Qijiang Iron Factory and Chongqing Arsenal, these two can be said to be what Yan Guang is most concerned about at the moment.

"Is the iron plant?" The smelting equipment required by the iron plant is all made in Germany, so the question is answered by Bassel. "Although it is a bit complicated, as long as the manpower problem can be solved in time, it should be completed in one year." (Hanyang Iron Plant took three years in history, but we all know that the operational efficiency of the Qing Dynasty was of no reference significance.

"Is it a year..."

"That's right." Seeing that Yan Guang seemed to be a little dissatisfied with this time, Basier quickly explained. "The iron plant is no better than other aspects. Each link requires a lot of time, so one year is already the ultimate speed."

"Can't you shorten it?" Yan Guang still hopes to be shorter if possible, after all, a year is too long for him.

"It's really the limit." Basel smiled bitterly. "General, building an iron factory is not built after all, and it's actually very nervous in one year..."

At this time, Joris, who was standing by, also spoke. "Mr. Basel is right. General. One year is really short. If you still want to shorten it, you may have to invite God. In fact, if it weren't for the factory that had been pre-built, the time would have been extended a lot..." The smelting equipment responsible for the iron plant was all German. In order to compensate, the mining equipment required by the iron ore and coal mines was British, so Joris, the British, was also responsible for mining issues. However, despite this, the two were still professionally handed over, so Joris knew some of the problems in this regard.

In fact, in addition to saving a little time in the pre-built factory buildings, Yan Guang's most time-saving was Yan Guang's abundant funds. In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, the most time-consuming thing to build an industry was not construction, but the preparation of funds.

For example, Hanyang, when it comes to the word "Hanyang", it is probably well known to all Chinese people. After all, whether it is the Hanyang Arsenal, the Hanyang Iron Factory, or the Hanyang construction that has been built for decades, it has left a strong mark in China's modern history. Especially the Hanyang Iron Factory organized by Zhang Zhidong, Hubei, is probably synonymous with modern steel enterprises in the hearts of many Chinese people. But in fact, China's first modern steel enterprise was not the Hanyang Iron Factory, but the Qingxi Iron Factory in Guizhou.

The Qingxi Iron Factory in Guizhou was started by Guizhou Governor Pan Shi in 1885. Pan Shi then spent more than four years applying for instructions, preparing funds and purchasing equipment, but the final equipment installation and debugging only took a few months. Of course, this is also related to the scale of the Qingxi Iron Factory.

After the completion of the Qingxi Iron Plant, it is not only a large iron plant with an annual output of 17,500 tons of steel and 10,000 tons of pig iron, but also China's first modern iron plant. It was three years earlier than the Hanyang Iron Plant in Zhangzhidong, Hubei (construction started in 1890 and put into production in 1993).

Of course, the final result of the Qingxi Iron Factory was as tragic as countless deeds that happened in the Qing Dynasty. For example, Pan Lu, the head of the Iron Factory (Pan Feng's brother), had to run around after the iron factory started construction due to lack of funds, which led to his exhaustion and overwork, and finally died in July of that year...

Pan Lu was one of the very few talents who had high-level management skills and were proficient in Western learning and Westernization. His death was a fatal blow to the Qingxi Iron Factory, which had already had a bleak prospect. At this time, various other problems were also combined, and eventually led to Qingxi, a modern iron factory that lasted five years and cost hundreds of thousands, had to be closed after only three months of construction...

Nowadays, few people still know that China's first modern steel company was born in Qingxi, Guizhou...

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"That's how..." Yan Guang also felt that it was really unrealistic to build an iron factory in a few months, so he had to give up.

"Then, Mr. Joris, there is no problem with the mining of iron ore and coal mines?"

This is also something Yan Guang is more concerned about. After all, if there is no raw material supply for iron ore and coal mines, it will be a big problem in terms of cost and efficiency if it is imported only...

After hearing Yan Guang raise his professional questions, Joris sorted out his thoughts a little.

"Unlike Mr. Basier, because someone had mined iron ore and coal mines a long time ago, my progress here was very smooth." In Basier's envious eyes, Qiao Ris proudly supported his glasses. "For example, the iron ore in Qijiang started to be mined as early as the Song Dynasty. In the following hundreds of years, the people of Qijiang discovered five mining areas, including Daluo, Tutai, Pingdong, Maliutan and Baishi. Because the existing five mining areas have already had a certain foundation, my progress here is very smooth. As long as the equipment in Chongqing can be transported as soon as possible, I believe that large-scale mining can be carried out in one month."

Speaking of this, Joris smiled at Basel and Yan Guang. "A month later, the only thing that both of you needs to worry about is not knowing where to install iron ore..."

After hearing Joris say this, Yan Guang said indifferently. "It doesn't matter. At worst, I can stock up first and use it after the iron plant starts."

"Since the general can think so, that's great."

However, just as Yan Guang and Joris looked at each other and smiled, Basel on the side hesitated for a moment. "In fact, if you just install it in a small batch first, maybe it will take half a year..."

"real?"

"It should be no problem." Basel thought for a while. "If you only install and debug a small part of the equipment, then there is no problem to complete it within half a year. However, General, your requirement for the iron plant is to produce 100,000 yuan per year. If you do this, at most it can only produce 20,000 tons per year, and it will also delay the overall completion progress of the iron plant..." Human resources are unlimited for Sichuan, which has a population of 50 million, but what about the technical talent resources? If all the engineers are transferred out to complete a part first, the overall completion time of the iron plant will inevitably be dragged back, which is also the reason why Basel hesitates...

However, after seeing Basel's hesitation, Yan Guang, who was already ecstatic, patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, as long as you can get this small part for me within half a year, I guarantee that you and your companions will not lose any bonus."

Hearing Yan Guang's promise that his prize would not be small, Basel nodded happily, "thank you, general..." Isn't it just to fly across the sea to find gold in this ancient Eastern country? It's not for this, who would leave everything in Germany and run to this backward country? You should know that although Basel is a German, he has no interest in the thoughts and theories of Marx and Engels at all.

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Regarding the construction of the iron plant, because I don’t know this, I refer to the history of the construction of the Qingxi iron plant. Although the preparation time for the Qingxi iron plant took more than 4 years, the equipment debugging and installation only took a few months (the information was not written for a few months...), which is more in line with the requirements of this book.

As for Hanyang Iron Factory? Considering the consistent style of the bureaucrats during the Qing Dynasty, it really does not have any reference value...

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