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Conference room of the State Department.

Today, Wen Desi and a group of high-ranking domestic officials are meeting here, mainly about domestic construction.

"China's raw steel output exceeded 50 million tons, ranking first in the world" should have been a sensational news, but now the world's major powers are fighting hotly, this news in addition to making the domestic masses jubilant for a while, in the world only made everyone sigh a few words, was drowned out by the news of the war everywhere.

The masses of various countries do not pay attention to it because they do not understand, but the high-level leaders of various countries still attach great importance to it, after all, this is an era of steel, and steel production is equivalent to national strength. Of course, a country with high steel production is not necessarily a powerhouse. Luxembourg, for example, produces more than Italy, but is still a small country. But this number is the basis for becoming a great power, and the top few powers are also steel powers. Well, Japan is an exception, and this sling imperialism is a special case.

"It's only 52.5 million tons, which is really too little, and it's not as ......high as the output of a region in Tangshan," Wen Desi pouted disapprerovingly. This amazing number at this time is nothing in the eyes of Wen Dehe. For example, in Hebei Province, a province with more steel output than the world combined, the production capacity of just shut down and transferred exceeds 100 million tons. No wonder a certain capital would shout, "I'm coming to Hebei Province......

The demand for steel in a large country like China is astronomical, especially in this period of large-scale infrastructure construction, the demand for steel is even more bottomless. Think about the original time and space of the 9.6 million square kilometers of land, hundreds of millions of tons of steel can be eaten a year. And the new China on the plane, the current land area has reached 2873. 50,000 square kilometers, even if the development of a large piece of cold land in Anton's hometown is small, not counting it for the time being, but the land that needs to be built is more than twice that of the Datu Dynasty.

So the 50 million tons of steel output is really nothing, and it is not enough for the country to digest it by itself, not to mention the popularity of the foreign market in recent years. Because the major countries of old Europe were involved in the war, their own steel was basically used in the war, resulting in insufficient steel supply in the international market, and steel prices rose again and again. Before the war, the price of raw steel in the international market was only about $15 per ton, but last year it had tumbled to about $35, more than doubled.

For this reason, China and the United States, the two major steel-producing countries, have come to grandma's house, and the major steel companies are counting the money and cramping. China's iron and steel industry has also taken advantage of this spring breeze and began to develop greatly. Every year, there are new steel mills, and the original steel mills are also expanding and increasing production every year, or they cannot meet the needs of domestic and foreign markets.

After the United States entered the war last year, steel prices rose even harder. By the end of last year, when China also entered the war, the price rose even more happily, and the price of raw steel in the international market had risen to 37 last week. $2 per tonne. According to the estimates of domestic experts, if the war continues, by the second half of the year, it will exceed 40 dollars.

Judging from the current situation, the possibility of ending the war this year is really slim. Although the arrogance of the Allies was suppressed and Turkey rebelled, Germany and Austria and other countries were still very violent, the Western Front was still so deadlocked, and the British and French plans to recover the capital were humiliated again and again.

However, even if they have regained the capital now, they may have to face a large number of refugee problems and reconstruction problems, and London and Paris, two cities known as the "pearls of Europe", have been almost ruined by the two German sons. All the valuable things in the city were packed and moved by the Erdezi, and even the Eiffel Tower, a landmark, was dismantled by the Germans, and the steel was used by them to be used as weapons.

The most serious thing is that the continuous war has caused a large number of civilian casualties, and there were originally more than 6 million people in the entire Greater London Borough, but now there may be less than 1 million left, and the rest have either become refugees or are unfortunately involved in the war. The situation is similar in Paris. The two most populous cities in Europe are now in such a depressed state that there are not many people on the streets in broad daylight.

However, the Allies were no better, and the Allied bombers also frequented their homeland, greeting them with numerous aerial bombs and incendiary bombs.

In other words, even if the war is over, the European countries will face a difficult task of reconstruction, and they themselves will also need a large amount of steel, so the inflow of steel into the international market is unlikely to rise much, and this high price will continue for some time.

