Chapter 520 Power Plant
Compared to Ernst's control of the overall situation, Constantine focused more on details in East Africa. The father and son kept an eye on East Africa, their own asset. Dead.
Because his son has recently been focusing on water conservancy construction, Constantine has been doing more work than he can, traveling to East Africa to inspect his own property.
"The construction of your power plant is modeled after the Berlin railway station power supply plant?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, but it is a bit inaccurate to say that it is imitated. The power plant in Berlin has been built for several years. It is a product of the past, but ours has applied new technologies, and the scale of the First Town Railway Station is much smaller than that of Berlin Railway Station, so the construction is not difficult.”
The power supply system of Berlin Railway Station was jointly developed and constructed by Hechingen Electric Power and Siemens. It is also the first power plant in the world.
The size of the first town’s railway station is definitely not as large as that of Berlin’s. After all, Berlin’s population and economic volume are much higher than those of the first town. After all, Berlin is the center of Germany, with a population of one million. of big cities.
“In addition to supplying power to the First Town Railway Station, our power plant will also provide power supply services to surrounding areas in the future. After all, the station is a node of railway transportation and is destined to be linked to the local economy and industry.”
It stands to reason that this power plant in East Africa should be a commercial power plant, which is different from the previous political power plants built in East Africa. However, East Africa is not purely commercial in nature. After all, except for royal enterprises, most of them are based on State-owned enterprises are the main players, so the assets of the first town and city second power plants are different from those of commercial power plants in Europe.
“Really? As far as I know, the power generation capacity of power plants is very limited now, and there don’t seem to be many large-scale application scenarios except telegraphs and electric lights.”
"Your Majesty, science and technology are constantly developing, and many other electrical products are being developed. However, after all, electrical products are very expensive and the general public cannot afford them, so only nobles and businessmen will consume them to save face or improve their quality of life."< br>
“Then your power plant is still losing money as usual?”
Constantine’s words made the manager of the second power plant speechless. Let this be His Majesty the King!
"Your Majesty, with the development of the times, the electric power industry will sooner or later enter thousands of households. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also seen this and strongly supports the development of the electric power industry. However, the situation in East Africa is special and there are not as many rich people as in Europe and the United States. groups, so the promotion of electric power development must rely on administrative power.”
When it came to his son Constantine, he didn’t say anything after thinking about it carefully. Although he said that his son spent money lavishly, he still had a good vision. Take the electric power industry as an example. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is an industry with potential, but now the electric power industry is indeed We can only make a difference in the high-end market, and the low-end market must be affordable for ordinary people.
"Your power plant, according to you, will provide services to surrounding areas in the future. Can it supply it? And what industry consumes so much power?" Constantine asked.
Because the electric power industry is a new industry, extremely immature, and the power generation efficiency is also quite low. Take the first town as an example. There was already a power plant before. In addition to supplying power to government agencies, it also supplied power to the streets at night at most. street lights for two hours.
In other words, apart from telegraphs, electricity can only power a few light bulbs to maintain the dignity of the East African capital.
The electric power industry in the first town and city is relatively developed. There are only a dozen cities in East Africa with electricity. Only the first town and Soga City have the most complete power facilities.
"Your Majesty, the main thing is this. Although the first town is the capital, its future development cannot be completely without industry. According to the arrangement of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, some light industries with less pollution will be developed around the railway in the future. Our power plant does not generate much electricity, but it is more than enough to provide lighting services to several factories. "Ernst is planning to engage in some light industry in the first town. There are three main modes of transportation in the first town. One is the central railway. Next are the roads and finally the central canal.
In fact, it may be better to develop industries in the canal area, which can solve problems such as water sources and transportation, but Ernst plans to put these industries in Bagamoyo City.
Because the location of the First Town was originally created by Ernst himself. In his previous life, it was just a small town around Dar es Salaam. It originally had no advantages, but Ernst Thinking of this place as the capital, I found that there were no shortcomings here so I didn't bother to move.
As for the city of Bagamoyo, it still has some historical heritage from ancient times to the present. Of course, the ruins of the ancient Arab city of Bagamoyo were demolished by Ernst more than ten years ago. Now it looks completely It's a new city.
Bagamoyo originally had no advantage in the competition with the city of Dar es Salaam, but since the opening of the Central Canal and the completion of the dredging project of the Little Rhine River, Bagamoyo's status has improved Suddenly it becomes important.
Bagamoyo was originally a seaport. After the reconstruction of the Little Rhine, it cooperated with the central canal, allowing ships from Bagamoyo to reach the interior of East Africa and all the way to the edge of the plateau.
This water transportation advantage can radiate to the entire Central Province and serve as a bridgehead for the economic development of the entire Central Province. As for Dar es Salaam’s task, it is responsible for the former Zambia and Zimbabwe through the Central Railway. Import and export needs.
Dar es Salaam can be simply compared to Tianjin Wei, and Bagamoyo is Tangshan, but the first town cannot gather as many industries as Peking.
In addition, Suojia City shares some of the cultural, educational, technological and other functions of the First Town. The First Town is mainly responsible for administrative functions, somewhat similar to Melbourne, Australia.
So all cities in the Central Province should be clearly arranged by Ernst, with a clear division of labor and coordinated development, so that in the future, the cities with the greatest potential in the Central Province will be Dar es Salaam, which Ernst is most optimistic about. It’s Soga City, but if Soga City wants to develop, I’m afraid it will have to wait until East Africa’s education and technology develop to become prominent.
Hearing about the factory, Constantine became interested. He asked: "What type of factory is it? The first town does not have many resources."
"It should be processing manufacturing. I know there is one." Two non-staple food processing plants have begun to be planned for construction nearby, and there is also a paper mill. The scale of the food processing plant is not small. It is mainly responsible for providing non-staple food products to the first town. As for the paper mill, it is easy to understand. After all, the town is the capital, so The demand for paper is definitely not small.”
Constantine nodded, that’s for sure. The food processing factory is easy to understand. After all, it is the capital, and its consumption power is stronger than that of many regions. The city with the largest demand for paper is indispensable. , mainly because the national official documents are not a small amount, and the archives are even larger. In the past, paper in East Africa was mainly imported from abroad. Now, although the demand is much less due to the construction of some paper mills in the country, a lot is still imported.
"The pollution of water sources caused by papermaking is not small. Will Ernst agree to this?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured that the drainage system connected to the First Town and Soga City has long been completed. , then the sewage will be discharged directly into the sea through a separate drainage pipe, without affecting the soil and water sources.”
The main pollution Ernst is worried about is air pollution. This kind of thing is difficult to control. Water pollution can be avoided by letting wastewater flow into the Indian Ocean through pipelines. Anyway, the First Town is very close to the Indian Ocean, and the First Town’s sewage pipes Built using cement and masonry, sewage will not come into direct contact with the soil.
(End of this chapter)