Chapter 2850

Despite the low mining efficiency, the rich iron ore resources near Anshan still impressed Bai Kesi and his party. According to Chen Yixin, if you dig a hole at the foot of the mountain and dig a few feet down, you can see the iron ore.

There are veins of ore. And even a single vein here would take hundreds or more years to dig out.

Although the grade of the ore here is average, the veins are concentrated and have large reserves, and they contain low sulfur and phosphorus. Mining and beneficiation are relatively easy, so the development cost is relatively low. There are also coal mines being mined in Liaoyang, which can be supplied nearby.

The coal and iron resources required for ore smelting and metal processing are so concentrated that it would be a waste of resources if a large-scale industrial base was not built here.

After visiting two iron ore mines under mining, Chen Yixin took everyone to see a nearby industrial base under construction.

Similar to the layout of several existing coal-iron composite industrial bases in Haihan, it also has the smelting industry as its core, supplemented by various downstream industries. Several blast furnaces have been built on the plain, with contiguous work sheds and

There are several hill-like piles of ore, and there are many places in the distance where foundations are being excavated, and it seems that they are preparing to build factories.

"The planning of the industrial zone has been completed, and construction is currently underway. The biggest problem, as you have seen, is that there are not enough manpower." Chen Yixin pointed to the construction site covering an area of ​​several thousand acres and said: "

There are a lot of job opportunities. As long as there is enough labor force, this place can become the largest coal and iron industry base in the northern region within two or three years, and it is only a matter of time before it surpasses the production scale of the Datong River."

From the very beginning of its construction phase, this industrial zone will bring thousands of jobs to the local area. Once it is put into operation, Liaoyang City will gradually transform from a traditional regional administrative center into the first heavy industrial city in Liaodong.

Although the construction progress here is still in the initial stage, it can already be seen that Chen Yixin's ambitions in developing industry. Not only do these industrial projects require huge investment, but also have long construction periods and cannot achieve profitability in the short term. However, after completion, they will bring this

The development effects of a region can last at least hundreds of years, enough to benefit several generations.

Now everything is ready, all we need is the east wind. As long as enough labor is introduced here, even if there are fewer mechanical equipment and the production technology is a little backward, it will be enough to make this place run and produce a large amount of steel, providing the necessary conditions for the development of industry in the northern region.

Compared with the elderly who have personally experienced the process of founding the country, the younger generation is obviously more likely to be impressed by grand development plans. They soon became supporters of the industrialization process in the northern region and believed that the development route planned by Chen Yixin was the best solution.

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After arriving in Liaoyang City, several young people continued to discuss Anshan Industrial Base with unabated enthusiasm, which even greatly overshadowed their novelty of the historical ancient city of Liaoyang.

In fact, there are quite a few places worth visiting in Liaoyang City. First of all, the structure of this city is very different from ordinary cities. In this era, ordinary cities were basically in the shape of a zigzag, but Liaoyang City was an exception. It was composed of two towers in the north and south.

The cities are connected together and look like a sun when viewed from the air.

The two cities are larger in the south and smaller in the north. The area of ​​the south city is about twice that of the north city. The south city has six gates, and the north city has three gates. The city wall is three feet high, the city circumference is 24 miles, and there is a moat outside the city.

Various local government offices are concentrated in Nancheng.

Under the command of Nurhaci, the Later Jin army captured Liaoyang as early as 1621, and then moved the capital here from Hetuala in the north. However, Liaoyang did not serve as the capital of the Later Jin Dynasty for too long, only four years later , Nurhaci also ordered the capital to be moved back to Shenyang in the north.

But even so, the Later Jin Dynasty and even the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which later changed its name, attached great importance to Liaoyang City, carried out large-scale renovation and reinforcement of the city defense, and operated it as a fortress outside Shenyang. Therefore, the Haihan Army first When we arrived here in 2001, it still took a lot of effort to conquer the city.

Although the Haihan Army's offensive was fierce at that time, it was still very troublesome for such a well-defended fortified city. The large-scale bombardment lasted for several days before it finally broke through Liaoyang City. According to post-war statistics, the Haihan Army was attacking During the battle, more than 3,000 artillery shells were fired at Liaoyang City, which shows the fierce fighting situation at that time.

Moreover, due to the special structural layout of Liaoyang City, it was quite difficult for the Haihan Army to clear out the remaining defenders after they captured the city. The time it took to capture this place was far longer than that of places like Gaizhou and Haizhou.

However, Haihan did not intend to continue to operate this place as a military fortress, so he did not repair the damaged city fortifications after the war, and even demolished a large section of the damaged city wall to widen the roads in and out of the city.

There is nothing wrong with this arrangement. After all, Liaoyang will be positioned as a heavy industry center in the future. It is still hundreds of miles away from the northern border. Haihan and Manchu have already attacked and defended the foreign position. There is really no need to stock up troops here.

From the north of Liaoyang to Shenyang, it is an open plain. It used to be thousands of miles of fertile wilderness. However, because the Manchu Qing Dynasty moved all the people away when they retreated north, most of the fertile land here has been abandoned because no one is cultivating it. This has also changed from This aspect once again confirms the current situation of severe labor shortage in Liaodong region.

"If the Liaohe Plain west of the line from Gaizhou to Shenyang is used for farming and growing grain, it can easily feed millions of people. Everything in Liaodong is good, but the population is too small. Without labor, no matter how good the industry is, it will only be slow. develop."

Chen Yixin reminded Bai Kesi and his party all the time that only by solving the population problem in Liaodong can this product-rich region enter the normal development stage and create wealth for the country. But what Bai Kesi has to weigh is not just the population issue. , the chain reaction caused by this is what he needs to seriously consider.

The official road between Liaoyang and Shenyang is extremely well maintained. It is said that most of the credit goes to the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. In order to ensure the efficiency of transporting materials and personnel between these two places, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties carried out a major overhaul of the official road that is hundreds of miles long. The extent of the renovation was basically limited to the hardening of the road surface.

The transportation plan of the Northern Region does not stop there. In addition to the original official roads, Chen Yixin also plans to build a freight railway between Shenyang and Liaoyang so that the coal and iron produced near Shenyang can also be transported to Liaoyang for transportation. Processing operations. You must know that the coal and iron ore resources near Shenyang are no less than those in Liaoyang.

However, this large-scale project with far-reaching impact is currently facing the same problem as other planned projects - to start building this railway, at least several thousand people must be gathered first, but for the northern region, this can be It is much more difficult than preparing the funds required for the project.
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