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After agreeing on the Wanqi Kingdom, Zhang Wei left Calgary by plane on January 10 and arrived in Kansas City. 【】

After Zhang Wei arrived in Kansas City, he first rested.

The temperature in Kansas is only 8 degrees, which is significantly more comfortable than in Calgary.

On the 11th, Premier Song Shijie began to report to Zhang Wei on the current economic situation of Lu State.

The United States is a major producer of grain and cotton, which just fills the market situation of the shortage of cotton in the Xia Empire.

As a result of the occupation of the United States this year, the grain and cotton harvest failed, and in particular, a lot of cotton was not picked in time, and a large part of it rotted in the fields.

Zhang Wei proposed: "Premier Song, from now on, prohibit the export of cotton, and after it must be processed into finished products, export cotton fabrics, such as cotton cloth, quilt covers, clothes, shoes and hats, etc., the added value of cotton is too low to simply export, that is, cotton yarn can not be directly exported, if the United States can not digest so much cotton, it can all be processed into cotton yarn, transported by rail to Los Angeles or San Francisco, and then shipped back to the Xia Empire for processing, and then sold." “

Song Shijie replied very happily: "Yes, Your Majesty, I am imagining that you have applied to establish a new spinning machine, loom and other equipment production plant in Lu, relying on new technology to completely squeeze out the British textile industry." “

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "It's not yet time, the current cotton spinning industry is still a seller's market, the products have always been in short supply, and there is no need to treat the British textile industry like this for the time being, but the Xia Empire and the Chinese Empire are two extremely huge markets, and there is no need to be angry with the British." “

The energy industry is the basic economic industry of the country, and now the most important energy is coal, 90% of the coal comes from the eastern Appalachian coalfield, and it is planned to reach an output of 350 million tons in 1909, all of which are the production of high-quality coking coal, thermal coal and anthracite, which is a high-quality raw material for steel plants, power plants, cement plants, etc.; Bituminous coal and lignite in the western region can only be used to generate electricity.

The Appalachian Coalfield stretches from central Pennsylvania and central Ohio in the north, about 300 kilometers wide in the north, extends to the southwest, and gradually narrows in width until it reaches the northern part of Alabama, with a length of 1,200 kilometers from north to south, including western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, central Tennessee, northern Alabama, and the western edge of Virginia and Maryland, a total of eight states; In the north, there is the steel city of Pittsburgh, and in the south there is the steel base of Birmingham, both of which are rich in high-quality coking coal.

Song Shijie continued: "Your Majesty, the United States now only produces some anthracite coal in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, and the rest of the coal mines are all occupied by the Empire; As for iron ore, it is all stored in the western part of the Great Lakes and around Birmingham, and there are no large or medium-sized iron ore mines in the United States; As for the oil-producing areas, they are now also under the control of the Empire, and the United States does not produce a drop of crude oil, but can only import from the Empire. “

Zhang Wei is extremely satisfied with this situation, the United States has cut off coal, iron ore and crude oil, so what else will his industry develop?

So Zhang Wei said: "Then you go on, I'm here to see what kind of results you will create in 1909." “

Song Shijie hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Majesty, thanks to the oil experts sent by the empire, it is estimated that 60 million barrels of oil can be extracted in 1909; It could produce 15 million tons of steel, and in 1910 it would strive to reach 20 million tons. “

"How can the production of steel and oil be so low?" Zhang Wei asked.

"Your Majesty, the steel production of the United States in 1908 could reach more than 20 million tons, after the empire occupied here, some of the owners of the steel enterprises chose to stay and continue to produce, and some of the owners and workers of the steel mills chose to return to the United States, resulting in a decline in production, and there is also the need to subtract the steel production of Philadelphia from the total production of the United States to be counted as the production potential of the empire, if the output target is reached next year and the year after, His Majesty needs to invest more and update new technologies, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve the predetermined goal. As for the lack of growth in oil production, it is because a large number of black oil workers have fled and been killed, resulting in a shortage of workers. Song Shijie replied.

Zhang Wei said: "If I invest in new technology, it will easily lead to technology leakage, and it will be easy to collapse these low-tech factories, so for the time being, the superior technology of our empire will not be put here, including other industries, or wait for the European war to decide this matter; Moreover, while satisfying the needs of the empire, the state of Lu still had to compete for the European market. Steel and oil production should be increased slowly, at least double in five years, and at the same time, the price should also slowly increase, if it cannot be sold, it can be purchased by the empire and used as war stocks. “

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Song Shijie replied.

Zhang Wei continued: "The future energy will be based on oil, therefore, the current oil production is still too low, the price is too low, your next step is to refine and process on the spot, to sell finished products of kerosene, lubricating oil, gasoline, etc., reduce the direct export of crude oil, and increase the added value of products." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, we have now begun to reduce the number of crude oil exports, and I believe that in another 2 years, after the construction of the new oil processing plant, there will be no more crude oil exports." Song Shijie explained.

Zhang Wei thought to himself, now that Lu has replaced the United States as the country with the highest output of steel, oil and other products in the world, when the first European war comes, he will choose to support both sides, and he must let them beat Europe to a pulp, and he will not stop if he does not go back a few decades.

Song Shijie saw that Zhang Wei was silent, so he continued: "Your Majesty, now that the empire's copper production is also the largest in the world, do you want to restrict the export of copper?" ”

Zhang Wei thought to himself that the important war resources of the copper market must be sold no matter how expensive they are, so he said: "There is no need to restrict exports, but the price must be raised by at least 15% every year, and if it cannot be sold, it will be purchased at a parity by the empire as war reserve materials." “

Song Shijie continued: "Your Majesty, there is still a more promising industry in Lu now, that is, the automobile industry, with the efforts of the imperial technicians, the imitation Ford car can already start mass production, the automobile industry can drive steel, rubber, glass, textile, gasoline and other industries, now do you need to vigorously promote it?" “

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Wei said: "We must increase our promotion efforts, your side will produce and sell resistance cars, mainly family cars, how cheap and how to do it, the empire will produce and sell high-end cars, and there will be no competition." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Wei continued: "The industrial base inherited by your Lu country is relatively good, and I hope that with the support of the empire, within three years, Lu will develop into the world's largest economy and the world's strongest industrial country." ”

Song Shijie said confidently: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, with such a good foundation and conditions, if you fail to achieve this goal, I will automatically resign." However, the workers who are in short supply still need more support from His Majesty. ”

"You can rest assured about this, in the future, we will support at least 2 million of you every year, all of whom have initial Chinese, and you are qualified workers with a little training." Zhang Wei replied.

Song Shijie said: "Thank you for Your Majesty's support, with these personnel supported by Your Majesty, it is difficult for Lu Guo not to develop." (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.