The mediation finally worked, the situation in the Balkans stabilized, Turkey and the Balkan alliance returned to the actual control line before the war, and the next complicated diplomatic process was to reconvene peace talks in London in April and May, and stabilize this situation in the form of a treaty.

It's easy to say, but it's hard to do, everyone knows that forcibly mediating the Balkan war is just a simple cooling of boiling water, how much effect it will have, no one knows that the contradiction between Turkey and the Balkan alliance is not only not finally resolved, but because of this cooling, it is temporarily suppressed, but the interior is constantly hot, peace will not last long, and the Balkans of the European powder keg are destined to be detonated.

The situation in Europe calmed down, the northwest reached a strategic intention, let some sharpshooters go to the actual battle, stabilized the situation in Turkey, and did the business on the Turkish side, a total of 27 divisions were armed, with an average of more than 350,000 US dollars per division, plus part of the ammunition supply, almost more than 10 million US dollars, Turkey used ten tons of gold and a large amount of foreign exchange, which completed the transaction, but the effect was very strong, Turkey suddenly restored its original combat effectiveness, and even pressed the Balkan alliance to fight.

Forced mediation made Turkey feel aggrieved, but there was no way, but fortunately, with the support of Germany and Austria-Hungary, Turkey eased up, and a large number of materials transited, plus its own production, slowly accumulated strength.

Europe has calmed down, and the military observers have all returned to Basra, and some of them have continued to be stationed, among which Wang Erniu has been urgently transferred back to China, and they need to assess the strength of the Balkan Alliance and the Turkish Army according to the actual combat situation, and find out the direction of China's development from the middle.

This emergency situation has promoted the development of the intelligence department in Europe, and the intelligence department itself is mainly developed in Asia, especially China, and began to enter Europe strongly, this war, so that Yang Yuanzhao realized that his butterfly wings have been fierce enough, not only on the Asian side, the history has changed beyond recognition, but also in Europe, the two major forces of the Entente and the Allied Powers, the confrontation between each other has gradually escalated, and it is possible to go off at any time, and the First World War will be in the next year and a half. It can happen at any time.

Since coming to Baotou, Yang Yuanzhao has done a qiē, basically, under the premise of the outbreak of World War I, if the First World War breaks out in advance and the northwest is not prepared, not only will it suffer economic losses, but I am afraid it will be the same strategically. Fortunately, there was no fight this time, and it is estimated that the situation in the Balkans will stabilize a little for a few months, but next time, there is no guarantee.

Shanghai, Jiangnan Shipyard, into the Jiangnan Shipyard in 1913, is no longer the same old shipyard, a large number of docks arrived, under the strong construction of the Northwest Construction Team, one by one docks were completed and delivered, Nie Yuntai's heart is full of excitement, especially the supplement of a large number of base workers in the Northwest, Jiangnan Shipyard has become a huge shipyard with a total of 437,000 tons of permanent dock and an annual production capacity of one million tons.

Parallel engineering, scientific management, excellent machine tools, welding, one after another technological innovation, so that the technical reserves of Jiangnan Shipyard are several times more than before, and the most important thing is that it has successfully overcome a series of difficulties and obtained a qiē technology for the production of civil ships.

Swire & Co. got two 4,500-ton cargo ships, very satisfied, even if the cost is huge, but the goods are worth it, the foreign companies in East Asia have set their sights on this side, about 5,000-ton cargo ship orders have not stopped, orders can be scheduled for a year later.

The real peak of shipbuilding is when more than a dozen 10,000-ton docks are successfully built, and Jiangnan Shipyard has the ability to produce 10,000-ton freighters.

A sweep in the northwest, most of the old ships of the world's shipping are covered in the situation, the gap in the shipping field is huge, the owners are squandering money, can not get any ship, ship production takes time, not to mention that most of the slipway is now on the naval warship, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the United States, these countries are all so, only part of the production capacity, can be provided to civilian ships.

Suddenly, these shipowners were anxious, Britain and Germany looked for old ships for Yang Yuanzhao, the price given was not low, not as good as the price of the new factory, and it was also within the scope of acceptance, according to their ideas, two 5,000 tons, after being sold, at most add about 20-30, you can replace a 10,000-ton one, under the same tonnage, you can also complete the replacement, performance indicators and operating costs, there will be changes, it is a good thing for the shipowners, so they have eliminated the old ships, This is true even for some ships that are still in operation and have a lot of revenue.

