Beiyang reactionaries

Now it is 6.3 million.

There is no war in China at present, and there is no plague.Not to mention 20 years later, it is possible that the population will reach 8 million in ten years.What scale is this.

If the problem of eating is not solved, how can Duan Xun's position be secure.

Therefore, Duan Xun was very happy and supported when the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Chemical Industry, the Construction Corps, the Ministry of Military Equipment, and China National Chemical Corporation cooperated to produce ammonium sulfate with an annual output of 40 tons in China.At the beginning, Duan Xun hoped that China would develop the chemical fertilizer industry, but Fan Xudong and the others believed that it was impossible to develop the chemical fertilizer industry due to the lack of funds and talents.

So Duan Xun didn't force it.

Now that they want to build such a large-scale ammonium sulfate plant, Duan Xun certainly supports it with both hands.Fan Xudong is a professional. When he really decided to build a factory, he immediately called officials and experts from the Ministry of Chemical Industry, as well as big names in the chemical industry across the country, to start discussing this big project.

He first appointed the commander-in-chief of the ammonium sulfate plant project.

He chose Chen Tiaofu, who established the soda factory of China National Chemical Corporation.Chen Tiaofu owed a lot to the development of China National Chemical Corporation to its present scale. Even Hou Debang, the current chief engineer of the Ministry of Chemical Industry and the former chief engineer of China National Chemical Corporation, was recommended by Chen Tiaofu to Fan Xudong.When he was in China National Chemical Corporation, Chen Tiaofu thought that his technical ability was far inferior to that of Hou Debang after completing the commissioning of the equipment of the soda plant.So Chen Tiaofu was willing to take a step back and gave Hou Debang the position of chief engineer.In fact, Chen Tiaofu is living a happy life now.After he left China National Chemical Corporation, he established Yongming Paint Factory.

Chen Tiaofu is a capable person.

Not only does he have excellent technology in the chemical industry, but more importantly, he is a very good leader.When the soda factory was established, he introduced, assembled and debugged equipment, and dealt with various warlords around him.In order to save money, he designed a lot of equipment by himself, and then let domestic manufacturers manufacture it.Excellent leadership, organizational and coordination skills.

His Yongming paint factory has completed cooperation with universities, junior colleges and technical secondary schools in Tianjin and Beijing in a short period of time.Because Chen Tiaofu knows better than anyone that in the field of chemical industry, it is impossible to develop without professional knowledge.The first product of Yongming Paint Factory was Chen Tiaofu who organized technicians to test and analyze American novolac.Through the analysis, it is found that although the American varnish has the advantages of high hardness and good gloss, it has poor water resistance. Once it is scalded, the paint film will turn white.Chen Tiaofu used tung oil as a modifier to conduct experiments and achieved great success.The new product developed does not change color after being boiled for 10 minutes.

It can be said to be a good start.

The "Yongming Lacquer" he launched quickly occupied the Chinese market.Especially in the Chinese furniture industry, "Yongming Paint" launched by Yongming Paint Factory has become the most popular furniture coating.

Afterwards, he made persistent efforts and purchased spray paint from DuPont Company in the United States, mainly for use on trains and automobiles.Chen Tiaofu's technicians fully figured out the composition of DuPont's spray paint in less than two years, and then launched the spray paint produced by Yongming Paint Factory.

Chen Tiaofu has a good relationship with the government.

Therefore, his spray paint soon got an order from the Ministry of Railways.The trains on the Chinese railways basically use the spray paint of Yongming Paint Factory.The order from the Ministry of Railways made Yongming Paint Factory the largest painting company in the Far East. Since 1926, most of the trucks, cars, and buses produced in Wuhan were painted by Yongming Paint Factory.Because the spray paint of Yongming Paint Factory does not need to be the same as American spray paint, and there are tariffs and freight charges, which can greatly reduce the cost.

The current Yongming Paint Factory is the largest paint company in the Far East.

This is Chen Tiaofu.

