Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

If it were anyone else, Alvin would probably not have so much patience. For descendants of old brothers like Rock, Alvin would still know the importance.

Rock is a person who values ​​emotions. These old brothers are Rock's earliest team members. Rock is now in a high position and will not forget the contributions of each of them.

As for the next generation, Rock is not too concerned about it.

It's not that Roque doesn't value young people, but that southern Africa has created such good basic conditions for young people. If young people don't work hard themselves, they can't blame others.

After all, not everyone has lofty ideals. Some people's dream is just to eat and die, no matter what they ask for, it's useless.

What Rock can guarantee is that those who are willing to work hard for their dreams will receive reasonable rewards.

And we can only try our best to ensure that there is now a new vested interest class in southern Africa. Roque himself is the spokesperson of the new vested interest class. How to balance the interests of various groups in the federal government is Roque's main task.

Rock didn't stay at Lu Si's farm for too long. After a simple lunch, Rock left Lu Si's farm and returned to the Palace of Justice.

Skipping work all morning did not have much impact. Louis brought several documents for Roque to sign, including the "Non-Aggression Treaty" signed by Southern Africa and Germany.

This should be Rock's last effort for World War II.

The threat from Germany is obvious. Southern Africa is about to sign a "Mutual Non-Aggression Pact" with Germany. If it still cannot arouse Britain and the United States to fully understand the threat from Germany, then Rock has nothing to say.

But it doesn’t seem to be of much use. Although the administrative efficiency of the United Kingdom and the United States is low, once something is determined, the execution ability is still good. After all, ending aid to Germany also requires a long process. God knows how many German moles there are in the United Kingdom and the United States, maybe not

Mole, even just sympathy is enough to make an irrational decision.

To strike, you still have to be strong, Rock once again strengthened this belief.

Then focus all your energy on developing southern Africa.

"The U.S. industry is still very solid. The U.S. pig iron production dropped to only 8.9 million tons the year before last, which was the lowest value since 1897. After Roosevelt came to power, the U.S. industry gradually recovered. Last year, the U.S. pig iron production exceeded 20 million tons. This year it is expected to

It will exceed 30 million." Henry is very concerned about his American counterparts. Fawalt Steel Group is currently the largest steel company in the world, not one of them.

"However, there is still a gap between the pig iron in the United States and ours in southern Africa. Not counting Australia's pig iron production, but only counting our own southern Africa, this year's pig iron production is expected to exceed 50 million tons." Henry spent thirty years to bring southern Africa to

It has suddenly become a real world raw material warehouse.

Rock himself didn't even believe it. When the Second Boer War broke out in 1899, the pig iron production in the entire Africa was zero. Even iron ore was only produced sporadicly in Algiers, North Africa under French rule.

At that time, Southern Africa was extremely poor. Not only was the production of pig iron zero, but the production of steel was also zero. The production of non-ferrous metals such as lead, manganese, tin, aluminum, etc. was all zero. Only the production of gold and diamonds ranked among the best in the world.

Fortunately, this is the case, otherwise the British Empire would not have allowed southern Africa to become autonomous so easily.

In the past 1930, Southern Africa produced more than 460 million tons of coal, 138.1 million tons of crude oil, 56 billion cubic meters of natural gas, 59.3 million tons of iron ore, 55 million tons of crude steel, 900,000 tons of copper, and others.

The output of non-ferrous metals ranks among the top in the world.

Fawalt Steel Group is indispensable for this level of leap-forward development.

"Normally, although the United States has been affected by the economic crisis, its industrial foundation is still there." Rock also felt helpless. It is not easy to defeat a country like the United States.

In 1928, Southern Africa's crude steel output reached 55 million tons. The current output is still 55 million tons, mainly due to the impact of economic recovery.

Normally, demand for steel will increase as the economy recovers. However, with the economic recovery in the United States, steel production in the United States is also picking up, and this part of the increased demand does not belong to southern Africa.

Of course, Henry was not idle either. When Rock met with Roosevelt Jr., Favalt Steel Group and U.S. Steel reached an agreement, and U.S. Steel gave up part of its shares in exchange for raw material supply from Favalt Steel Group.

Even though the iron ore production in the United States is still tens of millions of tons, iron ore and iron ore are also different.

Why Australia in another time and space is so bad is because the iron ore in Australia is of high grade. More than 60% of the iron ore does not need to be refined at all and can be burned in a furnace.

The average grade of U.S. iron ore is about 33.3%. Compared with iron ore in Australia and Brazil, it has basically been reduced to a level that has no mining value, so U.S. Steel has to bow to Favalte Steel Group.

Here is another piece of data: the average iron ore grade in southern Africa may be the highest in the world.

