Jiangsu Pukou Steel Plant. This is now the largest steel industrial base in China, located in Pukou, the terminal station of the Jinpu Railway, and is only one river away from Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China. It is also an important industrial base that Chang Ruiqing has started to invest and build since the rise of the southeast. The first phase of investment and construction was basically completed by the end of 1919, and the first furnace of molten iron was successfully released in October 1919. Now the Pukou Factory has formed an annual capacity of 100,000 tons of molten iron and 50,000 tons of steel billets. In addition, there is a profile (can produce rails) and a wire (rebar) production line that has been installed and is under debugging. It is expected to be put into production smoothly in the first half of this year. The second phase of the Pukou Factory has also started construction in 1920, and the total investment of the Pukou Phase II is as high as 200 million yuan, and the construction cycle is as long as five years.

The second phase project covers an area of ​​tens of thousands of acres, and is composed of a team of engineering and technical personnel from Russia, the United States and Germany, responsible for the overall design. Most of the required machinery and equipment are purchased from France and Germany. The huge investment of 200 million Huayuan is derived from the Bank of China controlled by Chang Ruiqing through the Iron Blood Comrade Association. Although this bank lost the right to issue money in the reform of the China Yuan, it still firmly holds the position of China's largest financial company with its shares (sold by the issuance business) and its long-term cooperative relationship with the National Government. It also invests a large amount of capital in heavy industry and military industry, controlling the largest steel and military-industrial enterprises in China, China Iron and Steel Corporation (Pukou Iron Factory) and China** Industrial Group.

According to the plan, after the second phase of Pukou reached full production, the Pukou Steel Plant will achieve an annual output of 1.2 million tons of molten iron and 1 million tons of steel, which will make China's steel output exceed one million tons in one fell swoop! It is basically the most important heavy industrial project in the entire Republic of China before the First Five-Year Plan!

As for the economic benefits of this investment plan that is almost a great leap forward in the future, it is optimistic. In a China that has achieved national unified tariff autonomy and embarked on the road to a national socialist power, there is naturally no need to worry that steel cannot be sold at a good price! Now even the Hanyang Iron Factory managed by the Ministry of Heavy Industry, which has suffered losses from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, has achieved profits in 1919! The 25% steel import tax and 17% value-added tax in the import link are not a joke. So now the operator of Chinese steel

What we are worried about is not the price and sales after steel production, but where to recruit skilled workers and technicians required for the steel industry? Therefore, a junior college specializing in training technicians for the steel industry, as well as a vocational school that trains skilled workers. It has been jointly funded by China Steel Company and the Ministry of Heavy Industry and opened in the Pukou Steel Plant. A large number of Belarusian engineering and technicians and skilled workers have been hired as teachers. In the next few years, it is expected that tens of thousands of people will be trained in those two super-large schools.

Next to the second phase of the Pukou Steel Plant is the Central First Aircraft Manufacturing Factory under construction. The stalls of this aircraft manufacturer are also very large, including not only the aircraft assembly branch, the engine branch, the wood processing branch, the design and R&D center, the test flight airport, there is also a automobile and motorcycle manufacturing branch, and a plywood factory... The entire area is not much smaller than that of the Pukou Steel Plant, and the funds required for the first phase of the investment plan are as high as nearly 100 million yuan! And there is also a high salary to hire dozens of engineering and technical experts from the original Bavarian aircraft manufacturer and Mercedes-Benz Motor Company. It is very meaningful to be greedy for the whole investment plan. If it weren't for the mysterious Luo Yaoguo, Chang Ruiqing would not have thought too much and rejected it without hesitation! There would not have been a meeting for the promotion of heavy industry construction today.

Looking out from the windows of the newly built office building of the Pukou Steel Plant, the heavy industrial factory that was born by Chang Ruiqing was clearly visible at a glance. In the large factory that was ordinary in time and space, Chang Ruiqing suddenly had a shocking power representing industrial civilization. The big words "being beaten" that lag behind also appeared in the minds of our Chang's revolutionaries. Perhaps Luo Yaoguo also wanted to build a trust and package the aircraft industry, automobile industry, and plywood industry and so on to develop it?

"...At present, the aviation manufacturing industry in the international market is just starting out, and all technologies are very immature. Although China started a little later, it has introduced Germany's most advanced aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturing technology in one-time, so it is very promising to become a leading country in the aviation industry. There are two main key points that restrict China's development of the aviation industry. One is the manufacturing and research and development of aircraft engines; the other is the manufacturing and research and development of special aviation new materials. And the latter is the key to the technological progress of the former. The aviation industry has always had a generation of materials. One generation of engines and one generation of new aircraft models. New materials are the key to the engine, the engine is the key to the aircraft, and the key to the new materials is the technological progress in non-ferrous metals and rare metals...

