The sun never sets in America

Chapter 86 Jinshan City 1
Jinshan Port Terminal...

At this time, Jinshan Port looked more like a seaport than it did during the Mexican Republic due to multiple expansions.

After all, during the Republic of Mexico, it mainly relied on the port of Los Angeles, and Jinshan Bay in the Jinshan City area was not well developed at all.

Has been in a state of abandonment! !

Although the current Jinshan Port is beginning to take shape, it is still not as good as the Los Angeles Port, which has been renamed Xijing Port.

Of course, because of Jinshan Port’s special geographical location and Jinshan Bay, which is already a perfect place, Jinshan Port will eventually develop.

What is poor is only the capital and supporting industry and commerce, especially the shipping industry...

Lu Lin, who was the mayor of Jinshan City at the time, was very clear about this. Since taking office as mayor of Jinshan City, Lu Lin has always regarded Jinshan Port and Jinshan Bay as the city's top priority in addition to urban construction.

Lu Lin, who has many years of experience in the production of weapons and ammunition, is very familiar with the current situation in Jinshan City, or Jinshan Port.

The first is the lack of people. Even though Jinshan City has continuously absorbed the inflow of people and the designated population of official immigrants since its establishment, the city still only has about 3 people. Compared with the entire population of Han Dynasty, which is 250 million, There is simply no way to compare.

(The population data comes from the second population census. Of course, due to the limitations of the times, this population number may not be the true population.)
And the biggest reason is that for a place that relies on the port to eat, there is not a decent shipyard or even a slightly larger shipping company in the local area...

This is undoubtedly a huge blow to Lulin, who has always been on par with the two port cities of Jinshan Port and London and New York.

But people are often like this. The less you have, the more you want.

After Lu Lin learned about the real local situation in Jinshan City, he immediately drafted a government draft on investment promotion.

In this draft, there are a large number of projects related to shipping and shipbuilding. Even Lu Lin called out the slogan of providing free land, even helping to organize workers, tax exemption for three years, and half tax after three years, to attract these enterprises. .

And more importantly, as long as it involves shipbuilding and shipping, or even sub-sectors related to the two industries, when the local industrial and commercial department approves, the review qualifications will be reduced. This is equivalent to no review. The so-called review is nothing more than Just stamp it! !
Of course, there must be voices of opposition among them. Opponents said that Lu Lin's plan is a complete betrayal of the country and the market, and a surrender to money...

Lu Lin’s answer to this matter was:
"I don't know what betraying the country or selling the market is, but I only know that in one city and nine towns in Jinshan City, there are hundreds of thousands of people waiting for food. People in Jinshan City cannot live by digging gold mines and farming. That won't work. Promising... also harms future generations."

"If this is betraying the country, then let me sell. If this is selling the market, then let me sell too!!"

This was an internal speech given by Lu Lin in the Jinshan City Government.

It could also be that Lu Lin's style was too aggressive and resolute, or it could be God's blessing.

A French businessman took a fancy to the special geographical location of Jinshan Bay and wanted to use it as a shipping center for his fleet to South America.

As for the arrival of the French businessman named Macron, Lu Lin expressed a 1 welcome. Not only did he accompany him to visit the Jinshan City, which was still under construction, but he also gave the French businessman Macron extremely high courtesy and responded to the other party's requirements. , except for some that are really excessive, basically, it is allowed, and even conditions that cross a little red line are agreed to.

The price is that the other party must pay a one-time payment of 50 Chinese yuan as funds for the continued expansion of Jinshan Port.

Of course, the price is that the tax exemption period is extended for another two years.

After some discussion, Macron finally agreed to the request of Jinshan City. After signing the agreement, a free land grant worth hundreds of billions in future generations, as well as a tax preferential agreement, were also included in the Jinshan City Government. Signed.

On the day of completion, as Lu Lin later wrote in his diary:
"This is the happiest day since I took office. I personally opened the door to a new era for Jinshan City. Although this door has only opened a gap... But I can see the dazzling and magnificent city inside. Bright light." After writing this, Lu Lin paused for a moment, with a look of yearning on his face.

