Chapter 1725 The layout of the empire's overseas industries
Due to the sparse population in Liaodong, there were no aristocratic fiefdoms in the future, so almost the entire land in Liaodong was originally official land.
Later, although some land was recruited and distributed to immigrants, it was all ordinary farmland. As for the minerals, they were all held by the government at the beginning.
Although some of them are used for cooperative development with mining companies, some of the high-quality coal mines and iron mines are kept for their own development.
This also makes Liaodong Province, although the population is not large and the economy is not too prosperous, the local finance is very rich and various infrastructures are well developed. Therefore, the Liaodong area seems to be bitterly cold now, but the local people are living a good life.
It’s not bitter, it’s leisurely.
It’s not like the African Affairs Office has never thought of simply doing it on its own and ignoring those mining companies. However, the influence of South Africa’s gold mines is too great, and each of the mining companies has a big background and cannot afford to offend easily.
Furthermore, the main achievement of their African Affairs Office is not how much money they make, but localization.
You put away all the gold mines and played with them yourself, who would come to this wretched place of yours?
Without immigrants, there would be no localization!
Therefore, the African Affairs Office is very tolerant to gold diggers. Regardless of whether it is private or corporate, as long as you are willing to sign relevant agreements with the government, you can then go look for mines, and if you find them, you can develop and make money.
As for if you can't find it, it has nothing to do with the government, and you will bear your own losses.
This kind of policy is basically letting gold prospectors go looking for mines.
As long as a mine is found, the gold mine will be owned by the mining company jointly established by you and the government. You can then raise investment to prepare for development. You don’t have to develop it. You can also directly change hands and sell the shares.
Anyway, becoming suddenly rich is certain.
If you want to get rich overnight, go to South Africa to pan for gold!
For a time, countless people who wanted to get rich overnight poured into South Africa like crazy!
Of course, like all gold mining developments, the fortunes of those who become rich will never be talked about, because these lands are controlled by the government from the beginning.
The African Affairs Office is more inclined to cooperate directly with large mining companies, because only these large mining companies have enough strength to go to distant Africa to carry out large-scale development.
If you are an ordinary gold prospector, you will still have to go through a lot of troubles, which will not be of any benefit to the African Affairs Office's subsequent development policies.
Therefore, the African Affairs Office identified several large mines from the very beginning and signed cooperation agreements with several large domestic mining companies.
Ordinary gold diggers can only pick up scraps.
But just these scraps are enough to make these ordinary gold diggers rich overnight.
When countless gold prospectors poured into southern Africa, a large number of cargo ships carrying various equipment also came from the mainland and were ready to go all the way to southern Africa.
This was also the first time that the Tang Empire allowed partial localization of its distant overseas territories. Even the Americas did not have this treatment before.
Even though this partial localization has many special restrictions, for example, the Import and Export Committee still has great concerns about industrial development in Africa.
In response to the partial localization of the Nello area, the Import and Export Committee has stipulated very clear permission scope, that is, only certain port facilities, railways, mining and other facilities are allowed to be built locally, while other industrial development is still strictly restricted.
of.
Therefore, the localization of the Nelo area has limitations, and is very different from Luzon, Mindao, and Sidan in the Southeast Asia region.
The partial localization of several islands in Southeast Asia refers to regional restrictions, which means localization of local areas within a province.
The restriction is on the area, but there is no restriction on the type of industrialization. No matter what kind of industry it is, it can be built.
However, the partial localization of the Nelo region follows the partial localization of Baku to a certain extent.
The partial localization in Baku is also very restrictive. The Import and Export Committee only allows the development of the petroleum industry locally, but does not allow the development of other types of industries locally.
This is because Baku is too far away from other parts of the mainland, and is located in the Caucasus region, surrounded by Ottoman indigenous people. Although there are blockade restrictions, if the restrictions are relaxed, there is still a high possibility of
Lead to technology leakage.
Therefore, the Import and Export Committee only allows the development of the petroleum industry and related port facilities and other transportation industries for the partial localization of Baku.
But other industrial manufacturing is still not allowed.
The same is true for the partial localization of the Nello area.
Because everyone knows that the partial localization of this place is purely for the development of gold mines, otherwise it would not be accompanied by a ten-kilometer area restriction on both sides of the railway.
For this place, the Import and Export Committee still does not allow other industrial manufacturing except mining, railways, and port facilities.