Therefore, China should now focus on strengthening the strength of the entire non-ferrous metal industry. First, it should explore the distribution and reserves of various important non-ferrous metals and rare metals in China, and at the same time formulate a scientific mining and processing reserve and import and export management system.

Secondly, given the current weakness of China's basic industry, China should strengthen the tracking and learning of the latest technological achievements of non-ferrous metals and rare metals in the world, and at the same time, it will contact Germany, which lacks non-ferrous metal deposits. However, it has advanced related technologies, and strive to reach a cooperation agreement for resources to trade technology.

While focusing on the development of non-ferrous metals industry, China should also promote the civil use of aviation industry technology as much as possible. In the next ten to twenty years, there will be no major war in the world, so the aviation industry cannot be based on military use. Instead, it should vigorously expand the civilian field. At present, the civilian field of aviation industry technology is mainly two major industries such as passenger aircraft and transport aircraft manufacturing, automobile and motorcycle manufacturing. The current automobile industry is also short-term, and all technologies are in the initial stage, so it is also conducive to China catching up with the world's advanced level. Moreover, the current aircraft engine manufacturing technology is not too big and many technologies can be shared. Therefore, in the short term, the two can develop together. At present, many large automobile companies in the world also have aircraft manufacturing departments.

As for the wood processing industry, it will also have a certain relationship with the development of the aviation industry in the next 20 years. Since the metal shell technology is not yet mature, wooden aircraft shells will be the mainstream of aircraft shells for a long time, and research on this cannot be relaxed. Of course, many categories including oil development and processing, special steel, chemical industry, electrolytic aluminum, glass, electronic equipment, weapons and equipment have more or less relationships with the aviation industry. If China wants to gain a leading position in the aviation industry, it must pay attention to it and make continuous investment..."

The mysterious man Luo Yaoguo frowned and spoke in a straightforward manner. He seemed to have a very good understanding of the industrial system, which was far more than Chang Ruiqing. However, this guy who looked like a Chinese face and could speak fluent Chinese always made people feel a sense of alienation - he did not have a sense of pride for China's current revival and construction. He seemed to have no intention of being excited.

Chang Ruiqing was also frowning and said nothing. Chen Duxiu, who attended the meeting, heard a little confused. He looked at Luo Yaoguo and asked: "How large is our aircraft factory after it is completed? How many aircraft can be produced in a year? If a war breaks out, can we rely on the Air Force to win?"

Chen Duxiu had never participated in military affairs and knew nothing about the emerging air force, the Air Force, and thought that like the army, quantity was always the key to victory.

Luo Yaoguo glanced at Chang Ruiqing lightly, as if thinking for a while before he thought about it, he said: "The machinery and equipment that Premier Chen bought for us is enough to produce 3,000 aircraft of various types per year. However, we do not have enough technicians and skilled workers now, so it is impossible to drive full power, and there is no need to do that. Because the elimination of aircraft is very fast now. Basically, the development is completed and the products are already eliminated when they are put into production... So the production capacity of the first aircraft manufacturer is really overcapacity. In order to prevent the equipment from being idle and to train skilled workers and technicians, I think most of the production capacity can be used for the production of wooden furniture and automobiles. The annual output of aircraft must not exceed 800 in the past five years. However, the production of various easily contaminated parts is far higher than this number."

"Since the elimination is so fast, isn't the output of 800 aircraft a little too much?" Chen Duxiu asked again.

"Mr. Prime Minister, these aircraft are used to train air force personnel." Luo Yaoguo said coldly: "The Air Force and Naval Aviation are not the infantry divisions of the Army. You can use it with cannon fodder. This is a high-tech army. It requires training a large number of excellent pilots and ground crews, various auxiliary personnel... The expansion plan for the Air Force and Naval Aviation is still being planned. However, it is still necessary to consume and eliminate about 800 aircraft every year."

Hearing that 800 aircraft were eliminated every year, Chen Duxiu took a breath of pain. The air force was just burning money! The current fiscal situation is very serious. There is a deficit of more than 100 million yuan in the Minjiu fiscal year alone! Fortunately, the Navy's plan was not passed, otherwise the Republic of China would really have no way to go on the way.

Luo Yaoguo stood up and saluted Chen Duxiu and Chang Ruiqing: "Prime Minister, Chairman, I will send it to you later. I hope the Military Commission and the government can approve it as soon as possible... Because this is not only the start of China's aviation industry, but also the start of the automobile industry and machinery manufacturing industry. For the future of the country, these three industries are extremely critical. China is now behind, so we must catch up. I hope the government will not be stingy with investment. If we do not invest now, we will only need to invest more in the future!"

