Although the outside is covered in snow, it has turned this northern city into a city of ice. The rapidly degrading atmosphere also forced the city's residents to wear thick cotton clothes.

However, at this moment, the temperature in the office seems to be very hot.

Maybe it's because of the heating, after all, it's also the presidential palace of a country, even if nothing else, the heating measures must always be sufficient, right?

But it's more likely, I'm afraid it's because of the report just now.

It was the summary report of the past year that made the hearts of everyone in the office burn up.

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Looking at the information in his hand, although he had already known the number of qiē on it, at this moment, Yan Shao had a rare feeling of ambition.

Because this stack of paper is the strength he needs to make China stand at the top of the planet in the future.

Strength, power...

How important the strength of a country is, I am afraid that no one on this planet understands it more deeply than Yan Shao.

Not only Yan Shao, but the other people present also became a little excited after noticing the number on the information. Although they have long been aware of the changes that the Second Five-Year Plan will have on the whole country, when this change does appear, they still can't help but be surprised by this change――――――Well, in fact, they have already experienced this change themselves, that is, at the time of the first Five-Year Plan.

In fact, when the first five-year plan was introduced, many people questioned this kind of plan that did not conform to the laws of the market. There was even a comment on it at one time. What if you invest in the construction of so many factories and no one buys the goods you build in the future?

This question has not been raised by no one. There were even some foreign newspapers at that time that commented on this, believing that it was just a whimsical of the Chinese.

There are even reviews claiming. "The ruler of China today may be a great writer. But apparently not a great ruler. Perhaps he confuses fantasy with reality, thinking that ruling a country in reality is as simple as in fiction. He also thought that the prosperity of a country depended entirely on industry, which is why so many projects were launched in a short period of time, thinking that after all these projects were completed, China could become a powerful country. It's just that this great writer seems to have forgotten one thing, that is, the development of everything has a certain law, not to mention that as long as it is built, it is equivalent to a strong country, but more factors are needed to cultivate, if there is a strong industry and no suitable soil. It's like a hanging garden, magnificent, but it can't last. ”

Although the 'Seventh Five-Year Plan' of that year did attract a lot of shock and praise due to its huge scale, such remarks also represented a view, a more mainstream view.

In fact, this perception is not without reason. After all, the preservation of anything requires the living environment. It's like if you're building a luxury sports car factory in a very poor country in Africa, and you want to create a brand of luxury sports cars here.

Even if your car is of good quality. Performance and other luxury brands are not lagging behind. The question is, can people here afford to buy such luxury sports cars?

You say you want to export? But do you have an outlet for it? Will those countries choose your product? All of these things need to be considered.

If you start building these things without thinking about anything, it's like a foreigner says. It's just a beautiful looking hanging garden, and I don't know when it will collapse because of the unstable foundation.

The same is true now, and in the eyes of many people, perhaps the 'Seventh Five-Year Plan' at that time was indeed very shocking. However, for the time being, we will not mention whether these factories will be able to complete the project. Even after the completion of the project, what is the quality of the product produced? What about the production capacity? How much does it cost? Most importantly. Who exactly do you sell your product to after it's been produced?

Poor and weak people? I'm so sorry. Although there were many Chinese at that time, they were too poor. The most important thing is that in the eyes of some people at that time, many of the products produced by those factories were actually not needed in China at that time.

Foreigner?

This is a good idea, at least that's what Yan Shao did at the beginning.

The problem is that the foreign market in this period was close to saturation. As early as 1903, the crude steel production of the United States had reached more than 4 million tons, and in 1905 it reached more than 20 million tons.

In other words, many countries, including the United States, also have the capacity to produce, so why should they import from you?

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It is precisely because of these factors that after the launch of the 'Seventh Five-Year Plan', although the vast majority of Chinese people, including many people in China, support it, there are also many people who are not very optimistic about it.

After all, China at that time did not seem to have the soil to support such a large-scale industrial plan. Other economists believe that the size of the plan should be reduced to make the whole plan more reasonable.

Naturally, these suggestions were ignored, and the result was the largest industrial project in history.

However, just when those who thought China would fail, thought they would see what they had guessed, World War I broke out.

