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Chapter 525 Nanyang Locomotive (Third update, please subscribe)

In fact, if you were in Chang'an, Li Yian would definitely go to the show.

The French ballet company's performance is a feast for the eyes. How could a normal man miss it?

However, Li Yi'an is not in Chang'an. In fact, just after New Year's Day, he started an inspection of the island. After nearly five years of construction, the five major cities in Borneo have now been connected by the island expressway.

Li Nian took a train from Chang'an to Kuching. The East Coast Railway, with a total length of more than 46 kilometers, is the only railway in Southeast Asia. It was built in Borneo and Sarawak before the war. There are more than kilometers of area in between that are not connected. Pass, it was not until that they were connected together to form the East Coast Railway of Borneo.

There are plantations on both sides of the train track. Tropical crops such as rubber, oil palm, pineapple, and coffee are scattered in the plantations. The train's iron wheels rattle regularly on the track.

In the luxurious carriage, more than a dozen secretaries from the secretarial office have been proofreading the surveys conducted along the way and exchanging opinions from time to time. At the moment, some of them are smoking cigarettes silently, and some are writing scattered and incoherent analyses, and then consolidating them into simple and concise reports before sending them to the president.

While the secretaries were busy, Li Yian was also not idle in the compartment of the box. He was looking through the report that had just been sent. Even on the special train, he still needed to deal with various matters.

With a cigar between his fingers, Li Yian was reading the report and giving instructions. He didn't know if it was too much. He realized that the end of the cigarette had been burned out, so he put the cigar butt into the ashtray and extinguished it, then continued.

"When I inspected Foton Motors in Nanhai, I could urge them to develop heavy-duty trailers. The future is the era of containers, and containers cannot do without heavy-duty trailers."

"Also, the construction of the South China Sea deep-water port should also fully take into account the focus on containers, and the port equipment should fully take into account the needs of container transportation."

Not far from the desk, Yu Xiangdong, who was sitting on the sofa and looking at documents, raised his head and said.

"Ok, I see."

Although this metropolitan area is a bit...more than 200 kilometers away, it is indeed that far away.

But such a small distance is not a problem. Once the high-speed railway research is successful, nothing will be a problem.

In the early development of Borneo, because there were a number of un-destroyed factories there, a series of simple factories were built. After years of development, to a certain extent, the South China Sea and the West China Sea were almost equivalent to the left and right wings of Chang'an. Together they form the Chang'an Metropolitan Area.

But now both are under development, Li Yian said when thinking of high-speed railway.

Yu Xiangdong nodded and said.

"Yes, it is on this inspection list, but the operation of Nanyang Locomotive Company is very difficult this year. Because Nanyang's own railways are limited, it relies heavily on the export market, especially Tangshan. Two years ago, Nanyang Locomotive exported to Tangshan With 713 locomotives and 12576 carriages of various types, it can be said that Tangshan is the largest locomotive market in Nanyang, but now..."

"Nanyang Locomotive Company, is it the target of our inspection in Kuching?"

The voice paused and Yu Xiangdong said.

Containers and container ships are only a part of the shipping revolution. The popularization of containers also requires flatbed trains, heavy-duty trailers, and the establishment of corresponding logistics and distribution systems. Only in this way can a new era of logistics and transportation be truly opened. Of course, it is also an international The new era of trade. After all, a core link in the era of globalization is the transformation of logistics and transportation centered on containers.

In fact, although Nanhai is the east gate of Chang'an, to a certain extent, it is not suitable for industrial development. The old name of Nanhai is "Kota Kinabalu". Known as "Jeselton" to pre-war Europeans and "Kota Kinabalu" in another world, the city is located on a narrow north-south coastal plain as a connection point for rail, road and sea transport. , leaning against the hills. But now with the development of the city, the hills behind the city have become a green space in the city center, and are developing towards Chang'an along railways and highways. Eventually, they will be connected to Chang'an.

After all, according to Li Yian's plan, in the future Nanyang will be connected to each other by airplanes and high-speed rails. The main island will be connected by airplanes and high-speed rails, while the main island and the outer islands will be connected by airplanes.

Nanyang Locomotive Company is the only train and locomotive manufacturing enterprise in Nanyang, and its headquarters is not in Chang'an. But in Kuching, this was also a deliberate adjustment based on the need for regional balanced development. After all, in the early stages of Borneo construction, Chang'an had already concentrated too many enterprises. Therefore, in subsequent planning, large enterprises The distribution is more inclined to other regions.

