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    There is a raging war outside the northwest, and Dangtu, not far from Nanjing, is also bustling.

    In just six years, the once dilapidated Dangtu County has become one of the most important cities on both sides of the Yangtze River.  The county town is bustling with people. Less than three miles south along the newly built cement road is the nationally famous Dangtu Steel Plant.  After six years of development, it has not only become an important steel base in the country, but also can produce more than ten kinds of steel products such as various types of seamless steel pipes, cold-rolled plates, I-beams and rail steels.

    When Bernard, the British Ambassador to China, arrived here, he was also attracted by the lively county town and followed the dragon dance team towards the steel plant.  When we arrived at the gate of the factory, the place was already crowded with people. There were villagers from all around to watch the excitement, industrialists from the Republic of China who came specially from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and a large number of reporters and government officials. You could even see many faces like him.  people haunted.  In the center of the festive banner at the factory gate was a vermilion plaque made of huge red cloth flowers. The large Chinese characters on the plaque made him frown!

    ¡°It contains a piece of big news that will inspire China and even lead the Far East.

    "A million people will rejuvenate the country, and China will be number one."

    "Your Excellency, Ambassador, let's go in." The counselor saw him staring at the plaque in a daze and thought he was looking for something.  But Bernard shook his head surprisingly: "Take a look first." Take a look?  The counselor didn't understand what was so interesting about this.  But I didn¡¯t ask too much, so I had to mix with him in the crowd and watch the Chinese celebrations.

    This number is nothing to Europe and the United States, but it is extremely eye-catching in the Far East!  You must know that the steel production in Japan last year was only 300,000 tons!  Here it has reached one million.  And this is one of them. There are currently six steel plants in the Republic of China, with an annual crude steel output of at least 2 million.  Therefore, the distance between the two countries that were almost equal ten years ago has rapidly widened in this regard, which casts a shadow over the future of the Anglo-Japanese alliance.

    Bernard¡¯s eyes searched for the middle-aged man who was being interviewed at the factory gate.  Although he had never interacted with him, he had heard of Pan Tianshou, because he was able to start this steel factory entirely because of Yang Qiu's strong support.  For today's Far East diplomats, Yang Qiu's every move has become the focus of everyone's daily collection and discussion, so everything related to him is worth noting.

    But he didn¡¯t know that there were several pairs of eyes in the crowd staring at him.

    Chen Haohui is sitting in a wheelchair.  The legs were covered with a thin blanket.  He is now the chief of the National Strategic Intelligence Section. This newly established agency is different from the Security Bureau and the Military Intelligence Bureau. It is mainly responsible for some work at the national strategic level. Yang Qiu also hopes to use this to divide the increasingly powerful  Security Bureau.  This allows several departments to restrain each other so that one company does not become the dominant one.  It's a pity that he no longer has the ability to become an outstanding agent sent overseas, so he patted his legs with regret, looked at the eager but nervous disciples around him, and said with a smile: "Yunong, don't be so nervous. You can know him  Is the purpose of this trip? Does it have anything to do with the train in Japan?"

    23-year-old Dai Chunfeng was originally a student at Zhejiang Normal University. After getting married in Shanghai in 1915, he joined the National Guard as a customs patrol policeman. In 2017, he was admitted to the National Defense University.  He is a second-year student in the fourth semester of the Information Department.  It was precisely because of this application that I met Chen Haohui, who came back from Japan to serve as a temporary lecturer.  Because he was smart and talented in intelligence, Chen Haohui brought him in as his assistant after he came out again, focusing on cultivating and examining his character.

    Dai Chunfeng went on a mission for the first time. Although the teacher was by his side, he was still a little nervous. He said: "The intelligence said it was about the northwest. The British have repeatedly asked us not to continue to expand the war in the northwest. It did not say anything about the Japanese goods.  It has something to do with it. But I heard something The Military Intelligence Bureau and the Security Bureau have different opinions on when to seize the Japanese cargo. Yesterday, Director Fang and Director Zhang had a meeting. I heard that they were ready to wait.  After the Japanese went to sea, they were detained in the name of smuggling!¡±

    "These bastards. They are just afraid that the world will not be in chaos!" Chen Haohui laughed and cursed, and said: "Let them worry about this matter. Since it was proposed by the Military Intelligence Bureau, the General Staff must have deliberately done it."