However, the iron ore reserves in southern Africa are relatively low, and cannot be compared with those in Australia and Brazil, which often have tens of billions of tons. The iron ore reserves in the United States are only about 3 billion tons, and there is also a cost problem in mining iron ore.

Shallow surface iron ore is the easiest to mine, with low cost and high grade, and the benefits are almost exhausted.

"We can't let the Americans take it easy. I'm going to raise the iron ore supply price to American companies." Henry also knows the principle of taking before giving. The Americans have now tasted the sweetness, and it's time to close the net.

In the past, U.S. steel companies were accustomed to using iron ore with an average grade of 33.3%, and had no idea what iron ore with a grade of over 60% would feel like.

The cooperation between Favalt Steel Group and U.S. Steel has lasted for several months. U.S. Steel has already tasted the sweetness of high-grade ore. It can be said that the recovery of the U.S. economy is also thanks to the selfless contribution of Favalt Steel Group.

Once you are used to high-grade ore, you really can’t go back to the era of low-grade ore. This is similar to two people farming, and one person is digging hard in the ground, working hard every day, and harvesting 300 kilograms of grain from one acre of land throughout the year.

, the joy of harvest arises spontaneously.

At this time, I saw that my neighbor next to me was harvesting 600 kilograms of land per acre, and could harvest three crops a year. Even if the neighbor worked very hard, would there still be the joy of a good harvest?

I'm afraid all that's left is complaining about fate, how unfair God is!

This is the case with U.S. Steel. In the past, whether it was Carnegie or Morgan, everyone used iron ore with a grade of 33.3% to make steel, and no one had to be any better.

Now it is suddenly discovered that Fawalt Steel Group uses iron ore with a grade of more than 60%. How can it compete?

In other words, the U.S. government still has trade protection for U.S. companies. If the U.S. dares to open its doors, Fawalt Steel Group will kill all U.S. steel companies within half a year.

Neither Carnegie nor Morgan are of any use.

When efforts cannot bridge the huge gap caused by resources, the harder you try, the more desperate you become.

What's more, compared with southern Africans, Americans don't work much harder. In fact, everyone is about the same.

"I think it's okay, let the Americans have a taste of being stuck in the neck." Rock readily agreed, it's time to let the Americans taste the feeling of being stuck in the neck.

When Roark and Henry were about to raise prices, a dinner party organized by American steel companies was underway across the ocean in New York.

After experiencing a trough in 1928, U.S. steel companies slowly recovered. By 1931, although U.S. steel companies had not returned to their heyday, they were still the largest steel country in the world after southern Africa.

However, in the eyes of John Jr., the head of U.S. Steel, the status of the United States as a "steel power" is already shaky. If the iron ore problem cannot be solved, this may be the last glory of U.S. steel companies.

The United States is still very strong now. The "Great Depression" that has lasted for several years will not have much impact on the real owners of the United States. The Morgan family is still the top wealthy family in the United States. This dinner is held at the Morgan family in New York.

It was held at a suburban estate, and the invitees included New York State Governor Herbert Henry Lyman, John Jr. of the Rockefeller family, and another American steel giant, Charles Schwab, the founder of Bethlehem Steel.

Charles Schwab was of German origin and worked in Andrew Carnegie's steel factory in his early years. Because of his outstanding performance during his work, he was appointed general manager of Carnegie Steel Company by Andrew Carnegie at the age of 25.

In 1901, Morgan acquired Carnegie Steel Company, and Charles Schwab was appointed as the first general manager of U.S. Steel. However, just two years later, Charles Schwab was resigned from U.S. Steel due to disagreements with Morgan.

Resigned and founded Bethlehem Steel Company.

Before the economic crisis, Bethlehem Steel's annual output reached 8.5 million tons. It was the second largest steel company in the United States and performed well in many fields such as military industry and shipbuilding.

Bethlehem Steel, like U.S. Steel, purchases iron ore from Fawalt Steel Group. In this round of economic recovery in the United States, Bethlehem Steel has performed better than U.S. Steel.

Last year, a steel workers' strike broke out in the United States, with approximately 450,000 people participating, most of whom were workers at U.S. Steel Corporation.

The cause of the strike was the 12-hour work system. This system was actually abolished ten years ago, but has never been implemented seriously. During the economic crisis, while insisting on the 12-hour work system, U.S. Steel also tried to lower workers' wages.

As a result, there was strong opposition from workers, which led to a general strike.

As the second largest steel company in the United States, Bethlehem Steel had already implemented an eight-hour work system before the economic crisis broke out.

So when little Morgan saw Charles Schwab, little Morgan felt a little itchy at the root of his teeth.

ps: It’s the end of the month again, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Brothers, please pay attention to preventing cold and heat.