bullyxtreme Chapter 263: The Oil and Automobile Industries Make the Battleship Montana a Showcase
Chapter 263: The Oil and Automobile Industries Make the Battleship Montana a Showcase
The Neutral Construction Oil Base can provide the ancient country with up to 10 billion tons of oil every year, and it is high-quality oil that is very easy to mine.
Virtually inexhaustible, at least until the world's oil reserves are exhausted.
It is precisely because of the existence of this oil field that the ancient country has established a complete petrochemical system in Anda City, Heilongjiang Province.
An oil city was even built on this land.
It covers an entire chain of industries, from upstream mining and refining to mid- and downstream basic chemicals, synthetic materials, and fine chemicals, with more than a hundred industry-related factories.
There are more than 6 oil field workers working in this oil field and its surrounding supporting factories alone, including their entire families. This once sparsely populated county has become a city with a population of .
Moreover, this scale is still increasing with the expansion of oil field production capacity.
As of November this year, Anda Oilfield has produced 11 million tons of crude oil.
The production of this oil field alone ranks second in the world.
However, it is still far behind the world's number one country, the United States.
Last year alone, the United States' annual oil production reached over 100 million tons, accounting for more than half of the world's annual oil production.
However, the Anda oil field has just begun to be developed.
According to the Executive Yuan's strategic plan, the Anda Oilfield is expected to reach an annual crude oil production of 5000 million tons within three years and 1 million tons within five years.
This output may seem exaggerated, but it is still insufficient compared to the 10 billion tons provided by the oil base each year.
But this is already the limit of mining.
If you want to raise this limit, you can only wait for the improvement of relevant mining technology.
Of the annual output of 2700 million tons, about 500 million tons are exported and the remaining more than million tons are used for self-use.
At present, the ancient country's oil refining technology is definitely the most advanced in the world.
The equipment used is at the technological level of the 1950s, and a new round of equipment upgrades will be carried out in the next few years.
With the current oil refining technology, the rate of finished oil can reach about 70%.
Basically, one ton of crude oil can be refined into 0.25 tons of gasoline and 0.45 tons of diesel.
The rest are by-products such as asphalt, lubricating oil, and kerosene.
The United States, a major oil-producing country, has a refined oil rate of around 60%.
During these 11 months, several medium and large petrochemical bases in the northern part of the ancient country provided the ancient country with 1540 million tons of gasoline and diesel.
This has basically freed the Restoration Army from its dependence on the base for fuel, and there is also a large amount of cheap oil available for the civilian market.
With sufficient oil supply, the demand for cars in the ancient market has begun to surge.
One reason is the supply of cheap fuel, and the other is that the industry has begun to take shape and the demand for automobiles is increasing.
The Opel Lightning trucks, Dodge trucks and other vehicles that had been retired by the Restoration Army were distributed among the people.
Most of the trucks running on the road now are retired military trucks.
Compared with family cars, trucks are more practical for the people of the ancient country who are just starting to live.
There are very few family cars that people can afford, so most of the family cars are imported luxury cars from abroad, and the cheapest ones cost thousands of dollars.
The Dongzhen First Automobile Manufacturing Plant, located in the Spring City of Saibei, launched the first civilian 4-ton truck developed and produced by the ancient country this year.
This truck is also a culmination of the GAZ series trucks and the Dodge series trucks, rather than a simple imitation and production.
This also means that the ancient country's automobile industry production chain has been opened up.
We can use this as a catalyst to develop a flourishing automobile manufacturing industry in our ancient country.
And this can already be seen in private enterprises.
As the government gradually opens up larger-scale steel purchasing restrictions to the market, a number of private car companies have begun to emerge.
There are currently more than 20 bicycle brands alone.
This is also because bicycle technology is simple and the investment is small. In addition, the bicycle market is large enough and the demand from the people is very strong.
Therefore, even though there are more than 20 bicycle companies, they still cannot meet the market demand.
In many cities, bicycles are basically sold out on the same day they are delivered.
This also reflects that people's demand for travel is gradually increasing.
Capital has a keen sense of smell. How could they not notice the increase in public demand for travel?
They know very well that whoever can launch the first high-quality and affordable car will be able to get the first piece of the pie.
The company that took the first bite of the cake was Nanhua Automotive Technology Co., Ltd., or NAC for short, which was invested by overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia.
Nanjing Automobile was established in February this year with an investment of more than 2 million yuan.
The largest shareholder of Nanjing Automobile is the Huang family. The eldest son of the Huang family, Huang Shuye, is the chairman of the company and holds 35.72% of the company's shares.
