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It was another year of the Tianjin Expo, which was the first expo after the founding of the Republic of China, the Tianjin Quanye Field of that year, in the attention of Beiyang, became more huge, insoluble in the later generations of 1912, this one 1912, did not make the whole of China chaotic because of the election and all kinds of struggles, the emergence of the northwest, just like a powerful enemy, the struggle between Beiyang and the revolutionary party, became limited, in fact, the strength of the two sides is not much different, Beiyang is well-trained, the southern revolutionary party has a lot of money, a large population, With the full support of Yang Yuanzhao, they all had considerable troops, Beiyang had 600,000 troops, and the revolutionary party simply tripled, 1.8 million, which could barely be supported by the wealth of Jiangnan and early business.

Beiyang's territory is mainly concentrated in Henan, Hebei, Zhili Shandong, and the northeast region, Anhui and Hubei are basically used as a buffer zone, it is Beiyang, but there are not many troops, the two sides are basically the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin as the boundary, Yuan Shikai is no longer in power, and there is no emperor, especially the Northwest War against Russia, so that Beiyang and the Kuomintang have seen the strength of the Northwest Army, and even the polar bear Russia can annihilate the 200,000 or so regular army, they are probably not enough to fight.

The northwest has also become the object of study for Beiyang and the revolutionary party, and some policies similar to those in the northwest have appeared one after another, although it is said. Nominally, Beiyang is still the commander. Even Yuan Shikai is still the interim president, in fact. The whole of China is a situation in which three forces are in full swing.

Some advanced military ideas and military concepts began to enter China, which is significantly different from Japan, and in the first war against Russia in the northwest, the strength of the table is more based on equipment, and the Beiyang and the revolutionary party are also equipped with a large number of military equipment, after all, the Russian army is a clear example, under the premise of not having the same level of technical equipment. No amount of army will be useless.

Almost in no particular order, both the Beiyang and the Revolutionary Party gave up their previous efforts to build up some elite troops, especially artillery pieces of more than 100 mm and a large number of Makqin, which gradually accumulated a lot.

High-tech equipment, even if it is purchased through the northwest, requires money, and both Beiyang and the revolutionary party have realized the importance of the economy, and the only way to develop the economy is to develop it. In order to be able to collect taxes to be able to have money, before everything in China needed to be imported from abroad, and sometimes it could not be bought with money. You also need to look at the other person's eyes.

But the Northwest can provide most of the machines used in the factory, even if they know that this money has been earned by the Northwest, they can't do it. Buying from abroad is more expensive and requires foreign exchange. It may not even be possible to buy it, for the sake of military spending. For the sake of money, of course, let the northwest take care of it.

Compared with the turmoil of 1911 last year, this year's Tianjin Exposition was more lively, last year because of the Xinhai Revolution, the relationship between the Northwest War, only a small range of development, the Northwest did not come to participate in the exhibition, this time, foreign manufacturers, all of a sudden, on the basis of the last time, reduced a lot, the domestic exhibitors, all of a sudden, more at once, especially in the Northwest, after getting the direct invitation of Yuan Shikai, almost the industrial production capacity to show thoroughly.

In 1909, a lot of wealthy businessmen began to buy the northwest machine equipment, in 1910 and 1911 there were a lot, compared to the efficiency of foreign countries, these equipment was quickly in place, quickly installed in every place, a different investment, even the production is not the same factory, in the case of funds in place, under the guidance of the northwest technicians, began to quickly put into production, the production of products, many have been quite sold locally, This time at the Tianjin Expo, they came more, they were not as strong as the northwest in terms of quality and output, but they enriched the entire market and made this the largest expo in China lively.

The booth in the northwest, compared with 3 years ago, has undergone great changes, you know, the current northwest, has gradually given up some products with a low threshold, just the basic production, such as cement factories, brick and tile factories and match factories such as low-tech enterprises, or sold to individuals, or simply, directly sell the machine, control the production of cotton cloth, and the production of several necessities of life, a certain amount of above, the northwest is not short of profits, but the machine qì, the output may not be very large, But once sold, the profit margin is still quite high.

On the booth of Northwest this year, there are not only all kinds of machines, but even all kinds of steel, from steel used in ordinary daily necessities, to kitchen knife steel, as well as rebar, steel bars, steel columns, steel pipes, etc., these steels and plates together form another star of Northwest Heavy Industry, which is also the table of Northwest to show its strength.

In addition to these, cars and trucks also appeared on the Northwest booth for the first time, and there were even some military supplies, simple clothing, individual equipment, and even military dry rations, which further enriched the Northwest booth.

