Chapter 34 Weather Forecast Letter from Liaodong

Due to the successive grid-connected power generation of Baotou, Baode and Yuncheng power plants, the power of Yaogang has been temporarily alleviated a lot. In particular, the long-planned project to build an electrification plant in Jiezhou, Yuncheng, can also be started. With this electrochemical plant, we can make full use of the resources in the salt pond in Jiezhou, and we can also spread the industrial layout beyond the kiln gang. Such factories also have a stimulating effect on the local economy.

The second and third 100-megawatt units in Baotou and the second units in Baode and Yuncheng are also being installed, and according to this situation, Zhang Zhimu suggested that a canning factory and milk powder factory be built in Baotou. When Zhou Yuji heard such news, he happily rushed to the kiln gang.

When inviting Zhou Yuji to drink, Zhang Zhimu said to him: "Now that we have eased the electricity a bit, we can produce galvanized sheets and tinned sheets at full capacity, and the materials for making canned food can be guaranteed." That's why I dared to build these two factories in Baotou. Your cattle can be slaughtered directly in Baotou and processed into canned food on the spot, and the output value can be greatly increased. However, the beef bones of the lean meat can be processed into bone meal, and other scraps can also be frozen in the cold storage and transported to the kiln in the refrigerated car. The people of Yaogang can also follow you to eat some cheap goods. ”

Zhou Yuji nodded again and again and said, "Okay!" Good! This time, we have to produce not only canned beef, but also canned mutton. In this way, our herdsmen on the grassland can also increase their income, and our own immigrants can also raise cattle and sheep on a large scale. As for milk powder, it was easy, and when the Mongolian soldiers came out to fight, they all carried milk powder. ”

"We can't use the Mongolian method of processing milk powder by hand, we have to use mechanical equipment to process it, and at the same time, we have to sterilize it, and then seal it." Zhang Zhimu said, "Both of these can make your cattle and sheep and milk and goat's milk produced on the grassland into treasures." In the future, the entire Ming Dynasty will sell your products everywhere. Especially milk powder, children will not be able to do without this thing in the future. Where we cannot guarantee the supply of fresh milk, we must ensure the supply of milk powder. We have built a lot of dairy farms around the kiln, but we can only use them for the school children. Adults can't guarantee it, it's much better with milk powder. ”

"Mr. Zhang, don't worry, I will fully support the production of these factories. When our people heard that a big factory was going to be built there, they were as happy as if it was a holiday. Zhou Yuji said, "Also, the road to Wuliang Suhai has been repaired last time when you asked us to repair it." When was the paper mill built there? ”

"Haha! General Zhou, I think you are now a local bureaucrat. It's all about production and construction. Zhang Zhimu said, "Baotou Iron and Steel Plant will be able to produce iron this year, and now we must make every effort to ensure the construction of the steel plant, as long as the steel plant is completed and put into operation, we can think about the paper mill." At that point, a paper mill will be a piece of cake! ”

Li Yunhe finished arranging the construction of the factory in Baotou, and Zhang Zhimu invited Lu Bingyi and Lu Chengxiang over. The industrial development of Yaogang has a certain scale, and Zhang Zhimu knows that it is necessary to strengthen the management of enterprises. The previous development was basically rough, cost-effectiveness was not the first consideration, and if it was developed downward, or even if it wanted to engage in a joint-stock system, such a production model would not work.

The management of the smelter is quite good, because if the various ingredients are not reasonable, they will not be able to produce normally. However, due to unreasonable arrangements, other enterprises often need to work overtime in times of emergency, and sometimes there is often a phenomenon of shutdown. Moreover, the position setting of the enterprise is also unreasonable, often some people are very busy, and some people are very idle.

