Chapter 617 All kinds of troubles (two in one chapter)
After reporting on important aspects such as the latest population of the tribe, the ratio of men to women, and food cultivation, the old hunchback sat down.
Then, Mazi, a high-ranking indigenous person, stood up.
He began to report based on the content he was responsible for, that is, the industrial aspects of the Central Continent tribe:
"Thanks to Mr. Lang Qing's training last time, the oil production capacity of the coal chemical plant has now reached an average daily production of 16 tons.
If you save a little, you can maintain daily consumption, but there is no way to increase inventory.
In addition, everything goes smoothly in power generation, steel, cement and other factories, as well as coal and iron mines.
In terms of railway laying, 60% has been completed. It will take up to five months for our first railway from the mine to the industrial area to be fully opened to traffic.
And~"
Hu Biao and others felt quite gratified after listening to the various achievements reported by Mazi.
But Hu Biao soon realized the problems in the above report; something was wrong? This guy is now reporting good things and not bad things.
He couldn't believe that a group of indigenous rookie technicians and industrial workers had no problems in the daily work of the tribe.
For this reason, he directly interrupted Mazi's continuous words and said:
"Stop it! Let me emphasize this first. I hope that when you report your results, you will also talk about the difficulties you encountered at work...
It’s not scary to encounter difficulties. What’s scary is to pretend that you don’t see it and continue to exist like this. When and where did you learn this bad habit of reporting good things but not bad things?”
Perhaps when Hu Biao got to the end of the story, his tone was a bit harsh, and the expression on his face wasn't very pretty.
The old hunchback and the direct descendants of the Zangpazi natives immediately became nervous. After everyone looked at each other, the old hunchback stood up again.
While stammering, he began to talk about existing problems:
"Dear leaders, we still have certain problems in farming. Whether it is farmyard manure or the collected bird droppings, there is not enough. As a result, the final output may be greatly affected.
In addition, we found that some members were lazy at work, pretending to be sick and other behaviors because they did not pursue personal improvement."
Faced with the above problems, Hu Biao's expression softened.
As he said, it doesn't matter if there is a problem, just find a way to solve it after you find it; if these guys develop the bad habit of covering the lid, then the problem will be big.
"The fertilizer aspect is fine. This time we brought some raw materials and equipment and plan to build a fertilizer plant.
In the initial stage, we only plan to use ammonium bicarbonate and urea, which are more common chemical fertilizers, but I believe they can also play a big role; as for compound fertilizers, we will talk about them later.”
As Hu Biao spoke, he glanced at Lao Hei behind him.
After Lao Hei stood up, he began to introduce:
"This is the newly joined old black leader. He is relatively professional in fertilizers. Therefore, in the future, he will be completely responsible for matters related to chemical fertilizers and pesticides."
This is indeed the case. With the addition of Lao Hei, an agricultural supplies salesman, it can be said that the shortcomings of the Zhongzhou team's personnel in fertilizer manufacturing have been made up for.
This time when Hu Biao and others came, although they brought limited equipment and raw materials.
The small fertilizer factory that the Zhongzhou tribe is about to build will only reach an annual output of 8,000 tons, but it will also solve a fundamental problem.
There is one point that needs to be explained here.
Originally, Hu Biao and the others had no plans to start the production line themselves so quickly in terms of chemical fertilizers; mainly because in Hu Biao's mind, the price of this stuff had never been expensive.
Therefore, compared with more expensive industrial types such as wires and oil, it is not so urgent.
But who would have thought that today's prices of chemical fertilizers, especially urea, would have skyrocketed to such an astonishing level, doubling compared to the previous year.
This is still in the country with the highest productivity, but if it were replaced by foreign countries, it would even be impossible to buy it even if you have money.
Therefore, under the advice of Lao Hei, a professional, the Zhongzhou team finally planned to build its own fertilizer factory.
He also asked Xi Ling, Yuan Sin and others to purchase an old fertilizer production line that had been eliminated when almost every county had a fertilizer factory.
Because this kind of old-fashioned thing is cheap enough.
On the other hand, because the technology is backward and simple, it is easier for indigenous people to get started.
By the way! For such a production line, Xi Ling and the others really struggled a lot to get such a rusty thing from a small collective fertilizer factory that had been closed down for some years.
As for those natives who do not seek advancement or upgrading their personal status, Hu Biao is a bit over the top.
The main reason is that this involves human nature. There are always some lazy people who just eat and wait to die.
For this reason, he couldn't help but turn around and look at the people in the team around him, wanting to see what better suggestions these people could have.
It really does! After Yang Dongli thought for a while, he said:
"It seems that the previous one-pot meal situation cannot continue. I think we should first adopt the method of collective labor hours and work points to allocate food and living resources.
