Lord of Industrialization

"Oh, this is Lugang!"

Frederick and Maria passed by Deerport on the way to Le Havre. Frederick came over to see if there were any problems that needed to be solved by themselves.

That day the two of them came to the embankment, with the turbulent sea on one side and the land where they were working.

After the dam was built and surrounded by this swamp, it was filled with silt caused by the flood after two flood periods, but the reeds inside grew faster than everyone expected, and the small amount of swamp deer caught could not be eaten.

These swamp deer are too clever. It is easy to kill, but it is difficult to capture alive. The speed of the caught deer eating reeds is not as fast as the growth rate.

On the contrary, the swamp slimes that eat aquatic and rotten plants and small insects in the swamp are easy to catch. The smell of fertilizing plants can be attracted by digging a hole. They can grab it with a pair of tongs and grab it.

The farmers lit the reeds not long ago and burned the parts on the ground. Now the roots in the soil have grown reed seedlings.

Then it was the tractor's turn to take the stage, ploughing the land deep into breathable, and destroying the roots of the reeds and turning the roots out of the soil.

However, the land here is wet, and even if the cut root system is not processed, it will sprout within half a month.

The person who appeared later made Frederick speechless.

Students from the Necromancer College of Wesenburg University come out to work, and large areas of low-intensity life withered are enough to kill the reed roots on the ground and will not harm bacteria deep in the soil.

The fish that misses the net is easy to deal with, and the number is not large. After it sprouts, the children will pick it up and burn it.

Adults spilled something in the field, and Maria looked over curiously, but her legs turned out to be a little weak.

"So many earthworms!"

Frederick held her and said with a wicked smile, "Go and get a few, I'll go fishing."

Maria reached out and pinched him hard on the waist.

The two of them walked around for a while and then returned to the high platform where the village was located. There were new houses for villagers to live in, including churches, taverns, schools, hospitals, etc.

They brought only a few servants and guards and lived in the rooms of the church and the tavern.

The servant informed that someone had been waiting for Frederick in the tavern for a long time.

Frederick came to the tavern and was not surprised to see the person coming.

He and the owners of the thirteen shipyards in Amster City jointly built a new large shipyard in Lugang, which is expected to be put into production in the first phase next year.

The factory director was Nelis Drell, who had met Frederick at the time. When he saw Frederick, he immediately asked, "Sir, I heard that you will no longer build a wooden keel boat in the future?"

Frederick did not answer immediately, but found a table to sit down, and asked someone to bring beer and drinks, and then said to him, "You are well-informed."

"We heard the wind, you are building two ships with steel keels," Drell said.

Frederick nodded, thinking that this may be the communication between their shipyards, or Lilu mentioned it to them.

He didn't care, anyway, he was going to make a lot of publicity.

"This is indeed the case," Frederick said after taking a sip of beer. "I know what you are worried about, so please rest assured that the shipyards in Lugang will also use this technology."

Drell breathed a sigh of relief.

They have calculated that for ship owners, the ship of steel keel has only an overwhelming advantage over traditional ships in terms of capacity, strength and service life.

If the shipyard in Lugang still produces old-fashioned ships in the future, it will lose all its pants.

Now Frederick, Lugang Shipyard, now accounts for 30% of the shares, thirteen shipyards account for 40%, and three are held by a large number of people in the lowland areas.

Although the lowlands planted a fight on tulips a few years ago, the commerce here was booming and soon came back.

People have money in their hands, but the land has been divided up and a stable investment channel is needed. At this time, the shipyard began to recruit shares, so private money rushed in.

If the shipyard is finished again, I don't know what will happen.

Frederick continued: "You also know some reasons that military ships are not possible to be produced in Lugang, so only civilian ships are produced here."

“For the foreseeable future, the meat market will continue to expand, with the demand for fishing and the demand for fishing boats also increasing.”

"I have a suggestion that the shipyards in Lugang work harder on fishing boats."

Drell heard what it meant.

In the future, there will be two large shipyards supported by Frederick in the North Sea, Lugang and Hanma City.

Among them, Hanma City is naturally Frederick's biological son, while Lugang is not so close. We must also consider the attitude of the Kingdom of Gaul, which is inevitable.

The profits of warships are high, but due to this restriction, this piece of meat cannot be put into Lugang's bowl.

Fishing boats are also good. Although the profit is not high, the market is large and you can make a lot of money.

Seeing that he did not object, but was thinking, Frederick said again: "The power and volume of the ship have been developed, and the fishing methods must also be developed. You must study it carefully."

Drell nodded and said, "We will start researching the fishing boat."

"Sir, I heard you are preparing to promote a transport box called container?"

Frederick nodded and said, "Yes, tell me what you think."

Drell said seriously: "Sir, we have done simulation experiments and found that container transport will be the same transformative invention as a steam engine replacing sails."

"The most time-consuming thing in shipping is cargo transfer. In the past, using sacks and wooden boxes of different sizes made it very troublesome to transport. If you are not careful, you will break the packaging, which makes it even more troublesome to catch rainy days."

"If standard boxes are made of steel, first of all, they are very strong. Secondly, they are easy to hoist and place without worrying about crushing the lower cargo. They can even be hoisted directly from the ship to the truck or train. They are not afraid of rain and can save the time of transferring to the warehouse."

"We expect that all future cargo ships will be special container ships."

Frederick was a little surprised. He just had an idea and asked Lilu to ask other ship owners and captains for their opinions. He didn't expect them to study so deeply.

But there may be a deviation in the spread of information. He said: "The container I expected is only steel as the pillar and frame, and the wood and waterproof coating as the shell. I'm afraid it's not that strong."

He thought about all-metal containers, but steel production did not allow it.

Dreyer immediately said: "It doesn't matter. The cargo stacking is mainly affected by the weight above. As long as the bracket and the bottom plate are strong, the box body only needs ordinary anti-collision."

Frederick nodded. At present, the conditions are limited, so he will make do with it. At worst, the wooden shell will be replaced frequently.

Then Dreyer had a hint of a dagger: "Sir, since the shipyard has nothing to do anyway, why not study the size, materials and how to make this container first."

Frederick raised his eyebrows and did not answer immediately. Instead, he smiled and took a sip of beer, picked up two shrimps with a fork and ate them.

Dreyer was a little anxious. They realized the advantages of containers and planned to take over the container manufacturing industry.

Frederick thought that building a container factory here would be a good choice, but there was no steel plant here, and the transportation cost of the main materials was high.

Lugang is indeed a good place to build a steel plant. The iron ore from Grouse Forest and the Kingdom of Gaul, and the coal from the Kingdom of Angland and the Rhine Alliance are all very convenient to transport here.

The Duchy of Wessen has no place to build a smelter anymore. It can upgrade its industry. After refining steel here, it can be transported to the city of Wessenburg for various refining to increase profits.

The problem is that this is the territory of the Kingdom of Gaul.

Frederick finally said: "You guys study it first. I'll see if I can build a steel plant here, which will be more convenient in the future."