Both Li Yunhe, Lu Bingyi, and Lu Chengxiang admit that there are indeed big problems in the management of large-scale production at present, and they very much agree with Zhang Zhimu's proposal that management produces benefits. But none of them had any management experience. Li Yunhe said: "In terms of management, my father still knows a little more, do you ask him to help manage it?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It is not enough to rely entirely on your father's experience, we must study some regular management methods, so as to meet the needs of the further development of our industrialization process." We must first draw the entire production process of our enterprise with a block diagram, through which we can find out what is reasonable and unreasonable, and we can use this to improve and optimize our management. This requires a team that understands production, finance, and has a mathematical foundation to do it. It may be a bit of a struggle at first. We can start with an independent company and then learn from it. However, this requires the establishment of a special team, which will be carried out as a professional in the future. This team needs some high-end talents, and only if they do it seriously, can we go to the next level in enterprise management. I will personally grasp this matter, and Li Yunhe, Lu Chengxiang, and Mr. Lu will all participate. The four of us have set up an enterprise management committee, and we will appoint those large enterprise management cadres after we have unified opinions. Under this committee, there is an enterprise management research institute, and after the institute sums up the management experience, it will give lectures and promote it to our enterprise managers. ”

All three agreed with Zhang Zhimu's opinion, and Li Yunhe said: "In this way, I selected three people who have been in the factory for a long time and have been in charge of an enterprise to join this research institute." ”

Lu Bingyi also said: "I sent a student over. ”

"Huh!" Lu Chengxiang smiled and said, "I'll send three people over, not only with good abacus skills, but also with people who are good at financial accounting." ”

"That's good!" Zhang Zhimu said, "We have set aside a few offices for them in the Yaogang office building. Li Yunhe is thinking about it, let's start with that enterprise to carry out a management pilot. We are not afraid of problems, and we will change them if they go wrong. ”

"I'll think about it." Li Yunhe said.

There is not much that the kiln can understand about this kind of thing, and only the three people who stand in the position of the kiln can understand its importance. After making such a major decision, all three felt a little relaxed. After drinking tea for a while, Lu Bingyi asked Li Yunhe, "Yunhe, how is your plane research?" ”

"Airplanes!" Li Yunhe swallowed a sip of tea and said, "We originally made an airplane out of wood. Now we have installed a power car on the plane, and we have tried to drive the propeller with this generator, and the plane can run slowly on the runway under the drive of this and the propeller, and when we run, we can use the tail rudder to control and turn. It was not easy for me to develop a radial engine. I asked, and it would be nice to get it out in the second half of the year. We're now making flying airplanes out of wood. Once the engine is ready, it can be installed for testing. But our power delta wing is flying well now. We use the airdrop ** of the 120**** restructuring**, which is much more powerful than the 120****, because we don't need ***, try to fill the **, and we can load a lot more**. I'm trying to change it to ***. Wouldn't it be scary to set fire from the top of your head? ”

Lu Bingyi and Lu Chengxiang both spoke bluntly to Li Yunhe.

Zhang Zhimu said to Lu Bingyi: "Mr. Lu, we are about to enter an era of aviation and navigation, and there is a more important thing we have to keep up with. ”

Lu Bingyi heard Zhang Zhimu say that he was very serious, put down the cup in his hand, and asked, "What's the important thing?" ”

"Weather forecast!" In order to attract attention, Zhang Zhimu said word by word.

"What? Weather forecast? This time it was Lu Bingyi who was surprised.

"That's right! It's the weather forecast. Zhang Zhimu replied in the affirmative.

Li Yunhe said: "When I was a child, my father could tell if tomorrow would be sunny by looking at the sky. Because he used to manage the iron-making furnace and was very sensitive to the weather, he also practiced it. ”

"The weather forecast I'm talking about is a scientific weather forecast," Zhang Zhimu said, "You know what the wind is?" That's the flow of air, so how does air flow? It is the flow from a place of high pressure to a place of low pressure. Where is the pressure high? The higher the temperature, of course, the higher the pressure. What is rain? It is that the cold air and the hot and humid air meet and become cold, condense into water, and when they drip down, it is rain. The hot and humid air and the cold air are also affected by the pressure. We can make air flow forecasts according to the air pressure, temperature, wind direction, and wind speed in various places, and we can also make weather forecasts based on this. ”

