Chapter 1949

The development time of Heitu Port is much earlier than that of Changhua, so the rail transportation system here is actually built earlier than Changhua. However, in order to quickly and efficiently transport the ore from the inland mining area to the coastal area, Changhua

If the smelting area is located in the smelting area, it is necessary to build a huge freight railway, but Black Earth Port is not so troublesome. The coal mining area is not far from the port area. The unique natural conditions do not require the construction of a large freight railway. The investment in transportation is more than

Changhua saved a lot.

However, for a layman like Li Bo, it is difficult to fully understand Haihan's approach to infrastructure construction based on local conditions in a short period of time. He can only compare the differences between the industrial bases he visited from a more intuitive perspective.

The current economic benefits of Heitu Port are quite good. The urban area is no longer a complex of buildings dominated by bamboo and wooden shacks in the early years. Nowadays, the miners' buildings funded by the local government are all masonry structures, and the living facilities and supporting service agencies are also

It is more complete, and there is even a basic education institution specially opened here by Danzhou Academy. In terms of the living conditions of miners, this place is even better than the Shilu Mine in Hainan Island. Moreover, the miners in Heitu Port

Most of them are immigrants from Annan and Guangxi. There are no unstable factors such as hard labor camps, and the hidden dangers in public security are much smaller than those in the Shilu Mine.

Xie Chun said he wanted to eat casually, but he still set up two large tables for a sumptuous banquet. One table was for Bai Kesi, Li Bo and his party, and the other table was for local officials, gentry and celebrities who were accompanying him. Li Bo looked at the table

The content of the banquet was almost the same as the reception banquet hosted by the executive committee at Sanya Victory Fort. He found that the more polite these Haihan people were in speaking, the more high-profile they tended to be in doing things.

During the dinner, Xie Chun, after receiving instructions from Bai Kesi, took the initiative to introduce the local production conditions to the North Koreans. The coal veins in Heitu Port are almost on the surface, so the mining method is open-pit excavation, which is almost the same as that of Shilu Iron Mine.

Because the coal in Black Earth Port is of excellent quality, the mined coal can be used directly as fuel, and the processing link is much simpler than that of iron ore.

With the gradual formalization of coal production in Heitu Port, Xie Chun is no longer satisfied with just using coal to make coke, coal tar and other primary by-products. In recent years, he has begun to seek to build chemical plants in Heitu Port that are matched with coal mines to manufacture

Deeply processed products with higher added value, such as methane, ethane, methanol, ethanol, etc. However, the number of professionals currently trained by Haihan in the chemical industry is quite limited, and most of them work in the Tiandu Industrial Zone in the interior of Sanya.

The scarcity of Xie Chun's industrial upgrading plan cannot be implemented.

This time, while Bai Kesi also came to Black Tu Port, Xie Chun also intended to take this opportunity to raise the request for building a chemical plant locally, although he also knew that the reason why the Executive Committee was dragging this matter was not necessarily to build a new chemical plant for Black Tu Port.

threshold, but if you don’t take the initiative to strive for this kind of long-term planning, it is unrealistic to expect Fort Victory to take the initiative to hand over this benefit to Black Earth Port. After all, there are more and more overseas jurisdictions, and each overseas enclave has its own construction plan.

, funds are often not the main problem that restricts the realization of these plans, but the serious lack of professionals, including officials. If Black Earth Port wants to upgrade its industry on the current basis, the problem it faces now is the huge gap in chemical talents.

"Lao Bai, you see, our chemical plant planning here is all funded by ourselves and does not increase the burden on Sanya. As long as Sanya is willing to give people, it can be put into operation on a small scale within one or two years, and by then it can make up for the land.

There is a capacity gap in the Du Chemical Plant. Moreover, the chemical products we want to produce here all use coal as raw materials, and the cost is much lower than transporting coal to Sanya for production. How much does it cost here and there in a year?"

Xie Chun took advantage of the gap between the tables and spared no effort to persuade Bai Kesi, hoping that he would express his support for Heitu Port's plan to develop the chemical industry.

