Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 311 Production Line

As for assembly, Nyasaland's assembly is also qualitatively different from assembly in the general sense.

The "monster" brought by Rudolf Diesel, the prototype car was produced by the Charda Engine Company in Chicago, USA. It was replaced with a diesel engine produced by the Augsburg Machine Manufacturing Plant in Germany. The crawlers produced by Lan became the current "complete body".

Compared with the prototype vehicle produced by Chada Engine Company in Chicago, USA, the "monster" is a completely new design, which is completely different from the prototype vehicle. That's why Rock has the confidence to say that Nyasaland can now "produce" tractors.

For Nyasaland, being able to produce its own tractors means a lot.

You must know that Nyasaland is also a British colony now, so Nyasaland is also a place where British products are dumped.

In consideration of protecting its own industry, the British government will restrict the industrial development of Nyasaland, so as to best protect the interests of the British Empire.

Strictly speaking, the British government even hopes that the colonies outside the mainland can only produce a single product, so that the British government can control the colonies more effectively, and its overseas colonies can be more effectively united around the British Empire.

Before the 19th century, the British government did this. After entering the 19th century, this set of methods of maintaining the colonial system could no longer be maintained, and Britain had to gradually loosen the colonial system.

Rock was born at a good time. After the Boer War, Britain had begun to shrink strategically, so Rock could show his talents in Nyasaland. If it was changed to 100 years ago, Rock wanted to build an industrial gate in Nyasaland None, even if Roque is a nobleman.

In fact, even now, Rock must choose to develop industries.

For example, the already very mature textile industry in the UK, Nyasaland, or the Transvaal is almost impossible to develop and grow.

Before the Transvaal was self-governing from the British government, the textile mills in Johannesburg were at most in the initial processing stage of wool, so that the products could be sold to Europe and became part of the mature European textile industry.

Nyasaland does not even have the opportunity to develop the textile industry, so Rock can only choose "tractors", an industry that is not even produced in the UK, or the products in the UK have serious defects. This is Nyasaland Opportunity.

At present, although the United States, Sweden, Germany, Hungary and the United Kingdom have all begun to study tractors, in fact, because the tire problem cannot be solved, all the tractors in the world are still in the laboratory, and it is impossible to use them in practical applications. .

In the original history, it was not until 1906 that the Holt Tractor Manufacturing Company in the United States produced the world's first crawler tractor, which was still powered by a gasoline engine.

The following year, Holt tractors began mass production and became the most successful tractors in the world.

Now, the track has become the patent of the Nyasaland Agricultural Company, and the Holt tractor is estimated to be a Nyasaland tractor.

The Nyasaland Agricultural Company here is not the same as the Nyasaland Agricultural Development Company that signed a lease contract with Zhazha. They are two completely different companies.

Because of Rudolf Diesel, Nyasaland Agricultural Company already has all the patent authorizations for diesel engines, that is to say, Nyasaland is now actually qualified to produce tractors.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is needed, as long as Rock buys the machine from Europe, the Nyasaran tractor will be officially put into production.

"Lock, you are a monster. Sure enough, only 'monsters' can produce 'monsters'—" Stoudemire couldn't help lamenting after knowing the situation. Referring to the demand for labor in the world, he knew the market prospect of tractors. In the incomparably huge blue ocean, the ship Nyasaland has now set sail.

Now the ship is still a small ship, but after a few years, no one knows whether this small ship will become a giant ship.

It can't be said that no one knows. Rock definitely knows. He can have a premonition now, but he can't be sure.

"Cecile, I'm also here to solve our shortage of manpower. Don't worry, I'll take care of Rhodesia's tractors in the future, and I'll give you a discounted price with the highest discount." Rock laughed loudly, and his brothers settled their accounts clearly. No matter how good the relationship is, you still need to give money to buy things.

"You wait, I won't let you be complacent for too long." Stoudemire was furious, and at this moment Stoudemire finally realized what Rock meant when he said that he was no longer seeking pleasure from ordinary people.

If you want to bully, you have to bully people who are similar in strength and status to yourself. Only in this way can you feel a sense of accomplishment.

"Okay, I'll wait for you—" Rock was not in a hurry. In terms of industry, it was probably impossible for Rhodesia to catch up with Nyasaland.

You may not believe it, don’t look at Cecil Rhodes who took Rhodesia in 1895, but Rhodesia’s current industrial base is almost zero, and even the only railway in Rhodesia is in Under Rock's insistence, Stoudemire started to build it.

