Chapter 016: Industrial System

After Wang Hanzhang seized the Brahmaputra River basin, the construction of a railway between the two places was also officially put on the agenda, both now and in the long run, it is impossible to rely on car transportation forever, and the cost is too high.

It is still quite difficult to build the railway between the two places, and there are high mountains and mountains between the Chindun River and the Brahmaputra River, and it is very difficult to build the road, so the British did not build it.

The British don't repair because he is a colonizer, even if they pay, it is for a greater return, but Wang Hanzhang is not, Wang Hanzhang is building his own country, although it is difficult, but it must be repaired, and after repairing, it is also very important for the strategy of the whole country.

After much consideration, especially from the topography, the railway engineers finally chose to build a railway from Moondo between Myitkyina and Mandalay along the tributary of the Chindun River to the Chindun River, and then build the Chindun River, and finally to Imphal, and finally to Lumdin, which is just the railway junction of Lummuddin and the strategic location of Imphal, and this railway line is the best to build, and the terrain is simpler than from other places.

In order to complete it faster, Wang Hanzhang plans to recruit millions of people to build in sections, so that it can be completed in more than a year, at most a year and a half, but Wang Hanzhang did not go to investigate, the railway engineers finally came to the conclusion, of course, Wang Hanzhang must ensure the sufficiency of materials, and the other is really to recruit millions of people to repair the railway, otherwise there is a lack of necessary machinery such as bulldozers, and there are not enough manpower, there is absolutely no way to complete it in a short time.

As for the railroad tracks, China itself is capable of making railroad tracks, and technically, there is not much of a problem, the quality of the steel produced by the iron ore mine in Panzhihua is absolutely passable, and the steel used to make guns and cannons can definitely be used to make railroad tracks.

According to the results of the previous experiment, there was no problem, the railway from Yangon to Pyinmana was seriously destroyed because of the war, although Wang Hanzhang did not repair it at that time, but in addition to worrying about the bombing of devil planes, there was also a lack of steel, and there was a lack of rails, but it did not mean that Wang Hanzhang did not build the railway.

Wang Hanzhang just asked people to repair the land base, just waiting for the rails to be laid, and in this way, he also trained some half-baked skilled workers, at least when it came to building a completely shapeless railway, there was no need to be completely guided by technical engineers.

There is not much of a problem in terms of steel, Chiang Kai-shek now has a monthly output of 30 tons, Wang Hanzhang has reached an agreement with Chiang Kai-shek, within five years, to provide 10 tons per month to Wang Hanzhang, in addition, Qin can also make five tons of steel every month, adding up to 15 tons, in addition to 5 tons for making guns, the rest for civilian use and making rails.

In addition, large-scale production can be achieved soon, now everything needs steel, how can Wang Hanzhang not know, how can not prepare in advance, Wang Hanzhang has long been preparing for large-scale production of steel, but prospecting and building plants, and the lack of equipment limits Wang Hanzhang, but the Chinese people are the smartest race, the equipment is not good, it doesn't matter if it is lacking, we look for alternatives.

On the other hand, Wang Hanzhang also sent people to order a large number of various equipment from the United States to ship over, although Britain did not recognize Qin, and the United States did not recognize it, but Wang Hanzhang looked for Chinese businessmen in Macao to come forward, they could go under the banner of neutral Portugal, and Britain and the United States did not dare to make it too difficult even if they knew.

In addition, Japan did not dare to offend Portugal, as evidenced by Japan's retention of Macau, which now has Brazilian protection, and Japanese pigtails are in the hands of Brazil.

A month earlier the fleet had sent a telegram that they had departed, and although they were making a detour to Australia, they should be almost there. Thinking of the equipment and machinery that was loaded with 12 large ships, once it arrived, Wang Hanzhang's lack of equipment and machinery would be greatly alleviated.

And the Germans have already set off, and by calculation, the time of arrival should be about the same, not more than a few days. Together, Wang Hanzhang has professional equipment for the production of rails, as well as steelmaking equipment.

Construction has begun on the railway from Vendo to Imphal to Lumdin, 300,000 people have been organized to start construction, and at least 700,000 people will be mobilized in the next three months. At that time, Wang Hanzhang's money should have also been printed, and then the currency could be unified, and mobilization would save a lot of trouble.

If hundreds of thousands of people are mobilized from all ethnic groups in Burma, the Burmese will not be able to make a stir at all, and they will not be able to run away from the guerrilla attacks without young and middle-aged people, relying on the old and weak women and children.

On April 10, the materials purchased from the United States were the first to arrive, and the ships were unloaded at many ports, and Wang Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief when this batch of materials arrived, but these materials cost Wang Hanzhang a lot of real money, and Wang Hanzhang had no gold reserves for the next currency.

What Wang Hanzhang feared the most did not happen, the Americans did not embarrass the fleet, maybe they knew, maybe they didn't know, but after the supplies arrived, the rest was not important.

