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During the war, the various construction projects of the Crossing Group were basically in normal progress, and a large part of the exhibition of the former Crossing Group was still in the area of infrastructure construction. Therefore, the first thing to discuss is the infrastructure that has been started, approved, or applied for by the Group.

First of all, Li Songchen, the administrator of Tianjin, said that although Li Songchen's work focus was mainly in Beijing during this time, his official position was still the administrative officer of Tianjin, so he had always considered Tianjin's exhibition.

Since the main area of Tianjin is already a concession area, the old city actually accounts for only a small part, and the infrastructure of the concession areas of various countries has done a good job, and the road traffic, housing construction, public facilities and underground waterway network are relatively perfect. In addition, the positioning of the group in Tianjin is mainly to develop the circulation economy, light industry, and shipping industry, rather than the heavy industry economy, so it will not make too much investment in Tianjin's infrastructure at present.

At present, the Jingu Highway has been completed, which is also the first large-scale infrastructure project of the Group, and after the official passage of the Jingu Highway, it has effectively improved the logistics traffic from Tianjin to Dagukou, which is a small and medium-sized material transportation, which is more efficient; 。 Since then, there have been no major projects in Tianjin, only the expansion of textile mills. After the expansion of the textile mill is completed, it will be able to meet the demand for cloth from the crossing group.

Li Songchen also suggested to the Executive Committee that a shipping company be set up in Tianjin to be in charge of the shipping business from Tianjin to Qingdao. Now the transport of the group from Tianjin to Qingdao is very frequent, almost every day there are more than ten ships to and fro, that is, there are freight and passenger transport, and in the previous battles, the group has captured a total of 36 transport ships, in addition to salvaged more than 1o ships waiting for repair, once all repaired, will reach about 45 ships, it is possible to set up a shipping company.

Although some of these transport ships are military vessels, in the absence of war, these military vessels can be put into civilian shipping business, and in the future, the shipping business can be expanded to Shanghai or even Guangzhou, adding a source of income for the Crossing Group. Among the enterprises set up by the Westernization Movement, Shanghai's China Merchants Steamship Bureau is one of the few that can make a profit, and it mainly operates two routes, one is the Yangtze River route, and the other is the shipping route from Shanghai to Tianjin, so it is very profitable to operate sea transportation.

This suggestion was naturally approved by the Executive Committee, now the shipping affairs of the group are managed by Tianjin Customs, and the operating costs are mainly based on administrative allocation, the shipping within the group is not charged, only for the private shipping is charged, but after all, the customs is a functional department, and now it is obvious that it has not been able to adapt to the situation of the exhibition, and this business model is not conducive to the economic development, anyway, there are so many ships now, rather than idle, it is better to use it to make profits, according to the market-oriented operation, and the ports, The wharves are also ready-made, although the conditions may be a little worse, but the advantage is that they can be put into use immediately and do not need to spend much money to renovate. After the shipping company wins profits, it will be gradually renovated and transformed.

After getting the approval of the executive committee, Li Songchen was also very happy, although the shipping company was to cross the group to make profits, but finally settled in Tianjin, so the future tax payment, business is mainly in Tianjin, in fact, it is also for Tianjin to grab a large taxpayer, which is also conducive to the future development of Tianjin.

After the completion of Tianjin's reporting work, Wang Yunpeng reported Qingdao's work to the executive committee.

At present, there are four main projects in Qingdao underway, all of which were taken over from Germany, namely Qingdao Shipyard, Qingdao Arsenal, Jiaoji Railway, Sifang Locomotive Factory, so there is a foundation laid by Germany, the completion of these four projects is quite high, in addition to the Jiaoji Railway, the completion of other projects has passed 5 percent, and Qingdao Shipyard and Qingdao Arsenal have been able to start part of the production and operation, but due to the lack of machinery and equipment required for the later project, so at present, Qingdao Shipyard, The construction of the Qingdao Arsenal was basically stopped, and the production capacity was not high, and it was far from reaching the goal of crossing the group.

The Qingdao Shipyard has not even built a dock yet, and is only equipped with the ability to repair damaged smaller warships, but the two large docks have now been excavated, and the Qingdao Arsenal, although it can produce German-made Mauser Type 98 rifles and bullets, is not of high capacity and cannot produce artillery, so it is far from meeting the needs of the Crossing Group.

