Continuing to move forward, after a rest, Yang Shixun also recovered his spirit, this time, they want to go from this side to the other end of the Hanyang factory, which is equivalent to a U-shaped appearance, after turning the entire factory, and then will leave directly, rather than going out, it is better to go out now.

Bypassing an open field in front of us, several huge chimneys, which could be seen from afar, thick black smoke, soaring into the sky.

Yang Yuanzhao looked ahead, the smoking chimney was billowing, and said casually: "Wu San, which steelmaking furnace is still running ahead?" ”

"Yang Ye, yes, it is one of the three steelmaking furnaces that are still in operation in the steel mill, and I heard that it is ready to be renovated recently, and the output will be greatly increased!" Wu San glanced at it and said respectfully.

"Transformation, then you want to go and see?" Yang Yuanzhao didn't say anything, walked directly to the front, the 10-ton steel-making furnace is not big, only more than ten meters high, compared with the huge steel-making furnace that towered into the clouds in later generations, I don't know how simple it is, a large number of people in the high-temperature environment, sweating like rain, most of the work is under the condition of manpower, this steelmaking furnace has great requirements for the number of people, which is also the root cause of the backwardness of steelmaking in this era, take the 15-ton steelmaking furnace as an example, use a crane, or a free conveyor machine, maybe a few minutes, At most, the process of loading can be completed in ten minutes, and it is relatively uniform, but relying on manpower, even if it is to use dozens of people, it will take one or two hours, and it also needs to do further leveling, mixing, heavy body labor, harsh conditions, and a certain amount of dù above, which is the most difficult place in the steel mill.

At this time, the furnace fire is blazing, the bottom iron has shown signs of melting, and the top, is still being added, looking at the people who are reflected in the steel fire, Yang Yuanzhao sighed, in his design, the future Baotou steel mill, basically, in front of the steel furnace, is to complete automation, conveyor belts and cranes, for this era, may be high-precision things, later generations, has been very common, sometimes, the loading of large trucks will use conveyor belts, nothing more than a stable dìng motor to drive the pulley, A little attention can be solved, which will not only greatly liberate manpower, but also reduce the danger, he is not the black-hearted boss of this era, the life of a skilled worker, can not be replaced by squeezing a little surplus value.

Behind all the men, a few blonde foreigners, flattering to the compliment of a group of Chinese officials, were pointing at the blast furnace.

Swept it, this steel-making furnace is a little newer than a few I have seen before, there is no unique equipment, besides, people are working, and it is boring to go, the foreigner over there is talking a little loud, he asked almost casually: "Who is that foreigner?" Yang Yuanzhao pointed to the foreigner who was talking to the drawings in the center of everyone, and he was also the most eye-catching in the crowd.

Wu San knew that Yang Yuanzhao didn't know much about the Hanyang Iron Works, so he hurriedly said: "Master Yang, he is the general manager of the Hanyang Iron Works, Mr. Robit, and the people around him are all officials of the Hanyang Iron Works. ”

An annual output of 80,000 tons of iron, 40,000 tons of steel factory, even if it is a loss-making operation, is a huge wealth, because it is the model of the entire foreign affairs, Zhang Zhidong personally founded, so the level is very high, as the general office of Sheng Huaixuan, should be four or five products, almost equivalent to the later generations of department-level officials, the rest of the officials at all levels, are also in the appearance of six or seven products, feudal society, seven sesame officials are a small official the size of sesame mung beans, but it is also a real Baili Hou, holding a county, five or six products are already good, The grade is very high, and the errand is fat.

Yang Yuanzhao is not familiar with the complements of the Qing Dynasty, looking at a series of **, from the appearance, I can't see the level of grade, sighing, Hanyang Iron Works, from birth, has been congenitally insufficient, with the support of Zhang Zhidong, stumbling and saving for 20 years, when Zhang Zhidong retreated, the late Qing Dynasty and the restructuring of the Republic of China, after the Hanyang Iron Works returned to the Sheng family, it also created a part of the profits, which has been operating, but later, the Japanese infiltrated the Hanyang Iron Works, The Hanyang Iron Works slowly ceased to function, but that was decades later.