Li Yian tried his best to recall what he discovered during his inspection in the South China Sea. There were too many such things.

"We have lost this market, and these motorcycles also involve financial loans. The Bank of Borneo has been negotiating with both parties about the loans."

"Hey, this is also the price paid for immigration..."

Sighing, Li Yian frowned. Although he knew the changes in the country, he still provided locomotives, carriages and railway equipment to Tangshan through loans. He said it was to make money, but in fact it was for immigration. "The long-term war of resistance has left a severe shortage of locomotives and carriages on the Tangshan railway. If there are not enough locomotives and carriages, we cannot transport so many immigrants in the short term. In the final analysis, this loss is the price paid to obtain immigrants. "

The price is very heavy, hundreds of millions of dollars.

But thinking that these locomotives would play a big role in the construction of Tangshan, he forced a smile. As for the loss, judging from the negotiation situation, it is estimated that it will be a confused account in the end.

Can this final account be settled clearly? I'm afraid only God knows, but for Nanyang, this account is worth it to a certain extent. After all, through this account, Nanyang used railways to transport a large number of immigrants.

Maybe this is also a kind of self-comfort.

Seeing that Your Excellency did not speak, Yu Xiangdong took off his glasses, raised them to the light, and then put them on again.

……

One day later, in the production workshop of Nanyang Locomotive Company in Kuching, Li Nian saw several unfinished steam locomotives.

"Your Excellency, this is the "Nanyang-1" steam locomotive produced by the company. It is produced using the drawings of the German BR52 steam locomotive. This kind of locomotive was produced by Germany during the war. It not only simplifies the process in design, but also has a large number of By reducing the use of expensive materials, its production cost is only 40% of that of ordinary locomotives..."

As the manager of the locomotive company, Walter was once a middle-level supervisor of the German Bosch Company. This company was the first manufacturer of the BR52 steam locomotive. In the process of establishing the Nanyang Locomotive Company, it was under his advice that Produced the BR52 steam locomotive. It is not only simple in process, but also adopts lightweight measures to allow it to run smoothly on lines with different load standards with an axle load of no more than 15 tons. It is very suitable for railways and bridges in Asia. Because of its low roadbed load capacity, it is very popular in the market. Of course, the most important thing is that it is cheap. The price is only half of that of American locomotives.

“Since it was put into production, it has been the company’s flagship product. Not only has it been exported to many countries, but it was also the main locomotive on the Nanyang Railway. However, due to the situation in Nanyang, all the locomotives were converted from coal-fired locomotives to fuel-fired locomotives. The coal bunker was converted into an oil bunker to expand the loading capacity.”

However, with the electrification of locomotives in Nanyang, the original steam freight locomotives have been eliminated. But even so, steam locomotives are still the most important product of Nanyang Locomotive. After all, the world is still dominated by steam locomotives. Its simple structure and low price have always been welcomed by various countries, especially in backward areas.

Listening to Walter's introduction, Li Yian nodded slightly and said.

"So how is the company's business situation now?"

"Um……"

After a moment of silence, Walter said,

"This year will be very difficult. At present, in addition to the 75 motorcycle orders from India and Pakistan, the company only has 7 motorcycles from Vietnam. The current orders can only maintain production, and the banking industry in Nanyang is now unwilling to provide customer financing loans. Although our sales staff are trying to open up markets in South America and other places, if banks are unwilling to provide loans, the results may not be optimistic. "

Li Yian nodded slightly, knowing the reason, and said to Yu Xiangdong.

"Secretary Yu, come back and communicate with the bank in the name of the official residence. Don't give up eating because of choking, and don't resort to the trap just because of a loss."

Someone will always have to bear the debt. The bank will still suffer losses in the end, but it will not affect the normal operation of the company. At this time, official coordination is needed.

"Yes, Your Excellency,"

Yu Xiangdong nodded quickly.

When Walter and other managers of the motorcycle company heard this, they were all pleasantly surprised. Walter could only pat his chest and promise that as long as he had the financial support of the bank, he would be able to open up the South American market.

In fact, selling goods in this era is similar to that in later generations... With financial loans, bulk industrial commodities can easily enter large markets that have never entered the market before.

Then Li Yian asked again.

"By the way, Manager Wo, how is the research on high-speed trains going now?"

(End of this chapter)