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Chapter 1265: The Heavy Blow of Industrial Civilization (First Update, Please Subscribe)
Made in Nanyang!
The gigantic XTR100 mining vehicle!
The shock brought to these Koreans is unimaginable. Not to mention them, three years ago, when Foton Motor Company launched this mining car, the whole world was shocked.

After all, the largest mining car at that time was only 50 tons. Due to the limitations of equipment such as high-power torque converters, mechanical transmission mining vehicles have always been difficult to scale up.

Therefore, Foton Motor Company turned its attention to electric transmission. Foton's engineers were not unfamiliar with electric transmission. After all, some German engineers had participated in the development of the "Ferdinand" tank, which used electric transmission.

After determining the direction, the company started research and development in this area in 60. After three years, it successfully developed the XTR electric dump truck, which uses a diesel-electric multi-wheel drive. The diesel engine drives the DC generator, and the generated electricity is transmitted to the hub motors on each wheel to drive the vehicle.

The XTR60 electric dump truck is equipped with a 580-horsepower diesel engine. It is the world's first electric wheel prototype. In the second half of , the company began mass production of electric wheel dump trucks. Subsequently, the company further improved the electric wheel structure, integrating the motor, transmission system and brake system. This allows maintenance on the vehicle and replacement of the entire vehicle. This design has set off a revolution in mining vehicles.

Electric wheel mining vehicles took advantage of the situation and rose to prominence. In 100, after the launch of the XTR100 mining vehicle, it immediately attracted the attention of countries around the world, almost completely occupied the mining vehicle market above 30 tons, and quickly eliminated the -ton "small mining vehicles" in mines in various countries. Overnight, the once behemoth became a "gadget". This is the change brought about by technological progress.

And until now, the XTR100 mining truck manufactured by Nanyang is the only -ton mining truck in the world. Although European and American companies are also developing similar products, they have not yet been put on the market. At the same time, Foton is designing and manufacturing larger electric wheel mining trucks.

The impact of these mine carts, which looked like small buildings, on Park Jung-woong and others was unimaginable. They had already arrived at the mine when they stared in amazement at the mine carts passing by and the giant wheels that were several people tall, feeling only the insignificance of human beings.

Even though they hadn't gotten out of the car yet, Park Jung-woong and his companions were once again hit hard by Industrial Crusoe - in a huge open-pit mine, a gigantic steel monster that looked like Optimus Prime appeared before them.

"This, what is this..."

Park Jung-woong looked at the machine in astonishment - its bucket was turning, large amounts of coal were being peeled out, and rows of giant mine cars were loaded with coal.

"Bucket wheel excavator!"

Chen Shuhai said in a proud tone:
"This is a large bucket wheel excavator with a production capacity of 10X104m, also manufactured in Nanyang. It is particularly suitable for efficient mining operations in large open-pit mines..."

Nanyang's bucket wheel excavator technology is directly inherited from Germany. As early as 1916, Germany launched the track-type bucket wheel excavator. Around 1919, both countries manufactured the first crawler-type bucket wheel excavator, and subsequently launched the first bucket wheel excavator for open-pit mining.

German bucket wheel excavator technology is definitely the most advanced in the world. Although the bucket wheel excavator design and manufacturing industry in Nanyang started relatively late, those German engineers brought German technology to Nanyang. In view of the shortage of labor in Nanyang and the fact that most of the mines are open-pit coal mines, bucket wheel excavators became the key mining equipment to be developed.

Finally, in 1955, a large bucket wheel excavator was launched. Thanks to this large-capacity and high-efficiency excavator, the coal production in Nanyang quickly exceeded 200 million tons, thus ensuring the energy supply in Nanyang.

This behemoth weighing thousands of tons was like a land cruiser. When it came into people's eyes, the impact of its mechanical force was unimaginable. Park Jung-woong and others were like primitive people seeing modern industrial civilization - they were scared to death.

They were all so shocked that their jaws dropped, especially when they learned that the annual output of this open-pit coal mine exceeded 500 million tons. Everyone fell silent - because the entire South Korea's coal output is only more than million tons.

Is this the power of modern industry?

Finally, they arrived in front of the giant machine. Standing in front of it, people finally felt the insignificance of human beings. Park Jung-woong and others looked up at the machine that was as big as a mountain. They really couldn't imagine how it was made.

What is even more unimaginable is that Nanyang can actually manufacture such complex industrial machines!

"At present, our mine is undergoing new planning. Mr. President, you see, after the soil layer is stripped off, there will be a new mining area. According to the plan, the output of this mine will exceed 2000 million tons!"

Perhaps, this is the heavy blow to industrial civilization!

Admiring the power of industrial machines, Park Jung-woong did not forget the reason for coming here. It was not just to visit Asia's largest coal mine, he also had a mission - to visit Korean workers here.

There are tens of thousands of Korean workers working in mines in Southeast Asia. They do the heaviest and most difficult work that people from Southeast Asia don't do.

Four years ago, through negotiations between the two countries, Nanyang began to hire workers in South Korea. A notice was posted at the entrance of the Labor Bureau in Seoul to recruit 3000 miners and nurses. The miners were required to be male, under 35 years old, healthy, and have a high school degree. However, the number of miners who signed up that day reached about 46000, and a considerable number of them were college graduates. Some of them were afraid that their weak hands would not pass the inspection during the interview, so they took a piece of coal in their hands and rubbed it constantly before going to the interview.

