Chapter 2420

After the crude oil extracted from the ground by the oil pumping unit is added to the distillation tower and a series of refining processes, lubricating oil, diesel, kerosene, gasoline and other petrochemical products will be extracted, and then stored in categories. As for the oil fields in Liu Shanxia’s impression

The supposed tall drilling rig had already been dismantled into parts and stacked in a nearby warehouse. He curiously asked Wang Hui about it.

"It's certainly not difficult to drill more oil wells here. The difficulty is that our processing, storage and transportation are all at a bottleneck, and increasing production capacity is not something that can be done in just one sentence." Wang Hui patiently explained to him.

: "The current situation here is what you see. The crude oil production capacity is very low, but the subsequent processing capacity has become saturated. It is difficult to make a profit in such a production situation. Only state subsidies can maintain operations, but

Who would be interested in a project that subsidizes money? So over time, it becomes a vicious cycle."

In Wang Hui's view, this is a reflection of the executive committee's failure to realize the importance of the petrochemical industry and its lack of long-term development vision. In order to turn Miaoli's petrochemical industry from losses to profits, it must first increase investment in this production chain.

Technological upgrades will be carried out in all aspects of the process. But it is conceivable that such an investment will be very huge. The Ministry of Industry will also have to wait for petrochemical products to achieve breakthroughs in the application stage and confirm that the related industries have sufficient expected returns before increasing capital investment.

Increase production capacity through technology upgrades.

Different locations naturally have different views on this matter. Liu Shanxia consoled him: "Now that the executive committee plans to build roads and improve infrastructure here, it is preparing to expand petrochemical production capacity. This

You still have to eat your food one bite at a time, and there are many things that you can’t rush if you are in a hurry.”

Wang Hui sighed and said: "That's true, but I haven't made any substantial progress during my tenure. After all, I still feel a little ashamed of the country. I have compiled several work notes this year. I hope my work report can be helpful to Petrochemical."

Industrial upgrading will help!"

Liu Shanxia was not sure whether Wang Hui was sincere or fake. This person obviously wanted to end his term and leave this place as soon as possible, but he seemed to regret that he could not achieve decent work results. But after reading this

After the environment, Liu Shanxia can actually understand Wang Hui's feelings a little bit. After all, he is constrained by the current conditions and there is no room for him to display his professional abilities. Since he can't do anything practical, it is understandable that he wants to leave here as soon as possible. Wang Hui is not suitable

In his current position, he may be able to play a greater role by returning to Sanya to continue his research.

If Liu Shanxia were asked to evaluate the working conditions in the oil production area, he would probably think that this is just a small workshop, far from enough to be called a petrochemical industry. There are less than a hundred workers visible in the entire work area, which is not even

It's not as good as Tian Du's production workshop. If he hadn't been very clear about the significance of oil in promoting industrialization, I'm afraid he would have doubted whether it was worth investing a lot of resources in a place like Miaoli.

Of course, the people who actually work for the local petrochemical industry are far more than the people Liu Shanxia met at this time. According to Wang Hui, the work allocation in the oil production area is three shifts, and the staff establishment exceeds 300 people. And for the oil production area

The supporting units and logistics personnel of the service are even larger in number, plus their families and an army company stationed locally, the total population is about 1,200 people. This population size is smaller than that of Haihan's overseas colonies.

It is definitely a small place that cannot be ranked among them, but this situation is likely to change in the next few months.

For safety reasons, these people's daily activities are basically within the oil production area. All the institutions that a standard Haihan town should have are here, including management committees, police stations, schools, collective canteens, clinics,

The propaganda agency... The sparrow is small but well-equipped. Liu Shanxia's impression of this place has changed after seeing it. Although the industry here is single, the social order is quite orderly. It is not what he subconsciously thought when he first arrived here.

Isolated. This reminded him of some state-owned factories and mines in the old time and space, such a self-contained small society.

"The level of social development here is definitely not as good as that of trading port cities like Sanya, but the local people know why they are here and for whom they are working hard. The names and deeds of these people will not appear in the Haihan Times."

