Chapter Fifty-Three: Investigating the Naval Base

  Huang Jiaqiang continued to talk with Guo Yu about his procurement process, saying, "A comprehensive steel enterprise needs a lot of funds and equipment. We are still in further talks. If it is a million-ton level, the cost will be around 1 billion yuan, of course, this includes the cost of the steelmaking furnace, rolling mill, and forging equipment."

  "The refinery has been discussed, it is an annual output of 10 million tons of oil company, with an annual output of 360,000 tons of gasoline, 800,000 tons of diesel, and some other petroleum by-products such as asphalt, including storage equipment, the total investment will be around 1.2 billion, this has been basically finalized and can be signed soon, the technology is from ten years ago, but their equipment is still usable, they provide a full set of construction technology and production technology."

  "Now the company is mainly dealing with power plants and cement plants, refineries, and other small factories. We have collected some information, but we haven't really contacted them for negotiations yet, we still need to wait a while." Huang Jiaqiang said.

  The steel mill is not in a hurry, and other things will come slowly. As long as there is electricity, everything else will be easy to say. First, let's build the power plant step by step, one mouthful at a time can't make someone fat. Guo Yu is also not in a hurry because in 1915, there are not many workers available. Even if all the factories are built, it would be difficult to find so many workers for the time being. Moreover, his money is tight now.

  Back in modern times for half a month, Guo Yu prepared to return to 1915 and back to the garrison to find out about the recent situation from Da Zhu.

  "Master, the road to the residence has been opened up, but for now it's just a matter of digging out the trees on the surface and making it as flat as possible so that cars can pass through. The road is still an earth road. Those trees you mentioned have all been transported here to the residence, I don't know what master wants to use them for." Wu Dazhu was somewhat puzzled by Guo Yu's actions in bringing back the trees, since they were abundant on Kalimantan Island and he didn't see the point of bringing them back.

  "Get the money and you don't have to worry about it anymore, is there anything else?"

  "Ma Chen Port has been renovated, and Qian Wenxing is in charge of it. He said that most of the original people at the port have joined the company and have been assigned to various departments to work. Those who were unwilling to join the company were sent away by Lin Haichao's navy."

  "Gao Qing has also returned from within the country. Since Lao Ye wasn't around, there was no feedback. He unloaded his things and people, and directly set off for America. They've already been on their way for two days."

  Guo Yu looked puzzled and asked: "What thing and person, what's going on?"

  "Chen Yougong brought a large batch of antiques for the old master, which have all been stored in the warehouse. Also, there is a shortage of labor here, so I sent a telegram to Chen Yougong. This time, when Gaoqing returns, he will directly bring 6,000 people from Huafu Association and Huafu Academy, including 4,000 men and 2,000 women, all of whom have been studying in the association for some time."

  "How did you handle it?" Guo Yu asked.

  "They have been allocated to various departments, now each department is short of manpower, several ministers have come to ask for help many times, their work can't be carried out smoothly, these 6,000 people can alleviate the situation a bit."

  "It seems we are still short of labor, so we must rush to the countryside to open up a route for transporting laborers. Only then can our place develop well. Right, let people hurry up and tidy up the land in the residence area. After a while, I will transport the power plant and cement plant, and at that time you let Qian Wenxing, Liu Mingda and others organize the laborers." Guo Yu instructed.

  "Also call Li Siwen over, I have some things to entrust him with." Wu Dazhu heard this and went to call Li Siwen.

  Li Siwen has also been busy recently, organizing manpower to conduct mine exploration at the location provided by Guo Yu, and he is very careful. When Wu Dazhu found him, he was discussing with his subordinates about several mining points under investigation, in order to determine the situation of future mining.

  "Si Sheng, how's the exploration going recently? Any harvest?" Guo Yu asked.

  "We've found a super-large coal mine based on the drawings you provided, with extremely good quality coal. According to our preliminary exploration and calculation, the reserve is astonishingly large and can be mined openly, making it very easy to extract. We've also found two iron mines, one of which is high-quality and can be mined openly, sufficient for our initial use." Li Sisheng reported to Guo Yu with great excitement.

  Guo Yuxin thought that these were all mineral deposits that had already been explored by later generations, and he naturally started with the simplest ones: "Your work is done very well, and we will soon establish our own power plant, oil refinery, cement factory. The cement factory will use limestone, clay, iron ore powder, you need to explore these nearby, and wait for the construction of the cement factory later."

  "And you want to find oil, these are the places where there may be oil. You send out a drilling team and start drilling in these areas." Guo Yu took out the map again, indicating the locations, and planned to build an oil refinery nearby after extracting the oil, which would save a lot of trouble.

  They used to make a living by digging oil, so they naturally have the right people for this aspect. The drilling equipment was also brought from America to Kalimantan Island, now it's more convenient, Li Siwen took the order and went.

  Guo Yu took out the map again and began to examine the waters near Southeast Asia. At this time, Xiaoni brought a bowl of fish soup and placed it in front of Guo Yu: "Master, you've been busy all morning, have something to eat, don't overwork yourself, freshly cooked Job's tears fish soup, very nourishing."

  Guo Yu held Little Nu in his arms and placed her on his lap. This 16-year-old little woman already knew how to take care of people: "Master isn't tired, my Little Nu is so concerned about Master, even if Master is tired, he's happy." As she spoke, she reached out and touched the bulging chest, which had become even bigger after her own development.

  "Come on, let's study it with Lao Ye. Where should our naval base be placed?" Guo Yu said after finishing the abalone soup fed by Xiao Ni.

  "I don't know anything about these things, I've only worked on our family's big cargo ships, I don't know about other ships, how would I know how to build a naval base?"

  "You little secretary didn't do a good job, you deserve a spanking." With that, he spanked Xiaoni's buttocks.

  "The old master will bully people." After finishing, he ran away with a bowl in hand.

  Guo Yu continued to lie on the table, looking at the large satellite map brought by Mo Dern, and also took out a tablet computer to check some information and photos of the islands. Finally, he selected three places, all of which were places with fresh water, could accommodate troops, and had good hydrological conditions, but still needed to be inspected on site before making a final decision. Guo Yu planned to wait for Nie Feng to get the boat, and then go take a look one by one.

  At night, Hu Yunyuan returned, and the three of them had dinner together. Then they did Guo Yu's favorite activity: taking a bath, soaking in the warm big pool, hugging beauties while bathing, which was Guo Yu's favorite thing to do. With each hand embracing one person, he leaned against the edge of the pool with his eyes closed, resting.

  Checking the merit points, I found that there are already over 60 million points. It seems that my recent growth in merit points has accelerated. Chen Yougui deserves some credit for this, and perhaps modern propaganda also played a role.

  Last time we contacted, Chen Yougong reported that it has developed to four provinces and is still expanding step by step. It seems that in the future, increasing merit points will be easier. According to the current growth rate, Guo Yu calculated that each month should increase by about 50 million points. It seems that next month can upgrade the space.