In addition to the most important steel data, coal is also a relatively important basic indicator in this era. The coal production was the world's largest coal mine reserves as early as 1911. Most of the coal mines in the world are not high-calorie coal, but the total reserves are extremely amazing. This era is from the steam era to the power era, and coal is also an important resource. At least it has the advantages of heating, heating and power generation. This indicator is also important. △￠,

There are many coal projects, and China's coal reserves are firmly ranked first in the world. Shanxi is the core area of ​​the northwest and almost lives on coal. Based on the disorder and random mining of coal enterprises in later generations, Shanxi was in chaos in later generations, and even a strange scene like black coal mines appeared. Not only did the workers use manual methods to transport coal little by little in the harsh environment, but sometimes they would not have a burial place even if they died.

This does not exist in the northwest, and most of the coal has not been mined. When reclaiming the arable land across the country, the northwest adopted the redemption method and used a large amount of funds to obtain huge land and in turn obtained the mining rights on these lands. Since they all belong to the northwest, large-scale mines will be built and developed according to the rules.

Unlike later China, China back then, due to the pain of the early reform and opening up, China lacked everything at that time, especially foreign exchange, had to let go of some relatively small, energy consumption, and even unilaterally for the sake of output, which was like the practice of steel in the 1950s and 1960s, using human-season tactics and energy to win.

But now, even if gold is used as hard currency, China does not lack it. What's more, foreign exchange, unless necessary purchases are made, leaving a small amount of foreign exchange, and the rest is ignored. China does not need it, and even with the increase in industrial exports in the northwest, foreign countries will reserve China's Northwest Yuan.

This is equivalent to the opposite. After a while, the difference between them is huge. Since China is not short of money, the Northwest attaches great importance to these non-renewable minerals. For example, the rare earths contained in the Baiyun Obo iron ore, these mineral resources that cannot be used for the time being, and the slag after smelting were secretly sealed by Yang Yuanzhao, refined with an all-in-one machine, and stored into pure resources. Other similar resources are also disposed of accordingly. Coal will be easily mined, and shallow coal fields will be mined, and the mined ones are not sold out, except to meet the needs of the Northwest. The rest are reserved.

A series of protection has been carried out. Shanxi has also achieved coal production twice that of the United States due to its huge coal resources. It has stabilized the world's first place, and coal is mainly used for the consumption of train locomotives. Some steam engines that are still in use, including marine and power generation. In particular, the latter, with the advancement of thermal power technology, the amount of coal used in power generation has dropped significantly on the original basis, saving and low energy consumption, and has become a new generation of fashionable words.

After letting go of basic resources, an important project soon came to power, representing industrial basic energy. Since the 20th century, power has gradually become an important indicator. As for the indicators of major industrial countries, there has been a huge increase every year.

Take the United States as an example. In 1902, the power generation was 5.9 billion kilowatt-hours, but by 1907, it became 14.1 billion and 24.2 billion in 1912. Almost every year, there is a huge step. The strong power generation not only brought about the booming development of the industry, but also brought electricity to thousands of households.

The Northwest has unique advantages in power. Power generation cannot be separated from power, and coal-burning steam engines, steam turbines, and even turbocharger technology. In this regard, the Northwest should be Yang Yuanzhao's existence and has a natural advantage. It was also in 1910. After the first batch of large-scale concentrated generator sets were completed, it became the world's number one. In 1912, the total power generation in the United States was only about 25 billion, but the Northwest reached more than 80 billion, and the annual increase was much higher than that of the United States.

By 1913, the installed capacity of thermal power generation nationwide reached an astonishing 50 million kilowatts, but it had not been completed and only reached 70% of the production scale in a year. However, the total amount of electricity has reached 16 million. This year, there will be about 30 million kilowatt thermal power assembly machines, and with the potential of old products to tap the depth, it is expected to double.

The power increase in the northwest is a leap. Large power plants in the northwest rely on the gradual accumulation of small units, but the investment of high-power thermal power units. For example, a single large thermal power unit with a capacity of 600,000 kilowatts has become a new growth point, and their installed capacity has exceeded several times that of the United States, and their output has exceeded more than 10 times that of the United States.

In the 1913 report, the power generation reached 160 billion kilowatt-hours, while the United States had less than 40 billion during the same period, which was a huge gap. In 1914, as long as the predetermined indicators were completed, the gap would still widen.

