The coal deep processing industry designed by the relevant personnel for the development of the black soil port is mainly based on coke and coal tar, which is a by-product of coking, and the technical difficulty of refining asphalt from coal tar is not great, and the production can be completed locally. Substances such as naphthalene, benzene, and phenol, which are difficult to refine, were not included in this plan from the beginning. Even if these things are in the base camp, they cannot be industrially produced in a short period of time, because the various high-temperature and high-pressure equipment required in the production process will not be able to be made for a while and a half.

Even so, since the base camp is in a period of development, there is a long-term and large demand for high-quality coke and asphalt, and these two projects are enough to keep the supporting industries of Heitu Port in short supply for a long time.

After listening to Qiao Zhiya's explanation, Ning Qi nodded and said, "These people will find a way...... But it's also a good thing for the base camp, as it saves the effort of building coke ovens here, and we can use our limited sea capacity more efficiently. With asphalt, our asphalt arterial roads should be just around the corner, right?"

"With asphalt roads, the speed of travel between the two places is at least twice as fast as the current dirt roads, and we don't need so many people to maintain the road surface as often," he excitedly added. ”

"Not so fast. Tao Donglai shook his head and denied their illusions: "Tom also said just now that the management committee over there expects that the coal mine will be able to mine 2,000 tons of coal per month by the end of the year, and the coking coal over there will only account for about 15% of the total reserves, so we have the audacity to calculate that they can mine anthracite and coking coal 1:1, and they can mine 1,000 tons of coking coal every month, and the asphalt that can be produced after coking is only about 20 tons." What is the concept of asphalt paving? According to the construction standard of asphalt concrete pavement, with a three-meter-wide pavement, even a mile of road cannot be paved. If we want to pave the main road from Shengli Port to Tiandu, the asphalt required is estimated to be about 400 tons, and the black soil port cannot produce so much in a year and a half. Instead of using it to pave the road one by one, I think it's better to use it as a waterproof coating first. ”

Tao Donglai was engaged in this business before, and his words naturally had a high authority, so as soon as the hope of the asphalt road appeared, it was immediately disillusioned in front of everyone.

However, Schneider, a financial expert in the executive committee, noticed the deep meaning behind this industrial layout: "Heitu Port wants to start producing coke and asphalt, and it seems that they have a lot of ideas about the local profit part after the independent settlement within the group!"

Being reminded by Schneider, Tao Donglai also came back to his senses: "They have a good plan! By the way, Tom, who first came up with this idea? Gu Kai or Tian Yeyou?"

Wang Tom hesitated for a moment before returning: "It was Qian Tiandun who proposed it." （.）”

For some of Qian Tiandun's plans, Wang Tom also knew a little bit, if it wasn't for Tao Donglai who took the initiative to ask, he didn't plan to mention this detail in the report. After all, the various development plans of the military and police department are very sensitive, and if they sense that Qian Tiandun has other ideas, then the "mountain establishment" of Heitu Port will probably die before it has even begun.

Tao Donglai obviously didn't expect to ask such an unexpected result, and the expression on his face stiffened slightly, but he was also an old man, so he immediately hid a haha to bypass this topic: "Xiaoqian economic mind is also quite good, it seems that we chose the right person in the first place! In my opinion, there is not much difficulty in the implementation of the plan of Heitu Port, and they can try it in this direction, after all, it is beneficial to the development of both sides." ”

As for Qian Tiandun's plan, Tao Donglai, one of the directors of the Military Police Department, naturally knew about it, and of course he could also think of what kind of considerations a professional soldier like Qian Tiandun would have to design a development plan that would help Heitu Port increase its income. The plan for the "mountain formation" is a high-level secret within the Military Police Department, and only a very few people know the details, so Tao Donglai naturally does not want to expose this secret project to the Executive Committee too early.

Fortunately, the participants did not notice the little cat between the two people, and this topic was brought over by Tao Donglai. This plan for the development of coal supporting industries is beneficial to both sides, and the Executive Committee does not want to provide financial support to the Black Earth Port for too long, after all, the new colonization site must have the ability to self-hematopoiesis, which can be regarded as a successful colonial operation, so the Executive Committee must be happy to see the plan proposed by the Black Earth Port Management Committee, and then the Executive Committee members present unanimously agreed to the decision to help the relevant projects technically and financially.

Although the coal mine in Heitu Port has not yet been put into production, the base camp has begun to prepare for future coal imports, and various departments have begun to formulate corresponding development plans.

