The southeast of Baotou is located downwind of the whole Baotou, and it is also in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, where the Yellow River has turned a bend, and the special geographical environment has caused a relatively unique address structure here, with very little farmland and most of it is wasteland.

Here is more than 20 kilometers away from Baotou, not far or close, and here, originally a tidal flat next to the Yellow River, three days ago, became a large construction site, countless large machinery, stationed here, obviously, in the future, here will be erected countless tall buildings.

The development of Baotou during this period of time, in a sense, is relatively stable, after defeating the bandits, the new army was gradually established, with the original militia backbone and ordinary officers from Beiyang as the backbone, the four standards were almost erected together, from the end of May after all arrived, now for the time being still in intense training, as long as they spent 3 months of recruit training, in a sense, they will be transformed from the previous identity, into soldiers, the future, will gradually mature.

The new army of the 54 mixed association will be responsible for the security near Baotou, as well as the duty on the highway, as for the Yellow River patrol battalion, the main troops, supplemented by a small number of militia groups and Beiyang elites, temporarily formed a temporary team, only 1,500 people, which is regarded as three battalions, responsible for the clearing of the surrounding horse bandits, which will become an important work during this period of time.

Banditry, from a certain kind of Cheng dù above, restricts the development of Baotou, only a considerable level of caravans, can come to Baotou, get Baotou's products, as for other small stock merchants, maybe with others, or reluctantly follow the caravan, is not large.

If this road is cleared, what will happen, some nearby landlords, as well as people with business traditions, will consider coming to Baotou to get a little goods, that is, novelty, and easy to sell.

In fact, now the surroundings of Baotou have been much safer, as early as after defeating the attack of a group of horse bandits such as Tongshan, there are still horse bandits around, and they have already been scattered, after all, Baotou is too ferocious, in just one day, more than 10,000 people were buried in Baotou, and there are seven or eight thousand people who were captured, or were monitored to do coolies, I thought that they would be here, and found a lot of fat sheep, but I didn't expect that the fat sheep turned into a big tiger with teeth and claws, and tens of thousands of teams were killed. What's more, before they can see the situation clearly, the first thing they can do is to run far.

Horse bandits are like this, if there is a cheap, take advantage, run if there is no cheap, on horseback, mobile and flexible, this is the key to the difficult to clear before, of course, if Baotou now, there are more things at hand, or can go further.

The public security situation around Baotou has undergone a huge change, in a short period of time, there will not be many horse bandits coming out, which more or less reassures Yang Yuanzhao, in the troubled times of China, it is normal for the marginal areas to control zhì weakly, as long as he Baotou continues to develop, this can be overcome.

At the very least, with the two highways as the backbone, within the range of 200-300 kilometers centered on Baotou, it is an absolutely safe area, and there may be some thieves who cut the path, but there should be no large-scale armed gangs.

The road to Zhangjiakou is only more than 100 kilometers away, after all, the front from Baotou to Guisui is overlapping, even if the focus is on another road, it is basically completed in about August, and the other road to Baiyun Obo was completed as early as a month ago, and another road is now being built in parallel.

The various materials that a steel group needs every day are almost an astronomical amount, and with the current load capacity, one road is simply not enough, unless a railway is built.

Railway, if the steel plant is put into operation, it is good to say that before the steel plant is put into operation, for the time being, I have to imagine, it is estimated that it will take at least a few months, or even a year.

After the highway from Zhangjiakou to Suiyuan is repaired, the effect is absolutely very high, in the past, the merchants of Zhangjiakou, including Zhili, and even the merchants of the Northeast, rarely come here, although the reputation goes out, they are more to Zhangjiakou to buy, relying on the merchants of Zhangjiakou, after walking this business road, now the road of Zhangjiakou is completed, in the past, it may take two or three days to be able to arrive, now, all of a sudden, shortened to one day, starting from the morning, at night, you can reach Zhangjiakou, a day of road, On the Zhangjiakou side, the sales volume of Baotou products has dropped significantly, but on the Baotou side, the shipment volume has increased significantly compared with before.

