African Nationhood

Chapter 565 State Council-Land, Resources, Industry and Commerce

After Cai Jinzhang finished speaking, Ouyang Geng looked at Jan Smuts, the Boer minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources.

"Minister Smuts, please come and talk about the issue of land and resources."

Smuts stood up and nodded to Chairman Shi and Prime Minister Ouyang Geng, then began to speak in English.

“Our land area has grown very rapidly in the past five years. First of all, through the exploration of the West African Agency (Angola region), we can confirm that the West African Agency is rich in iron ore, diamond ore and manganese ore resources.

It will become a key resource export base in the future. The only pity is that the West African Administration lacks coal resources. Otherwise, this place can develop into a coal and iron industry base that is not inferior to that of Zhongjing.

After all, this agency is rich in fresh water resources, and there is sufficient black indigenous labor in the area. If it is used well, it can develop rapidly. "

Angola's shortcoming is here, it lacks coal, but its coastal areas are rich in natural gas resources, and the Cabinda area is rich in oil resources.

Because there are too few immigrants there, once the number of Chinese immigrants increases, the rich oil and gas resources in this area can be developed.

“Our people have conducted detailed exploration within the territory of the West African Administration and roughly estimate that the iron ore resources in this area should exceed 10 billion tons.

However, there is still a gap in the quality of iron ore compared to the Seshen iron ore in the Orange Forest area.

However, the diamond resources in the northern and central parts of the administration are very rich, far exceeding the reserves in the Namib region, and are initially estimated at 5 million carats.

In addition, the reserves of manganese ore in the Malanje region of West Africa should be 7000 to 8000 million tons.

Nowadays, the demand for manganese ore is very strong around the world, and countries such as Britain, Germany, France and the East are very hungry for manganese ore.

Today’s price is more than 500 pounds per ton (Note 1). Our department has opened a manganese mining farm in West Africa, with an annual mining capacity of 8000 tons of manganese ore (Note 2).

The economic income is 4 million yuan (400 million pounds). The disadvantage of the mineral deposits here is that the transportation is not very convenient, and the construction of transportation facilities will need to be increased in the future.

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After talking about the West African Administration, let me talk about the land and resources situation in the autonomous territory.
In 1908, the output value of precious resources within our territory reached 18 billion yuan. This year, our output value has quadrupled, reaching 72 billion yuan.

The annual output of gold is 843 million ounces (239 tons), and the annual output of diamonds is 58 carats.

The output of these two products far exceeds that of other countries in the world, making it the world's largest producer of luxury goods. "

This sentence is very domineering, and it is actually true.

At this time, Nanhua had the largest diamond and gold deposits in the world.

It will take decades for Siberia's diamond mines to truly see the light of day.

“my country’s crude steel output has reached 540 million tons, ranking fourth in the world, second only to the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.

We are far behind the first place, the United States, which is 3180.3 million tons, and there is still a lot of room for catching up.

my country's copper ore mining volume remains at 50 tons. Thanks to the development of electricity, my country's copper output has increased to 4 tons, which is among the world's leading levels and is only one step away from the first place, Chile.

Although my country's coal mining volume has grown rapidly, reaching 23000 million tons, it is less than the United States, Britain and Germany, ranking fourth, and there is a large gap with the United States, which ranks first.

In terms of iron ore mining, my country's annual mining volume is about 1200 million tons, ranking second in the world, second only to the United States. However, there is a huge gap with the United States, which is four times as large as ours.

Among them, Newfoundland's iron ore accounts for one-eighth of my country's iron ore production.

In terms of crude oil extraction, the Sakhalin Administration's annual oil extraction output is 9.5 tons (Note 3), and the Sulu Sultanate's annual oil extraction output is 15 tons.

Crude oil production from these two overseas territories is still at a low level.

The annual crude oil production of the Mills Oilfield in Sumatra reaches 150 million tons (1 ton = 7 barrels of crude oil).

Our crude oil production is significantly lower than that of the United States, nearly 20 times that of ours. The gap is huge.

To sum up, we have obvious advantages in land and resources compared to most countries in the world.

However, there is still a big gap compared to the United States, and there is ample room for growth. My speech ends here. "

Ouyang Geng looked at Wang Zhongyi, "Minister Wang, please tell me."

Wang Zhongyi stood up, nodded to Chairman Shi and Prime Minister Ouyang Geng, and then began to speak.

"In the past five years, domestic light and heavy industries have experienced great development. The output value of our light industry has soared to 5 billion yuan. As in the past, the output value of the tobacco industry, food industry and clothing industry is the highest.

The number of domestic light industry enterprises has increased to more than 5100, covering all light industry sectors. "

The tobacco industry is not only growing rapidly in the domestic market, but also has significant improvements worldwide.

Especially in Europe, our Golden Lion and Leopard cigarettes are very popular, and Henry Partners' distribution network has provided a great boost to the development of our tobacco industry.

