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Hanyang Iron Works, a steel complex that poured the efforts of Situ Nam and Song Ziwen and others, was given high hopes as a symbol of national rejuvenation, producing not only all kinds of steel, but also all kinds of equipment.

The Wuhan Industrial Group, which consists of Hanyang Iron Works and Yangzi Machinery Co., Ltd., accounts for half of China's steel production (not counting Japanese companies in Northeast China), 90 percent of rail production, and soon will produce marine steel plates, construction steel, special steel, and various large-scale industrial and mining equipment.

To this end, the company plans to invest $200 million in the next ten years! It is the largest investment in China by the US-China consortium.

At the Hanyang Iron Works, a huge open-hearth stove stands in front of Situ Nan, and the air here contains a hint of scorching heat, which makes people excited.

"Good fellows! There's nothing wrong with production, right? ”

Situ Nan asked, hearing that the iron factory had built another batch of open hearths, so he wanted to come and have a look.

Standing beside him was Song Ziwen, the former president of Hanyang Iron Works and the current Minister of Administration, who responded with a smile of "You asked the right person" when he heard Situ Nan's words, pointing to the huge stove in front of him and saying: "These open-hearth furnaces are the most advanced in the world, with a daily output of up to 40 tons each.

In the second phase of our project, we plan to build another 30 open-hearth furnaces and 50 blast furnaces within five years, so that our steel production and pig iron production will be doubled, and we will achieve the goal of one million tons per year.

To this end, the iron works specially built a railway to the port, expanded the wharf, enlarged the iron ore and coal warehouse, and fully mechanized the loading and unloading operations, greatly improving the efficiency, like the furnace body that was recently shipped from the United States, it was unloaded in half a day. If you change to the previous one, it will be time-consuming. ”

Song Ziwen has a deep affection for the Hanyang Iron Works, and has witnessed the decline of the Iron Works before and after, on the verge of bankruptcy, and then came back to life in his own hands, and is now heading for glory.

Situ Nan ran around the production area, and the situation was basically the same as Song Ziwen said, the iron factory was thriving, and the workers seemed to be in a state of "busy competition".

He was even happier that foreign engineers were everywhere in the ironworks, most of them Germans, and that there were several young Chinese students who were often followed by German engineers. They are thirsty for knowledge, study hard, and strive to replace the foreign engineers who instruct them.

"The Germans are quite serious, even rigid, and strict with every process. In contrast, we lack this concept, and fortunately, it is changing. ”

Coming out of the factory, Song Ziwen sighed with emotion, secretly admiring Situ Nan for being able to find so many Germans, the rapid development of Hanyang Iron Works, and the contribution of foreign technicians, mainly German engineers.

"It's all about education in Germany. Good technicians are polished from an early age, and our education lacks strict zhòng in this regard. ”

Situ Nan said with a solemn face, the development of national industry cannot always rely on foreigners, and the domestic industry is backward, and the workers are uneven, so people have to worry.

Two years earlier, Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant opened Hanyang Iron and Steel College, which recruited middle school students, provided free education, and trained skilled workers for the factory, attracting many poor students.

In the factory, night schools were also opened to improve the quality of workers, but they were far from keeping up with the development speed of the Hanyang Iron Works, but fortunately, they could recruit talents from Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places.

"We have traditionally looked down on craftsmen, and now it's time for technology to save the country. I build yì, domestic education refers to German vocational education.

Especially for children from poor families, government enterprises should provide them with educational opportunities as much as possible. ”

Situ Nan said to Song Ziwen with a serious face, who called Song Ziwen the dean, and it was also his responsibility to develop national education.

"Vocational education in Germany? I remembered. ”

Song Ziwen nodded.

The importance of education is self-evident, since Situ Nan said so, he must pay attention to it, because he also plans to "scrape" an education fund from Situ Nan.

In fact, it is Situ Nan who is most willing to spend money on teacher and technical educational institutions, and while he admires the talented masters, he also understands the hard-working and simple workers that China needs most.

Well, this capitalist is eager to open factories everywhere, and there are countless workers below to make money for him.

Seeing that Song Ziwen listened, Situ Nan was very happy and continued to return to the topic of the iron factory.

"Bethlehem is very optimistic about this side of the market, want to strengthen investment in the country, next month the United States business delegation will come, well, this investment may be all-round, you tell the following to be ready."

Situ Nan said with a smile.

Bethlehem has already tasted the sweetness of investment in South China, and it is not surprising that the internationalization process has been greatly accelerated, and Situ Nan has led it to enter the Chinese market in a big way.

"Oh! That's great. I was about to tell you this. ”

Song Ziwen said with a smile.

