Of course, everyone did not complain about too many projects in the chemical group, because we all know that most of the current and future industrial projects need to provide some basic process conditions in the chemical industry, in short, chemical development is related to the development of all other industrial projects, so within this year, the chemical group will not only launch the seawater chemical project, but also the follow-up chemical projects include the use of coal dry distillation production line to refine kerosene, as well as the two major projects of strengthening the production of **.

The former has a bearing on our fuel supply, and the latter is directly related to whether or not we can solve the problem of the successful development of our first generation of standard weapons: breech-loading rifled flintlock pistols as soon as possible.

Obviously, the key factor of this firearm is the development of paper-shell fixed ammunition, all of which depends on the development progress and technical level of the chemical group.

However, after discussion, everyone also realized that once this stall is rolled out, the supply of energy and key raw materials must be solved in advance.

At this time, Kangda immediately stood up and said that as far as the current situation is concerned, the development of hydropower stations has come to an end, because there is basically no room for cascade hydropower development in the Xiliu River, Yimi River and Blue Green River, where there are already four flood dam mini-power stations.

Together with the Moon River hydropower station, which has just been connected to the grid for power generation, this power should be able to ensure the production of glass factories, sugar factories and bricks and cement, and if these factories can achieve staggered peak operation, they can also meet more industrial projects.

Kangda went on to say that based on the hydrological data at hand, it may be possible to build another flood dam in the upper reaches of the Imi River, but after the construction of this micro-power station, the development of hydropower on the rivers near the Red House, the Red Wharf and the industrial zone will definitely come to an end. If you want to develop it, you have to enter the eastern part of Mornington Island.

You know, although we have been on this island for three years, we have only developed a small part of the island, and our footprints are only along the railway, near the Red Wharf, the Xiliu River, and the mouth of the Moon River, that is, the area of the island is less than 100 square kilometers, and the area of this island is 648 square kilometers, and there are at least six rivers in the east that can be used to build a micro-hydroelectric dam in the form of floods.

Obviously, now we have neither time nor labor force to go to the east to develop, although energy is our bottleneck, but the development of micro hydropower is certainly not a top priority, and there is no condition to continue to engage in large-scale development.

Kangda of course agrees with this, at this time Wang Zhanwu interjected and added, maybe hydropower development is like this, but if you still want to go on more industrial projects, you must solve the energy problem, here, Kangda and I have developed a port thermal power project, since the power unit in the cave is ready-made, take it out and use it, but we need to be careful to use, because the processing capacity of the mechanical group is not very strong, the replication of the thermal power unit does not know to wait until the year of the monkey. However, these thermal power projects are still worth it, and once completed, these projects can greatly alleviate our energy bottlenecks.

Of course, again, this will not be possible until we can import fuel from the outside, and as long as Nicole can bring us coal, the energy problem will be solved immediately.

Everyone in the venue nodded in agreement, and then everyone commented, in the final analysis, it is actually a problem of coal and iron ore, and coal and iron are fundamental to engage in industry, if we want to obtain these two types of strategic materials in large quantities as soon as possible, we must send the Nicole to Timor Island as soon as possible, and whether we can obtain enough coal and iron ore depends on our influence on Timor Island.

At this time, Elder Sun suggested that Captain Gu should select a part of the crew to return to the Nicole and Pride as soon as possible, and be ready to sail and trade at any time.

Regarding the production of trade goods, Sun Lao said that at present, the glass factory and the cotton and linen textile factory have produced a lot of goods that can be traded, in addition to glassware glass mirrors, two of the new trade goods are cotton cloth and fine linen, Zhou Wang and the two after receiving the labor support of 30 Han female workers, Huasheng Textile Co., Ltd. will provide 1,000 horses of colored chintz and various colors of fine linen before the end of this month, which is our unit of measurement, if converted to the unit of calculation of this era, according to our market research, the total value should be more than 50,000 taels of silver.

Note that this is still our first month of initial production output, Zhou Wang two experts to our executive committee to provide a written report, they believe that our textile equipment is not only advanced technology, production efficiency is also unique in the world, large-scale expansion without any problems, as long as there is enough labor in the future, the output will be increased geometrically.

In addition, the price of these fabrics is also comparable to the price of the most representative Indian calico and Nanyang local fine linen of this era, but according to the analysis of the samples we brought back from Macao, the two experts of Zhou Wang believe that the quality of the fabrics we produce is several grades higher than the above-mentioned fabrics, so the price may be more than this when it is initially put on the market.

Of course, as our production capacity and quality increase, the price will definitely come down, but by then, our cloth may already have a monopoly in the market.

Therefore, Nicole and Pride are in a position to sail again in the near future, and we may not be able to take into account the operating costs of Nicole during this special period, we must start this giant ship as soon as possible, and it is best to be able to run the route of Timor.

Even if there isn't much cargo to load back on the island of Timor at the moment, the Nicole should be present in Dili as soon as possible, because we must maintain our influence there, and as far as coal and iron ore can be carried, we can carry as much as we can.

Everyone also pondered when they heard this, and said that as long as we can continue to maintain our presence on Timor Island, I believe that as our cooperation with Pimont becomes deeper and deeper, the scale of development on Timor Island will definitely become larger and larger, and more and more cargo can be loaded back on the Nicole.

Gu Jin expressed strong support for this view on the spot, and he also believed that now was indeed not the time to consider Nicole's cost, but he still emphasized that we should not relax our development of Zixia Island in the near future.

At the end of the discussion, Sun Lao, on behalf of the Supreme Executive Committee, formally put forward a proposal: Nicole and Pride will set sail again in the near future, the first destination is Zixia Island, and the second stop is Huoluo Port.

Once the fleet had completed these objectives, the Pride would continue north to Macao to complete its trading mission, and try to recruit some labor from Macau to bring back, and of course, a group of orphanage children.

As for Nicole, after completing the trade and migration transportation in Hollo Harbor, it will turn to Sin'an City, and the entire operation will be completed by the end of May.

In short, the core task in the first half of this year is to fix the two routes of Macao and Xin'an City, and under the existing conditions, increase the intensity of immigration, and make the business of the two routes routine.

In the end, the rough trade and action plan proposed by the Supreme Executive Council was voted on.