    "Teacher, you mean the navy"

    "This has nothing to do with us!" Chen Haohui glared at Dai Chunfeng. This disciple was agile and thoughtful, and very talented in intelligence. However, he had a strong desire for power and always liked to inquire about internal affairs, so he took the opportunity to say: "  Yunong. If you want to do well in this business, there are some things you shouldn¡¯t touch! If you want to touch themjust change your profession."

    Dai Chunfeng is at the dream age when he wants to do something big, so why would he change his career? Besides, he also likes this kind of work.  Hearing the warning in the teacher's words, he nodded quickly: "Teacher, don't worry, Chunfeng knows he was wrong."

    "That's good. I'll go back and give instructions to the northwest side later. If you're right, it's time for the Poor Party to send someone."

    "Yes." The two chatted quietly without causing any ripples.

      Pan Tianshou, who was surrounded by reporters, was just like ordinary people, unaware of this ubiquitous undercurrent.  In 1912, as the son of Pan Lu, the founder of Qingxi, Guizhou, he went to Sichuan to seek a meeting with Yang Qiu. He immediately received investment, and Dangtu Iron and Steel Works began to explore and select a site.  At the beginning of 1913, the mine was located and all the funds were in place. He took the ore as it was and went to the United States to experiment with equipment selection. Later that year, he purchased open-hearth furnaces and other smelting equipment from the United States Steel Company, purchasing nickel steel, rebar, I-beams, and seamless steel.  7 types of profile processing equipment including steel pipes, H-shaped steel, and track steel.  The steel plant broke ground in the spring of 2014. In 2016, all American technicians arrived and workers were trained. It produced 100,000 metric tons of crude steel that year.  By 1917, steel production had reached 400,000 tons.  In 2018, Hanyang added two self-produced open-hearth furnaces with an output of 750,000 tons. At the end of the year, it added a 6,000-ton large-scale hydraulic forging machine shipped back from Russia, and two 2-ton Swedish electric furnaces. For the first time, it has the processing capacity of ultra-large profiles.  The ability to produce cold-rolled sheet for automobiles.  In just 10 months from January to now this year, crude steel production has surged to 1.01 million tons, making it the first largest steel plant in Asia with a crude steel smelting capacity of one million tons in the country and even in Asia.

    This is not only his personal honor, but also a true portrayal of Yang Qiu¡¯s determination to revitalize industry!  Dangtu has also become a microcosm of the industrial progress of the Republic of China.

    The two factories in Hanyang and Chongqing are taking the high-end route of military industry. In addition, iron ore resources are not abundant, so there is no rush to increase production capacity, and the annual output has been stable at 500,000 tons.  However, the former has a joint venture with France in Changchun, and the latter has also gone to Almaty and East Kazakhstan to prospect for minerals, so it has not stopped its expansion.  The initial designed production capacity of Fengtian Anshan Steel Plant was only 150,000 tons. It has already ordered smelting equipment from Hanyang, Italy and Sweden. With better resource advantages, they are working hard to catch up.  The designed production capacity of the Changchun Sino-French joint steel plant is 1 million tons, but it was previously due to a shortage of workers.  The railway does not reach the Maoshan mining area, so iron ore from Anshan has been used, and the output is seriously insufficient. However, with the railway opening soon, it is expected to reach 400,000 tons next year.  Construction has started in Baotou.  Next year there will be a production capacity of at least 200,000 tons. Coupled with the already ground-breaking million-ton Kunming Shuicheng Steel Plant and the planned northwest Urumqi Steel Plant, crude steel output is expected to exceed 5 million tons, the dividing line between powerful countries, before 1925!