"That light, called the future, belongs to Jinshan Port, Jinshan City, and even the future of the entire Han Dynasty. I will see this light called the future in my lifetime, really shining into reality!!!" Lu Lin wrote At this point, the writing stopped, and then he wrote again:

"Lulin...it is the year of Tianxiang in the Han calendar, June 1840, 6 in the Western calendar...to commemorate the arrival of French businessmen in Hong Kong!!"

boom……

The pen was put down on the table, the diary was closed, Lu Lin wore a custom-made suit because he wanted to talk to the French businessman Macron, and walked outside his small courtyard, while the chirping of summer insects continued to be heard... The cool breeze blew over Lu Lin's slightly bald head, picking up the few remaining hairs.

There are still a few gray strands in the hair.

"If we want people to live a long life, we can share the beauty of the moon thousands of miles away..." Looking up at today's full moon, which is very bright, Lu Lin murmured a poem to himself, "What a long life, what we have to share the beauty of the beauty of the moon thousands of miles apart, are all It's a lie, only this person is real, only this person is real..." Lu Lin glanced at the bright full moon above his head again, muttered a few words, and then staggered back. A room lit by kerosene lamps...

When he left, he shouted: "Have a good time, have a good time..." It can be said that if you are not drunk with wine, you will get drunk.

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"Mr. Mayor, is this our construction plan?" On the Jinshan Pier, the official in charge of the Jinshan Port Pier, wearing a rattan safety helmet, was introducing the construction situation at the wharf to Lu Lin, who was also wearing a safety helmet.

On the pier, several huge steam machines are using the power generated by steam to mobilize huge mechanical arms. Under the command of the operators, they lift the goods and heavy construction materials that are delivered to the port.

In the era before the industrial age and the steam engine, such huge and heavy things were basically carried by people...

Relying on people pushing, relying on horse-drawn horses... Even the ancients created some machinery that seemed more sophisticated and complex than today's steam engines to complete and process things that are difficult to do manually in life.

But after all, it only uses the principles of the machine itself, which is completely different from machines like steam engines, and even later internal combustion engines, which rely on fundamental changes in energy patterns to gain huge power.

The steam engines of this period were definitely not as sophisticated as some of China's machines, but so what, they were still defeated in the war.

This is the power of industry! !
It can't be explained by just a few words and foreign guns and cannons. "Are these machines from England?" Lu Lin looked at the steam engines carrying goods on the dock with great interest, and then asked the dock officials on the side about the origins of these steam engines.

"Let me tell you, Lord Mayor, these steam engines used on the docks to lift goods are indeed from British businessmen." The dock official immediately replied to Lu Lin.

"Can't our Han country produce it ourselves?" Lu Lin frowned after listening to the dock official's words, and then asked the dock official, "You know, I once worked in the military factory during the Liujiabao period. How can you do this? You can't fool me..." Lu Lin then told the dock officials about his experience in working in a military factory and being a factory director. The implication was that he had worked on things like steam engines, and even made some pretense to fool him. ,no way! !

"Mr. Mayor, the steam engines on our wharf were specially designed by British foreigners for use on the wharf. The steam engines we imitated are simply useless." The wharf official looked at Lu Lin with a look of disbelief. He immediately panicked and explained the cause of the British steam engine on the dock.

In fact, the problem of steam engines was solved by Liu Yan as a major matter as early as the Liujiabao period.

Because Liujiabao's machinery was all smuggled at that time, there was actually a huge risk. What if the smuggling was interrupted or the machine broke? ?

You must know that the entire Liujiabao has adapted to the production process of steam engines. Even the military factories have the participation of steam engines. It can be said that the industrial popularity of Liujiabao at that time can already compete with the Mexicans.

It’s just that the restrictions on population, geography and industry are not that big.

