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Chapter 245: Plan ahead

Zhao Yan's meaningful glance suddenly shocked Mao Geng. He thought of the wrong plan of an angry young brother Chen Yujie just wanted to revitalize the land of Luzon. He thought to himself that I have done enough of the role of pioneers. Lord Duke, everyone here is experts, don't just stare at me.

Fortunately, Zhao Han, who was full of energy, just glanced at Mao Geng with kindness. What Zhao Han thought of at this time was the scene when Mao Geng and the emperor's grandfather made a bet to ask for land in Kaohsiung that day. The facts proved that even the wild land was still land, it depends on how to discover the value.

When Mao Geng was uneasy, Zhao Han had already spoken, leaving Ye Shi to assist the civil affairs of Luzon, while Luzon military affairs were still under the leadership of Guo Ni. In fact, in Mao Geng's view, Luzon has no civil affairs for the time being. At this stage, it is probably still dominated by military affairs. After all, the indigenous people of Luzon are different from the indigenous people of Taiwan. The tribes here seem to be slightly higher-level, and it will take some time to conquer each tribe.

Zhao Yan had come to inspect very high-profilely, but after some inspection, he found that the reality was a bit bleak. Moreover, the Luzon incident was not decided by himself. In the end, the imperial court had to inform the matter, including land disposal and official dispatch. He could only write a letter and suggest it, but it was not his turn to make trouble. At this point, Zhao Yan was a little uneasy and lost his mind to stay in Luzon for a long time. He hurriedly ended the inspection and returned to Kaohsiung by boat.

The "Singapore Newspaper" of course had a very high-profile report on this. In Liu Guo's writing, the people of Luzon lived a life of extreme suffering before this. Therefore, when the soldiers of the Song Dynasty arrived, the people of Luzon were like rain and dew, rushing to rely on each other, and so on, it was extremely exaggerated.

Mao Geng returned to his territory, but for some reason, his mood was not relaxed.

On this day, while Lu Yijian and Zhao Han went to Taipei, Mao Geng asked Lao Qiu to invite some people from across the border and held a symposium.

He Chian and Peng Qinfang had already gone to Lin'an, and the time travelers had been working together for more than half a year and gradually got to know each other. Therefore, the time travelers who participated in the discussion this time were all influential people who crossed the line.

Mao Geng looked at it. In addition to Lao Qiu, Qian Airu, Zhao Yuchun is now the hot director of the armored chariot project, Lin Lishi is the director of the open furnace steelmaking project, Gu Yongqiang is the director of the chemical industry, and Porter is now a shipbuilding expert. After Lao Peng left, Li Heqin became an expert in the electrical field in the SAR. These seven people can be called the backbone of crossing the border in the SAR. As for Rodman and the three young ladies who did not attend the meeting, Rodman had a weird temper and the three girls still needed to mature, so they were temporarily represented.

Since Lao Qiu acted as Mao Geng for a few days, he has become more confident and comfortable. Lao Qiu has begun to raise the topic of today's discussion, and then everyone started talking about it.

"What is there in Luzon? Gold mines, copper mines, and nickel mines! What else are there, bananas and coconuts. It seems that the Philippines is a major producer of tobacco leaves, but tobacco leaves are still in South America now! I am interested in the iron ore of Luzon. It seems that the iron ore in Luzon is quite rich, and it is said to have a reserve of 300 million tons, and the ore grade is not low. Otherwise, what if an iron plant is opened in Luzon?"

Before Lin Lishi traveled through the road, he did steel structure engineering. When he was in college, he was assigned to work in a state-owned steel factory. Later, he went into the market to resell steel and then started steel structure engineering. After living in the steel industry for half his life, someone once invited him to open an iron ore in Mindanao, the Philippines. Of course, there is no further information on this matter, but at least he learned that the Philippines has iron ore resources.

"Lin, Luzon is only 300 million tons, but Australia has more than 30 billion tons of iron ore. I suggest you go to Australia. From Luzon to Australia, it's very close, right?"

Porter expressed his opinions in his poor Chinese, but it must be said that Porter's Chinese has made quite progress during this period. Porter was quite excited about the Song army occupying Luzon. Although the Philippines was once a colony of the United States in history, the United States did not know where it was at this time. Porter only needed to make plans for himself. Since he and Rodman had discussed going to Australia first, Luzon now has occupied it, is it still far from occupying Australia?

