In front, a group of people stepped forward quickly, and a straight young man in a suit stepped out of the crowd and greeted Yang Yuanzhao, his face was handsome, but his eyes were full of indescribable firmness.

The young man's name is Zhang Zhaozhong, studying in the United Kingdom, studying economics, this figure who is not famous in history, is found through the channel of the Guò Qu family, as one of the few bachelors of economics and industrial bachelors in China, his major should be in a large conglomerate, but unfortunately in this era, there is no such tradition in China, after he returned to China, he served as a staff member of the political secretary, and then returned to the countryside, perhaps, after a few years, he will become a good landlord, a Justice of the Peace, But the vigorous era came, when he knew that after the construction of the steel plant in the northwest, he left his family business and came directly, in the middle and late stages of the preparation of the steel plant, as well as the climax of the construction of the entire steel plant, the table xiàn is outstanding, it can be said that the construction scale of the entire steel plant, starting from the original one or two blast furnaces, to the present, has been fully rolled out in turn, and his main force is inseparable.

Facts have proved that Zhang Zhaozhong's method is correct, and the most important thing is that the commissioning time of the first blast furnace has been moved from the original five or six months to the present, but in half a year, the production capacity has been formed, and the workers have been trained in turn, and he has done a very good job.

It took 10 years to build a 4 million tons of large-scale steel plant, and in two years, to build a series of blast furnaces, and then slowly advance, give full play to the production capacity, the difference, Yang Yuanzhao is very clear, time is not waiting, it is now 1909, from Xinhai, there are still two years to go, from the First World War, there are only less than 5 years, if you can't go beyond the conventional development, China, maybe will miss the biggest opportunity to rise.

It is the appearance of Zhang Zhaozhong that makes Yang Yuanzhao's eyes no longer focus on the famous figures in history, the current situation creates heroes and heroes create the current situation, both of which can be said to have their own reasons, but the chaotic China has created a lot of heroes and destroyed a lot of heroes, just like the early children studying in the United States, three batches of 120, and not many of them finally returned to China, most of them interrupted their studies, except for Rong Hong, Zhan Tianyou, Tang Shaoyi and a few other outstanding ones, most of the others are buried in history, and since 1875, studying abroad, more become self-funded, there are children of Jin merchants like Yang Yue, there are also eunuchs and small landlords, and even later generations developed to self-funded ordinary families, through guò work-study to study abroad.

Such a huge class that opens its eyes to the world, and how many, left their own name in history, more because of various reasons, buried in history, Zhang Zhaozhong is one of them, double bachelor's degree in economics and industry, which is also a top talent in foreign countries, but back to China, but there is no place for the slightest, if it is not for the emergence of Yang Yuanzhao, if it is not for the iron and steel plant needs this talent who understands foreign industry and economy, he maybe, just an enlightened landlord, the future, maybe in the warlord melee, it will be * off because of the relationship between family wealth.

History has changed at this moment, because of Zhang Zhaozhong's great contribution, the steel plant has the current scene, thanks to Zhang Zhaozhong's excellent performance, so Yang Yuanzhao pushed Zhang Zhaozhong to the position of vice president of the steel mill, only under Liu Shu, because Liu Shu has more time to deal with the affairs of the entire Baotou Chamber of Commerce and Baoken Company, and Zhang Zhaozhong is equivalent to the person in charge of the entire steel plant.

Zhang Zhaozhong is not very old, only 29 years old, older than Liu Shu and Yang Yuanzhao, but in the eyes of others, he is a young man, the steel plant is not a small amount, but now the investment has exceeded 45 million US dollars, itself is 30 million, and then it was greatly rolled out, more than a dozen steelmaking blast furnaces were built together, and the cost of investment has risen significantly, reaching 45 million US dollars, almost 90 million silver dollars, this number can be said to be extremely huge, the Xinchou Treaty of 1900, How much compensation is paid, or it has been divided into decades, that is on behalf of China's central government.

Huge investment, Yang Yuanzhao didn't say a word and then followed, because there was a buffer time of eight or nine months, other Jin merchants, although it was a little difficult to take it out, but there was no big problem, at most it was what they wanted to buy, or they wanted to expand the enterprise, not to think about it for the time being, it is equivalent to most of the power of the entire Baotou is poured into the steelmaking plant, as we all know, the steel mill is the foundation of many industries, even if it is just the production of some farm tools, or ordinary tools, you can get several times the dividend, not to mention Yang Yuanzhao's decision, In the manufacture of Baotou push machine, that is an extraordinary profit.