We have already reached an agreement with Henry Partners to outsource their tobacco manufacturing business to us. They will focus on improving their sales network and customer development. In this way, our tobacco industry can earn 56 billion yuan every year. At the same time, we are also actively negotiating cooperation with high-end tobacco brands in Britain, Germany and other countries, and strive to win their tobacco manufacturing business.

After all, our mechanized production has advantages, and raw materials are cheap, so we can reasonably control profits. "

Now it seems that Nanhua officials are still very discerning and can think of using low prices to occupy the market. This is worthy of recognition.

Once World War I breaks out, cigarette sales will become even more popular, and Nanhua's tobacco industry will usher in an explosive period.

And Coca-Cola can also usher in an explosion. After all, soldiers are stuck in the trenches all day, and what they want most is probably a bottle of sweet water and a cigarette.

After the meeting, Shi Jintang planned to issue an order to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to stock up in advance, so that he could make a lot of money by then.

“The food industry’s canned meat, canned fruit and canned fish products have seen steady growth, with annual sales exceeding 41 billion yuan.

The clothing industry originally mainly exported to Europe and the United States, focusing on high-net-worth individuals.

However, with the popularity of domestic movies in recent years, domestic women's desire for consumption has been aroused.

Women's clothing consumption already accounts for 10% of household consumption, which is comparable to the expenditure on food and children's education.

At present, the total sales of Nanhua's garment industry, including foreign trade and domestic sales, total 30 billion yuan.

In addition, the production of fur, coffee, sisal and chemical raw materials such as sulfuric acid and nitric acid among our light industrial products has developed rapidly and has become a bulk product of our foreign trade.

The output of sulfuric acid and nitric acid has reached the world's advanced ranks.

Among them, after the nitric acid industry mastered the "industrial production process of nitric acid" in 1910, its annual output reached 200.5 million tons, which is among the world's leading levels. The gap with the United States is not large, and exports to Europe and the United States have formed a booming sales trend.

Sulfuric acid production reached 150 million tons, second only to the United States and Germany.

Our sales in Europe are blocked, so we have no choice but to turn to Asia. The Far East and Japan are leaning towards us exchanging cheap raw materials for population.

Japan's demand for primary industrial products has been very strong in recent years, and they are more willing to discuss cooperation with us. After all, the immigrants we need are sufficient in both the mainland and North Korea under their control. "

“In addition, stainless steel products have become a hot-selling product in our industrial sector.

European merchants are very fond of this kind of tableware, with annual sales reaching 53 billion yuan.

Europeans have been exploring our patent authorization situation and want to ask for our confidential formula. Our department believes that we can wait another two years before opening the patent authorization.

The above are all about light industry. Next, let’s talk about heavy industry. Last year, the total revenue of heavy industry was 99 billion yuan.

After nearly ten years of study and training, our heavy industry has made great progress. Our shipbuilding industry can already build warships and cargo ships of more than 10,000 tons, but there are still some shortcomings in cruise ship construction.

In terms of mining equipment, we have been working hard to catch up with the levels of European and American countries, and most of the machine tool manufacturing industry is sold domestically for self-use.

We still have some way to go in exporting the shipbuilding industry.

Most of our warships are for our own use, and our cargo ships are mainly in the domestic sales stage. At present, we have only developed some scattered customers in the Far East and South America.

At present, our department is also actively overcoming various problems and obstacles and striving to open the international market as soon as possible.

However, we are not without special products. Agricultural machinery is a trend-setting product that can shoulder the important task of earning foreign exchange through export for our department.

In addition, the development of the military industry is the fastest this year. The national defense weapons exhibition at the beginning of this year brought us 93 billion yuan in revenue, and the military trade revenue in the Balkans was 3.2 million yuan.

The princely states in South Asia, southern Europe and South America are all very satisfied with our military products, and the newly opened Balkan countries will have even greater demand for arms.

Diesel engines, wireless telegraphs and radios are still the mainstay of our technology exports, earning hundreds of millions of dollars in licensing revenue every year.

At the same time, the technology export situation in South Asia is good, and it has opened up more new customers relying on word-of-mouth effect, which is a big surprise.

Generally speaking, our heavy industry still has a lot of room for improvement. We strive to realize that the light and heavy industries can walk side by side as soon as possible. "

PS:

注1：1944年湘潭锰矿锰砂被掠走4500吨，合办公司直接财产损失国币3.16亿余元，折合每吨7万多民国元=1881镑。

Nowadays, manganese ore has just emerged and the price is relatively low.

Note 2: By the 6th year of the Republic of China (1917), the annual output of Xiangtan Manganese Mine reached tons.

Note 3: In 1929, Sakhalin’s oil production was 17.5 tons, accounting for 75% of Japan’s crude oil production.

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