Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1671 Colonial Project

"The Planning Institute's consideration is to develop the Brunei Oilfield. Although the initial investment is large, the technical threshold is low and the output is stable." Wu De said, "You can also express your views."

The veterans of the petroleum faction are basically Brunei faction. From a professional point of view, Brunei Petroleum is much better than Taiwan Petroleum.

"The internal combustion engine is the development direction of the prime mover..." A veteran of the petroleum department just wanted to express his feelings on this, but was interrupted by Wu De.

"We really need oil, but mainly diesel and kerosene. Especially kerosene. With a stable supply of kerosene, the kerosene lamp industry has great potential. You should pay more attention to this aspect."

"Shouldn't there be electric lights? At least gas lights."

"Gas lamps are not the direction of development. Electric lights need power grids, and this is not something that can be achieved overnight-in terms of the old time and space, most rural areas did not get electricity until the 80s, and remote mountainous areas could not be powered until the 90s. According to our With the level of industrial and economic development, kerosene lamps can be popularized within a generation, which is considered very good.”

Before there was no cheap and bright night lighting, the vast majority of people in the world could only sleep when it was dark, and the only entertainment they could do at night was to make people.Lighting up lamps at night to do work and read books is at least something that only a "family with a small income" can do.If cheap kerosene lamp lighting can be popularized, countless people's night time will be liberated, creating objective conditions for family work and reading.

The meeting gave everyone a full day of "group discussions" to speak freely on the second five-year plan.The newly elected cabinet members also "discussed in groups" together.

Although there are newly elected veterans in this cabinet, almost all of them are still engaged in their own jobs, so they have a very clear understanding of the things within their scope of work, and they all have a full set of information and plans.Naturally, private goods to be stuffed into the second five-year plan are also indispensable.

Group discussions were held in the Nanhai Café and the conference rooms run by various ministries and commissions—the Elders’ Hall had only one open-air meeting place, which was fine for large meetings, but not for small meetings.

The meeting room in the executive committee office was full of seats, and all the people present were the "priests" who "judged the XX matter", except for one person, that is Skaide - although he is no longer the minister of the colonial trade department, but the foreign trade It is the most important department of the Senate, which plays an important role in material supply and currency balance, so this cabinet meeting "expanded" him into it.

Skade seems to have been psychologically prepared for this resignation.It's no wonder that although he has done a good job in his job in the past few years, he always "moves against the current" every time he discusses major policies. The trolls sprayed, which made his reputation in the Senate go from bad to worse, and his resignation was inevitable.

Wen Desi said to Ma Qianju after the election: "Skaide is a good comrade, and the foreign trade business work in the past few years should be affirmed."

Skaide comforted himself: It's fine to step down, he has been slandered enough in the past few years, anyway, the Senate is a system that the emperor takes turns to run, and he is a senior member in charge of one side, so it's okay to take a break.Furthermore, he is still the People's Commissar for Trade, and the scope of work has not changed.At the moment, he is reporting the foreign trade supply plan for next year.

The foreign trade supply plan is very important to the Senate, because many projects in the second five-year plan are directly related to what goods the trade department can get.In this time and space where the supply chain is extremely underdeveloped, and the trade circulation is mainly an era of luxury goods, if many industrial raw materials cannot be found in the ruled area, it will take a lot of manpower and financial resources to find and purchase—some even make less than.

"...Ping Yuan sent a letter: The next trading fleet will bring us 100 tons of copper and 100 tons of sulfur from Japan, and the South American wild rubber and cinchona bark shipped by the Dutch from America will probably arrive next year... ..."

When Lao Zhong was sitting down, the dean opened his eyes and said, "Say it again, how much bark is there on the cinchona tree?"

Skade scratched his head and said, "I dare not say how much, but it must be in tons. I just don't know if the long-distance transportation will affect the curative effect. In addition, the British East India Company will transport saltpeter, graphite, and asbestos from India, as well as opium."

Zhan Wuya patted Skaide on the shoulder and said approvingly: "Xiao Si, you have done a great job! Unexpectedly, you can get rubber, graphite and asbestos. Didn't say anything, we will definitely get the electric furnace out next year , then there is hope for silicon steel, 45# steel, 65 manganese steel, stainless steel, calcium carbide, and electric welding."

"The electric stove is not in the five-year plan."

"I thought I couldn't get the right raw materials so I didn't write it. Besides, I'm not too sure..." Zhan Wuya said, "But the electric furnace is a hurdle we have to overcome. Without this, there are many things that we can't start. It's us A key link in the industrial chain should be taken as soon as possible.”

"... In addition to continuing to ship slaves to Quark Poor, the horse contract will be completed next year. The several breeds of horses we purchased from Europe and India will be shipped. But the death rate may be very high..."

