Wild North America 1846

Chapter 445 Strong in the field of agricultural machinery

The industrialization development of New Chang'an has gone through ups and downs. Except for the Chinese industrial capital brought in by attracting investment, the others are all the money deducted from the taxation by the Governor's Office of the Royal Territory, and the industrialized industries have been accumulated and developed bit by bit.

This is also the result of the differentiation strategy of the Kingdom's development. In the development blueprint personally arranged by Emperor Richard, no matter which overseas province or royal family's exclusive land, they will not focus on the development of industry, only to meet their own agricultural and sideline products processing. Mainly, the same is true for Paradise Island.

All industrial development is basically concentrated in the mainland of the Tang Kingdom. This is the strategy of "strong stems and weak branches". Everything is based on strengthening the strength of the Tang Kingdom. , All those that do not match will be cut off.

The industrial development of New Xi'an is advancing amid twists and turns, seeking to survive in the cracks, and it has grown tenaciously.

It has become a city with the highest industrial level in the surrounding East Indies, Australia, and even Southeast Asia. It can basically meet the industrial products needed for its own development, and has the ability to sell overseas. It has to be said that it is a miracle of economic development.

Compared with Xin Xi'an, a wild child, Salem is really his own son.

According to statistics at the end of 1864;

With a population of 100.48 inhabitants, Salem, a city on the west coast of the Tang Empire, was lucky to rank among the eighth metropolises in the empire with a population of one million. Unlike the seventh-ranked new Xi'an, which dominates the agricultural economy, Salem is a city completely based on An industrial city dominated by heavy industry, one of the twin industrial cities in the north.

Its industrial economy accounts for 83.2% of the entire city's economic output, and the rest is the transportation and service industries in the tertiary industry, the proportion of which is the highest among major cities.

The ancient Dayu divided Kyushu according to the direction of the river and the trend of the mountains. The Kyushu is "Qingzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou." The nine major states.

In today's steam age
The relatively primitive steam engine has too much room for improvement. As long as you are willing to invest funds in research, you can quickly improve the overall performance of the steam engine and make it reach a more advanced level.

All the agricultural machinery factories in Portland are followers. Whenever Changan agricultural machinery launches a new product, within half a year, these agricultural machinery factories in Portland will launch similar products with lower prices and acceptable quality.

If there are no major changes, after the proposal is passed by the House of Nobles and signed by His Majesty the Emperor, Salem will be renamed "Qingzhou" next year or the year after.

It is equipped with a wide range of agricultural machinery and tools, from farmland reclamation, ridging, raking to ditching, harvesting, threshing, threshing, transportation and other agricultural tasks. It is the pioneer and leader of the world's agricultural machinery industry, and has always been firmly established Standing at the forefront of agricultural machinery is the textbook of the world's agricultural machinery industry.

Its meaning began in "Shangshu Yugong";
"Yu don't leave Kyushu, follow the mountains to dredge the rivers, let the soil serve as tribute. Yu spread the soil, follow the mountains to plant trees, and lay the mountains and rivers."

Now some members of Chinese descent in the Imperial Parliament are promoting a renaming bill, planning to change the name of "Salem" to "Qingzhou City", change the name of Costa Rica to "Jingzhou", and change the name of Gallup, which is rich in ore, to "Yongzhou"...

France ordered 12 5500-ton steam free ships and 4 [-]-ton Fjord-class steam cargo ships at the shipyard for cargo transportation and colonization needs in South America, the Middle East and Indochina Peninsula, and gave great support to the delivered ships. good review.

It is very convenient to purchase all the accessories for the production of agricultural machinery in Portland without leaving the city.

The Royal Navy's Salem Shipyard will have the world's top shipbuilding capabilities to build bulk carriers of 2.8 to 3 tons, passenger ships of 2.5 tons, and iron-clad steam warships of more than [-] tons, comparable to the first-class British shipbuilding enterprises.

However, none of the other brands in Portland can exceed the price of the "Iron Bull" brand, and will only be lower, thus forming a wild goose formation structure of the agricultural machinery industry, covering various levels of demand from high to low.

Portland, the capital of Oregon Province, had a population of 1864 at the end of 87.54, ranking the ninth largest city in the empire, down three places from the sixth place in 1858, but barely retained its position in the top ten cities.

Of course, "Chang'an" brand agricultural machinery is expensive, and it is the most exported product of the empire's agricultural machinery industry. It is very popular among farmers in the Confederate States of America, the United States, Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and other countries. It has been ranked the most popular for many years. The most popular agricultural machinery brand.

The first potash fertilizer plant of Royal Coast Fertilizer Holding Company, which represents the world's leading level, is located here. The second plant and the fifth plant that were built subsequently were completed and put into operation one after another, all of which are also located here.

As one of the top shipbuilding enterprises in the Tang Empire, the Royal Navy Salem Shipyard not only undertakes orders for Royal Navy equipment, but also orders for navies and civilian ships from all over the world, enjoying a high reputation in the industry.

The world's largest agricultural machinery production is undoubtedly Chang'an Agricultural Machinery Factory. Its "Chang'an" brand walking tractors and bucket tractors are fully equipped with power series ranging from 16, 28, 40 to 55 horses.

Costa Rica was renamed "Jingzhou" and Gallup, which is rich in ore, was renamed "Yongzhou".