Although it is said that Yongming Paint Factory has received a lot of policy support because it has government shares and shares in China National Chemical Corporation.But it is also because Chen Tiaofu has enough ability to develop Yongming Paint Factory to its current scale.

But Chen Tiaofu really didn't care about the property in his hands.He not only set up a large-scale chemical laboratory in Tianjin in the name of Yongming Paint Factory, but also set up a university laboratory with his own money.And donate a lot of money to the universities that he cooperates with.He himself owns 34% of the shares of Yongming Paint Factory.However, 80% of the money Chen Tiaofu got from the dividends of Yongming Paint Factory was donated to several universities by Chen Tiaofu, and of course it was mainly donated to the Department of Chemistry, hoping to cultivate more chemical talents.They even spent their own money to buy cash chemical equipment from abroad and donated them to those laboratories under the Ministry of Chemical Industry.

This time the Ministry of Chemical Industry wanted to organize people to tackle the problem of the ammonium sulfate plant. Fan Xudong hoped that Chen Tiaofu would come to take charge, but Chen Tiaofu didn't say anything.Not only did he immediately accept this task, but he took out all the foreign exchange of 12 US dollars accumulated over the years to support the construction of the ammonium sulfate plant.

Speaking of it, he is definitely a high-spirited figure.

After Chen Tiaofu was appointed as the commander-in-chief, Hou Debang served as the chief engineer of the construction of the ammonium sulfate plant and began to set up the headquarters of the ammonium sulfate plant project.

At the end of 1928, parliamentary elections were held.

It should be said that this is a very big thing, because the Congress has been closed by Duan Xun for six years, and has been replaced by the provisional Senate.But although this is a big deal, Duan Xun is more concerned about the ammonium sulfate plant being promoted by the Ministry of Chemical Industry than the congressional election.However, since the matter was handed over to the Ministry of Chemical Industry, Duan Xun, the prime minister of the cabinet, could not directly intervene.Therefore, at most, it is concerned about the development situation.

As for the congressional election, Duan Xun is confident.

Because the People's Party has taken advantage of the opportunity to govern in recent years, it has established county party committees in all counties across the country, and even some developed townships have township party committees.And various ministries, including those schools, the BJP has branches.In China, administrative power is an advantage unmatched by any other power.Because the People's Party has administrative power, it has developed very smoothly.

By 1928, the number of members of the People's Party across the country had exceeded 400 million, and it was steadily moving towards more than 500 million.They control the administrative power, they control the electoral sector, they control the electoral process, so starting from the county councils to the provincial councils, the BJP controls more than 90% of the seats.

And after changing the election mode, it is a level of election.The county council and the provincial council have already been won, and Congress does not have to consider the final result at all.The People's Party's control of Congress is the general trend, and no one can resist it.

Moreover, in this parliamentary reform, the county councils, provincial councils, and congresses usually leave the committee members in charge of daily affairs, what should the other members do.

Go back to your original job.

There is no longer a dedicated MP.It is really because the council has too much money.Members of Congress have tens of thousands of yuan in salary alone, and other supporting packages add up, and a member of Congress spends at least 3 yuan a year.And according to the level, some members need to spend more than 5 yuan.If there is anything, the extra expenses will be more when the time comes.

Plus each province, has a provincial assembly.These provincial councilors also earn several thousand dollars a year.Members of Congress across the country, plus provincial councilors, spend more than 4 million yuan a year on the central and local finances.

Too much money spent.

And it is a waste of labor to gather all those people in the parliament to talk nonsense.Therefore, this parliamentary reform almost abolished the salaries of parliamentarians.Ordinary congressmen have only certain political treatment and only a small amount of financial subsidies.It will not be the same as before. Members will be paid every month, housing, police officers, secretaries, etc. will be arranged for them, and they will work directly in Congress.The current situation is that many congressmen are originally government officials or people in the education field. If so, they will go back to where they came from and continue their original work.Usually, the National Assembly and the Provincial Assembly are handed over to a specially elected committee.

