Chapter 87 Good teeth!

Until he picked up the teacup, Hu Nianzu's eyes still stared at the coke refined by the soil on the table. This was the result of the past two months. In the area of Xiejiaji in Fengtai County, he did find a coal mine. Maybe it should not be said that he had found a coal mine, because it had been used for hundreds of years.

"... Although the coal mines there are all small mines mined along the exposed veins, with an annual output of only a few thousand tons, the quality of coal is far better than I thought. It is more abundant than Pingxiang coal, and it is also a high-class bituminous coal with low ash and low sulfur. It can be said to be the best for coking, and the reserves are abundant. The country is the most prosperous! According to the rough calculation of Nianzu, the underground coal storage in Fengtai can exceed one million tons!"

While surprised, Hu Nianzu put down the teacup in his hand and picked up the coke from the table.

"However, you look at this coke. Although it is refined by local method, its quality is superior. Huainan's coal can not only be used for iron smelting, but also excellent power coal! ......"

Chen Moran didn't wait for him to finish his words. Hu Nianzu's satisfactory result was already his expectation. Later generations, Huainan was the "coal capital" in East China. Now what he was most concerned about was the steel factory equipment mentioned by Liu Shilun that day.

"Xianglin, the reason why you come back to Huainan is still the matter of steel mill equipment!"

After interrupting Hu Nianzu's words, Chen Moran continued.

"Xianglin, Lihe, Liu, an assistant of Yanghang, told me that there is a batch of ready-made steel mill equipment now. If we are willing to buy it, it only takes a year for the steel mill to produce steel!"

"Oh! There is such a good thing!"

Hu Nianzu was stunned and looked at Chen Moran in surprise, but saw that Chen Moran handed him a document.

"Well, an Italian steel company once used a loan to order five 100,000 tons, four 150,000 tons of iron-making blast furnaces, one 600-ton mixed iron furnace, two 100-ton steel-making furnaces, three 40-ton steel-ton steel-making furnaces, and two 100-ton Siemens refining furnaces from Demark, and at the same time, to many Germans. The enterprise has customized a primary rolling plant in the supporting factory of the steelmaking plant, a large-scale factory for the production of rails and special steel, a small factory for the production of steel pipes and wires, a thin plate factory, a medium plate factory, plus a Cobo coke oven, a tower-type refined benzene distillation, a 25000KW generator set and other equipment. The main equipment is Produced by Bo, Madek, Siemens and Delufenggen!"

When Chen Moran was talking, Hu Nianzu began to look through the documents left by Liu Shilun, which were all German instructions.

"Those Italians invested 86 million gold lira to try to make Italy a steel power! It's a pity that it's a trick! Later, their steel factory was not completed, but German enterprises have produced a batch of equipment. If we want, we can buy this batch of equipment that has been made..."

Hu Nianzu, who was looking at the document at this time, looked up at Chen Moran. The fanaticism in his eyes almost shocked Chen Moran.

"Chairman, if you want to be the steel king of Asia!"

When he spoke, Hu Nianzu swallowed his saliva and looked straight at Chen Moran. The fanaticism in his tone would be revealed.

"Then we should not only buy this batch of equipment that has been built, but also complete the Italian contract. This contract is only left for half a year. German enterprises have completed nearly half of the contract. As long as we take over this contract, we can build a million-ton large-scale company by the Yangtze River in less than two years. Steel enterprises, as soon as they are built, there are 30 Hanyang, and 20 Hachiman ironhouses can't catch up with us! At that time, Ma'anshan will really be the most powerful factory in Asia!"

Unfolding the file in his hand, Hu Nianzu seemed to point to one of the pages fanatically.

"Chairman, all of these equipment are the most advanced smelting equipment in the world. The ton coke ratio of ironmaking blast furnaces is 860 kilograms. This number is not only far lower than that of Hanyang and Hachiman, but also 10% lower than large-scale blast furnaces in Britain, the United States and other countries. The equipment of steel mills is more up-of-the-date large motor direct transmission equipment, and its efficiency is far higher than that of Hanyang, Compared with the general use of steam and motor heaven and earth axis transmission equipment in Hachiman and other countries, it can not only produce rails, but also special-shaped steel, construction wires, medium-thick thin plates and seamless steel pipes. The Italians have abandoned such modern steel mills, which is really short-sighted!"