First of all, Shengli Port will build a new special cargo terminal, which will be located on the west side of the existing terminal of Shengli Port. The Ministry of Construction plans to build six to eight cargo trestles here, which will be able to accommodate 10 to 16 large merchant ships at the same time in the future. The berth design also fully takes into account the future development progress of marine vessels, and the largest berth is directly designed according to the large ship with a displacement of 1,500 tons. The pier will be connected to the main road between Victory Port and Tianduku.

The first passenger and freight dual-purpose railway in Sanya is still in the planning, and the freight terminal is the terminal of the first phase of the project, and after the railway is opened to traffic in the future, the coal and other goods transported from the sea to Shengli Port can be directly loaded on the wharf and transported to the inland of Tiandu by railway, which will far exceed the current ox cart transportation system, greatly saving the time of transshipment on the way.

The plan of the Ministry of Construction is to start construction of two major projects at the same time in the second half of the year, although the technical content of these two projects is not particularly high, but the number of laborers to be used is quite large, compared with the previous hydropower station project, it will be a great test for the human resources department responsible for Ningqi.

The Ministry of Construction hopes that the terminal will be completed before the Spring Festival next year, and the progress of the railway is likely to be relatively slow, and even if it is completed, there may not be a steam locomotive available immediately. The relevant departments have been very sure of the relatively mature coal-fired power steam engine built within the year, but whether they can build a steam train before the railway is built is not too sure, although the principle of the two things is the same, but the difficulty of manufacturing is a big difference, and it is difficult to say whether the time will be used to use the cow trailer wagon.

However, the Executive Committee did not intend to hang himself from a tree, and in addition to the land railway plan, the relevant departments also jointly designed an inland waterway transportation system to make full use of the shipping capacity of the Kitian Du River.

The system consists mainly of two types of vessels, flat-bottomed cargo ships and steam-powered tugboats. The flat-bottomed cargo ship is designed according to the design of the river barge of later generations, with a design carrying capacity of about 10 tons, and every three to four ships form a fleet, and a 20-horsepower tugboat provides forward power.

Of course, if you have to tow a few more boats, you can actually sail slowly on the river, the problem is that the upper reaches of the Tiandu River are extremely narrow, and there are many bays, if the length of the cargo fleet exceeds a certain limit, then it will be more troublesome to travel in the river.

This inland river fleet can receive the unloaded cargo directly at the cargo terminal of Shengli Port and then sail into the river directly to the Tiandu Industrial Zone. Although the speed is not much faster than the ox carts used today, the weight of the goods that can be transported in the same time is several times greater. The Executive Committee intends to use the overland rail transport system as the main freight channel until it is put into operation. Even if the steam locomotive between the two places of Tiandu Shengli Port passes in the future, this inland river fleet is also a good capacity supplement.

The Executive Committee's efforts to develop this system are not only focused on Tianduhe, but in fact, the future development of Sanya is the time for this inland waterway shipping system to show its strength. The Sanya area is home to two large rivers, the Linchun River and the Sanya River, which are well navigable, and the dense water network makes it impossible to lay a large-scale rail transit system, and the inland waterway shipping system will become the main inland transportation force in the area. The current construction of this river transportation system on the Tiandu River is also to accumulate relevant experience for the future development and construction of Sanya.

In addition, there is another extremely important inland river transportation site on Hainan Island, that is, the Shilu Iron Mine, which is located in the inland area of the west coast of Hainan. The local situation is much more complicated than that of Shengli Port, the distance between Shilu Iron Mine and Changhua Port by the sea is more than 40 kilometers, which is more than four times the distance between Tiandu Iron Mine and the seaside port.

The only feasible way to transport it was to take a boat from Changhua Port up the Shilu River to the vicinity of the iron mine. According to the distance shown on satellite maps of later generations, the mining area is only a little more than a kilometre from the nearest river, and it is possible to build a track between the river and the mining area, and then transport the iron ore through the Guò inland river transport system.

The process may seem like a hassle, but it is not a problem for the executive committee, which is bent on building the island's largest coal-iron compound near Changhua. In addition to the abundant reserves of Shilu iron ore, one of the biggest advantages is the distance from the Black Soil Port, the Chinese sailing boat only takes a little more than two days to run a one-way trip, which is half the distance to Shengli Port, which is already destined to the future Shilu Changhua area of steel production costs will be much lower than the base camp.