1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 201 Tight Capacity

In addition to these defensive remodeling measures, Schneider also planned to remodel the bathroom facilities of the Guangzhou Office, which was also suggested by He Xi.

When the Cliff Office was established, it had been tossing for several days because of the bathing problem, and it was only after installing a small hot water boiler that the problem was solved.And after intentionally or unintentionally publicizing the beauty of this kind of boiler, several large households have already placed orders with the Zhuya Office for this convenient small boiler.Although there is no inconvenience caused by women for the time being, the Guangzhou Office will definitely increase the number of members in the future. It is more convenient to equip the hot water boiler early.

In addition, Schneider also hopes to use the sanitary ware produced by the base camp as soon as possible.Hainan itself is rich in purple sand mud, kaolin and clay resources, and the exploration team also discovered clay deposits in the Tiandu area early on.After the brick and tile kiln in the industrial zone was completed and put into operation, the trial production of ceramics was also included in the production project.

At present, among the artisans collected by the Traveling Group, there are a few artisans who have fired ceramics, but their technical level is very average, and they can make ordinary dishes and cups. It is still far away to produce some high-end artworks that can be exported to the West. Far from being qualified, it was just firing some rough porcelain bowls for the logistics department at the beginning.But soon someone came up with another idea - we can't do art, who else can match us in daily necessities?
There is no technical difficulty in firing ceramic toilets. This thing has been around for hundreds of years, and it is not a rare thing among the people.The British in this era have just invented the most primitive flush toilet, but it only has the function of flushing water. Automatic water storage tanks and U-shaped drainage elbows, which are very simple things in the eyes of later generations, will not be until more than 100 years later. Only then will it come out, and the Time Travel Group can use its own technical reserves to seize this market.

If the ordinary ceramic toilet is changed to a flush toilet, the technical content will immediately go up, and it will be clean, hygienic and durable.Schneider heard about this at the time and thought that this thing would be sold no matter in Daming or in the West. Although the construction would be a little troublesome, it would be necessary to dig a hole indoors and bury pipes to connect it to the outdoor urinal, but the rich would certainly not Care about this little nuisance - anyone who has ever seen or used a flush toilet will no longer be happy to see an old-fashioned toilet in their bedroom that needs to be cleaned every day.

When Schneider left Shengli Port, the relevant technical department was working on the production and sealing process of ceramic pipe fittings. This product can not only be used in sanitary ware such as flush toilets, but also the three-acid and two-alkali production line that the chemical department is planning. one of the important components.

If you want to sell these large daily-use items in Daming, you must first install samples in your own home, which will facilitate the display and promotion of products to wealthy businessmen and gentry in the future.However, no matter whether it is a boiler or a flush toilet, they must wait for the base camp to produce the finished product and then transport it across the sea for installation. Live the lifestyle of the century.

After securing the location of the Guangzhou Office, Schneider searched for two shipyards non-stop, and placed an order for four [-]-material sea-going ships in one go. However, because the shipyard's business was so good, the delivery date of the first ship was scheduled for February next year. month.There was a full half a year in the middle, and waiting was not an option, so Schneider began to inquire about the second-hand market, and finally bought a Dafu boat that was [-]% new after a few days, and sent a telegram back to the base camp, informing the executive committee to send someone I went to Guangzhou to pick up the ship, and by the way, I also transported back some of the materials purchased in these days and the immigrants collected. Of course, I did not forget to mention the request of the Guangzhou Office to expand its manpower.

After settling down, the Guangzhou Office has started normal work. Schneider is in charge of business activities, and He Xi is engaged in intelligence collection. Although the two have already held several positions, there are still many specific tasks that they have no time for. It is necessary to expand the establishment of the Guangzhou Office.

Schneider put forward more specific personnel requirements for the base camp: a person engaged in internal confidential work, that is, sorting out the internal documents of the Guangzhou Office, and responsible for daily sending and receiving of newspapers; a transportation specialist, who is in charge of the transportation between Guangzhou and Shengli Port cargo transportation affairs; a person in charge of immigration affairs, who is responsible for supervising the operation of charitable organizations, and screening and managing immigrants who are about to be sent to Shengli Port; There will be no carriers of vicious infectious diseases among the immigrants boarding the ship in Guangzhou; at least two or more professionally trained security personnel will ensure the daily security of the Guangzhou Office.In addition, the Guangzhou Office also needs several reliable naturalized service personnel, who are responsible for daily errands, moving goods, etc.

If all these personnel are fully equipped, then there will be at least a dozen permanent personnel in the Guangzhou Office. This yard will be more popular than it is now, and it will not continue to become a two-person staring at each other after dinner. situation.