These members can only attend the meeting when the provincial assembly and the National Assembly are in session.This reduces a lot of burden on the central and local finances.

"Really found oil? So soon?"

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"Oil was discovered so quickly?"

"It's not oil, it's natural gas."

1928 is about to pass, and the congressional elections have also come to an end.At this time, news suddenly came from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Energy.Standard Oil of New Jersey discovered an oil and gas field in Weiyuan, Neijiang, Sichuan.

And it has a lot of reserves.

Otherwise, it would not have passed to Duan Xun.Minister of Industry Liang Huankui and Minister of Energy Industry Ding Wenjiang came to Duan Xun to report this matter together.

Weiyuan is in the area of ​​Neijiang, and Neijiang and Zigong are the production areas of Sichuan salt.People here have been using natural gas as fuel for many years.This is what Standard Oil of New Jersey is looking at. It has sent people to conduct research here, and believes that there are oil and gas fields here.It is precisely because they believe that there is something here, so when negotiating with the Ministry of Commerce, they withdrew a lot and agreed to many conditions in China.

After reaching an agreement with the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Energy, they immediately began to ship machinery and equipment from the United States.The first exploration target is placed here.Speaking carefully, it didn't take long for them to actually start exploring here.In just half a year, oil and gas fields were discovered unexpectedly.

"How is the situation?"

Duan Xun frowned.

In fact, Duan Xun is not very clear about the distribution of PetroChina.Duan Xun didn't study petroleum either. He only knew that there are huge oil fields in Northeast China, Shandong Province, and Xinjiang.The more familiar ones are Daqing Oilfield and Shengli Oilfield.

But although they know the Daqing Oilfield and the Shengli Oilfield, their specific locations are not clear.I only know that the Daqing Oilfield is in the Songliao Basin (Songnen Plain), and the Shengli Oilfield is in the Bohai Bay area of ​​Shandong.And even if Duan Xun knew about the Daqing oil field, Duan Xun couldn't tell everyone. He should send someone to explore for oil in the Daqing area.This is no joke.

As for Sichuan, it seems that there are oil fields.

But Duan Xun is not sure how much oil there is in Sichuan.Originally, Standard Oil of New Jersey was expected to use their rich exploration experience to find oil in the Sichuan Basin and help China increase oil production.Unexpectedly, Standard Oil of New Jersey was the first to explore in the Neijiang area.Their goal this time seems obvious, and they are going directly to the natural gas in Neijiang.Now the results are out, what they found is not oil, but natural gas.

At present, what China lacks most is oil, not natural gas.Whether there is natural gas or not has no effect on China today.But whether there is oil or not has a great impact on China today.Because the Chinese still don't know how to use natural gas, and there is no concept of natural gas at all.

but oil is different

China is now increasingly short of oil.The supply of oil is woefully insufficient.There are more and more private cars in China. There are more than 7000 private cars in Shanghai alone, and more than [-] private cars in Guangzhou.

It should be said that there are still many rich people in China.

China has developed for so many years, especially before the Opium War, China was relatively wealthy, and the folk wealth was abundant.Although there have been many turmoil and looting, the wealth deposited by the Chinese people is still very large.When the government stimulates private wealth, it can be seen that Chinese folks are rich.

In just two years, the number of private cars across the country exceeded [-].However, with the increase of private cars, China's oil supply is far from sufficient.The result is that the price of a liter of gasoline in Shanghai has risen to more than [-] cents, while going inland, the price of gasoline in Chongqing is more than [-] cents.It costs dozens of yuan to fill up a car with gas, which is simply astronomical.Gasoline prices in China have quadrupled compared to two years ago.This is all due to the serious shortage of oil supply in our country.

Imported gasoline is expensive.

Gasoline is actually very cheap in the US right now.The current price of gasoline in the United States is less than a dime a liter.However, the price of imports to China has increased tenfold.Even if there is shipping, the price should not be so expensive.

damn it.