The Executive Committee has always been very optimistic about the development prospects of the salt farm, and developed it as an independent construction project at the beginning of its foothold, and even when it sent an expedition team to explore the shipping route of Heitu Port last time, it did not forget to inspect the Yinggehai salt field area located in the southwest corner of Hainan Island by the way, so as to prepare for large-scale development in the future. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)

However, even if the executive committee had planned for a long time, it did not expect that the promotion of the private salt business would be so fast. In the original plan, the strategy of selling salt to the mainland should have been implemented in 1628, but I did not expect the opening of the mainland sales channel to be so smooth, four months earlier than the original plan, and the illegal salt trade in Vietnam was an unplanned content, which was a surprise. If you really want to carry out large-scale dumping in these two regions, then the output of the Yanchang Commune is indeed a bit insufficient, even if the production capacity is developed to the extreme, and the theoretical production ceiling mentioned by Anthy is still the same.

Seeing Anxi nodded, Tao Donglai frowned and said: "There is no suitable place for the development of salt farms near Shengli Port, and if you really want to expand your production capacity, you can only find another place." But now if we want to open another base, I'm afraid it's a bit beyond our ability!"

In order to be able to use the self-produced coal and coke as soon as possible, the entire crossing group in June and July almost revolves around the sub-base of the Black Soil Port, and the manpower, material and financial resources consumed are not small, so it even has to temporarily stop some infrastructure projects and give priority to the use of human resources in the preparation of the project of the Black Earth Port.

And now that the development of the Black Earth Port has only been implemented for less than two months, and it has just begun to produce output, it is indeed powerless for the crossing group to rush to open another sub-base. Not to mention anything else, this problem of sea capacity is not something that can be solved in a short time.

"How to solve the problem of the ship?" Tao Donglai asked directly to the point: "We can't do anything without a boat." ”

"We might as well settle on the location first and then think about the capacity. Anzay seems to have been prepared for this for a long time: "Once the voyage and route are determined, we calculate the traffic volume requirements according to the actual needs." ”

Since it is discussing the expansion of salt production capacity, the idea of opening up new salt farms is naturally within the scope of discussion. Tao Donglai nodded and said, "Then let's talk about your thoughts first!"

Anzai does have some plans for the future of the salt works. Although he was a little reluctant when he was initially transferred to the salt factory to preside over the work, thinking that this was too far from the civil engineering major he had been engaged in, he quickly adapted to this position and made good results.

After spending some time in the Yanchang Commune, Anxi naturally understood the importance that the Executive Committee attached to the development prospects of the Yanchang. For the Crossing Group, being in charge of key projects means easy success, which is an excellent opportunity for anyone who wants to move up, and Anzay is of course quick to realise this. Among the several friends of the same age he met after joining the group, Zhou Hengxing is now the director of Li Miao affairs in the civil affairs department, Ren Liang has just been appointed as the head of the Shengli Port Management Committee, and Marik is the director of the Cliff Office.

Although the level of the director of the commune management committee is not low, and in terms of internal administrative level, it is also the same level as several other small partners, but the influence of the political zhì seems to be a big difference. After careful consideration of this, Anzai believed that it was due to the nature of the unit, and that the salt works were a production unit, and the functions were very different from those of several other people's departments.

In particular, from the perspective of political influence, these people who are mainly engaged in production, such as Gao Huan of Anxi, Farm Commune, Liu Xingli of the metallurgical workshop, Cai Hongzhan of the carpentry workshop, Xiang Zhinan of the Energy Comprehensive Management Office, etc., almost have no chance to show their faces, and in this regard they are much worse than those who work in public institutions such as the military and police, civil affairs, and commerce and trade.

Anzai was originally a person with no political ambitions, but after the position under the ass reached a certain height, the things he saw were also very different from the past. In his opinion, most of these people who can climb relatively smoothly and faster are not very capable, but have done the right thing at the right time and played a role that the Executive Committee cannot ignore.

Anzai thinks that for the salt farm, even if the output can be mentioned to the sky, it is not a big deal, because no matter how high the law is, it is impossible to exceed the output of later generations, and there is no amazing effect at all. If you want to make achievements in this field, there are only two directions, one is to expand sales, and the other is to expand production capacity.

