Baotou, Yang Yuanzhao is busy non-stop, in the city with Baotou as the core, activities around, after Bordo went to Germany, the contact between Baotou and Harpy is also close, Harpy with the help of various military raw materials, and the German military giants, established a certain Cheng dù above the contact, including the two exercises in which Bordo participated, a certain Cheng dù above, also promoted by Harpy, a reasonable entry point, so that the cooperation between Germany and the northwest was promoted.

The effect of the exercise, in Bordeau's view, is to show his face, but in the entire German military, it is like dropping a bombshell, Germany's army construction, has always been in the forefront, the first army in Europe, but also the pride of Germany, after seeing Bordo's Northwest Army combat mode, they suddenly found that under the same equipment, or even a little worse equipment, the German army is actually in a weak position, under certain objective conditions, There may even be situations where there is no ability to resist.

Germany is a laggard, has been catching up with Britain, the army is the top priority, whether it is against France, or Russia, the army occupies an important aspect, this aspect of backwardness is not good, after recognizing the military achievements of the Northwest Army, the army leadership headed by Gluck began to make targeted improvements to the army.

In the middle, Moltke played a very important role, Moltke Jr. got the order, including some modifications of the War Department, a total of 55 million marks of the order converted into silver dollars, that is, about 25 million, in the field of Baotou's entire industrial value is not large, Baotou exports the bulk of tungsten powder and sulfonamides. One is an important military raw material for precious metals, and the other is a life-saving medicine. Both export volumes of more than $200 million per year, plus the volume of light industry exports. The total annual export volume is a staggering 700 million US dollars, which is more than the current total export volume of Japan.

More than 20 million silver dollars, almost more than 10 million US dollars of orders, this is a small list, but it has been amazingly paid attention to Yang Yuanzhao, taking this as the first production sequence of Baotou, more or less triggering a rebound from some Baotou high-level officials, for this. Yang Yuanzhao did not hesitate to go his own way, he knew very well that maybe now, this order, in the entire northwest, or even only Baotou, is not too big, and the profit can only be said to be okay, if you count exports. It is a means of earning foreign exchange.

Unlike other high-level leaders in the northwest, Yang Yuanzhao saw from the perspective of future generations what a powerful opportunity the First World War was, taking Japan as an example. In the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, Japan received a huge amount of compensation, but the total amount was only 350 million yen. It is only equivalent to four times the fiscal revenue, and it can only be called a slight profit. It is comparable to the investment in military spending, but it is the Russo-Japanese War. Japan was victorious on the battlefield, but it was completely bankrupt financially.

Japan did not receive a penny in cash in the Treaty of Portsmouth after the Russo-Japanese War. During the war, Japan's total war expenses were 1.985 billion yen, 7.9 times the total government budget of 250 million yen in 1903, of which 800 million yuan was raised by the issuance of government bonds in London, New York, and Berlin as collateral for tariff revenues and tobacco monopoly money, which could not be offset by war reparations.

After the war, Japan's national debt rose from 600 million yen to 2.4 billion yen, and it had to pay 110 million yen a year in interest alone. The per capita tax burden of the people rose from 5 yen in 1903 to 10 yen in 1906. Despite such financial constraints, the army and navy demanded a massive expansion. In the "Imperial Defense Guidelines" formulated by Japan in 1907, the army called for the expansion of the standing force from 17 divisions in 1905 to 25, and the navy proposed the construction of the "88th Fleet".

It can be said that if there was no World War I, Japan's economy might have been completely bankrupt around 1917-1918, because of the heavy pressure, suppressing Japan's development, which was also in 1909, Japan was eager to make a profit on cotton, but because of the emergence of Baotou, suffered a lot of losses, exacerbating the current crisis.

Historically, the reason why Japan turned over was because of the emergence of World War I, and a large number of orders from the Entente countries rushed in. In 1914 compared to 1919, the total value of merchandise exports increased from 590 million yen to 2.17 billion yen. In the past six years, Japan, which had been in the supermarket for a long time before the war, had a total surplus of 1.33 billion yuan, and together with non-trade income such as shipping freight and insurance premiums, Japan's foreign debt fell from 1.9 billion yuan to 1.6 billion yuan, but its external claims soared from 810 million yuan to 4.37 billion yuan, and it became a creditor country.

