"The Planning Institute's consideration is to develop the Brunei oil field. Although the initial investment is large, the technical threshold is low and the output is stable." Wu De said, "Veterans can also express their own opinions."
The elders of the oil faction are basically Brunei. From a professional point of view, Brunei's oil is much better than Taiwan's oil.
"Internal combustion engines are the development direction of prime movers..." A veteran of the petroleum department was just about to express his sentiments about this, but was interrupted by Wu De.
"We need oil very much, but mainly in the areas of diesel and kerosene. Especially kerosene, with a stable supply of kerosene, the kerosene lamp industry has great potential. You should pay more attention to this aspect."
"Shouldn't there be electric lights? At least they should be gas lights."
"Gas lighting is not the direction of development. Electric lights require a power grid, which is not something that can be achieved overnight - in terms of old time and space, most rural areas did not have electricity until the 1980s, and remote mountainous areas did not have electricity until the 1990s. According to our
With the level of industrial and economic development, it would be great if kerosene lamps could be popularized in one generation."
Before there was cheap and bright enough night lighting, the vast majority of people in the world could only sleep as soon as it got dark. The only entertainment activity they could do at night was to make people. Lighting a lamp at night, doing work and reading, at least it was a "family thing".
This can only be achieved by people with "low income". If cheap kerosene lamp lighting can be popularized, it will free up countless people's night time and create objective conditions for family labor and study.
The meeting gave everyone a whole day of "group discussions" to talk freely about the second five-year plan. The newly elected cabinet members also had "group discussions" together.
Although there are newly elected veterans in this cabinet, almost all of them are still engaged in their own jobs, so they still have a very clear understanding of matters within the scope of their work, and they all have a full set of information and plans. Naturally,
There is no shortage of private goods to be stuffed into the second five-year plan.
Group discussions were held in the Nanhai Cafe and in the conference rooms of various ministries and commissions - the Elders Hall only has an open-air venue, which is suitable for holding general meetings. It is not suitable for small meetings.
The conference room of the Executive Committee Office was packed with seats, and all the people present were "presidents" who were "judging matters", except for one person, and that was Skade - although he was no longer the Minister of Colonial Trade, he was a veteran of foreign trade.
The most important department of the cabinet plays an important role in material supply and currency balance. Therefore, this cabinet meeting "expanded" him.
Skade seems to have been psychologically prepared for his resignation this time. It is no wonder that although he has done a good job at his job in recent years, he always "goes against the current" every time when discussing major policies, leaning to the left.
For a while, he leaned to the right, or even to both the left and the right, and was sprayed by trolls from both sides. His reputation in the Senate worsened, and his resignation was inevitable.
After the election, Wen Desi said to Ma Qianxu: "Sikaide is a good comrade, and his work in foreign trade business in recent years should be recognized."
Si Kaide comforted himself: It’s okay to retire. He has been criticized a lot in the past few years. Anyway, the Senate is a system where emperors take turns. He is a high-ranking official in charge of one party, so there is no problem in taking a break. Besides, he is still
He is the People's Commissar of Trade, and his scope of work has not changed. At the moment, he is reporting on next year's foreign trade supply plan.
The supply plan for foreign trade is crucial to the Senate, because many projects in the second five-year plan are directly related to what goods the trade department can obtain. In this time and space where the supply chain is extremely underdeveloped,
, an era when trade was mainly about luxury goods. If many industrial raw materials could not be found in the ruling area, it would cost a lot of manpower and financial resources to find and purchase them - some of them were still unavailable.
"... Patriarch Ping has written a letter: The next trading fleet will bring us 100 tons of copper and 100 tons of sulfur from Japan. The South American wild rubber and cinchona bark shipped by the Dutch from America will probably arrive next year...
…”
When Lao Zhong was sitting still, the dean opened his eyes and said, "Tell me again. How much bark is there in the cinchona tree?"
Skade scratched his head and said: "I can't say how many, but it must be tons. I just don't know whether long-distance transportation will affect the efficacy. In addition, the British East India Company will transport saltpeter, graphite, and asbestos from India, and
opium."
Zhan Wuya patted Si Kaide on the shoulder and said approvingly: "Xiao Si, you have done a great job! Unexpectedly, you were able to get rubber, graphite and asbestos. What I didn't say, we will definitely build an electric furnace next year.
, then silicon steel, 45# steel, 65 manganese steel, stainless steel, calcium carbide, and electric welding are all available."
"The electric stove is not in the five-year plan."
"I thought I wouldn't write it if I couldn't get the right raw materials, and besides, I wasn't too sure..." Zhan Wuya said, "But the electric stove is a hurdle we have to overcome. Without this, there are many things we wouldn't be able to start with. It's us.
This is a key link in the industrial chain that should be taken down as soon as possible."
"... In addition to continuing to transport slaves, the horse contract will be completed next year, and several European and Indian stallions we purchased will be shipped. However, the mortality rate is probably very high..."
