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Although I had seen the Hanyang Industrial Zone in my hotel suite yesterday, I had an overall impression of the Hanyang Iron Works that was not as profound as being there.

Walking into Hanyang, Du Yuesheng's heart was beating non-stop, and this time he finally opened his eyes. He sat in the commuter car, his face flushed, and his body could vaguely feel the heat from the ironworks, and only felt a hint of coolness when the wind blew through the window, so that he could sober up for a while.

He couldn't help but glance back at the blast furnace behind him, and his mind was still stuck in the spectacular picture of the molten iron coming out of the oven, it felt amazing, the molten iron flowed out of it and solidified into lumps, endlessly, constantly devouring the ore coke.

The city has a different power from Shanghai Tang - industry. Yu Qiaqing thought that he had seen a wide range of knowledge, and he had to be surprised by the speed of the exhibition of Hanyang Iron Works.

What they just saw was the newly completed No. 5 blast furnace, with a volume of nearly 1ooo cubic meters, which is currently the largest blast furnace in the world, producing 8o tons of iron per year, which is equivalent to the total steel production of Japan before 1918!

It's definitely tall, there's no bigger blast furnace than it.

The technology comes from the world's largest steel producer, Bethlehem Iron and Steel Company, with a volume of 1ooo cubic meters, a figure that Situ Nan was worried about when the project was first planned. Such a large design capacity even surprised the Americans with the adventurous spirit of the Chinese. Because the U.S. mainland hasn't been built. Bethlehem Steel Company actually took this project as a reality.

Encouraged by the success of the world's largest blast furnace in China, Bethlehem Steel did not hesitate to replicate a second or third similar blast furnace in response to the growing demand in the U.S. steel market, and it was not until after the end of World War II that a 15oo cubic blast furnace appeared.

After the No. 5 blast furnace was completed in Hanyang, Japan's Yawata Iron Works was also envious and anxious, because the Hanyang Iron Works had already caught up with and passed the Yawata Iron Works. Become the largest steel conglomerate in Asia.

The anxious Japanese also want to go to the new blast furnace, and they grit their teeth to get on it.

It is worth mentioning that the Wuhan government recovered Daye Iron Ore from Nissin Company, and now the Japanese can no longer get iron ore from Daye Iron Mine, and the originally dismembered Hanyeping Company has returned to the Chinese intact.

China has a vast land and abundant resources, as long as it can achieve results, Hanyang Iron Works is a model of this, and it is not difficult to understand that Japan is envious and jealous of Japan's lack of resources.

"I didn't expect the Japanese to have to spit out what they swallowed!"

Yu Qiaqing sat next to Du Yuesheng and sighed. Seeing that Du Yuesheng was a little puzzled, he explained to him the reason behind it.

At the beginning, when Hanyeping was broken, Meihua Company only bought the iron works and the Pingxiang coal mine. The Hanyeping Company had to repay its debt to Nissin with iron ore, while Daye Iron Ore was in Japanese hands.

After the Northern Expedition, the shape of the Hanyang Iron Works changed, and the Hanyang Iron Works became a national key project, and the government forcibly recovered the Daye Iron Mine, and Daye became part of the Hanyang Iron Works again.

The story of the struggle behind it aroused Du Yuesheng's interest, and he was a little puzzled and asked: "Aren't the Japanese at a big loss?" ”

Although Nissin lost Daye Iron Mine, it was also compensated and was able to buy pig iron from Hanyang Iron Works every year until the Daye Iron Mine paid off its debts to the Japanese side. The Japanese directly obtained pig iron without having to transport the iron ore back to their homeland, which saved a lot of costs. ”

Yu Qiaqing shook her head, thinking that around Han Yeping, the Mitsubishi and Mitsui consortiums behind the Meihua Company and Nissin Company might have another deal, and this also involved Nanhua, and Japan's imports of oil, rubber and other strategic resources from Nanyang could not bypass the Meihua Company.

It is said that after Daye Iron Mine returned to the Hanyang Iron Works, Nanhua also lifted restrictions on the export of petroleum, rubber and other resources to Japan. The story behind this is not very clear to Yu Qiaqing, and in the face of Du Yuesheng's questions, Yu Qiaqing is not easy to say too deeply. With Du Yuesheng's status, it seems that he is not qualified enough to know the secrets of the Meihua Foundation.

"I see, neither side of the business suffered."

Du Yuesheng said.

"In the long run, it will cut off the hand of the Japanese control of Han Yeping and clear the obstacles for the Hanyang Iron Works Exhibition, which is no better than being controlled by others."

Yu Qiaqing commented that he appreciated the Hanyang Iron Works, and the No. 5 blast furnace was put into operation for less than two months, and the contract of Nissin was quickly completed with its strong production capacity.

Speaking of this, Yu Qiaqing was a little excited, and sighed: "This No. 5 blast furnace produces 8o tons of iron per year, and Hanyang Iron Works relies on it for more than one million tons of steel per year.

