“The Gozdal Plain where the Ice Bear is located lacks the large-scale steel and coal resources necessary to complete industrialization. Except for the two large-scale coal and iron mines near Eskil City, the entire ice and snow
There is no coal and iron ore development on this scale anywhere else in the wasteland!”
Elder Gulas, who had been responsible for civil affairs in the ice and snow wasteland, pondered for a while and then spoke.
"In a place as big as the entire ice and snow wasteland, there are no large-scale coal mines and iron mines in other areas?" Zhang Tie felt a little incredible about this. On the map, the ice and snow wasteland covers an area of almost 20 million square kilometers. Originally, the ice and snow wasteland covers an area of more than 20 million square kilometers.
He thought that the climate here was just relatively harsh, but he did not expect that the natural resources here were also so scarce.
"It's not that there are none, but that there are no conditions for mining. The climate and living conditions in the ice and snow wasteland are very harsh. Even if there are resources in many places, large-scale mining cannot be carried out. Take the Huolong Coal Mine outside Eskil City as an example. To develop such
A coal mine requires approximately 70,000 to 80,000 coal miners. These 70,000 to 80,000 people can easily be maintained near Eskil City. If these 70,000 to 80,000 people are left in the wilderness further north of Eskil City,
To solve the problem of feeding these 70,000 to 80,000 people, it is possible to bring down a bear-level tribe. This is equivalent to a tribe having to support an army of 70,000 to 80,000 people wandering around all year round. Its daily expenses will be very high.
Horrible! It will far exceed the value created by these workers."
Elder Nicholas continued to add.
"Large-scale industrial development must rely on a sufficient population base. A sufficient population base must have enough food and suitable living conditions. Workers need to eat, drink, and live. They need to start a family, start a business, and live.
Maybe by throwing them where there is ore, you can dig out the endless supply of ore. What the ice and snow wasteland lacks most is food and suitable living conditions. When each tribe chooses its own survival territory, it must solve the problem of tribes.
The issue of eating and food is the first priority, rather than choosing a place where there are ores. Only when everyone can fill their stomachs will each tribe have the strength to try to find some minerals and do some development within their capabilities. But the scale
It won’t be too big, just enough for basic use.”
"Whether it is the development experience of human society before the catastrophe or the objective summary of people in this era, a population of more than 40 million is the basic prerequisite for a country and region to complete industrialization. And the bear-level tribes with the largest population in the ice and snow wasteland are
Our Ice Bear Tribe. The total population of our tribe is less than 20 million. With such a small population, it is really difficult to complete industrialization in a place like the Ice and Snow Wasteland."
Zhang Tie rubbed his brows and forced himself to face reality, "So, under the current conditions, the only coal and steel resources we can rely on are the two mineral deposits controlled by Eskil City?
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"Indeed, until the basic living conditions of the ice and snow wasteland cannot be improved. Before the ice and snow wasteland cannot produce a large amount of food to meet people's most basic survival needs, we have to deal with jihad. We can only maximize the resources in front of us.
It has been put to good use!" Elder Rudolph replied.
Zhang Tie thought for a while, "But based on the current output of the Eskil Steel Plant, the annual production capacity of less than 300,000 tons is too low. How high can the maximum production capacity of the Eskil Steel Plant be increased?
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"The maximum production capacity of the Eskil Steel Plant can be increased to more than two million tons. In the past, because the entire ice and snow wasteland did not have such a large market and demand, each bear-level tribe could meet most of its steel needs by itself.
So we have not expanded, and expansion requires a lot of money. If we want to expand the production capacity of the Eskil Steel Plant, the mining scale of the coal mines and iron ores outside the city must also expand in the same way! In addition to money, we also
Enough workers and technicians are needed to ensure the smooth operation of the steel plant!"
"Money is not an issue. Let's make a plan first and see how much is needed, and then we can think of a way!" Zhang Tie glanced at several elders, "I have a principle here, and it is also a statement. Although I am now in Ai every year
Skier City can harvest seven to eight million gold coins, but I will not use any of this money on myself, nor will I use it in places other than the ice and snow wasteland. All of this money will be invested in the two tribes in the future.
In preparation for the holy war, it will be used to solidify our foundation!"
Several elders nodded secretly.
"In this case, we will then start the capacity expansion and transformation of the Eskil Steel Plant. This transformation may take about two years to be completely completed! The entire transformation may require more than 10 million gold coins..."
"Even if it is completed later, it is better than not completing it at all! This is a priority project, and the money I can use must be used here first! To unleash the power of steel and steam, it is not enough to increase steel production.