Because of Situ Nan's connections, he knew the details of the Bethlehem Company, the world's largest steel producer, weapons manufacturer, and almost all products related to iron had the shadow of Bethlehem.

If it can be tied to the Bethlehem Company, it will almost tie the American steel industry together, and the important process is far greater than the previous import of technical equipment from the Bethlehem Company.

Perhaps the time to double the production capacity of the Hanyang Iron Works can be shortened a lot, and the development of China's steel industry will be greatly accelerated.

Song Ziwen said in his heart.

Realizing the importance of this cooperation, Song Ziwen suddenly rose to the level of the national strategy.

"In order to impress the board of directors, I wasted a lot of effort and used the railway plan to impress them."

Situ Nan said again.

Bethlehem Company made enough money for Europeans in World War I, stimulated by the rapid development of the automobile manufacturing and construction industry in the United States, Bethlehem Company had a very prosperous life in the United States, and the production of construction steel was in short supply, (the best construction steel producer), the stock price rose again and again, and it is one of the two companies with a market value of more than $1 billion in the United States!

Second only to U.S. Steel, and for this reason, in order to overtake U.S. Steel, Bethlehem has invested heavily in South China and China, two emerging Asian markets, at Situ Nan's insistence.

"That's right, we're going to have a huge rail opportunity ahead of us, and the demand for steel is going to be endless. Bethlehem is one of the best in the fields of steel production, railway equipment, locomotive power, etc., and naturally will not let go of such a good opportunity. ”

Song Ziwen analyzed.

Fortunately, there is Situ Nan's support behind him, otherwise this family would be too difficult. Money is the key to building railways, and others will be willing to invest in steel and other projects only if they see that the Wuhan government has the ability to build railways.

With China's current national strength, the Wuhan government, which occupies half of China, cannot afford to build the railway, and has to rely on Situ Nan's blood transfusion.

In fact, Situ Nan took advantage of the good stock market and quietly sold the shares of Bethlehem and Chevron Petroleum from 1925, and his share was slowly decreasing, and the cash-out funds were transferred to the Meihua Bank, and finally lent to the governments of Nanhua and Wuhan.

For example, in the Northern Expedition last year, the government owed $50 million in debt to the U.S.-China Bank on paper alone, and there will be more and more in the future.

Regarding the railway plan, Song Ziwen talked to Situ Nan and knew Situ Nan's madness about the railway. Nanhua is a good example, through guò large sums of money invested in railway construction, Nanhua steel industry was stimulated, rapid development, steel output in just three years exceeded one million tons, the original only 100,000 tons of output of Medan Iron and Steel Plant was left far behind by the new rise of the new Tangshan Iron and Steel Plant.

However, it still cannot meet the needs of the market, and it is necessary to import steel from the United States, and the railways, highways, shipyards, factories, and modern buildings in Nanhua are like giant beasts devouring a large amount of steel. This is the power of modern civilization.

After he came to power, he carried out drastic reforms, eliminated the money, rectified the financial system, strengthened tax control, extensively recruited young officials who were familiar with economic construction, and cleaned out the old fritters of officialdom who were mediocre and only ate and did not do bad things, so that an efficient and honest government would lead the long-brewing five-year industrial plan.

Situ Nan did not think that Song Ziwen's steps were too big and his methods were too harsh, and he offended a group of stubborn and corrupt old bureaucrats, but on the contrary, he supported this approach.

And the railway is undoubtedly a big killer weapon for destroying feudal society and hindering the development of industry!

Back at home, Situ Nan and Song Ziwen went into the study and continued to discuss the construction of the railway.

"The domestic infrastructure construction is too backward, in addition to the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway and the Guangdong-Guizhou Line we built, there are only the Jinghan Line and the Jinpu Line. They were all built in the former Qing Dynasty, and the equipment was aging, and the actual capacity was limited due to the occasional war damage. ”

Situ Nan sighed as he looked at the large map of China on the wall.

As for the railway in the northeast, it is good or good, and it has developed rapidly in recent years, but mainly thanks to the Japanese Manchurian Railway, the Chinese cannot intervene, and in their hearts they have been ignored by Situ Nan. Maybe he didn't have much confidence in the Zhang family's father and son?

Song Ziwen didn't pay attention to Situ Nan's negligence, and continued: "One million square kilometers of land in the thirteen southern provinces, the northern region will be shelved first, and we will take Wuhan as the center to build two railway trunk lines in the east and west, west to Chengdu and east to Shanghai, and one line to the east and west, connecting the provinces along the Yangtze River, which is equivalent to having a second Yangtze River waterway."