The iron plant is a real big business, in this Meihua can be said to spare no effort, plus the iron plant in Guangzhou in the south, well, the Ma'anshan iron and steel in Nanjing will be put into operation for two or three years, and it will be soon, and the steel output of the whole China will add up to one hundred thousand tons is not less than that of Japan. ”

Du Yuesheng listened to Yu Qiaqing's analysis, and was a little nervous while being shocked, and suddenly thought of a sentence-

Steel is the country.

This is often said in the newspapers. According to Yu Qiaqing, the Hanyang Iron Works produces so much steel, and the Wuhan government's bones are getting harder and harder? Dare to wrestle with foreigners?

Well, it seems so. The domestic situation must be good, otherwise the life of myself and the Green Gang will not be more difficult.

Du Yuesheng thought depressedly.

I heard Yu Qiaqing say again: "Song Ziwen dared to take back the customs from the foreigners, raise tariffs, and crack down on smuggling in the concession, and the domestic steel industry and military industry gave him confidence." ”

Yu Qiaqing glanced at Du Yuesheng, paused in her tone, and persuaded: "Sanxin Company's business, can it be broken or broken?" It is better to break it early than late, so that people will not hate you in the future. ”

Du Yuesheng's eyes widened slightly, and she opened her mouth to say something, but her mouth moved, but she didn't say it, and let out a long sigh.

The reason why the Green Gang has gained power is due to the special location of Shanghai. In the concession, except for foreigners. That's it, the Green Gang. What does he Du Yuesheng rely on? Not opium yet?

The concession is ostensibly non-smoking. In fact, Du Yuesheng is in the concession, so he is naturally not too worried that the Zhi Gong Party will intervene in the concession for a while, but there is no mainland market, and there are tax police patrol boats on the Huangpu River, and Sanxin's business is much worse.

Du Yuesheng's family is rich and can survive, I'm afraid that people will liquidate you in the future. Yu Qiaqing's words can be regarded as speaking to Du Yuesheng's heart.

"How can you just say it's broken? Shall all his brothers eat? ”

Du Yuesheng said distressedly.

The rogue identity must be whitewashed. Just let Du Yuesheng give up the opium business, it was like digging his flesh with a knife.

Yu Qiaqing stopped talking and looked at Du Yuesheng quietly.

Du Yuesheng's heart was full of hesitation, and he didn't speak, the scene was quiet for a while, he looked up at the huge figure of the No. 5 blast furnace in the distance, and the thick black smoke that spewed out filled the sky, which seemed to have become a haze in his heart.

Suddenly, he envied Yu Qiaqing, this is probably the era of merchants, but unfortunately I am selling big cigarettes. If I don't sell big cigarettes anymore. Can you do other business?

After all, there are more and more factories and commercial houses in Shanghai, and there are no low tariffs. Domestic products are popular, and many factory owners are rich, so there is no reason to be worse than them, right?

The business needs to open a few more doors, and it can't rely on opium alone.

Du Yuesheng thought to himself, now that Shanghai's construction is hot, business opportunities are unlimited, real estate, ports, trade, entertainment, and newspapers are all industries that Du Yuesheng is more optimistic about and invests in.

The premise is that he wants to improve his relations with the Zhi Gong Party government......

Perhaps because he had more expectations for a better future, although he couldn't make up his mind immediately, Du Yuesheng's mood became relaxed, and the interest in visiting steel production returned to him.

Yu Qiaqing and they went to the hot-rolled steel mill again, producing pig iron from the blast furnace, pig iron through converter or open-hearth furnace into steel, crude steel after refining, adding trace elements to eliminate impurities, to obtain high-quality steel, and then sending the steel to the hot-rolled steel for long processing, which has gone through a series of long processes.

Yu Qiaqing once visited the Hanyang Iron Works, and was no stranger to this place, and he introduced Du Yuesheng to a large factory building in front of them: "This is the hot-rolled steel plate factory, which is said to be the largest hot-rolled steel plate production line in Asia imported from the United States, and the steel plate of the Wuhan shipyard is produced here." ”

"There are a lot of foreigners! It seems to be more than the French Concession. ”

During this period, Du Yuesheng saw that there were many foreigners in uniform in the factory area, and joked quietly. He has seen a lot of foreigners, but he is still a little surprised to see so many foreigners in Wuhan.

"Well, there are a lot of gringos at the Hanyang Iron Works, mainly Yankees and Germans, if it is a Yankee, it must be an American from Bethlehem Iron Company, and if it is a German, it must be a German from Krupp."

Yu Qiaqing also replied with a smile.

Bethlehem?

Du Yuesheng shook his head, he hadn't heard of it.

Krupp?

Sounds familiar.

"Bethlehem and Krupp are world-famous steel mills and arms dealers. The Germans were defeated, and Krupp is now downtrodden and not as powerful as Bethlehem. ”

Yu Qiaqing added.

In the industrial industries related to the United States and China, the names Bethlehem and Krupp are often mentioned, why can the United States and China win the favor of world giants such as Bethlehem and Krupp?

