African Nationhood

Boss Shi's words made the participants in the conference room feel much more relaxed. With so many weapons and soldiers, it would not be easy for the British to break in easily.

“But we continue to have bad relations with the British mainland, which has a huge impact on the company.

Many of the company's raw material imports and raw material exports have been affected. We can overcome it in the short term, but the company will be unable to bear it in the long term. "

As the head of the commercial port, Shi Jinyong told the truth. Many raw materials for Nanhua Company's armaments, such as sulfuric acid and nitric acid in tri-acid, are heavily dependent on imported sulfur and saltpeter from overseas. Both of these are products that Nanhua Company does not have.

The raw material phenol for manufacturing TNT, picric acid, and aspirin is extracted from coal tar. Nanhua Company's coal coking production capacity is still very low, which also requires large amounts of imports.

The raw materials such as tobacco, coffee and sisal grown by Nanhua Company are rarely used for their own use, and most of them are exported.

The South China Company's stalemate with the British was to strengthen the Boers' determination to confront the British.

Once the war between the Boers and the British begins smoothly, the Nanhua Company will no longer need to stand firm and will quickly reconcile with the British.

This is Shi Jintang's inner plan. There is no need to tell his subordinates, as long as they strengthen their confidence.

"Well, I will consider this.

You need to overcome it first. If it doesn't work, just accumulate supplies first. You can always sell them. "

Shi Jinyong had no choice but to sit down, and Sansa Bruce stood up and continued to speak.

"Mr. Shi, the current financial situation of the company is somewhat unstable. Since you published the open letter at the beginning of the year, the trade relations between the British mainland and the Cape-Natal colony have become difficult. Foreign trade has been affected, and finance and taxation have also been affected. Follow the influence.

What is certain at present is that the company's fiscal and tax revenue will definitely decrease by more than two-thirds this year. If the confrontation continues, the company's financial bankruptcy is not far away. "

Shi Jintang didn't care too much about Sansa Bruce's words. These difficulties were only temporary.

In addition, the bulk of Nanhua Company's fiscal revenue comes from dividends from overseas companies, so even if the company's local fiscal and tax revenue is zero, it will only have a partial impact.

"Well, I understand.

Again, overcome it for the time being. In addition, your financial department must compress the financial budgets of other departments.

Things will not go smoothly in the next few years. Everyone must be mentally prepared and prepare for a protracted confrontation with the British.

We must endure it before the British know our resolve, and those gentlemen will listen to us. "

Boss Shi's words made the company officials present feel relaxed again.

Mr. Shi's speech showed that he was determined to confront Daying to the end this time.

With only a few million immigrants, Nanhua Company could succeed against the world's number one British company.

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Sansa Bruce wanted to give some more advice, but Jaime List next to her pulled the corner of her clothes, and she sat down helplessly.

"Director Lister, please tell me about the Transportation Bureau's preparedness."

James Lister stood up and spoke, "In accordance with the company's instructions, we have trained more than 5 railway workers, all of whom are Chinese.

These workers are already skilled in locomotive driving, railway maintenance and locomotive repair. As for locomotive manufacturing, there is still a bottleneck and they must rely on some white technicians.

We have signed high-paying employment contracts with these white technicians. If there is a real conflict, we will divest these white technicians as soon as possible.

In addition, the company has accumulated 589 heavy-duty trucks, and has trained 3100 auto repair workers and drivers. All of these workers can play a role in the event of war.

Most of the white mechanics in the auto repair industry are of German descent and will not hinder the company's plan to confront the British. "The truck is a new product, and it is mainly limited by the small horsepower of the gasoline engine and not many other problems.

However, Rudolf Diesel's diesel engine still has not solved the problem of miniaturization. At present, it can only continue to develop marine diesel engines.

However, the Diesel team has successfully developed a two-stroke engine, which has significantly improved the efficiency of diesel engines.

Shi Jintang plans to let them develop giant trucks or giant tractors powered by diesel engines.

Because rubber tires are not strong enough, you can try to produce crawler ones first.

This can not only provide mechanical power for agriculture, but also improve agricultural efficiency.

The agricultural development of Nanhua Company is still inefficient and extensive agriculture. As the black slaves are greatly eliminated, the growth rate of immigrants' agricultural production will be significantly reduced.

Timely replenishing mechanical power for agriculture is the future of Nanhua Company, an immigrant-based political body.

In order to accumulate more national strength, more immigrants from the Far East will be arranged to become industrial workers.

The agricultural population cannot continue to grow, and large farms and mechanization are the future national policies and development goals of Southwest Africa.

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"In order to ensure the stability of the company's inland areas, we have cooperated with the military department to set up depots at some key railway bridges, and are also ready to take over the operation of all main railway lines."

This was Shi Jintang's worst-case scenario. Once the British launched a full-scale attack on Southwest Africa, he would have key railway bridges blown up, denying the British the opportunity to use railway lines to quickly transport troops.

At the same time, Nanhua Company is also ready to take over all the main railway lines as soon as possible and deprive the control of the main railway lines controlled by the British within the territory. Four large steel and copper refining and chemical companies will also be in the hands of Nanhua Company as soon as possible.

"Well, try to make your plan as detailed as possible and hand it over after the meeting."

James List nodded, "Okay, Mr. Shi."

After talking about transportation issues, Shi Jintang looked at Wang Zhongyi, who had just returned.

He has been transferred back to the company and serves as the general manager of the newly established Max Planck Petrochemical Company.

The planned location of Petrochemical Corporation is on the north shore of Mapu Port (now the port of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique), which will be convenient for receiving oil tankers along the East African coast in the future.

The petrochemical company built in Mapu Port also facilitates the protection of the coastal defense artillery defense network in Mapu Bay. After a conflict with the British breaks out in the future, the defense center of the East African garrison division will be Mapu Port.

"General Manager Wang, please tell me."

This was Wang Zhongyi's first time attending the company's internal affairs meeting. He took a deep breath and spoke slowly.

"Since being transferred to General Manager of Petrochemical Corporation, we have built 18 large oil storage tanks, storing 2000 tons of gasoline, 1000 tons of diesel, and 1000 million barrels of crude oil."

The oil refining industry in most countries around the world is in its infancy except the United States. The United States is also the largest player in the world's petrochemical industry.

The oil production on Sumatra Island is only about one million barrels a year, while the United States' oil production during the same period was already tens of millions of barrels.

It took Nanhua Company many years to accumulate this wealth, which was not easy.

However, the current number of cars and diesel engines in Nanhua Company is not large, and these reserves are sufficient.

The next step is to vigorously develop the petrochemical industry. Leading industrial upgrading is the way forward for Nanhua Company in the future. (End of chapter)