It was the beginning of December. The Zhenhua Chamber of Commerce and the land reform in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, Feng County, had become more and more eye-catching. In the past three months, Guangfeng had undergone earth-shaking changes. Rows of factories had been set up in the county. Commercial activities had attracted most of the merchants from other provinces and the northeast of Jiangxi Province. Guangfeng was now the largest commercial distribution center in the northeast of Jiangxi Province!
At the same time, Guangfeng's land reform policy was slowly spreading to the surrounding counties and districts, causing a huge uproar. The farmers were very much hoping that Feng County would send troops to attack them, while the landowners and squires were filled with fear!
Wei Yuan, Yang Zhanshan's residence. At this moment, Yang Zhanshan was half-reclining in his chair, listening to his adjutant's report on the prosperous business situation in Feng County, especially some light industrial factories. His eyes revealed a trace of greed and regret. If he had known that the business development of Guang Feng would be so good, he would not have given this piece of land to others so easily. However, he did not think about whether he had the ability to govern Guang Feng!
Now, he had heard of all kinds of business dealings there. Everyone was making money. They were simply rich. Now, they had suddenly become the richest county among the six counties under his jurisdiction! After hearing this news, he simply drooled over Guang Feng!
"Immediately go and ask Li Yulin to bring his 3rd Brigade to Yushan County to defend. Tell the government in Guangfeng to be sensible and pay the money.”
Yang Zhanshan's eyes flashed with a trace of solemnity. According to reliable sources, there was a reinforced regiment in this Feng County. There were four battalions, all of which were full. There were a total of about 2,000 people. This was simply comparable to a brigade under him!
He was also surprised that Guangfeng was really rich. Just one county could actually support nearly a brigade of troops. Although he did not know the combat strength of Guangfeng's reinforced regiment, it was definitely not low! That was why he had immediately placed the 3rd regiment of his three regiments in Yushan County, which was next to Guangfeng. He was afraid that they would play tricks! It was a deterrent to them!
They definitely couldn't fight. If they really made up their minds to destroy Guang Feng, half of their brigade would definitely be crippled! Moreover, this Guangfeng was completely ruined. It was a thankless task! Moreover, Guardian Shang Rao was eyeing him covetously!
In Guangfeng, Su Zhenze was visiting the steel smelter that had been built long ago. As everyone knew, the steel industry was the foundation of heavy industry and one of the standards to measure the degree of industrialization of a country. The annual output of this steel smelter was estimated to reach about 20,000 tons, which could not compare to the current steel factories in the country!
Su Zhenze recalled a set of data. During the Republic of China, the steel production was only one-tenth of the small notebook and one-hundredth of the US. The largest steel smelter in China, the Hanyang Steel Plant, could produce more than 40,000 tons of steel per year. Although it was not worth mentioning to the superpowers, it was still shocking in this extremely backward China!
The steel smelter that Su Zhenze built in Guang Feng was a small smelter. The purpose of building it was to prepare for the future large-scale smelter and to meet the current development of Guang Feng! Now, the steel produced by this steel smelter was mainly transported to the arsenal to produce firearms. The inferior iron was used to produce farm tools!
It couldn't be helped. Now, Su Zhenze had asked Jared to import a Mauser rifle production line and a bullet line from abroad. At the same time, he was about to welcome a 75mm caliber mountain cannon production line. All of these required a large amount of steel investment!
In addition, Li Tianjing, the chief technician of the Munitions Factory, had also completed the improvement plan for the Mauser gun in the past month. The Munitions Factory was also experimenting and continuously improving the sample gun. All of this required a large amount of steel to support!
Before the spring of next year, Guangfeng and Yang Zhanshan would definitely have a battle. Although Su Zhenze was showing goodwill to Yang Zhanshan on the surface, he had already grasped the preparation of the army in secret. At the same time, the newly formed 5th Battalion had already expanded their forces and prepared for war in various remote villages!
