The hot weather finally seemed to have disappeared, and a drizzle at the beginning of autumn drove away the remaining heat in the north.
The earth is gradually withering, the trees are getting thinner and bustling with people, and many unsatisfactory residual leaves can be seen on the ground in the streets and alleys, shrinking and flinching away with the wind.
For Yuan Su, in the past three months, it can be said that it has been an explosive development in stages under his leadership. Not only did he reach the general direction of strategic cooperation between north and south with Lin Boxen, but he also established a strategic partnership in Luanzhou area.
It also promoted the development of the early industrial framework.
With the political convenience and the accumulation of capital on hand, in just three months, led by Suren Weiye Trading Company, went to the Huai'an government-run salt company, Shanghai Northern Commercial Bank, and Huaibei Military Grain Reserve Company,
Huaibei Gold Mine Affairs Bureau and Luanzhou 101 Factory, etc., emerged one after another like bamboo shoots after a rain.
The development within Luanzhou's jurisdiction is even more advanced. Perhaps the development news in Luanzhou's jurisdiction is not as loud as other industries outside. That is because most of the local development is the expansion and update of some existing industries. So on the surface,
It seems much more low-key. But those who know the industry can clearly realize that the expansion and renewal of Luanzhou's local industries is not a quantitative change, but a qualitative change that leaps forward.
For this leap forward development in Luanzhou, Yuan Su mainly focused his efforts on Luanzhou and around Tanghai County, and the direction of development was clearly the basis for basic industries.
The first step is to rectify the local power companies in Luanzhou. There are only two power companies, and their operating conditions are not very good, so they were easily acquired and taken over by Luanzhou Zheng Fu. After the power companies were taken over by the government, Yuan Su and the British
After many negotiations, a contract for the introduction of electrical equipment was finally signed, and the latest electrical equipment in the UK was purchased at a large sum of money for the local power company to upgrade.
Secondly, Suye Company took control of part of the shares of all large-scale local light industry factories in Luanzhou by forcibly taking shares, and then moved these factories to expand their production scale and import foreign production technology and machinery and equipment. All three textile factories eliminated old-style textiles.
Manual machines were replaced by electric power textile machines imported from Britain and Germany, and all workers received a month-long training on how to operate the new machinery; half of the production lines of six food companies were replaced by steam engine power; two machinery factories added production lines and began
Produces bicycles, watches and processes raw materials for heavy industry.
Suye Company implemented this light industry reform with tough measures. Although it is indeed very beneficial from a long-term perspective, it is precisely during this reform stage that in order to introduce foreign equipment, expand production lines, train technical workers, etc.
This consumes a lot of capital. At the same time, during the period of upgrading and training workers, all factories will no longer be able to continue operating, thus causing a round of vicious fluctuations in the local industry.
Of course, since he had already considered this, Yuan Su also arranged corresponding response plans.
During this period when the factory was unable to operate, each company borrowed money from the Northern Bank to survive the transition period; secondly, the introduction of modern industrial machinery and equipment will inevitably promote the expansion of production scale, and Yuan Su will help all factories as the governor of Shanhaiguan
, the company expanded sales channels for the export of surplus labor, including signing cooperation contracts with Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant, Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau, and Datong Coal Mine Bureau to solve the problem of too many products.
As for all workers participating in new equipment training, their wages during the training period will be shared by Luanzhou Zhengfu and Suye Company.
On the one hand, these factory owners and company bosses were hindered by Yuan Su's power, and on the other hand, they also saw the long-term expansion of their interests in the future. In the end, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and survive the current stage.
Promoting development in Tanghai County is another determined decision made by Yuan Su. Previously, Tanghai had been focusing on fishery and agriculture, and the county government followed Yuan Su's instructions and implemented a series of supportive policies for fishery and agriculture. However,
There is a lot of undeveloped land in Tanghai County, and there are mountains and forests everywhere, so Yuan Su thought of piloting basic heavy industry in Tanghai first.
Not only that, the northern area of Tanghai happens to be close to the Sijiaying Iron Mine, the largest iron mine in Asia. It is so-called close to the water, eliminating a lot of transportation expenses.
In mid-September, Yuan Su invited three accountants from Tianjin and senior managers in the metallurgical industry from Germany and the United Kingdom to jointly plan and estimate the Tanghai heavy industry pilot. After half a year,
After months of surveying, market research and asset evaluation, the estimated results are not very satisfactory. Considering that the overall level of China's heavy industry is very backward, and the existing heavy industry market is difficult to provide high-quality products, and the initial investment is too large,
It is difficult for Tanghai to achieve anything by relying solely on the power of local government.
Even so, Yuan Su has insisted on his decision. He plans to establish a large-scale comprehensive metallurgical plant in Tanghai, and hires foreign engineers and industrial consultants. All equipment in the metallurgical plant will also use imported equipment. The goal anticipated by such a generous move,
It is hoped that the quality of the metal products produced can reach international standards, at least the same as Japan's industrial standards.
The investment in the integrated metallurgical plant is a huge consumption of capital. After the previous local development in Luanzhou and the north-south economic cooperation with Lin Boxen, Suye Company actually has no extra funds. Even the finances of Luanzhou Zhengfu and the Metropolitan Governor's Office
The situation is currently in a very embarrassing situation.
Yuan Su knew this well. His solution to the problem was a loan. He had signed a loan cooperation agreement with someone other than the British. What's more, with the current scale of his personal industry and his current status, even if he wanted to
Loans from any bank are a breeze.
In order to better obtain the benefits attached to the loan contract, he also deliberately released news about seeking loans, expressing his willingness to use the shares of Suye Company and the military revenue of all jurisdictions as collateral. Banks rely on loans to generate income, as long as there are enough
Mortgage costs are a pressing business for any bank.
In the past seven or eight days in early October alone, more than 20 bank representatives came from Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Jinan, and Baoding, including Americans, Germans, and French.
I have one too. At first, the loan terms offered by all the bank representatives were almost the same, as if they had been negotiated in advance. But starting from the second meeting, all the representatives dropped some hints and expressed their willingness to provide more favorable loan strategies.