"There are not enough construction machinery! What are those machine rental companies doing?" Peng Zhicheng rode on a horse and looked at the Italian workers who worked hard to dig drains on the railway line outside the farm. He immediately asked. ∽↗ He is the national railway supervisor, responsible for inspection and inspecting the construction of national railways. Although the Genoese are responsible for the main construction tasks of the Southwest Railway, he and his inspection team will still come over from time to time to supervise and inspect.

The railway workers in front of him worked hard enough, but the efficiency was not very high. There were hundreds of people who dug such a little ditch in the morning. At this speed, when will the railway be opened to Qianjin Farm? Although this farm has not been built for a long time, and its population and output are not very large, it is an indisputable fact that the efficiency of railway construction is not high.

"Northwest Railway is now in its final final stage, and many machines have been rented; in addition, the State Council has formulated the '1653 Water Conservancy Battle' plan since the beginning of the year. Many machinery have also been rented to rivers in various counties and townships. The reservoir construction site was on. We contacted many parties, but we didn't even invite a steam plow. The construction machinery was really too nervous." Soon, a person from the Grassland Railway Company came forward to report. This person actually wanted to say that there were two steam plows working in the wealthy Qianjin Farm. But when he thought that this farm was a key investment project by the General Administration of Development of the State, they were also trying to rectify the land to wait for the spring to sow seeds, so he wisely did not say much.

In the early years, there may have been many people who did not realize the benefits of steam equipment, but on the east coast today, the application of steam engines has been quite widespread: water conservancy construction sites, docks, ships, factories, railways and other places, only you can't build. There is nothing they can't think of. The application range of these large and small steam equipment is getting wider and wider, bringing huge changes to the productivity of the whole society. This change is so great that everyone unanimously agrees that it can be called "productivity revolution".

You see, in places like Qianjin Farm, two steam plows are often used to plow fields and dig trenches. The cost of use is not high. The fuel is mainly firewood collected on site, and occasionally burning a little inferior coal. Perhaps the biggest cost is the maintenance cost: replacing damaged parts, paraffin used daily (lubricating, and those with higher level will use whale oil, seal oil) and so on. But compared with dozens of times the improved work efficiency, this maintenance cost is nothing.

It took more than ten years for the travelers to finally make the whole society accustomed to and even happy with the large-scale application of machinery and equipment. Next, as long as education is strictly controlled and the old concepts such as feudal thoughts are not allowed to return, the whole society can be called "the first industrial revolution". This is an extremely difficult cause and an amazing innovation. If it were in the Ming Dynasty, it is basically impossible to enter the industrial revolution stage in such a short time, and once you delay for a long time, those gentry will quickly brainwash your heirs into their people, and then everything will return to its original state. Feudal gentry is completely overwhelmed by industrial capitalists.

However, the economic system under the rule of the world is not without problems. The most prominent contradiction is the shortage of human resources. If human resources are insufficient, then the machine is applied on a large scale. But the problem is that the output of machines is insufficient now. This requires the government to focus on guiding, adjusting the production structure, paying attention to market demand, and making the half-market and half-planned economic system of the East Coast more flexible and play a greater role.

"The production capacity of Dafeng Agricultural Machinery Factory, the first heavy machinery factory is still insufficient. Now the market demand is so strong, their production capacity is limited to the dual constraints of raw material supply and technical workers and cannot be effectively released; while their upstream Ping An Iron and Steel Plant and Tieling Special Steel Plant are limited to coal and iron production and logistics and transportation bottlenecks, and cannot quickly increase production..." Peng Zhicheng turned his head and said while approaching the railway construction site: "After all, it is human resources, education

The double shortage of resources, with more people, primary raw materials output increased, and education increased. Alas, look at Ping'an Coal Mine, Changshan Iron Mine, and Tieling Coal and Iron Base have enslaved so many slaves and hired so many foreign workers. Those people are almost squeezed out of their bones, but the output is just not up to the demand; look at the vocational schools run by major enterprises, the number of students in the school is far from enough, and this industrialization is indeed not achieved overnight."

