Fang Xiaoyu knows all these things, but it is a pity that he only graduated from high school. How can he have such professional chemical knowledge? These topics can only be studied by Deng Jiaxiang himself. This is also because there are still too few scientific and technological talents around Fang Xiaoyu. Those who follow Deng Jiaxiang
The apprentices around me are all just beginners, so they can just get started, but they can't help much if they conduct research, so the research speed is so slow.
Fang Xiaoyu sighed and said: "Sir, just follow the drawings and make it first. We will change the charge of the shells later, and this problem should be solved." Zhang Hui said: "If this is the case, I can do the preliminary work first.
Trial production, the cannon can be finalized only after the new charge is released."
Fang Xiaoyu further instructed: "In addition, I also need 76mm light artillery for infantry and 105mm and 128mm heavy artillery. These require tube withdrawal and new charges. Sir, even if they are pre-researched
Bar."
Zhang Hui nodded and said: "Well, I will devote my energy to the management and withdrawal technology first." Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "In this case, Mr. Zhang can bring your laboratory personnel with me to Tongshan County to study
There are many laboratories there, and if you have any problems together, you can solve them nearby."
Zhang Hui nodded and said: "This is the best, so that many problems do not need to be fed back to other laboratories for resolution. The long journey is too time-consuming. It's just that the several thousand-ton hydraulic presses we customized from Luo Yunshan's machinery factory are not enough.
.The 305mm barrel is barely enough, but the scrap rate of the 330mm barrel is too high."
Fang Xiaoyu is very aware of the use of hydraulic presses for gun barrels. The reason why German artillery was more sophisticated than British artillery during World War I was related to the fact that they had 10,000-ton hydraulic presses to manufacture larger and larger gun barrels. Therefore, Fang Xiaoyu has always
Let Xiaofeng conduct relevant research and achieve considerable results. At this time, the first 5,000-ton hydraulic press is still being assembled in the heavy industry equipment warehouse.
He fully agreed to Zhang Hui's proposal: "No problem. When you move to Tongjiang Mansion, I will equip you with several 5,000-ton hydraulic presses." Zhang Hui was stunned by Fang Xiaoyu's words. That's 5,000 tons.
A first-class hydraulic press. I heard that even in the Western Continent, only a few powerful countries have such equipment, but they still treat it like a treasure and refuse to show it to others.
After bidding farewell to Xu Shouchang, Fang Xiaoyu returned to Tongjiang Fucheng with Zhang Hui's entire studio. Fang Xiaoyu's trip took three months. At this time, the second batch of 30,000 immigrants in Tongjiang Fucheng had arrived.
From the previous 30,000 households, the population of Tongjiang Fucheng now exceeds 200,000.
Such a small population made Fang Xiaoyu deeply feel the shortage of population. Industrial production requires a large number of working people. Even if immigration can be carried out now, the entire Lanfang Empire has only so many people. Even if Fang Xiaoyu counts all the overseas Chinese population
, also felt that the population was not enough.
Fang Xiaoyu has always been accustomed to preparing for rainy days, so he issued a lord order that made governments all over the world feel incredible, that is, the fertility reward order. In this order, Fang Xiaoyu required that all families must have at least two children, except for those who are unable to have children.
child.
If each family has one more child in addition to the two children, the Lord's Mansion will be fully responsible for all the child's growth expenses, and will also reward the family with fifty yuan of Lanfang coins. Although the reward from the Lord's Mansion is not high,
Being fully responsible for the children's growth expenses is equivalent to Fang Xiaoyu raising the children for them, which greatly reduces the living burden of ordinary families.
The Chinese people have always had the idea that having more children will bring happiness. With such an encouraging policy, Fang Xiaoyu believes that all the people in the territory will be highly motivated to have children. Perhaps in the near future, the population burden of the Chinese territory may be too heavy, but such a burden is worth it.
of.
Fang Xiaoyu knows very well that as people's living standards greatly improve, the fertility rate will tend to decline. This is a must experience for every developed country. Fang Xiaoyu does not want to think about remedial measures when the labor force is scarce.
What's more, when the Chinese Territory becomes stronger, it will definitely expand externally. By then, there will be enough land to accommodate the wealthy population. Even if the entire Wangxiang Star cannot accommodate these people, he believes that by then, with Xiaofeng's help,
He can also emigrate into the universe. With Xiaofeng as his backing, Fang Xiaoyu is not afraid of overpopulation at all.
