Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 933 Strategic Opportunity Period ([-])

On February 1652, 8, Daxing Port.

After several years of construction, this terminal port of the Wujiang River (because of the large drop and waterfall in the upper reaches of the Wujiang River, the channel has been cut off) has finally taken shape after several years of construction.In particular, the Daxing Railway Station (terminal of the Northwest Railway) invested and built by the State Administration of Railways has a magnificent appearance with cornices and painted walls. A large number of stonemasons, sculptors, and painters were captured (or hired) from the Ming Dynasty in the Far East and Italy. Architects and architects worked together here, and exhausted their efforts to build a large-scale stone building - the railway station.

The beautiful appearance of this train station really blinds the eyes of a group of people in the same brick and tile houses on the east bank, so that Tang Yuan, the commissioner of the Wujiang District Administrative Office, once boasted: "This is the People's Grand Theater of the capital, After the Expo Hall in Qingdao County, it is the third largest 'miracle' building in the country."

Although Tangyuan’s words are a bit exaggerated—because the relief groups outside the train station are still being carved—it is undeniable that this train station, which combines the essence of Eastern and Western architectural cultures, is both practical and aesthetically pleasing. In terms of (murals, reliefs, sculptures), there is no doubt that they are the leading buildings on the East Bank.

In addition to using a lot of stone materials, the building also uses a lot of cast iron, wrought iron and cement materials, which makes the whole building firmer to a new level.With Dongan Building Materials Company (after several capital increases and share expansion, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce currently holds about 60% of the shares, Dongan Company holds 20% of the shares, the Ministry of Communications holds 10% of the shares, and the other 10% of the shares are managed by the Academy of Natural Sciences , and the annual dividends are used to support the research and development of the institute in the construction industry) a branch company was established in Daxing Port, and a lime kiln, a brick and tile wheel kiln, a stone processing plant and a new type of cement were built near Daxing Port. kiln.

Today's Dong'an Building Materials Company has a vast layout in China. Except for Dong'an Department Store, which was upgraded from a supply and marketing cooperative, and various bank outlets are denser than it, other industries may not be as good as Building Materials Company-of course, this is actually caused by It is caused by the particularity of the national conditions on the east coast.

On today's east coast, due to the distance between the settlements and the inconvenient transportation, the transportation of construction materials is quite troublesome and will occupy a lot of transportation capacity.Don’t you see that more than [-]% of the transportation capacity of the Northwest Railway is occupied by construction materials (not including construction machinery) such as cement, lime, bricks, stones, iron components, and wood? The transportation volume of these materials is so large So much so that many bulk commodities such as coal, grains, soybeans, and salted whale meat can only wait in the back for wagons, which shows the tension of railway transportation.

In order to alleviate the current situation that the railway transportation capacity is occupied by a large number of construction materials, the East Coast Building Materials Company has been undergoing crazy expansion in recent years, that is, it has continuously transferred personnel from the old factory to prepare for the construction of a new factory, and then transferred personnel to continue to prepare for the construction of a new factory. The next one is developing in such a rolling way.The United Industrial Credit Bank has also provided key support to the construction materials company, with a large amount of loans and relatively favorable interest rates. In addition, the company issued corporate bonds in the Qingdao financial market by itself, which has maintained the company's reputation over the years. Rapid expansion trend.

Today, the company has grown to an astonishing scale in 1652. Not to mention that there are branches in every settlement, at least 60% of the settlements have brick kilns (whether it is a large brick wheel kiln or a relatively backward small kiln) brick kilns), 40% of the settlements have lime kilns (generally in places with rich limestone resources, and in the whole of Uruguay, limestone and marble resources are extremely rich), 30% of the settlements have cement kilns, the coverage is quite huge.

And, the company is said to be continuing to raise capital and staff for further expansion.It's just that because their industry has absorbed too many contract slaves and laborers, units such as Ping'an Coal Mine, Changshan Iron Mine, Tieling Mining Bureau, Western Wilderness Pioneering Farm, and the Construction Bureau under the Ministry of Communications have been extremely dissatisfied , so it is hard to say where to go next.But in any case, for now, the construction material company that benefits from the crazy infrastructure operation is already a giant trust company on the east coast.

In a newly built cement kiln in Daxing Port, the Daxing Branch of the building materials company has adopted a new technology developed by the Academy of Natural Sciences for many years, that is, they have adopted a new process when producing cement: 1400-1500 degrees Celsius Calcining cement, sintering the mixed materials in it, and then grinding these sintered clinkers into fine powder, this is new cement.

