Three years passed in a blink of an eye, and Egypt ushered in a new era under Chen Mo's rule.
The widening project of the Suez Canal relied on the efforts of nearly one million undead workers and was announced to be completed a year later. After the widening, the navigation capacity of the Suez Canal more than doubled compared to the original. Chen Mo’s 35% stake,
It brought him huge profits equivalent to 70% of the original Suez Canal.
Chen Mo did not put this money into his own pocket, but gave it to the Egyptian government as fiscal revenue and used it for national construction.
With the injection of this capital, and the investment of DuPont Group, the Egyptian government quickly established a small petrochemical plant and an arsenal in the Aswan area, and built a small shipyard in Alexandria.
The reason why it is not the large-scale factory originally envisioned is that Egypt's own environment and conditions cannot keep up, and it needs to develop slowly step by step.
In the past three years, it has been very difficult to build the factory and put up the shelves. After all, a country under colonial rule like Egypt really lacks available talents and high-quality labor force.
However, although the petrochemical plant and arsenal were built with the support of the DuPont family, the technology used came from Chen Mo.
In the previous world, when Umbrella swallowed up a base, it was also a base used for weapons production and research and development. Chen Mo gained a lot of technology no matter what.
Among them, there are relatively few technologies in the chemical industry. They are basically related to some chemical products used in military production. Moreover, due to the current level of technology, most of them are difficult to manufacture or can only rely on laboratories, but some are still relatively basic.
Chemical products can be produced, and these have become the main output of chemical plants.
As for the military industry, Chen Motun's base has quite a few weapons researchers. They combined several relatively successful weapons in history to design a good semi-automatic rifle, which is used as the main product of the military factory.
At present, the Egyptian army has begun to field equipment, and the main production orders of the military factory also come from this.
This is not because Chen Mo is unwilling to equip his army with automatic weapons, but it is not the time for the current Egyptian army to install automatic weapons on a large scale.
In other words, the Egyptian government cannot currently bear the logistical pressure of fully replacing automatic weapons, so it can only use semi-automatic rifles first.
However, even so, the combat effectiveness of the Egyptian army has been greatly improved, especially since the military factories produce not only semi-automatic rifles, but also artillery, armored vehicles, tanks, and even aircraft. Chen Mo actually has the technology.
However, the current arsenal in Aswan is limited in scale and can only produce semi-automatic rifles, small-caliber infantry guns and mortars.
The second dam promised to be built by the British was also completed with the hard work of the undead workers, and the supporting hydropower station was also completed. It is for this reason that the factory was chosen to be built in the Aswan area.
As I have said before, power supply is the basis for industrial development. The Aswan area has the largest dam in Egypt. After the hydropower station is built, it can provide abundant power for industrial development. Naturally, it has become the most suitable place for building industrial facilities.
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Chen Mo's plan is to build an industrial city around the Aswan area, and the current chemical plants and arsenals are just the foundation of this industrial city.
As for the shipyard in Alexandria, Chen Mo very rationally chose a civilian shipyard and did not involve the construction of warships.
The main reason for this is that Egypt's industrial strength is weak. It cannot produce steel for shipbuilding independently at present. It can barely build civilian ships. Want to build warships? There is still a long way to go.
Another point is that Egypt's two largest ports, Alexandria and Port Said, are both under the control of the British. Chen Mo has not yet taken back these two ports from the British.
Without a military port, it is naturally impossible to develop a navy.
However, Chen Mo still knew the importance of coastal defense, so he purchased the battlecruiser HMS Renown, as well as two City-class cruisers and five destroyers from Britain.
Although the city-class cruisers are old warships from the First World War, most of them have only been in service for more than ten years. After modernization and modification, they have not lagged far behind the current level of warships.
It may be outdated for a maritime hegemonic country like the United Kingdom, but for a country like Egypt, a fleet composed of two city-class cruisers and five destroyers, plus the "Twenty-nine-knot Nelson" is enough to meet today's needs.
stage of coastal defense needs.
Although Chen Mo also wanted to buy the war-weary old lady that fought throughout World War I and World War II, the Egyptian government could not afford that much money.
Although a large amount of gold and treasures were pulled out from the ground of Hamna Tower, this treasure may be enough for an individual to feed and drink for ten lifetimes, but for a country, this amount of money is only enough to support one or two financial institutions.
Years of expenditures, especially since Chen Mo is still engaged in construction and the purchase of warships is a big part of the money, naturally leads to money being spent like water.
But even so, relying on the revenue from the Suez Canal, the current Egyptian government is still in good financial condition, with no signs of fiscal deficit, and even a slight fiscal surplus.
Moreover, due to the construction of the Aswan Dam, the environment in the lower reaches of the Nile River has been improved. With the increase in cultivated land, food production has also been effectively increased. Egypt's current situation can be said to be booming, and the people's living standards have also improved.
improvement and improvement.
Because of such visible achievements, Egyptians did not reject Chen Mo's rule. On the contrary, his support was pretty good.
Although it had only been three years, the people did not have much love for him, but at least they respected and supported him. Even Chen Mo's promulgation of the corpse tax and the resurrection law did not cause a backlash from the Egyptian National People's Congress.
Although a large number of religious figures jumped out to oppose it and thought it was blasphemous, in the face of practical interests, they did not cause much trouble.
On the contrary, after Chen Mo proved that he could indeed resurrect the dead, quite a few dignitaries from various countries became very interested in it.
This is resurrection after death. Although it is not eternal life, it still has a fatal attraction for those who cherish their lives.
Who doesn’t want to live longer? Even if it’s just resurrection after death, it’s not really enjoying eternal life. There’s even a big gap between life and death. But as long as they can live, who would be willing to lie in a coffin and be buried in the soil?
