Chapter 172: Agriculture Looks at Baotou
Harpy saw everyone's doubts in his eyes, and at this time, Yang Yuanzhao himself said that he was afraid that he would not be able to solve the problem, so he stood up and said: "I think everyone is already familiar with me!" I am the head of the German and American foreign company, and I am also responsible for the overall work of the entire foreign company, I have some articles here, those who are interested can come and take a look! ”
Harpy took out a series of texts from a text folder, and everyone stared at each other, not daring to come up directly to check it, and finally Truss came out of the crowd and said: "I'll take a look!" ”
Truss casually took out a copy of the text, read it, as a legendary scientist, he is not only familiar with English, but also knows French, German and other mainstream languages in the world, he pulled out this, it happens to be German, German he only understands slightly, briefly read it, roughly means to understand, it seems to be a purchase of raw materials, the value is more than 80 million German marks, this is a huge enough to shocking figures, after a look, the final company name, slightly hesitant, He couldn't understand the name of the company, but the company that signed 80 million German marks at one time was probably not a small company, and he tried to recite the German pronunciation.
Everyone else also paid attention to Truss, the pronunciation made by Truss was plausible, and a German identified it, his face changed, and he said: "Is it an agreement signed with Krupp Company!" ”
"It should be, I'm not good at German, look at it!"
Schweins, whose German name is named Schweins, did not politely take this article, read it in a glimpse, and recited it in English: "The German-American company signed a trading agreement with Krupp for 120 tons of tungsten concentrate powder, with a total amount of 80 million German marks, which is really a Krupp company, and there is also the signature and seal of their president!" ”
Krupp is a well-known German military industrial group, some engineers in the United States, especially those who understand the military industry, know this company very well, but even more surprised is still to come, 80 million German mark transaction volume, tungsten fine powder, tungsten this kind of thing, refining is extremely difficult, has always been extremely high, 120 tons, this German and American foreign firm, where did you get so much tungsten fine powder.
Schweins put down this paper, picked up a few more papers, and looked at them one by one, all of them were signed contracts, some of them had reached intentions, some of them were direct investments, and they added up one by one, I am afraid that there were more than 40 million US dollars.
In this era, the value of the dollar is extremely high, 40 million US dollars, even in the United States, it can never be said to be a small number, these contracts, from one side, prove that the German-American company is really rich.
After watching Schweins finish reading it, Harpy circulated these documents to everyone again, and then said: "I still have the asset certificate of Deutsche Bank and Citibank, and each bank will grant us a credit line of 10 million US dollars, so the problem of funds is not deposited!" “
With Wen Jiàn as the basis, and the credit line of real money of the two major banks, you know, Germany and the United States are only in Germany, it spent 60 million German marks, and the next second batch of tungsten concentrate powder transactions have been completed, and it is 80 million German marks, Germany and the United States are buying all kinds of raw materials in Germany, so Deutsche Bank gave a credit line of 10 million US dollars, as for Citigroup, all along, China's German and American accounts are opened in Citibank, and there are many accounts. Just the silver dollar is more than 30 million, and this credit line is also specially given.
The credit line and Wen Jiàn completely dispelled everyone's doubts, 20 million US dollars, this is definitely an unimaginable huge amount of money, their projects, the total investment, is only 1.5 million US dollars, thinking of the reward for completing the task, it seems that double the salary, it is nothing immediately.
Looking at everyone's eager eyes, Yang Yuanzhao knew that this group of people had settled down temporarily, and people were only one aspect, whether they concentrated on their work was the key, and the problem that money could solve was not a problem.
Truss is a genius scientist, but also extremely diligent, a million kilowatts, or even higher power station, has always been his wish, 6000 horsepower steam engine, in terms of power, provides enough power, the next is to install a generator for him, which requires a lot of calculations, he can't even wait, want to put into the work.
Let Taras enter the power test, Yang Yuanzhao specially helped him assign two scientists and lecturers who have certain attainments in electricity, temporarily as Truss's assistants, by the way, the workers who have already been prepared, have also been in place, they don't know much about electricity, but they can carry out some handling and body work under the command of Truss, of course, a translator is necessary, these workers, most of the selected by Yang Yuanzhao, are smart, and literate, they are also required, Learn some everyday English as quickly as possible to cope with the environment of the real yàn room.
The others did not fight as hard as Truss, except for a small number of them, most of the rest went to the dormitory to rest. A large number of dormitories built in Baotou specifically to welcome them have now been basically completed, and the accommodation conditions are uniform, and they are also a little closer to the real yàn room.
When Yang Yuanzhao came down, he saw five foreigners, who were standing below waiting for him, and a tall white man came forward and asked in stiff Chinese: "Mr. Yang, I don't know when I can meet Kate!" ”
"Kate?" Yang Yuanzhao asked a little inexplicably: "Who is Kate?" ”
It was John who came forward to ask, they also came to Baotou, and also followed everyone to visit the real yàn room, the equipment of the real yàn room is very advanced, I am afraid that in the large real yàn room of Yale University, it is just like that, the only thing that makes them a little strange is that there is no real yàn equipment for agriculture here, and there is no plan for agriculture in the planning room below, they are all Yang Yue's classmates, for agricultural research, it is difficult to be, Harpy deceived them, but the advance payment was given to them, Each of them received an advance payment of 2,000 and a few hundred dollars, and the contract was signed, and it was impossible to spend such a big price to bring them to Baotou.
