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The output of using chemical fertilizers is completely different from that of not using chemical fertilizers. After using chemical fertilizers, the output can be increased by more than 30%.Such an increase in production has obvious support for agriculture.

On the side of the Northeast Construction Corps, the area of ​​cultivated land for reclamation is increasing, and organic fertilizers are simply not enough.Therefore, Li Jishen hopes that China can have its own fertilizer factory.However, he had contacted the Ministry of Chemical Industry many times, but Fan Xudong, Minister of Chemical Industry, expressed his helplessness.It's not that Fan Xudong doesn't know the importance of the chemical fertilizer industry, but because the Ministry of Chemical Industry has too many things to do and has no energy to develop the chemical fertilizer industry.Generally speaking, there is a lack of money, lack of people, and lack of everything anyway.

Therefore, Li Jishen could only find a way by himself.

This time is a good way.

Germany is the most developed country in the chemical industry and the most developed fertilizer industry in the world.As early as 1913, Germany built its first factory using the Haber method of ammonia synthesis from hydrogen and nitrogen. In 1922, the first plant to synthesize urea from ammonia and carbon dioxide was also put into production in Germany.It can be said that in the fertilizer industry, Germany has always been at the forefront of the world.Ask Germany to help set up a small chemical fertilizer plant, and there are also many chemical talents in the Construction Corps.You can slowly understand the technology and develop your own fertilizer industry.

So he knew that it violated the interests of the military, but he still spoke out.

"You can add this as a condition."

Duan Xun knows the role of chemical fertilizers in modern agriculture better than anyone else.If China can use chemical fertilizers on a large scale, the total annual grain output will be about 500 billion catties more than it is now, and there will be no fear of food shortages.Backed by the fertile land of Heilongjiang, the Northeast Construction Corps can train a large number of agricultural experts and modern agricultural chemistry talents.

Since the Ministry of Chemical Industry does not have the energy to do these things at present, it is not a problem to let the Construction Corps do these things by itself.Maybe they can bring a bigger surprise.

"However, this matter must be kept secret, and the negotiations must also be kept secret. Cichen (Xu Yongchang), your military department will immediately start looking for a suitable place. When the German experts arrive, hand them over to them and let them conduct weapons tests. We will provide great assistance. Don't hold them back. Everyone is happy to cooperate, and if Germany is willing to test submarine technology in our country, we also welcome it."

"Yes."

"Several generals from the military department go to discuss it first."

Duan Xun asked the people from the military department to leave, because there were some issues to be discussed next, which had nothing to do with the military department.The generals of the military department got up and left immediately, and Duan Xuncai continued: "What do you think of the cooperation with Standard Oil of New Jersey reported by the Ministry of Commerce?"

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"What do you think of the Standard Oil of New Jersey reported by the Department of Commerce?"

The general of the military department left, and Duan Xun began to talk about another issue.There are not one or two countries that want to cooperate with China now.China's amazing import capacity has made European and American countries and big capitalists in Europe and the United States understand that the Chinese market is huge.

Although China is poor, it has a bright future.

After all, the current world powers are all industrial powers and veteran powers.They all have their own factories, and they are unwilling to open up their markets.Therefore, tariffs among world powers are very high at present.

Except for those world's industrial powers, among the remaining countries, no country can compare with China.China is too large and has a large population, so the Chinese market is the largest among the remaining colonial, semi-colonial, or agricultural countries.Those world powers, as industrial countries, all need a market that can export the industrial products they produce.But those colonies and semi-colonies, as well as those agricultural countries, what market can they have.All poor jingle.

But China is different.Although China is also a poor country, compared with those countries, China has a larger area, a larger population, and a longer history.After all, China was once a very powerful country. Before the Opium War, it had been the world's largest exporter and the world's largest silver inflow country.Therefore, the folk wealth that has been accumulated for thousands of years is still very considerable, which is far from that of those colonies.

China's market is a very greedy market for European and American industrial countries.This is also the reason why European and American countries have always been unable to let go of China.

The relationship between China, Britain and France is not very good, but their capitalists are not willing to give up the Chinese market, and this is the reason.

The same is true for the United States.

The current U.S. economy is really soaring, and the stock market has been rising year after year.As the world's largest industrial country, the industrial capacity of the United States beats other industrial countries in the world.Moreover, the United States has accumulated an astonishing amount of capital through World War I. The current situation is that American capital is looking for investment targets everywhere.