Later, food stamps and other receipts will also be promoted.
Then after next year, let’s find a way to implement a production contracting system. Anyway, if you don’t do it well, it will be the same if you do it badly.”
"Okay, let's do it like this." Hu Biao decisively acknowledged this point in his mouth, which was regarded as approval of such a transitional method...
Agricultural matters have been basically finalized.
Mazi, who was in charge of industry, also stood up. As this guy talked about some situations encountered in industry, Hu Biao also frowned.
The main reason is that the industry in the Central Continent tribe has just started. Not only is it okay, but it has too many problems.
Taken together, the more serious aspects include the following problems:
First, the current output of steel plants is completely insufficient and there is a huge gap.
The shipyard currently needs marine steel plates for shipbuilding and is building rails for railway lines; these are the two major consumers of steel.
With the output of steel plants, the staggering needs in these two areas alone cannot be met.
As for such a large Central Continent tribe, in addition to these two aspects, there are actually many other places that need steel.
The construction department needs enough steel bars. After all, the recycling of waste steel bars can only meet part of the needs of building roads, bridges, and factories.
Mechanical processing plants also need steel blanks as raw materials, which also have an amazing demand.
Even some daily necessities factories that produce pots and pans need the most basic things like steel.
It can be said that the serious shortage of steel production today has greatly restricted the development speed of the Zhongzhou tribe; if more rails were provided, their first railway would actually only take 3 months to completely connect the two countries.
Already.
Second, coal and iron ore mining are currently encountering considerable problems.
Generally speaking, the coal and iron resources in the Yangshan area can no longer supply Zhongzhou's small demand.
After all, historically, Yangshan was not a resource export-oriented area. Although there were certain reserves of various minerals, they were relatively scattered and of slightly inferior quality.
In the original combined coal and iron mining base, now with the investment of a large amount of manpower and material resources, the output has reached its limit.
However, the amount of coal and iron produced still cannot meet the actual needs of the tribe.
Therefore, even if we continue to increase steelmaking equipment in the future, there will not be enough raw materials.
As for continuing to develop other minerals on the land of Yangshan? It's a pity! According to the information collected by Zhui Feng when he deliberately visited Yangshan in the modern plane.
There are only a few other coal mines and iron mines in the Yangshan area, and they are all flooded now.
Third, there are too many workers injured due to improper operation.
These indigenous people, who have entered industrial jobs with just a little video education, are killing and maiming dozens of people every month due to various reasons.
The number of machines that were damaged at the same time was not a small number.
In addition, in the following time, even a guy like Chen Daozi talked about military matters.
Specifically, after such a long period of continuous training, the navy, land and air forces of the Central Continent tribe basically looked like serious soldiers.
The problem is, the quantity is really too small.
For the Central Continent tribes whose territory is rapidly expanding now, it is simply not enough.
In addition, Xiaohua girls and others also raised existing problems in various aspects such as education and medical care.
After listening, Hu Biao couldn't help but frown deeply. This kind of construction from scratch is really a pain in the head...
After taking a deep breath, Hu Biao began to work hard to adjust his emotions without moving his expression, and began to think about how to solve these problems.
There's no way! The senior figures of Tribe No. 100 present now are all looking at him eagerly.
Behind these people, there are more than 30,000 people who are counting on him for a better life, so the first thing is to be steady and not to show any panic.
Second, come up with some ways to solve these problems.
So after some consideration, Hu Biao told everyone his thoughts:
"As for the lack of steel, let's leave it at this for now. Everything will wait until we ship a new steel production line next time and expand the production scale.
Before production can be increased, shipbuilding at the shipyard must be stopped.
Today, the Zhongzhou tribe has built more than 80 small iron-hulled boats, although they are not enough for use. However, the Husky leader made a suggestion to build coal-burning cement boats. I think this is a good idea.
In this way, all steel production capacity will be given priority to railway construction and other aspects."
Under such a statement, everyone's heads lit up one after another.
Mainly because when Hu Biao and the others came this time, they also brought over two large ships of several thousand tons. It can be said that their shortcomings in water transportation capacity were instantly solved.
Seeing that no one objected to his proposed solution, Hu Biao cheered up and continued:
"There are not enough coal and iron ore resources here in Yangshan, so go look for them in the surrounding areas. Zhui Feng, I want you to find out about the distribution of mineral resources in the surrounding areas. Are you ready?"
Facing Hu Biao's question, Zhui Feng raised his head and said, "I brought it here this time. It's all text and pictures."
So Hu Biao immediately arranged the relevant tasks:
"Okay, you don't have to do anything when you come here this time. You just need to take people to prospect for me. You must find a new mine that is no smaller than the size of the current combined coal and iron mine.
