Chapter 4 Heavy Industry

Looking at the huge factories next to each other in front of him, covering an area of hundreds of acres, the roar of the machine was deafening, and the towering chimney spewed out thick dark clouds, obscuring the sun. Huo Shan found it hard to believe that this was late 19th-century Taiwan, but the sturdy workers around him, who came in and out, dressed simply, with a pigtail hanging from the back of their heads, made him realize that he was not dazzled.

Seeing the surprised expression on his young master's face, Fu Bo couldn't help but show pride, and said with a smile: "Young master, look, these factories in front of you are all the industries of our Huo family, including 23 factories such as textile mills, flour mills, and oil mills, which are unmatched in the whole of Taiwan and even the entire Qing Dynasty!"

Since seeing the draft plan for promoting soap given to him by Huo Shan, Fu Bo subconsciously treated the other party as an adult, plus he was also the heir of the Huo family's estate, so the old man did not hide these situations about the Huo family.

After listening to Fu Bo's words, Huo Shan nodded slowly, and the excited look on his face quickly calmed down, the richer the Huo family is, the more money he makes, which means that he has more starting capital, saving him a lot of precious time.

Although, at the moment, he is eager to know the operation of these factories, but in the current noisy environment, it is not suitable to ask.

"Uncle Fu is here, Xiao Si'er has given you a salute!" At this moment when the two were talking, a middle-aged man wearing a long robe, a thin face, and a short beard under his chin walked over quickly, and said with a respectful expression and bent down to the old man.

"Young master, this is the steward in charge of our Huo family's factory, the big name is Hu Dezhong, and he is the fourth in the family!" Fu Bo nodded, then turned his head to Huo Shan and said.

"Hey, it turned out that the young master was in front of you, and I gave you a salute!" The middle-aged man was very obedient, and as soon as the old man's words fell, he immediately bowed his hand to Huo Shan to say hello.

Looking at the man in front of him, Huo Shan said with a smile on his face: "Shan'er has seen Uncle Hu!"

"Don't dare to be a young master, I can have today, Mrs. Quansheng's original support, and I should be conscientious and conscientious to repay my great kindness!"

"Okay, just keep it in mind, have you done everything I told you yesterday?" After hearing what he said, Fauber waved his hand and asked.

"It's all done, young master, Uncle Fu, I'll take you over!"

"Lei Zi, you take the young master with you!" After listening to him, the old man nodded with satisfaction, and turned to a sturdy young man who came with them.

Looking at this young man who was five big and three thick, nearly one meter nine tall, and had a simple face, Huo Shan couldn't help but feel a chill, thinking that he was being carried by a big man, it was really difficult for him to accept it, a person who was more than thirty years old in the two lives combined, and hurriedly said: "I can just go by myself, I can keep up!"

The old man looked at the resolute expression on his face, hesitated for a moment, and then agreed.

Fortunately, the place is not far away, the group followed behind Hu Dezhong, who led the way, and walked for less than ten minutes, and came to a large courtyard gate, and after taking out the key to open the gate, a narrow factory building covering an area of nearly 500 square meters appeared in front of everyone.

"This used to be a warehouse where our Huo family factories stacked up broken machines, the young master was in a hurry, so I temporarily cleaned up this place and used it first, and we will start building the new factory immediately, and it will only take half a month to ensure that we can give the young master a new factory twice as big as this!" said the middle-aged man, pointing to the empty room in front of him.

After listening to him, Huo Shan couldn't help but look left and right. Judging from the surrounding structure, this house must have been used for a long time, and the green bricks used on the walls around it are somewhat damaged, but fortunately, the warehouse used as a warehouse is well repaired, and it will be okay for a while.

"What do you think, young master?" the old man asked.

"The house is OK, but the place is a little small, but it is enough temporarily!"

After listening to him, the old man nodded clearly, according to the plan made by Huo Shan to sell soap all over the world, this place is indeed too small.

"Fortunately, time is still in a hurry, and the new machine we ordered from the UK through Jardine Matheson will take at least a month to arrive, and now it can only be like this!"

After listening to Fu Bo, Huo Shan nodded understandingly, everything has a process, and it is very good to be able to do it to this extent now, after all, the rice has to be eaten one bite at a time, it is too eager for quick success, and there will always be accidents in the later stage.

After taking a turn in the selected factory, Huo Shan retreated, after all, there was really nothing to see in front of an empty house. He came out today not only for the production of this soap, but most importantly, to take this opportunity today to take a turn in his own factory, from these machines, to understand the current level of machinery manufacturing in Europe, and to plan for a series of plans in the future.