But they also deserve our respect." Wang Hui took Liu Shanxia around the residential area here and explained some of his views to him: "We can leave here after completing the work and return to a place with a better living environment.

But they can’t. Many of them may spend their entire lives here. If possible, I still hope to create better living conditions for these people.”

The residential area here is still the collective dormitory planned by Liu Shanxia when he came here. The living conditions are not good. It is a two-story brick and stone building, separated by wooden floors. Each family lives in one room, with bathing and toilets.

For public facilities and meals, go to the collective canteen. When the Time Travel Group first arrived in Sanya, the first group dormitories built by the time travelers had such a structure. When Liu Shanxia saw these dormitories, he couldn't help but recall the buildings more than ten years ago.

scene.

In recent years, financial investment in Miaoli has been limited, and there is no extra money to improve the living conditions of local people. However, Liu Shanxia noticed that the roads here are very smooth, and almost all the main roads are paved with a layer of asphalt.

It is one of the few high-end infrastructure facilities in this place.

Pavements like this are rare in Haihan's overseas colonies, but Liu Shanxia has actually seen asphalt paving in another place, that is, the Black Earth Port in Beibu Gulf. But the one used there is produced by coking coal.

The by-product is coal tar pitch, while in Miaoli it is the residual petroleum pitch after distillation of crude oil. There is still a slight difference between the two. Since the current level of chemical industry in Haihan is still relatively primitive, the asphalt produced after local oil refining is not of much use for the time being.

, accumulation will cause pollution, and it is just used to pave roads.

"In the future, the main road from the oil production area to the seaside port can use local materials to lay asphalt and build a high-grade highway!" Liu Shanxia did not want to discuss social philosophy in depth with Wang Hui, so he decisively changed the topic to the tasks of his trip.

superior.

Wang Hui responded: "It took two or three years to lay all the roads in the oil production area. If we calculate based on the current production capacity, it would take seven or eight years to lay the dozens of miles of road you mentioned."

time?"

Liu Shanxia said: "To be optimistic, it shouldn't take that long. As long as the executive committee decides to increase the crude oil production capacity here, the supply of asphalt will also increase. As long as the funds are sufficient and the supply of labor and materials is sufficient, construction can be completed."

It’s actually pretty fast.”

Liu Shanxia was not just talking about the situation. After arriving in Miaoli, he only rested for one day. The next day, he and his entourage began to survey the terrain and plan the road construction plan. Wang Hui still sent Gao Cong and a team of people to follow, and on the one hand, he called Liu Shanxia

Working part-time as a guide can also protect their safety.

Wang Hui also received the long-awaited news. The Ministry of Industry has confirmed his departure arrangements, and the next official has set off from Sanya to Miaoli and will arrive in the near future. This can be regarded as a relief for Wang Hui

, and he also took the initiative to share the good news with Liu Shanxia.

However, the countdown before leaving office was not so easy. Then he received a telegram from the north, asking the Miaoli area to organize the construction of a resettlement site as soon as possible and prepare to receive the first batch of immigrants from Shandong.

Considering the staffing situation in Miaoli, there may be certain difficulties in receiving and settling a large number of immigrants, and there will also be a shortage of living materials. The civil affairs department has made overall arrangements for food, clothing, medicine and other living supplies. Recently,

will be transported to Miaoli. At the same time, a group of people with experience in resettlement work were organized from Penghu, Zhoushan and other places to come to Miaoli for reinforcements to ensure that the immigrants will not be in disorder due to the lack of corresponding organizational management measures when they arrive.

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So Wang Hui had to put aside his excitement and start making preparations for receiving immigrants. Regarding the location selection of the resettlement site, the relevant departments had already made plans, and Liu Shanxia happened to be in Miaoli and could help with it.

Since Miaoli does not have a decent shipping industry at all, what is different from other overseas colonies in Haihan is that Miaoli did not organize its own fleet to transport these immigrants back, but the executive committee made arrangements for them.

Miaoli was notified to prepare for resettlement work when people moved south. This move also means that the executive committee has made up its mind to move a large number of people into Miaoli to develop and construct.

