Chapter 892: Heavy Industry 2

Steel factory, machine tool factory, and machine factory, these three kinds of factories are the foundation, which has made the prosperity of Dahua Industry.

It was from these factories that other industries flourished.

For example, shipyards, now Dahua has dozens of shipyards, and five of them are capable of making pure iron armor.

They are Nanjing Xunhang Shipyard, Shanghai Shunfeng Shipyard, Shanghai Tongda Shipyard, Guangzhou Dingsheng Shipyard, and Hong Kong Deep Water Bay Shipyard.

Together with some other small shipyards, Dahua currently has a total annual displacement of 200,000 tons of ships, including 50,000 tons for warships and 150,000 tons for civilian use.

Almost, equal to twice the sum of other countries.

At first glance, it seems that the gap is much smaller than steel production.

But in fact, this is not the case at all. Most of the ships in other countries are still wooden ships, and less than one percent of the wooden ships are powered by steam engines.

As for the ironclad ship, it is still zero.

It is meaningless to build iron armor until the power problem is solved.

And Dahua's warships have all eliminated wooden boats and turned them into iron armor.

Commercial transport ships are also gradually phasing out wooden ships.

Therefore, the total tonnage of ships from other countries seems to be large, but the transportation capacity is actually very poor, not to mention warships. Dahua's warships do not carry shells, and they can sink the opponent's warship just by hitting them.

The gap in ships is far less than the gap in road vehicles.

The number of locomotives in Dahua is about 500, compared to zero in other countries.

Dahua has about 3,000 cars, compared to zero in other countries.

The number of trucks in Dahua is about 15,000, compared to zero in other countries.

This is still only a seven-year gap between Yongxing, and this gap will soar soon.

Because Dahua has built several new car factories now, by next year, car production will double several times.

The cars used to ride in are actually very mediocre in helping Dahua develop.

Those heavy-duty trucks that can really play a big role, these heavy-duty trucks greatly facilitate the transportation of goods on land.

Although the transportation capacity of ships is strong, there are too many restrictions. They must be at sea, and there must be large rivers inland.

And the train must have a railway, which is also a big limitation.

There are only a few places with rivers, and there are also a few places suitable for building railways. Most of the transportation on land still has to rely on cars.

These trucks are currently mainly used in mining areas.

Industrial development is inseparable from energy and resources.

Coal, iron ore, copper ore, oil and more.

These mines have used a lot of large machinery, such as conveyor belts.

When there is no conveyor belt, miners can only mine some open-pit mines, and there is no way to bury them underground.

Relying on manpower to move the underground ore to the ground, the value obtained may not be worth the wages of workers.

With the conveyor belt, the workers in the underground mine only need to load the ore into the bucket truck or on the conveyor belt, and then they can transport the ore up by machine, which greatly saves manpower and improves efficiency.

Open-pit mines are always in the minority, and underground mines are the big ones.

With the emergence of various deep well mining machines, Dahua's various ore mining volumes will enter a period of soaring.

And trucks also allow these ores to be transported out more conveniently and quickly.

Today, Dahua has hundreds of mines, including dozens of large ones.

Huainan Open-pit Coal Mine, Haitian Open-pit Coal Mine, Shanxi Datong Coal Mine, Ma'anshan Iron Mine, Ji'an Tungsten Mine, Huadong Oilfield, Fusang Shimane Silver Mine......

At the end of the seventh year of Yongxing, Dahua was planning the development plan for next year.

Some big projects have also been put on the agenda, such as hydropower stations.

At present, Dahua's electric power has been widely used, and the demand for electric power in major factories is increasing.

Relying solely on thermal power generation can no longer meet the growing demand.

In comparison, using coal to generate electricity also requires the process of coal transportation, which is cumbersome and expensive, and not cost-effective.

Therefore, Dahua is now focusing on hydropower stations.

However, hydropower stations can't be built anywhere, and the drop is too small, and the area with gentle water flow is naturally useless.

The Three Gorges area is suitable for building hydropower stations, but how to transmit electricity to the eastern region is a huge problem. With Dahua's current technological level, this problem cannot be solved.

Even if Wu Changqing can come up with this set of technology, it will not work, and relevant talents need to be cultivated.

This needs to be done step by step, first solve the distance of a hundred miles, accumulate technology and experience, and then solve the distance of a thousand miles.

Large hydropower stations cannot be built, but some small hydropower stations can be built. On the one hand, they can provide a small amount of power supply, and on the other hand, they can also accumulate experience and train talents.

In the plan at the end of the year, the oil field is the top priority.

With the rapid development of automobiles, the demand for oil will increase.

Dahua has already discovered the oil field outside the customs, which is the Daqing oil field in later generations.

The railway from Beijing to Shengjing is about to be completed, the traffic problem has been greatly improved, and the conditions for exploiting the Daqing Oilfield are also ripe.

Daqing Oilfield is a key engineering project of Dahua, and the investment is huge.

The discovery of Daqing Oilfield can also drive the development outside the customs.

A large number of workers are needed in the oil field, and the wages of these workers will not be low, and their spending power is strong.

People nearby can make a lot of money just by providing them with food.

It is very common in Dahua that a mine drives the economy of a place.

In addition to these, there are many heavy industry enterprises in Dahua.

For example, Tong's Cement Factory, which has been moved to Dangtu, has an annual output more than ten times that of previous years.

At the same time, Tong's Cement Factory has built more than a dozen branch factories across the country.

Even so, its output still cannot meet the demand of the market.

This year, Wu Changqing has announced the cement production technology, no longer let the Tong family monopolize, allow other capital to enter, and increase cement production.

This is naturally not a good thing for the Tong family.

However, Tong Youwei was very knowledgeable and actively cooperated with Wu Changqing.

Over the years, he has earned more than enough.

Currently, money is not important to him, the most important thing is the relationship with Wu Changqing.

As long as you maintain a good relationship with Wu Changqing, everything will be fine.

Wu Changqing just didn't let him monopolize, but he is still a big brother in the cement industry, and his annual profits are still considerable.

Plus he's now in the auto business, making only more money each year than he did before.

Cement, chemical fertilizers, rubber, plastics, these large enterprises are also heavy industries.

The vigorous development of these heavy industries is driving the transformation of Dahua together.

Today's Dahua, it is really a small change every day, a big change every year.

Most of the people in Dahua have experienced the Ming Dynasty, and when they look at Dahua now, they sometimes feel that this is a dream.