The Harpy next to him knew very well what John meant, and hurriedly said, "It's Mr. Yang Yue!" ”
"Yang Yue!" Yang Yuanzhao looked at John with a scowling face, and suddenly understood who they were, they were actually Yang Yue's classmates, he sent Harpy to the United States, one of the missions was for them, and said with a smile: "This is my fault, I forgot you, Kate is in another place, where is the agricultural room, I will take you there!" ”
are all in Baotou, a few miles away, but there is no need to take a car, simply take a walk, John and others are also full of interest in Baotou, especially the surrounding farmland, which may be where they will work in the future.
At this time, most of the farmland around Baotou has been reclaimed, only a small part is left, and the cotton planted before is either taken away as fuel, or it is plowed into the soil and turned into fertilizer, because it is a mechanical operation, the lower depth is about 40 cm, which is much deeper than the ordinary one, which is to prepare for wheat production.
It was Joseph who spoke, and he was one of several people, like John, another senior researcher, who was a little better than John, who, after graduating from college, got a job in the real room of a private university, and studied agriculture, and pointed to the open space and asked, "Are these for growing wheat?" ”
Yang Yuanzhao nodded and said: "That's right, it's winter wheat, this time the planting area is huge, this time, Kate is doing breeding work, you are here, he can also be a little easier, everyone do it together!" ”
"How many?"
"It's probably more than 400,000 hectares!" Yang Yuanzhao pointed around and said.
Everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, more than 400,000 hectares, this is a huge number, one hectare is one hundred acres, which is much larger than one hectare equal to 15 acres of land, more than 60,000 hectares, converted to more than 400,000 hectares, which almost occupies all the agricultural land around Baotou, John was also taken aback, more than 4,000 square kilometers, converted into acres, it is also millions, such a huge farm, even in the United States is rare, as an agricultural researcher, the land of real yàn, Of course, the bigger the better.
"What's that, it looks like the machine we sat on before, it looks similar!"
Not far away, a tractor was plowing the field, and on the vast field, the roar of machinery seemed unusually beautiful, and the plough parted the land, turning from hard to soft, and the deep soil was turned out.
"Yes, it's the same as when we came, but there is no trailer, and there is a climbing plough in the back, and we have such a good soil cultivation thanks to them."
As an agricultural scientist, especially as a salesman for an agricultural machinery company, John's vision is actually very good, at a glance to see the difference between those climbing plows and tractors, the horsepower of the tractor is very strong, the speed of running is also very fast, the sharpness of the climbing plough is very strong, thick soil, under the climbing plow, is easy to bloom, turned out of the deep soil, the speed is not slow, not long, it is a long one, a few minutes is an acre of land.
The depth is very good, the fertility of the deep soil is combined with the shallow, the soil is easier to take root, the root system of wheat will reach more than 40 cm, in this way, it is easier to fight drought, most of the eggs are turned over, some will be swallowed by birds, and the other part will also be under low temperature, unable to hatch, so that next year's pests will be a lot less.
All of them were agricultural scientists, all of whom had graduated from Yale University, and although they may not have mixed very well, their knowledge was extraordinary, and they had summed up some experience from these simplicitys.
John and others watched it with relish, and they haven't seen Yang Yue yet, but the planting environment in Baotou is definitely good, the planting of winter wheat has always been a relatively large category of agriculture, among the grains, wheat and rice, especially wheat, for a long time, are the basic grains of Europe and the United States.
"What does it smell like, what are they throwing it on?" Walking forward, a person smelled a different smell, and in front, a group of people were holding sacks, throwing white powder with bowls, and the powder was in the air, exuding a pungent smell.
"Looks like urea!" The other tried to speak, but there was a deep uncertainty in his words.
It's no wonder they are not sure, urea is a new material, before, after the invention, there is a use as fertilizer, but very little, after all, the synthesis of urea, the cost is very high, used as fertilizer, it is not as good as importing some bird droppings, such a natural fertilizer effect is good, urea has also developed a lot of functions, such as as as medicine, the United States also began to study urea a few years ago, especially in agriculture, found that the effect of urea is very good, Yale University Department of Agronomy, specifically in the experimental field, With urea, most of the crops were eventually boosted.
However, even if it is a wealthy Yale University, the land that can use urea is only 20 acres, and the amount of increased yield per mu is simply too little compared to the price of urea.
John tried to ask, "Is this our testing ground?" ”
Baotou is very rich, and before Harpy and Yang Yuanzhao also showed their funds and capabilities, making dozens of acres as a test field, and implementing the efficacy of urea, which is not a difficult thing for them to do.
Yang Yuanzhao hurriedly shook his head and said: "The experimental field, no, no, the experimental field is on the side of the agricultural real room, about 1,200 acres, it should be enough for you to do research, right?" ”
"1,200 acres of experimental fields, so much!"
"That's a lot, and it will gradually expand in the future, and there will be tens of thousands of acres!" Yang Yuanzhao said indifferently, because of the expansion of the land, coupled with the practicability of agriculture, before the winter wheat planting, the scope of the greenhouse was expanded, from the original 600 acres, increased to 1200 acres, in the future, it will gradually expand, more than 6 million acres of land, the future of a cotton seed cultivation, at least tens of thousands of acres of greenhouses, which need to be slowly built,
"It's not a test field, it's ordinary land, why use chemical fertilizers!" Joseph asked, puzzled, and the other had the same expression on their faces.
"Chemical fertilizer is the basic fertilizer of our Baotou, and this is mixed with the other two fertilizers as the storage of the base fertilizer." Yang Yuanzhao said disapprerovingly.
Almost all of the five agricultural scientists had grown their mouths, they never expected to get such an answer, and it took a long time for John to ask in shock: "Is it too extravagant to use chemical fertilizers on all the land?" ”RS