Mu Mo came to Baotou again, the same he came secretly, but if you pay attention to other countries, you really can't hide it, the tacit understanding between the northwest and Germany, in the whole world powers, is almost obvious, Zhu Erdian, who is required by the country, closely watches the development of the situation, but unfortunately his forces can't go deep into the northwest, let alone know, what Mu Mo is doing here.

Now Baotou and other parts of China contact, much more convenient, in the northwest territory, the railway lines, has been under construction, the original railway has also begun a large-scale improvement, take Zhengtai Road as an example, the northwest control zhì range, almost occupy half of Zhengtai Road, the other parts, also because of the agreement with Beiyang, in the intense measurement and construction, is expected to be able to fully open to traffic in another three months, another important railway, from the completion to the present, there are not a few years of Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, In the midst of intense construction and improvement, the railway from the northwest to Baotou can choose the transit from Beijing to Taiyuan, or the transit through Guò Jingzhangzhangbao, and the time consumed at that time will be at least half shortened compared with the present.

It is not the first time that Mu Mo has come to Baotou, but in a few months, he has come to Baotou twice, which is really a lot for a minister like him, as long as the cooperation between Baotou and Germany continues, I believe that in the future, he will come more often.

I didn't care about seeing what new changes were in Baotou when he came before, Mu Mo, who came with a mission, after arriving in Baotou, didn't go to rest, didn't care about the fatigue of the journey, and saw Yang Yuanzhao for the first time, and after asking to leave only the high-level in the northwest, this showed them the areas that Germany can influence in the Middle East, Germany's tentacles in the Middle East, there are really not many, except for the actual control area of Turkey, there is nothing else, mainly concentrated near Iraq, Iran is almost none, After the discovery of oil there, it was almost Anglo-Russian in contention, and Britain had an absolute advantage.

In the Persian Gulf region, the top is Iraq and Kuwait, the large territories on both sides are Iran and Saudi Arabia, the short coastline, there are not many places to build ports, after looking up and down, Yang Yuanzhao is also very helpless, Iran and Kuwait are stuck in Iraq, Iraq is only at the top of the Persian Gulf, with a little bit of land, except for Basra, a natural harbor, there is no other, if you want to have other options, continue to go deeper, not to mention Iran, to the other side, Saudi Arabia.

From Iraq to Saudi Arabia, the distance is not far, there is Kuwait in between, compared to Iraq, Britain has a greater control over Kuwait, Britain is the suzerainty of Kuwait, and many things in the country are controlled by the British.

Extending the railway, this workload is not too long relative to the entire Baghdad Railway, but it takes time to re-measure, which takes time, unlike the domestic railway, Yang Yuanzhao with the help of the railway route map of later generations to specify, saving a lot of time, the Baghdad Railway is based on German surveying, and now the restart, it is equivalent to starting from scratch, this time and energy consumed, absolutely can not be said to be less, maybe the entire Baghdad Railway, is unlikely to be built in two years.

Yang Yuanzhao frowned, and the others were also thinking about it, Mu Mo took the expressions of Yang Yuanzhao and the others into his eyes, and said with a slight smile: "I know you guys think so, my country has a mention, why don't you start a new business in Basra?" ”

Mummer skillfully replaced the decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the decision of the Kaiser, and Wilhelm II's decision was chosen at random, but after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and several other departments discussed, a new project was started in Basra, which could not only expand the port of Basra as much as possible, but also in a certain sense, more influenced by Germany, Turkey is currently under the rule of the Al-Shabaab, and almost single-handedly promoted the construction of the army and navy by Germany.

Mumo's mention made everyone's eyes shine, especially Yang Yuanzhao, what is the place of Basra in the future, an important port city in the Middle East, the two wars of the United States against Iraq, Basra is a www.biquge.info of Biquge, especially the second time, after occupying Iraq, Basra has always been one of the strongholds of the Allied forces.

In principle, Basra is possible to expand, and this needs to be explored on the spot, because it is the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, west of the Shatt al-Arab, a long 120-kilometer estuary, there are too many places to choose as a port, I didn't think of it before, now, it seems to be the most important choice, and then, Mummer came up with another gift, through the German side, 3 kilometers next to the port of Basra, there is a natural harbor, which can use a lot of Basra's waterways, As long as a number of infrastructure buildings and breakwaters are built here, a port can be quickly formed, and even German technicians, as early as a few years ago, have measured a lot of things, which can reduce many foundation measurements for port construction.

