"Good news, my lord. The iron works on the other side of Benxi were put into operation. Ding Cheng walked in happily with a telegram from Changchun, because there was no telegraph in Taonan, it was very inconvenient to send a message from Benxi to Taonan, and it was already a shortcut to get the telegram from Changchun.

"Really? Let me see. Qin Yu stood up happily, took the telegram and read it carefully, and said a few good words, two blast furnaces can have a production capacity of 40,000 tons a year, such an iron plant is rare in China. However, 40,000 tons is the production capacity of the back, Du Liming's side is the base of the iron plant, put into operation at the same time, for the time being, there is no way to give full play to the full capacity of the iron plant, it is estimated that it will not be completed until the end of this year, or early next year, but fortunately, the iron plant is no longer only out of the country. The iron mill is definitely Qin Yu's biggest investment.

Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant can only produce more than 80,000 tons of pig iron a year, but the difference is that Qin Yu is only building a simple iron mill now, and steelmaking is much more complicated, at least a million taels have to be invested, and he can't come up with such a sum of money for a while.

"Call back to Benxi, produce and sell it yourself, part of it is used to produce iron farm tools and daily necessities, and the rest is also sold in a way." Although the internal industrial base of the Qing Dynasty is very weak, some hardware processing has begun to rise, and the entire Qing Dynasty is so big, tens of thousands of tons of iron can still be eaten a year. In the whole of Tohoku, there was not a single iron factory before this, and a considerable number of people lacked enough iron farm tools, except for some farm tools that flowed from the Kannai. Iron plows, shovels, iron rakes, iron pots, iron nails, iron needles, etc., these seemingly inconspicuous things are not expensive, but they are indispensable in life, and the gap in steel in Taonan, which is gradually accelerating, is gradually expanding.

"Yes, sir."

"Lord Qin, Taonan is still too remote, and it will take several days to walk from Harbin." When Chenokov arrived at Taonan, he was so tired that he was out of breath, but his complexion was not bad, and Lao Maozi's physique was still relatively strong.

"Yes, it's too inconvenient to get in touch from Taonan to Harbin." Qin Yu nodded, "In order to convey information in a timely manner between the two sides in the future, so that they will not run around like this, I want to buy a radio station from you, but I don't have personnel who can operate it, you can help me ask Ni Jiting when I go back." ”

With the rise of industry and commerce in Taonan, as well as the spread of stalls on the other side of Benxi, the problem of backwardness in information has become more and more acute. Not only for civilian use, but also for war, without such a thing as a radio, the army will not be able to recover what is scattered, and it is often difficult for the armed forces in different places to form an effective cooperation, and it is a serious waste of combat power, and the radio station is not expensive, and if the shelves are put up now, it will spread smoothly into the army in the future.

"It's just a trivial matter, Lord Qin don't worry." Chinokov nodded with a smile, "The development of Harbin is also very fast, and the number of businessmen from various countries is increasing day by day, but Taonan is also making great progress now, and it is about to become the second Harbin." ”

Due to the opening of the railway, coupled with Tsarist Russia's intention to build Harbin into another large city in the Far East, expand immigration, increase the circulation of goods, so that the development of Harbin is very fast, at this time in terms of hardware facilities, Taonan is far worse than Harbin, this self-knowledge Qin Yu still has. Harbin is full of stamina, but Taonan also has its own advantages, Qin Yu and Benxi businessmen, with the support of Huaxing Qianzhuang, the development of several factories in Taonan will definitely not be inferior to the foreigners in Harbin.

"Old friend, it stands to reason that you should be very busy in Harbin, how can you have time to come to Taonan?" Qin Yu asked.

"Oh, it's mainly to come to see you, and by the way, I have to mention to you, the goods in our warehouse in Harbin are almost sold out, according to Ni Jiting's meaning, it's best to transfer another batch of goods from Taonan as soon as possible." Chnokov tract. "Including the liquor made in Taonan, the woolen coat, if there is a woolen cloth to provide, it is also good, as well as leather shoes, fur boots, sugar and so on."

"You're running out of liquor over there?" Qin Yu was stunned for a moment and said, after the distillery in Harbin expanded its production, it could produce more than 100 tons of bulk wine a year, and the annual output value was nearly 120,000 silver taels, which was larger than that of Taonan.

"Yes, Ni Jiting has a wide network in the army, and vodka has always been very popular among the Russian nation." Chinokov said back.

"I let the winery here in Taonan squeeze out some more liquor, and the leather shoes and boots will be shipped to Harbin in batches, you can rest assured that the sugar will talk to the manufacturers in Taonan yourself, I won't care about this." The new sugar factory is a white sugar factory made from sugar beets produced near Taonan, and it is not large now, producing less than a ton of sugar a day. Under Qin Yu's suppression, the price of woolen wool has been pressed to seventy percent of the tweed on the market, three percent lower, in the case of similar thermal performance, even if the color is slightly worse, this is not very attractive to the old Maozi who is not rich.

Zuo Zongtang used to build a woolen mill in the northwest, because the wool is not good, there are two percent of the wool collected, or even fifty percent of the unqualified, it is very troublesome to pick out, and the production process is not as good as the United Kingdom.

However, the situation in Taonan is much better than that of Lanzhou, the wool color of the Horqin grassland is better than that over there, although it is a very time-consuming thing to pick out the unqualified wool, but the Qing Dynasty is the most important thing to do is labor, the standard will be told to the Mongolians, when the wool is harvested, give so many boxes of matches, needles, cotton cloth and other things, the Mongolians will be very happy. And matches, needles, and other things don't cost much at all. In addition to the fact that the market is still not large, the main constraints on woollen mills are workers and machinery.

"By the way, there is one more thing, the manager of Daosheng Bank wants to open the branch to Taonan, and they hope that Lord Qin can provide some convenience." Chnokov tract.

"Open a branch to Taonan? Okay, then let them come. Qin Yu nodded and smiled, this is just a trivial matter, Huaxing Qian Zhuang has already been opened, under Qin Yu's secret instruction, there is no need to talk about a few larger factories in Taonan, and some other small workshops will only go to Huaxing Qian Zhuang with money, the big head has been eaten, Daosheng Foreign Bank wants to come, and can only eat some of the rest, but the right to issue money owned by Daosheng Foreign Bank is very troublesome, this can only be canceled when he takes power in the future, Qin Yu does not have this qualification now.

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