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How difficult is it for a country to industrialize?

Before 1914, there were only a few countries qualified to talk about industrialization, including Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, and Italy.

Even in the 21st century, those who have the confidence to say that they have completed industrialization are still a few familiar faces.

The order of their strength may have changed, and sometimes everyone will fight for power, but after distinguishing the superior and inferior, the strength and the scope of influence, everyone still has to play together.

So in the 21st century, those who have the confidence to say that they have completed industrialization are still the same few familiar faces.

The United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, Russia, and Italy do not seem to have changed much, except that the seats of some countries have been moved.

The difficulty of industrialization is obvious.

Constantine knew this very well at this moment.

Constantine and Tesla discussed how much basic industry would be needed to build a thermal power plant?

Alternating current technology has made breakthroughs in the laboratory, but its application in reality is, well, to be honest, still far away.

Tesla held a notebook in his left hand and pointed at the ideas recorded in the notebook with a pen in his right hand. He lowered his head and analyzed to Constantine, "Since we want to realize the application of electricity, we naturally need a wire production factory and wires to transmit power. If you want to build a wire production factory, you need to build a copper smelting plant (copper is used for wires) and a rubber vulcanization plant (copper wires are wrapped with vulcanized rubber for wires)."

"These are just factories related to wires. AC generators must also be produced. In the process of power generation, the key step in converting heat energy into electrical energy is the use of steam turbines. Therefore, a steam turbine factory needs to be established."

"Precision instruments such as steam turbines need to ensure a certain energy conversion rate and must use advanced machine tools and complex alloy materials. In this case, it is best to have a machine tool production factory and an alloy smelting factory."

"A steel plant must use steel, and it may also need electricity measuring instruments. After all, without electricity measuring instruments, there is no way to measure how much electricity users use."

"In addition, Greece does not have high-quality coal. It is barely possible to use lignite to generate electricity, but the amount of use will be huge. It is necessary to develop lignite mines and dig out coal to burn and generate electricity."

"Because lignite is used in large quantities, it is best to build railway tracks between coal mines and power plants to save transportation costs."

"Of course, these are the preparations required for AC power plants. If AC power is used, as you said, the textile industry powered by electricity will also need to use electric motors, and textile equipment will also need to be modified, because the previous textile equipment was almost They are all powered by steam engines.”

“Even if you want to build lighting in the streets of Athens, you need light bulb factories”

“The entire alternating current system, from power generation to use, must be completed to create a closed loop, so that alternating current can continuously create wealth for Greece.”

"If you just build a power plant and the use of alternating current cannot be widely promoted, you don't know how long it will take to recover the cost."

Constantine wiped the sweat from his head and mentally calculated how much money he had to invest in industrialization.

According to Tesla's plan, building a thermal alternating current power plant will almost complete the construction of all the basic industries of a country.

This is why industrialization is so difficult. Individuals in the industrial system are all related to each other.

If it cannot form a system, it does not make much sense.

For example, steel plants are the mainstay and the cornerstone of industry in modern industry. Is it easy to build a steel plant?

Just building the factory itself is definitely not difficult as long as there are sufficient funds.

But the question is, what happens after the steel plant is built?

Where is the steel you made used?

What’s the point of spending huge sums of money to build steel plants if you can’t find a use for the steel?

car? shipbuilding? Guns and cannons? These are big consumers of steel.

Then it also depends on the quality of the steel you have trained? Can it meet the needs of seamless steel pipes for forging guns and cannons, steel for shipbuilding, and rolling technology for automobile steel plates?

If these are all ok, shipyards, gun factories, and automobile factories will be built next.

The cost of building these factories is still far higher than that of steel plants.

Even if these factories are completed, will they survive?

The upstream and downstream sectors of the steel industry are all interrelated. Once a problem occurs in one link, other links in the cycle will also be affected.

Even if all the difficulties are overcome and these factories are completed, can we just sit back and relax and make money?

Beautiful thought!

For example, the sales of automobile factories that use steel have dropped, and the captains have been unable to receive orders. They are in trouble, and the steel factories are immediately unlucky.

This is why all countries know that heavy industry is important, but they still cannot develop it.

The amount of funds required is large, the cost recovery cycle is long, and the risks are high.

Therefore, the industrialization of a country must be a unanimous choice of the whole country. It cannot be accomplished by the will of one person or even a certain class.

Because it is far beyond the capabilities of an individual.

Even if he is Constantine.

This is why Constantine was delighted when Trikupis introduced Cantoriotis to him.

These wealthy Greeks are willing to invest and build textile factories in Greece, which means that Greece has taken an important step on the road to industrialization, and Greece's industrialization also has a glimmer of hope for success.

"Okay, okay, Tesla, stop talking. We don't have the need, and we don't have the financial resources to do it all at once. Take your time. The establishment of the entire industrial system cannot be accomplished overnight."

Constantine quickly interrupted Tesla, who was still unfinished, and asked him to continue speaking. Even Constantine lost confidence because the workload was too huge.

"For the steam turbines you mentioned, let's purchase them from the UK first. As for the electrical wires and meters you mentioned, let's give priority to purchasing them from Western Europe."

Not to mention anything else, just a steam turbine factory may be more troublesome than building an alternating current power plant.

This thing is like an aircraft engine in the 21st century, the crown jewel of industry and the real cutting-edge of science and technology.

"We have only one goal now, which is to prioritize the construction of a simple alternating current application system and verify its feasibility."

"Let's take it step by step. This is nothing to rush." ​​Constantine comforted Tesla.

Tesla did not argue after hearing this, but turned the page in the book in his hand and continued, "If that's the case, regarding steam turbines, I heard that the Parsons steam turbines in the UK are not bad, and you can purchase a few of them. Let's communicate Greece certainly cannot produce power generation equipment and transformers, so we need to ask Siemens in Germany for help, and wires probably need to be imported as well.”

"It requires a lot of initial start-up capital." Tesla gently closed the notebook in his hand.

"Your team will first go to Western Europe to check out the strength of each electrical company and what equipment they need. As for money, I will find a way to raise money."

Alternating current technology has made breakthroughs, so how could we give up because of the cost?

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