Chapter 620: Making a Power

The Mediterranean, can be said to be the rise of Europe www.biquge.info, the 14th century Renaissance movement, directly let Europe from the ignorant Middle Ages, to science and technology as the forerunner, continue to develop the new century, but hundreds of years have passed, to now, near the Mediterranean, is no longer the center of Europe, but here is still a busy waterway.

From sail warships, to steamships, and now to ocean-going ships with modern significance, the Mediterranean Sea has always been one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, especially the excavation of the Suez Canal, which directly transferred most of the Far Eastern shipping lanes to the Mediterranean.

The maritime scenery of the Mediterranean Sea did not relieve the pressure in my heart, and the income from the materials was still very small, only four or five barely usable materials were obtained, but there was no breakthrough progress, but on the basis of the original, there was a slight improvement.

In the end, Yang Yuanzhao's heart to concentrate on the material is also light, this is a long-lasting project, similar to the previous good luck, it may take a long time, it will only appear once, or on the basis of the material research institute, along that direction to develop, this is normal. After entering the Mediterranean Sea for 10 days, Yang Yuanzhao began to appear more and more on the deck, and the busy Mediterranean shipping channel really lived up to its reputation.

After passing through the famous Strait of Gibraltar and entering the North Sea from the Mediterranean, the Forte of Europe has finally arrived, and there are two great feuding powers, France and Germany, after which they will reach Germany, who have made one last stop in Lisbon and refueled it. Direct course to Germany.

When Mu Mo reminded Yang Yuanzhao that it was only a day and a half flight from Hamburg, Yang Yuanzhao finally cheered up, Germany had finally arrived, this time on a trip to Germany. Will it grant him his wish?

This time going abroad is not a simple going abroad, and it is necessary to take advantage of the opportunity to go abroad to consolidate the foundation of the northwest, at least not lower than the technical level around 1910. Himself, Yang Yuanzhao also wanted to use the influence of Harpy. Apply to Germany, for some heavy industry enterprises to investigate, but Germany actually sent to the door, 400 million US dollars seems very large, with the characteristics of the dollar in this era. It is a huge amount of capital, but Yang Yuanzhao is definitely not short of money now.

Not to mention the level of productivity in the country, to say that the influence of Germany and the United States in the world, has been well-deserved world-class enterprises, Harpy occupies 8% of the shares of the United States, every year there is a steady stream of Northwest products, to create him zào wealth, annual income. Just over $100 million, arguably the richest group of people in the entire world, it seems. Harpy made money in the Northwest, but Yang Yuanzhao knew very well that without Harpy, the products of the Northwest would not be able to be in Europe, and the United States would be so popular so easily, price and quality are just one factor. One access permit is enough to clamp down on the Northwest. So that the Northwest can not enter the broader market.

Japan spent decades and paid a huge price. However, it has just entered the European market, but the northwest has entered the market in one fell swoop with the help of this Germany and the United States. Now, the network of Harpy that does not rely on it, just the northwest itself, can be sold, but it is undeniable that there is no corner of the door, and the current qiē is empty.

In addition to helping sales, another important use is that with the help of the network formed by Harpy around the world, the Northwest can know very lightly that the political and economic governments of various countries in the world, some advanced research and cutting-edge, science and technology, especially the latter, cutting-edge technology represents uncertainty, represents the possibility of a large amount of investment, and may not be able to get returns, but for Yang Yuanzhao, his biggest advantage is vision, what direction in the future, what opportunity, and even what research, will be the mainstream, He is clear that the Northwest is not capable of developing these, or that the scientific background is not enough, but from the world's network of this group of advanced talents, and before they have not received attention, they will network under the banner of the Northwest, or then form research institutes locally, some important, and even directly bring family members and students to the Northwest, so that the Northwest can obtain enough new scientific and technological level.

Now the Northwest is different from the previous Northwest, after several years of development, the Northwest has had signs of economically developed areas, huge real estate investment, a large number of buildings, highways, railways construction, so that the Northwest urbanization process is very fast, especially the agricultural reclamation company, completely integrated all the farmland, all the farmland is corporatized, large-scale operation, not only the efficiency has been improved a lot, but also greatly liberated the labor force.

