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Chapter 426 A Planned Economy Is the Road to a Strong Country (Part [-], please subscribe)
"They'll sign it!"

After receiving Buffett's secret telegram, although I was a little disappointed that I couldn't get the entire Hudson's Bay Company's 770 million square kilometers of land into the bag, getting one-third of it can be regarded as barely consoling. Let's work hard.

Besides, it's not easy to eat a bite of meat from Britain!

From ancient times to the present, only Britain has eaten other people's meat, and it is difficult for others to drink soup from Britain!

"Master, this place seems to be..."

Originally, he wanted to describe Zuo Zongtang in the northwest region as a barren land, but he changed his words when the words came to his lips.

"It seems to be more remote than Alaska."

To be honest, even though a large coal field has been discovered in Alaska, and the fish harvest is quite rich, he is not very optimistic about the future of that bitter cold land.

Not to mention him, even the Americans who bought Alaska were not optimistic about that place before the gold mine was discovered.

"Remote is a bit remote, but I believe that there must be a lot of minerals we need buried under that piece of land!"

There is no doubt that the Northwest Territory has the largest oil field in Canada, the largest uranium mine in North America, and countless common mineral resources such as coal mines, iron mines, and copper mines.Of course, those mineral resources need manpower to mine, and Nanhua... lacks human resources.

But Tangshan has it!

In Tangshan, there were either floods or droughts. Facing natural disasters and man-made disasters, millions of people were reduced to homelessness, or even starved to death. It is really a great merit to bring these people to America.

"The commander-in-chief is far-sighted, and I really can't understand. In the hands of the Russians, Alaska was just a money-losing product. The whole world thought that we had a loss-making business, but now? It's just a yearly fish harvest. Just pay back the money, the Northwest region is bought, and the future will definitely be limitless."

Sitting next to him, Wang Yingjiu flattered him lightly. He had just returned from his post in Shanxi, and he was completely different from Zuo Zongtang. After all the ups and downs of his official career, he was able to become the governor of Zhejiang all the way. And the skills of being a minister in the officialdom!
Moreover, in his opinion, expanding the territory is the most boastful achievement of a country.Although those lands were not brought down, they can be bought with money...it is cheaper than fighting wars.

"What Ying-jeou said is very true. I remember when we bought Alaska, the commander once said that the place that can be bought is definitely cheaper than the place that was captured. It is indeed the case. Take Brazil as an example. They spent 6 How much land did we get after more than [-] million yuan and [-] deaths? We only spent a few million yuan to buy Alaska, not even a fraction of theirs. Our fight against Argentina seems to be progressing rapidly, almost a quick victory, but The military expenditure exceeded [-] million yuan, and when the war started, we prepared almost [-] million yuan for military expenditure, although we didn’t spend that much, but fighting a war still costs a lot of money.”

Qian Deshan seemed to be echoing Wang Yingjiu, but everyone could tell that he was trying to persuade the general to turn to internal construction.

"Indeed!"

Zhu Xianhai nodded and muttered.

"In the past ten years, we have been fighting east and west. Why is this? It is nothing more than creating a safe external environment. Now that the external environment is stable, it is also time to completely digest the fruits of victory and seize new opportunities. It is a great opportunity for the industrial revolution, and strive to surpass Britain in ten years!"

Overtake the UK in ten years!

In the study room, Zhu Xianhai’s words were not loud, but they were shocking—ten years!
Let alone Zuo Zongtang, who has witnessed the power of Britain, even Wang Yingjiu, who has never been to Europe for investigation, knows how powerful Britain is.

It is no problem to use some means to eat meat from the United Kingdom, and it can surpass the United Kingdom in ten years?
How is this possible?
How powerful Britain is, even the most ignorant people know-the industrial output value of Britain accounts for more than half of the world!And what about Nan Hua?Hardly worth mentioning!
Noticing that their expressions had become a bit complicated, Zhu Xianhai said seriously.

"Why, you think it's impossible?"

"Marshal, isn't this step too big?"

If you take a big step, it's easy to tear your eggs!

Qian Deshan was thinking secretly in his heart.

"Ten years... Well, it's really a bit big, ten to fifteen years!"

Thinking for a while, Zhu Xianhai said.

"If conventional means are used, ten years, even fifteen years, will definitely not work. We can formulate a plan, an industrial economic development plan, with a period of five years, integrating railways, telegraphs, metallurgy, coal, petroleum, machinery, shipbuilding, etc. Important economic sectors such as chemical industry and chemical industry are subject to national control, and these industries are operated by special companies and are subject to special protection and supervision by the government.”

In fact, the simplest translation is "planned economy". However, due to the limitations of the times, Nanhua did not have the ability to implement a real planned economy, but it is absolutely possible to implement a planned economy in major industrial institutions, thereby stimulating the country's industrial development.

Perhaps the planned economy has many disadvantages, but it can indeed enhance the country's industrial strength in the short term, which is beyond doubt.

"plan?"

"Yes, it is to formulate an industrial plan, and then concentrate all the financial resources and strength of the country to promote key industrial projects. It is to concentrate on major tasks. As long as key industrial projects are carried out, the overall national strength will also increase. Well, in fact, in the past, We also do the same, but under the control of the company, such as the Dahua Iron and Steel Company in Nanyuan, "

When mentioning Dahua Iron and Steel Company, Zhu Xianhai looked a little proud. Dahua Iron and Steel was the first large-scale industrial complex established by Nanhua.In fact, compared with European and American countries, what is most advanced in Nanhua is not some technologies introduced by Zhu Xianhai, but the enterprise development concept and scientific enterprise management that transcend the times.

Compared with those modern factories in Europe and the United States that are still on the scale of "small workshops or township enterprises", in the past ten years, Nanhua has established a series of large-scale industrial enterprise complexes. The modern enterprise management mechanism not only allows It has promoted the development of enterprises, and also improved the labor efficiency of workers. After all, the so-called "enterprise scientific management system" itself is the best use of manpower.

Of course, it can also be put another way, that is, the scientific and rational use of human resources.

"At that time, a lot of financial, material and manpower were concentrated. When the first phase of the project was completed and put into operation, our steel output exceeded 20 tons. Now its output is 90 tons, and it is the largest steel complex in the world. At present, the output of pig iron in the UK is 610 million tons, and the output of steel is 24 tons. Although our steel output is still less than a fraction of that, "

In fact, Zhu Xianhai is already very proud of his current achievements. This is an output close to one million tons. In this era when steel is the country, so much steel is enough to stand out from the crowd.

"But we have advantages of scale that they don't have. What we need now is to concentrate our efforts as in the past, build a series of large-scale factories, and take advantage of the scale of the industry. Then we will strive to catch up with the industrial scale in ten to fifteen years. Go to the UK, at least catch up with or surpass the UK in the production of key industries such as steel, coal, metallurgy, shipbuilding, railways, and machinery.”

(End of this chapter)