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Chapter 1709 London Industrial Area
"We plan to build a second steel plant in a place in England where there is both coal and steel, and then the steel plant in the city of London will produce higher value-added products." The director of the steel plant said.

"England is suitable for a place with both coal and steel..." Chu Yun thought for a while, isn't this the industrial location choice in the geography book?
As a native of China, when Chu Yun thinks of steel, he thinks of Anshan, and when he thinks of coal, he thinks of Shanxi. England is a suitable place to set up a steel factory...

"What do you think of Birmingham?"

Chu Yun thought of an important city in England, a well-known industrial city in the first industrial revolution, where Watt improved the steam engine.

The first industrial revolution, Manchester's textile industry and Birmingham's steel industry, the two pillars of the empire on which the sun never sets.

If Chinese merchants control Birmingham's steel industry, then the lifeline of England's steel will be in the hands of China in the future.

"Birmingham?" The director of the steel factory heard that Chu Yun clearly pointed out that Birmingham was a suitable choice, and couldn't help but start to pay attention to this commercial city.

A lot of coal and iron ore have been discovered in Birmingham, and the industry is just starting. There are no industrial giants yet. If a steel plant can be established locally to consume local raw materials to produce higher value-added products, it can monopolize the local coal and steel business .

"My proposal to build a second steel plant in Birmingham is just for reference. The specific location of the second steel plant is up to you to decide after inspection. This is an internal matter of your company, so I am not in a position to say more. " Chu Yun said.

He is not sure whether his memory will be biased, after all, his previous memory is already a little fuzzy. He has stayed in this world for too long, started a family and started a business, and brought this era to the industrial age step by step.

"We will send a group of people to Birmingham and other places to investigate. After a comprehensive assessment, we will make a selection based on the assessment results." The director of the steel factory said.

Chu Yun did not expect that he would make a random suggestion that Birmingham would become the largest steel base in Europe in the future, and the people behind it were the Chinese government and Chinese businessmen.

He also inspected the artillery assembly line in the industrial area. The artillery assembly line in the industrial area was temporarily established for the war, and it will naturally be reduced in size after the war is over.However, Chu Yun did not think of shutting down the artillery assembly line. It would be much more convenient to be able to produce artillery locally in England in the future than to transport artillery all the way from the mainland to Europe.

"Continue to keep an assembly line. It is best to repair muskets and cannons and produce shells for our army stationed in Portsmouth. These expenses can be reimbursed to you from the budget of the military department." Chu Yun wants the industrial zone to forcibly Retain the function of producing arms.

Although he and Sophia would actually agree to whatever he wanted to come to Sofia because of the system, but directly establishing an arsenal in England would cause dissatisfaction in the English Parliament.

If a military industry is set up in England in the name of a steel factory, it will be able to deceive people's eyes and ears.

"In addition, shipyards can also be established. The shipbuilding industry is also a big cake. With its developed shipbuilding industry, the Netherlands has almost monopolized the freight transportation of the entire Atlantic Ocean. Even many ships in England and France are purchased from the Netherlands shipyards. .If we can grab this market, maybe we can replace them as the new Sea Coachmen.”

"If necessary, a railway under our control can be established between Birmingham and the City of London, saving the cost of transporting raw materials to London, and at the same time we can collect tolls."

"There is also a canning factory that can be built to produce tinplate cans for our navy, which can also be sold to the English navy and exported to sailors in the Netherlands and France, such as canned herring...England, Scotland, the Netherlands, etc. The Kingdom has North Sea fishing grounds and Newfoundland fishing grounds that provide a large amount of fish products, and there is no shortage of canned food. Sailors in ocean trade or soldiers who go to sea need canned food to preserve the freshness of food.”

Chu Yun provided suggestions one after another, talking about all the fields he could think of.

He can't wait to build factories everywhere he goes and occupy all industrial-related fields.

He has many technologies, but he needs to build a factory to turn the technology into productivity.

The factory directors in the industrial zone wiped the sweat from their foreheads. Chu Yun's appetite was too big. Shipbuilding and railways are large industries. It will not happen overnight to build these factories, and at the same time, a huge amount of investment is required.The most critical thing is the corresponding technical personnel.

"We will try to build more factories. We strive to build the above-mentioned factories within 20 years, no, within [-] years, such as building a canning factory with a lower cost first." Huang Xiushan represented the director of the Western Company and the factory manager of the industrial zone to the Chu Yun promised.

"Don't worry, I've already said something beforehand. It's just a suggestion, not an indicator. If you lack skills, you can apply to the Ministry of Industry to send industrial talents over for training." Chu Yun also knows that he can't rush for success, and the cycle of playing industry is very fast. It's long, but it doesn't change just by saying it changes.

After visiting the industrial park set up by Western companies in London, Chu Yun is generally very satisfied with the industrial park.

Didn't he come here to teach the Europeans a lesson after all the hard work, just to open up the market in the future?
With the improvement of local productivity, it is natural to expand to overseas markets. Setting up a factory here as a base can be regarded as a chess piece for the future, and it depends on how future generations use this chess piece.

If the person who succeeds Chu Yun can make good use of the industrial area in the City of London, it can be an arsenal for suppressing European countries or a production base for dumping goods.

On the contrary, if the successor acts recklessly, it may cause the industrial area here to go bankrupt or even be taken away by the Europeans.

As for how people will use it in the future, Chu Yun can't control it.

He has deployed all over the world, from the east to the west, there are supply stations and ports along the way, and Chinese ships can pass through any sea area without hindrance.If such an advantageous situation is destroyed by later generations, then Chu Yun has nothing to do.

A team of officers from the urban area of ​​London found Chu Yun who had just come out of the industrial area: "My lord, part of the indemnity from France has been sent to the city of London. In addition to the cash, there are also some treasures. It is said that Sun Chuanting and others paid the price to Louis. Thirteen asked for it."

"Louis XIII's collection? Let's go back to the city to have a look." Chu Yun became interested when he heard that the French spoils had arrived.

(End of this chapter)