Beiyang reactionaries

In order to train electric power workers, the Ministry of Electric Power can only set up vocational technical secondary schools at its own expense.These are all money.

In this way, China is now running a fiscal deficit every year.Therefore, in the past few years, China's national debt has increased year by year, and various national debts have been issued in different ways.There are many types of treasury bonds with one-year, three-year, five-year, and ten-year maturities.It is all issued in order to make up for financial support because the fiscal deficit is too serious.

More banknotes are printed.

If not, the government is suppressing the rise of grain prices, but the price of rice has risen to 14 yuan per load, which shows how severe the inflation in the city is.

As the minister of the Ministry of Chemical Industry, Fan Xudong, not to mention spending 1000 million yuan to develop the fertilizer industry, even spending one-third of the money is very difficult.

This is the status quo.

The situation of the Ministry of Agriculture is not much better than that of the Ministry of Chemical Industry, Fan Xudong is also very clear about this.What Zhang Lan said is very good, but where does the money come from.And now it is said to be 1000 million, but who knows how much it will cost when the factory is actually built.What if you spend 2000 million at that time?

Fan Xudong had to consider these things.

"As long as you decide to build, then there's nothing you can't do."

Zhang Lan listened to Fan Xudong's words and did not retreat in the slightest.Instead, he said affirmatively: "Minister Fan, it is very difficult for one department to undertake such a task, but if several departments cooperate, it is not impossible. The Ministry of Agriculture is really eager to see through the chemical fertilizer industry, because it is our Food security is the most important thing. So our Ministry of Agriculture counts as one, and our Ministry of Agriculture will do as much as we can, and we will never hold back. I think just now that Commander Li (Li Jishen) said that the Construction Corps supports the construction of the ammonium sulfate plant factory, then it will definitely join in and support this plan. Moreover, the nitric acid produced by the ammonium sulfate factory is a must for the military and a military factory. I believe that if the military knows that the ammonium sulfate factory can provide tens of thousands of tons per year Nitric acid, they will definitely be interested in it. Coupled with the joining of the Ministry of Chemical Industry, our several departments will coordinate and cooperate together. I don't believe that we can't complete the construction of the ammonium sulfate plant. What if there are insufficient technical personnel? We can let those college students participate in the construction of the ammonium sulfate plant and learn knowledge at the same time. I believe that our students will not delay their study, but will let them learn More stuff."

Hearing Zhang Lan's decisive words, Fan Xudong was taken aback.Unconsciously, he looked at Hou Debang next to him.Hou Debang also turned his head to look at Fan Xudong at this time, both of them showed a trace of shame on their faces.

Yes.

The two of them can be said to be the authority of China's chemical industry at present, because they have created China's largest chemical group, China National Chemical Corporation.

It started under a very difficult environment, and after moving to Sichuan, with the support of Duan Xun, it developed the current China National Chemical Corporation.China National Chemical Corporation is not only the largest chemical group in China, but also the largest chemical group in the entire Far East.The refined salt factory, soda factory, and sulfuric acid factory they own are the largest in the Far East.Not only are their products dominant in China, they are even sold overseas.

How many big names in China's chemical industry have gone out from their China National Chemical Corporation.And now how many chemical factories in China are inextricably linked with China National Chemical Corporation.

After entering the government department, the two of them also made great contributions to the development of China's chemical industry.Starting from the foundation of China's chemical industry and education in the chemical industry, the past few years have been busy with the development of the coal chemical industry.

But precisely because of this, the two of them fell into a misunderstanding.I always think that the development of China's chemical industry is the business of the two of them and the Ministry of Chemical Industry.

Did not consider the problem from a higher level.

Because the Ministry of Chemical Industry really has no funds and cannot dispatch more technical personnel, it has been delaying and delaying the chemical fertilizer industry.But now hearing Zhang Lan's words, the two of them suddenly understood.The Chinese government is a whole, and many departments need to cooperate with each other.The Ministry of Chemical Industry is not independent, let alone an isolated part.