This batch of materials has been collected a long time ago, that is, Wang Hanzhang has not yet set up with Germany, although he wants to get German assistance, but he does not have any capital to return it to Germany, and Germany may not be able to see it, so Wang Hanzhang sent people to the United States to purchase.

This batch of materials has the most scarce mining equipment, chemical equipment, etc., with these machinery and equipment, Wang Hanzhang can establish a basic industrial base in Qin, and then establish a complete industrial system on this basis.

The workers are working overtime to unload the goods, although the sea is very calm, but it is not ruled out that there is no danger, and Wang Hanzhang is more relieved to move the goods ashore as soon as possible.

Five days later, they finally finished unloading, and at this time the German-aided machinery and equipment also arrived, and the German-aided equipment was still very complete, including chemical, steel, electronics and other equipment urgently needed by Wang Hanzhang, and there were more than 1,000 technicians, but although most of these people were still wearing clean clothes, their faces were as pale as dirt, and it was estimated that they were Jews who had been imprisoned for a long time.

After the equipment was unloaded, the Germans loaded the cargo ship with all the oil and some rare metal ores that were in short supply in Germany and shipped them back to Germany according to the previous agreement.

Qin Guo, on the other hand, began assembling the equipment with the assistance of German technicians so that it could be put into production as soon as possible.

The first is to establish four steel plants with an annual output of 10 tons and two steel plants with an annual output of 200,000 tons, in addition to two chemical plants, two biopharmaceutical factories, and a shipyard in the port city of Sittwe, a port city in the central coastal area of Qin, as well as machinery and equipment factories and rare metal factories will also be established one by one.

The Germans were also very surprised to see that Wang Hanzhang actually shipped back so much equipment from the United States, originally they were worried that Wang Hanzhang was ready to rely on German assistance for all his things, but obviously not, they now also understand why Wang Hanzhang can suddenly rise to the top, a year's work from a small platoon commander of dozens of people suddenly became an emperor with a land area larger than Germany, judging from Wang Hanzhang's performance, Wang Hanzhang is indeed taking precautions, and every step is very good.

The Germans believed that Wang Hanzhang had been preparing for a long time, because it was only more than half a month before the establishment of the Qin State, and if Wang Hanzhang went to procure it temporarily, even if he did not make a counteroffer, it would not be possible to be so fast, so Wang Hanzhang did not intend to rely on the strength of Germany from the beginning.

The machinery and equipment aided by the Germans only loaded 6 boats, while Wang Hanzhang bought and installed 12 boats himself, so the workload of the Germans increased sharply and tripled, but these Germans did not complain, the Germans were indeed very rigorous and efficient.

However, seeing the Chinese workers, good technicians, and scientists working overtime there, they were impressed by the hard-working spirit of the Qin people.

Many times they are very worried that Qin's technology and scientists will not be able to assemble the equipment, but Qin's technical workers will ask for advice during the day, and then simulate it themselves, and will continue to assemble it at night.

In order to hurry, they work in shifts in the city, so there are people working on the construction site day and night, Wang Hanzhang can not follow the usual step-by-step process, Wang Hanzhang needs to use manpower in exchange for time, others can be completed in a month, Wang Hanzhang hopes to compress it shorter, so that these machinery and equipment can be put into production as soon as possible.

Although the Germans are rigorous, they are also step-by-step, in their opinion, this behavior of the Qin State is very incomprehensible, because to speed up the progress of the project, some things are okay, but some are not, and it is likely that there will be potential safety hazards.

And these Wang Hanzhang naturally also took into account, such as the foundation of a large factory, Wang Hanzhang would rather spend more money, but also to build a more stable infrastructure, can prevent earthquakes, etc., and the same is true of the plant, Wang Hanzhang did not spend more money to give up on increasing investment, Wang Hanzhang knows that if these things are not paid attention to now, once there is a problem, then the loss caused by the shutdown to the country will be greater.

And if it is in the wartime, it will affect the war situation, so Wang Hanzhang did not sacrifice quality while asking for speed, but only ensured quality by increasing investment. After the arrival of German experts, Wang Hanzhang's finance also began, and Wang Hanzhang had already prepared everything except technology. Wang Hanzhang's currency was issued with the same value as that of later generations, and the currency unit was the same.

The arrival of the Germans has brought with them the special paper needed for printing, and the machinery for making currency stencils has also arrived in Qin, as well as the equipment and technology for the production of special paper, and now a factory is being opened in northern Myanmar, and it will not be long before it can be put into production.

Seeing that everything was going on in an orderly manner, Wang Hanzhang finally breathed a sigh of relief, there are not too many things to worry about in the economy, industry, agriculture, and immigration, and Wang Hanzhang has to worry about it. Wang Hanzhang should also clean up the devils, otherwise they will forget themselves.