Steam locomotives spewing white smoke roared through the mines, and in the several square kilometers of mines, the winding railroad was very conspicuous in the snow, although the sky was snowing heavily, but the open-pit coal mine was in full swing. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the open-pit mine, several steam shovels are constantly loading coal shovels into the train, and if it weren't for the steam shovels spewing smoke, Tang Haoran would even have an illusion of being in the 21st century.

"My lord, these four steam shovels are Biseros steam shovels imported from the United States by the company, which can automatically shovel coal and put the coal on the side of the coal car, like this 0.48 cubic steam shovel, as soon as the shovel goes down, you can shovel out half a ton of coal ......"

Kwong Rongguang, who was following the adult, noticed that the adult seemed to be very interested in the steam shovel, so he said proudly.

"My lord, we should be the first time in the world to dig coal with a steam shovel, a steam shovel, an hour can shovel 30 tons of coal, a day of work one and a half shifts, sixteen hours, almost equal to the workload of 200 workers, although the price of the steam shovel is as high as nearly 10,000 yuan, and in the use of the steam shovel next to the track, parallel laying out of the coal rails, with a small locomotive to pull the coal car, it seems inconvenient, but these four steam shovels are equivalent to the workload of thousands of workers, if you use 2 cubic steam shovels instead, The working rate of a single machine can be increased by at least 4 times......"

Listening to Kuang Rongguang's explanation, Tang Haoran didn't know the power of machinery, and watched from a distance as the steam shovel was driven by the steam engine, and the steel cable dragged the bucket to load the coal blocks that were blown up by the explosives onto the train, Tang Haoran asked directly.

"In that case, why not bring in a bigger steam shovel?"

"Your Excellency. The Americans who have not built those two cubes have yet to build it. Two of the four steam shovels are thrift. Only two were new, and the latest one was not shipped from the United States until before the Datong River froze......"

When it comes to the purchase of a steam shovel, Kwong Rongguang seems a little helpless, this steam shovel is not ordered, and the American company will naturally not produce it, and for him, compared with the steam shovel made by the Americans is less than 1 cubic meter, the mine needs a larger steam shovel, which the American company cannot provide for the time being.

"If we want a bigger steam shovel. It is necessary to pay research fees to the American company, and the other party cannot guarantee the delivery date, so now it can only import this small one, and the company plans to import another fifteen units this year for mine production, but the price of the American side is indeed too high, 0.48 cubic meters need 9,600 US dollars, almost more than 10,000 taels, 1 cubic meter needs 17,650 US dollars......"

The reason why steam shovels were introduced into the mine was because of the shortage of labor. Although there are nearly 100,000 workers in the entire mining area, 60,000 of them are conscripted North Korean laborers. Faced with the problem of labor shortage, Kwong Rongguang chose the steam shovel that he had been amazed by in the United States, but it was on the canal site, fortunately the canal site was not much different from the open-pit coal mine, and under the guidance of American technicians, the mine quickly became the most "modern" mine in the world in this era.

"The Americans' offer is too high?"

Looking at the running steam shovel, Tang Haoran said with a smile.

"I don't think the structure of this steam shovel is that complicated! The steam engine we are building now is not good, but we build an electric motor that is world-class, so when we introduce it this year, talk to them, even the technology has been introduced, and if it is not good, we will dig up their engineers and let them design a new type of steam shovel for us, I see that this steam shovel is always walking on the rail, it is always a little inconvenient, if we can, we can improve the running gear, such as installing a crawler for him......"

Because there is a steel-wheeled steam shovel like a horse-drawn cart in the mine, Tang Haoran naturally thought of the extremely common crawler excavator in later generations, and the crawler performance of the engineering vehicle is much higher than that of the wheeled type, and now the development of hydraulic excavator is naturally not very realistic in technology. However, the development of the "electric shovel" commonly used in mines is very realistic, but the power of the steam shovel is replaced with electricity.

"Now the power of the steam engine is not large, the digging force is small, the bucket capacity is also small, and the action will not be very fast; Need to add coal and water, but also need to continue to lay tracks, the overall efficiency can be said to be very low, now the machine bureau has been able to manufacture 400 horsepower motors, this power can be further increased, which is incomparable with the steam shovel. Moreover, a full slewing mechanism can be used, so that his scope of work can be larger, and in the future, it can be used not only here, but also in road construction and port construction......"

Although China's manpower is extremely cheap, Tang Haoran, who is a fan of machines, will naturally not give up the machine, not to mention that the replacement of manpower by machines is the inevitable development of history, and even now, this steam shovel has a cost advantage over manpower, let alone the future.

"Yes, my lord, if you use electricity, you might consider replacing all the locomotives in this mining area with electricity, and this coal truck is the same as the steam shovel. Adding coal and water always has some impact on production......"