"Chang'an" brand agricultural machinery is advanced in performance, solid and reliable. Its original series of diesel tractors and various types of agricultural machinery have always been the benchmark products in the world agricultural machinery market. Backed by the agricultural machinery laboratory, it has strong scientific research capabilities.

The No. [-] potash plant of Royal Coast Fertilizer Holdings is located in Los Angeles, the No. [-] plant is located in Taoyuan, the planned No. [-] plant is located in Chicago, and the No. [-] plant is located in Jinling. At present, they are still in the drawing demonstration stage, and the corresponding construction projects have not yet started.

once built

Salem is a city where heavy chemical companies gather, and it is also famous for its excellent machinery industry. The marine steam engines, steam locomotives, marine diesel engines, various machine tools, agricultural machinery, etc. produced in this area have a large production scale and advanced nature. Ranked in the forefront of the world, it is an important heavy industry base of the empire.

It is believed that it has reached the standards of the first-class European shipbuilding enterprises, especially the horizontal steam engine produced by Salem Steam Engine Factory, which has reliable operation, low power consumption, strong power, and uses various advanced technologies to make the thermal efficiency reach the advanced level of 57%. Carrying the same amount of coal, the voyage is 11% longer, and the economy is better.

Because the top two are industrial city clusters formed by more than a dozen cities or even more towns, it is difficult to fight against a pack of wolves alone!

When you come to Salem, you can see rows of tall chimneys like forests, emitting black smoke day and night, showing the powerful power of industrialization in the steam age.Even the sea breeze from the Pacific Ocean blowing by the sun and the moon cannot completely dissipate the thick black smoke and haze.

The Imperial United Iron and Steel Company has an annual output of 120 million tons of steel and 280 million tons of iron projects. The total investment is as high as 6800 million Tang Yuan. It is the No. 1 project in the Iron and Steel Industry Tianzi.

The pair of industrial twin cities, Salem-Portland, is now the third largest heavy industrial center in the Tang Empire, second only to the two major industrial regions of Chang'an-Los Angeles and Chicago-Detroit.

It mainly wins the market with high quality and low price. The price of the "Tie Niu" brand is only a little more than 28% of that of the "Chang'an" brand for the same 6-horse bucket tractor and three basic agricultural machinery including plow, rake and ridge.

The reason
Many Chinese residents feel that the name Salem is neither pleasant nor easy to remember. It is not as catchy as "Qingzhou", which is more full of Chinese heritage characteristics and feels very comfortable.
The House of Commons is seeking opinions;

Portland is rich in coal and iron resources and has dozens of small and medium-sized local iron and steel enterprises. It is especially famous in the field of agricultural machinery. In the market competition, "Tieniu" brand, "Wangwanjia" brand, "High "Baotian" brand and "Taishan" brand agricultural machinery occupy the second, third, No.10 and No.4 respectively in the world's agricultural machinery market. They have formed advantageous industrial clusters, complete supporting agricultural machinery parts, what gear factory, belt factory, agricultural machinery There are many foundries.

The Chicago-Detroit industrial cluster city belt has convenient geographical conditions and resources in the Great Lakes region. Relying on a good industrial development foundation, more than a dozen industrial cities have formed a cluster force, and they are rapidly glowing with vitality under the nourishment of the vast market of the empire. .

Comparison
The twin stars of Salem-Portland, the northern heavy industrial city, are more like individual champions. They won opponents in individual industrial categories such as steel, fertilizer, shipbuilding, and agricultural machinery, but fell behind in a comprehensive comparison.

Datang Kingdom has always been at the forefront of the world in mechanical power research, whether it is steam engines, diesel engines or gasoline engines that have just appeared, the corresponding research has been at the forefront of the world, and a series of fruitful results have been achieved.

The industrial cluster cities from Chang'an to Los Angeles have the world's monopoly petrochemical industry, gold, silver and copper smelting enterprises and mints, emerging tram and automobile industries, as well as relatively strong steel, shipbuilding and light textile industries. The scale is far ahead of No. 2 and No. 3, and it is worthy of being called Wei, the largest industrial city belt in the empire.

The 2.5-ton dock construction plan of the Royal Navy Salem Shipyard is also located on the coast of Salem. It plans to build three 2.5-ton docks named "A", "B" and "C". The dock, now in full swing, is expected to be completed by the end of 1868.

The name change bill has aroused a lot of heated discussions in the society. Many Chinese residents support the name change, especially those who support the name change of "Salem" to "Qingzhou City".

in the 19s
At a time when patent laws and regulations around the world were not perfect, the blatant imitation of a group of agricultural machinery factories in Portland did not cause a strong rebound from Changan Agricultural Machinery Factory, but acquiesced to this phenomenon.

Portland does not imitate, but agricultural machinery factories in Britain, France, Prussia and the United States will also imitate. This is something that cannot be stopped, and it is also a matter of nonsense.

Chang'an Agricultural Machinery Factory is a large-scale agricultural machinery enterprise with the backing of investment from the Royal Inner Palace. It is backed by the powerful university research office in Chang'an City. It is developing a series of new products such as heavy-duty diesel tractors, crawler tractors, and bulldozers with stronger power to further enrich product lines to strengthen its leading position in the field of agricultural machinery.

These new products with higher and higher technological content do not have a few brushes, so they cannot be imitated just by imitating them.

(End of this chapter)