Yu Qiaqing doesn't know very well, he thinks that he is already a person on the periphery of the US-China Consortium, and it is only in the past two years that he has gradually learned about the US-China Consortium. The more I knew, the more surprised I felt, and the more I wanted to get closer to the US-China Foundation.

"Please!"

Yu Qiaqing took Radu Yuesheng's hand, and under the leadership of the factory escort, he walked from one workshop to another.

Du Yuesheng was interested, cleaned up his mood and followed in.

He has a certain understanding of the production process of the steel plant, such as the blast furnace he just visited produces pig iron, pig iron is turned into steel after open-hearth steelmaking, and manganese, tungsten and other elements are added to the steel to obtain special alloys.

Du Yuesheng didn't understand these new knowledge about steel alloys, but he felt that the Hanyang Iron Works that could produce these "foreign" things was very powerful.

In his simple understanding, the reason why foreigners are powerful is because foreigners can make all kinds of cannons, and if China can also make these sharp weapons, doesn't it mean that it will not lose to foreigners?

The more Du Yuesheng thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was right.

The tax police group drove into the Shanghai concession, and after a few protests from the foreigners, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and finally it was over, and the foreigners also bullied the weak and feared the hard.

With the dull sound of the machine, when he saw that the steel ingots weighing 1o tons had finally become pieces of evenly sized steel plates after a round of dazzling manufacturing, and the seemingly hard steel was actually pressed into pieces like dough, Du Yuesheng couldn't help but marvel in his heart, and was speechless for a while, "This ...... The ......", his eyes widened, and he couldn't take his eyes off the huge spinning roller, from which the steel plate spat out like toast.

This is the power of industry!

The rolled steel plate generally enters the shear line after thermal straightening and cooling, and is cut into the size required by the user.

The workshop is also equipped with heat treatment furnaces such as roller bottom type, external loading and discharging type and bottom type, which can carry out metal heat treatment such as normalization, quenching, tempering, annealing and quenching and tempering according to the requirements of variety and delivery status.

The scarlet hot steel plate was gradually oxidized and cooled, and the color faded.

His fingers gently caressed the steel plate that had just come off the production line, the steel plate was smooth and flat, and the texture was cold, which was in stark contrast to the hot and red state that was still on the production line just now.

Du Yuesheng had never seen such a strange scene, and she was amazed and eye-opening. leaned into Yu Qiaqing's ear and asked, "Where did the steamship steel plate of Minsheng Company come from?" He gestured to a stack of steel plates in front of him.

"Hmm. The rolling mill is further out and directly connected to the shipyard, less than 500 meters away, which is convenient for transportation. In addition to shipbuilding, steel plates from hot rolling mills are also used to make locomotive cars. The hot rolling line in front of us is only a part of the Hanyang Iron Works, which is best at rolling rails compared to marine steel plates, and the rails of the railway from Wuhan to Shanghai are produced here. ”

Yu Qiaqing said with a smile, when it comes to the railway, how much he hopes that the Shanghai-Han Railway will be completed!

Shipbuilding is the industry that can best reflect the industrial level of a country, and Hanyang Iron Works can produce qualified marine steel plates to reflect the progress of the national iron and steel industry, and it is a great power to look at the world to do this.

"Whether it is a railway or a ship, my two major industries are inseparable from the Hanyang Iron Works, and all my net worth is pressed on the Iron Works."

He added.

Yu Qiaqing's proud and confident expression fell in Du Yuesheng's eyes, people's future and net worth are all on the side of the iron factory, can you not be enthusiastic about the Wuhan Zhi Gong Party government?

Siming Bank, Jiangsu-Zhejiang Railway, and recently won the steamship China Merchants Bureau, Yu Qiaqing's career has swelled greatly!

The gap was not so big before, but now Du Yuesheng feels that he is not as good as others as a Shanghai tycoon, which makes him a little frustrated. Although the relationship between the two is still... Yes.

Industry serves the country, industry serves the country, a hooligan like me, if he doesn't sell big cigarettes to make cigarettes, does it count as serving the country by industry?

Du Yuesheng had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and suddenly thought of a good idea.

Less than a kilometer away from the steel mill is the shipyard, and in the shipyard, Yu Qiaqing finally saw the steamer that was about to be launched, which belonged to the steamship China Merchants Bureau.

With a tonnage of 5ooo, passenger and cargo dual-use, and a range of 5ooo kilometers, it is the largest tonnage ship manufactured by Wuhan Shipyard.

The ship was named China Merchants by Yu Qiaqing, hoping that the steamship China Merchants would prosper again.

A simple launching ceremony was held on the China Merchants and many people came, and Song Weichen, president of Wuhan Industrial Group, was the most important one, and he finally entertained Yu Qiaqing and other visitors from Shanghai in his busy schedule.

Woo woo -

With a loud and cheerful whistle, the Merchants left the dock and slowly sailed into the Yangtze River.

The shipyard's engineers and workers witnessed the moment, and even though it wasn't the first, they were still excited. The success of the China Merchants proves the strength of the Wuhan shipyard, and the Chinese shipbuilding industry is about to rise. (To be continued!)

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