Japan also with the help of several years of huge income and investment, from a traditional agricultural country, transformed into an industrial country, in one fell swoop standing in the field of the world power, this is the future of the war, Japan has walked the road, such an opportunity, Yang Yuanzhao must not give up to Japan, if only one country in Asia can rise, he hopes that China rises, not Japan, under the premise of competing for orders and income, China does not have the traditional connection between Japan and Britain, but cheap products and strong industrial capacity, It is absolutely possible to win most of the orders, and most importantly, to open up orders from the Allies that Asia has almost no access to.

The two major blocs, it seems that the Entente bloc has the absolute upper hand, Germany, the first industrial power in Europe, is not weak, plus the former big powers Austria-Hungary and Turkey, in terms of purchasing power, may not be much worse than the Entente, Japan because of the congenital restrictions and the lack of total industrial volume, may not be able to seize these two major markets, just eat a little scraps, it is enough for them to be transformed, after Yang Yuanzhao's golden finger expansion of the northwest, with most of the industrial categories and huge industrial production capacity, As long as you take this line, the future is limitless.

It seems that there is only an order of 10 million US dollars, but in Yang Yuanzhao's view, this is an opportunity to catch the allies, now it is 10 million, and in the future, after the war started in 1914, it may be 500 million, 1 billion, or even more figures, and the profits of military supplies and paramilitary supplies are enough for China to get the greatest opportunity, and the northwest has been preparing for this for 4 years.

Yang Yuanzhao has enough control over the northwest, most of the shares and leading power of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce control zhì in his hands, Yang Yuanzhao in the past 4 years, the vision of the show, so that everyone even if they can't see the future, will not refute his opinions, under his leadership, with Baotou as the center of the 12 industrial cities, began a strategic transfer, light industry and people's livelihood products, did not completely give up, but began a large-scale transfer, in the past outside the northwest of the rich businessmen, At the same time that the industrialization process in the northwest began to accelerate, and the troika of military products, heavy industry, guns and ammunition and motor vehicles began to emerge in Baotou.

Under the leadership of Yang Yuanzhao, the current Northwest Industry has formed 7 major enterprise groups, the first of course, the iron and steel industry group headed by Baiyun Obo Iron and Steel Plant, which produces all steel products and is the foundation of most industries in Baotou; The second is the power group, with Yang Yuanzhao's knowledge, it took several years to form an engine research and development center as the core, divided into small engines, large, medium and small steam engines, large diesel engines, aero engines for several classified power groups; the third, a motor vehicle production group dominated by trucks, military cars and small cars; The fourth is the chemical group, which is a huge group based on petrochemical industry, three acids and two alkalis, and daily chemical industry; The fifth, of course, is a military factory, which absorbs the original military industrial projects and is a strong guarantee for the Baotou Army; the sixth, the Railway Machinery and Locomotive Group, which includes the development of large tractors; The seventh is the military products group, which is responsible for the development of all military products except guns, ammunition and artillery, including a series of projects such as ordinary individual equipment, military supplies, and telescopes.

After the pains and adjustments, everyone found that the entire Northwest, after the completion of the integration of the seven major projects, the entire Northwest began to transform, all of which were mainly military products, and the production capacity of this military product far exceeded the Cheng dù that the Northwest could bear, aiming not at less than 300,000 Northwest Army, but 3 million, 5 million, or even 10 million troops, the whole of China, can pull up such a huge army?

No matter what other people think, under the impetus of Yang Yuanzhao, the restructuring of Baotou began, and seven major groups laid the foundation for China's future heavy industry, each of which is a huge group with hundreds of millions, or even billions, even now with tens of thousands of workers.

After the restructuring, each group has an independent settlement and ability, and under the promotion of Yang Yuanzhao, it began to hoard most of the industrial products, and therefore, the original booming Baotou industrial added value began to slow down, and the inventory also appeared.

With the huge production capacity of Baotou, the situation of inventory soon produced a large number of products, more or less produced a certain amount of micro-words, but Yang Yuanzhao has a huge cash flow and financial base, driving the Northwest Bank, with a certain profit price, to swallow these inventories, although the profit margin is not high, but enough to support the normal production of the factory, after a slight change, Baotou has returned to normal.

In the office, Yang Yuanzhao looked at the current production situation in Baotou, and a large number of things related to the military industry have been produced, which will become foreign exchange in the future and become the wings of Baotou's take-off. (To be continued......) R1292