"It's not a simple matter," said Lu, "and it's useless to measure a small range of parameters, and we can't measure a large range of parameters." Besides, all sorts of unknowable factors can have an impact on the air. ”

"Mr. Lu is right," Mr. Zhang said, "and if you want to make a weather forecast, you have to have global parameters." We can't do that right now, but we're trying to measure as wide a range of weather parameters as possible. Finally, we must take weather measurements all over the world. It is necessary to measure not only the ground but also the high altitude. With these parameters, we also need to build a mathematical model based on our experience. Later, with computers, we can use computers to do calculations and make weather forecasts. ”

"Temperature, pressure, wind direction, wind speed and these instruments need to be developed by Yang Chang and others," Lu Bingyi said, "and the data should be sent back by telegraph, and the data from all over the country must be recorded, and the long-term data will have reference value." Lu Bingyi immediately entered the role.

"There are some key points where the data is more important," Zhang said, "and we can set up meteorological observation stations on major peaks such as Qinling and Meiling." Slowly, the whole country will be filled with observation points. In the future, we will build an observatory in the South Seas, because tropical cyclones are generated at the equator. We can predict a typhoon in advance if we measure a cyclone in the south? ”

"Oops! It would be nice if the typhoon could be forecasted. It's much safer for us to go to sea. Lu Bingyi said.

"I'm asking Yang Chang and them to make radio detection instruments, also called radar." Zhang Zhimu said, "In the future, we can use radar to detect where the typhoon has arrived." ”

"Can a typhoon be detected by radio?" Well-informed, Lu Bingyi was also a little confused.

"Typhoons are tropical cyclones that contain a lot of water vapor, the density of the air is very different, and the reflection of electromagnetic waves is also different, and we can measure their position based on the reflection of the cyclone." Zhang Zhimu said, "Also, I also asked Yang Chang to study sonar. In the future, to detect the depth of the seabed, it is possible to use sonar instead of plumb. ”

Lu Chengxiang interjected: "Mr. Zhang! I don't think you can take care of the money you make by fighting, you just have to take care of these things that no one else can handle. Fighting outside and earning money, it's not a big deal if you don't squeak. ”

"What Mr. Lu said is," Zhang Zhimu said, "if we completely take back Jiangnan, our overall situation will be decided." I want to devote more energy to these matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood. ”

"Mr. Zhang, I suggest that Shi Tao should be in charge of this weather forecast. Their navy originally had a special person to watch the weather, and I think it's the most appropriate time for them to do this for the main thing. They now have a ready-made team, as long as they add more people. When some calculations need to be done, we can send someone to attend. Lu Bingyi suggested.

"Hmmm! I think it's okay, Shi Tao and they can come over these days, and we'll study it again. Zhang Zhimu said.

After talking about the weather forecast, Li Yunhe said: "Mr. Zhang, I have another suggestion. Can we build a car factory over there in Taiyuan? We got more than 30 cars for Yaogang. But it was all produced one by one, and it was simply produced by the production line. It's okay regardless of the cost, but in the future, I think the bus market is really large. In the future, horse-drawn carriages for long-distance passenger transport will be replaced by automobiles. So I propose to build a special automobile production line, which can produce both buses and freight cars. However, in our kiln gang is expanding and building factories, not to mention the tight land area, we also have to build a lot of housing. Because there are a lot of workers to be recruited. I think the houses in Taiyuan City are much cheaper than those in Yaogang, and there are still many empty houses. We set up a car factory in Taiyuan, not far from Yaogang. It can also reduce the pressure on the kiln side. ”

"I agree with your suggestion," Zhang Zhimu said, "in the future, large-scale production enterprises should try not to build kilns anymore, and we will build kilns into cultural centers." Xiao Hongyu suggested building a film production base in Yaogang, and I agreed. The film industry is now much better than other industries in terms of input and output. ”