Compared with Hu Nianzu's fanaticism, Chen Moran was not infected by him. He just frowned and pondered. This modern steel mill is indeed tempting, but in the same way, the expenditure is a little too big, and the sales of the steel mill's products are also limited.

Hu Nianzu, who had calmed down a little, saw that Chen Moran frowned slightly, and guessed what he was worried about.

"Is the chairman worried about the steel sales after the completion of the steel mill?"

Chen Moran nodded. No matter how high the production capacity of the steel factory was, it could not be sold. In the end, it was still a loss-making business. This bite could not be a fat man.

"Last year, after Nianzu surveyed the iron ore, he was in the last array of Lord Liu. In the 26th year of Guangxu, the value of steel and metal imported from our Qing Dynasty was 8.65 million taels. In the same year, the value of imported steel reached 24.16 million yuan. It is said that the country has built 5,600 kilometers of railways so far, and more than 100,000 tons of steel rails need to be replaced every year, and China's large It is inevitable to build a railway. In this case, the two major markets need nearly one million tons of steel a year, and the Russians need millions of tons of rails to build the Siberian railway. The steel used to lay rails in the northeast and other places, in addition to the domestic long-distance transportation, still needs to be purchased from Britain, France, Germany and the United States. If my steel factory is built by then You can compete for this order, not to mention the annual output of one million tons of Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Plant, even if it doubles again, you don't have to worry about sales.

Looking at the impulsive person in front of him, although he knew that there were many unknown political factors in the markets he said, when he finished speaking, Chen Moran shrugged his shoulders and showed a helpless expression.

"Well, if there is this market at that time, then there is a problem. Italians spent 86 million lire to buy these equipment. How much money do we need to invest? This is a huge sum of money!"

Industrialists are very stingy. At the critical moment, it can be seen that Chen Moran may have opened a "banknote printing factory", but 86 million lire, but it is a huge sum of more than 20 million US dollars. Although Catherine's bank, in addition to exchanging tens of millions of dollars of dollars into silver or gold coins, it also shipped more than 20 million yuan back to China. The money has been transferred to the Bank of the United States and the Philippines. In the past few months, the equipment, machinery and even building materials ordered from the Bank of the United States have been transferred from the Bank of the United States.

Although Catherine has never asked the source of her U.S. banknotes, the more than 40 million gold coin vouchers, national banknotes and green backs she has printed from one dollar to $100 have approached the security limit. The circulation of national bank bonds and green back are only about 4 billion, and the gold coin bonds are only hundreds of millions. According to the 1% warning line set by later economists, all kinds of counterfeit banknotes within 1% can be submerged in real money and circulate with real money. If this warning line is exceeded, it may be said that it may catch fire.

If he took out half of the money to run this iron factory, Chen Moran really didn't have that much courage. It was not courage but adventure.

"Well, the Italians spent 86 million lire, which doesn't mean we have to spend that much money!"

Hu Nianzu took a deep breath and looked up at Chen Moran. It was his dream to start a large steel enterprise.

"According to international standards, Italy needs to pay at least 30% of the deposit. With the progress of equipment manufacturing, the rest of the order payment will be paid month by month. In fact, the Italians should have paid more than 50% of the deposit. After its breach of contract, even if the two parties reach an understanding, the contractor will not be less than the deposit for breach of contract. 30%, if we negotiate directly with German companies, we can complete all the Italian orders in exchange for the continuation of the contract instead of re-ordering the contract.

Hu Nianzu, who couldn't hide his excitement, watched Chen Moran and continued to speak.

"For German enterprises, accepting this suggestion seems to be a disadvantage. After all, we buy some of the completed mechanical equipment, which is at most about 10% cheaper than the market price, but it can't be compared with the completion of all the equipment in Italy. For them, even if the contract base price in Italy is 20%, it is also beneficial. The picture shows that on the one hand, Italy's liquidated damages are guaranteed, and on the other hand, it is to complete the Italian contract. These German enterprises have purchased a large amount of materials in advance. After the Italians breached the contract, all these materials are accumulated in the German enterprise warehouse, and the backlog of raw material costs have even exceeded the penalty for breach of contract, and continue to complete the contract, even if it is a concession, It can still be guaranteed that German companies will get more profits than the original contract.

