Chapter 25 Industrialization

"The Gozdali Plain where the giant ice bear is located lacks the large-scale steel and coal resources necessary to complete industrialization. Except for the two large-scale coal mines and iron mines near the city of Eskil, the entire ice There is no such scale of coal and iron mine development anywhere else in Yayuan!"

Elder Gulas, who has been in charge of civil affairs in Ice End Plain, spoke for a while after pondering for a while.

"The entire Bingyayuan is so big, and there are no large-scale coal mines or iron mines in other areas?" Zhang Tie felt a little inconceivable about this. Looking at the map, Bingyayuan covers an area of ​​more than 20 million square kilometers. , Originally he thought that the climate here was relatively harsh, but he didn't expect that the natural resources here were so scarce.

"It's not that there is no mining, but that there are no conditions for mining. The climate and living conditions of Bingya Plain are very harsh. Even if there are resources in many places, large-scale mining cannot be done. Take the Huolong Coal Mine outside Eskil City as an example. To develop Such a coal mine needs about 70,000 to 80,000 coal miners, and these 70,000 to 80,000 people can be easily supported near Eskil City. If these 70,000 to 80,000 people are left on the wilderness further north of Eskil City , To solve the feeding problem of these 70,000 to 80,000 people, it is possible to drag down a bear-level tribe, which is equivalent to a tribe having to support a wandering army of 70,000 to 80,000 people all year round, and its daily expenses will be very high. The horror! It will far exceed the value created by these workers."

Elder Nicholas continued to add.

"Large-scale industrial development must rely on a sufficient population base, and a sufficient population base must have enough food and suitable living conditions to solve the problem. Workers need to eat and drink, and need to start a family and live. No It may be possible to dig out the ore with endless resources by throwing them where there is ore. What the Bingya Plain lacks most is food and suitable living conditions. When each tribe chooses its own living territory, it should be resolved. The tribe’s food and food issues are the most important. Instead of choosing a place with ore, only when everyone can fill their stomachs. Each tribe will have the strength to try to find a livestock and do some development within its capacity, but The scale will not be too large, as long as it is basically enough."

"Whether it is the development experience of human society before the cataclysm or the objective summary of people in this era. A population of more than 40 million is the basic prerequisite for a country and region to complete industrialization, and the bear-level tribes on the Ice End have the largest population Even our Ice Plain Bear Tribe, the total population of our tribe is less than 20 million, and with this population, it is really difficult to complete industrialization in this place of Ice End."

Zhang Tie rubbed the space between his brows, forcing himself to face reality. "So, under the current conditions, the only coal and steel resources we can rely on now are the two mines controlled by Eskil City? "

"That's true. Before the basic living conditions in Bingyayuan can't be improved. Before Bingyayuan can't produce a lot of food to meet people's most basic survival needs, we can only deal with the jihad. The resources are used to the maximum!" Elder Rudolf replied.

Zhang Tie thought for a while, "But considering the current output of the Eskiel Iron and Steel Plant, the annual production capacity of less than 300,000 tons is really too low. How much can the Eskiel Iron and Steel Plant's production capacity be increased to? "

"The production capacity of the Eskiel Iron and Steel Plant can be increased to more than two million tons. In the past, because the entire Ice Age Plain did not have such a large market and demand, each bear-level tribe could solve most of its steel needs by itself. , so we have not expanded, and expansion requires a lot of money. If we want to expand the production capacity of the Eskil Iron and Steel Plant, the scale of mining of coal mines and iron mines outside the city must also be expanded in the same way! Apart from money, we Enough workers and technicians are needed to ensure the smooth operation of the steel plant!"

"Money is not a problem, first let people make a plan and see how much is needed, and then we can figure out a solution!" Zhang Tie glanced at the elders, "I have a principle here, and it is also a statement, although I am working in AI every year. The city of Skir can harvest seven to eight million gold coins, but I will not spend any of this money on myself, nor will I use it on places other than Ice End Plains. All of this money will be invested in the two tribes in the future In preparation for the jihad, it is used to strengthen our foundation!"

Several elders nodded secretly.

"Since this is the case, then we will start to expand the production capacity of the Eskil Iron and Steel Plant. This transformation may take about two years to complete! The entire transformation may require more than 10 million gold coins..."

"Even if it is completed later, it is better than not completed! This is a priority project, and the money I can use must be spent on this place first! To exert the power of steel and steam, it is not enough to increase the production of steel, This is the first step. With steel, the most important question is what we need to turn the steel into and where to put it so that we can maximize our strength. Now I want to ask a few elders a key question , if in the future the army of the demons will hit Bingyayuan one day, where do you judge the demons will come from? Is it the sky, the sea, the ground, or the ground? I have heard some sayings about this before, but now I want to make sure."

