a synthetic ammonia plant with a daily output of nearly 400 tons, Saint-Jesse also has some negotiation capital with the Germans. He has enough patience and funds,
With the successful development of large-scale, high-pressure centrifugal compressors driven by steam turbines, conditions have been provided for the large-scale ammonia synthesis equipment. It is now possible for a single equipment to have a daily output of 500 tons.
At present, the Soviet Union, the Americans, the British, and the French all have the ability to produce large-scale ammonia synthesis equipment and can introduce it. Especially the French side has a good relationship, which gives St. Hesse the ability to put pressure on German chemical companies. After all, if you have money, you are the boss.
Especially the greedy Americans, as long as you give them enough money, the Americans will give you God. Therefore, the American redwoods in St. Jose have always had no shortage of collaborators. As for the CIA, they are turning a blind eye now. After all, neither Sequoia Investment Bank nor Blackstone Capital has harmed the interests of the United States. On the contrary, many wealthy people have made a lot of money here.
Argentina’s natural gas reserves are extremely rich and widely distributed. Currently, the amount of natural gas extracted is the first in Latin America. As a major customer, the Maya Fertilizer Plant had a good relationship with the Argentine National Petroleum Company. However, in the past six months, Argentina’s domestic oil companies have been affected by the U.S. Petroleum Corporation. Strong pressure from capital.
The explosives from the Maya Explosives Factory are of great use in blasting and mining in the Lingang Industrial Zone.
In the morning, San Jose took Tom and others to the party and government building in Puerto Blanca to check out the facade.
In the afternoon, we had already pulled two cars of people and headed to a small town called Pedro Luro on this side of the Colorado River.
There is a paddy farm for future agriculture here, and 100 acres of farmland have been cultivated for rice production.
As for why there are only 100 acres, after all, before rice cultivation was mechanized, the labor and material resources required were extremely huge. 100 acres is already the limit for the current future agriculture.
Compared with the thousands of acres of wheat and cotton fields on farms in northern Argentina, 100 acres is indeed not enough.
Rice cultivation is different from wheat cultivation in the northern part of future agriculture. It requires very high labor force, because most of the harvesters, tractors and other agricultural machinery in the world are produced in countries such as the United States, France, Germany and the Soviet Union, and are basically used for wheat. Planting.
In the 1920s, American agriculture began to popularize tractors in production, which also brought it into a golden age. At present, except for large-scale farms, mechanization has not been popularized in most areas of Argentina. This is also a huge opportunity for the Rennes Tractor Factory, but currently It also faces competition from foreign tractors,
Argentina suddenly opened up almost 10 foreign-invested tractor companies to the outside world, but Leighton Tractor Factory has no obvious advantages. Now it only has in-depth cooperation with Kubota, a second-rate Japanese agricultural machinery company, and introduced production lines.
There is not much time left for Leighton Tractor Factory. Without this layer of protection policy, St. Jose does not know how long it can continue to hold on.
Argentina has no history of rice planting, and currently the only country in the world that can develop rice machinery is Japan. San Jose just happens to cooperate with Japan's Kubota to develop tractors and imported tractor production lines, but there is still no rice harvester or planter. exist.
Saint Jose didn't show much. This time he came to a village more than 100 kilometers away from Port Blanca just to show these people and learn about rice cultivation.
After getting off the bus in Saint-Jesse, I met the person in charge of the farmland, Marc Chagall, who was responsible for the construction of the rice fields here.
"Mr. Congressman Saint-Jesse, welcome here to visit."
San Jose warned Future Agriculture in advance and told them not to call the boss.
"Hello, this time I will bring people to visit and experience it."
Tom and others also got out of the car and saw the paddy fields here, which were still being filled with water. They were a little curious. Saint Jose did not tell them that he planned to let them try the feeling of transplanting rice seedlings, and remember the hardships and sweetness.
Starting last month, preparations have been made to reclaim rice fields here. To reclaim paddy fields is to reclaim wasteland and transform it into paddy fields. There will be sufficient reclamation experience in future agriculture, but this is different from the past. After all, it is not as simple as dry land.
Fortunately, there are enough agricultural tractors, and with advance planning, the farmland can be leveled and marked out as standard rice farmland with a length of 100 meters and a width of 30 meters. In addition, Prali International has also helped immigrate many rice-growing farmers while reclaiming land. I'm still doing pretty well while studying.
Then build water conservancy irrigation facilities and field roads. The Colorado River is rich in water resources. Today is the last step to fill the reclaimed and fattened fields with water and turn them into real paddy fields.
Irrigation needs to continue for a day until the paddy field no longer absorbs water, and then preparations for the next step can begin.
