Chapter 112 Capital is ready to enter the market, rogues are in danger!
In the fifth year of Chongzhen, October 1st.
In Harbor City, Industrial Zone, and the No. 1 Biodiesel Preparation Plant, good news came out that excited the senior executives of Xujiazhuang.
The plant's biodiesel production equipment successfully ran through the production process and successfully produced the first batch of 150,000 liters of biodiesel.
As long as stable production capacity is established and the supply of raw materials is sufficient, a maximum daily production capacity of 500 tons of biodiesel will be formed.
In one fell swoop, Xujiazhuang’s diesel self-sufficiency capacity was increased to 70%!
This has greatly reduced Xu Yuan’s economic pressure to purchase diesel in modern society. And next year, after Xu Yuan invests another 50 million in a new biodiesel production plant in the Harbor City Industrial Zone, the diesel self-sufficiency rate will increase to 100%.
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In the future, only a small amount of gasoline will be purchased in modern society (no more than 500 tons per month, which can be used by a small number of motorcycles and other gasoline engine devices).
That's right.
Xu Yuan found an alternative way to obtain large amounts of fuel without investing huge sums of money in digging underground oil or establishing a petrochemical system.
That's biodiesel.
Biodiesel refers to vegetable oil (such as rapeseed oil, soybean oil, peanut oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, etc.), animal oil (such as fish oil, lard, beef tallow, sheep oil, etc.), waste oil or microbial oil, and methanol or ethanol.
Mixed in proportion, under a high temperature of more than 300 degrees and a high pressure of 50mp, the fatty acid methyl ester or ethyl ester formed by ester conversion does not require any catalyst to obtain biodiesel that can replace traditional petrochemical diesel.
Biodiesel has many advantages, including good environmental performance, good engine starting performance, good fuel performance, wide sources of raw materials, less pollution, high safety, and renewable characteristics. However, what Xu Yuan values the most is its low technical difficulty.
The source of raw materials is wide and renewable, which perfectly solves the problem of self-sufficiency of diesel.
Because agriculture and animal husbandry are developed, Xujiazhuang has a lot of edible oils, such as soybean oil, corn oil, peanut oil, fish oil, etc. It is no problem to supply tens of thousands of tons every year, and the raw materials are very sufficient.
Just the production of biodiesel consumes a very large amount of methanol or ethanol, with raw materials accounting for more than 95%. That is, to produce 100 liters of biodiesel, more than 95 liters of methanol or ethanol are consumed, while the consumption of edible oil is only
Less than 5 liters.
Therefore, in order to obtain enough biodiesel, Xujiazhuang had to consume a large amount of grain (such as rice, wheat, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc.), first obtain methanol and alcohol through sealed fermentation, and then purify to obtain high-concentration industrial methanol and industrial alcohol.
Finally used to produce biodiesel.
Therefore, rather than burning biodiesel, it is better to say that we are burning grain. In order to obtain 1 ton of biodiesel, we must consume at least 2 to 3 tons of grain and hundreds of liters of cooking oil. The production cost is much more expensive than petrochemical diesel.
Well, people in modern society generally use waste oil and alcohol obtained by fermentation of corn stalks as raw materials, and then sell them as aviation kerosene, which is barely profitable.
But for Xu Yuan, as long as he can achieve self-sufficiency in diesel in the late Ming Dynasty, it is a very cost-effective thing, because edible oil and food in the late Ming world are easy to obtain, and the controlled diesel in modern society will be transferred to the Ming Dynasty.
The end of the world is a rather troublesome thing, so if you can avoid it, try to avoid it.
With a large amount of biodiesel, and the output continues to increase, in the late Ming Dynasty, tractors, agricultural machinery, excavators, water pumps, etc. based on diesel power can flourish without restriction, and productivity can be further improved.
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It can be regarded as solving a large part of Xu Yuan's worries.
But is what is before him just a diesel problem?
In terms of chemical fertilizers, a chemical fertilizer plant with an investment of 1 billion and a maximum annual output of 5 million tons of urea was officially launched last month. The equipment has been put in place one after another. We are striving to achieve mass production before spring plowing next year to achieve self-sufficiency in nitrogen fertilizers.
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The output of steel plants and cement plants must also be increased to achieve an annual production capacity of 1 million tons of steel and more than 30 million tons of cement to meet the various construction needs of Xujiazhuang.
There are also the development of the shipbuilding industry, the development of the military industry; the development of three acid and two alkali basic chemicals; the development of light industries such as bicycles, textiles, furniture, and gold and silver jewelry production that Xu Yuan attaches great importance to, all seem to have hit a bottleneck recently.
Or the development speed is not ideal, giving Xu Yuan a feeling that he is too slow to get up to speed (although he is already very fast in the eyes of others).
Why is this happening?
Part of the reason is the lack of technical talents and the limited supplies Xu Yuan procures from modern society, which makes it difficult to meet needs.
But Xu Yuan believes that the main reason is insufficient raw materials.
For example, coal is not only an important fuel, but also a synthetic fertilizer. It is a raw material that needs to participate in chemical reactions during the steelmaking process. Xujiazhuang’s current demand is more than one million tons, but the coal mines in Xuzhou and Shandong, even if they work together
Although Xujiazhuang has been mining for a long time and has purchased unlimited quantities, it can only supply about 500,000 tons this year.
