"Hear no, our steel production in Huaxia has exceeded 6o tons. In the Spring Breeze Triumphant Building near the Temple of Shanghai City, many people sat together in twos and threes listening to the radio in the teahouse, and discussed a few words from time to time. On the morning of New Year's Day in '41, the government work report of the joint theater was broadcast, and some people who were particularly concerned about it began to listen to it early.

Because of the various business opportunities on the territory of the vanguard army, there was no situation where Chinese capital flocked to the Shanghai Concession, nor did it create a deformed prosperity in the Concession. But after all, Shanghai has concentrated the majority of foreign capital in China, and with decades of exhibitions, it is still prosperous at this time. In particular, the degree of freedom in the Shanghai Concession is relatively large, and it is easier to hide dirt and dirt, so some businessmen like to set up a point here.

But the tentacles of these businessmen have also extended all the way to the territory of the vanguard army, and naturally they pay special attention to the policies and dynamics of the vanguard army. At this time, I don't know how many people are paying attention to the changes in those numbers, looking for opportunities, waiting for the announcement of the coalition government in the new year. Today, there is no more storytelling and juggling in the big bookstore of the Spring Breeze Building, only Zhou Bai's clear speech voice from the Pioneer Radio is left.

"There is a lot of steel, but the price of this iron has not dropped much." A lean, skinny robe man with a goatee.

"Don't you look at when, at this time there is a war, steel is needed everywhere, where can the price of iron be cheap?" A fat boss on the table opposite him turned the two black jade balls in his hand and said slowly.

"Will there be moisture in this 610,000 number?" The goatee groaned for a moment and said, "I remember last year, it was only 120,000 tons", why did it rise so much all of a sudden? In the past, when the central government "made great efforts to purchase industry, there was never so much steel." Why did so many pop up all at once? ”

"What kind of industry did the previous central government purchase? Where can it be compared with the Vanguard? A man in a broken black and white striped suit at the other table said disdainfully, "As long as you have seen the machines bought by the Vanguard," you will understand where the 6o tons of steel came from. Don't say 6o thousand, to be honest, it is not unusual to produce a million tons. ”

"Indeed!" An old man wearing crystal lenses next to him nodded and said, "I went to Handan a year ago, and there were more chimneys in the big factories erected there than in the Hanyang Iron Works back then. I heard that the factory near Qian'an is bigger. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's changing with each passing day! ”

"It's just that there are machines, so many people come? I heard that this iron-making machine needs a special master to serve it! Goatee was still unconvinced.

"So you are lonely and unheard, you haven't seen so many foreign devils running over from Europe, not only there are many high-nosed foreigners in the ten-mile foreign field in Shanghai, but even those steel factories are often seen foreign devils. And behind their butts are a lot of our Chinese apprentices, who have learned their skills. With these people, are you afraid that no one will work? The man in the suit said disdainfully.

Previously, this year's steel output was far more than the Pioneer Army's plan of 5o million tons" is also related to the increase in foreign talents. Although Zhou Bai and others, who made the plan, estimated that there would be a big war in Europe, they did not expect that France and Belgium would be defeated so quickly, and they did not expect to be able to attract so many technicians, so the plan formulated was relatively conservative.

But at this time, with more people, Zhou Bai's plan was even bolder. The plan made for next year was directly adjusted to 15o thousand. The equipment and ordinary manpower are sufficient, and the lack is originally those technicians. At this time, with a steady stream of talents from Europe, it is not difficult to break through some quantitative bottlenecks.

"Listen to Minister Zhou's speech above!" The fat boss knocked the black jade ball in his hand, and immediately interrupted the retort that the goatee was about to speak. As soon as the goatee was reprimanded by him, the honest man in the suit immediately reprimanded the goatee just now, and he didn't hear the number clearly for a while" and hurriedly asked a young man in a Zhongshan suit at the same table: "Ziren, what was the power just now?" ”

"The installed capacity exceeded 3oo million dry watts, and the electricity also exceeded 2oo billion kilowatt hours." The man in the tunic said casually while counting on the paper in his hand.

"What is kWh?" Goatee whispered to a middle-aged man who looked like an account office next to him.

"Maybe it's a degree, a kilowatt-hour is a degree." The middle-aged account office is obviously not very clear, but with his up and down contact, he also deduced that this is a time. Sure enough, a moment later, Zhou Bai's explanation also emphasized this kilowatt hour here, which also proved his conjecture.

"2oo00 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, my mother, how many lights do you need?" Goatee exclaimed.

