The journey starts from the Titanic

"Lao Zhang is very busy now. He is not only busy with the railway company, but also often participates in the government's financial meetings. No, I only met him yesterday, knowing that you are coming, just as I am free, so I actively invite you to come over. I picked you up."

Lu Zuofu warmly entertained Yu Qiaqing and Du Yuesheng and his party, preparing to settle them in the Hankou Oriental Mandarin Hotel.

Not long after getting off the ship, Yu Qiaqing took Du Yuesheng to the railway company headquarters to visit Zhang Jingjiang.

"Hankou is no less prosperous than Shanghai." Sitting in the car, looking at the wide six-lane concrete main road, the tall buildings on both sides of the road are almost ten storeys high, not much more than the Shanghai Bund.

This made Du Yuesheng had to be surprised. It seemed that he really underestimated the people of the world, and always felt that Shanghai was the best.

"Haha. Hankou has concentrated the headquarters or branches of the major pillar industries of the US-China Department, Meihua Petroleum, Meihua Mining, Meihua Bank, Meihua Trading, Meihua Real Estate, Meihua Chemical, Wuhan Industrial Group, China Railway companies and other big industrial giants, apart from Guangdong and Guangxi, the Wuhan side has invested the most funds in Meihua, which should be said to be more than that in Guangdong, Guangdong and Shanghai.

You see, the building in front belongs to the Meihua Foundation, next to Xianshi Department Store, and then Financial Street, where there are banks and central banks in China and even the world."

Sitting in the co-pilot seat, Lu Zuofu enthusiastically turned around to introduce the most prosperous and proud street in Hankou, Hankou Meihua Road, to Du Yuesheng and Yu Qiaqing, two Shanghai guests.

Du Yuesheng looked out and saw the buildings of the Central Bank, Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of Communications, Agricultural Bank, etc., which were high or low, with different styles. The common point was that they were all reinforced concrete structures with large glass windows. Modern atmosphere, very grand.

In contrast, foreign banks and foreign banks such as HSBC, Jardine, Citi, Nissin, and Dehua have their own characteristics, but they are inferior in terms of momentum. They are not as good as the U.S.-China financial and industrial companies that are united. In the South China region is in full swing!In the Asian region, the HSBC and Mitsubishi consortiums can be compared with Meihua.

Du Yuesheng didn’t know how to describe the shock at the moment. When in Shanghai, he had heard of the two words Meihua. Meihua companies also abound in Shanghai, but in the disturbed Shanghai, I feel no Shocked at the moment!

"This consortium is terrifying! It's everywhere! This is the base of Meihua Company. Those in Shanghai are actually not a big deal?"

Du Yuesheng muttered softly, thinking: No wonder Shanghai's three teachers and nine students dare not go to Meihua Company to collect protection fees?

The voice was not loud, and both Yu Qiaqing and Lu Zuofu heard them. Neither of them objected to it, but thought it was right.After all, there is Hanyang Iron Factory!Millions of tons of steel have made this country's iron bones!

"I have been to Nanhua, and Meihua's influence over there is more powerful than that."

Suddenly a sentence came out of Yu Qiaqing's mouth, and he suddenly remembered a sentence circulated by the Meihua Consortium. Few people knew it, but it was shocking-the East India Company ruled India, while the Meihua Company ruled China and South China.The East India Company is gone, but Meihua’s Dark Night King has been latent in the deep seabed of the South China Sea. His influence is everywhere!Almost everyone knows Meihua, but they don’t know enough. The farther you go, the more you can realize its far-reaching impact!

If Hankou is a high-rise building, then Hanyang is the world of steel!

Standing in front of a 20-story building, looking at the nameplate of the "Oriental Mandarin Hotel" on the building, Du Yuesheng couldn't help but turn around and asked Lu Zuofu: "There is also an Oriental Mandarin Hotel?"

"Yeah." Lu Zuofu nodded, "I heard that there are also in New York, but I have never been."

Exit the elevator and enter the presidential suite on the top of the building. Yu Qiaqing and Du Yuesheng like the sightseeing on the top of the building very much. Through the clear and atmospheric metal glass windows, the beautiful scenery of Wuhan is in sight. Being "stepped on" by them, even the Yangtze River Bridge a few kilometers away can be seen clearly.

"It is said that foreign spies like to climb the top of the Wenhua Hotel to observe the Hanyang Iron Factory and Hanyang Armory!"

Lu Zuofu held a telescope in his hand and glanced at the Hanyang Iron Factory. Seeing Du Yuesheng's curious look, he handed the telescope to Du Yuesheng.

Du Yuesheng saw the expansive factory mentioned by Lu Zuofu without a telescope, but the telescope could see it more clearly. Even though he only looked at the outline, he was shocked. The blast furnace of the Hanyang Iron Factory was towering, thick smoke billowing, and the factory buildings dense and stretched. For dozens of kilometers, vehicles the size of a matchbox shuttled in the factory, what a gray world of steel!

Du Yuesheng forgot his mind for a while, and watched for a long time without saying a word. He didn't realize that Lu Zuofu looked back at Yu Qiaqing behind him, and the two smiled tacitly.

Dududu--

With a high-pitched roar, Du Yuesheng saw a steel monster driving into Hankou Railway Station with heavy smoke!

"Strange train?"

"That's an armored train! It is full of cannons and machine guns, and it can run everywhere along the railway!"

Seeing Du Yuesheng a little surprised, Lu Zuofu was not surprised at all, and explained with a smile.Recently, this train has become a hot topic in Wuhan, occasionally appearing in Hankou, it is said that armored soldiers are training.

