Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 122 A Trip to Guangzhou ([-])

Xiao Zishan came back from Guangzhou.

They didn't go to Guangzhou to sell things to make money. On the contrary, they were a standard "purchasing group to Yangcheng".Carrying a purchase order with various names.Each department listed their urgent needs, the most important item being pig iron.

Hainan has the best and largest iron-rich mine in China, but no matter whether it is Tiandu or Shilu, the traveler has no ability to develop it for the time being, and there is a fatal problem for Hainan to be a coal-iron complex-it has no coal.

The rise of an industrialized country often plays a vital role in the establishment of a coal-iron complex.Britain's ability to become the first country to enter industrialization has a lot to do with its rich iron ore and coal mines; the United States has the unique Great Lakes, not only supporting resources, but also convenient and cheap water transportation; There is Luhr.In the past, the executive committee only understood these things literally. When it came to Lingao to try to establish an industrial system, it realized that the problem of steel could not be solved, and industrialization was empty talk.They brought complete sets of equipment, various machine tools, and various measuring tools, built power generation equipment, and produced cement, but they were trapped by the problem of steel. They did not have the cheapest steel bars, and even a common reinforced concrete floor slab , a steel nail, and a hammer cannot make it.There are tons of steel ingots piled up on the ship, all of which are special steels that they can't produce in a short time-no one is willing to use them.

After discussion, the leaders of several major groups of the Industrial Committee decided that since the development of iron ore cannot be achieved in a short time, the stage of blast furnace should be skipped and steelmaking should be done first!Regardless of the quality, the crude steel with the greatest daily demand is smelted.For the large amount of pig iron needed for steelmaking, try to buy it from Guangdong first.

Pig iron can not only be used as a material for steelmaking, but also a very good material itself. Some relatively bulky components can be made of pig iron.The purchase list issued by the metallurgical group is to purchase 50 tons of pig iron.It is said that it is the most basic. Even if they only start working on the few small converters they brought with a capacity of one ton, 50 tons of pig iron is not enough to produce one month.

The plan is perfectly feasible on paper.Guangdong’s pig iron production in the Ming Dynasty was extremely considerable. According to the statistics of the Guangdong Chief Secretary’s iron department in the 13th year of Jiajing (1534), the annual output was 6127500 catties, or 3100 tons. 3100 tons of pig iron is only the output of a small iron and steel factory for a few days in modern times, but the total output of steel in Russia in 1670 was only more than 2700 tons.There is still a certain guarantee that the early steelmaking industry of the traversers was established on the basis of importing pig iron.

(Note: The number of steel production is currently controversial, here is purely for fiction, don't take it seriously.)

But for Xiao Zishan, things are not that simple. Although he knows nothing about steel, he still knows economic history. In the Guangdong Province of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that there is no iron smelting plant that has 50 tons of pig iron ready for purchase. Eight out of ten Nine have to search everywhere to get it.After collecting them, how to ship them out?Xiao Zishan probably remembered that pig iron was not allowed to be exported.He wants to load 50 tons of iron on board, what will happen if the government finds out?This was enough to bother him.

Brains are nerve-wracking, things that should be done still have to be done.The mission of this purchasing group is not only to buy things, but also to prepare to establish a Guangzhou intelligence network and penetrate into wealthy businessmen and even the government in Guangdong.Therefore, the staffing is strong enough. In addition to him as the general manager, Xi Yazhou was originally supposed to go with him as a special officer in the military. Later, because he was unable to get away from the mass movement in Yanchang Village, Bei Wei was transferred from the salt field. When the village call came out, Xiao Zishan thought it would be good, he had a scout by his side as a bodyguard, so he could feel at ease wherever he went.Bei Wei took the four best students in the reconnaissance team, and used this trip to Guangzhou as a final inspection of the training.

Accompanying the team were several people who were planning to set up an advance station in Guangzhou.Yan Maoda was the manager of a jewelry company in the past, and he is very familiar with this industry. His suggestion to the executive committee is to use the existing real estate facilities to open a business specializing in luxury goods as a cover base in Guangzhou. This kind of business has several advantages : First, it requires huge capital and frequent transactions.The frequent flow of huge amounts of cash and personnel is not easy to attract suspicion; second, it is easy to break into the enemy's interior because they are all in contact with the families of dignitaries and dignitaries;

Lu Rong followed the regiment as soon as he returned from Li District.He is proficient in a variety of southern dialects, and usually loves to read ancient prose such as "Guwen Guanzhi" and "Wenxuan", and can write decent calligraphy.With a strong body, good horsemanship, and some boxing skills, he is a suitable candidate to be stationed on the secret front.