The huge power not only supports the industrialization of the northwest, but also allows thousands of households to use electrical appliances. The emergence of countless small appliances and white appliances has become another landscape in the northwest. The door to domestic demand has gradually opened, and the northwest has formed its own unique economic circle.

Not only has thermal power developed rapidly, but water conservancy began to emerge since 1913. China's abundant hydropower resources are definitely the best in the world. In addition to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, the Yarlung Zangbo River also has huge hydraulic resources. Of course, for China today, it is impossible to solve the problem of establishing a reservoir on the main stream of the Yangtze River. Even in later generations, it will be solved by almost the millennium. However, some branches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, areas with relatively concentrated hydraulic resources in the western region, are suitable.

In the comprehensive management of the Loess Slope and the Yellow River Basin, the construction of hydropower stations has become the mainstream. The construction of hydropower stations in the northwest is definitely not a power generation, and power generation is just an accompanying direction. What is more important is to improve the water conservancy environment and control floods. In terms of construction, we consider it more long-term.

There is no shortage of electricity in the northwest. In the world, thermal power plants with installed capacity of 5,000-10,000 kilowatts are still mainstream. The northwest can already produce such a huge unit, whether it is the total cost or production efficiency, which is far from being comparable to small generators. In an era when water conservancy is far from reaching its peak, it is appropriate to use reservoirs to solve water conservancy problems as aquatic products to produce and generate electricity. In this case, avoid some small scale, and only consider the dangers caused by the aging of small reservoirs.

After electricity, steel, electricity, coal, and some important resources, it is the most important cash issuance and gold reserves. To put it bluntly, money is not omnipotent, but money is absolutely impossible. Countless projects have been deployed in the northwest, relying on a strong cash foundation.

The Northwest has attracted blood in the whole world with its world-renowned industrial production capacity. In this era when the trade war is still in its primary stage and the large-scale world division of labor has not yet been formed, the high added value and strong industrial production capacity of the Northwest have brought about the absorption of wealth from various countries. All countries have realized this and began to control the outflow of gold to a limited extent. In the five years since 1908, the Northwest has gradually accumulated 1,100 tons of gold, which is very amazing.

Especially after the outbreak of World War I, this number has risen very significantly. So far, from the six months after the outbreak of the war, about 240 tons of gold have been accumulated and absorbed, of which Germany is 210 tons and Russia is 30 tons. Gold is an internationally accepted hard currency and can be used as the basis for issuing currency. With this money, the northwest can issue more currencies, which not only stabilizes the economic environment of the entire northwest, avoids insufficient funds, but also further stimulates economic growth.

Compared with the gold absorbed from the outside world, the gold produced in the northwest itself is also very amazing, as high as 1,300 tons, more than 90% of which was produced by Yang Yuanzhao with the help of an all-in-one machine, including 300,000 tons of silver. Silver has gradually lost its original status in the world of gold standard, and the proportion is 30 times higher than the previous 10 times. Countries around the world gave up the silver standard, causing China to suffer a great loss, but the northwest is different. The nearly 2,600 tons of gold is enough to suppress the currency. When people are accustomed to metal currencies, they use parallel methods.

In the northwest, which accounts for an absolute majority of the population and industry, most people accept paper money as currency, and metal pens are just auxiliary coins, which brings very low pressure.

It is precisely because of the inflow of gold that the scale of coinage in the northwest has now expanded 10 times compared to the original one, but the value of the currency has not been greatly reduced. However, these funds have been invested in education, health and infrastructure. In 1913, a total of 350 billion yuan of industrial investment was completed, which is equivalent to a huge investment of 35 billion pounds, which suddenly turned the entire northwest into a large construction site. It is expected that in the entire 10 years, the economic growth of the northwest will maintain more than 30%, from a truly largest manufacturing country to the largest industrial country, the world's largest.

In an era of incomplete intelligence collection and incomplete industrial data records, the development of the Northwest is unknown. Most countries recognize the strength and industrial production capacity of the Northwest, but no one knows that the Northwest's capabilities will be so powerful, with 350 billion. Even the United States and the United Kingdom cannot afford so much money at one time, but the Northwest has taken it out.

The huge investment is directly reflected in industry. In 1913, the industrial added value reached 40% compared with 1912. It was this increase that strongly promoted the overall development of the Northwest. (To be continued...)
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