Of course, the Sifang Locomotive Factory was originally a supporting project of the Jiaoji Railway, and now the Jiaoji Railway has been basically suspended because of the lack of equipment and materials, and the limited area controlled by the Group.

Another problem is that the backbone technical staff of Qingdao Shipyard and Qingdao Arsenal are still Germans, and although there are many Chinese employees, there are very few who can take the lead, and it is necessary to speed up the training of technical personnel.

In view of these circumstances, Wang Yunpeng suggested to the Executive Committee that the necessary machinery and equipment should be introduced from Germany as soon as possible to complete these projects, and the construction of Qingdao Shipyard and Qingdao Arsenal should meet the needs of the Transit Group, and the other is to strengthen the technical training of Chinese workers. However, it takes time to cultivate skilled workers, and it is best to recruit a group of experienced skilled workers. Although at this time, there were not many industrial workers in China, and even a class had not yet been formed, there were still a small number of industrial workers in a few places, one was Shanghai and the other was Tianjin, because Shanghai and Tianjin were the most active places in the Westernization Movement, and many enterprises were established in these two places, so a number of industrial workers were also trained. The crossing group promised high salaries and tried to recruit more of these workers.

In addition, in the previous secret agreement between the crossing group and Germany, it was also reached that the crossing group to Germany to purchase a steel plant, a thermal power plant of a full set of machinery and equipment agreement, now the steel plant, the power plant site has been determined, is in the construction of supporting facilities, such as the construction of roads, on-site housing, etc., Wang Yunpeng also hopes to start these two projects as soon as possible, after all, the steel plant, The power plant occupies an extremely important position in the future exhibition of the Crossing Group, and can be said to be the foundation of all other exhibitions, so the sooner it is built, the more beneficial it will be for the exhibition of the Crossing Group.

Finally, there is a large-scale project is the residential land of the crossing group, most of the traversers are still living on the passenger ro-ro ship, because the administrative center of the traversal group will be relocated from Tianjin to Qingdao, so most of the traversers will settle in Qingdao in the future, it is necessary to build a residential land of the crossing group in Qingdao, and now the planning and design drawings have been completed, and geological exploration has been carried out at the proposed site, which requires the approval of the executive committee.

After listening to Wang Yunpeng's report, the executive committee decided after discussion to immediately start all the projects that have been set in Qingdao, buy equipment that should be purchased, and start construction that should be started.

In the past, the Crossing Group only reached an agreement with Germany, but the implementation was carried out after the successful negotiations, and from the German side, it was worried that its own private contact and communication with the Crossing Group would be known to other countries, resulting in its own diplomatic passivity;

Now that these two problems have been resolved, although the second Shanghai negotiations have not yet begun, there will be basically no more accidents in this negotiation, so there will be no bad impact on the commercial exchanges between Germany and the crossing group, in fact, France and the United States have long had commercial cooperation with the crossing group, and the crossing group has obtained a huge amount of silver in Beijing, and the funds are extremely sufficient, so it is natural to start these projects as soon as possible and strive to complete them as soon as possible. Now it is necessary to make preliminary preparations for these projects, so that the equipment and machinery can be installed as soon as they arrive.

In the case of industrial workers, the Executive Committee agreed to recruit industrial workers in Tianjin and Shanghai with high salaries, but this was not a long-term solution, and in the end it was necessary to train itself, so it also instructed the Ministry of Industry to formulate a training plan for workers as soon as possible.

The project of crossing the group's residential land, the executive committee naturally approved, but also put forward new requirements, not only to build residences, but also to include the administrative office of the crossing group, as well as perfect school education, entertainment facilities, etc., of course, to consider security, so the Ministry of Construction is required to revise the planning and design as soon as possible, and then submit it to the executive committee for consideration.

Although most of the captives are now sent to Qingdao to participate in the labor, it is still not enough, but after the battle of Shanhaiguan, the People's Army captured more than 18,000 Russian prisoners and rescued about 25,000 Chinese laborers, who are basically willing to stay temporarily, so they are also excellent laborers.

Although the Crossing Group had planned to select a number of KPA soldiers from the Chinese labor force, even if only half of them were engaged in labor, it was an extremely impressive number, and it had already more than doubled the number of prisoners currently working in Qingdao. Moreover, there is no Russia among the countries that are the subject of the Shanghai negotiations, so after the negotiations are over, the Russian prisoners will not be ransomed and released, so they can be used for a considerable period of time, which is quite beneficial for the completion of these projects.