Today's Japan, the strength is far less than that of later generations, there is no war dividend during the First World War, there is no Japanese internal pressure and occupation of China's market, especially after the First World War, with the help of the opportunity of China's turmoil, wanton plundering in China, Hanyang Iron Works is just one of the plundered resources, and because of this, Japan was able to become a world power with the help of the barren island country, and even began to peep into the mainland, setting off a war of aggression against China.

Yang Yuanzhao suppressed the emotion in his heart, looked at the steelmaking furnace that was still billowing with black smoke, and suddenly said, "Can Uncle Wutang do me a favor?" ”

Yang Shixun didn't expect that Yang Yuanzhao would suddenly ask him a question, hesitated for a moment, and said: "What is there, as long as I can do it, just say it!" ”

"Can you give me a copy of the mechanics of the Hanyang Iron Works and these engineers from abroad to find out their general situation?"

This is easy, as the control party, the direct controller of Wuhan Yang family's business shopkeeper, you know, Wuhan in old China, but is an important town, through the railway, and the Yangtze River water transport branch is convenient, in a certain way, Wuhan in China's territory, has always been an important fulcrum, as the general person in charge of Wuhan, Yang Shixun controls Shanxi's resources to sell out, as well as the acquisition of outside resources, in his opinion, this is not a thing, just instruct the people below, to search for it.

Yang Shixun nodded and agreed, and got Yang Shixun's answer, Yang Yuanzhao smiled, in the eyes of people in this era, these workers, I'm afraid it's just a group of useless guys, it's a big deal to recruit again, you know, three-legged toads are not easy to find, two-legged people, it's a lot easier to find, this point of view, until the liberation, but Yang Yuanzhao from later generations knows very well that an excellent team of workers plays an important role in a factory, and later generations of China have introduced advanced technology from abroadBut in other people's normal operation of the machine, here, there is always a problem, at first, everyone thought that it was a foreigner who left a hand, but later, with more and more familiarity, only to find that many things, are human error, when skilled workers, reasonable operation, the whole machine can operate normally, the more sophisticated the machine, the more experience is needed, these, is not introduced, can only be slowly explored.

Before, when he was in Baotou, Yang Yuanzhao had considered how to build a technical training school, and now, to further improve this, the heavy industry base he established must be a world-leading heavy industry base with a technical level, only in this way, can gradually catch up with the level of the great powers, the more advanced the machine, the higher the level of people needed, to build a huge industrial base, to be in China, to reproduce the German Ruhr, not only rely on a large amount of investment, a large number of heavy industry, Lack of people who operate these machines, everything is given for nothing, even if he gets the 21st century, supporting heavy industrial machines, people who do not use machines, is a pile of scrap iron, the more high-tech, the more advanced the machine, the more so.

Yang Yuanzhao sighed and said, "Wu San, if there is anything else, let's go shopping!" ”

"Master Yang, there is a rail workshop in front, let's go and have a look!"

Rail workshop, Yang Yuanzhao suddenly came to interest, he most of the steel, is to strengthen the country, but the bulk consumption of steel, in addition to infrastructure construction, is transportation construction, in this poor and white Chinese old era, he can not develop real estate, promote infrastructure, then the railway, is his inevitable choice, starting from Baotou, along the way after many days, the emergence of the railway, a certain distance dù above, changed the status quo of China's transportation, but not perfect, the traffic situation is getting faster and faster, the greater the pulling force for the local economyThe steel rail he wants to develop is not the current light rail, but the real heavy rail, and he believes that there is a section of rail brought from later generations, which will definitely improve the performance of the rail.

That track is not used on the high-speed rail in later generations, but it is also in 2000, and the maximum speed of the track after the speed increase has reached more than 200 kilometers per hour, which is almost a world of difference from the speed of about 30 kilometers in this era.

Following Wu San to continue walking, the foreigners on the opposite side noticed this, and under the guidance of several officials, one of them came out of the crowd, stopped in front of them, and asked, "Who are you and what are you doing here?" ”