The recovery of German industry is inseparable from the support of American capital.Without the support of American capital, many factories in Germany would have no money to start work.Even the industrial development of the Soviet Union in recent years was supported by American capital.At present, 80% of the foreign capital investing and building factories in the Soviet Union every year is American capital.

It can be said that the biggest problem for American companies today is not how to make money.It's because I earn too much money and don't know where to invest the money.

They are attacking cities all over the world and looking for investment targets.

Now they have their eyes on China and want to invest in China.At present, there are not one or two American companies submitting investment applications to the Ministry of Commerce.Even some American companies are high-tech companies and want to invest and build factories in China.Not long ago, an American aircraft engine company also applied to build a factory in China.The technical blockade at this time is far less severe than later.

So the Ministry of Commerce received a bunch of applications.They wait for the approval of the Ministry of Commerce, and then invest and build factories in China.

For example, American Radio Corporation, jealous of the potential of the Chinese radio market, has already applied to the Ministry of Commerce to build a large-scale radio manufacturing plant in Shanghai, China.There are many such enterprises.

These problems are not very big.

Because the cabinet has long had a consensus in this regard.China has signed trade agreements with the United Kingdom and the United States, which not only opened up more cities, but also supported those foreign companies to set up factories in China.Even for foreign-invested factories, China gives preferential treatment in many ways.

As long as it does not involve certain untouchable areas, the Ministry of Commerce will approve it under certain conditions.Because those foreign capitals build factories in China, which can promote the development of China's industry.Ford and GM built factories in Wuhan, which is this kind of cooperation model.But now the application of Standard Oil of New Jersey is a headache for the Ministry of Commerce.Because Standard Oil of New Jersey is not one of those companies, it is an oil company.If he wants to invest in China, he wants to exploit oil and natural gas in China, that is to say, to exploit resources.This issue is too sensitive and involves too many issues, and the Ministry of Commerce cannot make a decision at all.Therefore, this application was reported to Duan Xun for the cabinet to make a decision.

"Prime Minister, I would like to say a few words on this issue."

"Minister Liang, please."

Liang Huankui was the first to speak and said, "Prime Minister, I would like to discuss it from two aspects. First, I analyze the cooperation with Standard Oil of New Jersey from a realistic perspective. Oil exploration, extraction, refining, including transportation are all highly technical fields. .And we are beginners with little experience, so we are much inferior in technology. And we also lack talents in this field. Globally speaking, the United States has the most experience in this field and the best technology. And Standard Oil of New Jersey is The Rockefeller Petroleum Company was spun off, and it is also the best oil company in the United States. If we can cooperate with the New Jersey Petroleum Company in oil exploration, production, refining, and transportation, then we can make a qualitative leap in technology. And there are With Standard Oil of New Jersey, domestic oil production will definitely increase rapidly in a short period of time. I have also read the application form of Standard Oil of New Jersey. They hope to explore the Sichuan Basin with our oil corps and hope to win the Sichuan Basin. The exploration rights and mining rights. At present, our exploration team has some understanding of the Sichuan Basin, and with the participation of Standard Oil of New Jersey, there will definitely be new discoveries.”

Liang Huankui paused, looked at everyone's reactions, and also looked at Duan Xun's reaction.I found that Duan Xun was just listening to himself very seriously, without any expression.

So he continued: "Then there is natural gas. There must be oil in the Sichuan Basin. This is beyond doubt, because we have discovered the outflow of oil from various aspects. But how much oil is there and where the oil fields are exactly? Further confirmation is needed. However, Sichuan has a long history of using natural gas. It is inevitable that Sichuan has natural gas. This time, Standard Oil of New Jersey may not necessarily be interested in oil, but may be interested in natural gas. "

"Natural gas, as another newly developed resource, has also begun to be valued in countries around the world. Especially in the United States, natural gas development has become as important as oil development. But the use of natural gas currently has a huge flaw, that That is, the transportation of natural gas is very problematic. Due to the limitation of transportation problems, the development of natural gas in the world cannot be leapfrog development."