Because of this, Liu Yan issued an order to imitate steam engines a few years ago. However, it was not until the beginning of this year that the first steam engine that could operate for a long time was born. It is not that there were no previous ones, but they were all scrapped because they were unqualified. .

After the occupation of Los Angeles, there was no shortage of machinery, and the steam engine manufacturing technology of Han Dynasty also improved to a higher level...

But even so, there is still a big gap between the United Kingdom, the most advanced country in the world. For example, the steam engines on the docks that can carry goods are nothing compared to the current manufacturing and processing levels of Han. A small challenge! !
Although there are so many problems, it can also be seen from it how much the Han people, or the Chinese in Liujiabao, were obsessed with new technologies.

Of course, even so, the entire Han Dynasty is filled with a large number of British-made steam engines and even other mechanical tools. Some of them cannot be made in the Han country, but after they are built, they will either be expensive and have no market, or they will be cheaper. Competition from better-used British products... In the end, many such companies either transformed or went bankrupt, and the end was very miserable.

The Han government has undoubtedly seen the current situation that is harmful to industry. While increasing subsidies for machinery manufacturing, it has also raised tariffs on some mechanical products, while leaving most of them unchanged. The reason for such a policy .

The main reason is that the machinery, or industrial products, that have been subject to higher tariffs can be manufactured in Han Dynasty.

As long as it is machinery and industrial products that can be manufactured in Han and can achieve large-scale manufacturing capabilities, the Han government will generally adopt very direct tariff protection.

For those that cannot be manufactured temporarily, they are increasing imports and setting up relevant research institutions to study them (in fact, they are exactly the same as what the European countries did during this period, which was plagiarism of British technology).

Plagiarism, no shame! !

Can things between countries be called plagiarism? ?
France could do it, then Germany, Europe's first industrial country, and now Prussia could do it, but there is no reason why Han China couldn't do it...

"Well, remember, as long as it can be produced domestically, we should try our best to use it domestically and not completely rely on foreign countries." After hearing this, Lu Lin nodded to the dock official and then warned, "After all, we have to learn from His Highness the Crown Prince. It’s about self-reliance and the spirit of self-improvement..." Lu Lin then told the dock officials again.

They also brought out the so-called quotations of Liu Peng.

It is said that with Liu Peng's influence on Han affairs and his usual style, the current Han officials are more or less infected with Liu Peng's habits.

For example, the style of doing things, Liu Peng's style is to act vigorously and resolutely, and never delay. The second is to be thorough, and make a plan before doing anything.

Where to inspect today, where to give a speech tomorrow, and where to hold a meeting the day after tomorrow, there are all schedules.

There are even regulations on meal times, what time to eat, and even what time to go to bed.

If you told Liu Peng before traveling through time that you must go to bed before 06pm and get up at 30:[-] in the morning, he would definitely say that I can't do it.

Go to bed at [-] o'clock, what a joke, Liu Peng is having fun at the bar at this time! !

Of course, this is the state before blind dates and mortgage payments.

As for getting up at 06:30, that's even more impossible. Except when Liu Peng was in high school, he never got up that early.

In addition to planning, it is about being careful about things. Unlike the Chinese officials of this period, Liu Peng asked officials from all over the country not to use those... maybe, maybe, maybe, or even countless such vague words.

If it is, it is, if it is not, it is not, no nonsense.

When numbers are needed to express, Liu Peng is even more strict. He usually requires the local government to submit several meters and compare them with each other to ensure that the real local data has not been omitted or concealed.

These behaviors were completely different from those of Chinese bureaucrats and even the world's bureaucrats at the same time, and they deeply affected the entire Han Dynasty.

"Brothers, keep working hard, we must build our Jinshan Port and surpass Xijing Port as soon as possible..." On the dock, Lu Lin took a loudspeaker and shouted to the dock workers who stopped working because of his speech.

"Do you have confidence..." Lu Lin asked loudly.

"Have……"

There was a chorus of agreement all around.

Although I don’t know if it’s true or not, it does improve morale to a certain extent.

By the way, I also learned this from Liu Peng.

(End of this chapter)