Australian Storm 1876

   Chapter 736

  The vigorous development of the petrochemical industry is not only due to the expanding domestic demand of the Ocean Kingdom, but also can use the membership of the Commonwealth to sell products to the circle of friends in the British Empire.

  The strength of the UK in this industry is not strong, and the great market is not as good as the cheap ocean kingdom instead of being divided up by the Americans and Germans.

current stage

  Counting British colonies, there is no world-class oil field with rich reserves like Balikpapan, and it has unique resource advantages.

  Europe only has the Romanian oil fields under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In addition, there are the Baku oil fields on the west bank of the Caspian Sea in Tsarist Russia, the U.S. Texas and the Balikpapan oil fields in the Ocean Kingdom.

  With such good resources, it would be a pity not to develop petrochemicals.

  On-site inspections in Balikpapan and surrounding areas for more than ten days, several meetings with experts and scholars, King Li Fushou finally decided to develop a full range of large petrochemical industries relying on regional resources.

  This is an extremely ambitious plan. Because the area does not have the conditions to build large hydropower, and the mountainous area is located in the depths of the tropical rain forest more than 400 kilometers away, it is necessary to build two large-scale thermal power plants.

at the same time

  It is necessary to build a railway network to seamlessly connect the oil and gas resource area with the Samarinda Port 120 kilometers away, build a special coal terminal, an oil transportation terminal, and improve port facilities.

  On this basis, build a chemical industrial park, build roads, water facilities, power transmission facilities and water pipe networks, establish workers’ living quarters and commercial areas, and form a chemical city with Balikpapan as the core.

  Petroleum refining products mainly include various fuel oils (gasoline, kerosene, diesel, etc.) and lubricants, as well as liquefied petroleum gas, petroleum coke, paraffin, asphalt, etc.

  An oil refinery that processes 6 million barrels of oil a year, all imported advanced equipment from the United States, Germany, Britain and other countries, and the total project investment is about 8.5 million gold yuan.

  Australia's United Petroleum Company plans to launch two refineries, which will be divided into phase I and phase II. The construction is planned to be completed in 5 years.

  After the project is completed, plus the existing production capacity, it will reach the production capacity of processing 20 million barrels of crude oil per year.

This project plus auxiliary projects (including roads, water transmission, power transmission and construction of two thermal power plants), with a planned project budget of 20 million gold yuan, will be implemented as a leading project in the chemical city, thereby driving the overall advancement of the chemical industry park .

Petrochemical products are obtained by further chemical processing of the feedstock oil provided by the refining process. The first step is to crack the feedstock oil and gas (such as propane, gasoline, diesel, etc.) to produce ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene, Xylene is the basic chemical raw material represented.

  The second step is to produce more than 100 kinds of organic chemical raw materials and synthetic materials (plastics, synthetic fibers, synthetic rubber) based on basic chemical raw materials, thereby forming a complete industrial chain.

  So the complete petrochemical industry chain includes hundreds of large and small enterprises, covering a wide range. This can only be led by government policies and social forces can participate in common development to make the cake bigger.

  Optimistic forecast

The entire large chemical industry chain will provide no less than 600,000 job opportunities, and the resulting social benefits will have a wide range of impacts, which can drive the entire Borneo into an industrialized society. The influence is not limited to East Kalimantan, but will Expanding southward to South Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan, driving the development of characteristic chemical industries in these regions.

According to incomplete calculations, the total investment in the entire large chemical industry will be as high as hundreds of millions of Jinyang, forming a chemical industry circle dominated by Balikpapan and relying on several surrounding chemical towns, and some small chemical projects will be scattered to East Kaliman. Other states dominated by Danzhou drive regional development.

  The economic development of Ocean Kingdom has so far possessed considerable strength to support such ambitious development projects.

Large-scale chemical projects are huge, and the organization and implementation are cumbersome and complicated. It involves the introduction of international advanced chemical complete sets of technical equipment, digestion and absorption, overall construction project arrangements, project fund security, and technical personnel training, etc., and strong leadership is required. .

   Therefore, Li Fushou personally made the decision;

The former Minister of Economy, Viscount Hu Chaoshan, is in charge as the “Director of the Big Chemical Project”, and Baron Li Sixian, the former Deputy Secretary-General of the Royal Secretariat (removed from his current position), is appointed as the full-time deputy director. Difficulties encountered in large chemical projects.

The large chemical project fund consists of four parts. The Royal Family Fund invested 8 million Jinyang, occupying 30% of the shares, and the Ministry of Finance invested 10 million Jinyang, accounting for 35% of the shares. A syndicate composed of 17 Australian banks including Huitong Bank, Shangri-La Bank, contributed 750 Wan Jinyang owns 28% of the shares, and the remainder is raised by domestic funds.

