The world has started the process of industrialization in just these twenty years. Although the production of steel has skyrocketed year by year, it is still extremely difficult to meet the expansion of railway tracks. Xu Wei himself does not have enough understanding of the steel consumed by railway tracks. It looks inconspicuous when things are laid out on the ground, but hundreds of thousands of kilograms of steel are consumed per mile, and the output of a blast furnace is less than half.
This is still a government-run steel plant. If it is like the small privately owned blast furnace in Puyuan, hundreds of them may not be able to meet the consumption of one mile of rails. From here we can see the consumption of steel by rails. No wonder the original industrial industry in history The country built a large number of railway tracks during the second industrial revolution. It is really difficult to support the consumption of steel on the railway tracks with the steel production of the first industrial revolution!
In the past three years of Daqian, Xu Wei concentrated the entire Daqian steel production, but barely built more than 3,000 miles of railways to connect Zhuojun, Quanzhou County and Guangning County.
The railway tracks cannot be expanded on a large scale, and no matter how many steam trains are built, they will still be useless waste. Therefore, the current production of steel has become a shortcoming limiting the development of Daqian industry.
During this time, Zhuge Liang was constantly inspecting the steel plants around Jidu, thinking about how to increase steel production to solve the problem of insufficient rail tracks!
While Zhuge Liang was checking books related to steel plants in the library, the surroundings of the library suddenly became extremely noisy.
Many classmates were beating gongs and drums and making noise everywhere. He even heard the sound of firecrackers, dense and endless, as if it was a festival, especially since he had already heard that many firecrackers were set off in the school.
You must know that there are many books in the school, so it is strictly prohibited to set off fireworks and firecrackers. Now many students in the entire school are violating this rule.
He could only write the book with a wry smile and said: "These juniors are too lively!"
He walked out of the library, and at this time he saw Pang Tong and many people holding fireworks and firecrackers in a lively scene.
Seeing Zhuge Liang coming out, he was even more surprised and ran to him and said: "Kong Ming, the general led an army of 50,000 to defeat the 100,000 Tianzhu coalition. Now the entire south of Tianzhu is like a bag for the general. He only needs to stretch his hand to get something." Occupy. You must know that the entire southern Tianzhu has a land area of several thousand miles, with a population of more than ten million. If Xuande Gong occupies this vast area, building a big Han Dynasty will no longer be a slogan!"
Xu Shu smiled and said: "The merchants in Daqian have gone crazy now. They are desperately buying and renting ships, and then buying military weapons such as grain ordnance, steel armor, etc., hoping to transport them to Tianzhu to make a lot of money. Now the whole Ji Everyone is getting excited!"
Yes, Liu Bei's victory made all the merchants in Jidu extremely excited. A few years ago, a small country with hundreds of thousands of people could earn billions in property, but after Liu Bei defeated the entire country in southern Tianzhu, It is said that there are tens of millions of people here, and there are as many as a dozen countries.
If all these countries were occupied by Liu Bei, with Liu Bei's original methods, he would be able to extract tens of billions of wealth. Faced with such huge wealth, it is strange that these businessmen can endure it. Now they are all running away Send supplies to Liu Bei.
Even these Daqian merchants seemed to have awakened some kind of talent, because they discovered that when they were doing business with Tianzhu, their annual transaction volume was only a few hundred million yuan, and they earned even less. But now that Liu Bei is fighting like this, the transaction volume has increased. It instantly increased dozens or hundreds of times, and they found that war was the best way to expand the market!
Zhuge Liang said angrily: "It's okay for businessmen to be excited. After all, they have seen tens of billions of wealth, but what does this have to do with you? Do you also want to go into business?"
Pang Tong laughed and said: "I saw hope. Kong Ming, I don't want to stay in Jidu anymore. I want to go to Tianzhu. Only Tianzhu can show my ability. I want to join the general!"
Zhuge Liang was surprised and said: "Shi Yuan, you are crazy! You will graduate in one and a half years, and now you seem to be leaving. Won't these two and a half years of study be in vain!"
You must know that after they were admitted to the University of Mechanical Engineering, Xu Wei, as the principal, ensured that these students could become middle-level skilled workers in major government-run factories in Daqian after completing their studies.
It can be said that one foot has already entered the Daqian system. You must know that in Daqian, in addition to taking the imperial examination and joining the army to enter politics, there is another way to become a senior official in a government-run factory, and then through this path Enter the officialdom of Daqian.
The person who has gone the furthest along this path is Xu Juan. She has now become a senior official at the ministerial level, and there are about 30% of the prefects in Daqian officialdom, who were promoted by factory directors from various places in Daqian!
So to a certain extent, the University of Mechanical Engineering can even be said to be the Taixue University of Daqian. They are Taixue students, and their future is bright after completing their studies!
Pang Tong said indifferently: "I have learned almost what I need to learn. I will stay in school just for a job after graduation. But I don't want to go to a steel factory or a machinery factory to become a technician, and I don't want to wait. What a slim chance to enter the officialdom of Daqian through this way. Only battlefields like Tianzhu can show my ability to govern the country and secure the country, so I want to join the general. There is no way out for people like us in Daqian! "
Unlike Zhuge Liang, who was extremely interested in machinery, although Pang Tong studied well, dealing with machinery was not something he liked to do. Therefore, although Pang Tong was also an outstanding student at the University of Mechanical Engineering, his studies were not as good as Zhuge Liang's because of his different attitude. Moreover, Pang Tong did not believe that his group of students could take this path.
After all, Lei Gong's malice towards them is naked. Even if they enter the officialdom, they will set up a ceiling just like they did to prevent the poor children from entering the officialdom. Pang Tong doesn't know if the ceiling is the county magistrate or the prefect of 2000 shi. So he doesn't want to continue to do this. If he doesn't like to do things anymore, Tianzhu is where he should go.
Zhuge Liang looked gloomy. Pang Tong's words hit home a thorn in his heart. Although he liked studying machinery, his real ambition was to become a prime minister who could govern the country and bring peace to the country. When he was in Jingzhou, he often compared himself to Guan Zhongle. Yi, but in Daqian he had no chance to become Guan Zhongleyi. He understood that the most he could do was become Mozi. The limit was reached by scholars like Lu Ban. His family background restricted him from continuing to climb up the ladder. pace!
Zhuge Liang said helplessly: "So, you all plan to join Xuande Gong?"