Chapter 481: Indispensable errors (reward plus more)

The industrial layout is not just steel. With the advent of the second industrial revolution, the use of copper has become wider.
In 1870, Austrian copper output reached 580,000 tons, while the demand in the market was as high as 720,000 tons, and the gap rate was as high as one sixth.
The main reason for this is the advent of the age of electricity. As a pioneer of the power revolution, Austria's demand for copper is naturally increasing.
In order to adjust the market supply and demand relationship, the Vienna government does not hesitate to increase the output of state-owned enterprises by administrative orders, but this supply and demand relationship cannot be changed in a short time.
There is no way. If there is a lack of steel, it can be purchased in the international market, but copper need not be counted.
The output of copper mines in Austria exceeds the total of European countries. Even the British, copper production in this era was so poor tens of thousands of tons.
Not everyone doesn't want to increase production. The problem is that there is no ore in the home. Raw materials need to be imported. To increase copper production, first solve the problem of copper ore.
Unfortunately, the reserves of this thing in Europe are really not high, otherwise Chile could not be enriched by exporting copper ore.
This is very discordant to Austria, the domestic reserves are not enough, and the imported copper ore is too far away, and the increased transportation cost makes the company's profit margin thin.
The Ministry of Industry is planning to look for copper mines in African colonies to make up for the lack of raw materials. Now copper mines have been found a lot, and transportation is still a big problem.
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Franz put down the information, shook his head and said, "The plan to smelt copper mines in situ in Africa is too aggressive. It is not yet time to develop industry in Africa. At least until the localization is completed, the African continent cannot have industry. .
Moreover, can copper smelting in Africa necessarily reduce costs? I can remember that the Ministry of Industry's energy reserve report also mentioned the lack of coal mines on the African continent.
At present, several large coal mines we have found are concentrated in South Africa. If local smelting also needs to transport ore, it may not be cheaper than domestic smelting. "
No doubt, it is political temptation. In recent years, more and more capitalists have entered the development of African colonies. Many of them are no longer satisfied with providing domestic raw materials and want to develop local industries.
However, due to inherent inadequacies, the resource distribution of the African continent is extremely uneven, and under the suppression of the Vienna government, it has not been successful.
Now these people want to use the strength of the Vienna government to develop industry locally and earn greater benefits.
This pediatric political method naturally cannot hide Franz's eyes. If it is a resource-rich area like the United States and Australia, it is still difficult to suppress local industrial development.
The situation is completely different when it comes to the African continent. More than 90% of coal mines are concentrated in South Africa. The remaining regions want to develop industry and must first solve the coal supply.
This requires road repairs, but currently the Austrian-Africa Railway Plan is still underway. The original plan was only from Guinea to the Congo region. Although the planned sections have been added now, this cannot be completed in a day or two.
The main roads have not been settled, let alone the branch lines. Without rail transport of raw materials, Africa's industry naturally cannot develop.
Now taking advantage of the local copper shortage, many people are beginning to move again, but they ignore the general distribution of Africa's resources, and Franz is better than anyone.
I do n’t know exactly which mine is, but what resources there are in that large area is not a secret in future generations. As long as those who are slightly interested can find information on the Internet.
There is no shortage of areas suitable for industrial development in the African continent. South Africa is the best choice. There are almost no shortage of resources.
But isn't this still fighting? When the war is over, it's time for the gold to come out. As soon as large tracts of gold mines appeared, who could afford to invest in other industries.
Capital is profit-seeking and flows naturally to areas with high profits. Once the gold mine was developed, resources were robbed, and it was difficult to invest in other industries.
In later generations, South Africa did not develop industry. To a certain extent, resources are too rich, and it is possible to start a business by selling mines. Who would be willing to risk investing in industry?
The Minister of Industry Kasin-Cubeck explained grievances: "His Majesty, the Guinea localization expedition period is about to end, and we continue to suppress the development of local industries, I am afraid it will cause criticism.
We all know the problem of the distribution of resources. These people are on the African continent. It is impossible to know these problems. They still filed an application, which was mostly a trial.
Even if one or two coal mines are found to be suitable for industry, a maximum of one or two factories will be added.
As long as the government does not solve the traffic problem, no matter how they frustrate, it is impossible to create an industrial system without raw materials. Why do we need to stop it? "
The African continent is more than just a lack of an industrial system. Not only are raw material resources inadequate, but even human resources are lacking.
In the sparsely populated African continent, if you want to find more than 100,000 workers and set up a large industrial group that integrates mining and smelting, the cost can be prohibitive for any capitalist.
Franz asked uncertainly: "What do you mean by opening up the mining industry, but when you build a railway, you intentionally set up obstacles.
Can not directly connect the origin of raw materials with the origin of raw materials, increase the transportation cost of industrial development? "
If this is the case, it is estimated that Africa's industry will be over. There is no problem if you want to develop mineral resources. The government will build railways in areas where resources are concentrated so that the ore produced can be shipped out.
It's just that this kind of railway is mainly a single line, not a complete railway network. In particular, there is no direct railway link between iron ore and coal mines, which suppresses the development of Africa's indigenous industries from the source.
I have to admit that this approach is more than just a ban on the direct ban on the development of industry in Africa. In the future, excuses can be found, such as: the exploration technology is not in place, and the amount of resource reserves has been incorrectly estimated.
The giant ore with 100 million tons of ore reserves shows 1 million tons in the report. Naturally, it does not deserve the government's attention. It is necessary to plan a railway line.
Or maybe: Ignore technological progress.
Due to the limitations of the times, the development value of the mine was misjudged, and it was excusable to ignore it when building the railway.
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Anyway, it is caused by special circumstances, and it is definitely not the central government that is suppressing the industrial development of the African continent. In the end, the continent's industry did not develop, and that was beyond human ability.
After decades of localization, Austria's rule on the African continent was deeply entrenched. It is not too late to correct these special historical errors at that time.
Minister of Industry Kasin-Cubeck replied, "Yes, Your Majesty. Now we have to concentrate on developing our homeland and let the colonies make sacrifices.
Kaschin-Kubek emphasized the word "colonial". Since it is a colony, it cannot naturally be compared with the native. Inferior treatment is inevitable.
If blood is not drawn from the colonies, Austria's economy will not be able to maintain rapid growth for a long time. Before the advent of the free trade era, colonies were the targets of sacrifices.
This time the "error" confined to the times is no longer an error, and the construction of the railway network on the African continent has become inevitable.
Franz finally understood why the original time-space Indian Railway had so many pits. The original curse had been buried as early as the colonial era.
It is not that the designers have unreasonable plans, but the reality needs to be unreasonable. The future seems unreasonable, but this era is the best choice.
Franz nodded and said, "Accelerate the progress of the construction of the colonial railway, and take advantage of the asymmetry of information to create the established facts. Do not attract the attention of the people.
The Vienna government has a resource distribution map, and imperfections are inevitable, but they know more than civil governments.
Industrial development is inseparable from coal. Coal mines on the African continent are concentrated in South Africa, which destined that the place where design errors really needed was also in South Africa.
To do this is very simple, just take the gold mine top tank. The railway network gives priority to the mining and smelting of gold mines, and it is understandable to ignore other regions.
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This concealed plan naturally needs to be kept as secret as possible, and when it is implemented, it naturally falls on the head of the Ministry of Railways.
In the Ministry of Railways, Stein was dumbfounded by this special order. This work is not easy, and it is clear that we must be prepared to be scolded.
No matter how many excuses are prepared, in the future, people will still scold the railway designers. Whose back is a problem?
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