The journey starts from the Titanic

Speaking of this, Yu Qiaqing was a little excited and sighed: "This No. 5 blast furnace produces 800,000 tons of iron per year. Most of the annual iron and steel production of Hanyang Iron Works exceeds one million tons.

The iron factory is a real big business. It can be said that Meihua has spared no effort in this. With the iron factory in Guangzhou in the south, um, the Maanshan Iron and Steel in Nanjing will be put into production in two or three years, and it will soon be all over China. The total steel output of one hundred and a few hundred thousand tons is no less than that of Japan."

Du Yuesheng heard a sudden heartbeat, listening to Yu Qiaqing's analysis, but also a little nervous while shocked, suddenly thought of a sentence——

Steel is the country.

This remark often appears in newspapers.According to Yu Qiaqing, the Wuhan government’s bones are getting harder because the Hanyang Iron Works produces so much steel?Dare to wrestle with foreigners?

Well, it seems so.The development of the domestic situation is definitely good, otherwise the life of myself and the Youth Group will not be more sad.

Du Yuesheng thought depressedly.

I heard Yu Qiaqing again: "Song Ziwen dared to take back customs from foreigners, raise tariffs, and crack down on smuggling in the concessions. The rapid development of the domestic steel industry and military industry gave him confidence."

Yu Qiaqing glanced at Du Yuesheng, paused for a while, and persuaded: "Sanxin Company's business, can it be broken or broken? It is better to break early than late, lest others will hate you in the future."

Du Yuesheng widened her eyes slightly, opened her mouth to say something, her mouth moved, but didn't say anything, she sighed long.

The reason why the Qing Gang gained power was due to Shanghai's special position.In the concession, except for foreigners.Just count the green gang.How did Du Yuesheng make his fortune?Not yet opium?

The concession is ostensibly non-smoking.In fact, Du Yuesheng was in the concession, and naturally he was not worried that the Zhi Gong Dang would intervene in the concession for a while, but there was no mainland market and there were tax police patrol boats on the Huangpu River. Sanxin's business was much worse.

Du Yuesheng has a rich family background and can survive it. I am afraid that others will liquidate you in the future.Yu Qiaqing's words were said to Du Yuesheng's heart.

"How can you just break it off? All of your brothers have to eat?"

Du Yuesheng said in distress.

The identity of the rogue must be washed away.Just to make Du Yuesheng give up the opium business, it was like digging his meat with a knife.

Yu Qiaqing stopped speaking and looked at Du Yuesheng quietly.

Du Yuesheng hesitated and stopped speaking. The scene fell silent for a while. He raised his head and glanced at the huge figure of No. 5 blast furnace in the distance. The thick black smoke that filled the sky seemed to be a haze over his heart.

Suddenly he envied Yu Qiaqing. This is probably the era of merchants, but it's a pity that I sell big cigarettes.If I don't sell big smoke anymore.Can you do well in other businesses, right?

After all, there are more and more factories and commercial banks in Shanghai, and there are no low tariffs.Domestic products are popular, and many factory owners have become rich. There is no reason why they are worse than them, right?

You need to open a few more business doors, and you can't rely on opium alone.

Du Yuesheng thought in her heart that nowadays Shanghai is booming in construction, with unlimited business opportunities. Real estate, ports, trade, entertainment, and newspapers are all industries that Du Yuesheng prefers and invests in.

The premise is that he wants to improve the relationship with the Zhi Gong government...

Perhaps it was because he had more expectations for a bright future. Although he could not immediately make up his mind, Du Yuesheng's mood became lightened, and the interest in visiting steel production returned to him.

Yu Qiaqing and the others went to the hot-rolled steel plant again. The raw iron was produced from the blast furnace. The pig iron was made into steel by the converter or open hearth furnace. The crude steel was refined, and trace elements were added to remove impurities to obtain high-quality steel. The steel was then sent to the hot-rolled steel for long processing. This has already gone through a series of long processes.

Yu Qiaqing had visited the Hanyang Iron Factory and was familiar with it. He introduced Du Yuesheng to Du Yuesheng about the large plant in front of them: “This is the hot-rolled steel plate factory, which is said to be the largest hot-rolled steel plate production line imported from the United States in Asia. The steel plates of the Wuhan Shipyard are produced here."

"There are many foreigners! It seems there are more than the French Concession."

During the period, Du Yuesheng joked when seeing many foreigners in uniforms in the factory.He has seen a lot of foreigners, but he was still a little surprised to see so many foreigners in Wuhan.