When Chen Moran slowly sat up from the sofa, Hu Nianzu looked at him. Xiao Yuren also stared at him and looked forward to his answer. At this time, the air in the room seemed to be frozen. Hu Nianzu's words moved Xiao Yuren. He looked at Chen Moran, who didn't say anything, and gently reminded him.

"Silently, this has been said that in the future, our automobile factory will build 100,000 or even millions of cars a year, and then the whole United States and even the whole world will run our cars. Indeed, everyone understands that speed will not be reached, but a million-ton steel mill is indeed needed by a powerful country. Once such steel mills are built, You can immediately turn the fact that China's steel falls in Europe and the United States, not to mention the steel power, and even..."

Xiao Qiang turned his head and looked at Hu Nianzu. When the words came to his mouth, he still swallowed it back. Some words could not be said in front of Hu Nianzu. Hu Nianzu had a close relationship with Liu Kun, not to mention that the fewer people who knew that kind of thing, the better.

"Yes, steel is the foundation of a powerful country, and a country without steel production capacity can never be called a powerful country. Decades ago, a modern blast furnace iron factory was founded, and even put forward the name of "steel is the country". Steel is the mother of modern industry. Guns and gun manufacturing requires steel, steel for railways needs steel, machinery needs steel, and shipbuilding. Steel is also needed. Even if you need steel to build a house and a factory, there is no industry without steel. However, you once said that chasing the United Kingdom and the United States starts with cars, but without steel, there are no cars. You still understand this ideal!"

From beginning to end, when they were talking, Chen Moran didn't say a word. He just looked out of the window. After all, it was still silver. If he set up this iron factory, plus the future automobile factory, plus a series of supporting factories such as machinery, I'm afraid that his family will really be hollowed out at that time. If it's true I'm afraid that running the iron factory is equivalent to taking out half of the money originally scheduled to be held in Pudong.

It is always more profitable to run a factory without developing real estate. If you run a factory, you may not be able to recover your investment within three or five years, and Pudong's real estate may even recover all your investment in two or three years. At that time, if Pudong is there, a lot of money will flow continuously. If you put it in your pocket, what do you want to do at that time?

"...There is often only one chance! And if this steel factory is completed, we can take advantage of it"

Xiao Yu's words only made Chen Moran sigh in his heart. The steel factory is an opportunity, and Pudong is not an opportunity.

On the one hand, the silver will really flow into his pocket, and on the other hand, it is indeed the foundation of a strong country as Xiao Qiang said. Which of the two is more important? Chen Moran began to weigh in his heart. According to his original intention, he prefers to hold Pudong. He thought that he was very realistic and could not control himself in the face of silver* *, but at this time, it is difficult to make a decision on this issue for a while.

Standing up, Chen Moran walked towards the window. After walking a few steps, he stopped again. Then he returned to the sofa, swallowed suddenly, pressed the cigar into the ashtray fiercely, and then looked at the two people.

"Xianglin, you go to Germany in person and talk to those enterprises. As long as the price is 20% lower than that in Italy, or even 50%, we will run this steel factory. In silence, I want to run the largest steel factory in China and Asia!"

After saying this, he ignored the surprise and admiration of Xiao Yiren and Hu Nianzu. Chen Moran sat softly on the sofa, holding the plastered leg in his hand, and threw his lost eyes out of the window. He even saw the billions of taels of silver flying away from his pocket, and it was difficult to calm down for a moment. .

When Hu Nianzu was about to say something, Chen Moran waved his hand dejectedly, and then looked at Hu Nianzu and Xiao Yanren. They made themselves fall in love with the factory! Chen Moran, who originally wanted to hold on to the bottom, really couldn't hold on now.

"Well, Xianglin, you pack up your things quickly and choose a few people from the company to go to Germany with you. As for Ma'anshan and Huainan, you don't have to worry for the time being. The mining experts hired by the company through the foreign bank will arrive in the United States to Shanghai in the next two days, and there is no problem on both sides."