There are also two trunk lines: Guangzhou (Zhou) Shanghai (Shanghai) Line and Chengdu-Kunming Line. ”

Song Ziwen drew on the map, with Shanghai, Wuhan, Chengdu, and Guangzhou as the four points, a railway circle running through the thirteen southern provinces was formed, supplemented by large and small branch lines, to form a completed railway network, which is roughly similar to the railway layout of later generations.

"Good." Situ Nan nodded, and reminded: "But now Sichuan is not in the hands of the government. ”

"Sooner or later!"

Song Ziwen said as a matter of course, his gaze moved upward, and he gently drew a long line on the map, connecting the Suen River and Shandong, and the last one was from Běi Jing to the Mongolian Plateau.

Song Ziwen's actions were also what Situ Nan wanted, he smiled faintly and didn't say anything. There are some things that you need to know in your heart. It's hard to say what the future holds.

The development of the railway in the Qing Dynasty was actually good, and the route discussed by Situ Nan and Song Ziwen was actually not new, and the previous dynasty had already done most of the preliminary planning, and the Wuhan government only needed a short break to complete the railway planning.

"That's all for today! I will discuss with Lin Yimin again, and try my best to make a resolution in the government. ”

Song Ziwen left in a hurry after dropping a word, he drove away with his front foot, and Song Meiling came back.

"What about people? I'm looking for him! Song ml saw that there was only Situ Nan in the living room, but there were two teacups on the coffee table, so he asked.

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"Oh." Song ML was a little disappointed, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just received news from the US Consulate that a high-level business delegation from the United States will visit WÈN in the near future, and I am ready to inform Ziwen." ”

"I know. I sued him. Situ Nan said with a smile.

"Why don't you sue me and make me run away in vain. I wanted to come back early and sue him. Song Mu said angrily, giving Situ Nan a blank look.

"Then I have to see you, too! It's not easy to be the man behind you. Situ Nan said a little helplessly, but looked at Song ML's gaze a little.

A strong woman equals a busy woman. Song ml was a little embarrassed, he was so busy spinning every day that he hadn't seen Situ Nan for several days.

"Okay, let's not talk about my brother, it's time to discuss my brother."

……

"The boss wants to build the railway, what do you think? Second boss? ”

Song Ziwen found Lin Yimin and said directly.

"Second boss? It seems that the third boss has a lot of complaints? But looking at the way you are in charge, I feel like I'm doing the right thing. I'm a bit lazy right now. ”

Lin Yimin quipped and took a leisurely sip of tea.

"Phew! Dog's mouth! ”

Song Ziwen scolded with a smile. thought to himself, Lin Yimin was not wrong to call himself the third boss.

The relationship between the two is not a political relationship between you and me, Song Ziwen has political talent and bold spirit, Lin Yimin took a step back and focused on the financial field to play better, cooperate with each other, and be more efficient and tacit.

Well, a little bit of the difference in administrative level doesn't mean anything, if it's not cool, you can also change it, in short, the real boss is Situ Nan.

"I'm okay with that. However, it should be stated in advance that the bank will not be able to come up with much money right now. ”

Lin Yimin said with a smile, "This money has to fall on the boss." ”

"That's what I thought, too."

Song Ziwen smiled knowingly. But he was thinking in his heart, Lin Yimin has been busy rectifying the domestic financial order recently, designing fiat currency to circulate in the market, and he should have a lot of money in his hand.

Lin Yimin also told Song Ziwen that Situ Nan was selling assets in the United States and transferring funds to domestic industrial construction, which reassured Song Ziwen.

In fact, Lin Yimin's understanding is not entirely accurate, the U.S. economy is developing rapidly, and the major enterprises under the William Consortium are operating well, because of Situ Nan's early deployment, vigorously investing in the three major expenditure industries of oil, construction, and automobiles in the United States, the return on investment is particularly prominent, so it is developing more rapidly than other consortia.

Occidental Petroleum, Chevron Oil, Bethlehem Steel, combined with a combined value of more than $3.5 billion, four years later, in 1929, it was not a problem to double again.

In addition, Robles, Wells Fargo, Citibank (a small number of shares) and other financial companies, through guò cross-shareholding related industrial monopoly giants, the bank controls the assets far more than itself.

However, Situ Nan's personal shareholding ratio is generally quite high, and even if he sells some of his shares, it will not affect his control, on the contrary, he can also take advantage of the stock market to arbitrage and transfer American funds to South China and China.

At the development planning meeting, Soong Ziwen proposed a plan to build four main railway lines, and some people expressed doubts because of the lack of government funds. Book House hand-played, Book Book House provides this book txt download.

Song Ziwen had already prepared, saying that he had raised the first $30 million from the American-Chinese Bank, and the railway plan was quickly cleared.