Chapter 145 Nanhua's Third Line Construction (Third update, please subscribe)
The Naval Academy must be established!
The same goes for the Army Academy!
However, these are all part of the arms buildup.
With the warning of the "survival battle" in the last life simulator, Zhu Xianhai has determined one thing - "the war will break out tomorrow." Because of this, Nanhua's construction inadvertently shifted to armaments.
After all, the long "battle for survival" is something that no one can ignore. It is simply Nanhua's "Eight-Year War of Resistance".
During every minute and every second of those years, hundreds of thousands of South Chinese people were writing sacrifice with their lives!
And now Zhu Xianhai doesn't just want to stop it!
Every minute and every second of his life was written with two words - revenge!
Yes, he wants revenge!
If you want revenge, you must strengthen yourself and strengthen your armaments.
Zhu Xianhai has also been working hard towards these two goals, and the ultimate direction of these two goals is heavy industry.
The first phase of Zhenhua Steel Plant is undoubtedly the top priority of this industrial plan.
In fact, the foundation of Zhenhua Steel Plant was two open-hearth furnaces in the glass factory. Nanhua first had steel, and then... ironmaking. Even now, there is no ironmaking plant.
"Zhenhua Steel Plant will be built on the banks of the Negro River 85 kilometers north of Nanhua to solve the water problem for steelmaking. According to the plan, two high-efficiency iron smelting blast furnaces with a daily output of 30 tons, a railway connecting the southern iron ore, and a steel rolling mill will be built,"
Inside the company's headquarters building, Lu Bo, chief engineer of the company's metallurgical department, unfolded a drawing and introduced it to Zhu Xianhai.
"…The coke blast furnace is 45 feet high and has a base diameter of 6.7 feet. The blast furnace gas is directed to four iron wind and five parallel single-flame pipe steam furnaces through a dedicated gas pipeline. All equipment, including rolling mills, plate rolling mills and other auxiliary equipment, are ordered from the Middlesex Locomotive Works in the UK. This is an enterprise whose main business is steel, locomotive manufacturing and other engineering manufacturing. At present, our iron smelting technicians are also being trained there. The total cost of all equipment is 21,785 pounds…"
It’s so cheap!
Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but sigh that a steelmaking plant with an annual output of 20,000 tons, including rolling equipment, only cost 20,000 pounds, which is about 100,000 US dollars. Only the "Devier Silver" produced by the "Gold Mine" in one day is enough to build such a factory. It is so simple and cheap that it is outrageous.
Of course, this was just the cost of purchasing equipment, and there was also a large amount of infrastructure costs. In total, it was just a few hundred pounds of "Deville Silver".
"At present, the No. 1 blast furnace and the corresponding steel rolling equipment of the ironworks have been shipped. It is expected that the equipment will be installed in Sanpeng next year, sir..."
Lu Bo paused and said to Zhu Xianhai.
"I hope you can consider my previous suggestion again."
"What?"
Zhu Xianhai said.
"Any ironworks in the world will choose a location either close to coal or close to iron ore, especially the latter which is the most common, or choose to be close to the main market. My suggestion is to build the factory in Nanhua, at least it is closer to the consumer market. After all, our iron ore is 90 miles away, but the place you chose is just close to the water source..."
As the chief engineer, Lü Bo certainly had his own opinions on the site selection, but his opinions obviously could not influence Zhu Xianhai's decision.
"The location has been decided. It's right there. Being inland has its own advantages. Safety comes first!"
Zhu Xianhai smiled and said,
They had no idea what the need for "strategic security" was. If it weren't for the need to solve a series of problems such as transportation when building a steel plant in the hinterland, Zhu Xianhai would even want to build the steel plant in the Andes, just like the Republic's third-line factories. Although in the long-term simulation, the coalition forces had never conquered South China, and only occupied Viedma, posing a threat to South China, but now Zhu Xianhai had to take into account the strategic depth of South China.
It is for this reason that many heavy factories, including steel mills, must be built in the inland hinterland. This is based on the need for war preparation. As for the economy, it is secondary.
"Well, sir, you are the boss and you have the final say, but sir, whether it is the ironworks, the iron mine, or the railway, it requires a lot of manpower to complete it on schedule, so please ensure the manpower. I think if necessary, the company can hire people from Ireland to participate in the construction, so..."
Without waiting for Lu Bai to finish speaking, Zhu Xianhai waved his hand and said.
"This will definitely slow down the progress of the project. Believe me, there are no better workers in the world than the Chinese. The hardworking Chinese are definitely not comparable to the Irish!"
It is a fact that in the United States, the construction of the American Pacific Railroad was once halted because the Irish could not bear the heavy and harsh working environment. It was the arrival of Chinese workers that solved the problem, and their work efficiency was so high that the Irish could not compare with it.
Moreover, Zhu Xianhai still remembers the backstabs of those “inferior white skins” in the simulator.
The so-called "inferior whites" were actually cheap labor without any technical skills. To put it bluntly, the reason for introducing them was to alleviate the shortage of manpower in Nanhua. Those people only did some civil engineering projects, building houses and repairing railways. In the end, many of them settled in the inland. In the end, they started the rebellion. As for the experts, senior technicians and workers in the factory, they rarely participated in the rebellion. Even if they did, they were very few. Not only did they not participate in the rebellion, but many of them directly participated in the war of resistance and died on the battlefield.
The reason is simple: they have high incomes and are all middle-class families in South China. Compared to rebellion, they would rather maintain their current lives, except for some politically ambitious people.
“But in terms of the current manpower, it is very likely to hinder the development of the project. As long as the company is willing, there are tens of thousands of Irish people in Ireland who would be willing to come here to work!”
What we are afraid of is the tens of thousands of laborers!
Zhu Xianhai smiled.
"I will find a way to solve the labor problem. You only need to consider the construction of the factory. I will transfer a group of people from Araucanía to build the road. As for the future, wait a few more months. At the latest, more people will come in the second half of the year..."
While speaking, Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but talk about his big ship...
(End of this chapter)
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