Zhang Zhaozhong reported to Yang Yuanzhao that in the past month or two, the development of the steel mill, especially this blast furnace, is expected to be completed in half a month, because of the efforts of the workers and a smooth lì, finally, in the first week of September, it was completed.

"What do the experts think?" Yang Yuanzhao was not overwhelmed by the results in front of him at all, and asked calmly, steelmaking is a large-scale system project, what is required is to be rigorous and rigorous, any little omission will cause a serious accident, even if it is a later generation, a large steelmaking plant under computer control, there will be such and such problems, not to mention, in this era.

People, there is no shortage in Baotou, after coming to Baotou for more than a year, Yang Yuanzhao is not completely regarded as an ant, but he is not merciful like the Holy Mother, no one is allowed to die, controlling a huge force, controlling hundreds of thousands, with an output value of more than 10 million, or even hundreds of millions of huge industrial areas, how can no one be injured, but the steel mill is an exception.

The technical personnel of the steel mill are really insufficient, and there is no room for failure, which is related to the subsequent expansion. China, large and small steel-making plants, there should be a lot, several people joined forces, from the steel-making plants around the country, recruited a lot of personnel, 150 tons of steel-making furnaces, the use of oxygen blowing roof, saving a lot of personnel, but the gradual expansion of the steel mills, even if the entire Chinese steel-making personnel, are filled in, may not be able to support it, fortunately, the technical school has been established, within more than a month, also trained a lot, next, with the gradual commissioning of the steel plant, will gradually lack, Although some unimportant positions, you can use some personnel who have undergone preliminary training, but the gap is still very large, if the calculation is not much, or the accident occurs, the damage is some, for the initial steelmaking plant, it is definitely a huge blow, and the loss of this two years of time may be a huge hidden danger.

"James has assessed that the technical level of this steelmaking blast furnace has reached and exceeded the average level of the United States, plus foreign workers recruited from the United States and Germany and local skilled workers, six teams are currently formed, which can ensure the full production of this steelmaking blast furnace!" Zhang Zhaozhong looked at the record book, and then said.

"Six squads!" Yang Yuanzhao sighed, according to the previous report, a blast furnace, a team is 217 people, 6 teams, that is, a little more than 1300 people, it seems a lot, but the steelmaking plant to play a full role, it needs 24 hours without stopping, at least 16-18 hours, so that at least 2 shifts a day can be, according to the current speed of blast furnace construction, the other two will be completed in a month and a half at the latest, so that the six teams can barely maintain, If he can't train and recruit skilled workers in a large amount of time in a month and a half to two months, even if the steel plant can be put into operation quickly, it will not be able to run at full capacity due to insufficient production capacity, which is not in line with his previous thoughts.

"How's the worker training?" Yang Yuanzhao asked again.

"There's already a plan!" Zhang Zhaozhong said confidently: "From the news of the German and American foreign companies, as well as the news of the major chambers of commerce, it is expected that by the end of September, we will also be able to introduce about 210 foreign steelmaking workers, 1,200 domestic skilled workers, and about 1,500 workers who have experience in steel production. ”

The full production of 5 blast furnaces means that the production of 10 blast furnaces in two shifts can be guaranteed, and in this respect, at least, by March next year, when the first phase of the project is completely completed, there will be enough workers when the 9 blast furnaces are erected together.

"How's the internship going?" Yang Yuanzhao asked again, the study on the campus, can never be compared to the real hands-on practice, even after the foundation, the technicians also need to actually work, this is the communication with James before, James is also in the overall situation of the steel mill, set aside a certain position, some places, if you can, in addition to the necessary personnel, will arrange a deputy class, the deputy class can operate the process under the guidance and attention of the main class.

"It's all arranged!"

Yang Yuanzhao nodded, take precautions, although China's foundation is weak, but the Westernization movement and open eyes to the world, or left a batch of seeds for China, but unfortunately, the times create heroes, all kinds of differences, so that China missed the opportunity to catch up with the world's advanced, two wars, one China missed because of its own reasons, and the other time, China was simply involved in it, it can be said that the entire first half of the 20th century, for China, are spent in humiliation and cruelty, now, a qiē is different, With this steel mill, it is finally impossible for China to even have a bullet, most of the firearms need to be imported, with steel, and then with his mind and all-in-one machine, China under the mechanical armament will begin to take off a century in advance. R1152