Yang Yuanzhao is a very decisive person, after carefully considering the completion of a qiē, Yang Yuanzhao replied to Harpy in the United States, this time the telegram, Yang Yuanzhao did not abbreviate, because of the heavy dà involved, Williams may not be able to do it, but it is okay to win over, Smith must flow down, a chemical scientist, in this era, is definitely a rare talent, so in a few pages, even in several telegrams sent several times, he talked about his views in detail.

Smith, a professor, can complete the cooperation now, with an annual investment of 2 million, and can also do it, under certain conditions, you can do more, the conditions are very simple, that is, let Smith be more inclined to China, see how much he is tilted, and give him higher treatment.

As for Williams, this can be said to be a well-known professor in the steel industry, and the establishment of the United Steel Corporation of the United States is implicated in him, and he has the ability to design a large steel group of more than 20 million tons.

When Harpy received the telegram, it was almost 5 days later, and after reading Yang Yuanzhao's telegram, he also knew it in his heart, as he, I am afraid that in the face of such a choice, he would do the same thing, the reason is very simple, Williams's goal is too big, 20 million tons, almost equivalent to the steel output of Britain, France, and Germany, of course, it is the usual output, the heritage of a country, especially the world hegemon like Britain. Once the wartime economy is adopted, it will definitely exceed 10 million.

However, 20 million tons will be built at one time. An investment of $100 million will definitely make the entire Western world look sideways. The powers, which themselves have privileges in China, will definitely find out the bottom of the matter, and this will not be conducive to the development of Baotou or even Germany and the United States.

Harpy thought for a while, first invited Williams over, and euphemistically expressed the meaning of Germany and the United States, to which Williams was a little disappointed, but did not say much. In the past eight years, he has encountered too many similar things, the huge United Steel Company of 100 million US dollars and 20 million tons is not so easy to build, and he came to Germany and the United States without the desire to succeed.

Williams guessed the beginning, but didn't guess the outcome, after rejecting Williams. In the end, Harpy wanted to cooperate with his research institute to design a steel mill with 150 tons of steelmaking furnaces as the main body, a total of 3 steelmaking furnaces, with a daily output of about 500 tons. The design and construction of a 200,000-tonne-per-year steel plant could be entrusted to the Williams Institute.

Such a scale. In the United States, it can be said that there are many of them. As usual, Williams doesn't take him seriously. But after he thought about it, he still agreed, on the one hand, the funds given by Harpy are very large, 500,000 US dollars per year fixed sponsorship, for the design of steelmaking plants, as well as follow-up technical support, including the use of some patented technologies, this is all a gesture, will not waste anything, Williams can do it lightly, and on the other hand, the 150-ton steel-making furnace, in this era, is also the largest one, the largest open-hearth furnace in the United States, is only about 200 tons, a large-scale steelmaking complex, It is to increase the number of steelmaking furnaces to a certain extent, and fundamentally speaking, a large steelmaking plant is also a combination of small steelmaking plants, and at the end of this cooperation report, there is also the intention to continuously expand the steelmaking plant when it is mature.

Establish a joint steel base at one time, if it can't be done, start small, gradual development, may be a choice, according to the report written, which place, is a natural steel base, not only has amazing reserves of iron ore mines, but also has rich coal resources, the most important thing is that Germany and the United States can even come up with tens of millions of dollars of preliminary reserve funds, regardless of whether they can fulfill their commitments, the two steel mills use new steelmaking furnaces, small steel mills, Williams does not fancy much, But his disciples, his graduate students, and even ordinary technicians in the research institute needed such a steelmaking plant to be beneficial to the research of ordinary scientific researchers.

A simple agreement was reached, Williams left, 500,000 seems a lot, Williams's level, not much attention, if not insisted on building a large steel consortium, the annual sponsorship amount will not be less than 5 million, United Steel Corporation, some other American steel giants, are quite aware of his strength, and are willing to support his continued research on steelmaking, but his heart is too big, 100 million US dollars, the consortium is scared away.

Compared with Williams, Harpy attaches more importance to Smith, personally invited Smith to the hotel, solemnly signed an agreement, $2 million per year, special conditions will be more, and this fund, not in batches, will be signed after the agreement, the first time into Smith's account, according to Smith's requirements, the purchase of a variety of real equipment, will also be the first time, on the East Coast of the United States, by Smith selected 10 research personnel to play the front station, Together with the personnel of the German and American company, he will go to Shanghai, China, to work together on the establishment of the first chemical laboratory, and even under the request of Harpy, he has added 3 technicians who have an in-depth understanding of nitric acid, and in the future, based on the requirements of Baotou, this proportion will continue to expand.

Generally speaking, the matter of the two scientists is successfully solved, after solving the matter of these two scientists, the journey around the Great Lakes has come to an end, steel and chemicals, two industries to focus on the development of China in the future, after these two industries are solved, the industry will lay a foundation, and other industries are not too important.

Sure enough, in the next few days, the recruitment of Germany and the United States continued, and the workers who were attracted gradually spread out, no longer only near Chicago, but also in the developed water transportation of the Great Lakes, so that other industrial cities could go to Chicago, which was very convenient, but these workers came from afar. Except for some mechanics who made the staff shine and finally signed the agreement to stay. The rest is a bit depressed. And people with low eyes, these people will feel reluctant when they arrive at the very beginning, and now, when the personnel are gradually saturated and the standards are getting higher and higher, it is basically impossible to hire.

While the staff was left to continue recruiting, Harpy focused on another aspect: the recruitment of agriculturists.

