In the next few days, the First Division of the Red Alert was cleaning up the mess. It took about three days to finally occupy the entire Xichang and Panzhi. Although Panzhihua City had not been developed yet, and its economy and other aspects were very poor, Panzhi City had the largest iron mine in China, so Chu Zian would definitely spend his energy to build it.
In the past four months in Yanyuan County, Chu Zian had also tried to establish a steel industry that belonged to China. There was a saying that was very suitable for today's situation, and that was-steel is the country!
The Second World War was about steel, and the output of steel represented your industrial strength. Panzhi was not lacking in coal and iron, and the equipment was also manufactured through the Red Alert Industrial Center. These equipment represented the highest level of steel-making technology today.
Currently, the Yanyuan County Steel Plant had built a 50,000-ton blast furnace and a 100,000-ton blast furnace. Both blast furnaces were in production, but due to the lack of skilled steel-making workers, the current annual output of the steel-making plant was estimated to be only about 100,000 tons.
Although this number was not much, it had already exceeded the annual steel production of the entire China.
Currently, China's pig iron production was only 41000 tons, while the annual production of steel was only 1000 tons. Even in 1945, the annual production of steel was only 10,000 tons.
Currently, the country with the most annual steel production was the M Nation. In 1934, the annual production reached 26 million tons. Even Japan, which was next to China, had an annual steel production of 3.84 million tons last year. This was far from what China could compare to.
China was now an agricultural country, and there was still a long way to go to build an industry. However, industry could not be achieved overnight, and Chu Zian would continue to walk down this path.
The annual output of 100,000 tons had already met the current needs. A small Yanyuan County could not digest this steel, but in the future, if they wanted to build Sichuan, this steel output was far from enough.
Chu Zian wanted to surpass Nippon's annual steel production by 1937. As long as he trained a large number of skilled steelworkers, Chu Zian was confident.
Unfortunately, there were too few Red Police Barracks, and the training time was too slow. It took an hour to train a high-level steelworker, and the number of training was not many. Only 100 people had been recruited so far.
Yanyuan County was doing quite well in terms of industrial construction. The industrial output value exceeded the agricultural output value. A large number of people were absorbed into the various large factories because many people realized that the money earned by working in the factories was far more than the money earned by working hard on the land.
At present, the monthly salary of an ordinary worker in Yanyuan County was about 6 yuan, which had already reached the salary level of ordinary workers in Shanghai. Some skilled workers could even earn 20 yuan a month.
According to the information found, the minimum monthly salary of an ordinary worker in Shanghai was 8 dollars, and a skilled craftsman was 30 dollars.
According to the purchasing power of six oceans, one could buy more than 200 catties of rice and 2000 eggs. It could be said that this salary was very high. It had already reached the average wage level in coastal areas.
Generally, a family of four only needed two or three dollars to live a very comfortable life. If they were frugal, they only needed two dollars.
Among them, the wages of the workers in the steel factory were not low. An ordinary intern steelworker had eight dollars, and a skilled steelworker who passed the assessment could directly double his salary, earning 15 dollars a month.
Similarly, the soldiers of the 1st Division of the Red Alert were treated fairly well. A private received eight dollars a month, and the troops were completely covered by food and accommodation. As for an officer, he could receive 12-16 dollars a month, and a lieutenant could receive even more, 20-30 dollars a month.
Currently, the main currency was still precious metals such as the ocean. The territory was still too small, so there was no need to change the currency. This would cause a lot of trouble for the people. Of course, the legal currency was not circulated in Yanyuan County. The main currency was still precious metals.
Precious metals could be exchanged in the Red Alert base, but there was a limit to the amount each day. Just like oil, it could be exchanged for about 50 tons per day, and steel could be exchanged for 200 tons per day.
Copper, silver, and gold could be exchanged for 1 ton, 100 kilograms, and 10 kilograms, respectively, every day. At present, Chu Zian had accumulated about 1 ton of gold, which had taken him more than three months to store. If he wanted to establish his own currency system, he could not do without gold.
Copper coins and oceans were the main currency in Yanyuan County. Even if they used their own currency system in the future, they would mainly use precious metals.
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Now that he had taken over the territory of two cities, Chu Zian was not in a hurry. He had already begun to prepare, including the administrative staff. At present, these occupied territories were still under military control. When the government was formed, it could end.
Fortunately, he had a large number of administrative staff, most of whom were recruited from the Red Police Barracks.
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