"But we are also short of electricity!" Zhou Bai mentioned it euphemistically.

In addition to the need for scrap resources, electric furnace steelmaking also consumes a lot of electricity. One of the reasons why Huaxia has not developed and expanded electric furnace steelmaking for a long time in later generations is because of the shortage of energy.

Until Meng Xiang came to this era, the problem of Huaxia Energy's relative tension has not been solved.

"Aren't we building a new power station? Some of the surplus electricity can be fully utilized. "Meng Xiang can't clearly say that there is the support of the base power station, according to the amount of scrap steel that is processed, the electricity is enough. But the matter of the base power station cannot be explained. Half of the electricity currently used on the site is provided by a base power station.

The base power station occupies a small space and has high power generation efficiency. Meng Xiang directly covered a shell on the outside, with some ancillary facilities, plus a few generator sets, it was regarded as a newly built power plant. In this way, the coal that is brought in every day is no longer dazzling. Even though the base power station consumes a lot of coal, there is a secret delivery of mining vehicles. In addition, some key links are controlled and managed by clones, so that the secrets of the power station are not revealed.

Some base power stations are even directly connected to nearby power plants with cables and output directly to the outside.

Some cities have built base power stations nearby, some of which supply base electricity, and some of which supply factories and civil use. The output of power plants with a nominal power of 1 to 50,000 kilowatts does not have a big impact on the base power stations with a power of 300,000 kilowatts. It also does not affect the transmission of electricity from bases with high energy demand.

However, in order to prevent accidents and cultivate Huaxia's power talents, Meng Xiang has not stopped building his own power plant.

At this time, the electricity was mainly coal power and hydropower.

The shortcomings of hydropower for the environment have been highlighted in later generations. Not to mention the geological, climatic, and biological disasters caused by ligation of river arteries, even if small hydropower can quickly bring electricity to poor areas, the damage to the environment cannot be fully assessed at this time. If the construction of a small power station cannot be comprehensively utilized with disaster prevention, irrigation, aquaculture, etc., and is not particularly suitable for construction, Meng Xiang will not easily give instructions. He would rather build a few more cables to carry electricity, perhaps wasting some electricity in the transmission, but the scope of the damage can be controlled, and some things can be reversed.

This is not to say that hydropower cannot be used, but it is to be used cautiously and limitedly. Human beings have not yet solved the mysteries of nature, and the construction of power stations for the sole purpose of generating electricity will undoubtedly lead to catastrophic consequences. If a river is compared to the blood vessels of the earth, the symptoms of clogged and blocked blood vessels are serious diseases.

In 37, he obtained a doctorate in water conservancy from the United States, and Huang Wanli, who ran to the vanguard army last year, also held this view.

For Huang Wanli, Meng Xiang still has great respect. Not for the correctness of his academic views, but for the upright backbone. It is too difficult to achieve the standard of a husband who cannot be moved by poverty, wealth or silver, and might. When everyone is in the clouds, it is considered conscientious to be able to remain silent, but Huang Wanli can still hold opposing opinions. Later generations called him a saint-level figure, not because he was deified, but because his spirit was worthy of everyone's admiration.

As soon as he defected last year, Meng Xiang directly appointed him to be responsible for inspecting and issuing a feasible surname report on the construction of a hydropower station in the upper reaches of the Yellow River.

In later generations, the area of Longyang Gorge, Qingtong Gorge and Lijiaxia was the largest cascade hydropower station group in China, but after all, it was the main stream of the Yellow River, and Meng Xiang did not dare to be sloppy, and wanted to hear the results of Huang Wanli's field investigation.

There are more than 10 million kilowatts of reserves, and although many areas there are not yet under the control of the Vanguard Army, they are also coming soon.

Because there was a blockade by the vanguard army in the north, and it was difficult to be blocked by the central army, Itagaki Seishiro took 50,000 devils all the way to assault, crossed Shaanxi, and broke through all the way to Ningxia. This is in line with Meng Xiang's intention to go all the way to the northwest. Although the vicinity of Baota Mountain is not suitable for the vanguard army to enter, which makes him a little aggrieved, there is no taboo in Ningxia, Gansu and other places.

Fu Zuoyi's troops were still being reorganized, while Zhang Zizhong's 38th Division continued to slowly press towards the northwest. Therefore, those areas with abundant water power are about to be controlled by Meng Xiang.

Elsewhere, Meng Xiang has no plans to build a hydropower plant. Coal power is the main choice for development. There are no nuclear power plants at the base, and oil resources are scarce, so it is also a good way to use the abundant coal resources in the north. After all, there is a relatively high power generation rate of the base to support it.