The armored train drove out of the Hanyang Arsenal, with more than 20 cannons behind it, and hundreds of officers and soldiers on the train were carrying live ammunition.There is a big gap between the fruit knife played by the Shanghai gangster and Sen Leng's organ cannon!

"It turned out to be an armored train! I heard foreigners say when I was in Shanghai, but I didn't expect to see it here today! It's so famous as to meet!"

With great interest, Yu Qiaqing raised the binoculars and looked at it.

Du Yuesheng didn't make a sound for a while, and thought to himself: Maybe such a monster can run to Shanghai after the Shanghai-Han Railway is repaired?Such a weapon is probably also the confidence that the Wuhan government is not afraid of foreigners?

Well, it is worth considering investing in railways, if the Qinggang does not want to suffer annihilation one day!

People who have no vision must have immediate worries. Du Yuesheng knows that this trip to Wuhan is about to be a turning point in his destiny!

Chapter 131 The Red Hanyang, The Uneasy Du Yuesheng

Although I had overlooked the Hanyang Industrial Zone in the hotel suite yesterday, I had an overall impression of the Hanyang Iron Factory, it was better to be immersive.

Walking into Hanyang, Du Yuesheng's heart throbbed and throbbed, and this time he finally opened his eyes.Sitting on the commuter car, his face flushed, and his body could vaguely feel the heat coming from the iron factory. Only when the wind blew into the car window did he feel a hint of coolness, so that he could wake up for a while.

He couldn't help but glanced back at the blast furnace behind him. There was still the magnificent picture of the molten iron coming out of the furnace in his mind. It felt so magical. The molten iron flowed out of it and solidified into blocks, continuously devouring the ore coke.

This city has a different power from Shanghai-industry.Yu Qiaqing thought she had seen a lot of knowledge, and she had to be surprised by the rapid development of Hanyang Iron Works.

They just saw the newly completed No. 5 blast furnace with a volume of nearly 1,000 cubic meters. It is currently the world's largest blast furnace with an annual iron production of 800,000 tons, which is equivalent to the total steel output of Japan before 1918!

Definitely tall, there is no bigger blast furnace.

The technology comes from the world's largest steel producer, Bethlehem Steel, with a volume of 1,000 cubic meters. This figure was once worried by Situ Nan when the project was planned.Such a large design capacity even surprised the Americans with the adventurous spirit of the Chinese.Because the United States has not been built.Bethlehem Steel is actually experimenting with this project.

The experiment was successful, and the world’s largest blast furnace was built in China. Bethlehem Steel was encouraged. In order to cope with the growing demand for the US steel market, they did not hesitate to copy the second and third similar blast furnace until the end of World War II. A blast furnace with more than 1500 cubic meters just appeared.

After the completion of No. 5 blast furnace in Hanyang, Japan Yawata Iron Works also envied and anxious, because Hanyang Iron Works has caught up with and surpassed Yawata Iron Works.Become the largest steel complex in Asia.

The anxious Japanese will also go to the new blast furnace, and they must go to the new blast furnace.

It is worth mentioning that the Wuhan government recovered Daye Iron Ore from Nissin Company. Now the Japanese can no longer obtain iron ore from Daye Iron Ore. The dismembered Hanyeping Company has returned to the Chinese in its entirety. Hands.

China has a vast land and abundant resources. As long as efforts are made, results can be achieved. The Hanyang Iron Works is a model among them. Japan is short of resources, and it is not difficult to understand that they envy and hate.

"Unexpectedly, what the Japanese swallowed has to be vomited!"

Yu Qiaqing sighed while sitting beside Du Yuesheng.Seeing that Du Yuesheng was a little puzzled, he explained the reason behind it.

When Han Yeping collapsed, Meihua Company only bought the iron factory and the Pingxiang coal mine.Han Yeping Company had to use iron ore to repay the debts it owed Nissin Company, and Daye Iron Mine was in the hands of the Japanese.

After the Northern Expedition, the situation changed, and the Hanyang Iron Plant became a national key project. The government took back the Daye Iron Ore in a tough way, and Daye became a part of the Hanyang Iron Plant again.

The story behind the struggle aroused Du Yuesheng's interest. He was a little puzzled and asked: "Then the Japanese are losing a lot?"

"That's not true. Although Nissin lost the Daye Iron Mine, it was also compensated. It was able to purchase pig iron from Hanyang Iron Plant every year until the debts owed to Japan by Qing Daye Iron Mine were paid off. The Japanese received pig iron directly. Instead of shipping iron ore back to China, it saves a lot of costs."

Yu Qiaqing shook his head, thinking that around Han Yeping, the Mitsubishi and Mitsui consortiums behind Meihua and Nissin may have other transactions. Nanhua may also be involved. Japan’s import of petroleum, rubber and other strategic resources from Nanyang. Meihua Company cannot be bypassed.

It is said that after Daye Iron Mine returned to Hanyang Iron Plant, Nanhua also lifted restrictions on the export of petroleum rubber and other resources to Japan.The story behind this is not very clear to Yu Qiaqing. Facing Du Yuesheng’s questions, Yu Qiaqing can’t say too deeply.With Du Yuesheng's status, it seems that he is not enough to know the secrets of the Meihua Consortium.

"So that's the case, neither side of the business suffers."

Du Yuesheng said.

"In the long run, cutting off Japan's control of Han Yeping and clearing obstacles for the development of Hanyang Iron Works is no more constrained by others."

Yu Qiaqing commented that he admired the Hanyang Iron Works very much. The No. 5 blast furnace was put into operation within two months and the Nissin Company’s contract was quickly completed with its strong production capacity.