Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 169 Inventory of Family Bottom Three (Heavy Industry and Agricultural Products Deep Processing Business)

  Compared with the booming wool industry, the development of heavy industry is lacklustre except for a few bright spots.

  Limited by the limitation of power resources, Hongshan Coking Coal Plant, a major power-consuming company, still maintains the scale of eight production lines three years ago. Although the international market demand is strong and resource reserves are sufficient, the production capacity has not been further expanded.

  The only improvement is that the pollution is greatly reduced, the dust is reduced by as much as 80%, and the blue sky is reappeared in Baihu City.

  Today, the quantity of high-quality coking coal exported to the west coast of the Americas has increased dramatically, reaching a scale of 1.7 million tons, creating economic benefits of nearly one million pounds, which is one of the rare bright spots.

  Hongshan Steel Plant put into operation the fourth blast furnace, with a steel production capacity of 400,000 tons, and introduced a second marine thick plate production line from the British Navy Shipyard in Portsmouth, with an annual production capacity of 120,000 tons of thick plates.

  This is far inferior to the rapidly growing North American steel production capacity. In just three years, the steel production capacity of the United States has increased by 7 and a half times and has turned a corner, surpassing the UK to become the world’s largest steel producer.

Comparison

The 10,000-ton ocean-going vessel, which Hongshan Shipyard is proud of, has become a leading export product, and has received unanimous praise from ship owners at home and abroad. It has received a large number of orders from the United States, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. The delivery date has been scheduled for two years. .

  This is another bright spot in the development of Honghe Valley's heavy industry. Hongshan Shipyard is building a large-scale shipbuilding base in Beilun Port. It is expected that the production capacity will quadruple after completion.

  Backed by the vast Sydney Bay, the narrow Brisbane river can no longer be an obstacle to the development of Redhill Shipyard, and a new round of expansion is bound to usher in.

  General Machinery Company vigorously introduces the production technology of walking tractors, and the newly completed Songjiang base has an annual production capacity of 5,000 tractors.

Cargill Steam Machinery Company, located far away in Detroit, North America, relied on the strong local industrial foundation to form an annual production capacity of 60,000 walking tractors and 150,000 new diesel engines in 1880. The products are sold throughout Europe and the United States. Become the new favorite of farmers and industrial and mining enterprises all over the world.

This is the biggest highlight of the heavy industry holding company under the Red River Valley. In this year alone, Cargill Steam Machinery Company received net income of 6.2 million pounds, totaling 31 million US dollars, and became the leading company in the machinery industry in Detroit. The turn of events.

Due to heavy investment in production equipment, plant and recruiting workers, Cargill Steam Machinery Company’s annual dividends have been reduced by more than half. It is calculated that the major shareholder Queensland Earl, who accounts for more than 82%, has received more than tens of millions of dollars in annual dividends and became a Wall Street capitalist. Envious big shot.

New diesel engines with a displacement of 1.2 liters, 1.5 liters, 2 liters and 2.4 liters are being launched successively to meet different consumer needs from all over the world, and are widely used in production equipment, power generation equipment, power equipment, agriculture and animal husbandry and transportation. And other fields, widely praised by users, orders flew like snow flakes.

  The 3.0-liter, 3.5-liter and 4.2-liter high-horsepower diesel machinery under development has encountered bottlenecks in the physical properties of related materials. The current progress is not smooth and requires further investment in research and development.

  At Red River Valley University

  The high-horsepower diesel engine research and development project exclusively supported by Lord Piaget has invited famous European and American professors to participate in this research project, bringing together elites from all parties to join Qinglong City for joint research.

  This is the current core scientific and technological research project of Red River Valley University. It is expected to last several years and cost more than 230,000 pounds. It is an unprecedented large project.

Driven by leading R&D projects, learn from the world’s latest scientific and technological research and development results, and upgrade the power machinery, agricultural machinery, physics and engineering related majors of Red River Valley University to a new level, build a strong science and engineering major belonging to Red River Valley University, and strive to Through more than ten years of struggle, it has reached the world-class level of scientific research and teaching.

Unlike the high-horsepower diesel engine that has fallen into a technical bottleneck, the small-horsepower new diesel engine has been developed smoothly. The research and development team led by Rudolf Diesel, the visiting professor of German nationality from Red River Valley, has successfully developed 1.0 liter, 0.8 liter, and 0.65 liter low-power diesel units. , Adding new members to the new diesel engine family.

  The factory-scale mass production of this batch of new products was exclusively authorized by the Songjiang Base of General Machinery Australia to introduce relevant production equipment to produce locally in Australia and become a major export product.

  Small diesel engine products are more widely used, especially the small diesel generator set in cooperation with Siemens, which is a popular product in the market.

The order issued by the British Admiralty in 1881 alone reached 7,200 sets, which are widely used in large ships, coastal ship maintenance yards, Royal Navy bases and senior military residences all over the world. It is a new and efficient small-scale power generation facility. .

Rudolf Diesel was highly praised by the Earl of Queensland for this reason. He was awarded the knighthood of knights, enjoying a £15,000 prize and a 110-hectare luxury manor in the suburbs of Qinglong. A special allowance of 650 pounds per year to show honor and favor.