"These people in the future--" Peng Zhicheng said this, and suddenly pointed at the Italian labor workers who were working in a whip in front of him, saying, "You can't let them go back! After finally coming to the East Coast, after a long period of work, they have a certain degree of organization and discipline. Some people are flexible and have learned some engineering technology foundation, which is considered talents. How can such talents and such labor teams let them go back to the hopeless place in Sicily? The East Coast Republic of China is the most suitable stage for them. Only when they stay on the East Coast can they practice their own value. After five years, they will be unified in obtaining nationality and not one of them is allowed to be put back. At worst, they can only give some compensation to the Genoese."

"In this regard, the Immigration Department has always had plans. In principle, they will continue to stay on the East Coast in five years and become a nationality in the East Coast. Because they have built a railway for several years, seen so many engineering machinery, learned so much engineering and technical knowledge, and were fortunate to hear and witness various domestic affairs in the East Coast. It is indeed not very appropriate to let them go back. Of course, in order to take care of their emotions, the Immigration Bureau will also find ways to bring their immediate relatives to the East Coast. Some of them have outstanding talents and are allowed to bring relatives and friends to a little calm their emotions." An official from the Immigration Bureau who followed Peng Zhicheng said, "The Genoese have moved two times so far."

More than 2,300 Italian laborers have been approved to build railways here, and for this reason they even booked more than ten sea boats, spending nearly 400,000 lira. It can be foreseen that they will transport more road construction workers here in the next few years. The total freight may cost one or two million bank lira. This cost - haha, it doesn't matter anyway compared to the total railway investment of tens of millions of lira. Of course, the sea boats they chartered can bring some goods back to Europe when they return. Now the wars in France, Spain, and Portugal are endless, and the battles in the UK and the Netherlands are in full swing, and the situation in the Baltic Sea is about to break out. If you transport goods on the east coast back to Europe, you will not lose money. This can more or less subsidize their expenditures."

Peng Zhicheng stopped talking after hearing this, but just looked at the people who were wearing shabby and dirty clothes and working hard with metal tools. There is no doubt that these people were hard-working, perhaps not as good as those of the Ming people at that time, but they were definitely much harder than the Chinese in later generations, and could endure some pain and disasters. Perhaps this was related to their relatively difficult life in their hometown, and they were already accustomed to this kind of life.

At this time, Italy's industry declined and business declined, but its population was growing significantly, faster than other parts of Europe, which naturally reduced their living standards. Especially in Sicily and Naples, areas under the rule of the Spanish, the residents became a monarch who was a militant and levy monarch, which was considered a life-threatening life for eight lifetimes. Many people not only had a heavy tax burden, but also had to go to the battlefield, which was simply not alive.

Perhaps the significant increase in the population of the Netherlands is related to the inability of many Italians to survive. Since the end of the 16th century, a large number of Italian merchants and craftsmen immigrated to the United Provinces and the South Netherlands. When they went there, they often brought a large group of assistants from their hometowns. This immigration wave was so huge that in the 1720s, one-third of Amsterdam's population was foreigners or descendants of foreigners - a considerable number of Italians - but strangely, Italy has so many population outflows, and it is still one of the most populous areas in the Mediterranean, which is speechless.

"There are less than seven months left this year. There is no problem with the opening of the Southwest Railway to Qianjin Farm. In addition, there may be still more effort to level the section between Qianjin Farm and the soon-to-be-established Shengli Farm (located near the small village of Pingtado in Uruguay) to prepare for the next step of full construction." Peng Zhicheng looked at the hard-working labor workers for a while, and suddenly turned to his secretary and said: "You will negotiate with the people of the Grassland Railway Company tomorrow, so that they must stare at the Genoese and not let them be lazy - of course they will not do this on purpose. After all, this is they are paying for the road construction themselves. The longer the time is, the higher the cost. I believe they will think it clearly, but you should go and click with them."

"I understand." The secretary nodded and agreed, "According to the plan submitted to us by the Genoese, a group of more than a thousand workers from Naples will land in Jingjiang Port in two months, and then level the roadbed and lay the railway tracks from that side. In this way, the construction progress of the Southwest Railway will be greatly accelerated. They are all businessmen and are very sensitive to costs. At this time, they are actually more anxious than our own people, and they wish they will not delay the construction period for a day."
Chapter completed!