Chapter 106: The comprador of the Republic of China

After Qin Yue returned to the magic capital, she spent a month sorting out and scrutinizing the poems, and then published a collection of poems "The Goddess of Wushan", which once again caused a sensation.

The great poet Qin Yue has a popular new work, which makes her position in the poetry world stable again.

At the same time, as the film written by Wang Shu was well received, Qin Yue's relationship with him became closer.

Wang Shu is a native of Jiangsu, his father died early, and his mother supported him by spinning and weaving. He has an uncle who used to be the director of a department in Jiangsu Province. He followed his uncle to study in Japan, and after returning to China, he was enthusiastic about theater and became a poet, dramatist, opera writer, and film script writer.

In terms of family background alone, Wang Shu and Qin Yue are very different. But Wang Shu is very talented, and Qin Yue doesn't care about money, and the two gradually come together because of their pursuit of poetry and common ideals.

Qin Yue's sister Qin Ling gave birth to a son not long ago, and she can be regarded as having both children and daughters.

Zhu Wan is over 50 years old, and because she is a world-famous scientist, she rarely goes to the hospital for surgery in person. She focuses on the "Ci'an Medical College" and supervises the "Ci'an Medical Research Institute" when she has free time.

Not long ago, several papers on streptomycin sent by Qin Di have been published, and at the same time, the patent application has also been raised.

The paper was signed by Zhu Wan and Qin Ling, with Qin Ling as the first author and Zhu Wan as the corresponding author.

These papers have once again caused a sensation in the medical community, and some people say that they are epoch-making and may win the Nobel Prize.

Historically, Waxman, who discovered streptomycin, did win the Nobel Prize in 1952. But Zhu Wan has already won the Nobel Prize three times, and if she wins a fourth time, it will be incredible.

Zhu Wan's three Nobel Prizes are sulfonamides, penicillin and vitamin C. The discovery of streptomycin this time, even if it can win the Nobel Prize, it will drag on for several years, after all, penicillin is the first biological antibiotic, and it has a greater shocking effect on people. Streptomycin is the second type, and the efficacy of anti-tuberculosis needs to be verified slowly.

In May 1930, John Sr. sent a telegram saying that he had bought a bankrupt steel mill.

The plant, called the Nevada Los Steel Plant, is mainly equipped with a 180-meter-high iron-making furnace and two 150-ton steel-making furnaces, using the open-hearth steelmaking method, not the most advanced oxygen converter, nor electric arc furnace.

Qin Di asked John to dismantle the steel plant as a whole, load it on a ship and ship it to China, and at the same time hire some engineers and skilled workers to come to China for short-term guidance.

At the same time, he began to advertise in major newspapers and hired Chinese engineers, managers, workers, and geological prospectors heavily.

Previously, he had already found a manager who was nearly sixty years old, named "Zhang Zhenye".

Zhang Zhenye was originally the director of the "Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant".

The Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant was founded in 1890 and produced 50,000 tons of steel per year at its peak, but it ceased production in 1925 and did not recover until 1930.

During the Republican period, China's steel production was pitiful.

In 1913, China produced 43,000 tons of steel, while India produced 63,000 tons. In 1930, India's steel output was 600,000 tons, but China's steel output was reduced to 15,000 tons. You say that with such a low steel production, what can you use to fight the war?

Moreover, it is outrageous that the "Hanyeping Iron Mine" itself does not produce steel, but supplies the smelted iron to the Yawata Iron and Steel Plant in Japan, allowing people to make weapons and turn around to fight the Chinese!

Zhang Zhenye has been "semi-unemployed" for five years after coming out of the Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant, making ends meet by teaching in schools.

He studied in the United States in his early years, and after graduation, he worked in the factory of the steel magnate Carnegie for several years, if it were not for the old age and frail parents and the attachment to his homeland, he might have taken root in the United States.