For example, for iron ore, Xujiazhuang now has twenty small steel-making furnaces with a capacity of 10 cubic meters. Although the steel-making efficiency is far inferior to the large blast furnaces with a capacity of thousands of cubic meters, the rapid steel-making method used
With this method, molten steel can be produced three times a day, with 50 tons of steel produced each time. And because of its precise and flexible operation, it can produce very high-quality steel, including alloy steel, and its technology has also improved very quickly.
If all these steel-making equipment enters full-load production, they can produce up to more than 1 million tons of steel a year. Therefore, at the equipment level, it can meet the demand for steel-making. But as for iron ore, the iron ore in Shandong is currently
It can only supply more than 30,000 tons of iron ore raw materials every month, but Xujiazhuang needs at least 200,000 tons.
The same is true for the limestone, clay, gypsum, iron ore powder and other raw materials used to bake cement.
None of them can meet the needs of Xujiazhuang.
So how can we solve the problem of insufficient supply of these raw materials?
There are two main methods. One is to improve the mining efficiency of the mine. It is best to use some powerful explosives to mine, such as ammonium nitrate explosive, which is made from the chemical fertilizer ammonium nitrate - but the production of chemical fertilizer requires coal, so
Let’s solve the coal problem first.
The second is to increase manpower in the mines and increase the number of miners in large numbers. This simple and direct method can also increase ore production.
As a miner working in a mine, it is not only hard work, but also very dangerous. Once you encounter an accident, you may be seriously injured or die. Accidents in mines are commonplace. If you don't really have no choice, normal people will not
If you choose the profession of miner, even if the income level is relatively high - that is, by recruiting people with high salaries, it will be difficult to recruit a large number of miners.
At a high-level meeting.
"Recently, didn't the imperial court borrow 3 million silver dollars from us to solve the problem of rogue bandits? There are a lot of rogue bandits in Shan, Shaanxi, Henan and other places. There must be one million silver dollars, right? Instead of the imperial army killing them all,
, why not cooperate with the imperial army and buy these bandits for 30 silver dollars each for the young and strong, and 10 silver dollars each for the elderly and children. As long as they have enough hands and feet to move around, we can buy them all. The more the imperial army can capture, the better.
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"As long as hundreds of thousands or millions of rogue miners are introduced to the Shandong Mining Alliance, the output of ore will definitely increase and solve our problem of insufficient raw materials."
"In addition, we can also send caravans to conduct commercial transactions with the imperial army. They have money on hand. Our caravans have cans, compressed biscuits, ham and other food, as well as half-body plate armor, alloy knives and other weapons for food and drink.
Everything can be provided, and earning back the money from the hands of the imperial officers and soldiers is equivalent to completing an economic cycle. In the end, although a lot of money was spent, a lot of money was made back. In short, it was profitable and achieved more with one stone."
"So I suggest that we can't just sit idly by as the imperial court annihilates bandits. We must gain profits from it and solve the problems we face!"
Listen to Li Jin, the agricultural manager, finish his proposal.
The eyes of all the senior executives of Xujiazhuang lit up.
Financial manager Zhao Jinfu said: "This is a good idea. Making profits out of chaos is similar to what we did against the rebels in Dongjiang Town during the Shandong Rebellion last year."
Breeding manager Wu Dabao said: "I heard that there are many coal mines in Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places, the quality is very good, and it is easy to mine. Why don't we also support a few miners in these places and let them supply us with coal?
Transported here via the Yellow River water?"
Wei Mancheng, deputy director of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Yes, since we are short of minerals, we must find ways to control more mines. As for those rogues running around, it's time to stop and take a rest. Mining is a job
It suits them very well and they can work steadily for the rest of their lives."
Guest Qian Chengzhi, who was sitting in the corner, couldn't help but mutter: "Hundreds of thousands or millions of gangsters have become mining slaves, mining under the whip every day. Isn't this harmful to the peace of heaven?"
Brush~
More than a dozen looks were cast on him at the same time. These looks included dissatisfaction, ridicule, and disdain. They all felt that this person was very childish and ridiculous.
Qian Chengzhi had no choice but to lower his head and did not dare to express his opinion anymore.
"Okay, the imperial court is encircling and suppressing the bandits this time. We at Xujiazhuang will step in and give the desperate bandits a way to survive." Xu Yuan finally made the decision.
"The owner is kind!"
"The owner of the village is still kind-hearted. If it were me, I would have let them be eradicated by the imperial court. These bandits have been wreaking havoc for five years, and their hearts have long been wild, dark, and hardened. They are all murderers and may not be able to adapt to the mines.
The restraints imposed on me may be just thorns in the side, so it’s better to cut them off.”
"Don't worry, the hemp rope whip soaked in salt water will definitely make them obedient. They only eat half full at ordinary times. Even if he is the reincarnation of Sun Dasheng, he can't dig out the miners' mines!"
"I hope they will change their ways and become good mining citizens. This is their only way out! As long as they are honest and obedient and work for twenty years at most, they will be free. It is not without any hope." This man's words made Qian Qian happy.
Cheng Zhi secretly complained, considering the working environment of some mines, it would be good to survive for more than five years.
After hearing the flattery and comments from these senior executives, Xu Yuan shook his head in disbelief.
He remembered that in the history books of modern society, bandits such as Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, and Li Zicheng were basically good people, rebels, and peasant armies. They represented the just resistance of the oppressed people.
Now, Xu Yuan's Xujiazhuang is about to come to an end. It will have some exchanges and collisions with these good people, and may even harm the interests of these good people and do things that are sorry for them.
But there is no way, Xu Yuan also wants to be a good person, but the position of a good person has been taken, so Xu Yuan can only say to these good people: I'm sorry, I am a businessman and a capital.