  Follow-up funds needed in the progress of the project will be resolved through the issuance of bonds. The first phase of the major chemical bond is tentatively set at a scale of 15 million Jinyang, with a debt repayment period of 5 years and an interest rate of 7.6%.

  Subsequent funds will be reported to the Ministry of Finance for review in batches according to the needs of project promotion, and the parliament will approve the implementation.

   more than ten days in a row

  Li Fushou was soaking up with experts and scholars to listen to professional opinions from related parties. He traveled almost 100 kilometers around Balikpapan and set six new chemical town sites.

Named according to the six meanings of Feng, Ya, Song, Fu, Bi and Xing in the Book of Songs, they are Dafeng Town, Daya Town, Songle Town, Fu Town, Bi Town, Xing Town, and these six towns are all concentrated in Bali. In the area south of the board, the furthest Xingzhen town is 133 kilometers away, on the banks of the Pentium Ebina River, only 56 kilometers away from South Kalimantan.

  Finished the big event, Li Fushou finally returned to Samarinda with confidence. On the second day of his arrival, he received a news that made him angry, according to a report by the Political Situation Bureau;

In the city of Surabaya, Java Island, in the Dutch East Indies, a violent persecution of local Chinese newcomers just happened. The incident resulted in the tragic death of 17 Chinese, many women were tortured, and more than 200 Chinese shops were smashed, looted, and burned. Dozens of houses.

The cause of the incident was that the Government of the Dutch East Indies Government’s government levied and ransacked, which aroused widespread dissatisfaction among local Chinese merchants in Surabaya. The influential local Guangdong and Guangxi Chamber of Commerce and Fujian and Zhejiang Chambers of Commerce, on the one hand, agreed with the Government of the Government to fight for their own legitimate rights and interests. The party organized a strike to protest.

  These actions angered the Dutch colonists and provoked the local indigenous riots. The Dutch waited on the sidelines and watched the massacre and humiliation of Chinese merchants without any action. This further contributed to the arrogance of the indigenous mobs and the possibility of further expansion of the situation.

As soon as the "Surabaya Incident" occurred, the diplomatic representative of the Ocean Kingdom in Batavia immediately went to the Governor's Mansion to express a serious protest to the current Governor-General, Viscount Van Helsma-Buffon, and informed the representatives of Britain, France, Germany and the United States. , Ocean Kingdom will always pay attention to the development of the situation and will never allow such wanton violations of overseas Chinese immigrants to occur, and reserves the right to take further actions.

  The Governor’s House of the Dutch East Indies is not a country. Therefore, the Kingdom of Oceans retains a diplomatic consulate in Batavia, which exists as a diplomatic agency of the Dutch Embassy in Amsterdam. The highest person in charge is the consular officer, which can also be called a diplomatic representative. A similar situation can be compared to the French Saigon Governor's House, as a diplomatic agency to safeguard the power of the citizens of the Ocean Kingdom and the local Chinese.

to be honest

  The victimized Chinese immigrants from Surabaya are called Xinke. They are descendants of Chinese who have already settled in the Dutch East Indies. Strictly speaking, they should belong to local citizens and not belong to the people under the protection of consulates abroad.

  But don’t forget that after the first East Indies War, the victorious predecessor of the Ocean Kingdom, the Queensland Earl, signed an armistice contract with the other party and added a barbaric clause, which stipulates in the contract;

  The Earl of Queensland, as the "protector of the interests of Chinese immigrants" in the Western Pacific region, has the right to pay attention to illegal acts that infringe on the interests of Chinese immigrants, urge the local government to improve the environment for Chinese business and property ownership, and give equal treatment, and does not rule out the possibility of further action.

  According to later international legal principles, this is illegal "long-arm jurisdiction" and violates the rights of the country where the immigrants are located.

  Don’t forget what era is this?

The 9th Russian-Turkish War that broke out in this century, known in history as the "Crimean War", was an extremely tragic war of multi-nation siege of Tsarist Russia, which completely changed the situation in Europe. deep influence.

  For a long time, the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church have been vying for the jurisdiction of the Ottoman Empire's Palestinian "Holy Land". Behind the "Holy Land" dispute, there are hidden European powers' true motives for fighting for the Ottoman Empire's "legacy".

  In July 1853, Russia claimed to be an "Orthodox word protector" and sent troops to Turkey under the pretext of protecting "Orthodox Christians" in Turkey. The Ninth Russian-Turkish War broke out.

