Chapter 1044 Industrial Development

Dahua has always attached great importance to agriculture, because agriculture and industry are actually closely related.

As long as there is a good harvest and enough food is produced, more labor can be released.

And as long as there is a labor force, Dahua's industry can develop rapidly.

The whole world is Dahua's market, and there is no competitor. Dahua's industry has no shortage of markets.

European aristocrats are going crazy thinking about Dahua cars. Currently, Dahua cars are sold in limited quantities in Europe, with only 10,000 units sold per year.

If you want to buy a Dahua car, you have to queue up.

As for more high-end electrical products, Europeans can only stare blankly. There is not a single large-scale power station in Europe, and there are not even many electric lights.

The whole world is Dahua's free raw material supply base, and Dahua's industry is not short of raw materials.

Whether it is oil or iron ore, there is only one transportation cost to get it to Dahua.

Wu Changqing can provide technology anytime and anywhere, and Dahua's industry has no technical bottlenecks.

Dahua's company can be said to be the happiest company. To do this, you only need a little capital. You really don’t need to be too smart or have too many management skills.

As long as there is enough labor and talent, Dahua's industry can take off, and its development speed can be jaw-dropping.

In terms of steel production alone, Dahua's current production has reached 60 million tons.

In the seventh year of Yongxing's reign, Dahua's annual steel production was only 5 million tons.

Now, more than five years have passed, and Dahua's annual steel production has directly increased twelvefold.

Sixty million tons is almost equal to the total annual steel production in the world in 1920 in original time and space.

Sixty million tons is actually not much.

After all, Dahua's technology in some aspects has exceeded the level of 1920.

Compared with technology, the development of the steel industry is still slower.

Nowadays, all the major cities in Dahua have large steel plants.

Nanjing, Wuhu, and Ma'anshan are major steel production areas, and Wuhan, Foshan, Guangzhou, Tangshan, and Shengjing are also major steel production areas.

There are also large steel plants in many places overseas, such as Seoul, Edo, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Saigon, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangkok...

Officials in North Korea and China are divided into two groups regarding overseas development. One group supports overseas development, and the other group believes that heavy industries such as steel plants should be restricted and placed in the Central Plains to prevent overseas expansion.

The four provinces of Fuso are now experiencing strong industrial development. Kyoto Province alone produces more steel than the entire Europe.

Nowadays, the economic strength of the four provinces of Fusang is also quite strong. If the people there want to rebel, it will definitely be a strain for Dahua.

However, it is unrealistic to put all of them in the Central Plains.

Like Seoul, we need resources, we need labor, we need labor, we need market.

It is too much trouble to transport the raw materials to the Central Plains, then let the workers go to the Central Plains to work, and finally bring the products to North Korea for sale.

Simply setting up a steel plant in Seoul can solve these problems and save massive costs.

This is not only true for steel plants, but also for other manufacturing industries.

In Edo City, a large industrial zone has been formed, and its development speed is almost comparable to that of Wuhan.

Therefore, overseas development cannot be contained at all, unless Dahua is willing to sacrifice the overall development speed.

And this is something Wu Changqing doesn't want to do.

In contrast, Wu Changqing is more inclined to believe in his own deterrence.

As long as he is still in power, no one overseas will dare to rebel.

As for the future, let’s talk about it later.

Anyway, I still have a few decades to live, and by then everyone overseas may have been completely assimilated.

In a steel factory in Wuhu, two officials from the Ministry of Industrial Development were also investigating.

"You have developed rapidly in the past few years."

Looking at the busy workers in the factory, Qu Qiang greeted.

Cui Yongxing, director of the steel plant, shook his head.

"Oh, what do you mean?"

Qu Qiang wondered, newspapers have been saying that the steel industry is developing very well and seems to be thriving.

As a result, Qu Qiang also believed those statements.

However, the appearance of Cui Yongxing in front of him seemed to indicate that the current situation of the steel industry was not as good as imagined.

“It’s beautiful on the surface, but in fact it’s not very profitable, and the pressure of competition is high, so it’s better to just farm...”

Cui Yongxing sighed.

Although demand is still strong in the current steel market, there are two types of demand.

One is demand from the manufacturing industry and the other is demand from the construction industry.

The demand in the construction industry is high, but profits are low.

The profits from supplying steel to the manufacturing industry are pretty good, but the competition in this market is extremely fierce, and well-known steel plants have taken away orders. Medium-sized steel plants like Cui Yongxing can only pick up crumbs.

Currently, Dahua's manufacturing industry is still facing the problem of lack of professional talents, so its development speed is not as fast as that of the steel industry.

In order to avoid being eliminated, Cui Yongxing selected more than a thousand workers and sent them to Nanjing for training to learn automobile manufacturing technology.

He planned to open his own car manufacturing plant so that he could provide himself with steel and increase some extra profits.

Otherwise, just by selling steel, it is indeed

In fact, it is no longer as profitable as before.

The more than a thousand workers sent for training not only have to have their food and accommodation provided, but also have to pay them wages. They also have to buy assembly lines for making cars and hire high-tech talents...

This cost Cui Yongxing a lot of money.

Before his car was built, these were pure investments.

"Well, the future is promising."

Qu Qiang smiled.

He thought there was something wrong with the steel industry. After listening to Cui Yongxing's story, he felt happy.

He doesn't care whether Cui Yongxing can become rich suddenly.

Moreover, he also knew that Cui Yongxing must have made a lot of money before, otherwise how would he have invested so much money in car manufacturing. Sending more than a thousand workers for training is quite a feat.

Qu Qiang only cares about whether this industry can develop healthily.

It looks good so far. Profit pressure is forcing some people to enter the manufacturing industry with higher technology content, which can allow Dahua's manufacturing industry to develop more rapidly.

Currently, Dahua's manufacturing industry is in short supply of professional and technical talents. It is very lacking.

Refrigerators, air conditioners, tape recorders, and soon-to-be-formed television sets are all very popular commodities. Basically, as much as is produced can be sold immediately. Some large manufacturers have even received orders for next year.

However, manufacturing these products requires more educated and professional workers.

This is the main reason why these industries cannot develop rapidly. Now, capitalists in other industries are taking the initiative to spend money to train high-skilled workers, which will definitely accelerate the development of Dahua's manufacturing industry.

Perhaps, it won’t be long before products such as refrigerator recorders can enter the homes of ordinary people.