The journey starts from the Titanic

Situ Nan glanced at He Xiangu with admiration, and blinked, the helpless little girl has become mature now, well, her eyes are good.

…Mao Yisheng could hardly believe everything he saw before him. The streets of Wuchang were crowded with people, people straightened up, and there was little "inferiority" in the eyes of foreigners.

When I got off the boat, I saw many construction sites along the way, and the whole city was in orderly "chaos".

"I am happy to know that you are coming back! I came to pick you up." In the car, Luo Zhongchen kindly took Mao Yisheng's hand.

He is Mao Yisheng’s teacher. He was originally the president of Tangshan Jiaotong University and now the president of Wuhan Jiaotong University and the director of the Railway Planning and Development Department of the Ministry of Communications.

"Thank you teacher. I really didn't expect such a big change in the country. The Wuhan government seems to really want to do something. Even a noble person like you, teacher, has become an official."

Mao Yisheng said with emotion.

The predecessor of Tangshan Transportation College was Tangshan Road Mining School, which has a history of almost 30 years. It was founded to train talents in the Chinese railway industry and made great contributions to the Chinese railway industry.

The important railways such as Shanhaiguan and Jinpu Line have brought together the efforts of the teachers and students of this railway school.

After the Republic of China, in China, especially in the areas under the rule of the Beiyang government, the railway industry almost stopped, which disappointed. On the contrary, the southern government's vigorous development of the railway industry made a large number of railway engineering talents such as Luo Zhongchen rejoice, and it is not difficult to understand that they went south.

"That's right. However, I am an official different from the politician in the newspaper. It is a technocrat in fashionable terms. As long as I can contribute to the development of China's transportation, I don't care about the southern or northern government. You probably do too. Think of it this way!"

Luo Zhongchen said chicly.

Mao Yisheng nodded.

China lacks engineering talents. Mao Yisheng's return made him excited. The two masters and apprentices could not say enough.The next day, the master and apprentice ran to the Yangtze River to investigate the location of the bridge.

Chapter 71 Wuhan New Deal (3)

Hanyang Iron Works, this steel complex has devoted the efforts of Situ Nan and Song Ziwen and others, and has been given high hopes as a symbol of national rejuvenation. It not only produces all kinds of steel, but also makes all kinds of equipment.

Wuhan Industrial Group, composed of Hanyang Iron Works and Yangtze Machinery Company, occupies half of China’s steel production (excluding Japanese companies in the Northeast), and 90% of rail production. It will soon produce steel plates for ships, construction steel, special steel and various Large-scale industrial and mining equipment.

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

In Hanyang Iron Factory, a huge open hearth stood in front of Situ Nan, and the air here contained a hint of hot air, which made people excited.

"Good guy! There is nothing wrong with production, right?"

Situ Nan asked, I heard that the iron factory had built another batch of open furnaces, so I wanted to come and have a look.

Standing next to him was Song Ziwen, the former president of Hanyang Iron Works and the current Minister of Administration. Hearing Situ Nan's words, Song Ziwen responded with a smile of "You asked the right person", pointing to the huge furnace in front of him and saying: "These open furnaces They are the most advanced in the world, with a daily output of up to 40 tons per seat.

In the second phase of our plan, we plan to build another 30 open hearth furnaces and 50 blast furnaces within 5 years. This will double our steel output and pig iron output and achieve the annual million tons target.

To this end, the iron plant built a railway to the port, expanded the wharf, increased iron ore and coal warehouses, and fully mechanized loading and unloading operations, greatly improving efficiency. Like the furnace body shipped from the United States not long ago, it was unloaded in half a day. .If you change to the previous one, it will take time."

Song Ziwen has a deep affection for the Hanyang Iron Factory. He witnessed the decline of the iron factory and was on the verge of bankruptcy. Then he came back to life in his own hands and is now heading for glory.

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

What makes him happier is that foreign engineers can be seen everywhere in the iron factory. Most of them are Germans, and often behind the German engineers are several young Chinese students.They are eager for knowledge, study hard, and strive to replace the foreign engineers who guide them.

"The Germans are still serious, even rigid, and strictly require every process. In contrast, we lack the concept of this aspect. Fortunately, it is now changing."

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

"This is closely related to German education. Good technicians are polished from a young age, and our education is seriously lacking in this aspect."

Situ Nan's face was solemn, and the development of national industry cannot rely on foreigners. However, the domestic industry is backward and the quality of workers is uneven, which makes people worry.

The Hanyang Iron and Steel Works opened the Hanyang Iron and Steel Institute two years earlier, recruiting middle school students, providing free education, and training skilled workers for the factory, which attracted many poor students.

In the factory, evening schools are also opened to improve the quality of workers, but they are far from keeping up with the development speed of Hanyang Iron Works. Fortunately, it is enough to recruit talents from Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places.

"We traditionally look down on craftsmen. Now is the time for technology to save the country. I suggest that domestic education refer to German vocational education.

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

Situ Nan looked seriously at Song Ziwen, who called Song Ziwen the president of the Executive Yuan, and it was his responsibility to develop national education.

"German vocational education? I remember it."

Song Ziwen nodded.

The importance of education is self-evident. Since Situ Nan said this, he must pay attention to it, because he also intends to "scrape" the next education fund from Situ Nan.

In fact, teachers and technical education institutions are the most willing to spend money on Situ Nan. While admiring those talented masters, he also understands the hardworking and simple workers that China needs most.

Well, this capitalist can't wait to open factories everywhere, there are countless workers below to make money for him.

Seeing that Song Ziwen had heard it, Situ Nan was very happy and went back to the iron factory.

"Bethlehem is very optimistic about the market here and wants to strengthen investment in the country. The American business delegation will come next month. Well, this investment may be all-round. Please ask the following to prepare."

Situ Nan smiled.

Bethlehem has already tasted the sweetness of South China Investment, and its degree of internationalization has been greatly accelerated. With the guidance of Situ Nan, it is not surprising that it has entered the Chinese market on a large scale.

"Oh! Great. I was just about to tell you about it."

Song Ziwen smiled.

Because of Stuart’s relationship, he knew the details of Bethlehem, the world’s largest steel producer, weapons producer, and almost all iron-related products have Bethlehem’s shadow.

If it can be tied to Bethlehem, it will almost tie the US steel industry together, far more important than the import of technology and equipment from Bethlehem.

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

Song Ziwen said.

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

"In order to impress those on 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 Europeans' money in World War I. Stimulated by the rapid development of American automobile manufacturing and construction industry, Bethlehem Company's life in the United States was very prosperous, and the production of construction steel was in short supply. (The best construction steel manufacturer ), the stock price has risen continuously, and it is one of the two companies in the United States with a market value of more than 1 billion US dollars!

Second only to U.S. Steel Corporation, because of this, in order to surpass U.S. Steel Corporation, Bethlehem has invested heavily in South China and China, two emerging markets in Asia, at the insistence of Stuart.

"This is also true. We will have a huge railway opportunity next. The demand for steel will be endless. Bethlehem is one of the best in steel production, railway equipment, locomotive power and other fields. Naturally, it will not let go. opportunity."

Song Ziwen analyzed.

Fortunately, there is Situ Nan's backing, otherwise this family will be too difficult to become.The railway is not as long as it is built. Money is the key. Others will only be willing to invest in steel and other projects if they see that the Wuhan government has the ability to build the railway.

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