Chapter five hundred and seventy-eight Zhang Tinglan's tricks
By seizing the church's handle, Fengjun has a good card in his hand. However, how to make this card play its greatest role requires careful weighing. What they want from the West, the limit of what they can agree to is
Everywhere, this needs to be carefully estimated, and a good card cannot be wasted.
Initially, Shao Piaoping and others suggested using this as an excuse to shake the West's various privileges in China, and even amend the treaty, seize tariff power, etc. These ideas were very attractive, but during the discussion, they were rejected by Wang Yongjiang
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The reason is also very simple, that is, the asking price is too high. Once the power of the great powers in China is touched, it will be equivalent to taking away their lifeblood. These guys will not agree. And just a Lund church, although it was found
There is a lot of evidence of guilt, but if the great powers refuse to admit their guilt, Fengjun has no good way to do it. He can't search the churches one by one, which will only completely break up with the West.
Maybe they will jointly put pressure on Fengjun under the banner of religion. Some things are not just reasonable, you also need to have the right to speak. Now that Fengjun wants to compete with the West for the right to speak, it is simply asking for death.
After several considerations, Guo Zongxi finally put forward a new suggestion, which was to let Westerners help build a hydropower station with real economic benefits. Guo Zongxi was the governor of Jilin and knew the situation in Jilin very well.
The upper reaches of the Songhua River, which originates from Tianchi in Changbai Mountain, has a large drop, sufficient water volume, and rich hydropower resources. It is the most suitable place for building hydropower stations in the three northeastern provinces. At present, the power generation in the three northeastern provinces mainly relies on thermal power generation, but the scale of the power stations is very limited, with several
All large arsenals must have their own power stations.
With the rapid development of industry in the three northeastern provinces, the demand for electricity is increasing, and the gap is getting wider and wider. There is a huge demand on this side, and the river is flowing away over there. It is very distressing.
It is not that Fengjun has never thought about building a power station by himself, but there are gaps in all aspects. There is no specialized design talent, no ability to produce large-scale hydropower generation equipment, and no experience in river closure. All combined, Guo Zongxi and the others can only
I can look at the water and sigh.
But an opportunity suddenly appeared in front of him, and he could build a power station with the help of Western technology. After this suggestion was put forward, Zhang Tinglan's eyes suddenly lit up. In the original history, there was also a famous hydropower station on the Songhua River, and that was Japan.
The Fengman Hydropower Station built by man!
In 1936, the Japanese Kwantung Army Command twice ordered the puppet "Manchukuo" it supported to come forward and build the 180,000-kilowatt Fengcheng Hydropower Station on the Songhua River within 5 years. The director of the Puppet Manchukuo Electrical Construction Bureau, Honma Tokuo, formulated a plan to build Fengfeng Hydropower Station.
Planning of hydroelectric power stations.
The dam was filled with water in 1942, and the first unit was put into operation on March 25, 1943. This was the largest hydropower station in Asia at the time. In order to build this hydropower station, Chinese workers paid a heavy price. The Japanese used false reports to do the work.
Location or fabricate preferential treatment, using "good food, good housing, good wages, and free home delivery after three years" as bait to recruit a large number of laborers from North and Northeast China and other places.
It is understood that from 1937 to 1941, the Japanese invaders defrauded and recruited a total of 110,000 people from within the customs. In addition, the Japanese also surrendered security reinforcements, assigned laborers to the Northeast, and used prisoners, and they did everything possible. According to
A labor statistics book of the Northeast Hydropower Bureau during the Puppet Manchukuo period records that about 200,000 workers participated in the construction of the dam at that time. An average of 10,000 to 12,000 workers built the dam every day, with a maximum of 18,000 workers.
It is unknown how many Chinese workers were frozen to death from exhaustion. The Japanese alone confessed that the number was more than 5,000. In the ditch next to the hydropower station, there are three natural ditches more than 100 meters long, 6 meters wide, and 4 meters deep.
Countless Chinese workers were abandoned and buried shallowly. Because there were too many workers who died in the accident, the place was covered with bones and became a bleak and terrifying world where wild dogs devoured corpses, which is also known as the famous plump mass grave!
There is no doubt that the Fengman Hydropower Station was built with the blood and bones of Chinese workers, but it has to be said that the Fengman Hydropower Station is of great significance to China. The originally designed installed capacity of the Japanese was 560,000 kVA.
, since the Manman Hydropower Station was only 89% completed until the defeat of the Japanese, it is still unclear how much total power generation can be achieved.
However, according to later Chinese data, the stable power generation capacity in a year can reach more than 2.7 billion hours. Although the scale of later generations is slightly larger than the original design of the Japanese, according to the Japanese design, it can reach 2.5 billion hours.
It's possible.
As recently as 1936, China's total power generation capacity within the Kanai region was only about 3 billion kilowatt-hours, which was just equivalent to the Japanese colony of Korea. At this time, if Western technology was fully adopted, the scale and technical level of the Manman Hydropower Station would definitely exceed that of Japan.
people.
One hydropower station can exceed the country's total power generation. With such a treasure, it can definitely supply the power needs of Jilin, Changchun, Harbin and other places stably, and the development of the northern Manchuria region will be possible.