The sheep cannibalism movement in the West is nightmarish, with a bloody process of change, with hard and drastic methods to change, but in the northwest, it is gradual, on the one hand, the old-style peasants do not have much land, in many aspects they do not have their own decisions, on the other hand, based in China, facing the whole world, the northwest can provide almost unlimited jobs, as long as you are willing to endure hardship, willing to work, you can get a job, not only decent, but also respect.

From the very beginning, the industrialization process in the northwest was very fast, from 1909, the industrialization process near Baotou was 87%, to 1911, after the integration of the three provinces, the urbanization of the northwest was reduced to 27%, but in just one year, there were 33 transformations, reaching 60%, you know, in 1914, before the First World War, the industrialization process of various countries was the highest.

You know, in 1913, the urbanization of Britain was only 34.6%, which is only the British mainland, plus the British Commonwealth, the number is lower, the United States is 23.1, Germany is 21, France is 13.8, Japan is 12.8, Italy is 11.6, Austria-Hungary is 8.8%, Russia is only 7%, which also reflects the level of each country from one side.

In terms of urbanized population, the United States has the largest population, reaching about 22.5 million, but the Northwest already has 220 million people, and the urbanization level of about 60 percent means that 132 million, this number, I am afraid that the total urban population of all the countries participating in World War I is more.

The level of urbanization does not represent strength, but another indicator represents strength, based on the per capita industrial output value of the United Kingdom, 100, in 1913 the United States was 126, the United Kingdom was 115, but China, but reached 230, that is to say, the per capita industrial output value in the northwest is about twice that of the United States and the United Kingdom, this number is huge.

The reason why it is so high, on the one hand, the northwest started late, as far as the development of capitalist countries is concerned, Britain and France are the earliest development, the first industrial revolution, they are the two strong, but the development is early, there are natural disadvantages, the past 100 years, is the world's scientific and technological level of vigorous development of 100 years, the first industrial revolution in the early days of many machines and equipment have been rapidly outdated, but the huge cost of upgrading, so that Britain and France missed the opportunity, It is also the root of the catch-up between Germany and the United States.

Now, the later development of China, but with the development of the all-in-one machine, in a very short period of time, a large number of machines have been copied, although it may not be the most advanced in the world, but the collocation is one of the most outstanding, plus Yang Yuanzhao from the later generations to bring materials, on the overall advanced, has stood at a certain height, which is also the fundamental reason for the extremely high per capita industrial production capacity in the northwest, it is with more urban population and per capita industrial volume, The Northwest has quietly achieved the surpassing of the total amount of industrial manufacturing.

Now, in the whole world, there is no institution that perfectly summarizes the world's industrialization process and industrialization level, and even how much value the northwest has produced, I don't know, but there is one thing, Yang Yuanzhao knows that last year, the Baotou Chamber of Commerce and Germany and the United States combined with exports of up to 7.5 billion US dollars, and completed domestic sales, 46 billion US dollars.

It seems that the number is extremely huge, but 45 billion of them are created in the northwest, and the 220 million people in the northwest have created an average of 400 silver dollars per capita, of which 60% of the urban population has contributed hugely, and the per capita consumption of 700 is extremely amazing.

In addition to the Northwest, the other more than 200 million people only contributed 1 billion US dollars, that is, 2 billion silver dollars of consumption, on average, only about 10 yuan per person, including those who got rich first, and the rising wages of workers because of the relationship in the Northwest.

As long as the problem of whether there is or without is solved, China, with a huge population and growing wealth, will become a huge domestic demand market, which Yang Yuanzhao has seen from the very beginning, he has always been based on China, only when China is strong, can it be invincible, as long as China solves the problem of productivity, it will gradually develop into one of the largest markets in the world.

Of course, more has not been calculated, for the First World War, the Northwest has made an unknown amount of preparations, huge processing capacity, direct storage, all kinds of military supplies, all kinds of military equipment, and even machines, tractors, ships, these are all potential, increasing China's heritage, China has even reached a faster speed than the United States.

The Chinese people have suffered too much, and now it is finally time for the clouds to open and the moon to shine, so let's take such a first step from Germany.

Just when Yang Yuanzhao was thinking about his colleagues, the whistle sounded, the distant land was getting closer and closer, and the fleet formed by the five warships was heading towards the distant port, quickly heading towards the distant port, and the two waterlines neatly and quickly extended backwards gradually. (To be continued) R640