Chapter 424 Transferring Production Capacity
If you know how to read, you can understand warning signs and know which ones you can touch and which ones are very dangerous. This is the most basic quality required in a modern factory.
Xiu Si's eyes lit up: "We can selectively call some of these people over. They are originally members of the secret society and are relatively loyal to Castel. They can make up for the manpower shortage on the island."
Castel sent out more than a thousand people at one time. Although it would not have a fatal impact on production capacity, it would inevitably be a bit stretched.
Besides, the development of Gem Bay also requires manpower, otherwise Xius would not be so anxious to open literacy classes.
Now it seems that it is fortunate that Blood Harbor was not taken over as a territory, otherwise, I don’t know how many people would be needed just to manage this city, and the civil servants who were trained with great difficulty would have to be put in.
"In addition, there are a large number of peripheral personnel. They are not our formal believers, but they have basically attached themselves to the secret order. We have a strong influence among this group of people. This time, under our propaganda, most of them participated in the literacy class."
"How many people are there in this group?"
"Well, eight hundred? One thousand? I can't say for sure."
This group of people will probably be the first group to enter the factory in the future. With the endorsement of the secret society, it won’t be a problem for them to be the first to try it out.
"By the way, how many people are there in Blood Harbor now?"
This question caused a moment of silence in the conference room. People looked at each other and shook their heads in confusion.
“Maybe tens of thousands?”
"It's definitely less than a hundred thousand."
"Nonsense, the Mother Goddess Church didn't even have 100,000 people before it rebelled!"
Population census during this era was generally inefficient and inaccurate. It was difficult for the lords' men to enter the slums for an accurate count, and most lords had no interest in doing so.
Especially since Blood Harbor has been quite chaotic recently, it is difficult to count by methods such as food consumption.
No one really knows how many people are left in Blood Harbor.
After a while of debate in the conference room, the final conclusion was that the number was about 20,000, and the deviation of this number might be quite large.
However, young and middle-aged people accounted for a surprisingly high proportion of this population, and many elderly people and children who had poorer self-protection abilities died in the chaos.
"The prince once mentioned that we don't have to worry about population issues," Zoe began.
"There's really no need to worry. Whether he's fighting the Empire or we're fighting in the North, there will always be refugees." Zeus sighed.
Human life is worthless in war, at least in the early stages of a war.
"Blood Harbor will focus on popularizing education for the time being, and building factories will also proceed simultaneously. Does anyone have any questions? Gaia, what's wrong?"
Gaia raised her hand and said, "My Lord, I would like to ask if part of the nitroglycerin production line should be moved to Blood Harbor?"
As soon as these words came out, the room immediately exploded:
"What?"
"How can we move? What if they use explosives to attack us?"
"Apart from anything else, are there enough raw materials in Blood Harbor? There are no olive trees there!"
"And is it safe? The workers on the island are guaranteed, but those outside haven't even finished literacy classes."
Gaia was unmoved: "It's very troublesome to transport explosives. Although we have tried our best to be careful, accidents still happen. The weather in the Ocean of Storms is unpredictable. Besides, is nitroglycerin something very advanced?"
"All weapons and ammunition are made by the cooperation of an entire industrial system. If there is only nitroglycerin."
Gaia shrugged, "It only cures heart disease."
It is true that nitroglycerin is a qualified explosive, but to Castell, it is more like a raw material, just a link in a chemical system.
Xius nodded: "I understand what you mean, Gaia, you are considering moving the high-risk factories abroad, right?"
Gaia nodded.
"I was just about to say this. Castel does have some factories that are planning to move out, but we still need to discuss the explosives production line." Hughes motioned for Connor to distribute a copy of the materials to everyone. "Everyone, take a look at this."
It was a report from a mining site.
"Everyone knows that Castel's mineral deposits are quite rich, with many types and low mining difficulty." Hughes sighed, "But many mines have been dug from open-pit mines all the way underground."
Everyone looked at each other for a while, then turned their heads to look at - Tata.
"You, why are you looking at me?" Tata couldn't help but turn his eyes away guiltily.
"So the iron ore underground can really be mined out? I thought it was endless."
"A lighthouse has been built in the northern port of Castel."
"It is said that some people can hear the sad song of a sinking ship at night."
"Yes, a ship soul is born!"
"If you don't know, you might think we are reclaiming land. But it's really fast to use boats to reclaim land."
"Tata, are you really building a ship? I think you are building an island."
"Don't mention it. I heard that the newly designed ship is as big as an island. I think it can really drain Castel."
Tata opened his eyes wide: "How can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air?"
"What innocence? I saw the ship you built sink with my own eyes—I saw it three times!"
"I've seen it five times!"
"Seven times!"
Tata's face flushed, veins popping out on his forehead, as he argued, "This, this is a detour that shipbuilding must take, there's nothing we can do about it!"
The meeting room was suddenly filled with a joyful atmosphere.
Hughes sighed, "Okay, okay, shipbuilding does require some trial and error. We are all doing research, so I don't need to explain these things. All I want to say is that Castel needs to transfer this part of the industry out."
"Of course, we are only moving part of it. We haven't mined all the iron ore on our island yet, but we won't mine it like this for now. We will keep some as reserves and study how to import the rest."
After saying that, Hughes pointed to the mark on the document.
"These are several mines in Gem Bay. I took a look and they have quite a rich variety. In the future, some of the heavy industry will be transferred here, and some will be transferred to Blood Harbor as Gaia said."
"Why do we have to move to Blood Harbor, Lord?" Nini asked curiously.
"First of all, Blood Harbor is a port. Sea transportation is the cheapest mode of transportation. Raw materials will be shipped in and out from here in the future. Secondly, it is our expedition to the North."
Castel's expedition to the north relied on railways. Laying the tracks all the way required an extremely large amount of steel.
It would be much more convenient if an ironworks was built directly in Blood Harbor. The production capacity of this ironworks would be enough to cover the railroad tracks.
Transfer outdated production capacity, accelerate the industrialization of Blood Harbor, and solve the problem of materials for the expedition. Kill three birds with one stone! (End of this chapter)
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