Compared with the booming wool industry, the development of heavy industry is lackluster, except for a few bright spots.

Limited by the limitation of power resources, the Hongshan Coking Coal Plant, a major power consumer, still maintains the scale of eight production lines three years ago, although the international market demand is strong and the resource reserves are sufficient, but the production capacity has not been further expanded.

The only improvement is that pollution has been greatly reduced, dust has been reduced by as much as 80%, and the city of Baihu has a clear blue sky.

Today, the amount of high-quality coking raw coal exported to the west coast of the Americas has expanded dramatically, reaching 1.7 million tons, creating economic benefits of nearly one million pounds, which is one of the rare bright spots.

Hongshan Steelmaking Plant has put into operation the fourth blast furnace, with a steel production capacity of 400,000 tons, and introduced the second marine thick plate production line of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the United Kingdom, with an annual production capacity of 120,000 tons of thick plates.

This is much inferior to the rapid growth of North American steel production capacity, which has increased by seven and a half times in just three years, and has surpassed the United Kingdom to become the world's largest steel producer.

Comparatively

Hongshan Shipyard is proud of the 10,000-ton ocean liner has become an export fist product, which has been well received by shipowners at home and abroad, and has received a large number of orders from the United States, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, and the delivery date has been scheduled to two years later.

This is another bright spot in the development of heavy industry in the Red River Valley, where Hongshan Shipyard is building a large-scale shipbuilding base in Beilun Port, which is expected to quadruple its production capacity.

Backed by the vast Sydney Bay, the narrow Brisbane River can no longer be an obstacle to the development of the Red Hill Shipyard, and it is bound to usher in a new round of expansion.

General Machinery Co., Ltd. has vigorously introduced the production technology of walk-behind tractors, and the newly completed Songjiang base has an annual production capacity of 5,000 tractors.

In 1880, the Cargil Steam Machinery Company, which was located in Detroit, North America, formed an annual production capacity of 60,000 walk-behind tractors and 150,000 new diesel engines by virtue of its strong local industrial base.

This is the biggest highlight of the Red River Valley heavy industry holdings, and in this year alone, Cargil Steam Machinery Company earned a net income of 6.2 million pounds, totaling 31 million US dollars, and became a leading enterprise in the machinery industry in the entire city of Detroit.

As a result of the large investment in production equipment, plant and recruitment of workers, Kargil Steam Machinery Company's annual dividend was reduced by more than half, and the Earl of Queensland, which accounted for more than 82% of the total, received more than 10 million US dollars in annual dividends, becoming the envy of Wall Street capitalists.

The new diesel engine displacement of 1.2 liters, 1.5 liters, 2 liters and 2.4 liters series products are being launched one after another to meet the different consumer needs from all over the world, widely used in production enterprise equipment, power generation equipment, power equipment, agriculture and animal husbandry and transportation and other fields, widely praised by users, orders like snowflakes flying.

The 3.0-liter, 3.5-liter and 4.2-liter high-horsepower diesel machinery that is being developed in depth has encountered the bottleneck of the physical properties of related materials, and the current progress is not smooth, and further investment in research and development is required.

at the University of the Red River Valley

The high-horsepower diesel engine research and development project, which is exclusively supported by Piaget, has invited famous professors from Europe and the United States to participate in this research project, bringing together elites from all walks of life to gather in Qinglong City to jointly tackle key problems.

This is the core scientific and technological research project of the University of the Red River Valley, which is expected to last several years and cost more than 230,000 pounds, which is an unprecedented large-scale project.

Driven by leading R&D projects, we will absorb the world's latest scientific and technological R&D achievements, improve the level of power machinery, agricultural machinery, physics and engineering and other related majors of Red River Valley University to a new level, create a strong science and engineering major belonging to Red River Valley University, and strive to achieve a world-class scientific research and teaching level through more than ten years of struggle.

Unlike the high-horsepower diesel engine caught in a technical bottleneck, the development of the new low-horsepower diesel engine went smoothly, and the R&D team led by Rudolf Diesel, a German visiting professor in the Red River Valley, successfully developed 1.0 liters, 0.8 liters, and 0.65 liters of low-power diesel engines, adding new members to the new diesel engine family.

The factory large-scale production of this batch of new products has been exclusively authorized by the Songjiang base of Australian General Machinery Company, and the introduction of relevant production equipment has been produced in Australia, becoming a major export product.

Small diesel engine products are more widely used, especially the small diesel generator set in cooperation with Siemens, which is a sought-after product in the market.

In 1881 alone, the British Admiralty issued an order of 7,200 units, which were widely used in large ships, coastal ship repair yards, Royal Navy bases and senior officers' residences all over the world, and were a new and efficient small power generation facility.

Rudolf Diesel was also highly appreciated by the Earl of Queensland, and was awarded the title of Knighthood, a heavy prize of 15,000 pounds, and a luxury estate of 110 hectares on the outskirts of Qinglong City, and a special allowance of 650 pounds a year in addition to the high professorial salary.

The above

It is the main industry in the field of heavy industry in the Red River Valley, and there are hundreds of small enterprises in other subdivisions, all of which add up to a total profit and loss of about 300,000 pounds, with an average of only about 3,000 pounds per enterprise.

