The strength of Baotou comes from Yang Yuanzhao's vision, from the strength of the all-in-one machine, and from the huge team of industrial workers. From the very beginning, Yang Yuanzhao saw very clearly that the basis of industrial production is a certain number of industrial workers, from beginning to end, Yang Yuanzhao did not give up the training of them, and all kinds of schools that are conducive to their promotion are almost opened at any cost.

Because of this, in just a few years, the northwest not only formed a huge industrial system, but also formed a huge number of 5 million industrial workers, they were driven by the strong machine in the northwest, the industrial added value of the northwest was increased by several times per year, until 1912 was slightly stabilized, but in the past eight months of 1912, the cumulative industrial added value was already 120% of last year, so to speak, at the end of the year, At least a 180% increase, which is unimaginable for the Northwest, which already has a huge base.

In terms of industrial scale, the Northwest has quietly climbed to the forefront of the world, and has quietly surpassed France in the world's ranking, and is only less than 5% away from the United Kingdom, that is to say, next year at the latest, the Northwest will surpass the United Kingdom, in terms of total industrial volume, second only to the United States, and become the world's third largest industrial body.

This achievement comes from Yang Yuanzhao's vision, but also from the countless industrial workers in the northwest, and looking for suitable workers among them, who have participated in the production of ships, or who are suitable for participating in ships, is simply innumerable, and some of these workers will go to the Jiangnan shipyard in rotation. Replacing some workers in the Jiangnan Shipyard, those who are in key positions or positions, can help the Northwest expand the shipbuilding industry, and the Northwest has never intended to just hang itself on such a crooked neck tree as the Jiangnan Shipyard.

There is no port in Baotou. There are river ports, and there are still a lot of them, but they can't be used as shipyards, otherwise they are all sampans that climb in the river, this era. The competition for the ocean has become the most critical place, and there is a documentary called the rise of great powers in later generations, which tells in detail the rise process of several great powers, without exception the ocean.

Look at the map in your hand. In fact, the easiest to get hold of is probably Vladivostok, which has been gradually stripped from the borders of China in the past 100 years, and is now the largest port in the Russian Far East, the anchorage of the Far East naval fleet, and an unimaginable fortress.

With the strength of the army in the northwest, plus the fact that it is now beaten half to death. Russia, which is in a hurry to return home and lick its wounds, only needs to dispatch the strength of 3 armies in the northwest to take Vladivostok. Others may not know where to start with Vladivostok because of its solidity and fortification, but the northwest, which has a huge airship formation and even developed a high-performance aerial bomb specifically for it, is only a matter of time before it is taken.

However, Yang Yuanzhao is very clear. Vladivostok could not be occupied, and Russia was in the midst of the Mongol War. Fatigue is showing, but Russia is really desperate with the Northwest. It's also a big trouble, it's really too much to touch the bottom line of Russia, the Slavs and Nicholas II are not the kind of people who can see far, and they will come up desperately even if they are barenecked.

Besides, Vladivostok has never been a very good choice, otherwise, Russia will not try to get Lushun after having Vladivostok, Vladivostok is too far north, every winter, the port will be closed because of freezing, and in winter, you must first deal with the shipping lane, which is very inconvenient and unsafe.

If it was possible, Yang Yuanzhao still wanted other options, his eyes swept across the map of the country, swept through several places, and in the end, Yang Yuanzhao still set his sights on Shandong.

The port on the bright side, in principle, Yang Yuanzhao and the Northwest can build him anywhere, but Yang Yuanzhao established the port, not just for the civil ships in World War I, but for a larger plan, the 20th century is the opportunity for the sea, the future of the country will be quite vast, without a strong navy, how can it patrol the sea frontier!

The target is in Shandong, on the one hand, Germany is a natural shield, with their strict control, few people can know that there is a large shipyard built here, even Britain will not think that someone will invest huge in the Far East, on the other hand, how is it not the purpose of continuing to arm Germany, World War I broke out the world's largest dreadnought and super dreadnought sea battle, although Germany achieved a tactical victory, to be exact, after the vanguard team had a slight upper hand, it chose to flee, Breaking out of the encirclement, there is no other reason, Germany is similar to Britain in terms of the quality and quantity of warships, the protection of battleships and sinking resistance, only allow German ships to hold out longer, the real decision of naval warfare, or in the naval guns.