At this time, the units of the American thermal power station have also reached 300,000 kilowatts, and 100,000 and 200,000 kilowatts are the mainstream.

Huaxia's foundation is thin, and it is very difficult to choose a 50,000 kilowatt one. The whole of Beiping has been supplied by Shijingshan's 45,000 kilowatt power plant in the past.

However, for the sake of future use and development considerations, Meng Xiang intends to choose the mainstream power at 10 kilowatts.

For those power stations, Meng Xiang took into account the pressure brought by urban development and expansion and traffic in the future, and strongly chose the pithead power plant and the mining power plant. Transmission is to increase the transmission voltage and reduce losses.

Although the Americans have been experimenting with the ultra-high transmission voltage of 287 thousand volts since 35 years, this technology is not easy to obtain and digest by the vanguard, Meng Xiang only determined the long-distance high-voltage transmission voltage to 110-220 thousand volts, and cooperated with the mining area and the pithead power plant to improve the establishment of a synchronous transmission power grid in the province.

Moreover, Mengxiang will also develop ultra-high voltage transmission as soon as possible in the next step. In the sixties, it has reached 765 thousand volts, and when the time comes, it will be possible to establish a national network for regional transportation.

In the 21st century, 110 kV long-distance high-voltage transmission lines were common in China. Taking advantage of this era, there is little technological blockade, and Meng Xiang first got this technology from the Americans and gradually digested it.

In fact, Mengxiang also has a more advanced power transmission method. The sub-bases are only directly connected, so they can transmit power over long distances, and the losses are negligible. But the largest is only twice the diameter, which is only 400 kilometers. Moreover, at this time, because it was mainly for the sake of war, it was limited by the star value, and the number of power stations was small. Moreover, it is necessary to consider independent development, so Meng Xiang would rather choose this technology to digest it by himself.

Real money is smashed, and the Americans are still happy to do it. It also promised to train relevant talents for the vanguard army, the power grid has not yet begun to be fully constructed, and it is not very anxious, and cultivating its own talents is the key.

Meng Xiang will not only count on the Americans, the Germans' 110 kilowatt transmission technology is also very mature, and there are large arms deals as compensation, Meng Xiang chose to combine the two.

When it comes to power transmission, it is impossible not to mention Tesla, the ancestor of electricity transmission.

Tesla is not as unappreciated as many people think, and Morgan and the American political axe are very strict in monitoring it. And when the people of the vanguard army tried to contact him, he did not plan to move any more places. As long as Meng Xiang imagined that as long as he was given generous funds and perfect experimental conditions, the plot where he would come to hug his thighs did not appear at all. The first contact failed like this.

But Meng Xiang is absolutely not giving up, only Einstein and Tesla are the top scientists in this era.

So far, Einstein still has no hope. tied him up in time and hid him, and people were not necessarily happy to drag his family. Even if you force someone to do research, and give you a wrong data, you will lose a lot. However, because the Vanguard protected the Jews, Einstein had a good impression of the Pioneers, and even agreed to participate in the first Dragon Cup Science Award.

Although it is impossible to use it completely for the vanguard army, it is still possible to help train a student, become a guest professor or something.

And the only one who may be in control is Tesla. The Tesla that was deified in later generations made Meng Xiangdu almost think that he was a traverser. However, Tesla's ability is very powerful, especially the research on electromagnetism is first-class. The electromagnetic weapon in the red alert, Meng Xiangdu suspected that he needed to be activated from time to time. So Tesla will never let it go.

was rejected by him for the first time, and Meng Xiang had no choice but to kidnap him. If you want to break through the Americans' defenses, you have to wait until something catches their attention. World War II is undoubtedly a good pretense, Meng Xiang can only make preparations for kidnapping little by little at this time, so Tanya is ready to set off and rush to the United States.

Since the end of the war in Shanxi, there has been a period of tranquility around the territory of the vanguard army. This time, he was much more honest, and even the attacks near the Huai River were stopped. Except for the sound of gunfire on the training ground of the Vanguard, the echo of gunfire was no longer heard on the battlefield.

After a period of forward pressure, the vanguard army has been forced to the north bank of the Huai River, and he himself has consciously retreated, and the two sides directly take the Huai River as the boundary and start a new round of confrontation.

But the vanguard did not stop, but the guns had turned to the north and west.

The army of the vanguard army has developed to a certain extent, and it is no longer a heap of novices before. This allowed Meng Xiang to develop northward with confidence and begin to contact the border. More crucially, Meng Xiang needs those cattle and sheep on the grassland.

The outbreak of World War II meant that there were no limits to business opportunities. In addition to aspiring to be an arms dealer, Meng Xiang is also very concerned about the sale of clothing and military rations.

These light industries can quickly stimulate the economy and employment, and the results are exceptionally fast.