Fang Xiaoyu is not the only one who can think of the benefits of demographic dividend. In fact, every country with a sparse population has this idea. However, the low food production has caused the land use rate to be too low. With the same land area, countries simply cannot support too many people.
, only Fang Xiaoyu, a person with high-yield grain seeds in his hands, can have such courage.
With the issuance of this fertility incentive order, immigrants from surrounding areas have another attractive condition. The upsurge of immigration has increased. With more and more labor forces, East China has begun to transfer various light industries owned by Fang Xiaoyu.
It was opened.
First of all, an industrial zone has been built in the south of the city. These products are the fastest to make money. Now the stalls in the territory are too big and there are many places to spend money. It is good to make more money, not to mention that Fang Xiaoyu has so many light industries in his hands.
It would be a pity not to make good use of a product's patent.
A lot of farmland outside the city has been reclaimed. Many people have begun to harvest crops, and more people have begun to prepare for the next season. Fang Xiaoyu placed Zhang Hui's laboratory in a wilderness near the Great Hengduan Mountains, close to the heavy industrial area
place, so that any equipment they need can be solved nearby. In addition, he also installed three 5,000-ton hydraulic presses assembled by Xiaofeng on the road for them. With these equipment, and the steel plant not far away,
The research of artillery is also much more convenient.
Fang Xiaoyu, who returned to his own territory, learned through his trip to East China that the troops had now advanced to Bei'an Prefecture, and the other four prefectures had come under Fang Xiaoyu's actual control. The construction of three prefectural cities had also begun, and other towns and villages had also begun.
All were gradually brought under control.
The actual control area in Fang Xiaoyu's territory has reached 350,000 square kilometers, and the population has reached one million, but this is still far behind the average level of the Lanfang Empire. Multiple sections of the industrial zone railway that have been started at the same time have also been built.
Tongjiang Fucheng and continuing to extend, Fang Xiaoyu decided to stay and see the development of the territory first. Anyway, he still had time. The opportunity to expand outward would be when his navy was established.
It was early May when Fang Xiaoyu returned to Fucheng. Not long after, Fang Xiaoyu's first birthday after becoming the lord came. However, there was no family around, so Fang Xiaoyu did not alert anyone, but hid in the house to celebrate his fifteenth birthday.
On his birthday, Elena was the only one accompanying him.
It was a habit of the Lanfang Empire that a man became an adult when he reached the age of fifteen. Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help but miss his Xia sisters who were far away in the capital. Fortunately, Elena was always by his side as a bodyguard, and he would not tease her when he had time.
Too depressing.
Fang Xiaoyu had a conversation with Deng Jiaxiang and told him the urgency of the army's need for new artillery shell charges. Deng Jiaxiang was also very anxious. During this period, he almost spent time in the laboratory, experimenting day and night.
He was assigned a group of assistants among the orphans. These people had a better cultural foundation and could also help him. These people could learn professional chemistry knowledge from Deng Jiaxiang and reduce part of his work intensity.
Baoshan Prefecture, the capital of Tongshan County, has been controlled, but Fang Xiaoyu does not want to move there. Not only because Baoshan Prefecture needs to be rebuilt, but also because he feels that it is too far away from the country. If anything happens, he will always be closer.
There are benefits.
Even in Tongjiang Prefecture, Fang Xiaoyu felt that it was far away from the center of the empire, and it was even further away from his home in the capital. During this period, except for his second brother Fang Dingbang who passed by to see him once because of the army's change of defense, Fang Xiaoyu had not even seen a single person.
Family members, although Fang Xiaoyu misses his mother very much, but considering that he can go to Beijing to report on his duties in half a year, he has no choice but to endure it.
East China Bank handles government affairs properly, and Fang Xiaoyu doesn't have too many things to do. When he has time, he naturally spends time in the light industrial zone to make some new things. In addition to Lanfang sugar, thyme wine, perfume and soap, the current light industrial zone also includes glass
It is also manufactured in small quantities, mainly to meet domestic demand.
Fang Xiaoyu calculated it and found that Lanfang candy, thyme wine and perfume were manufactured for the Fang family. The Fang family had exclusive rights to operate the products and could not sell them in their own shop. This was also the condition for independence set by the grandfather.
The soap was made for Chen Qixia, so he could sell it himself. Plus cement, he didn't have many top products. Fang Xiaoyu decided to make several new products.