Regarding the matter of the arsenal and shipyard, Yan Shao and Urgat finally came to an end after talking for more than a long time. At this point, the deal is over, and the rest will have to wait until the future.

However, after the British and Americans left the Governor's Palace, Yan Shao left Urgat behind. Because Yan Shao still has a business to discuss with Ergarte alone, that is, the matter of the iron factory.

After some expansion, the annual crude steel output of Xiangshan Iron Plant has reached more than 500,000 tons. Such a large figure is already 10 times that of the Hanyang Iron Works and twice the annual crude steel production of Japan.

500,000 tons of crude steel can already meet the needs of general countries. But for Yan Shao, this crude steel output is far from enough. Not to mention anything else, the automobile factory alone needs to consume a large amount of money every year, and now that the optimization of the automobile and the production line has entered the end, if the production continues to expand, it is not impossible to reach tens of millions of cars per year, and the output of the iron plant will obviously be a little insufficient at that time.

“…… So this time, I mainly want to order some smelting equipment with you, and strive to increase the crude steel output of the iron plant to 1 million tons within a year. ”

Sitting on the main seat, Yan Shao said straight to the point at Urgat.

The original equipment of the iron factory was basically ordered from Germany, and now to increase production capacity, it is naturally better to buy the equipment from Germany. After all, the employees of the iron plant are now familiar with the German equipment, and if they change another batch, they need to be familiar with it again.

"1,000,000 tons," he muttered, and Ergart whispered.

"That's right." Yan Shao nodded. "1 million tons..."

It's big business. So Urgart didn't want to give up, but the one-year time limit made him a little worried. "In one year, time is a bit tight. Can you relax the time limit a little bit, if I can do it for another two or three months, I'll be able to get nine out of ten..."

In fact, within one year, Urgat is also a little confident. It's just like he said, the time is too tight, in case something unexpected delays the construction period, don't mention the liquidated damages or anything for the time being. It was also a blow to the credibility of the company.

As for whether it can increase production capacity by 500,000 tons in a year, this Ergart is not worried.

Historically, the steel production capacity of the great powers has increased significantly, sometimes upward. Sometimes it is a decline, for example, in 1918, Germany's crude steel production was 14.98 million tons, and after 1919 it fell to 7.847 million tons—————— which seems a bit wrong. What's more, if you really want to cite it, you should also cite the United States. Because in 1918, the crude steel production of the United States was more than 45 million tons, and after 1919 it fell to 35 million tons...

For example, in 1911, the United States produced 24.05 million tons of crude steel, and in 1912 it rose to 31.75 million tons. In the same period, Germany had 15.01 million tons, and after 1912 it reached 17.3 million tons. The former increased by more than 7 million tons in a year, while the latter increased by more than 2 million tons.

The enhancement of the production capacity of the iron plant mainly lies in three points, one is the foundation, and it is very laborious to completely build a new iron plant. The first is site selection. Then there is plant construction, equipment installation, staff training, etc., etc., and vice versa. If you already have the foundation, it's relatively easy to just expand production.

The second is capital, unlike other industries, the cost of iron works is extremely huge. Many iron works spend half of their time raising capital, and the rest of their time starting, ordering machines and installing equipment...

The third is demand, which is also the most important point. Only when there is demand can there be an incentive to increase production, and vice versa. After all, if the iron plant cannot make a profit, the greater the production capacity of the iron plant, the greater the loss, which is obviously not allowed by ordinary people. And the one that can increase demand the most is undoubtedly war...

For Yan Shao, now the foundation is already there, that is, Xiangshan Iron Works. Moreover, there are hundreds of millions of tons of reserves in the Aoshan Iron Mine in Xiangshan Nanshan, which is enough for the iron plant to produce one million tons.

As for funding? All of China, even the emperor in Beijing who sat on the dragon chair, his entire belongings are probably less than a fraction of the money in Yan Shao's account.

As for the third point, which is the demand...

Yan Shao built the iron plant to meet the demand, so there is no need to think about this.

The annual consumption of automobile factories is too much, and coupled with the arsenal that is about to be established, if the annual crude steel output cannot reach more than one million tons, I am afraid that it will not be able to meet Yan Shao's demand at all.

"Two or three months..."After listening to Urgat's words, Yan Shao nodded after thinking about it carefully. It's no problem to get there..."

For Yan Shao, two or three months will not hinder the right thing.

As for what to do before that...

The old way, outsourcing...

There's no way around it, who's to say that he only has a miniature arsenal now.

Anyway, there are still more than two years before the First World War, and no one knows whether the Sarajevo incident in history will happen after many things have been changed. If it doesn't happen, Yan Shao needs to think of more ways...

After all, the two wars were an important reason for the change in the pattern of the world in later generations, and for Yan Shao, these two wars must break out, even if countless people will pay for their lives.