With this measurement result, you can save a lot of time, Yang Yuanzhao took a little look, let the professionals check it, there is no problem, immediately make a decision, on this basis, the expansion of Basra Port, directly on the basis of the German plan, add a yard, the German side is willing to 300,000 tons of annual throughput capacity, the average to the daily above, but 1,000 tons, this in the Middle East, is already a large port, even in Asia, may only be a few large ports above him.

It can't be said that Germany's idea is not thoughtful, and even a certain kind of Cheng dù, this is to save money for the northwest, a modern port, with a throughput of 300,000 tons, which is already very huge, but in Yang Yuanzhao's view, this is too little, it is not enough at all, and a large stroke of the pen directly doubled 10 times, 3 million tons, at least 10,000 tons per day.

Such a big stroke made Mu Mo dumbfounded, this is just a small port, the previous throughput capacity is only tens of thousands of tons, that is, the construction of the Baghdad railway has increased slightly, that is not a practice, without increasing the port terminal, relying on manpower, with the fastest speed of loading and unloading, so that hundreds of thousands of tons of things, in a few months, loaded and unloaded to Iraq, for the construction of the Baghdad railway, but in fact, the annual limit of the throughput will not exceed 80,000 tons, as for the use, may not even be a percent, In a poor place like the Middle East, how many materials are imported and exported?

Now according to the wishes of the northwest, such a small port, all of a sudden reached 3 million tons, this is also outrageous, Mu Mo as a minister to China, can be regarded as a lot of regions, he is very clear, with the world trade, the whole world's shipping tonnage, year by year, this is an absolute upward curve, and therefore Europe has a million tons, even tens of millions of tons of throughput of huge ports, in terms of planning, there are many larger than this.

It was in developed Europe, in Asia, in places like Iraq, to build a huge seaport with a throughput capacity of 3 million tons, which was a bit of a fantasy. Unable to decide, Moummer had to hand over the choice, and Kaiser Wilhelm II did not expect that in just a few days, after they informed the northwest of their plan, they would actually hand over the problem again.

3 million tons of throughput of the huge port, it seems that the northwest really wants to build here into a really large port, the German side looks very far, especially the importance of the Baghdad Railway, the Baghdad Railway is designed to carry an annual capacity of between 1.8 million tons and 2.5 million tons, as long as the Baghdad Railway, from the current single line, expanded to a double line, the future Baghdad Railway capacity can definitely reach about 5 million tons per year, such a capacity is enough to support the construction of a huge seaport, since Baotou is willing, Then let's build it, and by the way, take the plan for the construction of the double line of the Baghdad railway to Baotou and discuss it with Baotou.

This time it was only a short high-level meeting, or even just a government department, with the approval of the prime minister, it had already been communicated, and the German side passed the news to Taiyuan, and agreed with Baotou's opinion, surveying and hydrology, and even the port design and construction personnel, will be solved by Germany, these personnel, will gather in the port, lead the construction of this port, the remaining migrant workers, materials, and even input costs, all by Baotou, the remaining qiē is determined by the northwest, how big can be built, No matter how big the construction is, there is no line.

That is to say, as long as the northwest can provide a capital for the construction of the port, the port can be expanded to as big as it is, which is completely different from the previous 300,000 tons, which is equivalent to a certain decentralization.

Others will not have such a big appetite, maybe just according to the plan, to build a port with a throughput capacity of 3 million tons, but Yang Yuanzhao is different, the resources consumed in the First World War are simply astronomical, just take the tonnage sunk by the German submarine force can be clear, the tonnage of 12 million tons, not necessarily all are merchant ships, but it has been seen.

10,000-ton and 1,000-ton ships, like assembly lines, one by one, are added to the shipping, and the resources around the world are concentrated in Germany and Europe, even if it is Japan, it has also gained great gains in this shipping, not to mention the northwest, as long as part of the German orders are intercepted, this may be the only place where Germany has access to the sea in World War I, and the tonnage required, part-time is astronomical, not to mention 300 tons, 30 million tons, can be swallowed.

Accustomed to later generations, 100 million tons and, or even hundreds of millions of tons of large ports, since Germany is so generous, then simply come to a big, Yang Yuanzhao waved his pen, in front of 3 million, and added a 1, that is to say, the annual throughput capacity of this port, more than eight figures, reached an astonishing throughput of 13 million tons, even in the whole world, it is also a huge port. R1152