May 1st, Saturday, Labor Day.
At this time, it is basically equivalent to November 1st in the Northern Hemisphere. It has even snowed in some places, and Puerto Blanca is not bad.
The weather in southern Argentina at this time is very suitable for growing winter wheat.
San Jose also called for and promoted more grains on the wheat farm outside Blanca City, and Sunshine Agriculture also started planting winter wheat.
If you have enough chemical fertilizers, you don’t have to worry too much about the decline of land fertility.
San Jose has pinned its hopes on breeding more high-quality wheat varieties. At present, Argentina's agricultural potential has not been stimulated at all. This is very bad. Argentina has not realized that food is actually a very good weapon.
In later generations, Argentina's wheat production was even lower than Australia's, and agriculture was controlled by foreign capital. This was because they did not pay attention to the technology involved in agriculture, did not select and breed improved seeds, and did not produce enough fertilizers.
The whole city of Blanca has a two-day holiday on Labor Day, and most workers choose to work overtime at twice the salary. San Jose also urges factories to provide holiday benefits.
The sales of Prali Foods increased rapidly during this period, and San Jose used the import and export trading company to prepare to build Argentina's first modern supermarket.
Now, in addition to increasing fiscal revenue, Blanca City must continue to find ways to expand financial resources. However, supermarkets cannot really be said to have a big market in a sparsely populated country like Argentina.
The weather is bad today, the sky is overcast, and there is heavy fog in the morning. Everyone is wearing autumn clothes.
It’s time to think about winterizing the entire city.
The temperature today has not dropped significantly. The temperature during the day is still around 18 degrees Celsius, which is still a bit cool if the wind blows.
Saint Jose took the city's civil servants to express condolences to the residents of the slums. These people were unemployed for various reasons and were even worse off than the people in Buenos Aires.
There are many jobs in Blanca City recently, and their livelihoods are slowly improving, but it still takes time.
San Jose also knows these situations. It is impossible for the city hall's finances to be spent on this. Adding jobs for most people in this city is what needs to be solved now.
The city hall held a simple Labor Day celebration, but there was still one troublesome thing waiting for him.
Snow will fall in the winter in Blanca City. This year, there are 60,000 to 70,000 people in Port Blanca compared to last year, and there are 20,000 people in the new third district. The burden is heavy, and it is expected to increase by more than 50,000 people this year. .
As a result, the demand for heating in winter has also increased accordingly. Even if you want to do indoor work in winter, you need indoor heating and use heaters.
The first thermal power plant in Blanca City is already in operation, but the price of electricity is still very high, which is determined by cost. Moreover, the thermal power plant is not built in the urban area and is mainly for factories.
The Tongzilou dormitories in St. Hessius have no electricity, so heating in winter is really a problem.
Now there is only water supply but not electricity. It will be the end of the year before the municipal facilities and electricity are repaired. It will be spring by then.
Moreover, it is necessary to build houses that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, which is also a headache. The speed is much faster than that in St. Martin, where the houses are being built slowly.
There are no greenhouse vegetables at present, because there is no cheap plastic film, so expensive glass is used, which cannot be promoted for the time being.
Fortunately, people here don't have any hobby of eating vegetables, so Saint Jose has not promoted this kind of shed.
His neighbors were somewhat curious about this strange building.
In order to meet the city's winter heating needs, St. Herzega sent a coal ship from Australia, which would arrive at the port in a few days. Even the coal could only be consumed by the moderately wealthy. After all, the price was still very high.
As for the more expensive ones, they burn natural gas and they have their own fireplace.
This year, we finally no longer need domestic low-quality coal for heating. In previous years, Argentina signed a coal supply agreement with the British, and coal prices surged.
Since last year, Thunder Mining has bought several Australian coal mines to supply coal to the La Plata Steel Plant, which can also solve the winter heating problem. However, such coal is still a luxury for poor families.