More and more merchants, more and more workers, so that Baotou is facing a lot of pressure, the city is expanding almost every day, inns, residences, and all kinds of shops, has become the main direction of construction, Baotou is expanding from a former border trade city, to an industrial city, and even an extremely commercial industrial city.

Once upon a time, Yang Yuanzhao was thinking about whether to carry out the overall planning of Baotou, but unfortunately the core of Baotou, for a while, his industrial park, which has been designed, can not be changed unless it is expanded, on the other hand, it is the location of the original Baotou Town, hundreds of years, the town that has been developing constantly, in the dilapidation, with a certain inertia, involving people and things, slightly more, Yang Yuanzhao thought about it again and again, and finally did not move him.

The planting of cotton, on a new level, the expansion of the fertilizer plant is also in order, in short, the industrial force of Baotou, like a growing life, slowly grows up, there are different changes every day, Yang Yuanzhao thought to wait patiently, waiting for the investment of various projects to bear fruit, in the future, his focus will be completely on the steel plant, with the help of the steel plant as the core, the entire Baotou industrial structure is upgraded, light industry, no matter what, It's just an industry that creates wealth, the real foundation and combat potential, or heavy industry, the ability of the all-in-one machine is against the sky, but the long upgrade speed, so that many times, some of them can't get out, perhaps, now with Baotou as the center, it can also be supported, what about the future, with the country as the center, although Asia is different from Europe, it is a real confrontation between industrial countries, and the two sides compete for the projection ability of steel, but China, can not always stay here, not to develop outward?

Just when waiting for the first blast furnace to be put into operation, there was good news in the real room, all the time, it has been a huge investment, and even poured into most of the experts and scholars in the entire real room, and finally came good news. The complete power network, the design and trial operation work has been completed, from power generation, to transmission, and even to the final power supply, Truss has given a complete solution.

With the master of Truss, the power room, almost every other month, will break through three or four difficulties, so that the application of alternating current has pushed forward a step forward, Yang Yuanzhao's requirements, compared to this era, are a little too high, not only to solve the problem of generators, the previous generators have been manufactured, from a certain process dù above, it is enough to use, Yang Yuanzhao wants Truss to put forward higher requirements, control, power generation, transmission, and even the last mile solution, This is no longer a simple power plant, this is a perfect power generation and transmission, power supply solution, later generations of China, is in the era of electricity, but a lot of things, people who do not understand just look at a big picture, he put forward a series of requirements and premises, Truss needs to lead his engineers and researchers, keep researching.

Fortunately, alternating current is Truss's proudest, as the founder, and as the most outstanding scientist in this field, he is also willing to invest energy, at first it is funding, then personnel, and various materials, these Yang Yuanzhao are satisfied with him, 150,000 US dollars per month, this is only research funds, not including personnel salaries, operating expenses, etc., in order to let electricity from an idea into practical application.

From last year to now, in about eight or nine months, the direct research funds are in the millions, plus the guarantee of labor wages and other aspects, it is a full 2 million, this money is almost equivalent to one or two divisions, or even the entire armament of the town, in China, it is even more considerable, 4 million yuan, equipping a troop of 30,000 or 40,000 people, it should be no problem.

In fact, since the arrival of Truss, Yang Yuanzhao has been paying close attention to the power room, but the interruption of the horse bandit siege, and the distraction in the steel plant, I thought that it would not be completely completed until the end of the year, who knew that in early August, Truss sent the overall research results, from power generation, control, power transmission, to power supply, complete solutions, and even every component, every machine, there are some relatively clear parameters, and even production indicators.

That is to say, as long as Yang Yuanzhao imports some equipment in accordance with the plan given by Truss, and even builds some equipment in accordance with Truss's requirements, the laying and production of this power network can be completed, and electricity is no longer something that a few people can enjoy, or even just a street lamp, he will enter thousands of households, and for industrial power machinery and various household appliances for civil use, they will spring up like mushrooms after a rain.

What does this mean, represents a field, represents the advent of an era, Yang Yuanzhao is very clear that the ** caused by electricity will have an incomparable impact on the entire Baotou, and even the whole of China, an era of electricity. R1152