Chapter 116 Agricultural Products Expo

Of course, there are not only Li Wen in the canned food production factories in the Nanyang provinces and cities under the jurisdiction of Huo Jiajun, and there are hundreds of canned food production companies like this in the hall on the first floor, distributed in all the provinces in the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean under Huo Jiajun's rule, except for Sumatra and Java!

Of course, this new product also attracted almost all the European merchants present, and every canning factory received a large number of orders!

Of course, Huo Jiajun's agricultural products expo this time was not only tropical fruits and canned food, but also cash crops such as coffee, cinchona, rubber, kapok, rattan, and pepper on the second floor! However, there were indeed no grain crops such as rice, corn, cassava, and beans at this agricultural products expo! Although Huo Jiajun produces a lot of grain every year in Nanyang, a natural treasure land that crops three crops a year, the consumption of grain by immigrants who have reached nearly 5 million a year is really too great, and in addition, it is necessary to carry out grain reserves to cope with all kinds of emergencies, so the current Huo Jiajun still needs to buy a large amount of grain from outside every year! Moreover, unless a large amount of land in Nanyang provinces is developed and utilized, I am afraid that this situation of grain shortage will not be changed at all in the next few years!

In addition, on the third floor is all kinds of seafood, of course, more canned food, canned fish, canned beef, canned mutton and luncheon meat invented by Huo Shan!

The reason why Huo Shan gathered these things together in this way was more out of a kind of protection for the industry and commerce that was still very weak in the territory, after all, the level of price reduction of these merchants in Europe was not ordinarily high! Of course, it was also his main purpose to promote the economic development of the territory!

"There are indeed abundant commodities here, but why haven't I seen precious timber such as ebony, ironwood, teak?" Henry, who turned around and was dazzled by the dazzling array of goods in the hall and placed a large order, returned to the reception desk and asked suspiciously, you must know that the timber trade in the East Indies was very popular in the past, especially teak, and now it is almost used in the decks and internal facilities of many warships!

"I'm sorry, sir! Timber exports have been cancelled in our People's Army! Moreover, our zhèngfǔ has also enacted a law for this purpose, so we don't have a large trade in precious timber at this fair!"

Listening to the receptionist's polite answer, Henry couldn't help frowning, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that in the future, I will give up this industry!"

Guarding such a wood-rich place in the East Indies, but there is such a ban, of course, it is the idea of Young Master Huo, from later generations, the concept of environmental protection has been engraved into the bones, although there is a lot of wood in the South Seas, and the export can also obtain a large amount of foreign exchange income, but the damage to the environment needs to spend more time, more money to recover!

Therefore, in order to avoid ecological disasters in the future, Huo Shan specially gave an account to the Government Council and the provincial officials of the South Seas and the Pacific Ocean, and issued a decree that only the timber should be allowed to be circulated and used internally, and large-scale exports were prohibited! Moreover, every logging company established must replant the saplings in the form of one for two, and if the order is not carried out, the company will be confiscated, the property will be confiscated, and even a year's labor will be forfeited!

Although such a seemingly harsh decree was criticized by many people in the Government Council, Huo Shan still used his prestige to enforce it

The duration of the agricultural expo is three days, and the organizers will provide accommodation within three days, of course, they will spend money, and Huoshan will not suffer this kind of loss!

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"Xiaoshan, we have received the telegram sent by Yang Yong, the governor of Borneo Province, from Dong Wanlu, and the three-day agricultural fair was a great success, and the transaction volume has reached nearly 30 million! This method of yours is really wonderful! It is so admirable!" Huang Sheng looked at his apprentice, who was already more than eight years old and seemed to be quite mature, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart! After Huo Shan agreed to lift the ban, he was worried about how to recall those foreign merchants who had been away for more than a year! After all, the flow of information in this era is really too lagging behind! However, just when he was worried about this, Huo Shan gave him a common propaganda trick in later generations, that is, to hold an 'agricultural products expo'! Although Huang Sheng was a little skeptical about this method at the beginning, he did not refuse out of trust in his genius apprentice!

Now, judging by the sensational effect caused by the three-day agricultural fair and the turnover of tens of millions of silver dollars, this method is undoubtedly a success!

"Teacher, it's wonderful! The Nanyang provinces have developed for so long and have laid a good foundation, I believe that even without my idea, they will succeed, but it just takes a little more time!" Huo Shan said with a faint smile.

Looking at the expression on his apprentice's face, Huang Sheng secretly said in his heart: "Although it has only been two years, Xiaoshan's concentration and majesty that he has been in the top position for a long time are really getting stronger and stronger!"

"Teacher, now that this year's work conference of the Government Council has also been held, what is the current speed of economic development, and can we complete the first five-year economic development plan on time?" Huo Shan asked with a smile, compared with the agricultural expo that was destined to be a success, he was more concerned about the year-end summary meeting that the Government Council had just held two days ago! This is the fundamental matter involving Huo Jiajun!

Hearing Huo Shan ask about this, Huang Sheng's spirit became excited, after all, this is the first year since he took office as the premier of the Government Council, he has presided over the government affairs of the Huo family, and he is also quite fancy!

"Judging from the data collected by the provinces, our plans are very smooth, and at the current pace of development, our five-year plan can even be completed a year ahead of schedule!"

"Yes, it seems that we have achieved a lot of results this year, and even a calm person like the teacher is so excited!" Huo Shan said with a smile.

"Of course, I'll tell you a brief brief, and I'll hand it over to you in a few days, after the concrete draft results have been sorted out and the figures have been formed! Moreover, we have also made some additions to the first five-year plan according to the current economic development speed.

"Okay, now my curiosity has been piqued by the teacher!"

"After a year of construction, we have already produced 150,000 tons of iron and 30,000 tons of steel in the heavy industry, which can best reflect the strength of the country! Among them, the output of special steel has reached 2,000 tons, and the output of coal has reached 1.5 million tons! Moreover, our coal chemical industry has been installed and debugged after the introduction of German machinery and equipment, and is in small-scale production!"

"So fast, do we have enough talents in the chemical industry?" Huo Shan asked in surprise, now, the chemical industry is becoming more and more important in industrial production, and in the early twentieth century, it was known as the other leg of the country's heavy industry in addition to steel and coal, which shows its importance!

"Originally, the workers we trained ourselves were basically put into the petrochemical industry, and the speed of development of coal chemical industry has been very slow, but since those Dutch prisoners of war joined, the situation has changed fundamentally, and many of our industries that were originally lagging behind because of the lack of skilled workers, after they joined, the production capacity and scale expanded rapidly! Taking steel as an example, after nearly two years of development, our crude steel output is only about 15,000 tons, but since they joined, our production capacity has immediately doubled! Skilled technicians are so important to the development of industry!" Huang Sheng said with some emotion, and now he finally understands why Huo Shan spends so much money on technical schools and worker training every year, a skilled technician can't help but be able to improve industrial production efficiency, and the success rate is several times higher than that of ordinary junior workers, saving a lot of money!

Hearing the teacher's words, Huo Shan nodded understandingly, the worker's affairs are also his biggest headache, even if he has the most advanced science and technology in the world, but there are not enough talents, it is difficult to turn these technologies into reality!

"It seems that the rest of the Dutch and Portuguese should not be spared!" Huo Shan touched his smooth chin and paid attention to the combined fleet of the two countries that was heading towards the Far East, the nearly 50,000 combined forces of sea and land!