Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 91 New Development ([-])

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The vest ran to the office of the Ministry of Finance, only to see Tangyuan, the finance committee member, being blocked in the office by Shao Shude, the leader of the coal working group. He had nowhere to run, so he could only listen to Shao Shude's noise with a sad face.

"Tang Yuan, you have to allocate money to me this time." Shao Shude patted the table angrily and said, "There is no other reason, I want to build a boat. It is the kind of flat-bottomed boat for inland rivers. Immediately these new immigrants will give After I take it over, I will start mining coal mines. At that time, I will have to transport coal, people and supplies, as well as construction materials. The transportation volume will increase greatly. The current six small boats cannot be used at all, at least they have to be rebuilt Six ships. Also, the salary of Zhenhai Fort should be opened this month, so I have to prepare all of them.”

"The salary is for you." Tang Yuan said with a bitter face, "but you said that you need to allocate money to build the ship, how is this possible? Don't we still have a batch of ship materials that have been dried in the shade? Yes, those pine logs. Alright, old Shao, it’s just an inland flat-bottomed boat. It’s fine to build it with pine wood. Don’t tell me that you plan to import teak wood from Southeast Asia to build these inland riverboats. As for the salary of Zhenhaibao this month, I’ll give you Approve a note and go directly to the mint to get the money. Grandma, the money is being spent like running water now. The mint is not working 24 hours a day and it is too late. The money was taken away from the mint before it entered the treasury .How can it go on like this?"

"Hey, Lao Tang is very lively." The vest joked after entering the door.

Tangyuan's face changed when she saw the vest coming in, and she wrote a few strokes to Shao Shude, then got up to go out, and said while walking, "Oh, I forgot, I will send Xiao Xu to the science department by boat later. Where is Lonia. Hey, give me a break, I'm going out. Hey, vest, why are you dragging me?"

"Give me 1000 yuan and I'll let you go. The research team of the Machine Textile Factory is going to develop a cotton gin, a national key project. Come on, and pay for it." The vest didn't talk nonsense, and said directly, pulling the sleeves of Tangyuan.

"Vest, let me tell you the truth. It's not that I won't help you. It's just that the treasury is so tight that it's in dire straits. I can't wait to spend a penny in half." Tangyuan sighed and said: "Well, since you blocked the door yourself, it's not good to dismiss you casually today. I will give you three hundred yuan, which really can't be more. This money is enough to build several cotton gins. They have been tossing around for a while. When the financial situation eases up, I will allocate more for you. As you know, I have to save at least 20000~25000 yuan in cash every month, and reserve it for immigration expenses next year. Now The situation of foreign trade is not very good. Xiao Xu Gang from the Ministry of Trade told me yesterday that our foreign trade is completely out of balance. There are only imports and no exports. The monthly foreign trade deficit exceeds 1 yuan. What is going on like this? The treasury Tens of thousands of dollars are only enough to last for 3 months. After 3 months? Drink the northwest wind? Next, there will be immigration, two castles under construction, the navy will build warships, and new projects will be launched , We also need to do infrastructure construction, which doesn’t require huge amounts of money? We need to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Vest, you are an industrial committee member, and the first thing you need to improve the economic situation is the factories you manage. Tell me, yours Those factories are not profitable, what do you want me to do?"

"This..." The vest was a little speechless, and he said with a depressed face after a long time: "After buying some graphite from Colonia a while ago, the current graphite crucible in the steel factory has recovered to 20, and the steel production is expected this month. It’s no problem to reach the 30-ton mark. After the steel production resumes, the various workshops of the downstream arsenal will be fully operational. By then, armor, sabers, muskets, cannons, and hardware products will be continuously produced, but now we have no sales. A while ago, the whole world knew that we were at war with the Spaniards, and the old customers in Europe were hiding away from each other. Now the production of cannons, armor, etc. is just piled up in the warehouse. This... produced goods If you can’t sell it, you won’t recruit. But this situation is temporary. Now Europe is in a mess, and even Brazil is fighting endlessly, and the demand for arms is booming. Don’t worry, the war is over for almost 4 months, well-informed The businessman might already be on his way to Dongfang Port at this moment. Soon our income will usher in an explosive growth."

"Hey..." Tangyuan smiled contemptuously, but he was not in a hurry to leave. He said slowly: "I just went to the Joint Staff Headquarters yesterday. They currently have 650 flintlock rifles in stock in their arsenal. 2000 sabers, 500 spears, 300 pairs of armor, and 22 cannons of various types; these are just in case weapons in stock and cannot be moved. Vest, you know the factory you manage best, tell me Let’s say, if there are sufficient manpower and the monthly steel production is stable above the 30-ton mark, how much output value can your arsenals create every month? How much profit and tax can you pay to the country?”