There are only a dozen or so local civil affairs workers in Miaoli, and when they were first assigned here, it was already after the oil production area started operating, so most of them have never been engaged in resettlement work. Wang Hui's organization

Ability was a weakness, so Liu Shanxia had to stop what he was doing and take over the preparations for resettlement. He directed these civil affairs officers to organize local labor and go to the selected location to clear the ground and cut down trees to build temporary sheds.

If he had enough time and a sufficient budget, Liu Shanxia could organize the construction of a dormitory-style immigrant village. However, now that both conditions are not met, Liu Shanxia can only respond first and direct the construction of shacks with simple structures and low construction difficulties. Fortunately, he is here

I specially brought many of my subordinates with me when I came here. These foremen worked together and directed the nearly 300 local workers who were temporarily organized. The work efficiency was not low.

In addition to building shacks, there is also a batch of emergency tents in stock locally, which are usually kept by the garrison. At this time, they were also taken out from the warehouse and used as temporary residences for immigrants. These tents are the same as Haihan's temporary tents in Fushan County, Shandong Province.

The tents used in the refugee camps are of the same specifications. One tent can accommodate twenty or thirty people in a single squeeze, so it is perfect for solving the current problem.

Civil affairs officers transferred from Penghu and other places arrived in Miaoli one after another in the next few days. During this period, two Haihan Army companies from Penghu and Kaohsiung arrived. The superiors were still worried about the reception and resettlement work in Miaoli.

To ensure a smooth transition, two companies with a total of more than 300 soldiers were specially mobilized to Miaoli for reinforcements. At the same time, they also escorted the living supplies provided to the immigrants.

Seeing that reinforcements had arrived and supplies and personnel were in place, Liu Shanxia and Wang Hui were no longer so nervous about the upcoming immigrants. All they needed to do now was to build temporary settlements as soon as possible.

A week later, the first batch of immigrants from south Shandong arrived in Miaoli successfully. More than 500 Shandong refugees who arrived in three boats showed a variety of emotions when they disembarked. Some cried with joy and knelt down, while others knelt down.

There were some people who looked bewildered, and some of them thanked the sailors on the ship. Generally speaking, they were mostly excited. After all, they had been wandering at sea for many days, and now they were finally told that they had arrived at their destination. Their hearts were filled with excitement.

Finally let it go.

Most of these people did not know where Taiwan Island was. In fact, they were only told that the destination of their trip was somewhere on Taiwan Island a few days after boarding the ship and leaving Shandong. Of course, this destination

They must also be under the rule of Haihan State, and their future survival still needs to be arranged by Haihan.

These immigrants have already received corresponding training in the refugee camp. The civil affairs officer uses a tin trumpet to give instructions, and they also know how to queue up according to the teams designated in advance. Occasionally, there are a few guys who are too excited and do not listen to the greetings, and they are responsible for maintaining the scene.

The orderly Haihan soldiers would naturally step forward, kicking and scolding them to get them back quickly.

When they boarded the ship in Shandong, they had already been divided into teams of fifty people and had made a roster. At this time, they only needed to call the names according to the team to quickly check the number of people. After the people in the team were called, a civil affairs officer would be

He and several Haihan soldiers stepped forward to lead this group of people and take them to a resettlement site a few miles away. The subsequent accommodation allocation will also be based on this group, and different groups will be placed in different locations to avoid

Immigrants arriving here in the same group have a serious phenomenon of clumping together.

Before leaving the dock, the immigrants will be informed that they are not allowed to leave the team and act without authorization. Anyone who does not obey the instructions and escapes on their own will be treated as a spy.

How to deal with spies? These immigrants had already witnessed the severe punishment of the Haihan people before leaving Shandong. Anyone who was judged as a spy would be shot in public without exception. If you don't want to become a dead soul under the gun, then you should be honest.

It's better to follow the arrangements on the spot. Besides, the environment here is obviously different from home. Even if you want to escape Haihan's control, you won't know where to make a living if you run away.

However, this place seems to be sparsely populated, and there are large areas of uncultivated land around it. It seems that the Haihan people have advertised that they will distribute land to immigrants for farming in the south, which does not seem like they are bragging.
Chapter completed!