In Taiyuan City, Yang Du sighed, visited Taiyuan for a day, and it was considered to be in the most subtle place, investigating the difference between the northwest and other places, seeing a lot, and also very emotional, but more did not understand, on the second day, went to Taiyuan Railway Station to buy a ticket to Baotou. ～X.

Now compared with more than a year, the people of the northwest are familiar with the railway a lot, especially after more than a year of adjustment of the railway schedule, it has become more stable, the most obvious is that the time has decreased, the density of passenger cars, compared with the previous significant increase, the railway has really played most of its strength, the train tickets of the day, you can still buy them on the same day.

Taiyuan Railway Station, which is basically established as another railway hub in addition to Baotou in the future, is more suitable as the intersection of the main railway lines in the southeast and northwest than Baotou, that is, the large-scale marshalling station that is later known as the world.

The construction of Taiyuan Railway Station is a key point of the construction plan of the entire Taiyuan New Town, basically considering the direction of future urban expansion, of course, also taking into account the important position of Taiyuan, at least 12 railway lines are set up to converge here, Taiyuan Railway Station is also the most waiting halls, a total of 32 waiting halls, 48 railways (between every two platforms are three railway lines, after all, there are direct trains, or special wagons, will pass directly through the station. And 32 platforms, of course, there are definitely not so many tracks and platforms that are currently used, for the time being 8 platforms.

Even so, such a huge project was beyond Yang Du's expectations, and Yang Du's direct feeling in his heart was that this should not be a train station. It's a fortress like Zhangjiakou, so huge. No wonder it was able to withstand the attack of the formidable Beiyang Army.

Because it occupies the two provinces of Shanxi and Mongolia, and now it occupies the whole of Shaanxi. All kinds of equipment and personnel need to go from Baofa to Shaanxi, so the train station is relatively busy, all the way to ask, just like Grandma Liu into the Grand View Garden, Yang Du finally bought a ticket, and waited in the waiting room.

The waiting room is made of an unknown material (plastic), and a row of seats is enough to accommodate thousands of people waiting for the bus at the same time. In the full waiting room, there are a lot of things to relieve boredom, newspapers and magazines, and even books, the price is not expensive, at least for Yang Du, less than 10 taels of silver, you can buy a lot of books and magazines, which is enough to relieve boredom on the road.

I waited for more than 1 hour. When a book has not yet been read, the pit stop begins, and the clear and standard words in the radio tell everyone how many times they have trained. Where to enter the station, it seems that there are more rides, and many people have stood up. Yang Du also followed the flow of people and went to the train platform.

Standing on the platform IQ. The first feeling is that it is so big, and the feeling of 48 railways together is so spectacular. The most important thing is that the wagon is large enough, and the steam locomotive is a circle larger, with the sound of the whistle and the burst of steam, as if it is the clarion call of the era of industrialization.

After coming to Taiyuan, I saw too many differences, and the continuous shock made Yang Du already strange, got in the car, calmly waited for the departure, but was thinking in his heart, when he arrived in Baotou and saw that President Yang, how should he persuade him, shouldering the heavy responsibility of Yuan Shikai, he always had to tell the northwest why he came.

The train did not stay for long, after the Baotou railway operation map was announced, the stopping time of each car was greatly reduced, the station will do a lot of work, look at the flow of people and get on the train, as far as possible to do the fastest way, under normal circumstances, getting on and off the train is not as leisurely as the original train, you need to prepare in advance, but in this way, as a whole, save a lot of time.

Yang Du usually takes an ordinary train, takes the train in Baotou, slightly uncomfortable, it took only 5 hours to arrive in Baotou from Taiyuan, Yang Du sighed at the same time, his heart was also slightly shocked by the strength of Baotou, what does the train represent, a faster way to travel, but in addition to the military, it is the speed of troop transfer.

In the Kangqian era, several expeditions to Galdan, why did they return in vain, the army was touched, the cost was huge, just the time on the road, it would be daunting, and the appearance of the train, the labor expedition did not consume the body, day and night, and traveled thousands of miles a day, but Baotou, it is obvious that the speed is much higher than the previous 30 kilometers, at least doubled, with a speed of 60, or even 70 kilometers per hour, day and night, you can go more than 1500 kilometers in 24 hours, which is 3000 miles, With such a speed of mobilization, the army is the same everywhere and can fall up as fast as possible.

Terrible, because of the railway and the integration of forces, you are surrounded in all directions, people gather and annihilate, the strength of a town, today is still 2,000 miles away, today has already arrived in front of it, the overall combat capability has increased several times.