About an hour later, holding the order he had received from Yan Shao, Ergart left the Governor's Mansion satisfied.

Increasing the capacity of an iron plant from 500,000 tonnes to 1 million tonnes is not a small number, as is the machinery and equipment required. And this time the gift and foreign bank is different from the last time, it is no longer a loss to make money, so it can also earn a huge profit from it.

"If only this kind of business could come ten times a year...", Ergart thought as he got into the car that Yan Shao had arranged for them.

However, after half a ring, he shook his head with a smile, obviously knowing how whimsical his idea was.

"By car, back to the office..."

As the manager of Lihe & Co. in China, Ergarte also knows a little Chinese. So after hearing his words, the driver quickly stepped on the accelerator and drove the car in the direction of the office.

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In November, after a period of more than a month. The whole South has been declared liberated and independent.

In this case, both Chinese and foreigners have paid attention to Hubei. There, the Beiyang Army, under the command of Feng Guozhang, had already captured Hankou and was now sending troops to prepare to take Hanyang.

However, at this time, the news of the huge order spread.

When they heard that the amount of the entire order was as high as more than 60 million, whether it was Yuan Shikai in Beijing, or Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren and others who were deploying in Hanyang, they were all dizzy.

More than 60 million. This is definitely a number that they have never thought of, and at the same time never dared to think of. More than 60 million, which is enough for the Navy to add two of the latest battleships. Or the formation of ten infantry divisions of European standards.

All of a sudden, almost everyone moved their attention from the battlefield in Hubei to Anhui, which was also the second time that people focused their attention on Anhui after a series of tax exemption policies.

It's not surprising that the news will get out. After all, the amount is so large. There are too many people who have handled this matter, and they can't hide it if they want to. What's more, in the Anhui military government, there may not be anyone who wants to hide it...

Out of concern for Yan Shao, the Japanese learned the news almost immediately.

However, by this time, the focus of the Japanese had shifted from discovering the secrets of the automobile factory to the flames of the revolution, and the recent stock turmoil had also dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese economy. So apart from being shocked by the scale of the business, the Japanese had little else to do.

After all, the Japanese lost 20 million pounds, or more than 200 million yen, last time, and Japan was in Taisho for 44 years. In 1911, the fiscal revenue was just over 600 million yen. In that year alone, Japan lost the equivalent of one-third of its fiscal revenue. The blow is not insignificant.

Of course, this is also because they don't know that Yan Shao is the culprit who caused them so badly, otherwise, even if they go bankrupt, I'm afraid they will go to Yan Shao desperately to settle accounts, after all, the grudge they formed that time is too big, even now they are still looking for traces of the enemy.

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Although the contract has been signed, there are still many details to be worked out, so Urgat and he did not return to Shanghai directly. Instead, he contacted the Shanghai side by telegram and continued to stay in Anqing to discuss the details.

However, Yan Shao didn't need to come forward for these, so Yan Shao just handed over the matter to the Ministry of Finance and went to do other things himself.

"I've already seen the design drawings..."In his own car, Yan Shao asked Gao Jun sitting beside him.

"I've already seen it..."Nodding, Gao Jun hurriedly replied.

As the captain of the group's construction team, Gao Jun had seen Yan Shao several times in the past, but it was the first time that he was so close, so his expression was inevitably a little nervous.

Noticing this, Yan Shao smiled and shook his head.

The car sped on the gray road that had just been repaired, leaving one mark after another on the gray road, and about ten minutes later, the car stopped at the location where the mansion was scheduled to be built.

Stopping the car steadily, the driver got out of the car and opened the door for Yan Shao.

"That's it..."Stepping on the dirt, Yan Shao pointed to the reserved location. Now that you've seen the blueprints, I won't ask you anything special. Taking a breath of fresh air from the lake, Yan Shao continued. There is only one requirement, that is, to be fast, I will give you enough manpower and material resources, and you must get it out for me within 3 months..."

"3 months..."Hearing that Yan Shao actually asked him to get out of the house within 3 months, Gao Jun's face suddenly showed embarrassment. Governor, if you have more time, can you have more time..."

Yan Shao's manor in Wuhu has also been there, such a large manor, if you want to get it out within 3 months, this is almost an impossible task.

However, hearing his words, Yan Shao shook his head and said. "3 months, I'm not saying that you should get the entire manor out, but first get the mansion out to the point where you can be the owner, as for the garden, horse farm, tennis court, swimming pool or something outside the mansion, you can wait for the future to slowly get one by one..."After speaking, Yan Shao said with a wry smile. You don't know what to do. How inconvenient it is for the governor's yamen, that is, the current governor's mansion, to live, even if he wants to wash his face and refresh himself when he works in the middle of the night. I also need to call someone to bring in and fetch water from the well, so I don't have any other requirements, you just need to get me the house out within 3 months, so that I can live in another place..."