Chang Ruiqing nodded slowly: "The Fu Wen said it well," he smiled and said to Chen Duxiu: "Prime Minister, I think we can support the plan to focus on investing in the First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant. The aviation industry, machinery industry and automobile industry should also be supported by the focus... However, investment in these industries does not require the fiscal budget. The government can provide guarantees to allow the Central First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant to borrow from the Bank of China. At the same time, the Foreign Exchange Administration will allocate enough foreign exchange quota."

Chen Duxiu frowned and said carefully: "This is possible for the time being, but it is not a matter of building these key industries overnight. Yaoru. Can we start preparing for the preparation of the first five-year plan?"

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Xinjiang has entered the spring scenery of everything reviving. After crossing the Tianshan Mountains and heading west along the Yili River, you can see fertile land, with the most fertile grasslands and dense forests, but there are not many people. You can only occasionally see herders driving cattle and sheep to grazing, as well as the officers and soldiers of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps of the Chinese National Defense Forces who marched along the river. As for farmland and villages, there are almost no scenes. The entire Yili River Valley area is an undeveloped scene. On the way, you can also see some evacuated Soviet Red Army officers and soldiers. Because they were territorial exchanges conducted in accordance with the agreement, they were also very friendly to the Chinese and did not cause any damage when evacuating. The only few Russian towns in the Yili River Valley area have settled and established towns, including Almaty, were also taken over by the Chinese.

After staying in Dihua for a few days, Mao Zd and Zhou Elai also set off on the road to Almaty with a team of cavalry from the Production and Construction Corps. It was once the seat of the Tsar's Turkistan Governor's Office, and it was the economic and cultural center of Russia's Central Asia region - but it was not a prosperous city. In history, Almaty's real development period was after the railway was opened to traffic in 1930. However, this city is still the best city in the entire Xinjiang province. Zhou Elai is now considering moving the capital of Xinjiang and the headquarters of the Production and Construction Corps to Almaty, and at the same time, the focus of Xinjiang's socialist experiments is on the construction of the Ili River Valley area. Along the way, he was excited to look at this rich virgin land through the carriage windows, as if he was looking forward to the prosperity after development.

Mao Zd, who was sitting beside him, seemed not in such a good mood, and he always frowned and thought about his own thoughts. It has been almost a month since he and Zhou e arrived in Xinjiang. Except for a very few days, they were both in a fierce debate, and there were increasingly different differences between them on how to implement the Xinjiang socialist experiment.

What Zhou Elai wanted seemed to be a prosperous and prosperous Xinjiang. He threw the matter of experimenting with the socialist system out of the sky. In Mao ZD's view, the proposed method was suspected of taking the capitalist path! No, it was not a suspicion, it was simply taking the capitalist path! Perhaps there were some bureaucratic elements, in short, not the socialism he imagined!

What made him dissatisfied was the attitude of the central government towards this, and the central government seemed to be somewhat distracted. And he kept saying that Xinjiang's work was entirely under the responsibility of the Xinjiang Provincial Government, the Northwest Bureau and the Production and Construction Corps. In principle, the central government did not ask. The central government did not ask, how should this socialist experiment be carried out? Not to mention anything else, there is no way for Xinjiang to solve the problem of immigration alone. On the 2.18 million square kilometers of land, there are only five or six million residents and an army of more than 100,000 people. On average, less than three people per square kilometer, how to develop Xinjiang construction

Set up Xinjiang? Of course, using the fertile land of the Yili River Valley can attract a lot of immigrants. But those people come for the land, not for building socialism! Even if there are tens of millions, it is not enough to build Xinjiang into a socialist paradise! What Xinjiang needs is idealistic workers who can truly selflessly contribute selflessly to labor, not small producers who are full of the minds of enriching peasants! What Xinjiang wants to build an intensive state-owned farm or collective farm, or a small peasant economy that divides the land and works alone - this production model is simply a breeding ground for capitalism!

Unfortunately, Mao Zd found that he had no supporters on this issue. The cadres of the Production and Construction Corps are now busy with the major issues of rating military ranks and are ready to become officials! Most of the grassroots soldiers are eager to get a piece of land and then marry and have children in Xinjiang to live a happy life with their wives and children. There are also some passionate young people who are now determined to go to various schools, including the eastern region that have been opened like mushrooms after a rain. They are also the attitude of revolution and preparing to enjoy life. There are also some "bad elements" who have been rectified in the past two years because of various "problems" now are busy petitioning, writing letters of complaint to the Army Department one by one, hoping that Chang Ruiqing can rehabilitate them... It seems that he has regarded himself as a soldier of the Chinese National Defense Forces!
Chapter completed!