    In addition to large enterprises, the Shanxi Taiyuan Steel Plant brokered by Yan Xishan, the Shandong Coal and Iron Plant invested by the former Beiyang and current Minister of Transportation Liang Shiyi, the Wuchang Shipyard and Ningbo Shipyard jointly established by Song Weichen and several wealthy businessmen, Bayuzao resigned in Chongqing and several  New private heavy industry enterprises such as the Hunan Aircraft Factory founded by students studying in the United States and the Changsha Automobile Factory invested by Tan Yankai are also booming. Although limited by capital and technology, the scale is small, but the buds of the national private industry have already emerged.

    Some people are also worried that government officials¡¯ involvement in industry and commerce will lead to some bad habits.  But this is the choice of the times!  In an era when consultation was underdeveloped, these people had first-hand information, and only they could catch up with the world. Even those who initially engaged in industry in Europe and the United States were governments and aristocrats, so Yang Qiu turned a blind eye to this phenomenon.  Because with the development of society, education, and improvement of laws, things will gradually get better.

    Numbers are being refreshed one by one, and steel production is rising year by year.  The first five-year industrial plan of the Republic of China proposed by Yang Qiu in 1915 is entering the final sprint stage.  Hanyang, Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Jiangnan, Mawei, Qiuxin, Qingdao, Qinzhou, Dangtu Anqing, Xiangtan (coal and chemical industry), Guangnan (Guangxi and Yunnan nonferrous metals), Fengtian, Changchun, Baotou, Jiujiang, 15 state-owned or private  The group enterprise has taken initial shape.  They alone have 21 military projects.  There are also 3 aircraft manufacturers, 5 shipyards, 5 boiler and steam turbine factories, 6 tractor and truck factories, and 4 engine factories.  3 locomotive factories, 24 different machinery and metal processing factories, 7 chemical and fertilizer factories, 19 coal and non-ferrous metal smelting factories and 117 subsidiaries!  The total number of workers has increased from the initial 20,000 in Hanyang to the current 350,000.  At the peak of the European War in 1918, the highest annual gross output value was as high as 1.5 billion yuan!  They alone bring nearly 400 million yuan in fiscal revenue to the country.

    The output value of 1.5 billion yuan seems to be a lot, but compared with the equipment manufacturing industry of European and American industries, it is far from enough. Therefore, the fiscal revenue of the Republic of China has not completely got rid of its dependence on agriculture.  Moreover, some of these factories are still very primitive, and some have just begun to be built, but this does not prevent them from gradually supporting the backbone of national industry.  With the protection from tariffs, they can temporarily avoid the impact of international cheap goods, and can focus on expansion and accelerated development. The procurement tilt in population and national construction projects ensures that they survive the initial capital accumulation stage.  More importantly, because they all adopt the subsystem contracting and primary assembly line methods proposed by Yang Qiu.  Therefore, the invisible total output value is much higher than several times, and there are about 2 to 3 million people living around them across the country.

    ?? New industries such as national power, transportation, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, communications and optics have gradually emerged as the National Development and Reform Commission began to formulate the second five-year plan, and the Ministry of Finance also began to formulate the second round of private enterprise support.??List¡­.  No wonder Li Yuanhong was smiling from ear to ear. This cheap president became more and more knowledgeable the more he became the president. He pulled Pan Tianshou and others around very enthusiastically, even in front of workers and reporters.  He demonstrated his speaking skills and encouraged everyone to keep up their efforts.

    It was rare that Li Yuanhong was in a high mood. He was shy and wanted to talk more. Wang Anlan came over and stopped him: "President. The British Ambassador is here and wants to see you."

    "What is he here for?" Li Yuanhong narrowed his eyes and looked at Yang Du beside him, who smiled slightly: "The vice president ordered to send troops to Russia, and also dispatched three more brigades from Irkutsk and Xinjiang to support Andiyan.  Northwestthey are anxious!".

    (To be continued)

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