Because of the relationship between the First Five-Year Plan and the adjustment of the war, Yang Yuanzhao began to be busy these days, but today, he took time out of his busy schedule to participate in a traffic ceremony, just a few years, with the development of Baotou, Baotou has gone through other cities for decades, or even hundreds of years to be able to walk the mileage, under the premise of the popularization of motor vehicles, the era of traffic jams has come in advance, every rush hour, there will be traffic jams, in order to alleviate traffic jams, in 1913, Baotou in Yang Yuanzhao's proposal, The construction of the fast ring road and the elevated, the ordinary road in Baotou and the expressway separated, with closure and high speed, to replace the original ordinary traffic, today, is the opening ceremony of the last overpass of the third ring road, as early as a year ago Yang Yuanzhao agreed to participate, so, even if he was busy also pushed off some things, came to participate.

At the beginning of the year in Baotou, it was particularly cold, although the current Baotou is completely different from a few years ago, and it has been modernized a lot. Yang Yuanzhao traveled to 1908, under the situation of his continuous investment, it seemed to prompt, Baotou from a small county with only 50,000 people, to a developed big city in one fell swoop, the whole Baotou became a large construction site, everywhere construction, everywhere is built, it seems that the dense city, dense housing, all kinds of large-scale industries, there are signs of modernization.

However, this kind of dense, almost piled up construction city, Yang Yuanzhao, who has the vision of later generations, seems to have dense buildings and no beauty. At any time, the first thing to be solved is always the problem of whether there is or not, and Baotou is no exception, only after the strength has progressed and become stronger. to think about more.

From 1908 to 1912. In the past four years, Botou has only been expanding. Today, when the expansion reached a certain limit, a new round of urban planning began in 1913, and this time, it was no longer about quantity, but about taste.

Yang Yuanzhao's vision is very forward-looking, he is not a designer, and the city he designed has no sense of beauty. Some forward-looking designs are there, the road width at the beginning, did not reach the terrifying level of two-way eight lanes, knowing some of the disadvantages of later generations, especially the disadvantages of megacities, he left enough margin in every area.

For example, when the streets were not so wide, four lanes were maintained in both directions. However, in the middle, there are about 2 lanes of flower beds, and the sidewalks on both sides are also very wide, and it was very much contested at that time. But in order to make pedestrians and non-motorized vehicles go better, Yang Yuanzhao almost forcibly passed.

Except for sidewalks and flower beds, permanent masonry structures are not allowed on both sides. At best, it is only a temporary steel structure, even if it has to be modified later. It's also much easier, and the old town is almost always torn down and rebuilt. Not to improve in the old urban area, Baotou is such a small county, there is nothing enough to stay.

In the boxy city, the ring was set up, referring to Beijing's setting, starting from the first ring, leaving enough area to prepare for future elevated roads and highways, and the forward-looking at that time became a reality a few years later.

It is this series of design, so that Baotou in the development, occasionally encountered problems, but it is easy to find a solution, Baotou now has a population of more than 50 million, the number of motor vehicles has reached about 5 million, than other cities in the world, earlier into the morning and evening rush hour, traffic congestion, but a fast road, two-way eight-lane convenient passage, traffic police and traffic lights, a variety of unique design from later generations, to deal with traffic congestion, Let the congestion in Baotou not be so serious.

The most critical thing is that because the land is recycled, before the Baotou Chamber of Commerce, and then recovered to the Northwest Government, the entire land around Baotou is basically not private, in this case, the expansion of Baotou is particularly large, with an area of 400 square kilometers in the core area, the average population density per square kilometer is 60,000 people, which can not be regarded as the most dense density in the world.

The first ring expressway, because it is too close, is only 5 kilometers in a radius, and the whole ring road is only 20 kilometers, without using a closed expressway, but using an overpass, which is the most core business district in Baotou, several commercial avenues, attracting celebrities from all over the world.

The preliminary use of the second ring is elevated, in most areas, it is basically semi-closed, a full 50 kilometers of the ring line, more than half of the closed, the speed can reach about 50-60 kilometers, and it is about 50 minutes to turn around, which is in the idle period, not very fast speed, in busy times, it is simply the same as flying, and even some from one ring to the other, around the second ring road.