Except for Wu Nanhai, everyone was not very interested in the matter of horses.Since the capture of Jeju Island and the opening of the post-gold trade channel, although all parties are not satisfied with Mongolian horses, they have at least filled the gap in demand, and the cavalry, artillery and transport teams of the army can barely make up for the gap in horses.The upcoming mainland strategy is launched in the water network area, and ships are more useful than horses.As for the agricultural sector, although the size and traction of Mongolian horses are a bit short, the improved agricultural machinery can barely do it.However, the low traction of Mongolian horses has limited some of the large-scale agricultural machinery that Wu Nanhai originally planned to promote in large state-owned intensive farms.Compared with others, his improvement of horse breeds is quite urgent.

"We are about to start the Guangdong-Guangzhou strategy. In order to show our illustrious military might and the dignity of the veteran officers, the senior officers of the army should be equipped with tall and handsome mounts. I hope to consider this aspect..."

The speaker was Xi Yazhou, the new chief of staff of the army and commander of the South China Army.

Wu Nanhai snorted: "Old Xi, if you want to eat horse meat sausage, you will be able to eat enough when the horse ship arrives. Don't talk about being so dignified..."

"Old Wu! Although I ate a few chickens and ducks at the beginning, it was because I was seriously injured in Juhuayu and needed to mend my body. I was a little anxious at the time, and I didn't have time to inform you. You shouldn't always be like this Don’t let it go! Is there any comradeship... You see, Nick just..." Xi Yaya suddenly realized that he had slipped his mouth, and he always had the attitude of "I won't even recognize you if I kill you" about eating Nick's pigeons.Now he was shy and didn't speak.

Wu Nanhai originally wanted to talk about the mysterious incident of the missing rabbit in the farm and a certain suckling pig who disappeared from the pigpen and appeared in the grass outside the farm. The atmosphere felt inappropriate, so he stopped talking.

Skade continued: "I still have a letter from Xue Ruowang, the consul in Batavia. Everyone should have read his proposal. It is not easy for him to be alone in Batavia. Rubber, cinchona trees He bought everything. He proposed the Palembang plan in Sumatra, and wanted to start from there to open up colonies for the Senate experiment, first open up plantations, and plant rubber, cinchona trees, oil palms and other tropical areas on a large scale. cash crops, and prepare for the development of the Palembang Oilfield during the third five-year period. As for the colonial personnel, they are mainly recruited from the Hakka people. You also know that the conflict between the natives and the Hakkas in Guangdong is very sharp, and fighting with weapons is commonplace. We still have Liu Xiang in our hands. The pirate tycoon is here. His pirate group members are mainly from Chaoshan——everyone who has a little understanding of the Chaoshan area will know that Chaoshan people are just as hostile to each other as Cantonese people. So I think from the perspective of maintaining stability, we can Some of the personnel of the Liuxiang Group also moved over..."

"One of the things has not been done, and a new colony has to be opened. Not to mention manpower, how much is the material and transport capacity invested?" Wu De was already frowning, "Tropical plantations are necessary, but the investment is not small. What's more In the area controlled by the Dutch! What if the Dutch imitate the Spaniards and do a Batavia massacre to cleanse Chinese immigrants? This is equivalent to another copy of Vietnam!"

"If that's the case, we'll wash the officials with blood." Skade said, "The Spaniards dared to massacre in Manila because they were sure that Ming would not come to retaliate. The colonies have the backing of our Senate, and the Dutch will not be so short-sighted." .”

"The investment, I don't think it will be too much." Ma Qianju said leisurely, "The plantation economy is very cruel and difficult. It is impossible to let our people consume it. We still have to use local materials and introduce slavery. Chinese immigrants become craftsmen , businessmen, supervisors, and agricultural technicians. In addition, this matter can be managed by the government. Liu Xiang’s private wealth is probably several million, and he also has a few old fortunes under him. Let them contribute to the establishment The Colonial Development Corporation is financially more than adequate."

Ran Yao said: "Is this appropriate? This is tantamount to cultivating a new group force overseas. If the tail is too big to get rid of, it will take a lot of effort to wipe it out. And I know Mr. Xue Yuan, and he has to deal with Liu Xiang. An old fox that roams the sea, I'm afraid that if he eats it, there won't even be bones left..."

"I just asked them to pay the money, and I didn't say that they were responsible for the organization and leadership." Skade had already planned this matter, "The immigrants are composed of three groups: Hakka people account for half, and Chaoshan people under Liu Xiang's former subordinates account for [-]%. In Kaohsiung, [-]% of Zheng Zhilong's former tribe is Fujianese. This population ratio is enough for them to contain each other."

"It's much easier to kill each other." Ran Yao said, "I'm afraid the Dutch don't have any ideas at first, and some of them will first collude with the Dutch!"

(End of this chapter)