The executive committee received the news from Guangzhou that on September [-]th, the first batch of coal fleets returning from Heitu Port a week ago had successfully arrived at Shengli Port for transporting back more than [-] tons of coal and more than [-] tons of coal. Coke is the first-class goods of excellent quality.The Executive Committee was very satisfied with this, and immediately arranged transportation forces to continuously send these scarce resources to Tiandu Industrial Zone.The subordinates of the Ministry of Industry, whether it is the metallurgical port or the chemical port, have been looking forward to this batch of fuel for a long time, and they are waiting for the arrival of the fuel to start working hard.Also returning at the same time is Liu Shanxia, ​​the contractor whose condition has slightly improved. He will conduct a comprehensive examination in the internal clinic of the No. [-] base to ensure that this serious illness will not leave any sequelae to his body.

In order to improve the efficiency of coal transshipment, the rail transportation system from Tiandu Industrial Zone to Shengli Port was also started on the same day as the Guangzhou Office was completed. This track with a total length of nearly [-] kilometers is divided into two phases of construction, and it will be launched directly after passing through. Steam powered locomotive.

The track line is basically laid along the previous road passage, so there is no need to do re-survey work, and the roadbed will fully utilize the existing road.This route basically follows the route of National Highway 224 in later generations. The north end ends next to the Tiandu River Hydropower Station, and the south end goes directly to the Shengli Port Comprehensive Cargo Terminal under construction.

Since the current steel production is still very limited, a large amount of steel cannot be used to build rails. The first phase of the project will not carry out double-track construction. After it is put into operation, two trains will start at the same time and run in opposite directions, and a small section of double-track track will be laid in the middle to facilitate opposite directions. And the trains are staggered.The implementation time of the second phase of the project will depend on the increase in steel production and the actual needs of the freight volume between the two places. At that time, a double track will be built next to the first phase of the project to increase the transportation capacity of the rail transit between the two places.

In addition to track construction, another project that the executive committee has focused on recently is the further expansion plan of the saltworks production capacity.After the salt farm was hit by the disaster last month, the timely response of the executive committee and the post-disaster treatment did not affect the hearts of the people in the salt farm much. Some members who were seriously affected by the disaster were even blessed by misfortune and were assigned newly built brick houses. Improve the morale and labor enthusiasm of the Saltworks Commune.The Executive Committee allocated most of the more than 200 Vietnamese refugees who came back with the coal ship to the Salt Field Commune, and asked them to further increase production capacity in the last few months of this year, striving to be able to use the existing resources by the end of the year. The output was doubled again, reaching the level of more than four tons of table salt per day.

The reason why the executive committee is eager to increase the production of salt is because the demand for salt has suddenly increased recently, and the production capacity of the salt farm commune has reached a situation where the supply exceeds the demand.Although the Salt Farm Commune soon recovered to a monthly production capacity of more than [-] tons, it still could not meet the current needs.

The reasons for this change mainly come from four aspects.The first is the internal production needs. Almost all production links of the chemical industry are inseparable from salt. With the increase of chemical products and the expansion of production capacity, the demand for salt has also increased sharply.In addition, when many projects were in the laboratory research stage, the daily demand for salt was very small, but now as the projects are gradually put into actual production, the demand is almost showing explosive growth.According to the estimation of the chemical port, to meet the internal chemical production, the salt required per month is at least [-] to [-] tons, and this has already accounted for more than half of the current production.And this demand will also increase with the increase in the production capacity of the chemical industry, and the supply gap of salt will only increase.

The second important export direction of salt is Luo Shengdong, an amateur salt dealer who openly smuggled under the banner of the navy.As the money earned more and more, Luo Shengdong's heart grew bigger and bigger, and he was no longer satisfied with making small fights of two or three thousand catties at a time.A few days ago, he entrusted the Cliff Office to send a telegram, hoping that in the future, the supply volume would increase to more than five thousand catties each time, and he would pay in cash to pick up the goods—this guy has a lot of confidence after he has money, and he will There is no mention of credit.As for the frequency of picking up goods, Luo Shengdong hopes to increase it from once or twice a month to once every ten days.With this adjustment, his monthly pick-up volume has increased by at least three times compared to the past. Although it is only seven or eight tons, it also occupies a large share of the current salt production.

The third export direction is from Vietnam.Although the Executive Committee intends to wait until the first batch of coal ships return to send a batch of salt to Heitu Port to see if they can open up the private salt business in Vietnam, the Heitu Port Management Committee has already taken the lead in this project. .Before that, they had already transported part of the salt in their inventory to the east coast of Vietnam, and through the naturalized people, they connected with local rich merchants, exchanging salt for grain, and reached a small-scale private salt trade.

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