"And there is our Yaogang Hotel, which is a real thing to make money." Lu Chengxiang said, "Mr. Zhang, you have been making me think about joint-stock enterprises again. I was thinking that our businesses are all interconnected and can't be separated. Can we do this, build another joint-stock hotel in Yaogang? The hotel can be carried out in full accordance with the shareholding system, we can account for a part of the shares, and the rest of the shares are raised from outside. If we don't have a stake, outsiders won't believe it. ”

"It's a good idea, and we're going to support it and do a pilot. First raised funds from Yaogang, and slowly the entire Ming Dynasty followed. Zhang Zhimu said, "I suggest that it be called Yaogang Hotel, and the grade should be higher." This can also reduce the pressure on the Yaogang Hotel. If such a hotel is done well, it can also invest in the construction of a second hotel. Then his stock will be worth a lot of money. There are a few such companies, and our stock market can be operated. However, for such a thing, Mr. Lu and Li Yan want to work together with Li Yan to develop a perfect and operational legal system. ”

Fan Song brought back too much goods, and after the Yellow River and the Fen River were civilized, it took a lot of time for the barge to be transported back. This time, Fan Song not only brought back, rubber kapok, spices, jewelry and other goods, but also brought back a lot of silver. This is all the money they used to pay for the goods they sold before, and the money they earned.

Lu Chengxiang whispered to Fan Song: "When you go back, tell Lu Qi that you should bring back as much gold as possible and less silver in the future." We will store gold in the future, and this matter will be kept absolutely secret. ”

Little clever ghost, Fan Song knew that Lu Chengxiang had said this before, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Lu, you don't need to say much, I understand." ”

Lu Chengxiang was very satisfied with Fan Song, "We have prepared the goods you brought back to the Quanzhou branch for you." Don't forget to collect some rubber tree seeds and send them to Qiongzhou when you get back. Liu Chenghuang bought a large amount of mountainous land in Qiongzhou. Large quantities of rubber tree seeds are required. ”

"I see that in this way, we collect a lot of rubber tree seeds in Sulu and also use cuttings to propagate a large number of seedlings. Then hire a ship to transport it to Qiongzhou. As long as there is fresh water, saplings cannot die. Fan Song thought of a way to quickly cultivate rubber trees in large numbers.

"Of course, it would be good if it worked," Lu Chengxiang knew that the contradiction in demand for rubber would become more and more severe with the development of automobiles.

Now in the Yaogang command center, there are two theater command centers that are busy nervously. One is the command center of the Liaodong Theater led by Jiang Xuan, and the other is the command center of the Fujian Theater led by Fan Chengkun.

However, although the Fujian Theater Command Center has been established for a short time, its tasks are more urgent.

Lin Zongwei had already explained the work of the Lingshui Shipyard and came to the kiln to assist Fan Chengkun in his work.

When Lin Zongwei went to Yaogang to greet Zhang Zhimu, Zhang Zhimu asked: "Mr. Lin, in the past, when we had a lot of Ming Dynasty, we could build a lot of lucky boats every year. Why are we still so slow to build ships now? ”

"Huh! Mr. Zhang, if we built a ship like that before, they built one in the past, and we could build three. With our current power tools, we can process wood at a speed that was unimaginable in the past. But what we're building now is steam-powered ships, not just hulls. It is also limited by the fact that we produce boilers, steam turbines, etc. Our boiler plant and steam turbine plant are already at full capacity, and there is no way to do this. They also have to meet the needs of the power plant. Lin Zongwei said helplessly.

"I think we should do this, separate the production of marine boilers and steam turbines. The establishment of a dedicated production plant is not only to increase production capacity, but also to increase efficiency. Zhang Zhimu asked Lin Zongwei's opinion.

"That's the best," Mr. Lin said, "and it's better to build a factory next to our shipbuilding base, but at the same time we need to build a power plant and other supporting factories." Ideally, a factory would be built in Hankou. Our current plan, there is a power plant there. One more steam turbine plant and boiler factory can also be seen. It is also convenient to transport the equipment from the Yangtze River to the Zhenjiang shipbuilding base. In the future, a shipyard can also be built in Hankou. ”

"Hmmm! I'm going to consider your suggestion. Zhang Zhimu said.