At present, China's steel mills are desperately expanding and increasing production, and new steel plants are being built. Due to the historical lessons of "later generations", the expansion of the steel industry is not blind. Small steel mills like workshops are not allowed to appear, and all new steel mills must reach a certain scale before they are allowed to open, the current standard is 300,000 tons, and those below this capacity are not allowed to be stored. Of course, this figure will certainly not be a township-level steel mill in later generations, but it is still very good in this era, and last year, the entire steel production of Japan was only 800,000 tons.

“…… Even after the end of the war, we need a lot of steel for domestic construction, and we have 28.73 million square kilometers of land to build. Therefore, we must strive to increase the output of raw steel to 150 million tons during the Third Five-Year Plan period...... "Wen Desi has released another "big satellite".

As soon as Wen Desi's words fell, there was a burst of exclamations in the conference room.

"Will there be too much......" Senior cadres from indigenous backgrounds like Yuan Shikai and Tao Chengzhang couldn't help but gasp.

This year is the last year of the Second Five-Year Plan, the original output of 30 million tons was broken as early as 1917, and it is expected that this year's steel output will exceed 60 million tons. The expiration of the Third Five-Year Plan, that is, in 1924, increased production by 90 million tons in five years, which really seems crazy in this era. Even if the results of these years are at the bottom, everyone is still a little lacking in confidence.

However, the high-ranking cadres who were born from cyborgs were not surprised, because it seemed too normal to them. However, an increase of 20 million tons per year is nothing in later generations, and in the early years of the 21st century, the Datu Dynasty was able to increase by 50 million, or even 70 million tons, per year, and that was still subject to various restrictions. And now China's conditions are much better in all aspects, and it is not difficult to increase production by 20 million tons per year.

"Too much, not much...... Wen Desi shook his head and said, "We can't just look at the total output, but also look at the per capita! Now our country has 6. With a population of 2.4 billion, the average steel output last year was less than 100 kilograms per person. As for the United States, their steel production last year was more than half a ton per capita, and we are less than one-fifth of theirs, which is far from it. Even if we increase steel production to 1 in the Third Five-Year Plan. 500 million tons, but more than 200 kilograms per capita. ”

Well, Mr. Wen finally took out the big killer of "per capita". As soon as they heard "per capita", everyone's faces were embarrassed, and they were all speechless. Boss, can you not mention per capita.

Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry Ban Chuanzhi said with a smile: "As long as the raw materials can keep up, I think there should be no problem." We are now promoting the oxygen converter smelting method, which can be several times more efficient than the current mainstream open-hearth smelting method in the world. Therefore, as long as we replace the current open-hearth furnaces with oxygen converters, and there is no need to build a new plant, this goal can be achieved......"

"How much can you improve?" Xu Xilin couldn't help but ask.

Ban Chuanzhi said: "Let's put it this way, the top-bottom reblowing oxygen converter we are promoting now only takes half an hour to smelt a furnace of molten steel. For an open-hearth furnace of the same volume, it takes four to five hours to smelt a furnace of molten steel, which is the result of our new process and blowing oxygen-rich air into the smelting process. If it is a traditional open-hearth furnace like abroad, the smelting time will be increased to six to eight hours......"

"In other words, our oxygen converter is more than ten times more efficient than that of foreigners?" Xu Xilin was overjoyed.

"Subtracting the time it takes to feed and unload, it's almost ten times as long. Ban Chuanzhi nodded and explained with a smile: "This is also the reason why my country can raise steel output to the first place in the world in just a few years, because we have adopted new processes and new technologies, even if we have steel mills of the same size, we have several times or even ten times higher output than foreign counterparts." So science and technology are the primary productive forces, hahaha......"