Hydropower stations can not only provide clean, sufficient, and cheap electricity, but also regulate flood peaks, alleviate floods and droughts, and supply farmland irrigation on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. These functions are simply difficult to measure in terms of money. In later generations, the three northeastern provinces became the key investment locations for China's initial industrial construction.
In addition to abundant natural resources, the existence of Fengman Hydropower Station also adds a lot of points.
As long as the hydropower stations are built, the industrial level of the entire three northeastern provinces will climb to a new level. By then, a truly complete industrial system will have taken shape.
In normal times, the great powers would not easily help Fengjun build such a hydropower station, but now is this golden opportunity. Zhang Tinglan thought about it and finally decided to build the Fengman Hydropower Station in exchange.
Gu Weijun told General Fengjun's plan. When the ministers from the three countries heard it, they frowned. The scale of this hydropower station was too large and exceeded their acceptable range.
"Gu, if you want to build such a huge hydropower station, you will need at least hundreds of millions of yuan in funds. We simply cannot afford it. This is an unreasonable request." Aiston said loudly.
Gu Weijun said with a smile: "We don't need everyone to contribute, as long as you help design, supervise the construction, and provide power generation equipment. As for the funds needed for the equipment, we can repay it with the proceeds of the water power station. In fact, this can be regarded as
A win-win cooperation. We know very well that the United States has built a large number of hydropower stations in the Mississippi River Basin and has mature experience and technology. If cooperation can be reached on the Fengman Hydropower Station, hydropower stations will be built under Fengjun’s rule in the future.
Everyone will give priority to purchasing equipment, this is a big market."
When Klein heard this, he was completely moved. He was worried that the problem of the church would arouse the hatred of foreigners among the Chinese people, and their economic interests would suffer huge losses. However, if they could maintain cooperation on the hydropower station, they would
Any lost economic benefits will be made up for.
"I think this proposal is very good and the US government will consider it."
The British and French ministers also looked at each other. This request was not bad. In fact, it would not cause any economic loss to them. On the contrary, if done well, they would gain a lot of benefits.
Therefore, Eston also said: "We will all consider it, but I hope that the Fengjun side can calm public opinion as soon as possible and stop damaging the image of those kind missionaries."
Gu Weijun said: "I can only guarantee that the government will not criticize, but there are some people's voices, and we can't do anything about it. Therefore, we suggest that a missionary management method should be passed. Free missionary work does not mean that missionaries can do evil, and they are also subject to supervision.
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The three envoys knew they were in the wrong, so they had no choice but to get up and leave. Gu Weijun reported the status of the negotiations to Wang Yongjiang, and Wang Yongjiang also showed joy on his face.
"To build the dam this time, we not only need to own the largest hydropower station in Asia, but also learn the technology to design and build hydropower stations. We need to learn the real skills from foreigners to lay the foundation for building hydropower stations by ourselves in the future. When the power is sufficient, Dongfang
The economies of the three provinces are about to take off."
At this moment, Yuan Jinkai came in with another person. After seeing Wang Yongjiang, he said with a smile: "Brother Minyuan, this is Mr. Wu Tongju, who is also a water conservancy expert. We have no knowledgeable people to ask foreigners to help us build hydropower stations."
He couldn't, so I invited him over."
When Wang Yongjiang heard this, he looked at Wu Tongju excitedly. He was in his forties or fifties, short and stocky, with a simple and honest face. Wang Yongjiang and Yuan Jinkai introduced the situation to him and talked about building a hydropower station on the Songhua River.
Wu Tongju suddenly showed a trace of guilt and said hurriedly: "Governor Wang, Counselor Yuan, it is true that I am engaged in water conservancy, but I mainly study the construction of dams, flood control and irrigation. Although I know a little about building hydropower stations, I have no practice. Basically, it is
As a layman, I’m afraid I can’t help you much?”
"Mr. Wu, do you know that there are such experts in China?"
Wu Tongju shook his head with difficulty: "Governor Wang, the top scientific and engineering talents in the country are all in Fengtian. I really can't find such experts. I'm ashamed!"
"Mr. Wu, I don't need you to participate. Can you just be a supervisor? After all, the great powers have too many thoughts and no one you can trust is watching. I'm afraid they will cheat during the construction!"
"Every row is like a mountain. Hydropower stations will last for decades or even hundreds of years. All aspects need to be considered, especially as the technical level improves and the main engine needs to be replaced. Therefore, at the beginning of the design, we must leave room for it, but we don't know how to do it.
, if the great powers do not leave us, or create trouble, and they will hit us hard again when it is updated in the future, it will be terrible. In addition, professional talents are needed in aspects such as construction period, cost, equipment, etc., otherwise we will
If I want to suffer a loss and be deceived, Wu knows the importance of hydropower stations, but I really don’t have the ability!"
When Wang Yongjiang heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded. He finally got Li Qiang to let go. However, if he did not have professional talents and a good thing turned into a bad thing, it would be self-defeating.
Just when they were at a loss what to do, the secretary suddenly ran over: "Governor Wang, the commander-in-chief has sent a telegram for you to read in person!" (To be continued...)