What is an "industrial zone"?

Divide a piece of land and build a few factories at random and call it an "industrial zone"?

Further, is it enough to plan an industrial zone with easy access to energy and materials in the vicinity?

Further, when planning an industrial zone, consider not only the cost of obtaining energy and materials, but also the need for densely populated towns near the industrial zone, and the urban population derives the demand market for industrial products, so that the products of the industrial zone can be sold nearby, so that it is always okay, right?

The Karon Industrial Estate met all of the above conditions at the time of planning, but it still did not meet the criteria of a true "industrial area" in Roland's eyes.

The centralization of factories to save on management and tax costs, the availability of convenient and cheap energy and materials, and the proximity of markets to reduce transportation and storage costs are all external factors, as well as the overall management of the industrial zone.

How to manage it as a whole? The answer in Roland's mind is to establish a complete upstream and downstream "industrial chain", so that most factories can find their own part of the industrial chain, so that organically organized industrial clusters can really be regarded as "industrial zones" in the modern sense.

This time he came to visit the Karon Industrial Zone, and he wanted to introduce this idea to Semyon Ivanovich, but he did not expect that the other party seemed to have no teacher.

"Semyon Ivanovich, I have a few questions, you think carefully before answering."

"Uh, haha, Your Highness, please ask, I will answer carefully." Semyon took out a handkerchief and wiped his forehead, looking a little nervous.

Roland turned to look at the sawmill, "First question, where do the raw materials for the sawmill come from?" ”

"From the forest, of course." Lyudmila couldn't help but whisper, feeling that Roland's question was pure nonsense. The sawmill is made of felled trees, so where does it come from?

"Lumberyard, of course." Semyon replied in a serious manner.

"Where's the lumberyard?" Roland then asked.

"On the edge of the forest in the upper reaches of the Bailu River, about forty miles away from the industrial area." There was no need for Roland to ask any more questions, Semyon already knew what to say next, "The timber cut in the forest at the lumber yard is tied into wooden rafts by the river, and pushed down the river to the industrial area, where it is salvaged on the river near the sawmill, which can greatly save transportation costs." ”

Roland nodded and continued to ask, "I saw that there are still a few vacant lots near the sawmill and paper mill, how did you plan it?" ”

"I've thought about the use of those plots of land, and I'm contacting the relevant manufacturers!" Roland's question scratched Xie Mion's itch, and he couldn't help but frown, "The piece of land near the sawmill is reserved for the furniture factory, and you can get wood from the sawmill to make furniture nearby, considering that the manufacture of furniture requires a lot of leather and iron nails in addition to wood, and the adjacent plot is best to have a leather processing factory and an iron nail factory, and the iron nail factory needs the ironmaking factory to provide raw materials, fortunately, there is already a large-scale ironmaking factory in our park, which is just connected to this link...... Ahem, it's a bit far, let's go back and talk about the paper mill, the nearby piece of land is reserved for the printing plant, the customer I have already negotiated, the new printing plant mainly serves the newspaper, and a lot of newsprint is needed every day, and the paper mill next to it doesn't have to worry about the lack of business at all! ”

"I have no other questions, Mr. Semyon Ivanovich, you have developed a mature set of ideas for the planning and management of industrial parks, and I look forward to seeing your ideas come to fruition in practice." Roland smiled and encouraged.

Through these questions, Roland determined that Semyon's decision to put the paper mill and sawmill together was not just a whimsical "little cleverness" as he claimed, but in fact Semyon had already formed the concept of a modern industrial layout of the "industrial chain", and was planning ambitiously to put his idea into practice.

Roland was willing to give Semyon room to display his talents, but he didn't intend to give him too much guidance, otherwise it might hurt his self-esteem and make him lose his sense of accomplishment in his work. It is enough to stay attentive and give appropriate warnings at critical moments when the other person may go astray.

Thinking so, Roland did not intend to continue the topic, and gladly accepted Semyon's invitation to have a light meal in the canteen of the industrial zone, and then went on to inspect in the afternoon.

Semyon Ivanovich was not as active at the wine table as usual, and he did not want to leave the impression of a drunkard in the eyes of the distinguished guests, so he tried to figure out where to take His Royal Highness the prince and his party to visit in the afternoon, and which factory had characteristics worth seeing.

An industrial zone is not a playground, where are there so many unique factories? Everyone rushes to do the business of making a fortune, and most factories are actually the same.

Xie Miao thought about it, barely found two families to make up the number, and after eating, he led Roland and his party to the carriage and went to the northernmost part of the industrial zone. Not far from the riverbank sits a hill, not very high, with sparse vegetation and bare ridges that bare their reddish-brown skin in the strong afternoon sun. Semyon circled a piece of land at the foot of the mountain, which was considered a predetermined factory site, but the factory did not even have a shadow, which made Anthony and Lyudmila who came to visit feel inexplicable.

"Everyone, please see, that is the local well-known 'Red Stone Mountain', we can see the large pieces of red stone on the mountain with the naked eye only by the naked eye, that is actually a very valuable mineral, grinding into powder can be processed into good red dye, I plan to build a dye factory here nearby, looking for partners." Semyon Ivanovich picked up a fist-sized stone on the spot and handed it to Roland, pointing out to him the red mineral mixed in the stone, "This is a redstone mine, open-pit ore is very convenient to mine, and after crushing it, you can get pure red stone after a little screening." ”

Roland picked up the stone and looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt that this vermilion mineral was familiar, and he listened to Semyon talk about the wide range of uses of red stone as a pure natural mineral dye and pigment, and became more and more sure that this so-called "red stone" was actually the "cinnabar" ore on the earth.

Roland's knowledge of chemistry is at the level of a high school student at best, but fortunately, this level of chemical knowledge can be regarded as erudite in the world of Vares, and he has a good memory, and he still has some impressions of the chemical composition of cinnabar.

"Cinnabar", also known as "Dansha", is a natural ore of mercury sulfide, bright red, durable and not fading, ground into powder can be used as calligraphy and painting pigments and textile dyes. This ruddy and bright color is very popular with painters, Chinese calligraphy and painting is called "Danqing", in which "Dan" refers to cinnabar, the indispensable "Eight Treasures Printing Clay" in calligraphy and painting pigments, and the main ingredient is also cinnabar.