Nanhua Automobile was established in February and launched its first product to the market in July.
This product is a two-wheeled motorcycle.
As the first domestically produced motorcycle, the market response was very enthusiastic.
In the motorcycle industry alone, Nanhua Automobile has generated revenue of more than 300 million oceans in just a few months, and this revenue is still growing rapidly.
In November, they launched their first civilian car.
The birth of this civilian car has a lot to do with Jiang Hua.
Because the idea of this car came from Jiang Hua.
Jiang Hua’s creativity comes from modern time and space.
When it comes to quality and low price, there is probably nothing that can compare to a van.
Although vans have higher requirements for road traffic, with the progress of large-scale infrastructure construction in the ancient country, there will definitely be more and more roads that can be used for efficient traffic.
In addition, the greatest demand for this type of operating truck is undoubtedly in cities, so they basically run in cities.
As for the people in rural areas, they are still struggling to make ends meet, so how can they afford to buy a car?
Nanhua Automobile had a very successful first bite of the pie, selling more than 3000 vehicles that day, with each vehicle priced at 470 yuan.
This is already very good value for money.
You should know that before this, any foreign car that entered the ancient country without any tariffs could be sold for at least 1000 oceans.
An ordinary Ford Model T could be sold for more than 2000 dollars, which was almost like picking up money.
A van that costs 470 yuan is already very cost-effective, and all the core components have been domestically produced.
This sales volume is already a great success for Nanhua Automobile.
With the influx of large amounts of capital, the automobile industry will soon see a flourishing and diverse landscape.
This is also an inevitable result of market development.
As long as there is demand, it means there is a market, and market capital will naturally flow in without Jiang Hua's intervention.
But now a new problem is facing Jiang Hua and the Executive Yuan, that is money!
This money does not refer to a lack of money, but currency.
With the development of industry, the market capital flow in the ancient country has become increasingly larger.
The ocean is too heavy and completely inconvenient for large-scale market transactions, so the introduction of paper money is inevitable.
However, the ancient people had a natural distrust of paper money.
After all, many banknotes were issued during dynasties in history, and all of them were scammed without exception.
Coupled with the collapse of the gold standard, if paper currency wants to be issued with gold as an anchor, it can only wait to be fleeced by international capital.
Therefore, at present, only credit currency can be issued.
Fortunately, the previous Fuxing government had a very good reputation among the people, which provided a certain foundation.
Therefore, Finance Minister Meng Zhenhua proposed a legal tender reform plan.
The issuance of legal tender will completely eliminate the circulation of foreign currencies and oceans.
"Mr. President, this is the first version of the banknote we designed. We named it Huayuan."
Meng Zhenhua placed a whole page of booklets of different sizes in front of Jiang Hua.
The Huayuan mainly consists of banknotes, supplemented by coins.
纸币面值大小有1分、5分、1角、2角、5角、1元、2元、5元、10元、20元、50元，共计11种。
These banknotes incorporate the most advanced anti-counterfeiting technology currently available.
It has undergone comprehensive upgrades in terms of paper, watermark, security thread, printing technology, etc.
Not only is the style exquisite, but it is also easy to preserve and convenient to circulate.
Of course, Jiang Hua’s exquisite portrait was naturally used on banknotes of 10 yuan and above.
Coins used as subsidiary currencies are made of copper, lead, steel and other materials, and the highest face value is 1 yuan.
Jiang Hua was very satisfied looking at these sample coins with exquisite styles that showed the profound cultural heritage of the ancient country.
Even if people in the future look at it from their perspective, they basically won't find any major flaws.
At least from his aesthetic point of view, there is no problem.
This is the result of countless revisions by art designers.
"Let's follow this format. You've already made a plan for the release.
I only have one request, and that is stability! There must be no chaos."
"Please rest assured, President! We have developed a comprehensive plan. Even if we encounter obstruction and interference from foreign capital, we are confident that we can issue this currency smoothly."
Foreign capital led by John has set its sights on the upcoming issuance of Huayuan.
Meng Zhenhua has also noticed this.
The initial stage of currency issuance is most prone to chaos and turmoil.
If the Huayuan depreciates rapidly when it is issued, it will be a major blow to the new country.
How could a country led by John miss such a great opportunity?
However, in order to prevent the country headed by John from interfering so blatantly with the issuance of Huayuan, Jiang Hua decided to give them a small warning first.
And this small warning came from the Montana-class battleship that had just been launched not long ago.
As long as this battleship goes around the South Seas, it can be regarded as a warm-up for the upcoming battleship craze.