  Above items

   is the main industry in the heavy industry in the Red River Valley. There are hundreds of other subdivided small companies, all of which add up to a total of about 300,000 pounds. The average value of each company is only about 3,000 pounds.

  Heavy industry reports in total, contributed 3.71 million pounds of dividend income in 1880, which can be said to be stable.

  To sum up, the overall growth is weak, and there are many bright spots and new profit growth points. In particular, the future development of General Machinery Company is more worth looking forward to, and it is promising.

The deep processing industry of agricultural and animal husbandry products under the Red River Valley Industrial Corporation, including 11 flour mills, sugar factories, canning factories, various food factories, dozens of slaughterhouses, leather factories, shoe factories, oil mills, etc., totaling more than 200 The factories contributed a total of 713 thousand pounds in 1880, and the average profit of the plants was 3,400 pounds, which was in steady growth.

  Its subsidiary Fulinmen hotel chain has grown to 130, covering every town in Australia with a population of over 10,000, with a total profit of 171,100 pounds and an average of more than 1,000 pounds.

  Fulinmen hotel chain profit mainly comes from the Red River Valley and the surrounding cities and towns of Brisbane. Hotels located in north-central Queensland and southern states have less profit or even some losses, which seriously drags down the overall performance.

The Fulinmen Gas Cooker Company, a subsidiary of Honghe Valley Industrial Corporation, was the biggest highlight in 1880. The domestic gas cookers produced were sold well in Europe, America and Australia. The annual output reached 370,000 sets and the profit was 260,000 pounds. The production capacity is expanding rapidly. middle.

  Locally in Australia

  The gas stove industry has begun to take shape. After a twist, this kind of convenient stove that can be lit with a match is deeply loved by ordinary people, and it quickly entered thousands of households and became the mainstream.

  Since then, ordinary families have bid farewell to the mountains to chop wood. Firewood and briquettes are piled up in the yard, and the old-fashioned wood fire stoves that make smoke when they cook, use this clean and convenient new family gas stove.

  Red River Valley Industrial Corporation quickly established a large number of gas tank venting stations, and transported gas tanks to various suburban towns through ship transportation, railways and special heavy-duty carriages, forming a huge industrial chain.

More than 200,000 local users in Australia need to go to the ventilation station to replace gas tanks every month. More than 1,700 heavy freight carriages are running day and night in the urban and rural areas. The staff at hundreds of ventilation stations range from more than ten people. Twenty or thirty people, together with the workers of the gas tank and gas stove production plant, alone provide more than 12,000 jobs and earn an additional stable income of 150,000 pounds per year.

  With the rapid expansion of the user base, this business is expected to become the pillar industry of the Red River Valley Industrial Corporation. Only in Australia, the annual income of over one million pounds is a certainty, and there is no doubt.

  In European and American countries

  With the help of Huitong Bank and Normandy Import and Export Company, Red River Valley Industrial Company has found strong local partners and will promote this emerging industry on a large scale.

in England

  The only partner of Fulinmen Gas Cooker Company is Lord Ayton, and perhaps someone has forgotten his identity.

Lord Ayton is the second son of Lord Victor. The two parties jointly established the British Fulinmen Ayton Gas Cooker Company, which is responsible for the promotion and exclusive sales of Fulinmen gas cookers throughout the UK, forming a huge annual income of more than one million pounds. Industry chain.

in Germany

  The partner of Fulinmen Gas Cooker Company is the Grand Duke of Hessen, Krupp and the Frankfurt City Government. The two parties have worked together to promote the new gas stove industry chain in Germany and the surrounding German-speaking areas, and obtain substantial benefits from it.

Krupp was therefore authorized to exclusively produce gas tanks and gas stoves in Germany. In the second half of 1880 alone, it produced 750,000 sets and built hundreds of gas tank venting stations, rapidly forming a much larger consumption than Australia. market.

In France……

in Italy……

  In 1880, through exclusive authorization and cooperative operation and other methods, Red River Valley Industrial Company obtained more than 770,000 pounds of net dividend income from the overseas gas industry chain, and this number is still rapidly expanding.

  Looking back at this year

  Red River Valley Industrial Company's total income reached 2.0798 million pounds, from the gas stove business, a total of 1.18 million pounds of net income, supporting half of the country.

  The profit statement for the closure of the Red River Valley Reservoir is the most mysterious and simplest, with a total of 3.17 million pounds a year.

therefore

  Li Fushou obtained a net income of more than 10 million pounds a year from the combined income of the heavy industry enterprises under his command, the Red River Valley Industrial Corporation and the Red River Valley Reservoir.

  This is his second industry that has entered over tens of millions of pounds. The overall evaluation is that the development is stable and strong, with more than calmness but not enterprising.

The deep processing industry of agriculture and animal husbandry has begun to take shape. Towns and villages have generally established their own agricultural and animal product processing plants, standard slaughterhouses, wool purchasing stations and Fulinmen restaurants, as well as various food processing plants relying on local resources, etc. The quantity is large, the scale is small, and the ability to resist market risks is weak.

  Under the current situation, the market can only be adjusted by the invisible big hand, without so much time and energy for in-depth management, and it is basically in a state of stocking.

   is dead or alive, it depends on the level of management in each township, which is a bit hopeless.

  If one or two outstanding companies can be born, it is a surprise.

  (End of this chapter)