Chapter 62: Start steel plant

9 On September 15, 1891, the headline of the Bulgarian Daily published the "Draft of the Bulgarian State-owned Steel Plant".
The Bulgarian media is happy. It started with Nikola's defense against Sofia, and immediately after the Russian-Russian security talks began, various topics continued, and the newspaper was sold out.
Now the government has thrown out the steel plant plan again. The government has come forward to make plans, and the Bulgarian people are used to it. Since the earliest "Five-Year Plan", the government has never been idle, and has always been tossing.
I was surprised to see what was inside. The government has invested in the establishment of a steel plant and plans to put it into operation within three years. A large-scale steel plant with an annual output of 270,000 tons of iron, 140,000 tons of steel and 90,000 tons of steel will be built.
Instantly attracted the attention of the public and detonated public opinion. Those who support and oppose each other have expressed their opinions and arguments.
The opposition believes that the government is not talking about it, and it is impossible to achieve it. The reason is: In addition to the six major foreign countries in the world, including Belgium, France, Russia, the United States, Austria, Hungary, and Belgium, Luxembourg, then it is gone!
Someone may be wondering, what about our stupidity? Anyway, it is also a European power. I regret that Italy's steel industry is so garbage. It has just started and has less than 50,000 tons of slag.
A Bulgarian iron and steel plant is just kidding to increase its production capacity to the top ten in the world. And does Bulgaria need so much steel? This is more than Italy, it is a waste of money, it is better to invest in other industries.
If it is seen by later Bulgarians, it will definitely say, what is more than Italy! For some time in history, Bulgaria's steel output exceeded Italy.
Those who I support, think: Whether it can be done or not, we have to do it. Steel is the foundation of a strong country. Dreams are always there, in case it comes true!
Alas, no one cares about Constantine's fear of undermining free competition in the market.
Capitalists said that we are not stupid, and are destined to lose money for business. The government should do it. We are also patriotic and will not oppose the strength of the country.
Then, in the noisy rumblings, that's how it passed. No one took to the streets to protest. It is estimated that no one dared, the last group of people protesting on the street, and road construction on the site!
They violated Bulgarian public security management regulations and affected the normal life of citizens. Bulgarian law allows protests, but it cannot interfere with the lives of others. It's tantamount to saying that protests are still going to no one!
能 Whether the iron and steel plant can be completed, Ferdinand can definitely say, absolutely no problem! As for the production capacity, I didn't see it saying "commissioning in three years". As for when it will reach 500,000 tons, wait a minute, sooner or later.
还 We are also Mr. Constantine. Now I am in a bad mood and trouble is coming. A large number of experts and scholars came to the door and asked about the progress of the steel plant, saying that they could volunteer to help. At the beginning, he was okay. He was very touched and answered patiently. With more people behind, I had a headache, and some still had three days and two heads to urge him to hurry up.
Constantin really wanted to say, "Progress! I didn't see the newspaper ad saying it, is it just a draft? It's just to test everyone's reaction. How can I know that it went so smoothly!"
"Oh, how come you all one by one? Scholars in chemical physics, this can be counted, it's related! Mechanical majors, this can be your counterpart, care about it!"
"Why did you learn art? Oh, thank you, we don't need you!"
"What the hell, are you kidding me! You are a linseed oil equipment factory, what are you doing? ... It was just set up yesterday, in order to ... you can, the door is over there, don't walk away!"
All kinds of messy people came to the door, and Constantine had to thank guests behind closed doors.
If it is voluntarily helpful, send someone to register and need to find you; if you want to take advantage of the opportunity to sell a piece of equipment and sell equipment, you can roll away, I don't know that Bulgaria has such a superb machinery factory.
This is just a small problem. The key is the management of the steel plant, and what about skilled workers? For small workshops in Bulgaria, hollowing them out is useless!
I watched the government act blindly, and Ferdinand stopped decisively. What should I do? There is no good way, there is a stupid way to learn Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant.
Directly send people to study, just started 娉 British technical engineers. No way, who is calling this year, the British steel industry is the most developed!
A Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant, Zhang Zhidong spent 5.8 million silver. (At that time, there was no significant depreciation of silver.) Unfortunately, due to the wanton acts of the bureaucrats, he has never exploded the full capacity, and he is still the first steel plant in Asia.
The total investment of Bulgaria's steel plant is about the same, about 7 million levs, but the production capacity has been greatly exceeded.
Anyway, the loan contract signed by the Cabinet of Stam and the United Kingdom that year required the purchase of British goods.
A loan of more than 50 million levs ~ EbookFREE.me ~ is now being used. A small country is miserable. It is clear that a good loan, but can not get cash, but also pay interest.
The loan contract signed by the Bastam government is not fundamentally different from Big Apple's borrowing of foreign debt. The only advantage is that it has a better understanding and pays a smaller price.
The manpower problem is solved, and the next step is to purchase equipment. Ferdinand was going to take off in person. Unfortunately, considering diplomatic influence, he was negotiating with Russia and had to give up.
This purchase is not only for steel plant equipment, but also for industrial equipment required by other industries in Bulgaria.
Due to the industrial revolution, science and technology have developed rapidly in recent years, and many factories and equipment need to be replaced. Ferdinand simply asked the government to come forward and organize the domestic capitalists in need of procurement to buy together, which is also convenient for bargaining.
Because the amount of purchase is huge, the government must send a significant person to the horse. Ferdinand couldn't go, and this glorious and difficult task fell on Chekov.
A super team led by members of the cabinet and assembled most of Bulgaria's industry elite. The first stop is London and then Vienna.
"The man who owes money is the grandfather", this sentence only applies to future generations, and now Bulgaria does not have this confidence.
Alas, the worse is that the money is given in installments, and the interest is from beginning to end. Hundreds of millions of leva's loans, Bulgaria now only received a fraction. No way, the powers of the late 19th century were so overbearing.
"Mr. Chekov, you have a big task this time. In addition to purchasing equipment, you have to dig in as many engineers as possible!" Ferdinand said with concern.
"Her Excellency, rest assured! I swear in the name of God that this will be done!" Chekov promised