Zhao Yuchun shook his head and said a little disdainfully:

"Mr. Lin, the steel you made from the open furnace is almost inflatable. The converter steelmaking you made doesn't seem to be very good. When will it catch up with the quality of the crucible steelmaking created by Chief Executive Mao? It's not too late to expand! At that time, whether it's going to Luzon to set up an iron plant or an iron plant in Australia, I, Zhao Yuchun, will definitely support it. However, before the steelmaking is over, I suggest that you should honestly make the initial steelmaking here first!"

Mao Geng could only smile bitterly, thinking that he wanted to climb the technology tree step by step, but after these time travelers came, the rhythm was completely disrupted. Everyone is a capable person. Lin Lishi claimed to be a professional in the steel industry and had to use a flat furnace converter at the same time. To be honest, after Lin Lishi tried hard, the steel he refined was just right, at least the output increased rapidly. As for the quality, it was much better than the soil converter steel made by Mao Geng, but it was not ideal in terms of sulfur and phosphorus removal, and the quality was not as good as crucible steelmaking.

But we have to be a little tolerant, right? Mao Geng thought of this and came forward to reconcile the atmosphere in time and said:

"Mr. Lin is still quite good at steelmaking. I think the current problem may be caused by acid blast furnaces. You still have to use an alkaline steelmaking furnace. Mr. Gu, I think you still have to find magnesium refractory materials. You are engaged in chemistry, so you have to worry about this alkaline steelmaking furnace!"

As soon as Chief Executive Mao talked about himself, Gu Yongqiang began to complain:

"Teacher Mao, I have a lot of things here. Three acids and two alkalis are going to be upgraded. Three acids are just producing sulfuric acid. Of course, nitric acid is fast. Hydrochloric acid, as long as the electrolytic technology passes the test, it is certainly not difficult. However, there are many subsequent chemical projects, and I can't find magnesium refractory materials. Chief Executive, it's better to get some soda ash first and add it to the steelmaking furnace to desulfurize and dephosphorize. It's also possible in principle. Zhao Yuchun really wants good steel, so I'll use this method for the time being."

Seeing Mao Geng nodding, Gu Yongqiang said with great impetuousness:

"Teacher Mao, I would like to give you a comment. Let's stop the pneumatic tire project. If there is no rubber, it is thankless to force it to be put on pneumatic tires. The thing I made was broken after running a few miles. Instead of doing this, it would be better to send someone to America for a trip. One is rubber trees and the other is tobacco seeds. Then it is planted on a large scale in Luzon. Don't do anything, just plant rubber trees and tobacco leaves. Oh, of course, rice and sugarcane can also be planted as appropriate. I think Luzon's positioning is planting. As for industry, don't plan to enter the Luzon development plan. Later generations have never heard of any powerful industry in the Philippines. I guess it is not suitable for industry there at all."

It seems that the pneumatic tire project is a blind commander, and I don’t know how much resources have been wasted. Although Mao Geng was very dissatisfied with Gu Yongqiang’s proposal at the meeting, he still had to express his opinion on this matter:

"Old Gu said it well. The pneumatic tire project was my mistake. Let's stop here. As for rubber seedlings and tobacco seeds, you have to wait until Garen's wave-resistant ship is built before you can arrange your trip to America. It will take at least a year to get American species, such as rubber seedlings, tobacco seeds, potatoes and corn seeds."

When Lao Qiu saw that Mao Geng, the leader, seemed very responsible, he flattered:

"Teacher Mao is a great blessing for us to cross the boundaries."

Then he looked directly at Gu Yongqiang and Lao Qiu smiled and said:

"But I don't agree with Gu Yongqiang's statement. Why can't Luzon be able to engage in industry? Can Taiwan's resources be compared with Luzon? What about South Korea? Singapore is even more incomparable. Taiwan and South Korea Singapore are both four Asian dragons. Don't forget that the Philippines in later generations has a population of 100 million, with a large territory and rich resources. If its industry is not strong, it is because its government is not strong."

Lao Qiu paused, glanced at the seat, and said solemnly:

"If we want to build Luzon through the boundaries, can we come up with an effective construction plan? Please consider it carefully. Maybe one day, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty ordered our Chief Executive Mao to be transferred to Luzon as Chief Executive again. This possibility is. Since there is this possibility, we have to come up with a set of plans."

Qian Ai, who has never spoken, also said:

"Lao Qiu is right. Besides, even if Chief Executive Mao was not in charge of Luzon's great development, the Emperor of Song Dynasty would probably not let us be a bystander. Some of us would probably be sent to Luzon, so I agree with Lao Qiu, it is always appropriate to prepare more."

Mao Geng had a headache. Thinking from the perspective of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, a Taiwan has not been settled yet. Now there is suddenly another Luzon to build. What would Zhao Group think!
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