Chapter 201 Tight production capacity
In addition to these defensive renovation measures, Schneider also plans to renovate the bathroom facilities in the Guangdong Office, which was also suggested by He Xi.
When the Cliff Office was established, we struggled with the bathing problem for several days. This problem was finally solved after installing a small hot water boiler. After the benefits of this kind of boiler were publicized intentionally or unintentionally, several large households have already placed orders with the Zhuya Office for this convenient small boiler. Although there is no inconvenience caused by women at the Guangdong Office, the number of members will definitely increase gradually in the future. It would be more convenient to install the hot water boiler early.
In addition, Schneider also hopes to use the base camp's own sanitary ware as soon as possible. Hainan itself is rich in purple clay, kaolin and clay resources, and the exploration team also discovered clay deposits early in the Tiandu area. After the brick kiln in the industrial zone was completed and put into operation, the trial production of ceramics was also included in the production project.
Currently, there are a few craftsmen who have been recruited by the Cross-Training Group who have fired ceramics, but their technical level is average. They can only make ordinary dishes and cups. It is still far from making high-end works of art that can be exported to the West. It was far from qualified. At the beginning, it was just for the logistics department to bake some coarse porcelain bowls for serving dishes. But soon someone came up with another idea - if we can't do art, who can compare with us in daily necessities?
There is no technical difficulty in firing ceramic toilets. This thing has been around for hundreds of years, and it is not a rare thing among the people. The British in this era had just invented the most primitive flush toilet, but it only had the function of flushing. Automatic water storage tanks and U-shaped drainage elbows, which in the eyes of later generations were simple things, cost more than a hundred dollars. It will not be released until 2018, and the Cross-Travel Group can use its own technical reserves to seize this market.
If the ordinary ceramic toilet is changed into a flush toilet, the technical content will immediately increase, and it will be clean, hygienic and durable. When Schneider heard about this, he thought that this thing would be marketable both in the Ming Dynasty and in the West. Although the construction would be a little more troublesome, as he would have to dig holes indoors and bury pipes to connect to outdoor toilets, rich people would definitely not Don't mind this little inconvenience - anyone who has seen or used a flush toilet will no longer be happy to see an old-fashioned toilet in their bedroom that needs to be cleaned every day.
When Schneider left Victory Port, the relevant technical departments were working on the production and sealing process of ceramic pipe fittings. This thing can not only be used in sanitary ware such as toilets, but also is the tri-acid and di-alkali production line being planned by the chemical industry department. one of the important components.
If you want to sell these large items for daily use in the Ming Dynasty, you must first install samples in your own home, so that you can display and promote the products to the wealthy businessmen and gentry who come and go in the future. However, whether it is a boiler or a toilet, they have to wait for the finished product to be produced at the base camp and then transported across the sea for installation. Even the relevant installation technicians need to be sent from the base camp, so the Guangdong Office in Guangzhou can only follow the 17th century lifestyle.
After securing the location of the Guangdong Office, Schneider immediately searched for two shipyards and placed an order for four 400-material sea-going ships. However, because the shipyard's business was so good, the delivery date of the first ship was scheduled to February next year. Between months. There was a full half-year in between, and waiting was not an option. So Schneider began to inquire about the second-hand market, and finally bought a 70% new Dafu boat a few days later. He quickly sent a telegram back to the base camp to inform the executive committee to send someone We went to Guangzhou to pick up the ship, and by the way, we also transported back some of the materials purchased during these days and the immigrants collected. Of course, we did not forget to mention the request of the Guangdong Office to expand its manpower.
After settling down, the General Office of the People's Republic of China has started its normal work. Schneider is responsible for business activities, and He Xi is engaged in intelligence collection. Although the two of them already hold multiple positions, there are still many specific tasks that they have no time to do. At this time, It is necessary to expand the establishment of the General Office of the People's Republic of China.
Schneider put forward relatively specific personnel requirements for the base camp: one person engaged in internal confidential work, that is, sorting out internal documents of the Guangdong Office and responsible for daily sending and receiving reports; one transportation specialist, responsible for the transportation between Guangzhou and Shengli Port Cargo transportation affairs; a person in charge of immigration affairs, responsible for supervising the operation of charity organizations, and screening and managing immigrants to be sent to Victory Port; a medical staff member, mainly providing medical protection for the Guangdong Office, and also ensuring that from There will be no carriers of malignant infectious diseases among the immigrants who board the ship in Guangzhou; at least two or more professionally trained security personnel will ensure the daily safety of the Guangdong Office. In addition, the Guangdong Office in Guangzhou also needs several reliable service personnel for naturalized citizens to be responsible for daily chores, running errands, transporting goods, etc.