The external sales of salt have always been the responsibility of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, and the Salt Works Commune only has the function of production, and even the transportation of products to the outside world needs to rely on the Ministry of Shipping.

To expand production capacity, in addition to improving production efficiency through limited scientific and technological means, the most direct and effective way is to open up new salt farms. In fact, from the time the Executive Committee began to organize the Black Soil Port project, Anzai realized the political significance of the sub-base. The opening of a new salt field is certainly not as big as the black soil port project, but the benefits are also obvious, one is that the site must be in Hainan, compared with the black soil port that has been sailed a few days away, the development difficulty is not so great;

From preparation to operation, from civil administration to production organization, Anxi is well aware of the entire construction process of the salt plant. In order to make his voice heard on the Executive Committee, Anzai believes that the best way for him is to become an authority in a certain field, such as salt development.

Anzai originally thought that this opportunity would have to wait until next year at the earliest, but since it appeared in advance, of course, there was no reason to let it go, and he had already made certain preparations for this, so that he would not be asked by these people in the executive committee.

Anzay erased the numbers he had just written, drew a sketch of Hainan Island on the whiteboard, and marked the location of Shengli Port: "We must first know which places on Hainan Island are suitable for building salt works. To the north is an area where the Ming Dynasty's ruling foundation is relatively solid, and we can't set foot in the local salt works for the time being, so the area from Danzhou to Wenchang can be crossed out first without consideration. ”

Anxi said as he pulled a horizontal line between Danzhou and Wenchang, and then drew a cross to the area north of the horizontal line.

"Looking at the east coast first, there are bays on the northern slope of the coastal area of Wanzhou and Dong'ao that are very suitable for the development of salt pans, but it is said that there are garrisons of the Ming Dynasty in the local area, and it will be more troublesome to develop. To the south, Lingshui, with its two harbors, Li'an and Xincun, is also very suitable for Yantian development, but it also has the same problem, where there is a garrison of Ming Dynasty Yiwei. ”

Anzay continued to point south: "The Iron Furnace Harbor in the southeast corner, next to Yalong Bay, is a good place, and the voyage from Victory Harbor is about twenty nautical miles, and the sea ships can reach it in half a day. The channel into the bay was very narrow, and there were no Ming troops stationed there, and the area of the developable salt pans was at least three times the size of the current salt pans. There is also a narrow valley corridor in Guò that can be used directly overland to reach the industrial area of Tiandu, which can be doubled when conditions are ripe. Personally, I think this place could be included in the list of candidates. ”

"Along the coast from Shengli Port to the west, probably only the area near the mouth of the Ningyuan River is suitable for the development of salt pans, and there is a certain local development base that can be used. However, it is too close to Yazhou, and there may be some problems. Unless we now have full control of Yazhou, I don't choose there. ”

"Further west, there is only the place of Yinggehai. As for the specific situation of the Yingge Sea Salt Field, it has been described in detail in the report of the last expedition, so I will not repeat it here. I will only add that the developable area of the Yingge Sea Salt Farm is about thirty times that of the Shengli Port Salt Field. ”

"In addition, because of the flat terrain in the coastal area from the Yinggehai Salt Farm to the north to Changhua Port, there are actually many places that can be used to build salt works, and if we have enough human resources, it is also possible to build the entire west coast into a continuous salt field. Of course, I personally recommend that I focus on development in order to facilitate the management and overall arrangement of production plans. ”

"To sum up, I will focus on two places in the construction of the executive committee, one is the iron furnace port in the east, and the other is the Yingge Sea Salt Farm, which we will definitely develop in the future. Anzay put down the marker and finally said: "It will take at least a month to build the salt plant from planning to construction and production, and if the executive committee wants to greatly increase salt production in the short term, it should consider the construction and development plan of the new salt plant in advance." ”

"Coach Anxi has made the pre-game equipment!" After listening to Anxi's explanation, Meng He praised with admiration.

To be able to concisely and systematically explain the location of the new salt works is naturally not a casual expression, if Anzai did not prepare in advance, these people here must not believe it. However, at this time, no one was looking into why Anthy was doing these preparations, and everyone was considering the feasibility of Anthy's plan.

Tao Donglai did not forget the previous question: "Assuming that we will develop one of the two candidate locations, how can we solve the problem of capacity?"