A Ministry of Chemical Industry really cannot afford the funds to build an ammonium sulfate plant.But it is not just the Ministry of Chemical Industry that is looking forward to the ammonium sulfate plant.

Zhang Lan wanted to develop the fertilizer industry very early on, so he talked to Fan Xudong several times.There is also the Construction Corps, who are currently vigorously reclaiming wasteland and own a large area of ​​arable land.Just when a large amount of fertilizer is needed, the demand for ammonium sulfate is great.

In addition to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Construction Corps, there are also large military factories that use nitric acid on a large scale.The defense industry is inseparable from nitric acid, so it is entirely possible for military factories to participate in the construction of ammonium sulfate plants.

And when it comes to talents in the chemical industry, there is no shortage of these departments.

The Ministry of Agriculture is a little weaker, and there may be fewer chemical talents in hand.However, the Northeast University of Chemical Technology established by the Construction Corps took away a large number of chemical talents from Nanjing and Shanghai.Moreover, it has been three years since the establishment of Northeast University of Chemical Technology, and those students with short semesters have begun to graduate this year.Moreover, the Northeast Construction Corps now owns the North Chemical Plant. Using this plant for the production of ammonium sulfate and synthetic urea, it will definitely train a large number of talents in the chemical fertilizer industry in the next few years.

As for the military factory, there are more chemical talents.

It can even be said that half of China's chemical industry talents are in military factories.The gunpowder, bombs, artillery shells, aerial bombs researched by the army, and even the torpedoes researched by the navy do not need chemical talents.Every year, half of the students who graduate from chemical engineering universities, chemical engineering colleges, and chemical technical secondary schools go to work in military factories.

Cooperating with them can not only share the funds, but also get the support of a large number of chemical talents.As long as China can build an ammonium sulfate plant with an annual output of 40 tons, China's chemical industry will be able to take it to a new level.Utilizing such a large project can cultivate a large number of talents, and can also promote China's chemical industry technology.

Thinking of this, Fan Xudong suddenly became enlightened.

I am really incompetent as the Minister of Chemical Industry.Zhang Lan has been communicating with himself since a few years ago, hoping that the two departments can cooperate in the development of the fertilizer industry.It's just that I don't think it's possible, so I keep shirking it.Now it seems that I still see too shallowly and lack courage.

So Fan Xudong nodded slowly.

Said: "Commissioner Zhang, this method is feasible."

"Is it really possible?"

Seeing Fan Xudong spit, Zhang Lan was overjoyed.

Because although I am a cabinet member, if I really want to develop the chemical fertilizer industry, it is impossible to do it without the support of Fan Xudong and the Ministry of Chemical Industry.Even if you have money, you can't do it.If Fan Xudong didn't support it, even Zhang Lan's own psychology would be lost.After all, in the field of chemical industry, Fan Xudong and the others are professionals.

"feasible."

Fan Xudong nodded.

But Fan Xudong immediately said: "However, Commissioner Zhang, we have no experience in an ammonium sulfate plant with an annual output of 40 tons. Moreover, a plant with such a large output must not introduce complete sets of equipment. Although this is much simpler, it is definitely not our burden." Affordable. Once the complete set of equipment is introduced, the funds spent at that time will not be a star and a half, and it may exceed 2000 million, or even 3000 million."

"What does Minister Fan mean?"

"After I went back, I immediately held a national chemical industry conference. Talk to people in this field across the country to see how much equipment we can build such an ammonium sulfate plant. When we established the soda plant At that time, the foundation was much worse than it is now. But at that time, the director of Yongming Paint Factory, Chen Tiaofu, was responsible for the establishment, and finally half of the equipment was assembled by ourselves. Therefore, I think that if possible, the equipment of the ammonium sulfate factory this time, If we can use domestic products, we will use all domestic ones. I also need to contact those who are studying abroad to find out how to import equipment, which is the most affordable. Only in this way can we reduce expenses as much as possible.”

