When Zhao Xin docked, there was no big welcome ceremony, deep down, Zhao Xin was very disgusted with such a ceremony, and now it was not time to hold a ceremony, and his trip to Ryukyu was only known to a few high-level people, and in Ryukyu, it was limited to the top few people.

These people know Zhao Xin's thoughts very well, and they did not come to the port, they went to the port, there is no difference from the public, even if it is the Dinghai, any middle and high-level arrival at the port, the people on the port side also know that something big has happened, not to mention, the population is only 100,000, and it is currently only limited to the development of the Ryukyu in the Taipei Plain.

However, there are still necessary preparations, more than a dozen carriages, which are used to secretly send Zhao Xin to Taipei, but they are not so public.

Zhao Xin's ship was not the first batch to dock, there was still a batch in front, and there were several ships that were still in the process of unloading, they arrived a few days ago, because the loaded goods were too large, and the unloading speed was slow.

At present, in the entire Ryukyus, there are only a few large cranes, all of which are placed in the port, used to lift these large parts, Zhao Xin glanced at it, and asked with a little surprise: "It turned out to be a steelmaking blast furnace!" ”

If you say, Dingjun, which project is the most satisfying to Zhao Xin and surpasses this era a lot, is this steel plant.

From the handmade workshop, hundreds of thousands of tons per year, suddenly increased to millions of tons, not only iron, but also steel, this span is amazing, in other countries, including Liao, steel as a treasure, the Northern Song Dynasty in the support of the Ding Navy, can even be wasted without distress, a war, send out countless steel, without recycling.

This is an exaggeration, but it is not a problem to really use these steels as weapons, as armor, to arm millions of people, and to support long-term consumption, which is also the foundation of industrialization.

The environment of the Dinghai Navy, the efforts of Zhao Xin, and the transportation of collected iron ore from all over the country to the Dinghai Navy, supported the huge production.

There are still 300 square kilometers of land, even if all of them are used to build steel plants, it is impossible to expand production to a large extent, and there is another important factor, that is, raw materials.

Dingjun is such a small territory, even if there is iron ore, the taste is very low, there is no possibility of mining, most of the iron ore is imported from outside.

Among some well-known mines in later generations, Dinghai invested in the establishment of mines and concentrators, and transported some low-grade ones to Dinghai after beneficiation, reducing the volume and weight.

However, according to the output of steel mills, the annual output is 2 million tons, and iron ore alone requires more than 5 million tons, plus coal and other things, this alone is millions of tons per year, with an average of 10,000 tons a day.

It doesn't sound big, 10,000 tons a day, a 10,000-ton cargo ship in later generations, it is 10,000 tons, and there are 50,000 or 100,000 tons, but in this era, 10,000 yuan is a big number, let alone 10,000 tons.

10,000 tons a day, plus some other capacity, it is almost impossible for steel mills to expand, because if they do, the demand will increase very much.

There is no high-grade iron ore in the Ryukyus, and the highest-grade iron ore in China is in Hainan, but in the north, especially near the current Taipei Plain, there are coal mines, and the taste is not low.

This is a good thing, it solves part of the problem, and shortens the voyage, and in the future, if Hainan is developed, it can also use the iron ore in Shanghai South by sea, which is worth relocating.

At present, the steel plant of the Dinghai Navy is still shouldering a very important task, whether it is construction or railway, it is inseparable from the production of the steel plant.

Fortunately, after the construction of the steel plant, I already have experience in the design of the entire blast furnace and other materials, such as refractory bricks and other ancillary materials, which are available in almost every place, and are produced locally in the Ryukyus.

It has been more than two months since the large-scale landing of the Dinghai Navy in the Ryukyus, and with the development of many personnel and follow-up support, it already has the foundation to undertake the industry, and the largest cement plant in the Ryukyus, the first cement plant in Taipei, has been built, followed by the steel plant.

Initially, a small steel plant with an annual output of about 300,000 tons will be built, and in the future, to a certain extent, when it has the capacity to undertake, it will gradually expand, while building, while undertaking, and finally let the steel plant of the Dinghai Navy complete the transfer process, in the future, in the Dinghai, there will be a steel plant, but the annual output will not exceed 300,000 tons.

It seems to be smaller, but in fact, this 300,000-ton steel plant is a special steel plant, that is, through the latest technology researched in the laboratory, the best steel will be produced in this steel plant, including stainless steel and other high-tech steel.

As for the crude steel and pig iron, which originally accounted for a large amount of the total, they were placed in the Ryukyus, and even to a certain extent, the scale of the steel mill will be expanded under the premise that the raw materials and transportation capacity can be supported.

Steel is the backbone of the national economy, that is, from the beginning of the steel age, all kinds of machines began to use steel to cast, the future, railways, trains, and a series of other improvements, all need steel as a support, 2 million tons sounds like a lot, but the actual use, is still too little.

Huge cranes, lifting huge parts, perhaps, at the beginning of the establishment of the Dinghai Navy, there are some small blast furnaces, after the gradual development of the Dinghai Navy, the progress of technology in all aspects, this small blast furnace has been gradually eliminated, to now, the entire Dinghai Navy, all kinds of blast furnaces are basically more than 400 tons, and the improvement of oxygen blowing roof.

The increase in efficiency, the increase in production, and the reduction in the number of people who can easily control the use of these are the improvements that have been achieved by countless researchers in the past two years, and these will be applied to the Ryukyu Iron and Steel Plant.

Zhao Xin took a look at the operation of the crane, and then quietly left, under the premise of now, he is only grasping the total amount and grasping the overall situation for the development of the navy, if even the construction of a steel plant needs him to do, then it is not exhausting, and the navy will not develop so big.

A series of carriages quietly left the port, and the port side, loading and unloading was in full swing, and no one realized the arrival of such a big man.