Transport Minister Mi Gezhi said: "But our iron ore imports last year reached 60 million tons, if we want to reach 1. The target of 500 million tons, the import volume of iron ore needs at least 200 million tons, and at present our merchant ships are not enough. Although we now have 8.52 million tons of merchant ships, we need to transport too many things, and there is simply not enough merchant ships. Mr. Wen, we need to increase the number of merchant ships, railways, wagons, roads and vehicles. ”

"Well, infrastructure construction needs to be strengthened, especially transportation, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Wen Deji nodded, this is actually a complementary problem. More steel is needed to build ships and roads, and more steel requires more raw materials, which in turn require more ships and roads to transport.

As he spoke, he looked at Wei Sunan: "Minister Wei, do you have any questions about infrastructure construction?"

Wei Sunan thought for a while and said: "Equipment, materials and manpower, these three aspects are somewhat insufficient, and there are no other ......."

"Equipment and materials will be talked about later, what about manpower...... Wen Desi turned to Yuan Shikai and asked, "Brother Weiting, how much manpower can the new management committee provide this year?"

The big head took out a notebook and flipped through it, stretched out a hand and said: "800 to 10 million is no problem...... but he paused and said: "But now there are fewer and fewer barbarians in the new territory, and I am afraid there will not be so many in a few years......"

"It doesn't matter, there are 83 million people receiving labor education and labor reform in our country, and only less than half of them can meet the needs of production. When the infrastructure of our country is almost complete, there will be no need for so much. If it's not enough, we'll find a way to ......" Wen Deji looked at the map on the wall, and his eyes glanced at India, where there were more than 300 million people.

That's right, now the total population of China is 6. Of the 2.4 billion people, 83 million are in labor education and labor reform. These people are mainly composed of the following people: the first type is all kinds of domestic prisoners serving prison sentences, mainly common criminal criminals, and there are all kinds of traitors and compradors, local tyrants and inferior gentry, bandits and horse thieves, green forest heroes, and illegal immigrants. The second type is the guy who has been liquidated by the government. For example, the princes and magnates of the Qing Dynasty, the princes, the county kings, Baylor, the eight banners of the Zhenguo princes, and all kinds of old feudal elites, such as the family of Confucius and the Shaolin Temple, are all in the labor camp. The third type is the members of discordant organizations, such as various cult organizations, extremist sects, and gangs, all of whom sit in prison inside. Like Zhao Erfeng's killing of the remaining extremists in the northwest, as well as their accomplices in Yunnan and other places, they are basically all inside. The fourth type is the new indigenous people of the new territories who are disobedient, who do not want to emigrate, and who reject the policy of national integration.

The first three add up to about 25 million, and the fourth is the most at about 58 million. Of course, because they have not committed crimes, they are not criminals, they can only be regarded as labor education, and China is a country with a legal system.

This kind of labor education place specially prepared for them is different from that of the country, which is called "work-study schools" and "labor education schools", while those for the indigenous people are called "civilized schools". That's right, it's a "civilized school".

The Chinese government claims that the "Civilized School" was established to improve the civility of the indigenous peoples of the new territory and to bring them into civilized society as much as possible. We believe that it would be inhumane to leave anyone in the darkness before civilization. Therefore, we decided to adopt a concentrated learning method to help the local people quickly enter the civilized society.

Considering the civilization of these aborigines, there are two main courses in the "Civilization School", the first of course is Chinese. Because how can it be called a language just the primitive language of those barbarians? How can one become a civilized person without a civilized language? Therefore, of course, it is extremely important to know Chinese, and even if you can't pass the fourth or sixth level, you must be able to understand at least a few sentences of everyday language. Otherwise, how can they integrate into modern civilized society?

The second is the training of work ability. In addition, there are all kinds of other professional knowledge, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, agriculture, biology, and so on.

Then there's the way of teaching. We all know that it is not good to just sit in the classroom and cramm, and a more effective teaching method is to combine theory with practice. Therefore, learning through labor is the best way to learn. Therefore, the students of the "civilized school" will receive education in the course of labor every day, and mines, construction sites, farms, and plantations are all their learning classrooms.