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Wuhan, a city known as the Chicago of the East, is becoming more and more worthy of its name, except that the buildings are not as tall as Chicago, and the industrial exhibition is no longer inferior to Chicago.

Hanyang Iron Works, which has an annual output of one million tons, can produce from rifles to cannons, aircraft, armored trains, Hanyang Arsenal, shipyards, tractor factories, locomotive factories, more and more mechanical chemical products are sold all over the country and even overseas along the railway and the Yangtze River, just like an octopus stretching its tentacles wantonly, absorbing the surrounding resources, Pingxiang's coal mines, Daye, Jiangxia's iron ore, Guangdong's tungsten sand, Beibu Gulf's chemical raw materials, Nanhua's rubber, petroleum, every day a large number of imports into Wuhan, the speed of the exhibition is amazing, The world's attention may only be matched by the mad obsession with heavy industry of the neighbor in the north a few years later.

After Xinhai, Wuhan once again demonstrated its important position in terms of politics, becoming the heart of China, the largest political force in the country, and the capital of the Zhigong regime.

If any force can unify China in the future, the answer will definitely lie in Wuhan.

"This is Wuhan? Ah-that's the Yangtze River Bridge that the newspaper said!? ”

Du Yuesheng walked out of the cabin, looked up and saw the reinforced concrete buildings on the river in front of him, and the passengers on the boat also cheered one after another, pointing to the discussions in front of them, and exclaimed from time to time.

I saw a row of huge reinforced concrete bridge piers in the Yangtze River to the giants, facing the rolling river water and not moving, the bridge deck has not yet been laid, but the two banks have erected a bridgehead with steel, and the bridge deck stretches out from both banks to the river. Workers are working on the construction when a construction boat under the pier rumbles with the sound of a machine. Beating the excitement of the audience. It is not difficult for people to imagine the picture of a bridge flying north and south from the majestic posture of the bridge piers!

Considering that it does not affect the navigable capacity of the Yangtze River, the clearance height under the bridge is maintained at 2o meters to ensure that 10,000-ton ships can pass through the Yangtze River Bridge. The bridge is divided into two floors, the lower level is the railway, and the upper level is the road, which is used for both railways and roads, so the front looks much higher than the general front.

The bridge deck had not yet closed, and a section of the river was empty. However, the line of giant-like high bridge piers standing in the surging river, people in the past have already felt a momentum, and no one will doubt the majestic posture of the completion of the bridge!

"The Yangtze River Bridge ahead?" Du Yuesheng asked, in fact, he probably knew the answer in his heart.

"That's right! That's the Yangtze River Bridge! It's amazing that the Chinese people can actually build a bridge on the Yangtze River! Yu Qiaqing said. He had been to Wuhan before, and looked at Du Yuesheng's exclamated expression and smiled slightly, and couldn't help but remember that he was also amazed when he came to Wuhan for the first time. Although only the first pier was built in the middle of the river was seen at that time.

"It's bigger than the Bund Baidu Bridge!" Du Yuesheng sighed that his most direct experience of the bridge is the Bund Baidu Bridge.

"Can this be compared?"

Yu Qiaqing glanced at Du Yuesheng, this guy seems to rarely set foot outside Shanghai, I don't know if it is because there are many enemies outside, he is afraid that he will be hacked to death when he leaves Shanghai?

Although it is a Shanghai tycoon. I am very familiar with all kinds of fashions in Shanghai, and I have learned to deal with foreigners, but this kind of vision is a bit narrow after all.

"Wuhan is different from Shanghai, the prosperity of the Bund is intoxicating, and the big factories and projects here are easy to shock. Soon you will understand. Brother! ”

Yu Qiaqing patted Du Yuesheng's hand and said with deep feelings. Du Yuesheng secretly remembered it in his heart, and said with some expectation: "Then I'll wait for my brother to take me to see the Hanyang Iron Works!" ”

"Well said, well said." Yu Qiaqing assured. Compared with the Hanyang Iron Works, he is more looking forward to inspecting the Wuhan Shipyard and the Yangzi Machinery Factory, the shipyard needless to say, he came to buy ships for the steamship China Merchants Bureau, and the locomotive factory under the Yangzi Machinery Factory produces all kinds of locomotives for the China Railway Company, and most of the investment of Siming Bank is smashed on the railway, and it is natural for Yu Qiaqing to go to Wuhan to inspect locomotive production.

Du Yuesheng raised his head and looked at the unfinished Yangtze River Bridge in front of him, the scale was extraordinary, and the Baidu Bridge could not be compared.

The bridge has become the symbol of Wuhan, the south side of the bridge is Wuchang Snake Mountain, the shore is where the central government is located, the north side is Hanyang Turtle Mountain, there are railways and highways connecting the famous Hanyang Iron Works.

For visitors from the water, such as Yu Qiaqing and Du Yuesheng, seeing the bridge is like seeing the Statue of Liberty for European tourists – New York is right in front of them. Wuhan has arrived! How can people not get excited?

"After the success of this bridge, another bridge will be built in Nanjing, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River." Yu Qiaqing said again.

"In this way, the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway and the Jinghan Railway, the Jinpu Line and the Shanghai-Nanjing Line, the two major railway arteries in the north and south of China are connected, which is of great significance!" Du Yuesheng's mind moved, and she praised it casually, and then added, "Zhang Lao is really courageous!" ”

When he said Zhang Lao, he was referring to Zhang Jingjiang, who was at the helm of the China Railway Company, and Siming Bank had become one of the minority shareholders of the railway trust.