Qin Di entrusted him with the preparation of the steel plant, wrote him a large check for 8 million yuan, and assigned a few subordinates, and let him solve the rest of the matters by himself.

There is no shortage of steelworkers in China, nor is there a shortage of low-level engineers, because before that, there were steel mills in Ma'anshan, Anshan, Tangshan, Benxi, Dalian, etc., which had long cultivated enough workers.

Zhang Zhenye took the check and felt a little embarrassed: "Mr. Qin, why did you want to build a steel plant in Dukou City? Are there any conditions for building a factory there? Is it too hasty to prepare for the construction of a steel plant now? We haven't even done preliminary exploration!"

Qin Di said: "I'll draw you a map, you go to Suoji according to the map, looking for iron ore and coal." ”

"Huh, you've already done your prospecting ahead of time?"

"Well, I took a look, and there was an abundance of magnetite and an ample supply of coal. It's just that it's not excavated yet, everything is blank, and it's up to you to show off your skills!"

"I'm old, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it for a few years. ”

"It's okay, you just need to build the steel plant and ensure that it can operate normally, and I will give you a reward of 50,000 oceans!"

Zhang Zhenye was taken aback, a little excited, and said: "Even if I fight hard, I have to do this!"

Next, Qin Di became the shopkeeper.

To be honest, he doesn't care too much about the steel plant, and he doesn't expect it to make a lot of money anyway, purely to contribute to the country, as long as he entrusts it, asks for money for money, asks for people to recruit people, and in the end it is what it is. If he can't do it, he won't be too distressed. On the other hand, even if it is done, it may not be smooth sailing and long-term operation.

You must know that the Nationalist Government, which is dominated by the Qingbai Party, does not support private capital investment in heavy industry, and they only know that when they buy steel from foreign countries, the handlers can get 20 percent rebates, which has become an important means to take the lead in getting rich.

In this way, the Beiyang warlords were able to make cannon steel and gun barrel steel, but after the "great development" of the "golden decade" of the Republic of China, they could not be made at all!

In 1920 under the rule of the Beiyang warlords, the national capital of the country's industrial and mining industry was calculated at comparable prices as 222.6 million silver dollars, and the Qingbai Party was the family for ten years, inheriting and annexing, and by 1937, it did not rise but fell, and the old capital lost a lot, becoming 206 million yuan.

Not only that, but the Qingbai Party is still blind, constantly weakening itself and strengthening the enemy.

After 9/18 in 1931, the Qingbai Party continued to facilitate the expansion of Japanese capital in China, and as a result, before the July 7 Incident in 1937, 29% of Kannai's coal production, 90% of iron ore sand, and 95% of modern ironmaking were under the control of Japanese capital. At the outbreak of the war, Japanese capital withdrew from the national control zone, as a result of which China's steel production in 1938-1939 fell sharply to less than 1,000 tons.

This is nothing, in 1943 a strange thing happened in the Kuomintang area: a large rear industrial crisis, a large number of steel plants closed down, and less than a tenth of the machine factories maintained regular operation. On the one hand, the national army lacks guns and artillery, and on the other hand, there is no shortage of raw materials or workers in the national control area, but the steel mills and machine processing factories have closed down in large numbers!

In the final analysis, it is because the comprador mentality of the Qingbai Party is too strong and unwilling to run industry in a down-to-earth manner.

Therefore, Qin Di made this steel factory, which can be regarded as having dates and no dates. He built the steel plant in Dukou City, western Sichuan, because the emperor was far away and wanted to hide in the corner and run for a few more years.

"It is too difficult for private capitalists! There is neither a unified state nor an enlightened government, and it is difficult to invest in factories, and they can only struggle in the cracks. Perhaps, this is also part of the Phoenix Nirvana. I just have to put in the effort and don't care about the end. Even if the plant is not operational, then doing a good job of preliminary exploration and leaving the site and blast furnace behind can also lay the foundation for the future. ”