As for the steel factory, the arsenal, and the copper smelting factory, these were all extremely confidential in Guangfeng. He had already arranged for a heavy defense here and took various measures to make these factories not known to others. As for the workers and technicians, they were given high wages and strictly limited their time to visit their relatives. Although it was a little harsh, there was no other way. Once the situation here was leaked, it would definitely cause a huge uproar!
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During this period of time, Jared's business abroad had been smooth sailing. Especially under Su Zhenze's cutting-edge guidance, his Jerry Company had long become bigger and stronger. The cosmetics and clothing he sold were popular in the United States. At the same time, under Su Zhenze's secret instructions, he had also entered the arms industry, the steel industry, and the auto industry! Not only did he not make a loss, but he also made a lot of money. He had become a new upstart in the M Nation's business world!
On the other hand, Jared had also helped him a lot. All the factories opened by Guangfeng were purchased by Jared from the M Nation and shipped here. At the same time, the weapons that Su Zhenze urgently needed were also shipped back from abroad by Jared! Including all the weapons and equipment of the current reinforced regiment!
Although the foreign powers had banned the sale of heavy weapons to China, Jared still secretly got him a 75mm mountain cannon processing line from abroad, including the processing of artillery shells and the teaching of cannon manufacturing technology.
However, the most important thing was to improve the quality of the steel produced by the steel smelter and produce qualified cannon steel. Why were there so few cannons in the Republic of China era, especially heavy cannons? Other than the embargoes of the foreign powers, there was also the fact that they could not produce suitable steel for cannons!
Regarding this technical problem, Su Zhenze had long since given the technicians he had trained all kinds of abilities to upgrade the cards. He had also asked Jared to find someone to impart his experience and methods to his technicians! In the end, with the guidance of these foreign technicians, the designers of the arsenal, and a few sets of production equipment imported from abroad, they were finally able to produce cannon steel that completely met the requirements!
It had to be said that these foreign technicians were all technical workers under the Jared Military Arms Company. To make them willingly come to China to impart their technology, they had to pay a large sum of hush money and remuneration!
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This was Su Zhenze's sixth visit to the steel factory in the past two months. Every time he came to see the busy workers and the steel produced, Su Zhenze could not help but feel excited. These things were the foundation for the development of a national industry! Every time he came to see these things, he would feel very happy!
"County Head Su! Our steel factory has already mastered the process of making cannon materials. Now, according to your instructions, we are already producing steel pipes and cannon materials. However, we are still unable to produce some parts!”
The person who spoke was the chief technician of the steel plant, Wang Gonghua. He was in his thirties and was Li Tianjing, the chief technician of his arsenal. He was a relative of Old Li and worked at Hanyang Steel Plant. Old Li had recruited him for him. He was a talent and learned quickly. Under his leadership, the technicians of the steel plant only took a month to solve the problem of raw materials for heavy artillery!
"Mm, you guys have already done very well. I originally thought that we would have to go next year at the earliest before we could overcome this difficulty! That's great!"
Su Zhenze said emotionally. Now that there was a breakthrough in the technical difficulty of the cannon material, although some parts had not been produced independently, it was still a huge breakthrough. It seemed that he had to speed up the establishment of the production line of the mountain cannon in his arsenal! Originally, he had already asked Jared to bring him five cannons as much as possible for the upcoming military operation, but the caliber was different, and they were all small cannons! Now, it seemed that he had to quickly build a production line for heavy artillery and quickly produce heavy artillery so that he could prepare for the upcoming battle!
Wang Gonghua, who was standing at the side, also nodded his head. Thinking back to the past month, he also felt that it was a little magical. He had actually solved the refining method of steel that even Hanyang had not been able to solve. Was this really done by himself? Why did it seem like he had been enlightened this month? He seemed to have countless thoughts about steel production!
He felt lucky when he came here. When he heard that his relatives who used to work in Shanghai told him to come back to Guangfeng to work, the salary was more than twice as high as that in Hanyang. Moreover, his situation there was not good, so he simply came back to Guangfeng. In the end, he saw a steel factory with an annual output of more than 20,000 tons, a copper smelting factory, and an arsenal. He did not hesitate to stay when he saw all these!
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