Yang Yuanzhao does not have the luxury of changing this war, nor does he have the luxury of letting Germany's capital ships change their battle plans, this is a matter that affects the whole body, but to establish the world's top shipyard in the Far East, with the help of Germany's ship-building technology and technology, to cultivate their own ship-building talents, and even give Germany one or two warships for nothing, this is the best way to balance the strength between Britain and Germany, so that the First World War can be fought longer and more tragically, and the northwest can have the most powerful marine steel and engine in the world. If it is combined with some German technology, although it may not necessarily give birth to the world's strongest warship, the world's top is always expected, and even because of Yang Yuanzhao's bug, it is not impossible to take out another killer feature.

Yang Yuanzhao put his mind on Germany, weighed Germany's sphere of influence in Shandong, and after systematic consideration and consideration, Yang Yuanzhao made a decision, and then went to Qingdao in person, he needed to meet Mu Mo and the current commander of the Far East Fleet.

He needed to convince them to find a place to build a large shipyard next to Qingdao, a place under German protection, of course, in secret, and in order to obtain German consent, Baotou could even place an order of 400 million US dollars to Germany, and with German support, build a modern shipyard, the largest of which was as high as 50,000 tons.

50,000 tons, it can be said, is one of the largest docks in the world, generally rarely build civilian ships, most of them are built large battleships, even super dreadnoughts, currently under construction, there are plans to build, the largest will not exceed 40,000 tons, it can be said that the next 10 years, even 20 years this will not be outdated.

Yang Yuanzhao mentioned yì, before arriving in Qingdao, he had already informed Mu Mo through the guò relationship, Mu Mo was shocked, he didn't think that Yang Yuanzhao would put forward such an unreasonable request, this is a sovereignty issue, I wanted to refuse directly, but after really reading the conditions given by the Northwest, he was silent, the conditions given by the Northwest are too good, the order of 400 million US dollars, this heavy thing, is enough to change a qiē, if it is really thrown out, it may cause the entire German machinery industry to compete, to Germany, At least about 30% of the profits, as well as a series of job opportunities and derivative influence brought by $400 million, he couldn't decide.

Mulmer had no choice, only to consult with the commander of the Far East Fleet, Spee, as a military general, naval commander, Spey sensitively discovered the benefits of this dock, not to mention anything else, in Germany's sphere of influence, this is equivalent to the construction capacity that others pay for, now, in the entire German dockyard, more than 10,000 tons, are warships, Germany and Britain in the fleet, the competition is already white-hot, 3 more 50,000 tons, 4 40,000 tons and 11 30,000 tons of docks, how many more things can be done, He could even convince the Navy to place an order, and when the time came, the appearance of a dozen capital ships in the Far East would be enough to change the strategic layout of the Navy.

Both of them couldn't decide, they attached their respective opinions, and then sent them back to China, using their respective connections to lobby, the news came from the northwest again, and directly alarmed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Admiralty, and finally argued, or fell to Wilhelm II, it can be said that in the past year, the northwest has been more and more on the desk of Wilhelm II From the beginning of the war against Russia, the Northwest Front has a strong army capability and has become an important partner of Germany in the Far East. Finally, the most critical thing is the Baghdad Railway, which was originally not concerned about the railway, because of the emergence of the northwest, and has become important, the other side has money, minerals, and mutual connections, and now, the northwest is even going to intervene in the surroundings of Qingdao.

Is this audacious, or whimsical, if it is proposed by someone else, it will be thrown out long ago, and even to investigate the contempt for the powerful Germany, but this mention is taken along with the order of 400 million US dollars, from the dock to the shipyard, this is a systematic and systematic order, which is equivalent to the rebuilding of two modern shipyards, this money in Germany, how many enterprises can be driven, and even as the Ministry of Commerce and Trade said, it can drive 15-20 times the total economic output, which is in Germany at present, It's simply precious.

Wilhelm II was a warship control, it was under his strong leadership that the famous German High Seas Fleet was built, the opinion of the Navy must be taken seriously, and even the Ministry of Industry and Commerce were involved, the recent expansion of armaments, even if it was not a state of war, orders from major enterprises were also declining, dock orders, and did not occupy the power of military construction, it seems to be a good choice.

The quarrel arose in front of the major German ministers, and under this premise, Yang Yuanzhao quietly came to Qingdao, in order to show his attention, the German minister to China Moummer personally greeted. (To be continued)