By virtue of his own identity, under the leadership of a middle-aged man surnamed Hu, Huo Shan turned around his own factory covering an area of nearly 100 acres and next to Taipei City.

After comparing the mechanical knowledge he had mastered in technical school, Huo Shan found that there was still a lot of room for change in the current mechanical equipment, but he did not have industrial machine tools such as turning, milling, and planing, and he could not process the parts he needed.

"It seems that we can only find a way in the future!" Huo Shan said secretly in his heart. Still, these factories gave him a big surprise!

"According to the data obtained by knocking on the side, it is just that the monthly profit of these factories should be about 500,000 taels of silver, no wonder the decoration of the house is so good!" Sitting in the carriage home, Huo Shan closed his eyes and thought.

"Fauber, I'd like to ask you to help me with a few things, can you?"

"Hehe, the young master is serious, if there is anything you can tell the old slave to do!" the old man replied with a smile.

"Then you're welcome, I want you to help me buy some machines when you go to Jardine Matheson in Guangzhou City and order steam engines. ”

"Machine?" Looking at his young master's solemn expression, the old man asked with a somewhat stunned expression.

Looking at the old man's strange expression, Huo Shan himself scratched his head a little, after all, a six-year-old child, not to play with mud, but to fiddle with those foreign things that even adults can't understand, it feels really weird! But he can't help it, seeing that the time is getting closer and closer, Huo Shan has no choice but to unfold his plan in advance.

"Alas, demons are demons, time is urgent, I can't care so much!" Huo Shan secretly decided in his heart.

He has lived for most of his life, and he is a well-informed old man, and his concentration is still very good, and the strange look on his face quickly calmed down.

"I don't know what kind of machines the young master needs?"

"It's not a lot, lathes, planers, milling machines, grinding machines, drilling machines, boring machines each come first five sets, with an annual output of 10,000 tons of iron, 2,000 tons of steel steel plant equipment set, well, 500 tons of hydraulic press also come on, shipbuilding equipment will not be bought first, okay first, let's do this!" Huo Shan crossed his fingers and said with a thoughtful face.

Feeling the strange atmosphere in the carriage, he was giving up shipbuilding equipment for himself, and at the same time he was a little unhappy, he couldn't help but look up, and suddenly, Fauber's mouth was wide open, and his face was full of consternation, which made him laugh involuntarily.

"Hehe, Fauber has come back to his senses!"

"Alas, young master, what are you doing when you buy so many Western machines, not to mention how much silver it costs, even if we buy it, we won't need it!" said the old man who came back to his senses with a bitter expression.

"I knew that this would be the case for a long time, but fortunately, the young master had already prepared!" Huo Shan muttered in his heart, taking out the large industrial development plan he had prepared a long time ago and handing it over.

"Fauber, take a look first!"

After taking the thick booklet in his young master's hand, the old man glanced at him suspiciously, and couldn't help but look at it carefully.

The Application of Industrial Machine Tools and Their Role in Modern Industry

Status, Role and Development Plan of Iron and Steel Industry

The strange name, Fauber had never heard of it, but after opening it and seeing the contents inside, he couldn't help but immerse himself in it. These two volumes are not comparable to the previous draft of soap promotion, whether it is industrial infrastructure equipment or steel mills, it involves heavy industry related to the comprehensive strength of the country, which is a complex and huge subject. Therefore, Huo Shan used hundreds of 16-carat sheets of paper to write these two crucial industrial development plans.

I believe that there are many small steel mills and machinery factories in Europe, buy them, and then disassemble and load them back to Taiwan, so that we can also save a lot of money!" Huo Shan said with some helplessness in his eyes! The reason why we did this is not that Huo Shan does not want new equipment! The key point is time! The process of heavy industry, especially the iron and steel industry, from the production of equipment to the transportation back to China, to the installation, commissioning, and the start of production, will take at least two or three years! Huoshan can't wait so long! On the contrary, if the old equipment is used, the process will be greatly shortened, perhaps only one year, or even shorter, the steel plant that Huoshan wants to build will be able to start production! In addition, the chayexschayexs of heavy industrial equipment The renewal cycle is generally relatively long, and the old equipment is not necessarily worse than the new equipment!

"I understand, young master!" After listening to his words, Fu Bo immediately wrote it down seriously, and now he really didn't dare to underestimate the six-year-old child in front of him!