"Cannons weighing more than 8 pounds cannot be sold in principle. If we try our best to produce artillery of 8 pounds and below, plus other military products, assuming that all of them can be sold out, we can pay 25-4000 yuan at a tax rate of 5000%. RMB profit and tax." Waist just silently calculated and came up with a general idea.

"Well, let's say 5000 yuan. Add some miscellaneous income, the monthly income of the state finance will not exceed 6000 yuan, what about the current expenditure?" Tangyuan said item by item, "I bought 500 heads last month. Niu, cost 5000 yuan; pay 2500 yuan for naval shipyard shipbuilding; pay 2500 yuan for the maintenance of the Joint Staff Headquarters; pay 2500 yuan for various wages and office expenses; 1000 yuan for scattered trade and expenses; total expenditure 13500 yuan. , if there is no export, it will not last for three months and the government will go bankrupt. So, let me tell you, it is not easy for everyone now, please be considerate. Next month, the next annual report will be made, according to the current situation Speaking of it, there is no way to do it at all, it is full of holes."

The glutinous rice balls continued to fool around again, which managed to fool the two of them, and then went straight to the pier, preparing to give a secret tip to Xiao Baitu, the representative of the East Coast Republic of China to be stationed in Colonia before leaving. , Let him find a way to get some benefits from Colonia to the treasury.

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Shao Shude walked into the captain's room of the "Galicia Flying Fish" transport ship. Captain Julien d'Eblol was instructing the sailors to raise the sails and prepare to sail back to Fort Zhenhai.This time, in addition to some tools and a small amount of supplies, the ship also carried more than 500 immigrants—to be precise, more than 500 Tatans, of whom almost half were male and half were male.

This is actually a joke that isn't funny.A businessman from Venice heard that a group of "Tatans" had established a country on the east coast, so driven by profits, he found the Russians and bought some Tartans from the Russians at a high price. Tan slaves, and then shipped to Dongfang Port, hoping to sell for a big price.

But the facts disappointed him. The aristocrats in power in Dongfang Port didn’t look like Tartans at all. They just looked at the poor Venetian merchant with pity and amused eyes, and then gave him 1 yuan in cash to pay for the expenses.Of course, this shrewd businessman was not stupid enough to just take the money and leave. He exchanged the money for more than 1000 high-end furs, more than 300 woolen blankets and some sabers in the warehouses of Chuanzhong. But luxury goods that are in great demand can somewhat soothe his "wounded" heart-enabling him to make some money back.

On the morning of November 11th, when the "Galicia Flying Fish" was fully loaded with personnel and supplies and docked at Zhenhaibao Port, which had already begun to take shape, more than 29 Tatans rested for a while, and then were sent to the port in batches by flat-bottomed boats. To Ping An Bao.Of course, Ping Anbao is not their final destination. After arriving in Ping Anbao, they will be sent to the coal mines in the upper reaches of the Kai River.

From now on, these Tartans will mine coal above the coal fields, and they will be the first batch of coal miners under the rule of the Executive Committee.Thanks to the help of the Guarani people near the coal mine, the construction team under the coal working group has already built a batch of houses with a mixed structure of brick and wood near the coal mine. It will not be a problem to accommodate more than 500 people.Apart from the Guarani tribe, there are large areas of mountains and virgin forests around the coal mine.For their safety, the Pinganbao security team equipped them with 50 spears as weapons for self-defense. At the same time, a platoon of army soldiers was also stationed with them, not only to protect them, but also to monitor them in disguise.

After the first batch of more than 100 Tatans arrived at the coal mining area, Ping Anbao, as the superior unit of the coal mine, sent a 10-member security team to the mining area to assist the garrison army in managing this group of newcomers who might not be popular. Not too stable Tartans.Anda Fifteen, as the leader of this small security team, was honored to be appointed as an army reserve sergeant. He will lead a group of his Japanese fellows to station here as supervisors for a period of time.

This place, which is almost isolated from the world, has no other output except coal in a short period of time. Therefore, every morning and evening, there will be two boats from Ping Anbao to bring them the daily supplies of the day, and when they return, they will take some of the excavated goods. coal.All in all, they need to support themselves.

On December 12, the Tatan people in the mining area selected the site under the command of the technicians and started the excavation operation.In the afternoon, they dug out the first batch of coal.Since then, the East Coast Republic of China has ended the history of zero coal output.

(End of this chapter)