Meng Xiang paid attention to the cattle and sheep on the grassland in order to improve the life in the base area and prepare for the sale of military rations.

World War II was about to begin, and food became an important material in the ranks of weapons and energy. What is suitable for military food needs to be easy to preserve, easy to carry, and easy to eat. Canned food has always been one of the most suitable military foods in that era.

It can be stored for a long time, hot or cold, and it also saves the trouble of pots and pans. In order to prepare for the huge demands of World War II, Meng Xiang has built several canneries in the war zone.

There are also a variety of varieties, but according to the preferences of Westerners, meat is the mainstream. This inevitably requires the support of a strong livestock and livestock industry.

After the initial shortage of grain on the territory of the vanguard army, with the increase of surplus grain in the countryside, the aquaculture industry also gradually developed. In particular, Shandong was the first to implement agricultural tax exemption. Although the breeding industry sometimes needs to consume some coarse grains, in that era, many of them were free-range, and some were fed by grass, straw and other sundries, but not much was fed with grain.

Meng Xiang even took out the practice of breeding earthworms as feed that later generations heard about early.

Earthworm manure and loose soil can be returned to the field to fertile soil, and earthworms are high-quality protein feed, which can be supplied to a variety of animals as feed. After a year of experimentation, the method is being promoted.

This kind of feed is not omnipotent, cattle, horses, sheep, donkeys, mules, etc., or grass, straw, soybean cakes, etc. Only birds such as chickens and ducks are more prominent.

With the improvement of the consumption level on the territory, the consumption of eggs and poultry is increasing. And poultry provide more than just eggs, duck eggs and poultry meat, their feathers are also good materials. Especially for ducks, Meng Xiang proposed the concept of duck down jacket early. Although nylon is in short supply, silk and duck down jackets are more upscale and comfortable.

Pigs are omnivorous, it is best to feed, after the appropriate addition of earthworm protein feed, the fattening is particularly fast, although the taste is slightly worse, but the first thing needed at this time is the quantity.

After more than a year of breeding, the number of pigs on the territory of the Pioneer Army has increased significantly. At this time, there were only 70 or 80 million heads in the country, and half of the territory of the vanguard army. This also made Gu Gengyu run more to the territory of the vanguard army.

Gu Gengyu is the king of the world's bristles. At its peak, China's bristles accounted for 80% of the world's total. At its peak, Gujia's Tiger bristles accounted for 70% of the world's total production.

Later generations did not know much about bristles, but in that era, the ordinary life of the people was inseparable from it. Its biggest use is to make brushes. It is used for shoe brushes, toothbrushes, hairbrushes, and clothing brushes. Industrial brushes are also made from it. With the rise of the construction industry and the automotive industry, the usage is even more. Even during the war, the amount of use was not reduced in the slightest, from cleaning the barrels of cannons and various types of machinery to painting warships and airplanes.

In World War II, the United States classified bristles as a strategic material category A, which is equivalent to munitions. In Washington, there is a special agency responsible for distributing the bristles obtained from Huaxia. Due to the blockade of the Japanese army, the bristles were airlifted by plane in the later period. Even with a nylon brush, the effect is much worse, and people still like to use bristle brushes.

At that time, when faced with competition for nylon brushes, the American paint unions united and resisted nylon brushes. Even a well-known dentist in the United States strongly advocated the use of bristle toothbrushes, which are more conducive to protecting teeth and make people more inclined to choose bristle brushes.

In '47 to '54, Gujia's natural bristle brush drove DuPont's artificial bristles out of the world market. It's just that a lot of changes have been made in Huaxia later, and chemical organic products are constantly improving, which makes the bristle market relatively declined.

But at that time, it was also China's export strength, and there were tens of millions of dollars in sales a year in this era.

The tens of millions of dollars in this era are not the depreciated dollars of the future, but the soft gold that is resounding. It has always been eye-catching, and after the central political axe retreated to Yucheng, he lost the money pockets of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Lao Jiang, who lacked funds, hit his mind in this regard. This year, it was directly proposed that the political axe should purchase and sell the bristles. This made the Gu family, which accounted for the majority of the Chinese bristles, passive all of a sudden.

Lao Chiang's measures were not very wrong, at that time, the national crisis was at the head, and the centralized management of strategic materials was nothing. The key is that in terms of implementation, prices are too low, and coupled with inflationary pressures, it is only equivalent to more than one percent of the international market at its worst. At this time, although it is not so low, the price is much worse than that of the international market.

