In the second half of 1916, a preliminary industrial revolution was taking place in Yingkou. This county outside the Great Wall seemed to be experiencing the first industrial revolution in the West. However, the industrial construction in Yingkou was more thorough. Zhang Han even used strong means to re-plan the agricultural land around Yingkou. In the agricultural report released on September 10th, it was further confirmed that all foreign refugees who entered Yingkou would be distributed according to the number of people. Each person could mine two acres of uncultivated wasteland.
At the same time, the Yingkou Development Planning Office also began to build a large number of civilian houses around the county. Although it was simple,
After unified planning, the houses would be sold to the refugees, making them much cheaper.
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The facts proved that the seeds and phosphorous fertilizer that Zhang Hanze promoted were extremely successful. This year, the crops in the fields were growing very well. Moreover, the improved seeds exchanged through the system could at least double the yield per mu. This huge change was also seen by countless people. All these changes were because of Zhang Hanze, a young man who came from nowhere. He changed the entire Yingkou with his own strength.
Especially in October, when the machinery factory was officially built and the industrial machine tools transferred from Germanic countries, Yingkou's industry once again reached another level. Some disposable industrial parts meant that Yingkou could produce them on its own.
As for the workers in the machinery factory, it was all thanks to his father-in-law's connections, especially in big cities like Tianhai and Beijing. As long as they offered enough wages, there were still many people willing to come. It was only Zhang Hanze's fault that the price was too high. Of course, there was still a gap between these skilled workers and those skilled workers abroad. However, no matter what, they were all his own people, so they were very trustworthy when using them.
Even in the twenty-first century, many people were willing to go abroad for a higher salary, let alone in this era.。
Yingkou had just been established and was still in the early stages of development. Of course, they had to keep a low profile. Therefore, they were extremely cautious when communicating with the outside world.
However, Zhang Han had managed to get some impressive people. In the entire Republic of China, they were all top figures. For example, Ren Weihua, a German international student who had just been tricked from Tianhai, majored in biomedicine. There was also a young man who had just returned from Gaul called He Guoping. He had organized an international student association in Licheng, Gaul. His organizational skills were first-class and he was proficient in three languages.
Yingkou No. 1 Steel Plant was officially built on October 20th and was put into production immediately…
Yingkou's first thermal power plant was successfully built on October 25th and began to generate electricity immediately...
Yingkou's first cement factory was successfully built on November 8th. Yingkou's third garment factory, Yingkou's second raw yarn factory, Yingkou's first sugar factory, Yingkou's first match factory...
A large number of civilian factories were all concentrated in Zhang Hanze's hands. The newly established Zhang Corporation was also controlled by Zhang Hanze. The members under him would at most be paid a little more because Zhang Hanze knew that even if it was just a 10,000-percent share, it might not seem too high now. However, as more factories were established under him, the wealth of the commercial company might be comparable to that of a country.。
At that time, even one ten-thousandth of the shares would be an astronomical amount of wealth.
In a flash, it was almost the end of the year. The construction of Yingkou was also interrupted by a sudden snowstorm. There was no other way. The climate in the northeast was like this. Once it snowed heavily, it would not melt at all.
"Uncle Li, come in quickly. I'm afraid it will only warm up next spring…"
Zhang Han was planning the further training plan for the subsequent patrol battalions. In the second half of the year, after the military factory was put into production, the two patrol battalions began to equip new rifles one after another. This bolt-action rifle, which was copied from the 98K, was successfully finalized after many experiments.
At the same time, the 40mm grenade launcher and the heavy machine gun production line would be officially produced in January next year…
Yingkou's military talents were still too few.
The two patrol battalions had seven to eight hundred people. If it weren't for the mountains blocking them, they would have frightened the surrounding counties.
In this era, a rifle per person was not something to be trifled with. Perhaps only the most elite Northern Army would have such a luxurious configuration.
"The new year is coming in a few days. I'll tell you about the construction situation of Yingkou this year, as well as the income and expenditure!”
If it was a year ago, Li Guangxing would never have believed that Yingkou would become like this. All the families who planted the improved seeds in the first half of the year had received huge returns in the second half of the year. The price of those improved seeds was not too high, and Zhang Hanze had agreed to return them after the harvest.
Surplus grain?
In the past, he would not have dared to think of this.
As for taxes, Zhang Hanze waved his hand and the original agricultural taxes were all exempted!!
Even so, the salaries of the civil servants in Yingkou were much higher this year. This was all thanks to the benefits brought by the civilian factories, especially the clothing factories in Yingkou. They knew that the war in Europe was in full swing. Tens of thousands of people could die in a day. This kind of tragic war, other than the unlucky few countries, made the clothing factories in Yingkou earn a lot. Unfortunately, compared to Yingjian, they made a lot of money. Yingkou's war wealth was only a small part of it.
"In the second half of this year, Yingkou's financial expenditure includes the construction of a junior middle school, 12 township primary schools and a junior industrial technical school, totaling 500,000 yuan. The construction of 12 township hospitals is 200,000 yuan, the road reconstruction between towns and villages is 300,000 yuan, and the construction of Yingkou Port Base is 500,000 yuan. Of course, these expenditures don't include the investment of Zhang's Commercial Company. It would probably increase by more than ten times.。”
Li Guangxing did not care about the operation of the business company. The young man in front of him was indeed an ambitious and capable leader. Moreover, many of his ideas were extremely creative.
"In terms of income, the main source is the clothing factory. Especially after entering September, the monthly orders will double. In December, under the circumstances of the three clothing factories working overtime, we produced a total of 50,000 sets of German military uniforms.”
In Li Guangxing's half-hour-long report, Zhang Hanze himself did not expect that Yingkou had developed such a huge civilian factory system…
It made sense. The south and west of the city were almost filled with all kinds of factories. If it wasn't for the fact that it was winter, which was not conducive to construction, these hard-working construction workers would probably work overtime to build.
This couldn't be helped. The construction company under the Zhang Commercial Company offered a high salary and never owed it. In fact, other than the initial stage where Zhang Han borrowed five million yuan from the Yu Chamber of Commerce, the business operations in Yingkou had basically maintained a stable state. At the end of the year, Zhang Han was fully capable of paying off the five million yuan loan from the Yu Chamber of Commerce.
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