In the later stage, we will prepare to develop combine harvesters, high-speed rice transplanters and some large and medium-sized agricultural machinery, and the cultivation of seedlings will also be factory-based.
Mark introduced these paddy fields seriously, and there were many Chinese people in the distance giving guidance. Rice cultivation is not only a technical job, but also a physical job.
Most of the 100 acres of land are planted by hand, just waiting for the paddy fields to be completed. In fact, paddy fields are also troublesome, especially the mouse holes in the ground. If they are not blocked, the water will flow away in vain because of imperfect water conservancy facilities.
St. Jose also carefully understood that these rice varieties were experimental products, and 100 acres were divided into several plots.
In the evening, I spent the night here. It was an ordinary town. The next morning.
Saint Jose got up early to plant rice seedlings, and also took these friends to experience life.
These are all his important team members. Most of Argentina is still dominated by agriculture. If you don't understand these, it will indeed be difficult to integrate Argentina in the future.
South of Puerto Blanca, there are few large cities and there is rich agricultural potential.
"Minister...Congressman San Jose, do we really want to go down to farm?"
Tom was not used to it. Most of these outstanding young people came from the city. It took a lot of courage to come to Port Blanca. It would be a big breakthrough to actually go to the fields to plant rice.
"Try it, it's really good, this is nothing."
St. Jose was wearing a shirt and trousers. He rolled up his sleeves and trousers and walked down the paddy field from the edge of the field. There was no slippery feeling. It could only be regarded as a raw field, not a mature field. The soil in the paddy field had been broken by tractors many times, and the fertility was reduced. It was relatively ordinary, but the situation was relatively tight. He picked up the seedlings tied with cloth strips and threw them skillfully far away.
I took a handful in my hand, turned around, faced the field ridge, calculated the distance, and started to step back step by step to plant the rice. This time, more than a dozen were transported from the Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Japan. High-quality rice seeds are cultivated and planted for trial planting.
Each field is a little different. There are currently no hybrid rice varieties in the world, and the yield is not too high. It is not easy to select rice varieties suitable for Argentina. Fertilization is also required to prevent diseases and pests.
Scientific breeding still has a long way to go, and large-scale promotion will take a lot of time. We can only wait for agricultural mechanization, otherwise it will be difficult to promote successfully.
Because rice cultivation is far more energy-consuming than wheat, and there are not enough people to cultivate it, you don’t have to worry too much about chemical fertilizers. It is quite difficult to promote the Maya Fertilizer Factory. A large part is exported through Prali International, and a small part is exported through Prali International. It’s for future agriculture.
Agricultural production and industrialization require a lot of materials. It would be very terrible if we relied solely on imports.
Once an international blockade or embargo occurs, it will become scrap metal. Similar to North Korea in later generations, a stable industrial system is still very important.
Tom and others hesitated for a moment, then went to the fields one after another and began to imitate others. After planting the seedlings, more than a dozen people each took charge of some areas and slowly stepped back. The Chinese next to them showed some basic skills and guided the planting. They spent the whole morning Over time, we have more than 10 acres of paddy fields. One good thing about these paddy fields is that there are no stones.
We took a brief rest at noon and continued in the afternoon. The rice transplanting speed accelerated a lot. When the work was finished in the evening, many people could hardly stand up straight, but no one complained about being tired. Saint Jose was very fast and a good hand.
"Mr. Congressman, it really helped me a lot this time."
100 acres, more or less. In addition to the San Jose team, Future Agriculture here also employs many people. They can plant all the rice seedlings in one day.
Everyone is tired and has backache.
"Everyone was really helpful this time."
Saint Jose said that he himself had some backache, it was considered physical work.
After the seedlings are planted, the next management is very important.
This time he brought here not only people from the Radical Party, but also people from the city hall. They were all talents he valued very much. To do these jobs, you must not only be meticulous, but also be hard-working.
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"What, he went to the south to farm?"
Otto was confused and said in disbelief.
"Yes, they went south yesterday."
"What are they doing? Aren't they going to stop building the port?"
"I'm not sure about the specifics. It depends on the situation. I can come back in the next two days."
"Send someone to keep an eye on it."
"Okay, Mr. Mayor."
Otto has been a little upset recently. Seeing that the Lingang Industrial Zone is doing very well in attracting investment, and there is a free port and a trade and industrial zone, there is not even a factory planning to move in, which makes him very annoyed.
He also went to find the young civil servant who had been seconded several times, but he couldn't find out any news.
I had no choice but to ask Saint Jose for help again, but he was also a bit like a button-up-sou-sou type and didn't promise to go out at all.
St. Jose himself is a person who can't afford to get up early without profit. He cares more about profit and works hard every night to pay for others.
After arriving for training, the St. Jose team set off back.
Looking at the green rice fields in the distance.
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