Bai Kesi responded: "The Executive Committee supports the chemical industry construction plan of Black Earth Port, but when it comes to talent supply, it is still powerless for the time being! The guarantee I can give you now is that Black Earth Port will be developed as a priority in the future.

Candidate areas for the chemical industry will be biased here in terms of talent supply."

Xie Chun was actually a little disappointed when he heard this answer, but he couldn't question the opinion of the executive committee, otherwise the effect might be counterproductive.

After the meal, everyone took a nap in the restaurant. After consulting Li Bo, Bai Kesi asked Xie Chun to arrange a visit to the mining area. After all, the main purpose of this trip to Heitu Port was to show Haihan's skills to the Koreans.

With the level of coal mining and operation, it is definitely not enough to just eat and drink. Business must be done well, and North Koreans cannot be confused by this temporary extra arrangement.

Xie Chun gave a few simple instructions, and soon the carriages and cavalry guards outside were ready. Then everyone left the restaurant and took a car to the mining area. It was only two or three miles from the city to the mining area, and it only took a car to take the wide and flat official road.

Arrived at the destination in a short time.

After Li Hao got out of the car, he immediately realized the origin of the local place name. The soil under his feet seemed to have been stained by ink, and everything he could see was pure black. The so-called black soil is what he saw in front of him.

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The scene in the mining area is actually very similar to what Li Bo saw in the Shilu Iron Mine. Huge funnel-shaped pits were also dug out on the ground. Circles of spiral mining operations in this large pit with a diameter of 100 feet continued.

to the bottom of the pit. The process of transporting the coal mined in the pit to the top of the pit is also the same as in the Shilu Mine. Several steam-powered winches are used to pull it to a high place. This mechanical device is undoubtedly more powerful than human power.

Or animal power works much more efficiently. The coal-loading truck bucket goes up and down the pit wall track back and forth, which is much faster than having people walk empty-handed.

There are three other mines similar to this one as far as Li Mu can see. These four mines are arranged in twos and twos. If viewed from the air, they should form a huge "field" structure.

Li Bo roughly estimated the number of miners working in the mine in front of him, which was about seven to eight hundred people. If the other three mines had the same mining scale, then there would be at least about three thousand miners working here at the same time.

Considering that the continuous working time of this kind of almost purely manual heavy labor is unlikely to last for a whole day, and there is probably a rotation scheduling system to ensure work efficiency, the actual number of local miners is likely to be one more.

More than times.

Either to dissipate heat or not to let their clothes wear out too much during labor, most of these miners work shirtless with spades and picks. The soot covering their bodies covers their original skin color and appearance.

Everyone is as black as a Kunlun slave.

Xie Chun happened to be around, so Li Bo asked him to confirm his guess: "Excuse me, Mr. Xie, are the local miners divided into several shifts, or are they just a group of people working full-time?"

Xie Chun said: "We are divided into two shifts here, with noon as the limit, each with three hours. Although the working hours of each shift are not too long, Prince, but each miner team has corresponding mining tasks. If you are in the shift

If the task cannot be completed within the time limit, part of the corresponding reward will be deducted."

In fact, the work tasks of miners are very heavy, and the three hours of working time does not leave much room for them to work hard. The specific workload has been tested repeatedly on a large scale, and it is determined that it can basically be completed within three hours.

Squeeze the energy of the miners. If you don't work hard enough, it is very likely that your team will be unable to complete the task. Of course, if the team's ability is strong enough to exceed the task, then corresponding bonuses will be given in proportion.

Only arranging two shifts is not because Xie Chun is very kind, or because he considers that the mining cost of burning the midnight oil will be relatively high, but because the number of local miners is limited and there is no condition to arrange more shifts for rotation.

This kind of open-pit coal mine has many fewer risks than the underground coal mine, but some occupational diseases of miners are still unavoidable. For example, working for a long time in such an environment full of coal ash will inevitably affect the respiratory system of the body.

Injuries, respiratory diseases and lung diseases are all highly prevalent among miners. Therefore, although the income of these miners is good, what they actually earn is a certain degree of hard work.

Of course, for these people who need to make a living and have no special skills, being a miner in Black Earth Port is a pretty good job. It is tiring, but the working hours are not too long, and the income is enough to support the family. Basically

Housing is officially allocated, and the mine provides one meal per day. It is impossible for most of them to find a better job than this.