"How strange the major general is, you haven't seen Qidu LCD, Beiping, Chang'an and other places, when it comes to night, the lights are brilliant, and the excitement is not much worse than that of Shanghai." The man in the suit glanced at the goatee, and said mockingly, "In the factories in Tianjin, Xianyang, Zhengzhou, Taiyuan and other places, many of them are electric motors, which are dedicated to electricity, and do not burn coal.

There is no big chimney, but the huge machine turns a little, and it is not at all satisfied. Just like the trams in Shanghai, many cities in the joint theater have started tram lines. I'm afraid that there is less electricity, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to use it? ”

"3oo kilowatts is too much? It's so rare and weird! On a table a little farther away, a black sè suit and bow tie, like a young man who had just gone to a dinner party, snorted coldly, and pushed back the words of the man in the suit just now, "The Great Coulee Hydropower Station, which was started in the United States, has a planned installed capacity of 8.88 million kilowatts, and it is estimated that it will be able to generate electricity next year." One power station is more powerful than all the power units of the vanguard army. ”

The man in the suit didn't expect to meet a more professional person, he had just figured out the concept of kilowatt hours, and at this time he listened to the refutation of the bow tie man, and had the heart to refute, but he was afraid of saying the wrong thing and causing jokes, so he looked at the tunic beside him for help, and whispered: "Ziren!" ”

The tunic put down the hero pen produced by the vanguard army in his hand and chuckled: "The planned capacity is not necessarily the actual power. At present, the mainstream hydropower units in the United States are only 50,000 to 10,000 kilowatts, and it is estimated that the Grand Coulee hydropower station will install a maximum of 2o 10,000 kilowatt units at the beginning, leaving other units to be vacant. At the beginning, it was a maximum of 2oo kilowatts. ”

The bow tie man nodded slightly, the Daguli Hydropower Station is being installed in the old seat, enough for 10,000 kilowatts of hydroelectric units, until all the units are completed, it will take several years, maybe ten years to reach the scale of 2oo kilowatts. He had just returned from a visit there, and he hadn't made it to meet someone who understood.

"Before the Anti-Japanese War, the central government's electricity was only three or four billion kWh, and it is remarkable that the government of the United War District can do this in a few years." The tunic sighed.

In the past, even in those big cities in Beiping, the lights in the city were not on overnight, and it was common to walk at night when the lights went out in the middle of the night. Now in many small counties, some lights are on until dawn. The old man with crystal glasses said with a smile.

"This is the credit of the government of the United War District, the Suiren Project." The man in the tunic robe nodded happily.

"Sui?" The bow tie man was a little strange, and the thick Shaanxi pronunciation in the Mandarin of the man in the Zhongshan suit made him sound a little struggling.

"Suiren's Clan! Just like Prometheus, he brought fire and light to the world. However, our Suiren clan directly declassified all the methods of making fire, unlike Prometheus in the West who had to go to Zeus to steal it. The man in the tunic said humorously.

"What is this project......" asked the bow-tie man curiously.

"The Suiren clan brought the Chinese nation to expel the beasts and darkness and move towards the fire and light of civilization, and our Huaxia power industry has been trying to bring light and power to every corner of China." The man in Zhongshan said movingly, "Every county town has electricity in the county and county, and the all-day electricity is only the first step, what we are doing is to make the township electrified, and the whole day is electrified." As Minister Zhou said, within three years, we will be able to basically achieve this goal. ”

"Part of the first five-year plan?" The bow tie man suddenly thought of something and smiled.

"That's right! But our ultimate goal is to electrify every village, and it will take some time, but we will complete this plan four years ago. The man in the tunic nodded in approval, this is not a big secret, many of them have been announced to the public. It's like a plan for the people, and there are some top-secret parts in it, even he doesn't know very well. But the part that is open to the public is that it doesn't need to be kept secret.

"I heard that the Vanguard Army has a ten-year plan. From 39 to 49 years, it seems that this is part of the ten-year plan? The bow-tie man bowed his head in thought.

"There is a power plant near our hometown county, which seems to be 50,000 kilowatts, and I heard that it needs to supply electricity to several surrounding counties." A man with a northern Jiangsu accent interjected.

"There are no 50,000 or 10,000 units under construction in many areas, and the units near Taiyuan and Beiping will even exceed 20,000 kilowatts." The man in the tunic continued, "When they are all completed, our electric power will go up to a new level, and in another year or two, it is possible to exceed five million." By the time we complete the plan, it will exceed 10 million kilowatts.

Even hydropower, in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, we intend to build million-kilowatt hydropower stations. ”a。