"The sea, it can only be the sea!" Elder Thors said very affirmatively, and the other elders nodded, "The location of the Bingya Plain is very special. The deepest part of the entire Bingya Plain is a sea of ​​lava. It is impossible for the demons to enter through the underground passage, and in the sky, we have the devil's north wind belt, which also isolates all airships. Bingyayuan faces the sea on three sides, and only the north is a frozen continent. The mainland is an infinitely vast no-man's land, with an area hundreds of times larger than the entire Blackson Human Race Corridor. [,!] Many places in the frozen continent have very extreme climates. After entering the frozen continent, the At night, the temperature in most of its areas is below minus 50 degrees, and there are also very terrible ice storms. Even knights who are not prepared enough to go deep into the frozen continent may not be able to come back alive, let alone a large-scale one. The army is here, so if the demon army really wants to come, it can only come from the sea, there is no other way!"

"If the demons are destined to come from the sea in the future, then we can't just watch it come and do nothing, so we must prepare for it now. With the expansion of the production capacity of the Eskil Iron and Steel Plant, The production scale of the Beifeng Shipyard also needs to be expanded. The Beifeng Shipyard is still unable to produce steam turbines. We can’t pin this hope on the outside forever. On the day when the demons come from the sea, who can sell us things, so My second thought is, no matter what, it doesn’t matter if it costs money, hires people, or directly buys the factory that produces steam turbines on Gandiadu Island and relocates it to Ice Age Plain as a whole. Once the technology is in hand, the steam turbine is the most complicated steam-powered equipment, as long as this technology is in hand, the entire technical strength of Eskil City will rise to a big level!"

"I still have a few friends on the island of Gantiadu. I will go to the island of Gantiadu in a few days. I will come back with the equipment and technicians for the production of steam turbines!" Elder Turing said in a calm tone. He opened his mouth, as if he was saying something trivial.

"Didn't the Spencer family think about mastering the production technology of steam turbines before?" Zhang Tie asked.

"We have a very special relationship with the Evin Dala Islands. Most of the big families and business groups on those islands are our business and partners, but they are also worried about us, afraid that we will not be reconciled one day If they stay in Ice End and want to go out, they will be the first to bear the brunt. Therefore, they have some reservations about us in terms of the key technology of manufacturing large ships. Among the big families, there was also a secret agreement that once the armed fleet of the Spencer family or the Slavs crossed the Oro Strait, they would unite and strangle the fleet. Therefore, in order to avoid excessive stimulation of Evin Dara For those people, although the Spencer family has other channels to obtain steam turbine manufacturing technology and equipment, we have been buying from them all the time, and they also know that what we do is a kind of compromise, so they have been selling to us all the time The prices of steam turbines are relatively reasonable, cheaper than those produced by ourselves, and everyone will live in peace."

Elder Rudolf answered Zhang Tie's question.

Now times have changed, the jihad is imminent, the demons and their lackeys are becoming more and more rampant, and the Spencer family has been seriously injured. As long as Evin Dala is a normal-headed person, no one should doubt Eskill City at this time The armed fleet will be used to fight them. Besides, although the steam turbine technology is complicated, it is not difficult to achieve, let alone someone's unique patent. This kind of thing is on the road, and there should be many countries that can produce it. If the spirit elder opens his mouth, then this matter is almost a certainty.

In the next few minutes, Zhang Tie expressed his third thought, or decision, and the whole venue fell into silence again.

Because Zhang Tie wants to build a railway from Eskil City to the Gozdali Plain. This railway runs through the entire ice field from north to south, with a total length of more than 9,000 kilometers. The two ends of the railway are connected to the ice field giant bear. Tribe and Iron Bear Tribe, and where the railway passes, it will also connect many small and medium tribes.

This is Zhang Tie's real plan, and Zhang Tie gave this plan a name - Tribal Axis!

As soon as this ambitious plan was proposed, even several elders were shocked.

"To build such a railway, an investment of at least 50 million gold coins is required!" Elder Rudolph swallowed and replied, "It is difficult for us two tribes to support such a plan!"

Zhang Tie smiled, "It doesn't matter, I don't need a penny from the two tribes to repair this railway!"

After hearing Zhang Tie's words, several people looked at him suspiciously. This kind of thing is impossible even if it is a miracle...

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