In March, spring returns to the earth, and the night temperature in Baotou is extremely low, which does not delay the growth of plants and trees, and the grassland is lush.

Within more than 100 miles of Baotou as the center, 6 million acres of land, wheat has begun to grow gradually, from now to May harvest, this is the most important production period of small noodles, any little omission, will cause huge consequences, so, most of the farm workers, are on the ground.

Wheat is the focus of current production, cotton preparation is also continuing, compared with last year, more farmers and landlords have joined the field of cotton, just the pressure of high-quality seeds, so that Yang Yue's real room is busy feet do not touch the ground, must be for most of the cooperative farms, to find suitable seeds.

Because the number is particularly huge, even if the help of hundreds of people is added, it can only ensure that the seeds of the reclamation company are newly developed by them, and the rest is ordered in the United States, and the mainland cotton can get a good income last year, which is used to do a sales and greenhouse cultivation work, which is quite good.

Of course, the large-scale breeding base needs to start to build, more than 20,000 acres before, but the greenhouse needs 600 acres, now more than 6 million acres, is 300 times before, almost 200,000 acres of breeding base, which needs to start from now on, in order to facilitate transportation, the breeding base is placed around Baotou, with 10,000 acres as a base, more than 20 buildings have been built in a row, is the cultivation of nutrient bowls, regardless of the quality of the land, more than the choice of more convenient tidal flat land or saline-alkali land, and then, start constructionWith last year's experience, this amount has expanded by 300 times, and the time is much more fully prepared, and the overall layout has been started since last year, and the suitable land has been found from the huge ground of the entire Baotou, and after doing so, it has been gradually built.

With Yang Yue's Agricultural Research Institute, there is no need for Yang Yuanzhao to pay more attention, he still focuses on the steel plant.

This is after entering Baotou, almost a year, Yang Yuanzhao for the first time against heavy industry, steel, even in the 21st century more than 100 years later, is also one of the foundations of a country's heavy industry, in 1908 more than 100 years ago, it is the undisputed first number jù, the war is steel, in the Far East of Asia, or a small cannon fight, in Europe has begun a modern war, a country's steel production, in a sense, It represents the country's sustained combat capability.

Large-scale steel mills, this is not the first time in China that they have been built, starting from the design, using the most scientific methods, and even some ancillary facilities and basic facilities have been accurately calculated, this is the first time.

The overall project is a site selection, in Williams's requirements, it is necessary to choose about 1,000 acres, relatively flat land, generally speaking, the closer to the mine, the better, before the 20th century, many steel plants, such as in the mountains, or close to the coal production area. Williams's plan also specifically mentions this, requiring that neither iron ore nor coal should be too far away, otherwise the increased cost will be unbearable.

Shanxi and Mongolia here, almost sleep on coal, reserves are absolutely the world's first, exploration and exploration problems, has not yet been discovered, but several large coalfields are not far away, since to build a large steel complex in Baotou, there is still the possibility of expansion in the future.

Later generations of Baotou Steel, a variety of steel output, may reach 10 million tons, of course, not to say that the production capacity can not be expanded, with the import of high-grade iron ore powder from Australia, who also with the help of domestic iron ore, after all, the taste is too low, Australia's iron ore powder, CIF price, are cheaper than the use of domestic resources, Baotou does not have a developed traffic environment, the most important thing is not the port, it is more production capacity on special steel, relying on the rare earth reserves of Baiyun Obo world, Baotou Steel Special Steel is very famous in China, Rail steel and synthetic steel of new materials are definitely an important pillar of Baotou Steel.

In the future, Yang Yuanzhao will also choose to walk on two legs, as much as possible to protect the country's resources, and import abroad, in today's laying the foundation, Baiyun Obo Iron and Steel Group, definitely not 4 million tons can be beaten, in the future, will gradually expand to 20 million tons, or even higher, to completely solve the current situation of China's lack of steel. In Yang Yuanzhao's view, the production base of Baotou Steel should not be too close to Baiyun Obo, but in the future Baiyun Obo mining area is relatively close, choose a flat terrain, at least tens of thousands of acres of flat land, for the future expansion of the steel plant and the construction of various supporting facilities, to lay a good foundation.

In the vicinity of Baiyun Obo, it took about three or four days to turn around, and temporarily set a few approximate locations, which will be written into the report, waiting for the experts to arrive and let them comment.