Yang Du suppressed his thoughts, the radio was already saying that Baotou was about to arrive, with little luggage, and got off the train, Yang Du looked at Taiyuan in front of him in amazement, and couldn't believe it, the changes in Taiyuan made Yang Du a little unacceptable, when he arrived in Baotou, the changes in Baotou shocked Yang Du even more, there were high-rise buildings everywhere, and even dozens of zhang high buildings.

After 3 years of development, now Baotou, has completely seen the past, take a border town, the wholesale market of fur, everywhere is full of the smell of fur, at this time, there is already the prototype of a modern city, the highest 21 floors, this is a skyscraper that took more than a year to build, and it is also a landmark building in Baotou.

Other houses, at least six or seven storey high-rise buildings, are very neatly planned, with wide roads and perfect greenery, there is always a feeling of entering a different world.

When Yang Du was sighing, a four-wheeled carriage stopped beside Yang Du and asked with a smile: "May I ask sir, do you want to use a carriage." ”

"How much does it cost to the Northwest Chamber of Commerce!" Yang Du was worried, there was no way to find the location of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce, and when he heard this, he said homeopathically.

"10 copper rounds?"

Tong Yuan, Yang Du was stunned for a moment, and said, "Is this okay?" ”

Yang Du took out an eagle ocean, the coachman shook his head, and said: "This is not in circulation in the northwest, otherwise, you go and exchange it!" ”，

The establishment of the Northwest Bank, the biggest change, is still Baotou, other places, is still slowly changing, Yingyang can still be used, but it can't be used in Baotou, after all, after taking it, to identify, to exchange huàn, this is very troublesome.

Yang Du looked dazed, the coachman seemed to be in order to make this business, and directly pulled Yang Du to a nearby Northwest Bank, in fact, the distance was not far, that is, a few hundred meters, and even before, Yang Du walked in front of his door, but he didn't know what this place was.

In the Northwest Bank, Yang Du was very smooth according to the ratio of one to one, 100 silver dollars, replaced with 90 pieces of banknotes, and some scattered silver dollars copper rounds, silver dollar system zuò exquisite, at a glance, you can know, not shoddy, much more beautiful than Yingyang, like a perfect handicraft, even if it is a copper round, it is not a simple copper, it also has a pattern, it is a little smaller.

Yang Du sighed, even if he is good at imperial mental skills, he has a certain understanding of the economy, many countries in Taixi are commercial countries dominated by banks, and now, Baotou obviously has the prototype of this.

It seems that when you go back, you must build a new Dongweng and take back the coinage right to the central government, so that such a huge China can have a large amount of seigniorage revenue.

The carriage is very brisk, the road in Baotou is very wide, even the car, is seen from time to time, Baotou in the northwest can be said to be the most dense place for cars, followed by the highway from Baotou to Taiyuan, there is already a dense traffic flow on it, countless things, through guò cars, transported to Taiyuan, and even other cities in Shanxi, the best way to transport for a short distance is the car.

Now, the northwest has just occupied Shaanxi, for the development of Shaanxi has also mentioned the road, first of all, railways and highways, a steady stream of various materials, began to gather in Shaanxi, at most more than a year later, the development of Shaanxi, will change the appearance, when the time comes, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Mongolia provinces combined, with a huge area and population, the formation of a linkage and vigorous development of the huge industrial zone, in one fell swoop to lay the foundation for China's development.

In front of a very inconspicuous five-story building, the carriage driver stopped the car, Yang Du looked around, the five-story building, if it is changed elsewhere, it is already very eye-catching, but this is Baotou, there are seven or eight floors everywhere, and there are even more than ten storey buildings, which towering like a landmark-like building, showing the modern sense of the entire Baotou, it stands to reason that the Baotou Chamber of Commerce, which controls the entire Baotou, has an unimaginable wealth of the Chamber of Commerce, It should be among the tallest and most splendid buildings.

Yang Du didn't know that this chamber of commerce, since its establishment, has been here, and later built a five-story small building, and has never been moved, and now it is a nominal government office in Baotou, and it is extremely busy.

When Yang Du was stopped when he entered the door, Yang Du took the initiative to report his intention, and after registration, he went to Yang Yuanzhao's office under the leadership of the secretary.

The secretary looks very young, Yang Du knocked on the side, wanting to know some of the situation in Baotou from the secretary's body, but the secretary has undergone strict training, many things, can be said, but more things, almost can't be said, even if Yang Du does his best, he can't pry open a word, obviously these secretaries have undergone special training, even if he says anything, it is impossible to get anything from the middle, so he has to give up.

In Yang Du's opinion, he has already said his intention straight to the point, and in Yang Yuanzhao's eyes, he should be able to see such benefits, and he will come to see him soon. (To be continued......) R640