The kiln people are steadily moving towards their own goals at their own pace. Zhang Zhimu basically doesn't have to worry about the details of these things, and the generals below have proved with their actual actions that they are capable of fulfilling their mission.

On this day, suddenly Lu Chengxiang came to Zhang Zhimu's office, and Zhang Zhimu knew that this was a person who would not hang out if he had nothing to do. Seeing Lu Chengxiang, Zhang Zhimu said: "Mr. Lu is still so busy, let the young people do more things!" You haven't seen it, this Fan Song and Lu Qi were children when they first went to Nanyang, but let them break through independently, how good they are exercising now. Let it go and let the young people do it! ”

"Yes, yes! In your words, you're forcing them to do it! Lu Chengxiang said and handed over a letter to Zhang Zhimu, "This is a businessman who went to Zhangjiakou in eastern Liaodong to send it. He came to our Zhangjiakou branch and said that someone brought a letter to you from Liaodong. I didn't know what was going on, so I asked him to send him directly to the kiln. I didn't expect this person to really send the letter. ”

Zhang Zhimu, who took the letter, was stunned for a moment, and immediately thought in his heart whether it was Dolgon or their letter.

It really made Zhang Zhimu guess correctly, it was Dorgon's letter, but it was a letter written in Chinese. Careless thought sent people to the kiln to talk to Zhang Zhimu.

Zhang Zhimu put down the letter in his hand and asked, "Has the messenger arranged to stay?" ”

"I've arranged to stay at the Yaogang Hotel!" Lu Chengxiang said.

"Good!" Zhang Zhimu said, "Let's go to the command center immediately to study this matter with Uncle Chen." ”

When they arrived at the command center, they told me about it, and Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He read the letter sent by Dolgon, but they didn't speak. After a while, Ouyang He said: "The guests can't refuse if they want to come, we still prepare at our pace." ”

"I also feel that if they want to come, let them come. Even if we come clearly, now we are not afraid of what anyone will say! Chen Yufeng said.

"There's no problem with letting them come," Mr. Zhang said, "I'm thinking, can't they talk about anything when they come?" Are they trying to test what we're going to do next? I reckon after the last big defeat, they knew they couldn't fight us by force. Maybe they didn't wait for us to attack them, they were a little strange and wanted to know what we wanted to do? ”

"I guess they can throw out a suggestion," Ouyang He said, "they will support us in defeating the Ming court, but ask us not to touch their Liaodong." ”

"What are we talking to them about such a thing?" Zhang Zhimu said, "I saw that they were coming, so we told them directly." Put down your weapons and wait for us to get there. We are also practicing equality among all ethnic groups in Liaodong. ”

"Huh! Actually, you can say anything," Ouyang He said with a smile, "These things don't mean anything to us." I see that they have sent someone, so I just let General Jiang Jiu receive it. Dolgon's letter, Mr. Zhang replied one. If Dorgon himself comes, you will meet him. Otherwise, let General Jiang Hao receive them. ”

Zhang Zhimu nodded and said, "Just do what Mr. Ouyang said!" We're not in a hurry, they're in a hurry. I see that Liaodong is different from other places such as Jiangnan, and it cannot be stabilized without bloodshed. ”

"We don't care about anyone now," Chen Yufeng said and handed Zhang Zhimu a telegram, "You look at this telegram, do you care?" ”

After reading the telegram, Zhang Zhimule was happy, this is the first telegram just sent by the eunuchs who left the study telegram by the prince after returning to the Forbidden City, the content of the telegram is that Emperor Chongzhen asked the kiln gang to send people to inoculate everyone in their palace with cowpox.

This made Zhang Zhimu cry and laugh, "Hehe! What a coincidence, the telegram just arrived. Emperor Chongzhen must be waiting for news by the telegraph! Soon we will send a telegram, we will organize personnel immediately, and when they are ready, we will send them to Beijing to vaccinate everyone with cowpox! ”

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".