my magic industry

Chapter 223 Coal and Iron Combination

Due to lack of strength, Xia Lin, the proposer, only kept a minimum of attention to this matter, trying to ensure that the post of Minister of Industry, which is closely related to him, falls on the person who is beneficial to him as much as possible.

The left minister, the minister of industry, the minister of education, and the minister of foreign affairs, these three ministerial positions and the official offices under them represent a new power, and also represent the lack of power of the palace minister, although the actual positions of the right minister and the palace minister are the same Yes, but changes in power and status will naturally dissatisfy those with vested interests.

During this period of time, Queen Dorothea must have suffered a lot of splints between Prime Minister Fusk and Babbitt's chief attendant, but judging from the fact that the position of chief attendant was successfully transferred by the Queen, Babbitt's chief attendant should have been with the The queen compromised.

"No, respected Viscount Xia Lin, you should take care of me."

Faith Luien would naturally not be rude to a viscount, moreover, an influential viscount who was popular in front of Her Majesty the Queen. With a standard posture, he bowed respectfully to Xia Lin and said.

"Please sit down, Fez aide. During this period of time, you follow Viscount Xia Lin to learn more about the concept of 'industry' he proposed. After that matter is confirmed, you will be the Minister of Industry."

Queen Dorothea nodded and said to Faith Luien, but the meaning expressed in the words made Xia Lin's mind move slightly.

So this young Faith Louise, who is probably in his 20s, will soon be one of the top figures in the empire?

In addition to his father who might become the left chancellor, this is a pair of ministers. How could Queen Dorothea love this Louisian family so much?Or could it be that the power in Babbitt's servant was enough to make Dorothea make such a big concession?

Thinking in this way, Xia Lin paid more attention to Faith Luien.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

Hearing Queen Dorothea's promise, Fez's attendant showed just the right amount of joy on his face, and then sat respectfully on a chair beside him, posing as if he was listening carefully without saying a word.

"If Fez's aide is about to assume the position of Minister of Industry, then I do have a very important matter that requires his cooperation."

Xia Lin continued to speak in a state of mind.

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Empress Dorothea and the Fez attendant beside her both showed curiosity on their faces.

"Specifically, it is the matter of expanding the steel output of the steelworks.

Since the army is to be expanded, it is necessary to equip the newly recruited soldiers with enough rifles and artillery.

A rifle needs 6000 kilograms of steel, while a cannon needs 2000 kilograms of steel. 2 people plus 80 people from the Second Guards Division need at least [-] Type [-] rifles and four Ten [-]mm breech-loading guns, plus the need to build coastal defense forts on both sides of the Seine, that is, almost sixty breech-loading guns, a total of [-] tons of steel is required.

At present, the daily output of our steel plant is only [-] tons, and most of them have necessary uses, such as track cladding steel, steel for equipment, steel for construction and so on.

Only a small part, about four to five tons, will be allocated to the gun factory for the production of guns. If the production continues at this rate, the equipment and equipment may not be able to keep up with the training of newly recruited soldiers. "

"Is that so? Viscount Xia Lin only needs to add a few more electric arc furnaces, right?"

Dorothea asked strangely.

"Of course it's not just about this problem. Your Majesty, the electric arc furnace is not made of iron ore, but pig iron, wrought iron or scrap steel. Our current production has actually reached the limit that the imperial capital's iron market can bear. If we want to continue to add electric arc furnaces to expand production, we must consider the problems of raw materials and transportation.

Therefore, I need your Majesty's support and leadership to gather the power of various chambers of commerce that own iron ore and coal mines in the Blue Lake Mountains, and choose a site near the Blue Lake Mountains to establish a coal-iron complex.

This coal-iron consortium takes the form of coal-iron joint ventures and a combination of industry and mining. Its main business includes mining, coking, and iron-making.

Through this consortium, the steelmaking plant in the Xinglan Industrial Park can obtain enough pig iron raw materials. At the same time, it can also increase the degree of development and utilization of the mine by the participating chambers of commerce, allowing everyone to earn more profits than before. "

Seeing that Dorothea didn't seem to realize the importance of this coal-iron complex, Xia Lin continued:

"According to my plan, we need to select an open space with an area of ​​about 600 square kilometers near the Blue Lake Mountain, which is about the size of 100 Arr, for the construction of three factories and blast furnaces in advance. More than 100 employees work and live in it, with a daily output of [-] tons of coke and [-] tons of pig iron.”

"Wait, what did you say? One hundred tons of pig iron per day?!"

Dorothea listened quietly at first, but then realized something was wrong. Isn't this number a little too big?According to the metric unit table that Xia Lin gave her, one ton is almost equivalent to [-] pounds of imperial units, so that would be [-] pounds of pig iron in one day?

If it is used to make weapons and agricultural tools, how much can it make?But after thinking for a while, the surprise on Dorothea's face suddenly subsided again.

I almost forgot that Xia Lin built a steel factory before, which could produce [-] tons of high-quality steel a day. Now they have invested a lot of money and manpower to build a coal-iron complex, which seems to be able to produce [-] tons of pig iron a day. No big deal.

"If that's the case, I'll let Fith fully cooperate with you. If you need any support, just talk to him!"

"Yes, Your Majesty the Empress!"

Faith Luien also seemed to have a certain understanding of the things he might be responsible for in the future, at least he understood the meaning of the ton in Xia Lin's words, and his face was full of shock, but when he heard Dorothy After Ya's order, she immediately recovered and obeyed.

"This matter still needs some preparations. During this period of time, I ask Fez's attendants to work hard to investigate and contact those chambers of commerce that have coal and iron mines in the Blue Lake Mountains. In addition..."

Xia Lin took out several relatively good quality glasses from the wooden box that the court servants helped move into the study and showed them to Dorothea:

"Your Majesty, this is a new product in the industrial park. It is a new type of material called glass. This thing is similar to crystal, but the cost is much cheaper. I plan to use this to sell the products made of this material in cooperation with the Harrison family." Various commodities, I hope Her Majesty the Queen can lead the way for our two families."

"Glass?"

Dorothea picked up a pale green glass and looked at it with interest:
"Viscount Xia Lin, how low can such a cup cost?"

"About half a silver mal? This batch of products is selected by me to be of relatively high quality. After the workers are skilled, about twenty copper biss can produce one.

In the future, I will let people explore how to make this glass into a large piece of flat glass and install it on the window. It should be able to have the same effect as crystal by then. "

"Then this is a big market!"

Empress Dorothea quickly realized the prospect of glass from Xia Lin's price that fell below her psychological quotation, and said in surprise.

"Yes, in return, I am willing to sell 1% of the shares to the royal family at a price of 50 gold for every 20% of the shares. At the same time, I also hope that His Majesty will communicate with the Grand Duke of the Southern Territory to see if there are any chambers of commerce in the Southern Territory that are currently engaged in planting A thing called a 'sole tree'.

The New Leaf Chamber of Commerce is willing to sign an agreement with these chambers of commerce to purchase the sap products secreted by the shoe sole tree at a high price! "

(End of this chapter)