Yan Shao still has some common sense, and naturally knows very well how unreliable it is to get so many things out in 3 months. So his requirements are not high, just get the house out, as for the things outside. It's okay to slow down.

Of course, it is actually very difficult to get the house out in 3 months, after all, Yan Shao doesn't just want to get the house out. There is also the decoration of the interior of the house and so on. However, after being given sufficient manpower and physics. 3 months, barely okay...

"That's it..."Hearing that Yan Shao only wanted a house, Gao Jun also breathed a sigh of relief.

If he had to get everything else out, he really couldn't do anything in those 3 months, but if it was just a house, he would have some confidence.

So soon he patted his chest and assured Yan Shao. "Please rest assured, I will definitely get the house out within 3 months..."

"Then please..."

Saying that, Yan Shao patted Gao Jun on the shoulder, which suddenly made him feel flattered.

People who often walk by Yan Shao's side. For example, Li Liang and Fu Xiuming are very clear that Yan Shao actually has countless problems. So I respect him very much in normal times, but I don't see him as a god.

However, to ordinary military government officials and the people below, Yan Shao is certainly not a god, but his status in their hearts is not much worse than that of gods and Buddhas. Burning incense and worshiping the Buddha, I don't know how many people have done such an action, and repeat it year after year, but what about the gods and Buddhas? but never manifested...

In fact, the people's requirements are not high, and it is enough to be well fed and clothed.

But just such a request, whether it is the high gods and Buddhas, or the government that only knows how to collect taxes, can not be satisfied, and over time, the common people will get used to this kind of life, and think that this is normal.

But the emergence of Yan Shao has brought them changes, although the military government has only been established for 10 days, but a series of tax exemption policies have given them real hope.

And everything is afraid of comparison, if the provinces after the recovery are the same as Yan Shao, and they are also exempted from a series of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, then the people below will not be so grateful to Yan Shao. Because everyone else does it, it's strange that Yan Shao doesn't do it.

However, when the governors of other provinces are forced by the treasury and want to add a few more taxes, Yan Shao will easily make the people below grateful.

Although Yan Shao's team at the beginning was Li Liang's Chinese who came back from the United States, Yushi Group has been established for so many years, and the real core strength has long since returned from overseas Chinese to Anhui, that is, Anhui locals.

These people are not blind, so they can naturally see a series of facts about what Yan Shao did in Anhui.

Coupled with the fact that distance produces beauty, at least in the eyes of those who don't know Yan Shao, he is already almost like a god. In Anhui Province, the immortal tablet specially for Yan Shaoli needs to be calculated in tens of thousands, and it is growing significantly every day...

Now serving the people he admires, not to mention building the mansion in just three months, even if the entire manor is built, Gao Jun will grit his teeth and accept it, and try his best to achieve it...

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Seeing that Gao Jun finally agreed, Yan Shao was also relieved in his heart.

As he said, he really couldn't stand life in the Governor's Mansion anymore. After all, there is nothing, and it is too inconvenient to live. And the sound insulation effect of the room is too poor, the slightest movement outside the courtyard will be heard clearly, and the next day, the maids in the courtyard will look at them with strange eyes.

It's okay for a day or two, every day, even if Yan Shao is cheeky, he can't stand it, not to mention two thin-skinned girls...

"Okay, since you have already agreed, if you need anything next, contact my housekeeper directly and let him provide it..."Saying that, Yan Shao looked at the watch on his wrist. You study with your brothers here first, and I'll go back to the Governor's Mansion first, and there's someone waiting for me to meet there..."

"You get busy first..."Hearing that Yan Shao still had something to do, Gao Jun, who was observing the surrounding terrain, hurriedly said in a respectful voice. Rest assured, my brothers and I will help you build your house as soon as possible..."

"Then please..."After speaking, Yan Shao got into the car, and after waving his hand to Gao Jun and several other members of the construction team, he asked the driver to start the car.

After the car disappeared from Gao Jun's eyes, Gao Jun and the others focused their attention on the design drawings and began to analyze the surrounding geographical environment.

Although Yan Shao has taken out the manor in Wuhu as a model, many things cannot be copied, and they also need to be adapted to local conditions. So although there is already a template, in order to come up with the most perfect work for Yan Shao, Gao Jun and the people under him still analyze it seriously.

At the same time, Yan Shao, who was returning to the Governor's Mansion by car, also had a trace of expectation in his heart, because the next thing he was going to meet was a person who was very famous in history. From a certain point of view, this person is even more respected by Yan Shao than Sun Yat-sen, after all, Sun Yat-sen's private virtues are really some...

This man is the most famous railway engineer in Chinese history, Zhan Tianyou... (To be continued......)