Electricity, unlike any country or region, with the maturity of the company's own steam turbines, the cost of power generation has decreased, and now the company is more willing to use electricity rather than steam power, not to mention that most of the former equipment has been domestically produced, and there is no need to use real money to import.

"You can calculate this yourself, the company's resources should be shared, if you don't need these small locomotives here, you can consider sending them to the forestry companies on both sides of the Yalu River, and small locomotives are also needed to transport timber for logging......"

For Tang Hao, he said that the most unacceptable thing is the waste and idleness of resources, when he did not graduate from university, he had an internship in a state-owned enterprise, where the waste and idleness of resources simply reached an unimaginable level, and Beiyang Mining Company is also a certain extent of "state-owned enterprises" in this era, and even in the future, Beiyang Mining will lead the development of China's mining industry, there are many things that must be controlled from the beginning, in addition to strict institutional constraints, appropriate reminders are also extremely necessary.

After leaving the mine, Tang Haoran did not leave the mining area immediately, but went to the residential area near the mining area, although the so-called residential area was originally dominated by wooden sheds, but after a year of development, the original wooden sheds have been completely replaced by buildings, those buildings are not common community buildings in later generations, to be precise, it should be a three-storey red brick barracks building, the structure of the tube building is very simple, some similar to the student dormitories of later generations, these buildings were built after the Nanpu Cement Plant in the Special Economic Zone was put into operation, and steel was rarely usedAs a result, the construction cost is quite low, and now such buildings and extended "four-bedroom" family homes are being promoted in the special zone and in the mining areas.

Without exception, these buildings are built by the Beiyang Construction Company, and rented by the company to the workers, there are some shops and restaurants scattered among the communities of these red brick buildings, but most of the shops are the enterprises of the Beiyang Employee Consumer Society, which is different from the prosperous special zone of commerce, the employee consumer society in the mining area is the main consumption place of the workers, with the convenience of unified purchase and empty ship and empty car transportation, the price of the consumer society is slightly lower than the market price, even so, the company can still profit from it.

Compared with the lively neighborhoods of the Special Zone, the miners' living quarters are deserted, and women or children are rarely seen.

"My lord, there are not many workers living in the mining area now, more than 95% of the miners still live in single dormitories, and they often go back to the dormitory to sleep after work, so the community is not very lively......

Zhong Juncheng, who is the director of the Department of Local Affairs, noticed the confusion on the adult's face and quickly explained:

"Oh? That's not the case in Incheon! ”

"My lord, there are factories in Incheon, but there are only mines here, and the consumer cooperatives can only accommodate so many women, because there are no factories suitable for female workers such as yarn factories, so it is not like the special zone that can provide a large number of job opportunities for family members, so people naturally do not want to take their families here to sit and eat."

Listening to Zhong Juncheng's explanation, Tang Haoran immediately thought of China in another time and space, along with the "First Five-Year Plan", and also in the implementation of the plan, many light industry local projects have been built, the purpose of which is not to provide jobs for women, so as to adjust the ratio of men and women?

"This matter is my negligence, the Ministry of Affairs can negotiate with the company to set up some factories that use female workers here, this unbalanced ratio of men and women is always a problem!"

While speaking, Tang Haoran noticed that the roadside seemed to be lively, and when he got closer, Tang Haoran suddenly understood - most of the prostitution houses in this area are simple, whether it is in the Special Administrative Region or in the Pyongyang mining area, it is a very "prosperous" business, because there are too many single male workers, and the vast majority of them are North Korean women.

Although it was noon, many workers could be seen coming in and out from time to time, and when passing through the streets lined with prostitution houses, looking at the North Korean women standing on the side, Tang Haoran did not have any sympathy, there is naturally a market for demand, and there are many things that cannot be stopped by law, not to mention that for the local affairs department, the taxes paid by prostitution halls are a lot of income.

"Look at this, my lord...... It seems a little different! ”

Suddenly, Li Guangguang pointed to the prostitution hall on the side and whispered, and at the same time opened the thick cotton curtain, through the cotton curtain Tang Haoran saw a North Korean ** in the hall holding a cigarette gun in his hand.

Bong!

Just seeing that thing, Tang Haoran's face suddenly changed, and he walked in with a blue face, the store room was divided into single rooms, and the ** sound from it could be heard through the curtain, but what was even more annoying was the smell of smoke coming from it!

"This ......"

Just when the shopkeeper wearing North Korean clothes ushered in, Tang Haoran, who was pale, looked at the curtain that had been lifted, and could clearly see a squinting laborer lying on the couch, smoking a big cigarette with a cigarette gun in his hand against the lamp, and enjoying the smoke there...... (To be continued.) )