Another important person is Guo Yi. The main reason why he was entrusted with this important task is that the concept of the work of the secret front in the group all comes from movies and novels, and he is the only one who has really been in contact with the practice.A piece of transfer made Guo Yi suddenly realize that he was no longer a miscellaneous member of the security team, but the person in charge of the advance station, and was going to engage in spy activities in Guangzhou City of Daming—this somewhat made him feel the impermanence of life, less than three A month ago, he was still engaged in counter-terrorism in Guangzhou City in another time and space...

In addition to the dozen or so time-travelers, some natives are also needed to accompany them.The members of the Bairentan production team who have come back sporadically are either locals from Lingao or Shegeng from Fujian. Not to mention Guangzhou, many of them have never even been to Qiongzhou.Among the captives captured after the Goujiazhuang was broken, there were some from Guangdong, but they hadn't passed the political review, so they dared not use them rashly.Finally, a breakthrough was found from Yanchang Village.

Tan Guihuang, the deputy director of the village committee of Yanchang Village (of course the director is his uncle and brother Tan Guiqiong) heard that the short-haired men wanted to find some reliable people to go to Guangzhou with, so he recommended Liu Gang, a salt merchant from Leizhou, to him. them.

This Liu Gang has a very close relationship with Yanchang Village because of his salt trafficking.Tan Guihuang crossed the sea to contact the salt merchants who came to buy salt. He was the first one to come, and he also brought the grain and cloth that the village urgently needed at that time.Tan Guihuang felt that this man was reliable in his loyalty.Moreover, although he settled down in Leizhou, he is an authentic native of Nanhai County, Guangzhou Prefecture. He often goes around Guangzhou to do business and is familiar with the situation on the road.It is very appropriate to be accompanied by him.When Tan Guihuang talked to Liu Gang, he naturally agreed -- he didn't want to agree, and he wanted to continue the salt business in Yanchang Village.He also got the news that this group of short-haired people was the backstage of Yanchang Village, and it was they who took action to kill Gouda, the local tycoon who controlled the salt field.With such power, the salt merchants who are used to the rivers and lakes naturally dare not offend.

The means of transportation is a boat, which is not only the fastest and most convenient, but this team also brought a lot of things. In addition to the necessary dry food, weapons, and money, there are also radio stations and hand-operated power generators needed for the construction of the Guangzhou Intelligence Station. Mobile phones, solar panels and other items, and various samples of mobile phones that are going to be found in Guangzhou-the sales of stolen goods that the Gou family failed to complete, now it is their turn to do it.

However, the ships owned by the traversers are too eye-catching, no matter which one they drive past, it will cause a sensation.Keep a low profile for now.So Tan Guihuang was asked to come forward and buy a Lingao Tufeng from a local fisherman.This kind of boat is 22 meters long and has a displacement of up to 78 tons. It is an out-and-out large fishing boat.Traveling to Guangzhou to engage in short-distance trade is a trivial matter.

(Note: Lingao Tuofeng is a famous large traditional fishing boat in Hainan, but it appeared relatively recently)

With a ship, there must be sailors, and this kind of large sailing ship cannot be served by ordinary people.It is not easy to find such talents through the crowd. Although Wu De was born as a fisherman, he grew up watching sailing boats since he was a child. In the end, Lin Chuanqing volunteered to be the captain. This fisherman-born smuggling smuggler knows everything at sea because of his work needs. Tinker twice.Several sailing enthusiasts in the North American team also became sailors immediately.

A group of people from North America have not found any jobs since they arrived in Lingao. Because Qian Shuiting is engaged in survey and statistics, he is assigned to the Planning Commission and deals with numbers. Qian Shuixie and Zhou Weisen are on guard in the military team every day. They have faded out. .They are no better than Lin Shenhe, they can still spend time in the mechanical team doing things like weapon research and development after get off work every day.This time I went to Guangzhou to recruit sailors, so I signed up for it as a pastime. A few people even used their own little calculations to bring a lot of weapons they kept privately, and then pulled Lin Shenhe on board, and prepared to go to sea. Do the business of buying tickets for pirates.Lin Chuanqing was not a good man or a believer, and they hit it off immediately, ready to strike at the first opportunity.

However, it is still a bit difficult to do the business of pirates. It is hard sailing boats to tow the wind at high altitudes, but the driving and sailing skills of this group of sailing enthusiasts in the 21st century are soft sailing boats.Although I have generally mastered the method of use after several trials, it is hard to say how proficient it is.After discussing with several people, they went to Xiao Zishan and said that for the sake of ease of operation and safety—after all, the coast of Guangdong is not flat, it is best to turn the boat into a motor sailing boat——these people in North America knew that Commissioner Xiao was the most cautious person, and he was very careful with himself. He is even more concerned about the security issues, so this suggestion was immediately approved by him.The industrial group was approved to refit this large hard-sailed ship, adding two 12kW Changchai-powered single-cylinder diesel engines. The industrial sector has brought many of these things. It has a simple structure, is easy to maintain, and has a wide range of uses. It can be used as power for almost anything other than an aircraft engine.

(End of this chapter)