Hearing Du Yuesheng say this, Yu Qiaqing's face faintly flashed with the pride of "and honor", this pride quickly disappeared, his face became calm, and explained: "As early as before Zhang Lao's appointment, the bridge project has been started under the auspices of Premier Song, after two years of construction, the progress of the project has been completed half, after the completion of the bridge pier project, in fact, the most difficult stage of the bridge project has passed, and the remaining bridge deck project will be easier." Of course, because of the importance of the Yangtze River Bridge to China's railway company, Zhang Lao also attaches great importance to it. ”

"I see." Du Yuesheng nodded, looking like he had been taught, and said in his heart: Building a bridge on the mighty Yangtze River, I'm afraid foreigners may not be able to do it! Song Lao Er is so courageous!

Of course, Du Yuesheng did not know that a project like the Yangtze River Bridge was not too difficult in the United States, and that New Yorkers had built the Brooklyn Bridge as early as 1883 -- known as one of the world's seven epoch-making architectural engineering miracles in the era of the Industrial Revolution.

Although the Yangtze River Bridge is inseparable from Mao Yushi, a genius bridge designer in China, Situ Nan, the behind-the-scenes investor, actually trusts the engineering team mainly composed of virtue engineers.

What is gratifying is that in this process, not only the designer Mao Yushi is famous, but also a group of Chinese engineering technicians who follow the foreign engineering behind the foreign engineering have also grown up, laying the foundation for the second and third Yangtze River bridges in the future.

It's a pity that Situ Nan didn't appear on Du Yuesheng's boat, so he couldn't point at Du Yuesheng's nose and say--You can only play with fruit knives on the Baidu Bridge, and you can't see Lao Tzu's army firing artillery on the Yangtze River!

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Also shocked were Song Qling and Liao Zhongkai.

"The Wuhan government's willingness to invest tens of millions of dollars to build the Yangtze River Bridge shows that their interest in the northern region is not as cold as outsiders know."

Song Qling commented.

Liao Zhongkai listened to all his thoughts, thinking of the Wuhan government's vigorous construction of a railway network in the south, and it was obvious that this Yangtze River bridge was actually part of the railway plan. At least the area south of the Yellow River was the operational area of the revolutionary army. ”

Thinking of this, Liao Zhongkai was secretly frightened, and the two looked at each other, and their faces became stern. Because there is basically no room for the Kuomintang army to survive in the southern region, their biggest cooperation object, Feng Yuxiang's department, is actually not optimistic, once Wuhan goes on another northern expedition, the northern warlords will definitely face a thunderous blow!

"Okay, don't think too much, I think that in three or five years, the Zhi Gong Party will not be able to withdraw from the south, and the railway plan will be enough for them to be busy."

Song Qling said in a relaxed tone.

"That's right! We still have time, at least a lot of things! Liao Zhongkai cheered up.

"When it was said that the Yangtze River Bridge was to be built, many people said that the Wuhan government would not be able to build the bridge within 10 years, but the progress of the project was faster than the most optimistic estimates."

Song Qling said lightly, and then was silent, feeling a little conflicted.

The investment in the construction of the Zhi Gong Party and the American-Chinese Consortium is sometimes not something that ordinary people can experience, but I hope that the railway plan will not be too smooth, so as to leave more time for the forces in the north. ”

Suddenly, he felt that the early completion of the railway project was beneficial to the country, which was a great thing, and hoped that the southern railway plan would be completed as soon as possible.

Hey, it would be nice to replace the Zhi Gong Party with the Kuomintang -- it's too much to think about! How is this possible?

She laughed at herself in her heart, and there were some contradictions between gains and losses. In fact, she really thinks too much, this woman's fame is far greater than her strength, in front of the huge capital of the Meihua Consortium and millions of related workers, without her, the railway will be completed, and the bridge will be completed.

Thinking that she was going to see Ziwen Meiling soon, her own brothers and sisters, Song Qling's mood became excited again.

The steamer did not pass from under the bridge, not between the piers to be exact, but turned around and headed downstream.

"This ...... Interesting. ”

Yu Qiaqing smiled slightly, and saw that Du Yuesheng was a little puzzled, so he explained that in fact, the ship had already crossed Hankou, but Minsheng Steamship Company deliberately walked forward a short distance in order to let passengers see the Yangtze River Bridge, so as not to delay the trip.

Plans have been made to build a new pier near the bridge in Wuchang, on the south side of the bridge, across the bank from the pier of the Hanyang Iron Works on the north bank. However, the docks of the Hanyang Iron Works are used to transport large quantities of goods, such as iron ore, coal, steel plates, rails, machinery, and even weapons, and are generally closed to the public, including Minsheng Steamship Company.

The base camp of Minsheng Steamship Company is in Hankou Wharf, which is more open and free, with many ships, large and small, including domestic passenger merchant ships and foreign merchant ships.

Landing in Hankou, Yu Qiaqing was a little surprised, because the neatly planned, a large wharf built of reinforced concrete is about a kilometer long, in addition to the cargo wharf of the United States and China, nearly one-third of the passenger wharf is actually owned by the Minsheng Steamship Company, but there is no shadow of the steamship China Merchants, when will the steamship China Merchants Bureau also lay a foothold here?

"There are a lot of people, and the sixteenth shop at Hankou Wharf is even wider!" Du Yuesheng smacked his tongue and lifted his feet off the boat, curiously observing the new city.