Moreover, the low-quality coal from Thunder Mining has a mediocre market, and it needs to be refined when used to make iron. The cost is high, and there are many problems when it is burned directly.
San Jose is also looking for a way out for Thunder Mining. Argentina still has a lot of low-quality coal reserves.
"This inferior quality can be made into briquettes."
Saint Hesse suddenly thought of this time traveler artifact, but he had never thought of it before. This was probably because he was too busy with other things.
It’s not that low-quality coal cannot be burned, but its combustion efficiency is relatively low, that is, it has low calories.
Moreover, low-quality coal has more impurities, but it can still be used for combustion. It is very good whether it is used for heating, cooking, boiling water, etc. More importantly, it is very cheap.
St. Jose ordered people from the Rennes Machinery Factory to draw rough drawings of the machinery.
Let them experiment with manufacturing two machines, namely a briquette stove and a manual briquette production machine. There is no need for a specific production line, mainly manual machines.
This is just for transition.
It is not difficult to make these machines. Use a stamping machine to punch out a round mold, and then weld the handles to form a simple briquette mold.
Hundreds of manual machines were built in half a day, and the output was very reliable.
The stove is more troublesome, but not bad, and I can build hundreds of them in one day.
Saint Jesé went to the inferior coal warehouse and asked someone to take it out, add some loess, sawdust from the furniture factory, and lime from the cement factory, mix it with water, and press it out one by one with molds.
Saint Jose took matters into his own hands, pressed out hundreds of briquettes, and had people write out the steps and send them to newspapers in preparation for promotion.
Briquettes were only popular in East Asia, and they were used as a last resort. They were slowly canceled until the 21st century.
It's just that there is no sun today, so it can only be ventilated and dried before it can be used the next day.
With the successful ignition, the briquettes turned red, there was no smoke, and the fire was very strong. It was indeed a good thing.
According to St. Hesse's wishes, the Rennes Machinery Factory continued to produce a large number of winter briquette coal stoves, as well as equipment for making coal stoves.
12-hole briquettes are reasonably designed, with four holes in the middle and eight holes around the perimeter. These holes are symmetrical and even, making them interchangeable in all directions and easy to use.
The briquettes are designed in this way. The firepower of the briquettes is very strong. It can boil a pot of water in twelve minutes. This kind of briquettes catches fire quickly and is easy to burn. It can be ignited from the mouth of the stove with a match.
The advantage of briquettes is that they are economical and easy to use. This kind of coal is not very expensive and most of them are acceptable.
Briquettes are safe and reliable. They will not ignite without an open flame, will not burn when encountering sparks, will not expire when stored, and will not emit harmful gases.
The cost of briquettes is low, and the price of coal from Thunder Mining is very low, so the cost is also low and it is sold cheaply.
Honeycomb briquettes will burn after being ignited. They can be used and lit at any time, which is convenient and fast. Putting one or two pieces of coal at a time can maintain the firepower for one and a half to two hours.
Very reliable and a real good thing for the people of Blanca.
The number of jobs in San Jose Blanca reached a record high. San Jose visited several large factories and provided guidance on the development of the factories.
On the afternoon of May 2, Saint Jose rested normally and prepared a sumptuous dinner.
A family after dinner,
Holding her daughter in her arms, they watched TV together by the fireplace.
The TV show was quite boring, and Elena was in a good mood.
In the evening, Elena took a bath and looked radiant.
They handed their daughter over to the nanny Lina and the two spent a wonderful night.
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Beginning on May 3, San Jose, who had proven that briquettes were very effective, demonstrated this good thing to civil servants and began to fully promote it to Blanca City.
San Jose popularized coal stoves and machines for pressing briquettes.
He asked several small factories to produce more high-quality and low-cost stoves to promote them quickly and gave away the technology for free.
He also urged citizens to provide good ventilation, as burning coal stoves can easily lead to carbon monoxide poisoning.
Small coal stoves are in short supply and prices have risen a bit.