"However, the United States has solved this problem. Their pipeline technology has matured and has begun commercial use. The United States opened a [-]-kilometer long-distance gas pipeline two years ago, which is the first time in the world. In the past two years, they have improved It is the continuous laying of several long-distance gas pipelines. This has put the development of natural gas in the United States on a rapid development track, and its importance is no less than that of other energy sources. Sichuan has natural gas, and if it gets the support of the United States on gas pipelines, then my country will have it It is a very important source of energy. These natural gas are widely used, not only for residents’ homes, but also for power plants.”

"So on the whole, our cooperation with Standard Oil has a lot of benefits from a practical point of view. We can develop our oil industry, train our technical personnel, import the required technology from Standard Oil, and be able to Expand our energy mix."

The benefits are many.

China's oil industry is very backward. After all, China does not have much experience in oil extraction, nor does it have much experience in oil refining.Such is the case with these industries.

You have to have it to be able to develop.

Technology is never perfected in a laboratory.Any technology must be promoted in the industry and gain enough experience before it can really develop.

Japan and South Korea have become developed countries in history, but life in these two countries is still very busy, and everyone is very tired.It is completely different from leisure in European and American countries.What are some of these reasons?

The reason is that there are certain industries that Japan and South Korea will never be able to touch.The industries of Japan and South Korea overlap too much, and they can only compete in narrow industries, and will never be able to own broader industries.So they can only survive by desperately competing.

Such as agriculture.

Modern agriculture includes industries such as seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides, and the scale of these industries is astonishing.A seed company like Monsanto in the United States has an annual sales of more than 400 billion yuan and a profit of more than [-] billion yuan. The profit margin is astonishing.But why are seed companies like Monsanto born in the United States instead of countries like Japan and South Korea?It is because the United States has vast arable land, backed by their farms, and can conduct various agricultural experiments, so it has world-wide seed companies, fertilizer companies, and pesticide companies.All aspects of technology related to agriculture are the most powerful in the world.However, because Japan and South Korea do not have enough arable land and no agricultural experience, it is impossible to develop any industry around agriculture.

The same is true for energy industries such as oil and coal.

Japan and South Korea do not have much energy, so how can they develop the petroleum industry, coal industry, and corresponding chemical industry.Compared with the United States is a big energy country, of course they will develop their energy industry.Just like the country with the best oil technology in the world is the United States.This is not to say that the technology of Britain, France and Germany is inferior to that of the United States.It is because the United States has a lot of oil, so it has a long history of mining and has enough experience.Slowly, it has become a technology leader in the world's oil field.

This is the problem of industrial development.If you don't have experience in this area, then the technology can never really develop.As the saying goes, if you read [-] Tang poems by heart, you can recite them even if you don’t know how to compose them.

Small countries like Japan and South Korea will never be able to touch these advantages possessed by the United States.This is the case in China now, because there are not many oil fields at all, and there is little experience in oil extraction and oil refining, so oil technology is very backward.If we can cooperate with oil giants like Standard Oil of New Jersey in the United States, the role in promoting China's oil industry will be amazing.

The slight exposure of Standard Oil of New Jersey is enough for the Chinese oil industry to learn for a while.

"But……"

Liang Huankui suddenly changed his tone and said: "The issue of resources is very sensitive, especially for our country. During the decades in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, our customs were in the hands of the big powers, and our railways were under the control of the big powers. Mineral resources were exploited by foreign powers. Because of such things, customs issues, railway issues, and mineral resource mining issues in our country have always been very sensitive matters. When Duan Hefei (Duan Qirui) Xiyuan borrowed money, because it included Jiangsu coal mines were opposed by Li Chun, the governor of Jiangsu. At that time, public opinion overwhelmingly supported Li Chun, because Duan Hefei’s loan involved the exploitation of mineral resources. These are symbols of our country’s modern backwardness and a symbol of our country’s modern shame. The Prime Minister led We took back customs rights, railway rights, and mineral rights, and accomplished many things that Chinese people dream of. If it is like the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the oil exploration and mining rights are handed over to the big powers, public opinion will be very ugly. "

Correct.

This is why the Ministry of Commerce hesitated.

The Department of Commerce is no fool, how could it not understand the benefits of cooperating with Standard Oil of New Jersey.In particular, the domestic oil gap has been increasing recently.Although Yanchang Oilfield and Yumen Oilfield have started to purchase oil extraction equipment, worked hard to exploit and increase production, they still cannot meet the growing domestic oil demand.At this time, it is the best thing for China to discover a large oil field and increase oil production.

But public opinion can kill you.