If all these personnel are fully staffed, then there will be at least a dozen permanent staff in the General Office. This courtyard will be more popular than it is now, and it will not continue to become a big-eyed stare after dinner. situation. The Executive Committee received the news from Guangzhou on September 7 that the first batch of coal fleets returning from Black Tu Port a week ago had successfully arrived at Victory Port to transport more than 300 tons of coal and more than 40 tons of Coke is all of the finest quality. The Executive Committee was very satisfied with this and immediately arranged transportation forces to continuously deliver these in-demand materials to Tiandu Industrial Zone. Whether it is the metallurgical department or the chemical industry department under the Ministry of Industry, they have been looking forward to this batch of fuel for a long time, and they are waiting to start working hard after it arrives. Also returning at the same time is Liu Shanxia, a contractor whose condition has improved slightly. He will undergo a comprehensive examination at the internal clinic at Base No. 1 to ensure that this serious illness will not leave any sequelae on his body.
In order to improve the efficiency of coal transfer, the rail transportation system from Tiandu Industrial Zone to Shengli Port also started construction on the day of the completion of the Guangzhou Guangdong Office. This track with a total length of nearly ten kilometers is divided into two phases and will be launched directly after it is passed. Steam powered locomotive.
The track lines are basically laid along the previous road channels, so there is no need to redo the survey work, and the roadbed will also fully utilize the existing road. This route basically follows the route of National Highway 224 in later generations. The northern end ends next to the Tiandu River Hydropower Station, and the southern end goes directly to the Shengli Port Comprehensive Freight Terminal under construction.
Since the current steel production is still very limited, a large amount of steel cannot be used to build railway tracks. The first phase of the project will not carry out double-track construction. After it is put into operation, trains will start at the same time and run in the opposite direction, and a small section of double-track track will be laid in the middle to facilitate the opposite direction. The trains traveling were staggered. The implementation time of the second phase of the project will depend on the rate of increase in steel production and the actual demand for freight volume between the two places. A double line will be built next to the first phase of the project to increase the capacity of rail transportation between the two places.
In addition to track construction, another project that the executive committee has focused on recently is the plan to further expand the production capacity of the salt farm. After the disaster in the salt farm last month, the executive committee's timely response and post-disaster handling did not greatly affect the people's hearts in the salt farm. Some members who were seriously affected by the disaster were even blessed in disguise and were allocated newly built brick houses, which also greatly improved their lives. Improved the morale and labor enthusiasm of the Saltworks Commune. The Executive Committee allocated most of the more than 200 Vietnamese refugees who came back with coal ships to the Saltworks Commune, and asked them to further increase production capacity in the last few months of this year, so as to be able to sell the current products by the end of the year. Production has doubled again, reaching a level of more than four tons of salt per day.
The reason why the Executive Committee is eager to increase the production of salt is because the demand for salt has suddenly increased sharply recently, and the production capacity of the Saltworks Commune has reached a point where demand exceeds supply. Although the Saltworks Commune quickly returned to a production capacity of more than 60 tons per month, it was still unable to meet existing needs.
The reasons for this change mainly come from four aspects. The first is internal production needs. Almost all production links of the chemical industry are inseparable from salt. As the products of the chemical industry increase and production capacity expands, the demand for salt also increases sharply. In addition, when many projects were in the laboratory research stage, the daily demand for salt was very small. But now as the projects are gradually put into actual production, the demand has almost shown explosive growth. According to estimates from the chemical industry department, to meet internal chemical production, at least thirty to fifty tons of salt are required per month, and this already accounts for more than half of the current production. And this demand will also increase with the increase in the production capacity of the chemical industry, and the supply gap of salt will only become larger and larger.
The second important export direction of salt is Luo Shengdong, an amateur salt dealer who openly smuggles under the banner of the Navy. As he made more and more money, Luo Shengdong became more and more ambitious, and was no longer satisfied with a small fight of two or three thousand pounds at a time. A few days ago, he asked the Cliff Office to send a telegram, hoping that the supply volume in the future could be increased to more than 5,000 kilograms each time, and that cash payment would be used to pick up the goods - this guy has become more confident now that he is rich. There is no mention of credit. As for the frequency of picking up goods, Luo Shengdong hopes to increase it from once or twice a month to once every ten days. With this adjustment, his monthly delivery volume has increased by at least three times compared with the past. Although it is only seven or eight tons, it still accounts for a large share of the current salt production.
The third output direction is from Vietnam. Although the executive committee plans to wait until the first batch of coal ships return to send a batch of salt to the Black Tu Port to see if it can open up a private salt business in Vietnam, the Black Tu Port Management Committee has already taken the lead in this project. . Before that, they had already transported part of their salt inventory to the east coast of Vietnam, and connected with wealthy local businessmen through naturalized people, exchanging salt for grain, and established a small-scale private salt trade.
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