However, the central government's measures did not affect the territory of the vanguard army. Shandong, Hebei and other places occupied by the vanguard army are all large pig-raising provinces. In 34 years, the total number of pigs in China reached a peak of more than 78 million, and the number of pigs on the territory of the vanguard army also increased steadily as the war continued to decline. It occupies more than half of the number of China, and has also become the largest raw material for bristle materials.

Meng Xiang also refused to let go of this profit point, but he didn't plan to do it himself, and after Gu Gengyu came to the door, he gave them this piece. If nothing else, just for Tiger, a world famous brand that has been created. Of course, Meng Xiang did not give up this opportunity to participate in the shares, increased capital investment, and expanded the scale. Not only has the number of bristles increased, but also in the production and packaging. In addition, it is developing downstream industries and starting to build various types of brush industries.

This kind of labor-intensive industry is suitable for the needs of China at this time.

Since the cooperation between the two sides, the export of bristles and brushes from the base of the vanguard army alone can exceed 10 million US dollars this year.

And the world market is far from saturated. With the bumper harvest of summer grain this year, the surplus grain will increase, and the number of pigs will be even more.

This is just to meet the increasing demand for meat on the territory, even if you can't eat it on your own territory, you can also make canned food.

Pork is a good ingredient for making ham sausages and canned luncheon meat.

In World War II, there is a legendary spirit meat in the rations of the U.S. military, which is luncheon meat.

Luncheon meat was invented by the American Hormel in 37 years and became famous in World War II.

Its formula is not complicated, and there are quite a few such recipes in Huaxia Food. According to Meng Xiang's prompt, several masters of Zhonghua Building have created a variety of flavors of luncheon meat. Canned luncheon meat was formed. Animal casings and sturdy paper wrapped ham sausages were also introduced.

These will be used as military rations to be used in the World War II market. Although meat was not abundant on the territory of the Vanguard, it was not until the middle and late stages of World War II that food became mainstream. Expensive grain can be exchanged for something more. Besides, Meng Xiang did not plan to intervene in the military food market on a large scale in the early stage, but just played the brand.

The number of pigs is still insufficient, and the war zone is constantly being consumed, and the remaining little is not enough, but fortunately, Westerners are also interested in beef and mutton. However, in the territory of the vanguard, most of the cattle were the main laborers, the number of sheep was not large, and the wider market was in the steppe. This is one of the reasons why the vanguard army is constantly approaching north.

Last winter, a large number of cattle that had frozen to death on the grasslands were exchanged for salt, tea, and sugar by the purchasing teams sent by the vanguard army. Under heavy snowfall, transportation was difficult, and in previous years these were directly wasted, and the vanguard army directly dispatched armored vehicles. Not only did I get it back, but I also made a lot of other businesses.

After a busy winter, not only did I get a lot of furs, but I also made a lot of canned food. Meng Xiang directly opened the canning factory in Baotou, Zhangjiakou and other places. There is no shortage of steel, preservatives such as nitrite and sulfur dioxide can also be produced, and various spices and monosodium glutamate ingredients are also added to it. In order to open the brand, taste is crucial. Europeans and Americans have heavy tastes, and there is no Sudan dyes and other tests at this time. During the war, it's good to have a stutter, but where else to pick what is bad for your health?

These numbers alone were not enough, and Meng Xiang made up his mind to control the grasslands, readjust the development of animal husbandry, and lay a good foundation for the massive consumption in the later stages of World War II.

Meng Xiang's goal is only in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, just as he has long gathered grain in the Americas, and he has also signed beef and mutton contracts in Australia and the Americas. When the war broke out and the prices of grain and meat rose, even if they were not used for their own use, as soon as they were handed over, it was another amount of money to be earned.

Canned food is not limited to meat, green beans, peanuts, and even fruits can be canned to supplement various nutrients.

The Pioneer Army cooperated with the food king Le Rucheng to produce a large number of canned fish.

As he was forced to retreat by submarines, destroyers, and planes in the Bohai Sea, the patrol boats that blocked him disappeared. Fishing in the Bohai Sea has resumed. Not only that, but even in the Yellow Sea, offshore fishing has developed.

Fishing boats converted from landing craft are very popular with fishermen, and with the increase in seafood, not only is there an abundance of food on the market, but a large amount of seafood is also canned.

Le Rucheng's Taikang brand canned food is already a famous brand, and Meng Xiang has injected more funds to increase the scale of production, preparing to reap a fortune in World War II.

Military rations are not limited to canned food, the vanguard army in Qingdao, Miaojia and Wu Baiheng joint venture biscuit factory, after the development of calcium milk biscuits suitable for infants and the elderly after the popularity of the very popular, and under the prompting of Meng Xiang, it took more than half a year to develop compressed biscuits. Coupled with the already well-known Huaqing instant noodles, the products sold by the vanguard army's military rations have become more abundant.