At this time, Yang Yuanzhao has put more thought on how to expand the industrial capacity of the Northwest as much as possible, with an all-in-one machine and what the Northwest can do, to the extreme, the expo is very important to the Northwest, but he does not need to go out in person, but by the government's Liu Shu, including the 7 major groups in the Northwest, more than 1,000 enterprises in the industry, 12,000 kinds of products, is expected to get 8-1.2 billion orders, according to the price of the Northwest and the US dollar, almost 600 million US dollars, It can definitely give a shot in the arm to the industry in the northwest.

From the first day, around the booth in the northwest, there has been no desertion, countless merchants from the north and south, more or less, ordered a large number of things, just three days, 180 million orders, 50 million advance payments, so that Liu Shu's mouth is cracked, the northwest is now a big business, although domestic demand is still growing significantly, but it seems to have reached a high-end, external orders will bring a considerable increase in the northwest, especially it seems that steel mills, Seventy or eighty percent of the first sales orders to the whole country were signed in steel mills, so Liu Shucheng stayed here for the most time.

The booth of the steel mill is huge, and there are a lot of people coming, unless it exceeds a certain amount of orders, and the rest does not need Liu Shu to go out at all.

A middle-aged man walked to the booth, he didn't look at those machines, nor did he look at bright things such as cotton and silk, but noticed these steels, looked at them one by one, and even under the uncertainty of the situation, gently tapped these steels, his strange behavior not only attracted the attention of the personnel in charge of the booth, but also attracted Liu Shu's attention.

Liu Shu's eyes are so vicious, although it looks like a middle-aged person's dress is not too prominent, but if you look carefully, it is refined everywhere, low-key, revealing a certain luxury, it is obvious that this person is not simple, especially the temperament, it is definitely from everyone, and he has always been in a high position.

After inadvertently looking at it twice, the middle-aged man didn't let Liu Shu wait long, and after finishing this qiē, he asked, "I don't know, who is the person in charge of your steel mill?" ”

The man's straightforward questioning made the person in charge of the introduction a little stunned, Liu Shu saw the cold scene, and hurriedly asked Zhang Zhaozhong to come out, he is one of the general managers of Baiyun Obo Iron and Steel Group, the steel plant is the focus of this expo, and he also came with Liu Shu.

Seeing Zhang Zhaozhong, the man swept it slightly unhappily, and said straight to the point: "I need marine steel, I don't know if I can produce it." ”

"You want marine steel?" Zhang Zhaozhong was stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief.

Marine steel, it can be said, is one of the major items of steel, a few decades ago, the world's navy, or in the sail warship Cheng dù, but now, with the rapid development of all aspects, all-steel warships, has become the leader of the fleet, but to be able to produce qualified ship deck and marine steel plate, it is definitely not an easy thing, seawater has this strong corrosiveness, a lot of seemingly qualified steel plates, a certain amount of dù on, to the ship, can not be used, or soon break down, Corrosion resistance is an important option.

Of course, this is just ordinary civilian ship steel, if it is a warship, you also need to consider the problem of hardness and armor, such as the treatment of case hardening, in short, it is very complicated, there are not many people in the world who can produce marine steel, and there are even fewer steel armor.

"Why can't you produce it?" The middle-aged man said with some displeasure, he heard that the steel mills in the northwest are very powerful, and they can even produce high-grade heavy rail rails, so he came to see it, but he didn't expect it.

Of course, Zhang Zhaozhong knows what marine steel is, seeing that the middle-aged man in front of him has an extraordinary temperament, he asked him to talk at the back, but unfortunately the other party was not interested, and left a contact place.

Watching the middle-aged man leave, Liu Shu quietly walked in front of Zhang Zhaozhong and asked, "What does he want!" ”

"Marine steel!"

"What's that, a lot?"

Zhang Zhaozhong shook his head, marine steel has never been a small batch, just take a 10,000-ton cargo ship, the number of marine steel required is definitely a lot, in other steel mills in the world, marine steel is the same bulk directional steel as rail steel, and even in the stagnation of the world railway market, the proportion of marine steel is getting heavier and heavier.

After listening to Zhang Zhaozhong's introduction, Liu Shu also became solemn, not to mention that it is impossible to give up the marine steel market Baotou, this is a vibrant market, just say that this middle-aged man who suddenly appeared also needs to pay attention, he said: "I need to send a telegram to Baotou to explore the bottom over there!" (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ point / official account (WeChat add friends - add official account - enter dd), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the dd WeChat public account! (To be continued......)

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