  The Crimean War was essentially a war between Russia and Turkey for the control of the Black Sea estuary, and it was related to the basic national policy of Tsarist Russia’s "westward advancement to Europe" for two hundred years.

In order to seek their own interests in the Balkans, Britain and France maintain a seemingly independent Ottoman Empire to protect Britain's rights in the East, especially in India, and use this to control the two straits, prevent Russian forces from entering the warm Mediterranean, compete with Britain for hegemony, and balance Europe. Strength, so we jointly sent troops to fight against Russian hegemony,

  The keynote of Tsarist Russia’s European policy is to dismember the Ottoman Empire, encroach on its territories, and strive to gain a monopoly, control the Black Sea, Constantinople and the two straits, so as to freely enter and exit the Mediterranean.

  It can be seen from the Crimean War that the basic positions of Britain, France and other European countries are sharply opposed to Tsarist Russia, and there is no possibility of relaxation. After the Crimean War hit its head and broke the blood, Tsarist Russia had to shift its expansion policy to the east, and therefore the current situation in the Far East was formed.

The Crimean War is the most typical "long-arm jurisdiction" power theory, which was very common in the international environment of the 19th century. The "multi-national joint intervention" method that the Qing government has always relied on is actually a kind of "long-arm jurisdiction." , The most typical feature is the damage to the sovereignty of the country concerned.

  For example, "Russia, France and Germany intervened in returning Liao", and "Ocean Kingdom united with France and Germany to intervene in returning Taiwan", all belong to "long-arm jurisdiction."

  So, if the Dutch East Indies did not listen to persuasion, the Ocean Kingdom could send troops to beat him accordingly.

  The problem facing Li Fushou now is...the opportunity he wanted did not come, but the one he didn’t want was sent up. What should I do?

  By the side of the palace water pavilion

  Li Fushou grinned bitterly and pinched his brows, and he couldn't help sighing that the world is unsatisfactory.

  Considering that the Spanish-American War will break out in 1898, the Political Situation Bureau is now fully collecting important information related to Citi’s plot to fight the Spaniards in order to achieve expansion in Central America and Asia.

  As long as relevant important information can be obtained, Ocean Kingdom is sure to stop London’s mouth.

  This is because London neither wants Citigroup to reach out to the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, nor does it want to see the Ocean Kingdom continue to expand its power, but prefers to maintain the status quo.

  However, when Citigroup actively breaks the status quo, the two evils are the lesser one, and it is better to let the Ocean Kingdom take the initiative to occupy Luzon Island.

  In this case, the Royal Navy of the British Empire can make full use of the ports of Luzon Island, which is better than Citigroup.

  This situation is a bit like social people grabbing territory. The status of the British Empire is the chieftain. He acquiesces to you to grab this territory. Otherwise, he will teach you to be a person every minute, even if you grab your hand, you have to vomit it.

  Nowadays, all the ports of the Ocean Kingdom are free to enter and exit the British navy. The resources of the two parties are shared, and it is only necessary to report in advance. This is bathed in the brilliance of Queen Victoria and stems from the close Commonwealth relationship between the two parties.

  Because of this, the Political Situation Bureau frequently acts on Luzon Island. The purpose is to create a "Surabaya Port Incident", giving the Ocean Kingdom a reason for military intervention in Luzon Island, so as to seize new territory and realize a new round of expansion attempts.

  This is the current top priority, and Li Fushou personally decided on the expansion plan.

  As a result, the political situation hasn’t been arranged yet, but the Governor’s Office of the Dutch East Indies took the initiative to create a riot that harmed the Chinese, and sent you the reason for armed intervention. Isn’t it a headache?

   An egg drop is numb. Isn’t this pure trouble?

  The reason for the war is not easy to find. In order to find a reason for starting the Spanish-American War, Citigroup sank one of its own cruisers and killed more than 200 sailors. The cost is not small.

  Li Fushou now has 10,000 beasts flying over his head, and in his heart he scolds Viscount Van Helsma Buffon, the governor of the Dutch East Indies, a **** head. You really want to die, right?

  If Ocean Kingdom does not intervene this time, what about the next riot against the Chinese in Luzon?

  But the intervention is not cost-effective. London will certainly not agree to the Ocean Kingdom drawing a piece of the Dutch East Indies, and even if it is occupied, it must return. There is no condition for negotiation.

  Because this piece is not blended with Citi, it is not worthwhile for the waste of the Ocean Kingdom to send troops.

  Li Fushou is not a good person, so this trouble really caused him a headache.

  (End of this chapter)