Whereas 60 percent of the chemical industry revolved around the oil industry, 70 percent now revolves around coal.

Germany had enough coal, and Austria-Hungary produced almost as much coal as France at 52 million tons a year, and Austria-Hungary also had oil - 320,000 tons a year, or 2.57 million tons in 1913, making it the largest oil producer in Europe after Russia. That was enough to give Lehydon the confidence to build a large refinery, and now even the Rockefeller refinery could only break down kerosene, gasoline, and petroleum jelly, oh, and asphalt, and diesel was discarded as waste or used for heating, and nothing else was produced in the form of petroleum products.

Germany's synthetic chemical industry and technology are so developed that there is no way to do it. The world's raw material sources were divided between the British and the French, and the United States itself has an almost infinite variety of minerals and raw materials. If it were not for synthetic chemicals, Germany would not have been able to compete with British and French companies in the chemical industry.

Lehedon built his oil refinery and coal coking plant in Košice, Slovakia, near Galicia and Transylvania, close to the main coal and oil producing areas of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In fact, it should have been built in Galicia, but sooner or later it will become a place of war, and everything that is done now may be destroyed.

Another important product of chemical plants is synthetic paints.

His electrical appliance company consumes a lot of paint every year for the insulation of electrical wires, and in the era when there was no plastic and synthetic rubber, paint and even paper soaked in tung oil were the items of choice for insulation.

Shipyards and automobile factories will also need a lot of this stuff in the future.

In 18.95, Heldon spent a long time all over Germany.

When autumn came, he moved on to Stuttgart.

At the Daimler Engine Research Institute (which is actually a very small machine repair shop), Lee Hayden met Daimler with a stunned face and was amazed by the visit of an Austrian royal family.

This made Lechelton feel a little proud.

"Mr. Daimler, I am interested in your research, and of course your friend Mr. Maybach." "I own an engine company myself, and I believe that the 'horse-drawn automatic car' you are working on has great prospects for development, and I understand the financial difficulties you are currently facing." He took a look at Daimler's expression and continued: "That's why I decided to fund your research on the autonomous car project. ”

"Funding?" Daimler was a little puzzled, he really needed this at the moment, and he had found a lot of wealthy businessmen in Germany to ask for help or investment, but there was no support.

"Yes, and your good friend Mr. Maybach." Lee Hayton smiled and said, it is definitely a good idea to combine these two people, a famous engine supplier and a famous inventor of automobiles, the prospects are generally not too bad. "That's right, I felt the need to set up a car manufacturing company." Daimler will do this next year.

"Well, what does it take to accept your grant?" Daimler asked, "You know that Maybach and I both quit our jobs at the factory. He added.

"No problem, we will set up a partnership, and I will cover all the expenses and research costs. The company will be named after you and Mr. Maybach, and I will own 50 percent of the company, and you and Mr. Maybach will own the management of the company and the other 50 percent. I am not involved in the operation of the company and do not interfere with your decision-making. What do you think of this condition? Lehedon spoke very slowly, he was afraid that there would be some disagreement in the middle, and there were still many differences between Low German and High and Low German.

"Well, it seems like the conditions are very tempting, and we don't have to spend a penny to own 50 percent of the shares." Daimler was puzzled, "I need to talk to Maybach." ”

"Of course, I'd better look forward to having lunch together, how about it?" Li Haiton said that eating people has a short mouth, and if these two people are willing to come to their table, it is estimated that there will be no big problem.

As soon as he wished, Daimler and Maybach finally agreed to his offer at lunch, and soon the three agreed on the name of the company: Maybach-Daimler Automotive & Engine Manufacturing Company.

"It's going to be a name that goes all over the world." Lehairdon raised his glass and wished, this was his heartfelt words.

Lee Hayden returned to Austria, where he prepared to build a steel mill in Linz for the production of alloy steel and armor steel plates.

Only Krupp is the only supplier of armor plates in Germany, as is Austria, and only the Carlsen steel plant owned by Skoda produces armor steel. This is not in line with the principle of competition, especially in times of war, because the shortage of armor steel may cause the progress of naval ship construction to be slowed down or even stopped.

It is likely that the construction of such a steel mill will be a thankless task, and the armor steel plates are very narrow in use, and if they are not guaranteed by the navy, they are likely to be idle.

This is not guaranteed by Heldon Lee.

But he thought of another use for it, the creation of armored vehicles.

Because the output is not very large, as long as a hundred thousand tons per year is enough, he is ready to use an electric stove.

Austria is rich in water resources.

On the other hand, the large-scale construction of hydropower stations will undoubtedly give his Imperial Standard Electric Company another huge way to sell and make money.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the whole world was on the eve of drastic change, everywhere was in turmoil, the old system was no longer suitable for the advent of the era of electrical appliances and internal combustion engines, and the so-called Darwinian law of "natural selection" became the best excuse for the imperialist countries to eat the law of the jungle.

On the other hand, the emerging empires needed a wider overseas market, and the exclusive character of the old colonial system hindered their development.

In order to gain more benefits, the Americans put forward the principle of "equal interests", while the Germans directly challenged Britain and France, and launched a fierce competition with them for the colonial market.

As the old industrial empire, the British did seem to be a bit late, and its original factories that used steam as power were no match for the German factories that used electricity as their main power. The factory owners were reluctant to eliminate the old equipment as a last resort, and the original advantages became an obstacle to their progress.

The world was not at peace, and Helton seemed busy. Of course, they are not busy maintaining world peace, as a dedicated arms dealer, where there is war, they will definitely appear.

Now his eyes were on Abyssinia, the Jewish emperor Menelik II, who was busy fighting the Italians. You must know that the emperor has more than 200,000 troops in his hands, and the princes under his command still have similar troops to him, but more than half of these soldiers do not have rifles.

It's big business.

As a result, a military advisory group from Austria-Hungary, headed by Bolojevic, entered Addis Ababa before the war.

Lechelton didn't care about the protests of the Italians, he only cared about how much profit Bolojevich could bring him.

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