In 1914, on March 13, the ninth day of the plenary session, after a day's rest, the closed-door meeting began, and the largest conference room of 20,000 people was opened, because this was the first time that the northwest made a government work report.

The total number of these deputies is almost 10,000, plus some staff and deputies, more than 20,000 people are crowded with strength, the deputies sit in the front row, the rest sit in the back row, on the rostrum, there are 12 positions, they are the top group of people in various fields in the northwest, and they are also the controllers of power in the entire northwest.

Liu Shu is making the final preparations, although after becoming the head of government of the northwest, he has also experienced, not to mention 10,000 people, 100,000 people have experienced the venue, but he is extremely excited at this time, the 1913 government work report, is before the five-year plan, has been completed, but it is only a basic data, to form a vigorous draft, not only to have data, but also to have an introduction, must let people like the real scene, watch the achievements of the northwest in the past year.

Even as the head of government, even as one of the few leaders who know the northwest very well, when a 1913 answer sheet was placed in front of Liu Shu, he knew many things in addition to excitement or excitement, and even the data of some key projects, but the data formed together, especially when compared with the world's major powers, he was able to truly discover that the northwest was really strong, and this kind of strength was not empty and white-toothed, plain boasting. It's really powerful.

As for the annual data statistics, it started in 1910, and in 1908, it was only the statistics of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce, and after owning the territory, the data also formed part of the government work report. But this data is divided into different industries and different systems, and some of them won't even get Liu Shu here, he doesn't know at all.

In the past 4 years, the data in the northwest has changed, and it has also changed a lot, from 12 years of extensive type, just looking at steel production. Electricity generation, total industrial value and added value have gradually become multi-faceted and multi-fielded, from urbanization, total industry, classified industrial volume, to different categories. different types.

Because it is huge, it is important to organize it. The data summary has changed from the original disclosure in January after the New Year to the current March, basically after the Lunar New Year, the new government report and work arrangement, so that the overall arrangement is very systematic, plus the five-year plan. Finally, before the plenary meeting, the statistics of the whole sector were finalized.

Data, in the future generations of great evil, data fraud, satellite and other things. It has directly affected many people's perception of data, and for a huge country with a population of nearly 500 million and a vast territory, there is nothing more intuitive than data, which is also the result of Yang Yuanzhao's strong request.

Liu Shu finally tidied up his appearance and prepared to go out with others, but the paper in his hand, which looked ordinary, weighed a thousand catties. In 1913, from 1908, the Northwest started, the Northwest as a whole underwent earth-shaking changes, China was not the original, poor and white, even the most basic industrial products could not produce weak and small countries, five years, the Northwest has become a manufacturing power, a real industrial country.

Yang Yuanzhao sat in the center of the rostrum, on his left hand side was Liu Shu, representing the head of the government, on the right hand, Feng Yuxiang, representing the strength of the military, and then other people, sitting on both sides, the host briefly introduced a few times, Liu Shu walked up to the podium, making a government work report.

Liu Shu first summarized the achievements of the past year, the specific total figures of the industry, put at the end, the introduction of classification, the first is the most important industrial value of this era of basic steel output, steel output, has always been the pillar of the industrial country, after entering the age of steel, it has been very important, in the era of cold weapons, steel represents weapons, armor, shields, these are the most basic strength of an army.

It is hard to imagine that a group of ragged men, armed with sticks and farm implements, could defeat a group of well-trained warriors, armed with weapons and armor, unless there were other conditions, or if the number exceeded an infinite number of them, and the difference was ten times greater, and the side armed to the teeth would surely be the winner.

After entering the industrial society, along with warships, artillery, firearms, where these steel production is directly expressed, the importance of steel production has increased dramatically, to a large extent, steel production has been the foundation and heritage of the country, in many countries' basic data, the first is steel production.

The representatives below are holding their breath, they have long known that the northwest is very strong, but how powerful, no one can come up with exact data, now, this data is coming, some people have estimated before, how much is the output of the northwest, some say 35 million tons, some say 70 million or 80 million tons, and some are even more bold more than 100 million tons, but that is all speculation, in the report in Liu Shu's hands, but the real data of steel production is clearly recorded.

