Tanya was not too surprised when she heard that these bullets and ammunition were more expensive than the ones she bought from the Red Police base. Because this is not abnormal, but very normal. With Taiwan's current industrial strength, being able to produce bullets is the first step to complete, and the next thing to consider is the cost. It is necessary to solve the problem from scratch before we can consider the cost. This is also the target position of a country, whether you think about the question of having and not having it, or considering the cost.

If it is some small countries, especially those in Europe with small territories and small populations, they have developed economies, but they will never be able to compete for the right to dominate the world. In this case, they will choose to buy bullets, because their country simply cannot support an industrial system, whether it is a capital or a population market. So they may choose to buy their own bullets, which is cheaper, and they all survive by relying on the big powers.

And if it is a big country, a big country that has the goal of competing for supremacy in the world, then even if the cost of bullets is expensive, it must grit its teeth and support it. One of the most important parameters is the proportion of weapons produced by a country, the more weapons that can be produced by themselves, the safer the source of weapons, and the stronger your industrial strength. So although the director of the factory said that the production cost was higher than the purchase, Tanya knew that no matter how high the cost was, Wang Guorui would continue to spend money, and then let this ammunition factory continue to expand its scale. Even if you buy bullets at a loss, you have to buy them. Otherwise, if you keep relying on the Red Alert base, you will end the game sooner or later. This is inevitably the road of a big country and a strong country, and all countries that want to compete for hegemony in the world must have this road, and this is an inevitable pain.

In later generations, some Chinese people thought that some small countries in the West had good national welfare. The tax burden is low, and then they think that their country is inferior to them. But in fact, this is a big mistake, those small Western countries will never be able to compete for world hegemony, and they will not be able to develop horizontally and vertically, so they will simply use the money for the development of armaments to pay welfare to the people and reduce taxes. But the fate of these small countries. It is impossible to be completely independent, and once it is in the hands of a certain big country, it is just a plaything for them to play with. And those countries that want to be qualified to compete for world hegemony, such as China and the United States in later generations, although they seem to have high tax burdens, are countries that are qualified to compete for hegemony, and the fate of the country can be autonomous, and no foreign country can control their destiny. So although on the surface the pressure tax of the common people is greater than that of the small European countries, they have a gain that the small European countries do not have. That is the status of a citizen of a great country. Only citizens who are truly a big country can proudly go international because of the strength of the motherland. If a country is not even able to control its own destiny, then even if you get a lower tax for a while, you can pay a lot less tax, so you will eventually not be able to get the protection of the state. Therefore, those who give up their citizenship as citizens of a big country in order to avoid taxes will definitely regret it for the rest of their lives in the future. If you don't go internationally, don't encounter danger in a foreign country, and never know how important it is to be a citizen of a big country.

"Alright. You don't have to worry, I'll talk to the commander about this bullet. You can rest assured that the Commander will continue to invest. You've done a good job this time, and as long as you can produce the bullets yourself, it's all your credit. Now is not the time to worry too much about cost. We must first start from nothing, and this is the condition that ensures that we can not be controlled by others. Tanya said.

Tanya knew that the director of this bullet processing factory had done his best. After all, no scientific development can be achieved overnight, so it must be done step by step. After all, China's industrial foundation is too weak, and it is impossible to expect it to be achieved overnight. Therefore, we must take our time, and we can only accumulate more time, so that we can go to the top step by step. Of course. Wang Guorui's plan is to clone Germany's industrial base to Taiwan, so that Taiwan can create a much more complete industrial system than the current one overnight. At present, Taiwan is only relatively good in military industry, but the civilian industry is still too poor, and at present, Taiwan's capital is first invested in military industry, after all, Taiwan's security is necessary. At present, everything in Taiwan has been created by relying on its strong military strength, and if it does not have sufficient industrial strength, it will not be far from the destruction of Taiwan by the great powers.

And if Germany can clone the corresponding industrial technology, it will be a good way to complete an industrial technology reserve. However, the Germans do not see the rabbit and do not scatter the eagle, they must be considered after Taiwan rules the whole of China, otherwise they will not believe in Taiwan's strength at all.