As the most industrially developed Germans. Agriculture has always been not very favorable, industry casually produces a machine, it is higher than the output value of dozens of acres, or even hundreds of acres of land, in Germany mechanization process is very high, the population is small, grain production can not be said to be rich, can be self-sufficient,. There was even a slight surplus, and Harpy couldn't see how much role agriculture had, why Yang Yuanzhao put it in the same position as the chemical industry in the plan.

Yang Yuanzhao is different. Coming from the afterlife, the red line of cultivated land, grain production. I'm afraid it's something that can be heard up to the heavens, any little fluctuation. All of them may affect the stability of society and the whole world in later generations. The food crisis has always existed, especially in Africa, where the crisis and turmoil caused by food have always been accompanied by a murmur of world peace and affected the mainstream of development.

China's vast territory, a large population, a large population, not only created a brilliant and brilliant Chinese civilization, but also let China has been plagued by food, 5000 years of civilization history, are spent in the division and integration, but the real study of these war problems, all reflect on the agricultural problem, stable dìng country, in a hundred years, or even hundreds of years, will inevitably usher in the rise of population, but land production is limited, food security and balance is relatively fragile, once it is subjected to force majeure, For example, a succession of natural disasters and hunger can make a helpless person go crazy and do anything.

From the discovery of Yang Yue, Yang Yuanzhao has been committed to the establishment of Baotou, and even China's food security system, the task of the all-in-one machine, is just an incentive and pusher, taking advantage of this time, put forward, it can be regarded as taking into account both, from the United States, where agriculture is the most developed, to find suitable researchers, and then under the leadership of Yang Yue, try some agricultural concepts in later generations, at the very beginning, over the initial stage, so that China's agriculture catches up, and no longer becomes a burden to industry.

There are many agricultural schools in the United States, Yale is one of the more well-known ones, Yale is a famous grain producing area in the United States, although the development of industry and mining is very fast, but agriculture is still an important position in the economy.

Riding the train, passing through the New England region, seeing the scenery of Britain from time to time along the way, as if in the United Kingdom, Harpy couldn't help but sigh, the United States and Britain have a lot of differences, but at the basic level, it has been deeply affected, no wonder in many international issues, the United States is more or less on the side of the United Kingdom, which can be obtained from the scenery in front of you.

The Department of Agriculture at Yale University is also one of the more well-known departments of Yale University, although it was not established when the school was established, but since its establishment, it has developed rapidly, relying on the excellent agricultural environment in New England, and has become the main body of the surrounding landlord families.

As far as the mainstream scientific community is concerned, in the United States, agriculturists are not very valued, most of them are farmers, and the reason why they studied agriculture is to inherit their family business, and to a certain extent, their agricultural knowledge is only placed on farming, and most of them are returned to their families to increase the output of the land.

The list given by Yang Yue was passed to Harpy in Germany almost immediately, and Harpy also passed these to the staff in the United States by the way, and in more than a month, these staff did relatively detailed work, the basic information of the 20 people on the list, and the current environment, basically, are all in the hands of Harpy, on the train, Harpy flipped through these materials again and again, weighing a more confident choice.

Going out in person, it is bound to be a success, thinking of at least two goals in Yang Yuanzhao's order, Harpy quickly circled two in the materials.

Yang Yue in the United States, is a lot of classmates and friends, as a Qing people, and by the influence of the Chinese Exclusion Act, in the United States is also discriminated against, but in the study atmosphere of Yale, because Yang Yue has a broad vision, in agriculture is very high, a certain Cheng dù above, has become his foundation in the United States, this time, in order to expand and establish the entire real yàn room, to send an invitation to his classmates.

The train finally arrived at the station, Harpy slowly stepped off the train, several clerks, came to pick up the station, when the carriage drove out of the station, it sped forward, Harpy had decided to find the first target.

John? The caliph, this is a typical American, he is in a small apartment near Yale University, this is a single-sided building, decades old, it looks a little dilapidated, he is only 25 years old, he is the father of a 3-year-old child, which is rare in the United States, the United States in this era, more choose to marry later.

John, who studied agriculture, is one of the few students whose family did not inherit the land, he was admitted to Yale University because of his own will, because of the same interests, he became friends with Yang Yue, among Yang Yue's friends, he has the best relationship with each other, and his name is also at the top of Yang Yue's list.

John has been very annoyed recently, the work of the agricultural machinery company, can no longer do it, he is a farmer, he is very disgusted with the exaggerated introduction, in his feeling, this is a lie, although this agricultural machinery is effective, but not as exaggerated as the introduction.

In the United States in this era, all the sales staff are exaggerated, he has a good maintenance technology, and he also knows a lot about agriculture, as far as the introduction of products is concerned, it is indispensable for the company, and the sales task with a red light is lit every month, and he is very helpless, which has been hanging zero for 3 consecutive months, looking at the black face of the sales executive, so that he can not continue.

The reason for the hesitation is that the monthly salary of 35 yuan is the hope of their family, if not, he is afraid that he will not be able to live in the second half of the year, as a person who bears the life of the family, his unemployment will have ruinous consequences for the family.

Annoyed, John patted his head vigorously and shouted slightly: "John, cheer up, you will do it!" ”

Washing my face with cold water, I was about to go downstairs to Old Peter's restaurant for a meal, and I was going to work in the afternoon, no matter what, I had to cheer up, at this time, there was a knock at the door.

John walked to the door and said, "Judy, are you back, why is it so early today!" ”

Saying this, John still subconsciously opened the door, and then he was stunned, it was not his wife outside the door, but a stranger. (To be continued......)