According to later generations, it was the war that saved the plan. Because of the urgent need for various resources to help them win the war with the orders of the Allied powers, the Chinese factories were fully operational.

Especially the factories that were built because of the 'Seventh Five-Year Project' at that time―――――― you must know that almost all of those projects were related to industry, and many of them were related to war.

Thus, the greatest industrial miracle in human history was born. And this war not only fed the factories and enterprises built in the 'Seventh Five-Year Project', but also greatly stimulated the development of China's industry.

Stimulated by interests. A large number of factory owners began to spontaneously expand their production capacity. Of course, at that time, Rainstone Bank was lenient on loans. These factories have also benefited greatly.

It can be said that the prosperity of China's industry today can be said to have been laid down during that period.

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Although China did create a great industrial miracle at that time, it was precisely because it was the outbreak of the First World War. Therefore, there are still many economists who believe that the success of this 'absurd' plan is purely because Yan Shao and other Chinese are very lucky to encounter such a war.

Otherwise, this costly project will only fail in the end.

Naturally, they definitely didn't know that Yan Shao had already known about the outbreak of this war ―――――― from history textbooks.

Anyway. At least one thing is certain, and that is that war between the Entente and the Central Powers will inevitably break out. In this case, what is there to praise Yan Shao, at most, it is just a few more years.

Let alone...

At that time, the Chinese people may indeed be very poor and weak, and they did not have much money in their pockets, but as a market, a market with more than 400 million people. After all, it is still possible to digest a lot of products, and there is no problem in persevering for a few years on this alone.

And in the past, China was poor. The incompetence of the Manchu government is one thing, and the chaos of the political situation is another. With the domestic political situation stable, Yan Shao is fully confident that he will make the whole country stronger.

In any case, it was precisely because of the First World War. Therefore, there will always be many people who feel that the success of the 'First Five-Year Plan' is purely due to the war. In other words, has the war made the whole project seem less pure?

That's exactly what happened. The results of the Second Five-Year Plan, although not as surprising as the First, were not as surprising. But at least it brought a lot of different things―――――― most importantly, the results that were achieved over the course of the past year. And now it seems that there is still some time before the end of the five-year plan.

As I have just introduced, the past year has been a remarkable leap forward in the achievements of China, the most powerful country in the Far East. With more than 13 million tons of crude steel output, it can already be proud of all countries except the United States.

Of course, China's crude steel production today is certainly not comparable to that of the United States at its peak before the war, after all, the United States produced more than 40 million tons of crude steel at that time. However, this year, perhaps because the war has been over for a period of time, the crude steel production of the Americans is only 20 million tons―――――― to be exact, 20.101 million tons.

In other words, the gap between China's crude steel output and the United States this year is just over 6 million tons.

Of course, Yan Shao would not be naïve enough to think that the gap between China and the United States is only more than 6 million tons because of this relationship.

Because the reason for this is only because with the end of the war, a large number of orders for the military industry and other aspects have been cut, so the Americans are inevitably a little uncomfortable. Two years later, U.S. crude steel production was back to its peak, the so-called era of more than 40 million tons.

In other words, there is still a big gap between China and the United States.

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However, although the United States cannot be compared, it is difficult to say about other countries, such as Germany or something...

During this period, Germany's crude steel production was only 9.997 million tons, France's only 3.099 tons, and even the British only 3.763 million tons.

In other words, no country with Germany can be compared to China today.

And this is just an achievement made at a time when the Second Five-Year Plan has not yet been completely completed, and it is conceivable that if the Second Five-Year Plan is over, then how strong China's industry will be―――――― and perhaps even stronger than many people imagine.

"At least according to the statistics of the Ministry of Industry, there is still a lot of potential for growth in China's steel sector. In particular, the steel bases in several regions, such as the Urals and Central Asia, are just beginning to be put into operation. We only need a certain amount of time to cultivate it, I believe it is only a few years. It will be possible to bring it to a considerable level by the end of the Second Five-Year Plan. It is believed that China's crude steel output should be able to break through the 20 million ton mark..."