At this time, in a few months, the whole Taipei has become a large construction site, 100,000 people, almost all concentrated here, they built a large number of houses, all the designs, are designed by the Dinghai Navy Design Institute, on the basis of the Dinghai Navy, consider the functions of the city, make up for the detours taken in the Dinghai Navy before, it seems that the scale is not large, but 100,000 people are quite orderly.

On the top floor of the huge office hall, Zhao Xin met with the civil and military officials of the Dinghai Navy in a huge office, and the civil officials were headed by Zhou Chong, but not all, the Dinghai Navy was in the Ryukyus, and the choice was to have flat management, and the military and political leaders were not hierarchical management, and the following were relatively independent units, for example, they were divided into different districts, different factories, and seven or eight units at the same level above and below the agricultural level, using a combination of vertical and supervision.

Dinghai, with Zhao Xin in charge, don't worry about the problem, the shape of the pyramid is conducive to strengthening management, but the distance of the Ryukyus is too far, if you say, Dinghai has a huge fleet that is enough to shock the seven seas, it's okay, but there is no mistake in being careful.

A few simple words of encouragement, Zhao Xin has been a superior for so long, especially in Dingjun, under his words, he has also formed a personal style, a few simple words of relief, he grasped the whole rhythm, and then reported one by one.

What Zhao Xin is most concerned about is still the basic development of the Ryukyus.

It took a long time to land in the Ryukyus, but in the beginning, due to the lack of transportation capacity and other aspects, there were only a few hundred, less than a thousand, and they built and stabilized a settlement at most.

After that, the construction of the Ryukyus began at the time of the second and third batches of support and construction.

At present, the permanent population of the Ryukyus is about 100,000, but the total population is quite large, about 230,000, of which 130,000 are aborigines.

Although it is said that from the later generations, the human rights society has come to have some cleanliness habits for slaves and so on, but in the current situation, slaves are the best choice.

The natives have no modern education, and illiteracy is absolute, even if they are some outstanding, they are in the killing and group fighting, which is not needed by the navy.

For industrial society, the population is always in infinite demand, and just because these people are unstable, we cannot kill them, simply gather them together and do some manual labor.

Industrial society, even as a slave, will not have the oppression of slave society, just work, as long as you are not lazy, you can eat enough, and you can even get a little bit of meager heart.

Compared with the small profits obtained by squeezing hard work, as long as you work hard, you will get more benefits without destroying things.

In the beginning, there was no domestication, and even aggressive slaves, of course, there could be no less control, high-pressure policy, is the root of resolving the contradictions, when they adapt to such a life, only to give a little sweetness, for example, to increase some welfare benefits, reduce abuse, by the way, there are some promotion, even free channels.

For Zhao Xin, the illiterate people who don't even know the words at all can only act as ordinary laborers, and the value they create is not great, only after completing the most basic training and reaching the level of ordinary workers, can they continue to create, and the higher the level of the worker, the greater the value created.

In the early days of the development of the Ryukyus, 130,000 slaves were very important for the construction of the Ryukyus, and they supplemented the most basic labor force, although they did not know how to speak or read, but they could complete some simple physical work under the whip and constraints, which made Taipei's development very fast.

Urban construction is definitely worth writing, in just two months, a city with 100,000 people living in the city, has risen from the ground, although there are many construction sites, but basically, to ensure that everyone can live.

Of course, this person is a permanent population, and for slaves, the Chase Shop is their home, but even so, it is unimaginable for these natives.

The buildings with clear windows do not have to be beaten by wind and rain, mosquito bites, and it doesn't matter if they are narrow, and the original houses of the natives are not very spacious, the most important thing is food.

The current income of the Dinghai Navy has completely solved the problem of grain, and the Jiangnan is sent to the Dinghai Navy a little far, but from Fuzhou and the Yangtze River valley to the Ryukyus, not only is it not far, but it is also very close.

In addition, there are only 230,000 indigenous people, and the purchase of a part of the rice is enough to feed them.

Physical work, the reason why people die, physical fitness is one aspect, and another important aspect is that after consumption, there is no way to replenish it.

Why feudal society, some large-scale projects, will cause popular uprisings, the key is that the mortality rate is too high, most of the projects, do not include food, the life of the working people themselves is very hard, if you do not include food, engaged in heavy physical labor, it is easy to be weak or even die.

But from the very beginning, the Dinghai Navy paid attention to this, all the projects were paid, even if these slaves, in the beginning, there was no salary, but the treatment should be good, at least let them be fed.

The high-intensity labor for many days not only did not make the natives emaciated, but because they ate well and were full, many people became stronger.

You must know that Dingjun provides not only rice, but also a lot of protein.

Before the change, the supply of protein in the navy itself was not enough, let alone slaves.

However, now, after the opening of the Yangtze River fishing grounds, the daily output is very large, and with the addition of some small-scale fishing boats produced from the Dinghai Navy, between 1,000 and 2,000 materials, they may not be able to penetrate deep into the ocean, but they can be in the vicinity of the Ryukyus.

There are rivers in the Ryukyus, and it is not possible to form such a dense and large fishing ground as the mouth of the Yangtze River, but there are many small fishing grounds, and although there is no large-scale trawling, the efficiency is not high, but it is much closer.

Not only rice, but also meat to eat, this is the past, the patriarchs couldn't live a life, now everyone is living, except for the real blood feud, the others are really obedient, and it is easy to manage.

Machinery, planning, and a lot of manpower have not only allowed the city to develop rapidly, but also the construction of the most critical industrial zones has been completed.

Although it is said that only the cement plant is in operation now, after a week, the steel plant can erect the first blast furnace, and then the other factories, as long as half a year later, after the workers are satisfied, it will inevitably be able to produce products on a large scale.