Even miners who want to get rid of this job mostly place their hopes on the next generation. Xie Chun specially brought in teachers from Danzhou and established a school for miners' families locally, allowing miners to send their children to study and learn literacy.

If there are outstanding talents, the government will pay the expenses and send them to Danzhou or even Sanya to receive a better education.

This is not because Xie Chun wants to create a good and benevolent persona for himself, but he knows that if he wants to vigorously develop industry, it is far from enough to rely solely on a large number of pure manual workers. There must be enough people who have received basic education.

Education, industrial workers who can read, read, and have certain learning abilities can support the labor demand in the industrial era. If Black Earth Port can train more workers with a basic education, then at least it can further increase the scale of use of steam equipment without the need for

Then due to the shortage of technicians, the use of steam equipment in the production process was forced to be restricted.

What's more, Xie Chun still has industrial upgrading in mind. To develop coal-related chemical industries in Heitu Port, it currently seems very difficult to rely entirely on Sanya to provide professional talents. Xie Chun must also try to train some personnel on his own. Although it is impossible to

A group of chemical experts can be created out of thin air in the short term, but at least there must be a group of technicians with a cultural foundation who can quickly take up their posts after short-term training.

Li Fu is mainly interested in how to organize production here, because the domestic coal mines in the Datong River Basin will soon be mined. This large coal mine, which has been operated by Haihan for nearly ten years, is obviously an excellent model for mining.

There is nothing to say about technology. Even if it is as advanced as Haihan, it still relies mainly on manpower to excavate, but steam equipment is used extensively in the transportation process. Although North Korea does not have steam engines, it is feasible to use manpower to make up for this gap.

After obtaining the permission of Bai Kesi and Xie Chun, Li Bo asked Xie Chun to find several foremen and asked them in detail about some details of the mining work. However, these foremen were all from Guangxi and were not very good at speaking.

Haihan Mandarin, and Li Fu could not understand Guangxi vernacular, so Xie Chun had to temporarily act as a translator.

What Li Pu mainly wants to know is how these teams work together to complete production tasks, and some issues they think need to be paid attention to during the mining process. These are details that were not covered in Xie Chun's explanation, and Li Pu thinks

A better understanding will help the country's coal mine operations, and these foremen who have been working on the front line for many years are undoubtedly the best research subjects.

After hearing Li Bo's question, Xie Chun couldn't help but admire the Joseon Crown Prince's intentions. He could see that the other party was not here just for a formality, but really wanted to understand the detailed operations here, and even wanted to share the experience of Heitu Port

Bring it back to North Korea.

However, since Bai Kesi made no special statement, Xie Chun would not make any obstruction to Li Bo's request. He also knew from the newspaper that there are currently many ongoing industrial cooperation projects between Haihan and North Korea, and the coal mine is probably one of them.

One. The obvious purpose of arranging for North Koreans to visit Heitu Port was to let them learn from Haihan's successful experience. But Xie Chun did not expect that Bai Kesi had reservations and did not tell him the real reason for arranging this temporary trip.

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This is not because Bai Kesi cannot trust Xie Chun, but because he does not want unverified news to spread further. After all, whether the incident in Changhua was a premeditated attack or a misjudgment caused by the security department’s nervousness will not be confirmed until there is further evidence.

It was not easy to say before. Bai Kesi did not want Xie Chun to think that he was too neurotic, so he temporarily changed the itinerary of the Joseon Crown Prince because of an unconfirmed attack.

After the visit to the mine that afternoon, the group took a carriage back to the port as arranged by Xie Chun, and boarded the ship again to go to sea. However, their destination was not far away, it was a small island near Black Earth Port.

The place is now Xie Chun's private property.

In addition to the manor where Xie Chun's family lives on the island, he also built some special facilities, such as a 25-meter-long swimming pool, a basketball court with a hardened cement ground, and a five-a-side football field.

There is also a two-meter-wide jogging and fitness trail surrounding the entire estate, which is like a 17th-century version of a private sports center.
Chapter completed!