Except for Wu Nanhai, no one is very interested in horses. Since the capture of Jeju Island and the opening of Houjin trade channels, although all parties are not very satisfied with Mongolian horses, they have at least filled the gap in demand. The army's cavalry,
The artillery and baggage corps can barely make up for the shortage of horses. The upcoming mainland strategy will be launched in the water network area, and ships are more useful than horses. As for the agricultural sector, although the size and traction of Mongolian horses are a bit inferior,
Improved agricultural machinery can barely do the job. However, the small traction power of Mongolian horses still limits some of the large agricultural machinery that Wu Nanhai originally planned to promote in large state-owned intensive farms. Compared with others, his improvement of horse breeds is
Quite urgent.
"We are about to launch a strategy for Guangdong and Guangxi. In order to show the majesty of our military and veteran officers, the senior army officers should be equipped with tall and powerful mounts. I hope some consideration will be given to this aspect..."
The speaker was Xi Yazhou, the new Army Chief of Staff and Commander of the South China Army.
Wu Nanhai snorted: "Old Xi, if you want to eat horse meat sausage, you will definitely be able to eat enough when the horse transport ship arrives. Don't talk about the dignity..."
"Old Wu! Although I ate a few chickens and ducks, it was because I was seriously injured on Juhua Island and needed to recuperate. I was in a hurry and didn't have time to inform you. You shouldn't always hold on to me like this.
Don't let it go! Is there any comradeship... Look, Nick is just..." Xi Yazhou suddenly realized that he had let slip the truth. He had always had the attitude of "I won't admit it even if I beat you to death" about eating Nick's pigeons. At the moment, he was shy.
He kept his face and said nothing.
Wu Nanhai originally wanted to talk about the mysterious incident of the missing rabbit in the farm and a certain suckling pig that disappeared from the pig pen and then appeared in the grass outside the farm. The atmosphere seemed inappropriate, so he stopped talking.
Skade continued: "I also have a letter here from Senator Xue Ruowang, the consul in Batavia. Everyone should have read his proposal. It's not easy for him to be alone in Batavia, rubber, cinchona trees
Everything was bought by him. He proposed the Palembang plan in Sumatra, and wanted to start from there to open a colony for the Senate to experiment, first open plantations, and plant rubber, cinchona trees, oil palms and other tropical crops on a large scale.
Cash crops, and at the same time prepare for the development of the Palembang Oilfield during the Third Five-Year Plan period. As for the colonial personnel, they are mainly recruited from Hakkas. You also know that the conflict between the natives and Hakkas in Guangdong is very acute, and armed fighting is commonplace. We still have Liu Xiang in our hands.
The pirate giant is here. The members of his pirate group are mainly from Chaoshan. Anyone who has a little knowledge of the Chaoshan area knows that Chaoshan and Guangfu people don't deal with each other. So I think from the perspective of maintaining stability, we can
Some of the Liu Xiang Group's personnel also moved there..."
"Not a single thing has been accomplished, but we have to open a new colony. Not to mention manpower, how much investment in material and transportation capacity will be required?" Wu De was already frowning, "tropical plantations are necessary, but the investment is not small. Not to mention the investment.
In the area controlled by the Dutch! What if the Dutch imitate the Spanish and carry out the Batavia Massacre to purge Chinese immigrants? This is equivalent to another copy of Vietnam!"
"If this is the case, we will kill the big officials with blood." Skade said, "The Spaniards dared to massacre in Manila because they were sure that the Ming Dynasty would not come to retaliate. The colonies have the backing of our Senate, and the Dutch will not be so short-sighted.
.”
"I don't think the investment will be too big," Ma Qianzhu said leisurely. "The plantation economy is very cruel and hard. It's impossible to let our people consume it. We still have to use local materials and introduce slavery. Chinese immigrants work as craftsmen.
, businessmen, supervisors and agricultural technicians would be fine. In addition, this matter can be done through government supervision and commercial management. Liu Xiang’s private wealth is probably several million, and he also has several old moneymen, so let them fund it.
The Colonial Development Corporation has more than enough financial resources."
Ran Yao said: "Is this appropriate? This is tantamount to cultivating a new group power overseas. If the tail is too big, it will take a lot of effort to annihilate it. And I know that Mr. Xue Yuan will have to deal with Liu Xiang
The old fox who breeds across the sea, I'm afraid that if he eats it, he won't even have any bones left..."
"I just asked them to contribute money, but I didn't ask them to be responsible for organizational leadership." Si Kaide had already planned this matter. "The immigrants are composed of three groups: half are Hakkas, and 30% are Chaoshan people from Liu Xiang's old subordinates.
, Fujianese in Zheng Zhilong’s old department in Kaohsiung account for 20%. This population ratio is enough for them to keep each other in check.”
"It's much easier to kill each other." Ran Yao said, "I'm afraid the Dutch don't have any ideas, and some of them will collude with the Dutch first!" (To be continued...)