From then on, South Korea began to export laborers, and they could be seen in the mines and sewers of Southeast Asia.

In the auditorium of the coal mine, Park Jung-woong saw the Korean workers in the coal mine. There were not only more than 300 workers, but also more than a dozen Korean nurses.

Although they all washed up because of the president's arrival, the male miners wore white shirts and trousers, and the female nurses wore Korean clothes.

After entering the auditorium, Park Chung-woong warmly shook hands with the miners and nurses one by one. The first lady, who was walking behind, greeted the nurses and said, "Is there any news from home?"

"Are you tired of working here?"

When Lu Yingxiu asked the third nurse, she just said the word "hometown...", she originally wanted to ask "where is my hometown?"

But the nurse immediately started crying. Her crying became a signal, and the nurses and miners all started crying, and for a while, the auditorium was filled with crying.

Park Jung-woong, who had already walked to the middle of the venue, looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but take out his handkerchief to wipe his tears.

More than ten minutes later, Park Jung-woong and his wife finally stepped onto the stage. The mine band played the Korean national anthem, and Park Jung-woong led everyone in the chorus. However, when it came to the chorus, everyone couldn't sing any more, and the singing was finally drowned out by the sound of crying.

After the crying, Chen Shuhai, the mine manager of the company, read out a welcome speech. After expressing his welcome, he specifically said: "We can never forget this historical moment when the head of state of a country visits here." He also praised the diligence and high discipline of the Korean miners who have been working here for a year.

Then Park Jung-woong began to speak. He took out the speech that his secretary had prepared long ago and said:
"I am deeply moved to see you all thousands of miles away from home. You have worked hard underground in a foreign land."

At this time, sobbing sounds were heard everywhere again.

Listening to everyone's crying, Park Jung-woong put down his speech and began an impromptu speech:
"Miners! Nurses! I know you miss your families and hometowns far away in your motherland, and your hearts are very painful, but each of you must remember why you came to this distant foreign country, and work wholeheartedly for the honor of your motherland. Even if our generation cannot achieve success, we must lay a foundation for our children and grandchildren to prosper like others."

Then Park Jung-woong said emotionally:

"I feel ashamed and heartbroken in front of you. I ask myself, what have I done as the president of South Korea... Please give me some time. I must at least ensure that our children and grandchildren will not be sold abroad."

The sobbing became louder and louder. Park Jung-woong could not speak a single word and finally burst into tears. The entire venue became a sea of ​​tears. The speech of the president of a country at a mine in Southeast Asia ended just like that.

When leaving the venue, Park Jung-woong shook hands with each miner and gave them some Korean cigarettes, one box for each. Then Park Jung-woong and his party visited the miners' dormitories. Only then did he feel a little relieved. Although these dormitories did not have air conditioning, they were very clean. One room could accommodate four people and had a separate bathroom. In terms of environment, it was far better than the living environment of most Koreans. Moreover, when he learned that they could eat meat every day, his heavy heart was finally relieved a little.

But when he saw many miners with scars all over their faces, arms and legs, Park Jung-woong felt heavy again. The miners' representative said to Park Jung-woong:

"It is as exciting to meet the president and his wife in a foreign country as it is to meet my parents."

When Park Jung-woong and his party were about to leave the coal mine, a group of miners finished their work and returned to the dormitory. When they learned that the president and his party had arrived, they did not even take a shower, but stretched out their hands to the president in their work clothes covered with coal dust:
"President, let's shake hands!"

The miners stopped the car that Park Jung-woong was riding in. When Park Jung-woong got out of the car and shook hands with these miners covered in coal dust one by one, his heart was heavy. After getting back in the car, he burst into tears again.

After returning to the hotel in Taiping that day, Park Jung-woong called Zheng Guangmou, a reporter from the Korea Daily. Seeing that the presidential couple's eyes were swollen from crying, he comforted them and said:
"Please don't cry. There's a party tonight. How are you going to attend it?"

His comfort made Park Jung-woong and his wife cry even more sadly, and it took him a long time to stop crying.

"Our compatriots here do the heaviest and most tiring work that the people from Southeast Asia don't do. The mining areas are in the heart of the rainforest. The people from Southeast Asia work for three days and rest for four days, but the Koreans have to work there for years. Even so, their wages are less than one-tenth of those from Southeast Asia..."

In his excitement, Park Jung-woong swore to reporters:

"After finishing my scheduled tour of Southeast Asia, I will not go abroad again until my people have enough to eat... No matter what, I will make sure my people have enough to eat, and they will no longer have to sell their children to go to Southeast Asia to make money."

Although he said so, Park Jung-woong knew that South Korea could not do without remittances from overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. The annual foreign exchange earned by Korean workers in Southeast Asia reached 5000 million US dollars! For South Korea, this was an extremely valuable foreign exchange.

Even if they have to sell their children, Koreans are willing to come here. After all, they can make a lot of money here!

Therefore, for Koreans, having the opportunity to sell their children and go to Southeast Asia is actually an extremely happy thing.

(End of this chapter)