This is the first step. With steel, the most important question is what should we turn this steel into and where to put it, so as to maximize our strength. Now I want to ask a few elders a key question.
, if the demon army will one day attack the ice and snow wasteland in the future, where do you think the demons will come from, the sky, the sea, the ground, or the underground? I have heard some opinions about this before, but now I
Want to confirm."
"On the sea, it can only be the sea!" Elder Thors said with great certainty, and the other elders nodded, "The location of the ice and snow wasteland is very special. The deepest part of the entire ice and snow wasteland is a sea of lava, and the demons
It is impossible to enter through underground passages, and in the sky, we have the devil's north wind belt. This north wind belt also isolates all airships. The ice and snow wasteland faces the sea on three sides, and only the north is the frozen continent. The frozen continent is one
The infinitely vast uninhabited land is hundreds of times larger than the entire Blackson Human Corridor. Many parts of the frozen continent have very extreme climates. After entering the frozen continent, at night, most of its areas
The temperature is below minus 50 degrees, and there are very terrible ice storms. Even knights may not be able to come back alive without sufficient preparation to penetrate into the frozen continent, let alone a large-scale army, so the demon army
If we really want to come, we can only come by sea, there is no other way!"
"If the demons are destined to come from the sea in the future, then we cannot just watch it come and do nothing. Therefore, we must be prepared for it now. With the expansion of the production capacity of the Eskil Steel Plant,
The production scale of Beifeng Shipyard must also be expanded. Now Beifeng Shipyard cannot produce steam turbines. We cannot pin this hope outside forever. On the day when the demons come from the sea, who can still sell us things, so
My second thought is that no matter what, we must spend money, hire people, or directly buy the factory that produces steam turbines on Gantiyadu Island and move it to the ice and snow wasteland. We must put this technology to use
Once you get it, the steam turbine is the most complex steam power equipment. As long as you get this technology, the entire technical strength of Eskil City will rise to a big level!"
"I still have a few friends on Gantiyadu Island. I will go to Gantiyadu Island in person in a few days. I will come back with equipment and technicians for producing steam turbines!" Elder Turing said in a calm tone.
When he opened his mouth, it was as if he was talking about something trivial.
"Didn't the Spencer family ever think about mastering the production technology of steam turbines before?" Zhang Tie asked.
"We have a very special relationship with the Evandara Islands. Most of the big families and big business groups on those islands are our business and partners, but at the same time, they are also worried about us, fearing that one day we will not be reconciled.
If they stay in the ice and snow wasteland and want to go out, they will be the first to bear the brunt. Therefore, they have some reservations about us in this key technology of manufacturing large ships. In Ewendala, the big forces and big forces with strong maritime power
There is also a secret agreement in the family. Once the Spencer family or the Slavic armed fleet crosses the Oro Strait one day, they will unite to kill this fleet. Therefore, in order to avoid overly irritating Evindara's
Those people, although the Spencer family has other channels to obtain steam turbine manufacturing technology and equipment, we have been buying from them all the time. They also know that our doing so is a compromise, so they have always sold us steam.
The prices of the turbines are relatively fair and cheaper than those we produce ourselves, so everyone will be fine."
Elder Rudolf answered Zhang Tie's question.
Now times have changed, the Holy War is imminent, the demons and their lackeys are becoming more and more rampant, and the Spencer family's vitality has been seriously damaged. As long as Awendara is a normal-minded person, no one will doubt Eskil City at this time.
It will be equipped with an armed fleet to fight them. Besides, although the technology of steam turbine is complicated, it is not difficult to achieve, let alone anyone’s unique patent. There should be many countries that can produce this kind of thing on the road. Since the picture
The spiritual elder spoke, and then the matter was almost finalized.
In the next few minutes, Zhang Tie expressed his third idea, or decision, and the entire venue fell into silence again.
Because Zhang Tie wants to build a railway from Eskil City to the Gozdal Plain. This railway runs through the entire ice and snow wasteland from north to south, with a total length of more than 9,000 kilometers. The two ends of the railway connect the ice field giant bear tribe.
and the Iron Bear Tribe, and wherever the railway passes, it will also connect many small and medium-sized tribes.
This is Zhang Tie's real plan. Zhang Tie gave this plan a name - Tribal Axis!
As soon as this ambitious plan was proposed, even several elders were shocked.
"To build such a railway, an investment of at least 50 million gold coins is required!" Elder Rudolph gulped and replied, "It is difficult for our two tribes to support such a plan alone!"
Zhang Tie smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I don't need the two tribes to pay a penny to repair this railway!"
After listening to Zhang Tie's words, several people looked at him with suspicion. This kind of thing, even if it is a miracle, is impossible... (To be continued...)