Liu Shu sat on the rostrum steadily, calmly spit out the data of steel production, in the whole year of 1913, the northwest completed the production of crude steel 189 million tons, pig iron production of 279 million tons.

The number is not big, but behind the number, they are 10,000 tons and 100 million, these two orders of magnitude, representing the unimaginably large, this is 1913, the data on the government work report, after this data came out, everyone couldn't help but exclaim, you know, in 1908, China's steel production figures, even this fraction is not counted, that is, 80,000 tons of iron and 40,000 tons of steel in Hanyang Iron Works, and now it has increased thousands of times, which can no longer be said to be a big development, can only be a miracle.

It sounds a little incredible, but one by one classification, but came to a similar result, after 6 years of development, the northwest has gradually adjusted, forming a number of super-large enterprises with Baiyun Obo as the center, Taiyuan Special Iron and Steel Group, Mongolian Iron and Steel Group, Shanghai Iron and Steel Group and Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, led by the leader, and the development is extremely rapid.

5 super steel groups, Baiyun Obo is a super large steel group, relying on the iron ore of Baiyun Obo, due to its proximity to the northwest, many technical improvement projects, can be quickly applied, Baiyun Obo Iron and Steel Group, is also the first batch of iron and steel enterprises to complete the transformation of large-scale oxygen blowing top converter.

From 1908 and 1909, the steel in the northwest started, the first is to plan 20 million tons of Baiyun Obo Iron and Steel Group, Baiyun Obo unique environment and huge resources, to promote the development of steel, with the first joint iron and steel enterprises, it is easy to copy.

From 1910 to 1912, Baiyun Obo Iron and Steel Group carried out the transformation of the third phase of the project, on the basis of the original 20 million tons, and went one step further, completed the transformation of the third phase, the first phase expanded by 30 million tons, the second phase expanded by 50 million tons, and at present, Baiyun Obo has become China's first annual output of steel in 100 million tons of terrifying trust industrial complex, the production of crude steel, not only other steel raw materials, but also the basis of large-scale construction in the entire northwest.

Around August 1913, the transformation of the last 12 oxygen blowing top converters was completed, and Baiyun Obo had formed more than 9 percent of the converters, and the remaining 12 largest large open-hearth furnaces with a total amount of 1,800 tons were mainly used for direct casting of large steel castings, and that was also transformed by oxygen blowing, and the production efficiency was greatly increased.

The reason why Baiyun Obo Iron and Steel Group has been able to exceed 100 million tons of production capacity is due to the improvement of oxygen blowing and converter, compared with the production efficiency of open-hearth furnaces, the soaring steel output, of which eighty or ninety percent is the improvement of technological transformation.

Liu Shu's report continues, steel production is not just a cold data, there are many other things, Baiyun Obo, the largest steel base, is the core of China's steel production, the owner of the unbreakable position, not only emphasized the number of 100 million tons, but also specifically mentioned the United States in 1913, the annual steel production.

The United States, as the world's largest industrial country, is also the best in steel production, with an output of 31.8 million tons, which is a little twice that of Germany and more than four times that of the United Kingdom.

On the seat below, accompanied by Liu Shu's mouthful of data, a series of applause rang out, and those present, in addition to the representatives from Baiyun Obo, or representatives who have a very close relationship with steel and heavy industry, know some miracles about Baiyun Obo, and the rest is the first time I have heard that a 12-meter steel rail is just 50 kilograms, what does 100 million tons of steel represent, and Baiyun Obo 100 million tons of crude steel, except for one-third, provided to special steel or alloy steel enterprises, The smelting of higher grade steel, about half of the remaining, is rail steel and construction steel, it is the excellent production capacity of Baiyun Obo that supported the large-scale construction of the northwest in 1913, all over the northwest, all kinds of high-rise buildings, construction sites, roads, railways, bridges, which are inseparable from the support of steel, and even the transformation of the entire Yellow River basin and the construction of a large number of water facilities, which also used a large number of white steel steel, the skeleton formed by steel, supported the development of the large span of the northwest. (To be continued......)