The third ring is the most important renovation project in the northwest at present, the third ring of Baotou is positioned as a circumference of 110 kilometers, that is to say, it is in the core of Baotou, an area of about 27.5 kilometers, covering a larger area, due to the huge area, so, the area is more, basically most of the large enterprises and government bureaus, are within the third ring road, the government community and a large number of residences are also there, due to the long distance, but also to ensure a certain traffic speed, the rated speed of the third ring is about 80 kilometers - 100 kilometers, in this way, Semi-closed is not suitable, there will be great danger, and in order to ensure the passage of a large number of cars, the use of elevated and ground cooperation, free traffic can reach 3 times, or even 4 times the traffic capacity.

The whole viaduct, the whole journey is more than 85 kilometers, and there are more than 110 overpasses, it can be said that between square inches, the investment is huge, looking at the elevated between 15 meters and 35 meters from the ground, rising in the city of Baotou, the shock for all is obvious, this will also become the new scenery of Baotou.

The elevated is fully enclosed construction, but the huge elevated is anything can not be stopped, many citizens are asking, what is this, about the effect of the elevated is also spreading, originally, a large number of highways through, has made the traffic environment of Baotou on a grade, especially the bus line and the light rail and subway in the planning, but the elevated as a reserved future construction, or built, with Baotou ultra-high construction speed, it took less than a year to complete more than 80 kilometers of elevated.

Yunshan Bridge, above the Third Ring Road, the largest overpass, is divided into 8 different directions, 4 levels, is an important node in the center of the Third Ring Road, and even has a small section, almost 10 kilometers of elevated, directly connected to the Second Ring Road, which is an important area for the linkage of the Third Ring and the Second Ring.

At this time, in front of the overpass, the lights are colorful, and the cars with temporary license plates are attached to the area of the overpass according to the time arrangement, one by one into the area of the overpass, because everything is simple, a simple red rope, Yang Yuanzhao and Liu Shu will come forward and cut it, and the first batch will enter the elevated.

At 10:20 in the morning, the ribbon-cutting ended, and more than 500 vehicles, at a speed of more than 80 kilometers, roared across the overpass, divided into two directions forward, Yang Yuanzhao's car was in the front, and in his car, there was a guest, Yuan Shikai.

After a period of treatment, when most of the stones are excreted from the bladder either through drugs or physical means, Yuan Shikai's body will be cured immediately, similar to this disease, very painful, very uncomfortable, but as long as the root of the disease is removed, as long as the disease is not deep, it affects the normal operation of the organs, otherwise it can be recovered quickly.

Yuan Shikai is over fifty years old, pampered, well maintained, plus the major in the northwest, he just rested for more than ten days, it's almost over, he has determined the next road in Beiyang, he simply didn't go back, follow in the northwest to see, no, such a big thing as the opening of the elevated road, of course he wants to join in the fun.

Ten meters, twenty meters, or even thirty meters above the ground, which is usually almost ten stories high, but the wide expressway makes the car drive quickly, looking at the buildings outside the window that keep retreating, Yuan Shikai said with emotion: "Really rooted in the northwest, only to find that the northwest is really too powerful, why build an elevated, the ground can't work?" ”

Yang Yuanzhao simply told Yuan Shikai about the three-dimensional traffic, in the future, the main roads of the city, just play a basic role, really open to traffic in the city, is elevated, can meet the passage of private and official vehicles, buses, rail transit and subway, is another way of public travel, the pursuit of a large number and relatively fast, as for the higher level, may be when the helicopter is developed, there will be air lines, of course, that is a few decades later.

After Yuan Shikai listened, he was silent, under the banner of Beiyang, there are few management talents, and there is barely a Zhou family, but it is the old foundation left by Li Hongzhang, Yuan Shikai's subordinates, who can lead troops to fight, there are really a lot, but in this era, the economy is the most important, and this point is also understood after he arrived in Baotou.

As soon as the cannon sounds, the gold is ten thousand taels, and military operations always cost a lot of money, not to mention equipping the army, and the source of funds is not what is ingenious and robbed, collected from the people's rations, but to run the city, this title is very fresh, it sounds a little incomprehensible, but in the northwest time more and more, he seems to understand that the city is getting bigger and bigger, more and more citizens, plus machines and factories, can collect money, collect a lot of money, at least the government income of Baotou City leaked by Yang Yuanzhao, It's about 12 billion.

No wonder the Northwest doesn't look at the weapons of a few divisions, a city can reach hundreds of divisions' equipment, and the people still live and work in peace and contentment, this is simply magic, and it starts from this cognition, Yuan Shikai began to appoint, asking Yang Yuanzhao to get him a place, and he settled in the Northwest, honestly being a rich man, and not considering the problem of a comeback. (To be continued......)