Looking at the desolate grassland, or pure pristine ecology, there is no sign of industrial production, starting from Yang Yuanzhao's selection of them, they are destined to be different from others, in the future, countless machinery, will be stationed here, the calm grassland, will become a machine of the ocean, and then countless blast furnaces, countless rooms, and even countless steel creations, will appear here in a steady stream, here will become the Ruhr of the East.

"Yang Shao, the experts have arrived!" Da Han quietly came to Yang Yuanzhao's side, and said slightly in Yang Yuanzhao's ear.

Yang Yuanzhao bowed his head slightly and said, "Lead them here!" ”

"But there's no preparation here?" Da Han hesitated slightly, Yang Yuanzhao's attention and investment in science and technology is absolutely unsparing, whether it is everyone like Truss, or ordinary engineers, they attach great importance to it, not only before their arrival, arrange food, clothing, housing and transportation, on weekdays, but also pay considerable attention to it, and set up a special agency to take care of these foreign experts, he has not seen this group of experts, but he has heard Yang Yuanzhao say that this is the price they spent 2 million to invite from the United States.

2 million silver dollars, what kind of concept is this, according to the price of 70 yuan per acre of land, almost 30,000 acres of land, enough to support a family, even if it is the investment of 30 million in the steel plant, it also accounts for one-fifteenth, so the people invited at such a price do not pay attention to it?

"Why, worry about slacking off, rest assured, they are different from the previous experts, they came here just for the construction of the steel plant, and the steel plant can be built faster, they will leave, do you think they are willing to come to such a poor country."

Da Han took the order and left, and in Baotou, after arriving in Baotou, James and Jeffrey also urged Liu Shu to come to the site of the steel plant immediately.

It took 10 hours to complete the 300-kilometer cement road from Taiyuan to Baotou, even the most picky James, did not say anything more, Baotou, with his strength, proved that he has the ability to build a huge project, especially after arriving in Suiyuan, a branch road of the same specifications is still being built, countless road construction machinery, but also let them open their eyes, in a sense, Baotou is not simple, this is located in the northwest border of the Qing Dynasty, such an inconspicuous place, Why is there such a huge industrial system?

If any politician with strong political sensitivity sees this situation, he will definitely be surprised, and then study why Yang Yuanzhao invested so much here, why he built such a huge industrial zone here, and what kind of national power is behind him.

Yang Yuanzhao finally met James and Jefferson near Baiyun Obo, even if these two experts had been prepared, they were shocked by the desolation here, but then, they couldn't help but admire, Yang Yuanzhao's comprehensive consideration.

According to Williams's requirements, he found 4 suitable places, and even the basic transportation and rail transit were taken into account, because the terrain here is relatively flat, so the rail is necessary transportation, and a rail will be laid near each mining area, which will be introduced into the steel plant, and the contact between the steel plant and Baotou will be solved by a cement road.

Baotou's cement road construction speed is extremely fast, last year only took three months, on the construction of a more than 300 kilometers of cement road, now, only more than 100 kilometers, is expected to be a month and a half time, can be built, at this time, most of the equipment of the steel mill, will be transported to Baotou step by step, and the preliminary preparation work will be rolled out one after another.

Inspected the actual situation around, James and others are really professional, they spent 3 days, drew a complete topographic map of the entire Baotou, in this topographic map, vetoed Yang Yuanzhao's previous two sites, not because they are not big enough, but because their geological structure is not very stable, steel plants, often hundreds of tons, or even thousands of tons of steel, without a stable geological structure, it is easy to collapse, and even ground cracking, so, the location of the steel plant, It must be backed by a rocky ground that is stable dìng.

Two locations, one is a little closer to the Baiyun Obo mining area, when laying the rails, the rails can be reduced by more than 10 kilometers, but Yang Yuanzhao thought about it for a long time, and vetoed, he is a little small, the biggest limit, can only support 20 million tons of steel output, some large-scale steel casting structures, can not even produce here, but another place, more agreeable, not only the ground is at least three times larger than the previous one, there is also a small river passing by, can be steelmaking, Provide sufficient industrial water sources.

Under the scientific calculation and system, the plant area was finally determined, and James and others began to make more in-depth plans, 120 experts, all of whom carried tents, were directly stationed in the open air, and conducted more in-depth research on the foundation and construction of the steel mill. At this time, James and others really felt the heritage of Baotou's industrial strength, hundreds of machinery began to enter the factory, a large number of steel components, a steady stream from Baotou, transported to Baiyun Obo, a large number of steel supports, here to take root. R1152