"Thank you, Lord Wang, and Mrs. Wang for your understanding!" said the director of the bullet factory.

The director of this bullet factory finally breathed a sigh of relief, if Wang Guorui punished him for this, he would be in trouble. After all, the cost of self-produced bullets is higher than that of foreign purchases, and this cannot convince others. If Wang Guorui holds him accountable for this at that time, then he will not be able to escape. Where he produces it himself, he hopes for a lower cost, but he has not been able to achieve a lower cost, but has a higher cost. If it is some more incompetent leaders, I am afraid they will also blame themselves. You must know that the Manchu government on the mainland, they once tried to build their own ships. However, in the end, the cost of building one's own ships was higher than the cost of buying foreigners abroad, so the Manchu government stopped developing the shipbuilding industry. Of course, the reason why the Manchu government has high costs is, of course, there are some objective reasons, such as corruption, the need to import materials, and the high cost of foreigners, who eat a lot of idle food. However, if we use the national strategy to talk about these are actually some objective reasons that can be solved, they are not the main reasons. However, for the sake of these objective reasons, it is not advisable to give up the development of the shipbuilding industry and the development of the entire industry. It is simply absurd to buy from foreign countries at a low price and give up the development of one's own industrial base. And this is also the reason why the Manchu Qing Dynasty has not succeeded in developing industry for so many years, because they do not have any determination and perseverance at all, and they saw some considerable reasons and hurriedly began to criticize those who really developed industry.

Fortunately, Wang Guorui was able to understand him, and did not give up his idea of developing bullets because of this, but continued to invest in it, which made the director of the bullet factory a little moved. Not only did they not punish him, but encouraged him and even continued to invest, which made him feel grateful, and this kind of leader who can understand the difficulties of his subordinates is really rare.

"Also, what do you use for this bullet as a warhead and shell?" Tanya asked.

"It's all made of pure copper! So the cost is very high! Said the director of the bullet factory.

And Tanya immediately thought about it, China is actually very short of copper mines. The price of non-ferrous metals such as copper is still very high, so if copper is used to make zuò bullets, the cost is naturally very high. Moreover, copper ore is still a very large material used in coins, and if a large amount of copper ore is used to make zuò bullets, it will definitely be a very huge cost for economic circulation. In later generations, China used copper-clad steel to make bullet casings and warheads, which was better in terms of economic cost. And there is no copper-clad steel in this time and space, and the technology of copper-clad steel has not yet been figured out. Therefore, the bullets are made of pure copper, so the cost must be much higher. And countless bullets are fired, and I am afraid that the consumption is even more massive. So if the technology of copper-clad steel can be invented, it will probably help to save the cost of bullets. Moreover, it is an indisputable fact that China lacks copper, although there are copper mines in the South Seas, but it is still separated from the mainstream Chinese territory by an ocean. So once China loses its sea supremacy, it will probably be very dangerous. So the next step is to find a way to come up with the technology of copper-clad steel, so that you can have enough materials to make bullets. Although such a bullet is not as good as pure copper, there is no way to do it.

"You can consider using copper-clad steel, and you go to the steel mill and ask them to research copper-clad steel for you, so that your bullet may be able to save a lot of material costs." Tanya said.

"Thank you Madame for reminding me, I will definitely go right away!" said the director of the bullet factory.

Then, Tanya also inspected many factories on behalf of Wang Guorui, especially the bullet production workshops. Then Tanya also tested a few bullets, and she was quite satisfied with this bullet. Although the bullets provided by the Red Alert system are not as good as those provided by the Red Alert system, they can meet the needs of ordinary soldiers. As for the cost, I'll talk about this later, but as long as you can get bullets now, it's pretty good. Therefore, as long as the bullets are available, then the production must be expanded to avoid accidents after there is no red alert system in the future.

"Isn't it too wasteful to have to supply bullets and mint coins now? Minting requires a lot of copper ore, so why not put it on the gold standard? This saves a lot of copper. Tanya muttered suddenly. (To be continued......)