Nyasaland has only been in Rock's hands for more than a year. Under Rock's management, Nyasaland now has a copper mine, a smelter, a shipyard, and now it can only produce Henry. The arsenal of Martini rifles, and soon there will be a tractor factory, and even the motorcycle that Bobby Holt is researching, Rock can also set up a factory in Nyasaland at any time.

Any of these options, under Rock's leadership, may develop into a giant. Rhodesia wants to catch up with Nyasaland, unless Stoudemire is also a time traveler.

Even if Stoudemire is a traverser, it would be difficult for Rhodesia to catch up with Nyasaland. In the industry, every step is slow, and the first-mover advantage is still obvious.

For example, crawlers, although this thing is inconspicuous, but Nyasaland Agricultural Company owns all the patents of crawler tracks. As long as Nyasaland Agricultural Company does not authorize it, all countries in the world can only buy Nyasaland by pinching their noses. Production of tractors.

Not to mention not buying, infringement is a very dangerous thing, because there are cross-patents between countries, once infringement, it will cause a serious chain reaction, and the final result is that all countries in the world will suffer serious losses.

During the First World War, British factories produced patented products of the German Krupp company, and they had to pay the German Krupp company patent fees. Although the war was over by the time the patent fees were paid, whether to pay or not to pay These are two completely different concepts.

Therefore, the first-mover advantage in industry is so great that unless a country voluntarily gives up the patent rights of all its enterprises, it cannot break this rule.

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After the demonstration, Rudolf Diesel returned to Nyasaland with the "Monster". While making further improvements to the "Monster", Rock also began to organize a tractor factory.

Rudolf Diesel has a big task ahead. Roque’s request to Rudolf Diesel is to further improve the diesel engine. The power must be the top priority, and the volume, noise, and vibration cannot be ignored. In fact, the noise and vibration of the diesel engine It is not impossible to solve the problem. After the middle of the twentieth century, diesel engines using new technologies were also used in many cars. At this time, the performance of diesel engines was as good as that of gasoline engines.

The current diesel engine and gasoline engine are definitely not comparable. Perhaps in the eyes of others, the "monster" is already perfect, but in Roque's view, the "monster" still has a lot of room for improvement, so the road of scientific research is endless , in Nyasaland, don't think about relying on an invention patent to be honored, and the way to make further progress is king.

Setting up a tractor factory is both difficult and simple.

Rock chose the more difficult one. If it were someone else, they would probably only produce crawlers in Nyasaland, and then buy an engine in the east and a chassis in the west, and produce the tractor as simply as possible.

Rock has high requirements. Since the tractor is a blue ocean, Rock must be completely self-produced. From the engine to the driver's seat cushion, Rock must be produced in Nyasaland. Only in this way can the interests of Nyasaland be guaranteed. , will not be restrained in the future production process.

It sounds like it would be troublesome to produce 100% parts by ourselves, but in fact it is not that difficult. The industrial level in this period was still very low, and there were no 3C, UL, or ISO. Bobby Holt studied motorcycles, so he It can be produced in a small workshop with simple tools, so it is not difficult to complete 100% self-produced parts.

At this time, the benefits of holding the thigh of the British Empire are reflected. Although the British government probably does not want to see Nyasaland develop industries, British companies are willing to make money as long as they have money, regardless of whether the government is willing or not. If you don’t make money, someone is willing to make it. Under the banner of free trade, as long as Rock can afford it, it’s fine to replicate a Buckingham Palace in Nyasaland.

Therefore, there will be no hindrance to Rock's desire to buy a machine. The German Augsburg Machinery Manufacturing Plant, which also has a diesel engine patent authorization, is even willing to provide Nyasaland with a complete diesel engine production line.

However, what the German Augsburg Machine Manufacturing Plant did not expect was that Rudolf Diesel still looked down on the engine production line of the German Augsburg Machine Manufacturing Plant. Rock decided to produce tractors in Nyasaland. Diesel immediately indicated that a completely new production line could be designed for Rock.

Rudolf Diesel was the inventor of the diesel engine, and the German Augsburg Machine Factory was just a partner of Rudolf Diesel. Of course, Rock trusted Rudolf Diesel more, so Rock was in Germany. The headhunting company rejected the production line provided by the German Augsburg Machine Manufacturing Plant, and just poached a few engineers and some skilled workers from the German Augsburg Machine Manufacturing Plant, and then ended the relationship with the German Augsburg Machine Manufacturing Plant factory contacts.

Humans are more important than machines.

(End of this chapter)