Younger shareholders figured it out, old age is not much worse, they are all social elites, especially in the past year or so, in the great changes in Baotou, people who have gradually grown up, have a natural sense of smell for this, directly skipped the question, and asked the core: "How much more investment does the railway need!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao hugged his arms and said, "I don't need much!" ”

"It doesn't take much, it's not that you have to build bridges, you have to buy sleepers, and some spare things on the railway, by the way, there are locomotives!" A shareholder, who knows a little bit about railroads, tried to ask.

"Yes, all of these are needed, but the most important thing is to repair the bridge and sleepers, but these don't cost much money!"

"What, this can't be!" Without waiting for others to speak, Liu Shu said directly, sleepers and roads and bridges can be said to occupy a considerable part of the railway investment, Baotou is cement and steel bars, but other things, always need to buy, especially sleepers, if purchased, the price is much higher than the general wood!

"Put the road and bridge aside first, let's talk about sleepers first, for us in Baotou, we really don't need to buy it!" Yang Yuanzhao looked around, took everyone's expressions into his eyes, and then said: "Do you remember the prefabricated cement plant I established before?" ”

"It's next to the cement plant, isn't it built for the power plant?" Liu Shu said a little stunned.

The plan of the power plant, has now entered the stage of power, all integrated construction, I heard that by the end of December, the power generation plan can be completed, at that time, the power of the entire Baotou will not be a problem, many enterprises even with the help of the real yàn room, has begun the electrification transformation process, compared with the heavy and difficult to operate steam engine, electricity, much easier, but also a lot quieter.

Hearing Yang Yuanzhao mention the prefabricated parts factory, the shareholders below, there are shrewd people who immediately figured out that those prefabricated cement equipment were originally for the construction of highways and other constructions, and now it seems that it is to use cement as sleepers, Yang Yuanzhao really took one step and thought three steps, it is difficult to be premeditated.

"Yuan Zhao, what do you mean?" Liu Shu looked at Yang Yuanzhao in amazement, a little speechless!

"I mean, sleepers, you can do it with precast cement!" Yang Yuanzhao said calmly: "This can save a lot of money, and the things you produce yourself are always much cheaper than those you buy, besides, the real qualified sleepers are not so easy to get out!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao is telling the truth, sleepers are not as good as the deck of the sail era, it takes three or four years to become a material, but it is not cut down and can be used, it needs to be treated, and even some moth-proofing, air-drying and the like, which requires cost, China in this era, it is difficult to complete the treatment of large-scale sleepers, unless it is like Beijing and Zhangzhang, it takes 4 years to build 200 kilometers, such a speed, Baotou can not accept it at all.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Yang Yuanzhao did not plan to use sleepers, and directly used the same cement prefabricated sleepers as later generations.

At this moment, others don't dare to say more, this thing, has always been a sleeper to complete, the material of the sleeper, they don't know very well, you can inquire, Shanxi and Mongolia, there are no trees, but through guò transportation, with the current Baotou relatively good road environment, it can still be found, rashly use cement sleepers, is it a bit presumptuous.

"I know you have some concerns, but I'll bring in an expert, and when the time comes, let the expert speak."

"Foreigner?" Baotou has a tradition of hiring foreign experts from the very beginning, whether it is a steel mill or an electric power, etc., they all have direct contact with foreign experts.

Yang Yuanzhao shook his head, and Liu Shu next to him thought for a moment and said, "Is it Zhan Tianyou!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao nodded, there were still some confused shareholders next to him, but next, Liu Shu's words made them all understand, single-handedly promoted, the engineer who designed and built the Beijing-Zhang Railway, the Chinese expert that even foreigners have to admire, this is the pride of the Chinese.

Professional things, to professional people to complete, this has always been the characteristics of Baotou, before some shareholders or bosses, but also a big package, but in the end found that there is no engineer or professional management personnel to manage well, compared with the big factory, in the comparison of the small factory, gradually, the small factory began to follow the big factory to learn.

With the emergence of Zhan Tianyou, a series of things can be solved, after expansion and preparation, in the future, whether it is steel rails, or sleepers, or even some cement castings of bridges, can be completed through the guò prefabricated cement plant, which is equivalent to the construction of a railway needs, can be solved through guò Baotou. Local production and all imports, the difference between this, they are clear, just like when it was impossible to produce cotton ingots before, those imported cotton ingots, a spindle needs 10 taels, or even 15 taels, now, the ex-factory price of Baotou, after adding the steam engine, a spindle will not exceed 5 yuan, how much less, one-third, and how much Baotou earns, the cost of cotton ingots now, It will not exceed 0.3, which is more than ten times, that is, it is possible to invest millions of railways, and they can take them with hundreds of thousands, although it is not absolute, but with this understanding, this railway is no longer a big deal.

