The sale of the blueprints went very smoothly, especially when the person in charge of the German equipment saw the blueprints and immediately expressed that he wanted to buy them.
The blueprint of the No. 4 tank was sold for 10 million US dollars, which was equivalent to 28 million dollars. Of course, half of it was replaced by machines.
With this batch of ocean, Yang Xin's industrial plan was officially launched. Jiuyuan had fallen into his hands and would become an industrial center in the future.
In order to build the Jiuyuan Heavy Industry Base, Yang Xin decided to build a railway. At this time, China already had many railway lines, but they were basically controlled by the foreign powers. Almost none of the railway lines belonged to them.
Even the Beijing-Zhangjia railway that he built was eventually controlled by the Japanese army, and the railway that Yang Xin wanted to build was a two-way railway, not the current one-way railway.
At this time, most of China's railroads were light rail, and they were single-track. The annual capacity was insufficient, and the speed was not fast.
However, one thing could be admitted, and that was that the profits of China's railway were very high.
Regarding the construction of the railway, Yang Xin's subordinates were unified. After all, the railway was a good thing. Once the railway was built, not only could things from all over the world be transported to all over the world quickly.
Once a war broke out, they could also quickly mobilize their troops, especially since Mongolia in the north had begun to stir recently. It seemed that they had the tendency to go south. Once the railway was repaired, they could support them at any time. It was simply a matter of making a huge profit.
The only thing that worried them was the production of steel. After all, the construction of a railway required steel rails. Without steel rails, everything would be useless.
"General, how long does this railway need to be built?”When there were many people, Yang Song would address Yang Xin by his position.
"We'll set it at 1000 kilometers in the beginning, at least through the entire Chahar. We'll continue to expand later. After all, as our territory grows, the railway will definitely continue to expand.”Yang Xin thought for a while and gave a rough figure.
When he heard 1,000 kilometers, Yang Song couldn't help but gasp. This was not a small number. 1,000 kilometers would consume hundreds of thousands of tons of steel rails.
The total steel production in China was less than 100,000 tons. The exact number was not clear, but it would definitely not exceed 100,000 tons or even lower, including some small workshops.
However, not many of these 100,000 tons of steel were qualified. If it was used to make a rifle, it could barely be used. If it was used to make a cannon, it would definitely not pass the test. Forget about warships and the like. The requirements were even stricter.
"General, a 1,000-kilometer railway is too long. Our current steel production is simply not enough to support such a large consumption.”Yang Song shook his head and said.
In China, which lacked industrial products, steel factories were still very profitable. As long as they could produce iron ingots, they would definitely be in hot demand, let alone steel.
From ordinary kitchenware, daily necessities, knives, frying pans to the steel needed to build a house, it was a huge consumption, especially when Yang Xin also requested to build roads and bridges when encountering rivers.
They also had to request that tanks could walk on it. Wooden bridges were definitely not suitable for such a request. They had to be made of steel, so the steel produced by the steel factory every day had long been reserved.
Now that they were going to build a railway, the demand for steel was even higher. It was impossible to complete it.
It couldn't be helped. China's demand for iron was definitely strong. Iron pots, hoes, shovels, plows, and so on. Just the agricultural use alone would definitely not be able to meet the demand of millions of tons of steel per year.
Therefore, in many rural areas, they took turns to borrow knives to cook. There was no way they could lack iron.
"Don't worry, two more steel plants are stepping up production, and the steel plants supported by the Germans will arrive soon. Our steel crisis will be resolved in a few months at most.”Yang Xin shook his head and said. The four civilian factories were directly converted into two steel factories, producing steel at full capacity.
The newly awarded factories were all concentrated in Jiuyuan. In the future, that would be his heavy industrial center, including the military factory.
Yang Xin believed that in a few years, that place would become the world's heavy industry center. At that time, the world's famous weapons and equipment would be produced in Jiuyuan.
"But General, the return rate of the railway is too long. Without ten years, it will be impossible to return the capital, especially the crossties. This is an astronomical figure.”Yang Song said again.
Hearing this, Yang Xin smiled. Of course, he knew that the price of crossties was very high. After all, it was impossible to complete a truly qualified crosstie without a few years.
It would take at least three to four years for it to become useful. It would also need to be moth-proof, dried, and so on. It would be very slow for China to produce it. Even if they bought it from the foreign powers, it would be very difficult to buy it. They definitely had to add some additional conditions.
However, how could Yang Xin, who came from the future, make such a low-level mistake? Those who had been on the high-speed rail in the future knew that there were crossties there, all of which were pre-made cement crossties.
At that time, all the crossties had been eliminated and replaced with cement. The speed of construction was simply terrifying. There was a saying that the progress of construction was determined by the speed of payment for the project. From this sentence, one could see how terrifying the infrastructure of the future was. All of this was thanks to the cement pre-fabricated crossties.
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