Stimulated by the huge market, these small factories quickly developed new versions.
Seediq Brick Factory also took action. Cheaper earth stoves were produced.
The demand for more than 100,000 people in Blanca City is still huge, as the news spread.
Briquettes have also been promoted in other southern cities, causing a rush to buy.
Some factories in Blanca City also give away some produced briquettes for free to expand sales.
At least this winter will be easier to get through.
Thunder Mining rapidly expanded production,
More coal was shipped by rail.
The effect of waste utilization is not bad.
A few days later, the city of Blanca suddenly experienced strong winds and light rain. After several days of continuous rain, the weather became obviously colder. It became clear for a day or two, with the sun in the sky and everyone in the house. Make honeycomb briquettes quickly.
The small briquettes came in handy, and St. Hesse's support rate increased a lot.
And there are many colder places than Blanca City. Thunder Mining sells such coal to farther places. After all, Argentina’s railway network is very developed.
Seeing that briquettes were really good, San Jose immediately implemented them and quickly promoted the briquette technology across the country for free.
The factory was authorized to produce for free, and more versions were derived, which even alarmed the presidential office. In the end, the Argentine National Mining Company personally went to promote it.
Thunder Mining, which provides coal, has made a lot of money. The weather in Salta Province, where the coal is located, is very good and the temperature is not low.
Coal mining machines began to operate around the clock.
With the operation of briquettes, Blanca City's popularity has also increased a lot.
Briquettes are not widely promoted, and few people connect this briquettes with countries on the other side of the earth.
Briquettes also boosted steel sales, and St. Jose made a small profit this winter.
It has to be said that it is easy to gain favor for such livelihood projects, especially in the surrounding cities, which are more cooperative in development.
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The hydropower development and construction plan of the City of Blanca and the Provinces of La Pampa and Rio Negro to develop the Salado-Colorado River is currently under exploration.
The purpose is to develop the boundary river between the two provinces, and then supply electricity to the factories around Blanca. The majority of the revenue will be owned by the two provinces, and an artificial river will be dug, and multiple reservoirs and hydropower stations will be built to carry out stepped development and provide electricity to the city of Blanca. Water and electricity supply.
The Colorado River is a large river in southern Argentina, with a drainage area of nearly 400,000 square kilometers, and eventually flows into the Bay of Blanca.
This time it is a joint development, and it also uses local agricultural irrigation water. The western part of La Pampa Province belongs to the Pampa Valley with relatively rainfall, the semi-arid Patagonian plateau and high mountains with many shrubs, and is suitable for a variety of activities. Agricultural development, but relatively drought and little rainfall.
The climate and environment in Río Negro Province are better, with two large rivers passing through.
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Saint-Jesse arranged a publicity event at the Free Port, and also passed the Free Port form through the Provincial Council and officially implemented it.
From the original uncooked rice to cooked rice, it has now been completed.
There are also a lot more ships exporting from the port, just because winter is colder, but since the availability of high-quality and cheap coal, Blanca City can actually work in winter.
With heating, the indoor temperature can be increased to more than 10 degrees, which can greatly increase the competitiveness of Blanca City's industry.
Besides, the winter in Blanca City is actually not too cold. The temperature rarely drops below zero, and snowflakes occasionally drift through.
Being close to the ocean, some outdoor building construction can only be stopped.
The weather in St. Martin is better in winter, so many productions have not stopped and work can continue.
Grain companies purchased a total of 2 million tons of grain, and this winter has become extremely warm.
Blanca City, which is rich in resources and has a warm indoor environment, has also achieved some unexpected results.
For example, experimental tank armor has achieved new breakthroughs after blending various metals.
There are fewer people wanting to cause trouble in the winter, and there are new furnaces to keep warm.
Many factories have begun to take more holidays, and the citizens of Blanca City, who have nothing to do and are warm, have begun to prepare for the next round of baby boom.
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