Seeing that the first issue, the issue of building railways, was basically understood by everyone, Yang Yuanzhao was happy for a while, and continued to implement the second issue, which is actually directly related to the steel plant, that is, to run several railways at the same time.

Building a railway at a time, this may be someone else's practice, Baotou has always taken the road of collectivization, just like last year, when Baotou has not yet achieved industrialization, the construction of the expressway is started at the same time, and then it is just because of the freezing relationship, focusing on one road, but now, the construction army has become the company with the most workers under the Baoken Company, even more than the pillar cotton mill and the future heavy industry core steel mill, tens of thousands of workers, is not a joke.

The first, of course, is expected, Zhangbao Railway, this railway, only more than 300 kilometers, and more familiar, after the breakthrough, Baotou products, can be through guò this railway, through Guò Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway and Lujin Railway transshipment, to Tianjin Port transshipment export, transport to other Chinese provinces, or directly abroad, this is an important route to the sea. This one is the most smooth and the most recognized, which is absolutely huge for enhancing the influence of Baotou.

The second is Taiyuan, this one, no problem, not directly from Baotou to Taiyuan, is to pass Guò Zhang Bao to turn away, in Datong to build a railway towards Taiyuan, straight to Taiyuan road. The shareholders of the Baotou Chamber of Commerce, most of them are Jin merchants, these people's roots are in Shanxi, there is a connection to Shanxi, so that the relationship between Shanxi and Baotou is closer, and even through the Guò Zhengtai Railway, connected to the Pinghan Railway, through Guò Wuhan to the sea, it can barely be regarded as a road to the sea. This article had a slight twist and turn, and only a few people disagreed, and in the end, it was still passed.

The two trunk lines, adding up to at least more than 500 kilometers, suddenly made everyone excited, and then Yang Yuanzhao threw out the third, the contact of Baiyun Obo, the steel plant is one of the most important investment projects in the whole Baotou, and now it has begun to produce huge laughing benefits, a certain amount of dù, is the new growth point of the future Baotou economy, this is only more than 100 kilometers of railway, this one is also very clear, especially now, the rails produced by the steel plant, under the premise of becoming the railway, these rails are transported out, There had to be a railroad, and almost everyone agreed to build it.

Originally, everyone thought that Yang Yuanzhao only had these three railways, after all, the most important and closest connection is these three, two are connected to other railways, and the other is a steel plant, a heavy industry factory like itself, with an annual output of several million tons, if it is not connected by railway, God knows how many carriages it will take to transport things out, it is also necessary.

But what makes everyone strange is that Yang Yuanzhao announced two more next, which are a little depressing, one is the direct railway from Baotou to Yan'an, Shaanxi, and the other is the railway that runs through Pinglu County between Shuoping Mansion and Datong Mansion on the branch line to Taiyuan. This line is not long, but it is extended on the basis of the original Tongpu line, it is not long, and it does not cost much, but how to look at how it feels strange, a small remote county, and how many passenger flows, the construction is not necessary at all. As for the railway line to Yan'an, it is even more nonsensical, if you want to go to Shaanxi, you can extend the Zhengtai line to Xi'an, a small Yan'an, why build a road to the past.

Yang Yuanzhao didn't explain too much about this, but the two lines are the most important of all the railways, in fact, it should be said that the three railways are equally important, and they are even above the previous two.

About these three railways, in fact, Yang Yuanzhao has been planning for a long time, one to Baiyun Obo, contact the most important steel base in Baotou, whether it is raw material transportation, or steel output, all need a powerful artery, one to Pingshuo Pinglu, this is a resource artery, Pinglu Antaibao as China's largest open-pit coal mine, for coal chemical industry and heavy industry need coal, is very important, open-pit coal mine, for the technology of this era, it is not difficult to mine, must be listed separately, Even in the future, if these two lines are saturated, he will be pulled out of a single line.

As for Yan'an, it is not that Yang Yuanzhao has the so-called red S plot, it is completely Yan'an is the only place where the entire Baotou can master and control the production of oil, whether it is Zhongyuan Oilfield, Shandong Oilfield, or Daqing Oilfield, it is too far away from Baotou, Yan'an is already in the region, although he is a small oilfield, but the future world is the world on wheels, and the petrochemical and petroleum cracking and refining technology opened by a small oilfield is still acceptable in a sense. R1152