"Minister Fan, you are professional in this area. I trust you. I will do logistics for you and help you coordinate other departments. I will report to the Prime Minister immediately after I go back. He will be very happy."

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After Zhang Lan, Li Jishen, and Fan Xudong discussed in Harbin, they immediately split up.After Zhang Lan returned to Beijing, he immediately found Duan Xun.

told them the plan.

An ammonium sulfate plant with an annual output of 40 tons.If such things alarmed the top leaders of the government 100 years later, then that would definitely be a big joke.Because a fertilizer plant of this scale can be built even in a small county.that time

But not now.

The current world chemical fertilizer industry has just developed for not many years.Therefore, there are not many ammonium sulfate plants with an annual output of 40 tons, not to mention in China, in the Far East, even in European and American countries.In Europe and the United States, it is also a large chemical fertilizer factory.

The chemical fertilizer industry is something that Duan Xun has always cared about and wants to develop.Speaking of chemical fertilizers, there is also a lot of controversy. Many people think that the use of chemical fertilizers is too serious for the damage to the soil, and it is far less good than farm manure.This is not just a debate decades or hundreds of years later, there are many such debates among the people at present.This debate has been going on since Jiangnan landlords started importing fertilizer a decade ago.

Many literati in the Republic of China opposed the practical use of chemical fertilizers in China, and criticized the use of chemical fertilizers on cultivated land in newspapers, thinking that this was changing nature.They think that agriculture is agriculture, it is natural, and industrial fertilizers should not be used.

Funny thing.Decades later and hundreds of years later, people are arguing about chemical fertilizers, worrying that using too much chemical fertilizers is not good for arable land.But no one doubts the role of chemical fertilizers in agriculture and the help of chemical fertilizers in production.But in this era, many literati in the Republic of China did not have any knowledge of science and engineering, and did not know anything about fertilizers.But relying on their influence, they encouraged everyone to oppose chemical fertilizers, believing that chemical fertilizers would affect Chinese agriculture.What they oppose is not chemical fertilizers, but Western countries, and they refuse to accept modern technology.

The funny thing is, they still have a lot of influence.Since the first time China imported chemical fertilizers, they have firmly held the upper hand in public opinion.When the landlords in the south of the Yangtze River could not afford chemical fertilizers because the price of grain was too low, so the import of chemical fertilizers was interrupted, those people thought that their appeal had achieved results, they were successful, and they were complacent in the newspapers.

But Duan Xun doesn't care about those people.

Just like everyone opposed the railway back then, in the face of advancing science and technology, they can only be ridiculed as "ignorant" by later generations.Farmyard manure is good and protects the soil very well.However, there are too many shortcomings of farmyard manure, first of all, the quantity is far from enough.In the face of 20 billion mu of arable land, China's farmyard manure is completely a drop in the bucket.

Also it is very inconvenient.

One mu of land, without using thousands of catties of farmyard manure, the effect will not be very good.Therefore, it is not easy to fertilize farmyard manure.For example, the Construction Corps owns 1600 million mu of arable land, and if they want to use farmyard manure entirely, they need to use tens of millions of tons.Where did they find so much farmyard manure, adding up all the farmyard manure in the Northeast would be enough.And even if it is found, how to transport so much farm manure.Whether it is railway transportation or road transportation, the current transportation method for tens of millions of tons of farmyard manure will not work.

These are the most practical questions.

Chemical fertilizers are different.First of all, it is easy to store and transport, and once industrialized and mass-produced, it can meet the needs of the whole country.Moreover, the effect of chemical fertilizers is obvious, and even has an immediate effect.

Just like some wilting crops, if you use chemical fertilizers on them, they will become stronger in a few days.

That's why it is necessary to develop the fertilizer industry.

As for the soil problem in the future, it will need to be solved slowly by future generations.For example, let some cultivated land go fallow, and some cultivated land should be managed well with farmyard manure, etc.

But for now, nothing is more important in agriculture than chemical fertilizers.Duan Xun has already felt the horror of the population growth rate.