When the time comes, we will mine the area and use large ships or coal-fired cement ships to bring it back. The living people will still be able to urinate to death."
Faced with such a request, Zhui Feng quickly nodded and agreed.
In the following time, Hu Biao came up with some of his own ideas for the remaining problems one by one. After going through everyone's opinions, he finally found some ways to deal with the past temporarily.
Among them, the most convenient thing to solve is the expansion of the armed forces.
As long as those who have performed well and are ideologically qualified in normal militia training are recruited into the army, and the outstanding members of the original army can serve as grassroots officers.
In terms of weapons, with Bai Xiang's business in Shan Ying's family expanding, it is not a problem at all.
Even after coming here this time, the armed forces of the Zhongzhou tribe were able to establish two artillery batteries; one was a heavy artillery battery equipped with three 59-1 type 130 artillery pieces, plus a 152 mm artillery piece.
The remaining one is a rocket launcher battery equipped with six 107 rocket launchers.
I believe that in a few days at most, the new armed force of Zhongzhou, with a size of 3,000, will be successfully initially formed.
In this way, after a long meeting that lasted for 6 hours, most of the action plans for Hu Biao's visit this time were initially decided.
The reason why it is preliminary is because Xu Feng, Po Luo, Jason, Feng, translator, Ashtray and other six people formed the outpost team.
At present, it is too late to give feedback on the latest situation through the radio.
After feedback on their situation comes back, more action plans will be formulated.
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After the meeting, Hu Biao declined Old Hunchback, Mazi and others, and planned to stay with these adults, most of whom had been away for half a year, and a few who had been away for four or five months.
Let's prepare for a feast to welcome the wind and enjoy the good intentions of a big meal.
A group of one hundred and ten people had a difficult work meal after having four dishes per trip in the agency canteen.
After eating, there was no suggestion of going to their respective rooms to rest for a while.
The group of people broke up directly at the entrance of the cafeteria and went in different directions. According to the division of labor in the meeting, they began to work on their own responsibilities.
If they come here, they only have 15 days, so they have to make good use of it...
"What the hell! How much tonnage should we get for the construction of the first cement ship? The same thing is true for that little red guy from Husky. He doesn't have any good suggestions, but he just suggested building this crappy thing."
His left hand kept scratching the hair on his forehead, and he bit the tip of a pencil in his mouth, biting the tip quickly until it was full of teeth marks.
At this moment, sitting in the narrow office of the shipyard, the man from Shanghai was lost in thought; by the way, he cursed out of habit.
Cursing, he made himself the culprit of the current trouble.
In fact, Bianrou also knows that cement ships, which have long been eliminated by the modern plane, are very suitable for the current needs of the Central Continent tribes.
Because for this thing, as long as it is made of steel bars and steel wires to form a skeleton, and cement is applied on the inside and outside, it becomes a boat.
This gray-looking cement lump has very good resistance to seawater corrosion and good durability, and can save a lot of scarce materials such as steel.
There are also many advantages in that it is simple to build and construct, and easy to maintain.
In the 1970s, the Rabbit family built a 3,000-ton cement ship "Gutian" due to insufficient steel.
Of course, there are also disadvantages to the cement ship. This thing is too heavy. Compared with a normal ship, it needs to consume more fuel during operation.
The impact resistance is also a bit poor, so the activity area is limited.
In other words, if the cement ship can travel in offshore areas such as Yangshan, it will be fine. If it dares to go to the sea outside Yangcheng, believe it or not, the ship may be destroyed and people will be killed at some time.
This is also the biggest reason why the Rabbit family’s ‘Gutian’ was retired after its maiden voyage.
After being helplessly decommissioned, the Gutian has been stored on Mawei Jiangbin East Road in Shanghai for several years; until 10 years ago, it was directly demolished into a pile of cement garbage.
Even before it was demolished, Bianrou, a native of the Magic City area, saw this thing more than once when passing by.
But then again, the above disadvantages are not a big problem when it comes to the Central Continent tribes in the apocalyptic world.
Because they had no intention of installing any oil-burning engines on the ship; instead, they planned to build their own steam engines after bringing over many boilers from the modern plane.
At that time, these steamers will be installed on cement ships and directly burn coal to provide power.
And its main function will be to pull coal and ore, basically on the surface of the offshore water; even if the speed is slower, it is much faster than human rowing.
Finally, after some choices, Bianrou decided to build a 500-ton cement ship.
I began to draw design drawings based on some relevant information obtained from the archives of the Shipbuilding College of Fujian Vocational and Technical College of Communications in the modern dimension.
I should not talk about the manufacturing of this thing, but it is much easier than an iron-hulled ship.
I believe that after more than a month at most, this cement lump was in the surrounding waters, emitting black smoke while sailing.