Heavy industry contributed a dividend of £3.71 million in 1880, which can be said to be a solid performance.

To sum up, the overall growth is weak, there is no lack of bright spots and new profit growth points, especially the future development of general machinery companies is more worth looking forward to, bright and promising.

The deep processing industry of agricultural and animal husbandry products under the Red River Valley Industrial Corporation, including 11 flour mills, sugar mills, canneries, various food factories, dozens of slaughterhouses, tanneries, shoe factories, oil mills, etc., a total of more than 200 factories, contributed a total of 713,000 pounds in 1880, and the average profit of the factory was 3,400 pounds, which was in a steady growth.

Its subordinate FLM chain of hotels has grown to 130, covering every town with a population of more than 10,000 in Australia, contributing a total profit of 171,100 pounds, with an average of more than 1,000 pounds.

The profits of the FLM hotel chain mainly come from the Red River Valley and the surrounding towns of Brisbane, and the hotels located in the north-central and southern states of Queensland have less or even some losses, which has seriously dragged down the overall performance.

Fulinmen Gas Cooker Company, a subsidiary of Red River Valley Industrial Corporation, was the biggest highlight in 1880, producing household gas cookers sold well in Europe, America and Australia, with an annual output of 370,000 sets and a profit of 260,000 pounds, and the production capacity was expanding rapidly.

Locally in Australia

The gas cooker industry has begun to take shape, and this kind of convenient stove that can be lit with a match after a twist is deeply loved by the general public, and has quickly entered thousands of households and become the mainstream.

Since then, ordinary families have bid farewell to the old-fashioned firewood stove that goes into the mountains to cut firewood, pile up firewood briquettes in the yard, and make a miasma as soon as they cook, and uses this clean and convenient new family gas stove.

The Red River Valley Industrial Corporation quickly established a large number of gas tank exchange stations, which were transported to various suburban towns by steamship, railroad and special heavy horse-drawn carriages, forming a huge industrial chain.

More than 200,000 local Australian users need to go to the gas exchange station every month to replace the gas tank, more than 1,700 heavy freight four-wheeled carriages run day and night in the city and countryside, hundreds of gas station staff ranging from more than ten to more than twenty or thirty people, plus gas tank and gas stove production plant workers, this business alone provides more than 12,000 jobs, and an additional stable income of 150,000 pounds per year.

With the rapid expansion of the user base, this business is expected to become the pillar industry of the Red River Valley Industrial Corporation, and there is no doubt that the annual revenue of Australia alone will exceed one million pounds.

in Europe and the United States

Through Huitong Bank and Normandy Import & Export Company, Red River Valley Industrial has found a strong local partner who will promote this new industry on a large scale.

In the UK

The sole partner of FLM Gas Cooker is Lord Ayton, and perhaps someone has forgotten his identity.

Lord Ayton is the second son of Lord Victor, and the two sides cooperated to establish the British FLM Ayton Gas Cooker Company, which is responsible for the promotion and exclusive sales of FLM gas cookers throughout the UK, forming a huge industrial chain with an annual income of more than one million pounds.

in Germany

FLM Gas Cooker is partnered by the Grand Duke of Hesse, Krupp AG and the City of Frankfurt to promote the new gas cooker industry chain in Germany and the surrounding German-speaking region.

As a result, Krupp was authorized to exclusively produce gas canisters and gas cookers in Germany, and in the second half of 1880 alone, 750,000 sets were produced, and hundreds of gas tank ventilation stations were built, quickly forming a much larger consumer market than Australia.

...... in France

...... in Italy

In 1880, through exclusive licensing and partnerships, the Red River Valley Industrial Company received more than £770,000 in net dividends from the overseas gas chain, a figure that is still rapidly expanding.

Looking back on the year

Red River Valley Industrial Company's total revenue reached 2,079,800 pounds, and a total of 1,180,000 pounds of net income from the gas cooker business supported half of the country.

The Red River Valley Reservoir Interception Profit Statement is the most mysterious and the simplest, totalling £3.17 million a year.

therefore

Li Fushou received a net income of more than 10 million pounds a year from the combined income of the heavy industry enterprises under his command, the Red River Valley Industrial Corporation and the Red River Valley Reservoir.

This is the second industry he has been involved in more than 10 million pounds, and the overall assessment is that the development is stable and powerful, and the calm is more than enough and the enterprising spirit is insufficient.

The agriculture and animal husbandry deep processing industry has begun to take shape, and the towns and villages have generally established their own agricultural and animal husbandry product processing plants, standard slaughterhouses, wool purchasing stations and Fulinmen restaurants, as well as various food processing factories relying on local resources, etc., with a large number and small scale, and the ability to resist market risks is weak.

In the current situation, it can only be regulated by the invisible hand of the market, and there is not so much time and energy for in-depth management, and it is basically in a free-range state.

Whether it is dead or alive depends on the level of management of each township and township, and it is very much a sense of looking forward to the heavens.

If one or two outstanding companies can be born, it will be a surprise.

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