"They'll sign it!"
After receiving Buffett's secret message, although I was a little disappointed that I couldn't get the entire 7.7 million square kilometers of land of the Hudson's Bay Company, being able to get one-third of it was barely a consolation.
Work hard.
Besides, it is not easy to eat a bite of meat from the British body!
From ancient times to the present, only Britain has eaten other people's flesh. It is difficult for others to drink soup from Britain!
"Commander, this place seems to be..."
Zuo Zongtang, who originally wanted to describe the northwest region as a barren land, changed his words.
"It seems more remote than Alaska."
To be honest, even though a large coal field has been discovered in Alaska and the fish harvest is very profitable, he is not very optimistic about the future of that bitter cold land.
Not to mention him, even the Americans who bought Alaska were not optimistic about that place before the gold mine was discovered.
"It's a little remote, but I believe there must be a lot of minerals we need buried under that land!"
There is no doubt that the Northwest Territories has Canada's largest oil field and North America's largest uranium mine. As for coal mines, iron mines, copper mines and other ordinary mineral resources, there are countless others. Of course, those mineral resources require manpower to mine them.
And Nanhua...has insufficient human resources.
But there is one in Tangshan!
There were either floods or droughts in Tangshan, and millions of people were reduced to homeless people sleeping on the streets or even starving to death in the face of natural and man-made disasters. Bringing these people to America would be a great merit.
"The Marshal's foresight is beyond our understanding. When Alaska was in the hands of the Russians, it was just a money-losing commodity. The whole world thought we had made a loss-making business, but now? It's just the annual fish catch.
It’s a return to investment. If you buy this Northwest Territory, you will definitely have a bright future in the future.”
Wang Yingjiu, who was sitting next to him, flattered him lightly. He had just returned from his post in Shanxi. He was completely different from Zuo Zongtang. He had gone through ups and downs in the officialdom and was able to become the governor of Zhejiang all the way. It was not just his talent and learning that made him the governor of Zhejiang.
And the skills of being a minister in officialdom!
Moreover, in his opinion, the expansion of territory is the most boastful achievement of a country. Although the land was not conquered, it can be bought with money... It is cheaper than fighting a war.
"What Yingjiu said is true. I remember when we bought Alaska, the commander-in-chief once said that it would be cheaper to buy the place than to conquer it. It is indeed true. Take Brazil as an example. They spent 6
How much land can we get with more than 100 million yuan and 100,000 people dead? We only spent a few million yuan to buy Alaska, not even a fraction of theirs. Our attack on Argentina seems to be progressing very quickly, almost a quick victory, but
Military expenditures exceeded 30 million yuan. When the war started, we prepared almost 100 million yuan in military expenditures. Although we did not spend that much, fighting a war will still cost a lot of money."
Qian Deshan seemed to be echoing Wang Yingjiu, but everyone could tell that he was admonishing and persuading the commander-in-chief to turn to internal construction.
"Indeed!"
Zhu Xianhai nodded and said thoughtfully.
"In the past ten years, we have been conquering here and there. Why is this? It is nothing more than creating a safe external environment. Now that the external environment is stable, it is also time to thoroughly digest the fruits of victory and seize the new opportunities.
It’s a great opportunity for the Industrial Revolution to surpass Britain in ten years!”
Overtake the UK in ten years!
In the study room, Zhu Xianhai's words were not loud, but they were shocking - ten years!
Not to mention Zuo Zongtang, who had witnessed the power of Britain with his own eyes, even Wang Yingjiu, who had never visited Europe, knew how powerful Britain was.
It’s okay to use some means to take advantage of the UK, but can we surpass the UK in ten years?
How is this possible?
How powerful Britain is, even the most ignorant people know - Britain's industrial output accounts for more than half of the world! And what about South China? It's almost not worth mentioning!
Noticing that their expressions became a little complicated, Zhu Xianhai said seriously.
"Why, you think it's impossible?"
"Commander, is this step too big?"
If you take too long a step, it’s easy to pull your balls!
Qian Deshan was thinking secretly in his heart.
"Ten years...well, it is indeed a bit big, ten to fifteen years!"
After thinking for a moment, Zhu Xianhai said.
"If we use conventional means, ten or even fifteen years will definitely not work. We can formulate a plan, an industrial economic development plan, with a five-year period to integrate railways, telegraphs, metallurgy, coal, petroleum, machinery, and shipbuilding.
Important economic sectors such as the chemical industry are under state control. These industries are operated by special companies and are subject to special protection and supervision by the government."
In fact, the simplest translation is "planned economy". However, limited by the times, Nanhua does not have the ability to implement a real planned economy, but it can implement planned economy in major industrial institutions to stimulate the country's industrial development.
There may be many drawbacks to the planned economy, but there is no doubt that it can indeed enhance the country's industrial strength in the short term.
"plan?"
"Yes, it means formulating an industrial plan, and then concentrating all the country's financial resources and power to promote key industrial projects. It means concentrating efforts to do big things. As long as key industrial projects are implemented, the overall national strength will be improved. Well, in fact, in the past,
We do the same thing, but under the control of companies, such as Dahua Steel Company in Nanyuan,"
Zhu Xianhai looked a little proud when he mentioned Dahua Steel Company. Dahua Steel was the first large-scale industrial complex established in Nanhua. In fact, compared to European and American countries, the most advanced technology in Nanhua is not some of the technologies introduced by Zhu Xianhai.
It is about enterprise development concepts and scientific enterprise management that transcend the times.
Compared with those modern factories in Europe and the United States that are still on the scale of "small workshops or township enterprises", in the past ten years, Nanhua has established large-scale industrial enterprise complexes. The modern enterprise management mechanism has not only allowed
It promotes the development of enterprises and improves the labor efficiency of workers. After all, the so-called "enterprise scientific management system" itself makes the best use of manpower.
Of course, we can also put it another way, which is the scientific and rational utilization of human resources.
"At that time, we concentrated a lot of financial, material and manpower. When the first phase of the project was completed and put into operation, our steel output exceeded 200,000 tons. Now its output is 900,000 tons. It is still the largest steel conglomerate in the world.
, Britain’s current pig iron production is 6.1 million tons, and steel production is 240,000 tons. Although our steel production is less than a fraction of it,”
In fact, Zhu Xianhai is very proud of his current achievements. This is a production of close to one million tons. In this era when steel is the country, so much steel is enough to stand out among the others.
"But we have a scale advantage that they don't have. What we need now is to concentrate our efforts as we did in the past, build a series of large-scale factories, and give full play to the scale advantage of the industry. Then we will try to catch up with the industry in ten to fifteen years.
Go up to the United Kingdom and at least catch up with or surpass the United Kingdom in key industrial production such as steel, coal, metallurgy, shipbuilding, railways and machinery."
This chapter has been completed!