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Chapter 63 Industrial Production Value

"...It's really a coincidence that the fragment just hit the jade pendant, and it's just a small fragment. If it's a larger high-speed fragment...In short, it should be that the king of Hades ran out of ink when he drew the book of life and death."

Xia Xiaoshi was both nervous and admired Zhou Changfeng's casual recounting of the experience of half-stepping into the gate of hell, but his last sentence made her laugh.

"You are so interesting." She pursed her lips and thought for a while, then asked, "Aren't you afraid of such a scary place?"

Zhou Changfeng poured himself a glass of water, drank it all in one gulp, and said with a slight smile, "I'm only afraid when I think a war is meaningless, otherwise I don't."

Hearing this, Xia Xiaoshi nodded with a half understanding, and asked curiously after a while: "Then did you kill someone this time?"

"Do you mean direct or indirect?" Zhou Changfeng asked with a smile.

"Of course it's the former."

"Four or five."

With a girl's unique curiosity and a different way of thinking than men, Xia Xiaoshi, who was full of interest, asked Zhou Changfeng many questions, and did not leave until noon.

She and Zhou Changfeng have only met three times so far, but the latter gave her a very good impression.

At the very beginning, she witnessed two cars colliding from a distance that day, and saved seven people on the side of the road, including two children, a man and a woman, from flying accidents. Among them, the three children were students in her school. For a moment, she really appreciated and admired the driver of that off-road vehicle.

Such a good impression has been maintained until this morning, when she inquired about the two guards at the gate of the barracks, she was still very disdainful after learning about the romantic nature of "Zhou Changfeng".

However, after meeting for the third time and chatting nonsense for so long, her impression of him has improved again. She didn't even notice this subtle change, and completely forgot that she was complaining about men an hour and a half ago. It's a big radish.

After Xia Xiaoshi left, Zhou Changfeng walked to the window and stood there distracted for a while.

In his opinion, Xia Xiaoshi is undoubtedly a very good girl, with a distinctive personality, a good appearance, and a decent conversation, and she is not from a famous family that people can't afford.

Such a girl is very popular in his world, but now, not necessarily.

She may be dissatisfied with the cultivation and knowledge of a young man with a similar family background; on the contrary, a son of a dignitary with sufficient vision and an excellent education is not a good match for her.

In short, this girl is very good, let's think about it first.

But right now, he doesn't have the time to think about how to use other people's cabbage, because the current world structure makes him feel that it is very exaggerated, and just thinking about it can make people grit their teeth.

First of all, although the Ming Dynasty has gradually started to modernize since the reform and reform, the efficiency was not high under the background of feudal autocracy, and it did not enter the golden period of development until after the constitutional government in the new century.

Tariff independence, complete sovereignty, abundant resources, sufficient labor... Various factors have allowed Ming to make great progress in just thirty years.Especially during the European War, Daming, who was standing on the sidelines as a neutral country, took the opportunity to make a wave of war fortune and made a lot of money.

Although there are a lot of disadvantages and laggards under the dual constitution, the bottleneck of the existing system has not been reached so far. It can be said that the rapid development of Ming Dynasty has covered up many contradictions.

However, there is a limit to this. The Dual Monarch Constitution is the product of a compromise between the old and the new. This kind of political system is inherently unstable. Coupled with its large size and vast territory, it can be said that it will explode sooner or later.

At present, in terms of industrial capacity, the achievements of the Ming Dynasty over the past 30 years are still not satisfactory, at least the Ming people are proud of it.

例如最重要的钢铁工业，大明在去年达到了1008万吨的总产量，作为对照，美国为5076万吨、英国为1232万吨、德社为2150万吨、沙俄为1203万吨、法国为765万吨、意大利为213万吨。

In the oil industry, for the time being, there are only the two major oil fields of Karamay and Yumen, together with some small oil mines, the total output last year was 405 million tons.In this regard, the United States is leading the way, reaching an exaggerated 17186 million tons, which is 42 times that of Ming Dynasty and eight times that of Tsarist Russia; Britain, France and Italy basically rely on imports, so let’s not list them for the time being.

重要工业金属的铝，大明在去年统共产出3.3万吨，相比之下，美国为14.1万吨、英国为6.3万吨、德社为15.8万吨、沙俄为3.1万吨、意大利为2.8万吨。

Man-made fiber, which is not critical but indispensable, ranks first in the world with an output of 27.4 tons in Daming, 17.2 tons in the United States, 12.3 tons in Germany, 6.6 tons in the United Kingdom, and 3.5 tons in France .This man-made fiber is not a chemical synthetic fiber, which has not yet been born.

The automobile industry is the weakest link in Ming Dynasty. Last year, the total output of cars and trucks was only 7.3, which is far behind the 411.3 million in the United States, 42.7 in the United Kingdom, 37.9 in Germany, and 20.3 in France. 6.5 units, but there is a big power crane that is at the bottom of the list, with only [-] units produced.

For more than 30 years, he made a wave of windfall as a warmonger, and finally built it like this?
In Zhou Changfeng's opinion, this result is not good, it is hard to compliment, it is probably the level of the passing line.But after thinking about it, this was built independently after all, and there is no such thing as aided construction.

Besides, whether it is good or bad depends on who you compare it with. No matter how bad the constitutional Ming Dynasty is dominated by bureaucratic capital, it is much better than the situation in the same period on his original plane.

In short, the comprador, it is true that the hips are extremely stretched.

Regardless of industrial capacity, what Zhou Changfeng is more worried about is that Daming’s fuel self-sufficiency rate is insufficient. The annual output of 400 million tons of crude oil and more than 300 million tons of fuel may seem like a lot, but in fact it is far from enough. Self-sufficiency The rate is only about [-]%.

[-]% of the shortfall is naturally dependent on imports, mainly from the oil fields controlled by the Netherlands in the Southeast Asia region, Iran, and the United States.

This is still normal, if the Ming Navy is in a state of combat readiness, the fuel consumption will only be more exaggerated.

The total size of the two major fleets of the Eastern Ocean and the Southern Ocean is slightly smaller than that of the British Royal Navy. There are ten battleships, two battlecruisers, four aircraft carriers, six heavy cruisers, 25 light cruisers, 160 seven destroyers, and 52 submarines. The huge "Da Ming Navy" can be called a fuel whirlpool.

This does not count the two battleships and two aircraft carriers still under construction, as well as a dozen cruisers and destroyers.

"This is troublesome. Iran's oil industry is controlled by the British. The Netherlands will definitely fall with the wind... If it gets stuck in oil imports, it won't be a rush for the court?" He lowered his head in the ward Pace back and forth.

Yesterday's newspaper mentioned that the British were clamoring to propose restrictions and sanctions on Ming at the League of Nations General Assembly in September.

To be honest, Zhou Changfeng was actually worried that some people in the court would lose their heads and rush to fight with Uncle Sam on the other side of the ocean.

"I don't know the virtues of those people. I hope they don't act like idiots. At present, it seems that it is better to be moderate."

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[Another chapter is under review, I don't know when it will be passed...]

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