Although greed for land resources is not a characteristic of Qitade, he values ​​geographical location more, and what he values ​​most is obviously the exploration and mining of internal resources.

Summer is approaching, and he moved to Northern Kreit.

On this day, he called Prime Minister Bayar and Industrial and Mining Minister Jeddah to his office.

"Since the machine guns, our country's consumption of copper materials has been too great. Tell me, can our existing copper mineral resources meet future needs?"

Jeddah said: "There are three major regions in my country that produce copper ore resources now. The most produced and highest grade are naturally the Ural region, which is the area centered on Aktobe. Aktobe is also the second only to Nicopol in China's manganese ore resources."

"Then there is the Ukrainian region in the west, with Lviv as the center, Lutsk to the north and Koroa to the south, all have copper mines, but the reserves are small and the grade is not high. Among them, the Koroa region close to the Carpathian Mountains is slightly better"

"The last is the former Junggar region in the east. Galacanda and Ili have rich copper mineral resources. Galacanda's copper mineral resources are near Balkash City on the northern shore of Lake Balkash, and near the Ili River Valley, coal, iron and copper mineral resources are all very rich."

Qitade nodded, "my country's current mining model is centered on cities. Mining minerals less than a hundred miles away from the city may not work now."

"One of our main enemies is Russia in the north and the other is the European countries in the west. In addition, we need to consolidate maritime advantages, the demand for armored warships is also very huge. Therefore, we need to re-examine the various domestic complexes and finally determine their strategic locations"

"First of all, our shipyards are located along the Black Sea coast, and now there are three major shipyards, Odessa, Sevastopol, and Nikolayev, just to obtain the rich coal and iron resources in the lower reaches of the Dnieper River nearby"

"In this way, Kafbas and Zaporoze in Ukraine still provide ship materials for large coal-steel composites, mainly providing ships for the three major shipyards"

"The same is true for Voronezh, mainly providing ammunition for the border"

"This time the enemy's main force is concentrated on the Voronesh line, but it may be concentrated on the Orenburg line in the future. The coal, iron and copper resources near Orenburg are rich in resources, not to mention that the railway is connected to the large iron ore base of Custana"

"The same is true for Lviv, the coal, iron, copper and sulfur are abundant nearby"

"In the next five years, Lviv, Orenburg and Yili will be built into large coal-iron and copper composites. All three places can be used for local materials, and the required sulfur and nitrate mines will be transported from various mines across the country."

"Your Majesty, the coal, iron and copper resources near Orenburg are all near Orsk, so it is better to build them there..."

"No, Russia's population is mainly distributed to the west of the Ural Mountains, and to the east, the population is sparse. Moreover, Orenburg is not far from Oresk, and there is also a railway connection in the middle. It is better to build it in Orenburg"

"With Voronesh and Orenburg two large coal, iron and copper complex bases, we can deal with the Russian army in the southern Russian plains well. This time the enemy only lost a large number of serf soldiers. The regular army of Kutuzov's front army did not lose much, and the total number was still above us, so we should be more vigilant"

"As for Galacanda, it was prepared for the Siberia of Russia, and Ili was obviously prepared for the Qing Empire"

"As for the southern line, the Bukhara Khanate - Hualazimo - faces only the Persian Empire and Afghanistan. They still use combs, even swords, bows and arrows, and only military supplies are allocated from the mainland"

"By the way, in the past five years, it is still necessary to build a railway from Galagan to Tashkent and Bukhara, and reach Karshi on the north bank of the Amu River at the southern end. Military supplies can be quickly transported from Galaganda to the Amu River Basin to control the situation in Persia and Afghanistan"

"In addition, coal-iron-copper composites are also built in Bogda, the southern capital, but all the raw materials needed are transported from overseas. Morocco's coal, South African copper, Indian iron ore, saltpeter ore and sulfur are all settled in cash with the local governor's jurisdiction, which can be regarded as a local feeding back to overseas colonies."

"It's about cash settlement, but in the past five years we will invest in the railway from South Africa's Golden Valley to Lash Harbor. After the investment is completed, they can just transport us copper mineral resources equal to the investment."

"In this way, our country has six major coal, iron and copper complexes, Bogda, Lviv, Voronesh, Orenburg, Galacanda and Ili, and can fully cope with challenges in any direction."

"The Bogda complex mainly deals with the East and West Ottomans and the Mediterranean aspects"

"The Lviv complex mainly deals with Austria and Prussia, and assists Voronesh in dealing with Russia"

"Voronesh, Orenburg mainly deals with the Tsarist Russian Empire"

"Galaganda mainly deals with the Tsarist Russian Empire, Persia, Afghanistan..."

"Your Majesty, the iron, coal and copper mines near Tashkent are also rich in resources. In this way, you can control Bukhara, Fergana, Afghanistan, and Persia nearby"

Qitade nodded, "I almost forgot about this, Well, then I won't build a large complex in Yili for the time being. Yili is built according to the second-level coal, iron and copper complex, and put the large complex in Tashkent, and start building the railway from Tashkent to Karshi"

"Ili is probably enough to be sandwiched between Garaganda and Tashkent"

"Kafbas and Zaporoze, which supply ship materials for the three major shipyards along the Black Sea coast, continue to maintain their scale"

"Upgrade Timur City under the jurisdiction of the Governor General of Hexian Town, Lash Port under the jurisdiction of the Governor General of South Africa, Kolkata under the jurisdiction of the Governor General of India into a secondary coal, iron and copper complex, and is invested and built by various places"

"The copper ore resources, manganese ore resources and sulfur in Hexian Town can be transported from Cebu Island, iron ore resources can be transported from Goa, India, coal and iron resources can be transported from Hongji Port in North Vietnam, and nitrate powder can be transported from Bangladesh"

"The natural asphalt processing plants in Atlau, Kulisaray and Baku are upgraded to chemical plants. The rubber forest in Hexian Town has been formed, and a rubber factory can be set up there"

"In addition to the railway from Galagan to Cahill, the railway from Akto to Hualazimo will be built in the past five years. In that case, we will be completely worry-free in southern Xinjiang in Asia."

"By the way, how many industrial population is in our country now?"

"Your Majesty, by the end of last year, there were about three million people working in factories at home, accounting for about one-tenth of the total population"

Qitade thought for a while and said, "It seems that there are many people, but in fact it is still far behind. In this way, steelmaking technology must be controlled in the hands of the country. This is our lifeblood. However, the secondary processing of steel to make civilian products can be partially relaxed."

"It is really too much burden to let private capital enter, and all of it is in the hands of the country. In this way, the number of workers can be increased quickly. My goal is to increase the number of workers in our country to 15% by 1785"

"At present, with the construction of six major coal, iron and copper complexes, it is estimated that a large number of them can be absorbed, and the recruited farmers and herdsmen and veterans can be achieved"
Chapter completed!