"Well, there are many foreigners in Hanyang Iron Works, mainly Yankees and Germans. If they are Yankees, they must be Yankees from Bethlehem Steel. If they are Germans, they must be Germans from Krupp."

Yu Qiaqing also replied with a smile.

Bethlehem?

Du Yuesheng shook his head, never heard of it.

Krupp?

It sounds familiar.

"Bethlehem and Krupp are both world-renowned steel mills and arms dealers. The Germans have defeated the war, and Krupp is now in a downturn, not as good as Bethlehem."

Yu Qiaqing added.

In the industries related to Meihua, the names of Bethlehem and Krupp are often mentioned. Why can Meihua win the favor of world giants such as Bethlehem and Krupp?

Yu Qiaqing is not quite clear. He thinks he is already a member of the American Chinese Consortium, and it is only in the past two years that he has gradually learned about the American Chinese Consortium.The more you know, the more surprised you are, and the more you want to be close to the Meihua Foundation.

"please!"

Yu Qiaqing took Radu Yuesheng's hand and walked from one workshop to another under the leadership of the factory escort.

Du Yuesheng came in with interest, cleared up his mood and followed in.

He has a certain understanding of the production process of the steel plant. For example, the blast furnace he just visited produces raw iron, which is turned into steel after open-hearth steelmaking. Adding elements such as manganese and tungsten to the steel produces a special alloy.

Du Yuesheng didn't understand these new knowledge about steel alloys, but he felt that Hanyang Iron Works, which can produce these "foreign" things, is very powerful.

In his simple understanding, the reason why foreigners are powerful is that foreigners can make all kinds of machine cannons. If China can also make these sharp weapons, doesn't it mean that it will not lose to foreigners?

The more Du Yuesheng thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was right.

The tax police corps drove into the Shanghai concession. After the foreigners protested for a few times, the thunder and the rain were lighter, and finally it was nothing.

Accompanied by the dull sound of the machine, when I saw the steel ingot weighing 10 tons after a dazzling round of manufacturing, it finally became a steel plate of uniform size. The seemingly hard steel was pressed into pieces like a pressed dough. Du Yuesheng couldn't help marveling in her heart, and could not speak for a while, "this...this...", her eyes widened, her eyes could not be removed from the huge rotating roller, and the steel plate was like toast. Spit it out the same way.

This is the power of industry!

The rolled steel plate generally enters the shear line after hot straightening and cooling, and is cut into the size required by the user.

The workshop is also equipped with roller-hearth, external loading and unloading and car-bottom heat treatment furnaces. According to the requirements of the variety and delivery status, metal heat treatment such as normalization, quenching, tempering, annealing and quenching and tempering can be carried out.

The scarlet hot steel plate was gradually oxidized and cooled, and the color dimmed.

Fingers gently stroked the steel plate just off the assembly line. The steel plate was smooth and flat, with a cold texture, which was in sharp contrast to the hot and red state on the production line just now.

Du Yuesheng had never seen such a marvelous sight, marveling again and again, opening his eyes.He reached into Yu Qiaqing's ear and asked, "Where did the Minsheng Company ship steel plates come from?" He pointed to a stacked steel plate in front of him.

"Well. The rolling mill goes straight to the shipyard. It's less than 500 meters away and it's easy to transport. In addition to shipbuilding, the steel plate of the hot rolling mill is also used to make locomotive cars. The hot rolling production line in front of you is just the Hanyang Iron Factory. Compared with the steel plate for ships, Hanyang Iron Works is best at rolling steel rails. The rails for the railway from Wuhan to Shanghai are all produced here."

Yu Qiaqing laughed and said, speaking of railways, how much he hopes the Shanghai-Han Railway will be completed!

Shipbuilding is the industry that best reflects the industrial level of a country, and the ability of Hanyang Iron Works to produce qualified marine steel plates reflects the progress of the national steel industry. Looking at the world, all powers can do this.

"Whether it's railways or ships, my two major industries are inseparable from Hanyang Iron Factory, and all my wealth is on the iron factory."

He added.

Yu Qiaqing's proud and confident expression fell in Du Yuesheng's eyes. The future and wealth of her family are all on the side of the iron factory. Can you not be enthusiastic about the Wuhan Zhigong party government?

Siming Bank, Jiangsu-Zhejiang Railway, and recently won the Steamship Merchants Bureau, Yu Qiaqing's career has exploded greatly!