In the past two years, under the guidance of Emperor Sheng, the Tang Empire's overseas localization policy has made tremendous changes.
The first is to use indigenous labor for infrastructure construction in overseas territories, and the other is to carry out partial localization.
Let some regions receive localized treatment first.
This also directly led to changes in the Tang Empire's overseas policies.
The partial localization of the Nello area is only a specific product of this policy.
When a large number of ships were heading to Africa carrying a lot of equipment for railway construction, port construction, and mining.
The officials of the Indian Affairs Office are not to be outdone. Other places can carry out partial localization. There is no reason why they cannot do it in India.
It is naturally impossible on the Indian mainland, these places are too chaotic, but it is possible on the island of Ceylon.
There are no indigenous people in this place. The reason why it could not be localized in the past is simply because this place and the Indian Peninsula are under the jurisdiction of the Indian Affairs Office.
Before the partial localization policy, it was impossible to abandon the Indian peninsula and directly engage in localization on the island of Ceylon, but now it is different.
The existence of the partial localization policy has given Ceylon the opportunity to relax its restrictions.
At the new round of cabinet meetings, discussions on the partial localization of Ceylon officially began.
"Today, we have about 100,000 immigrants on Ceylon Island, and there are also tens of thousands of land and sea troops stationed in Ceylon Island. Ceylon Island is also our most important strategic location in the Indian Ocean, and its importance cannot be doubted.
of!"
"Proper localization is very necessary to equip the local area with certain industrial capabilities, especially the ability to repair warships!"
The cabinet maintains its approval of the partial localization of Ceylon Island. Anyway, there are no natives there, they are all immigrants from the Tang Dynasty, and the conditions for localization have been met.
And Lin Xuan also supported the cabinet’s opinions!
The partial localization of Ceylon was immediately approved.
The Import and Export Committee has also made targeted adjustments, allowing local development of certain ship repair, railway and other industries, but there are still very large restrictions on other industrial manufacturing industries.
In particular, some important basic industries, such as steel, chemicals, machinery and other industries, as well as the most important steam engine industry, are all prohibited.
The Import and Export Council is also evolving with the times.
Now that the empire has established a policy of partial localization, the partial localization of some areas is unstoppable, but they can still restrict the outflow of some industries.
After their analysis, in principle, partial localization overseas only allows the development of infrastructure, such as ports and railways, and then allows local special industries, such as ship repair and agricultural product processing in Ceylon; mining in Nello; Baku
oil; oil from Sidan Island; agricultural product processing from Luzon Island, etc.
For some basic industries, especially those with major impacts, restrictions are still very high, and only fully localized areas are allowed to develop without restrictions.
Not long after, under the recommendation of the Import and Export Committee, the cabinet issued a document on the imperial overseas industrial layout, requiring all Gyeonggi and local government offices to strictly abide by the imperial industrial layout.
The specifics of this industrial layout are that each overseas territory, whether it is an overseas territory that has completed partial localization or an overseas territory that has not yet completed partial localization, must find its own advantages and focus on developing one or several industries.
.
And the specifications have been given in advance!
For example, Baku, which is partially localized, is suitable for the development of the oil industry, Luzon is suitable for the development of agriculture and agricultural product processing industries, and Sidan Island is suitable for the development of the oil industry and agriculture.
Other places that have not completed localization can focus on developing agriculture. For example, the Americas have done very well in developing agriculture. This can be taken to a higher level. In addition to food, various cash crops can also be promoted on a large scale, such as cotton.
, coffee, cocoa, sucrose, etc.
This overseas industrial layout actually reflects the utilization and defensive psychology of the high-level officials of the Tang Empire towards overseas areas.
On the one hand, they want the industrial resources, agricultural products and markets in overseas territories, but they do not allow local industries to develop and compete with the local area.
At the same time, we don’t want a certain place to have a complete industrial system, especially a national defense industrial system, to avoid causing big trouble after unrest occurs.
Although Li Xuan continues to promote the global localization policy, he has never thought about allowing overseas territories to have independent industrial systems now, thus posing a certain threat to the local area.
Otherwise, he would have relaxed industrial restrictions on America long ago.
With North America's unique natural conditions, if we let go, countless factories will rise in the area within a few years. Who knows, North America's industrial production capacity may even exceed that of the mainland in a few decades.