When he said this, Huang Hao looked at Zhang Jian, Zong Wu, Zhou Ziqi, Zhan Tianyou, and Zhou Xuexi on the side, and then continued. "As long as the country can digest this steel..."

Huang Hao's gaze just now, everyone present naturally noticed it, especially Zhang Jian and others. Therefore, after hearing Huang Hao's words just now, Zhang Jian responded.

"There should be no problem, although at this stage the foreign market is due to the end of the war, the demand for just now has been greatly reduced, even in China." Speaking of which. Zhang Jian smiled slightly bitterly, the United States is naturally the big winner in this war, but China is not bad, especially the military achievements and other products are also exported to Europe in large quantities, and now the war in Europe is over suddenly, it is conceivable how sad the life of those domestic companies will be if they lose these orders, but...

"However, although there are no orders from abroad. However, the domestic demand is rising sharply, especially in urban construction and transportation and some other projects, and the domestic demand market is very large, so basically there will be no problems..."

Zhang Jian's words just fell. Zhou Xuexi and the others who were sitting next to him nodded hurriedly, and Zhou Xuexi himself spoke directly. "At present, there are a large number of water conservancy projects in China, and many of them involve some towns and villages. These water conservancy projects, such as small reservoirs and hydroelectric power stations, require a considerable amount of industrial raw materials such as steel and cement. Considering the current number of these projects in China, it can fully meet the domestic demand for the market. ”

"That's right." Zhou Ziqi, who has the same surname as Zhou Xuexi, also nodded slightly. "There are still a lot of cities in the country that need to be renovated. These require a lot of raw materials such as steel and cement, so there is absolutely no problem..."

This week is not lying, although in later generations China's GPD is indeed partly due to the real estate industry. But in this era, Yan Shao doesn't need to worry about this problem, let alone what impact it will cause―――――― in fact, Yan Shao doesn't like the development of the real estate industry, after all, as an ordinary person, the more expensive the house sells, the more he can't afford it.

But in this era, the first point is that except for cities like Shanghai or Beijing, the housing prices in most areas are still very expensive, and it can even be said that they are in a relatively simple stage.

The second is that after the establishment of the national government, the situation in the country was indeed stable, but many old buildings that represent the past were indeed out of an environment that needed to be demolished.

It's not that there is a problem with the quality of these buildings, or that there may be some dangers if they are not demolished, in fact, the quality of these buildings is still very good. If it is well maintained, it will be no problem to use it for another hundred years, and there will be many such buildings in future generations.

The problem is that, after all, such a building is no longer suitable for the needs of the Chinese people. After all, whether it is running water, electricity or sewers, the role of modern civilization is too great, compared with these buildings, it is inevitable that these buildings are too troublesome, so demolition has become almost inevitable.

Of course, the forced demolition has almost never happened, after all, it is still a legal society, not to mention that there is also a clean government department above, and there are really not many people who dare to do something on it.

Naturally, before doing this, Yan Shao also made some instructions, such as that each city needs to carve out some ancient buildings from its own city, and protect them well, and even set aside a street, such as the alley of later generations, so that people can at least take a look at what the past buildings in their country are like―――――― about a hundred years from now.

Although they didn't know what Yan Shao meant, those people still followed Yan Shao's instructions.

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After Zhou Ziqi and Zhou Xuexi spoke successively, Zong Wu also spoke, after all, many projects are still related to him, the Minister of Civil Affairs. As for Zhan Tianyou, he was already a little taciturn, but he didn't say much. It will not be because the Ministry of Communications has less demand for steel, but because the current domestic transportation development is in a relatively stable state, and it is no longer as hungry for steel as it was at the beginning.

In this way, Zhan Tianyou naturally didn't feel that he had anything to say, anyway, all the railway projects had already been planned, even the sequencing of the projects.

Then, you just need to follow the plan, of course, there are some projects that can also be used in steel, such as ports, airports, but these are not particularly large in demand for steel, so there is no need to say it.

Anyway, listening to the reports of various departments, Yan Shao is still very satisfied.

But just as he nodded approvingly, and was about to say something, he was suddenly attracted by a little light outside the door. (To be continued......)