The reason why he said this is actually that Chen Moran was afraid that he would regret it for a while. After all, Pudong is the real money that earns without loss. Now the only thing I can hope is that Huang Huiyun can get enough money for himself back. It really can't... Chen Moran's eyes suddenly lit up. The company still has a sum of money to move. If the railway really doesn't work, it won't repair the railway for the time being. Use the ship to transport coal. You can prepare a huge amount of money of 10 million yuan for the railway. Although the money invested in Pudong can't catch up with the tens of millions originally used in Pudong, if you issue more bonds, the effect may not be as good as the past, but at least the money can fall to yourself. In the pocket.

People's hearts are not enough. Even until now, Chen Moran has been unable to overcome his inner greed, or he did not intend to overcome it at all, but chose to obey his inner desire, whether it was any desire.

After Hu Nianzu left, Xiao Yiren looked at Chen Moran with a smile and spoke with a smile.

"Yes, from knowing you to now, this is the first time I've seen your heartache!"

"Nonsense, it hasn't been raised. My silver is not blown by the strong wind, and there is no gold mountain silver warehouse at home. As soon as this steel factory is done, I will be really lame!"

With this in my mouth, I felt sorry in my heart. At the same time, I began to think about what kind of money to print next. The plate making rollers ordered by Lihe Yangxing had arrived last month. It was time to make up for the deficit.

"I can't be lame. As soon as the steel factory is put into production, the silver will come back!"

Xiao Yuren smiled and took out a cigar from the cigar box in front of Chen Moran. It was rare for him to smoke a few cigarettes, but he would light a cigarette for himself.

"The Year of the Monkey!"

Chen Moran shook his head and recovered the cost of the steel factory in the short term. Obviously, it was impossible. In the factories he ran, only the paper factory finally made a business last week. It was still a business with the commercial printing house he participated in. The workers of the printing factory were still in training, and now the silver is spent a lot of money. If you go out, you won't make any progress. Slowly, you are like speculating in stocks, and your family is all trapped.

"Wei Yang, you put aside other things for the time being. Whether it's an iron mine or a coal mine, it's a place. You start to prepare. We have to build a mine protection team first!"

Nuo was put in the past. Chen Moran would not be as eager as he is now, but now is different. In the second half of the year, after banks, automobile factories, iron factories and Pudong opened, his own money was trapped. At that time, it was impossible to leave. He was worried that his family business would be robbed all day long. It's better to prepare in advance.

"The mine protection team?"

"Yes, it's the mine protection team. Huainan Coal Mine and Ma'anshan Iron Mine are all remote. In the name of bandit prevention and anti-theft, they submitted a request to the governor of Anhui. In the past few days, we picked out 200 people from our engineering team and pulled them back to Huainan and Ma'anshan. At that time, it will expand and pull out two two or three thousand mine protection teams. Maybe there is no problem!"

Chen Moran smiled, with a trace of chill in his eyes, and his hands clenched into fists.

"From now on, I, Chen Moran, have no way out. If they... Hello, hello, everyone, but if there really happens one day, who reaches out to me, they don't think that I, a squeam, will be obedient. On the contrary, at that time, although I will not fight with them, I will also stir up. The Qing Dynasty has to be covered with heaven and earth. Let's hold these two treasure mountains, and we have to hold the things next to us in our hands.

Standing up on crutches, Chen Moran walked to the window and looked at the scenery outside. He lit the cigar he was holding when he got up and turned around to look at Xiao Jian.

"I believe that I don't know how many people want to come to us now. They don't know that I'm lame and hard-bowed. Who wants to stick their mouth here? Let's see if their teeth are not good!"

(Finally, Chen Moran was forced to go on a road by his big appetite. Whether he was happy or not, whether he liked the revolution or not, he always had to do something for his own industry. Again, his mouth is good and his appetite is good! I hope the protagonist's appetite is getting better and better, and his teeth are the same! Compared with the hustle and bustle in the discussion area of ordinary citizens in the past, it seems that the river is a little lonely. Please give some opinions in the discussion area or group. If you are speechless, you will listen with an open mind!)

(to be continued)