I didn't expect that now is the moment when the war comes, Britain, France, Germany and Russia are engaged in an arms race, battleships, battleships, cruisers, these things, flooded the slipway, occupying civilian space, that is, the United States is a little better, but the good is limited, in order to catch up with the footsteps of the European powers, they also have a large number of warship construction plans, and there are not many slipways that are really empty.

At some point, money does not solve the problem, especially at a time when productivity is tight, when the gap in merchant ship manufacturing is 2 million tons, even a normal slipway cannot be produced in its entirety, and countless shipowners wave their money, but they cannot find a dock that can produce ships.

From the beginning of the 20th century, especially in the first decade of the 20th century, the world shipping industry is booming, the tonnage of merchant ships is getting bigger and bigger, but it can't catch up with the improvement of world trade, freight rates are rising, the safety of ships has been improved to an acceptable aspect, buying ships into the sea has become the best investment direction, and one shipping company after another has been established.

Looking at the money in front of them, but not earning, for any shipowner, is unacceptable, they try their best to find a dock that can produce ships, and even in order to obtain production in advance, push up the price of merchant ships, the price rise, is not a normal law, even for some small shipowners, when the price rises to a certain extent, and then improve for most of the shipowners, it is unacceptable, they have to find another way, look at the world, there are other new docks do not have.

At this time, China's Jiangnan shipyard, increasing the production scale of one million tons, especially a dozen 10,000-ton docks, immediately aroused the idea of the shipowners, after consulting the price and production speed, these shipowners could not sit still and came waving banknotes.

Thanks to parallel engineering and the use of some new technologies, the production speed of Jiangnan Shipyard is about one-third faster than that of the fastest Britain, and the price is slightly higher, almost 1.15 times the price of British shipbuilding.

In this way, in just one month, 47 10,000-ton cargo ships placed orders in Jiangnan Shipyard, with an average price of about 170 US dollars per ton, a down payment of 20 deposits, just in terms of deposits, Jiangnan Shipyard suddenly harvested tens of millions of funds, ocean freighters, especially 10,000-ton ones, almost 1.7 million US dollars to calculate.

The thriving shipyard, under the injection of a large amount of funds, operated smoothly, part of it as operating expenses, recruited workers to a large extent, digested all the northwest technicians, and recruited a large number of people, and the other part was placed on the dock, and Jiangnan Shipyard continued to expand the dock.

As long as the dock is copied by Yang Yuanzhao's all-in-one machine, the drawings or something, will appear in the drawing area, these have already been sent to the research institute for research, plus field visits to Shanghai, Qingdao docks, some of the more northwest characteristics of the dock design, quickly appeared, compared with the dock imported from Germany, the performance has not decreased much, but the price, has dropped by more than 40. Industrial products, there is a cost, the cost of Germany is a little higher, after all, the dockyard will occupy steel, Germany's steel production, basically swallowed by the army and warships, can be matched very little, the price is naturally high.

After the breakthrough of 20 million tons of output, there has been no overall expansion recently, but a number of steel projects represented by Wuhan Iron and Steel and Tangshan Iron and Steel have been opened one after another, one in the area of Beiyang, one in the area of the first party, almost all of them are joint shares of the two sides, and they have a certain share of the respective war situation.

The design capacity of Wuhan Iron and Steel is 3.5 million per year, and Tangshan Iron and Steel is 2.5 million, plus the steel base with an annual output of 6.4 million tons in Outer Mongolia, which is being planned, China's total steel output is estimated to break through 25 million and 30 million immediately.

With less freight and independent production, the price of the dock is less than half of that imported from Germany, and sixty percent of the $10 million has become five new 10,000-ton docks, and even Jiangnan Shipyard plans to take out loans to continue to expand the scale of the dock.

In the First World War, the ship will never be outdated, the shipbuilding industry has also been greatly developed, the price has risen head to head, and now the price of 170 US dollars in Jiangnan Shipyard has increased by one-seventh compared with the daily price, but next, it will rise to 190, or even 200, and the profit margin has increased significantly.

Compared with the production of 10,000-ton giant ships, ships below 1,000 tons are not so eye-catching, but Jiangnan Shipyard has not stopped for a moment, even if the huge order of 47 ships is pressed, it has not relaxed the production of small boats, and ships are launched almost every day. R1152