In addition, after many years of continuous testing and pondering, the East Coast technicians have also invented a new kiln design-they dry the cement mixture slurry in a horizontal chamber, and the gas that dries them is originally intended to be released. The kiln top exhaust gas to the atmosphere, this high-heat exhaust gas is guided to this chamber by pipes, and then goes to the chimney and is discharged into the atmosphere.In this way, the charge entering this chamber through the grinder will be dried by the waste heat generated when the previous batch of charge is calcined, which greatly saves fuel consumption and improves production efficiency.

This production method was also inspired by the technicians of the Academy of Natural Sciences from the design principle of the brick and tile wheel kiln. Since 1640, they have been applying for funds to do experiments and eliminate various technical difficulties. The hot lining took a long time.Fortunately, they finally solved most of the technical difficulties the year before last, and were accepted by the building material company, and officially entered the promotion stage - the building material company gave this new technology a vivid name: tunnel cement kiln, this cement The patented technology of the kiln is shared by the building materials company as the investor and the Academy of Natural Sciences as the researcher.

The building materials company once tested the cement produced by this new technology, and found that this new type of cement completely surpassed the old-fashioned cement previously produced on the east coast through two tests of sieve (testing the grinding degree of cement powder) and strength.In particular, they did a certain cement tensile test. The strength of the new cement sample after seven days was 162 kg, which exceeded the minimum acceptance standard of 150 kg. The test was a complete success.

The emergence of this new type of cement is undoubtedly a boon for the East Coast Republic, which is currently undergoing "modernization" everywhere, because it means that the firmness of many facilities has been greatly enhanced, and at the same time, the cost has been steadily reduced. , how can this not make people happy?

The first batch of newly-built settlements around Daxing Port to enjoy the fruits of the new cement—it is also the last batch of new settlements this year, and almost all the residents are from Shandong and Jiangbei—are located in Chapi, a later generation. Yidu Township near the small village of Kui, Fu'an Township near the small village of Laureles, and Jugang Township near the small town of Constitución.

Each of these three new settlements has a population of only 2000 people. At present, the preliminary land consolidation work has just been completed, and the shrubs and weeds on the ground have just been burned once.But there is no doubt that there are still a lot of tree roots and grass seeds buried under these seemingly fertile lands. After the spring, they will compete fiercely with the wheat seeds planted by the settlers, which will inevitably make these The yield of the "raw land" in the first year is pitifully low—maybe only a few tens of catties per mu, and there are a lot of shriveled grains in it.

But in general, this is not a big problem. Under the coordination of the State Development Bureau in charge of pioneering, Jingjiang County, Yong'an County, and even Daxing Port in the Wujiang area, which have a surplus of grain, can continuously provide a large amount of grain nearby for the pioneers. Food - if it is really not possible, you can also go to the south of the mall to transfer and transport, in short, it is very convenient.

Apart from reclamation, the local residents put more energy into the construction of farmland water conservancy, reservoirs, town buildings, water supply facilities and sewage pipelines.In particular, the centralized water supply and urban sewage facilities are the key projects that the Ministry of Health will come to inspect and accept, and there is no room for sloppyness-in this regard, people on the east coast have learned a lesson, because the urban sewage system is backward, and many residents People's hygiene habits are not good, which greatly increases the incidence of diseases, and on the east coast where there is a lack of medical treatment, the consequences of a vicious epidemic are often hundreds of thousands of deaths, which is unbearable for anyone as a result of.

Don’t you see that the North American colonies of the British are often plagued by diseases? There are only a few hundred people in one settlement. There is no special person to deal with these excrement that may be full of germs), and often a single epidemic can wipe out the entire colonial settlement-this is almost common in the early history of North American colonization. Therefore, on the East Coast , No one dares not to pay attention to the construction of sanitation facilities in settlements.

The urban sewage and water supply systems of these four settlements, including Daxing Port, require a total of about [-] tons of cement according to professional estimates, and red bricks are even more serious. They may require tens of millions of pieces, which are almost building materials. The brick kiln factory of the company's Daxing branch produces a quarter of its annual output, and the consumption is astonishing.

But no matter how expensive it is, construction must be built. Isn’t that what people on the east bank build brick kiln factories, lime factories and cement factories here?Well, maybe some of the building materials are used for railway repairs—at present, the 46-kilometer railway from Daxing Port to Fu’an Township in the fourth phase of the Northwest Railway has been completed, and the construction personnel are continuing to build the railway from Fu’an Township to the east ——But it can’t be regarded as the main purpose. The real usage is the urban construction of several settlements and the big hole of Daxing Port Wharf, which devours building materials.

The building material factories continuously produce all kinds of building materials, while the settlers seize the favorable period of strategic opportunities and continue to contribute to the construction of the country. Such a country is a country with a calm and clear mind!

(End of this chapter)