The arrival of Hubby not only brought Williams Laboratory a complete set of design solutions, from iron smelting furnaces, to steel smelting furnaces, to oxygen production, and even the design of all supporting equipment. Williams is worthy of being Williams. His understanding of steel has penetrated into his bones, and what he can easily find is a complete set of solutions.

However, the price is quite high. The general price of a 150-ton steelmaking furnace is US$450,000. However, after adding oxygen blow-top and carrying out a series of transformations, the price of the steelmaking furnace has been increased to US$600,000. There are 10 150-ton oxygen blow-top steelmaking furnaces and 10 300-ton ironmaking blast furnaces. The two together have a total of US$9.8 million. This is the price of all purchases, and even the price of special engineers installed.

The price of the basic facilities of the steel mill with an annual production capacity of 4 million tons reached US$9.8 million. This price really cannot be considered a lot. The subsequent supporting facilities, such as hot rolling, cold rolling, special steel production workshops, stainless steel and high-strength steel workshops, rail workshops, ordinary rebars, steel bars, steel columns, and three-dimensional support workshops, are relatively technically difficult to inject. The powerful have a complete solution, so the overall price is not high, about 2.5 million. In addition to some basic earthwork construction, some roads, the purchase of excavation machines and mountain dump trucks, the total price is as high as US$15 million.

This number is amazing, but taking the United States as an example, steel mills with an annual production capacity of 4 million tons will have an investment of 30 million yuan, and even from design to completion, it will cost considerable investment.

4 million tons. Looking at the numbers on paper, Yang Yuanzhao felt a little emotional. Even the Hubby standing behind him was the same. Yang Yuanzhao's ambition never concealed him. With his full help, he purchased a large number of machinery and equipment from Germany and the United States, and even found Williams, the authority of the steelmaking industry. However, he completed the design of a steelmaking plant so quickly and even started to prepare for it, which felt a little more or less dreamy.

"The equipment has been loaded, right?" Yang Yuanzhao asked.

"Yes, the equipment ordered from the United States has been loaded!" Hubby nodded and said. Williams's strength is in this regard. It seems huge, and a complete set of solutions is actually mature. Even the second-hand equipment obtained from Germany has been designed and modified to a certain extent, making it perfectly applied to the overall system, with only oxygen blowing. This new technology requires the modification of the steelmaking furnace, and this is also entrusted to the American steelmaking plant to be responsible for the production. A few days ago, all the production was completed and ships crashed in the United States one after another.

20 blast furnaces of different grades, all of which are more than tens of thousands of tons of equipment, are powerful creatures made of steel, and will be transported to Baotou through developed water transportation and railways. For Yang Yuanzhao, are you really ready now?

Preparation is far from being prepared. Whether it is transportation or other environments, Baiyun Obo does not have it. The only thing better is that in Baotou, the industrial zone has been initially operated and can slowly cultivate batches of workers. This is the biggest difference from starting from scratch.

"Where are personnel, how many people will Williams send here!"

The design cost of 500,000 yuan and the subsequent funds of 500,000 yuan accounted for almost one-fifth of the investment in the entire steel plant. This fund is definitely not small. Not only did Williams need to apply the oxygen on the design to the steelmaking furnace, but he would also provide subsequent technical guidance. In China, there are not many steelmaking experts, and the only one Yang Yuanzhao knows, is probably the only British expert in the Hanyang Iron Plant. He recruited a group of experts to guide him from the United States, the largest steelmaking country. Although they may not be able to keep them, they can complete the most difficult preparations.

"They will send 30 experts and 120 engineers' expert teams, and their salaries will be paid by Baotou!"

"Yes, make the list!" Yang Yuanzhao nodded and said. All the problems that can be solved with money are not problems. Those who can be called an expert by Williams are definitely senior researchers in his laboratory. With 120 engineers, it is enough to complete the initial preparations for this small steel plant. Although the annual output of the steel plant will reach 4 million tons, the overall scale is only one-third of the 4 million tons level. It is the solution of the oxygen blowing solution that allows this steel plant to have such a huge production capacity.

I briefly communicated with Habi about the specific details, and then Yang Yuanzhao looked at the time. It was already three in the afternoon. He asked the Changsui to notify all shareholders of the Baotou Chamber of Commerce to go to the largest conference room of the Baotou Association at 4 o'clock this afternoon to discuss something. I think it's almost done.

When Yang Yuanzhao brought a lot of documents to the room of Tianzi No. 1, everyone arrived. When Yang Yuanzhao announced the entire meeting and distributed the documents to everyone, everyone was shocked. He thought that he would come to discuss the expansion of the textile factory. The textile factory had already begun to expand, but the preliminary expansion plan of 240,000 ingots had already begun. Everyone knows that as long as the problem of cotton source is solved, the second step of expansion will also begin. Through the German and American foreign companies, a large number of cotton was purchased in the United States and India, and a contract of 600,000 tons had been signed, and the price was even a little cheaper than that of China's purchases.

When these cotton from abroad are in place one after another, the production capacity of the entire cotton textile mill will not be affected by the cotton production. Only then will the cotton textile mill burst into stronger light. Take the current daily output of about 20,000 horses, and the daily profit is about 40,000 yuan. If the profit from printing and dyeing is added, it will reach about 50,000-60,000 yuan, and the annual income will reach 20 million yuan. This is definitely a treasure pot.

But no one expected that Yang Yuanzhao treated this shareholders' meeting as a promotion meeting. When he handed the documents to everyone, everyone couldn't help but be stunned by his thoughts.

"Yuan Zhao, can I call you like that?"

"Yes!" Yang Shitang, the father of Yang Yue, was able to resist public opinion and rank his beloved son thousands of miles away from the United States without even giving much support. Yang Yue's living expenses in the United States were basically earned by himself, which is enough to prove his vision.

“Can I know how much of these investments total?”

"Take the last steel joint enterprise with you, the total investment is about 30 million." Yang Yuanzhao said calmly.

Even if everyone is a wealthy person, he couldn't help but take a breath when he heard this number. They thought that Yang Yuanzhao would have a big appetite, but they never expected that the appetite would be so big, with a huge investment of 30 million. Not to mention a small Baotou, even a big city like Taiyuan could not provide so much investment.

China's largest Westernization investment is Hanyang Iron Factory. Zhang Zhidong used his tough skills and Hubei's developed economy to invest tens of millions in 20 years, causing huge losses. At its peak, it may reach a production capacity of 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, but now, there are only 40,000 tons of steel and 80,000 tons of iron.

Hou Jinsheng was carefully flipping through the documents. He watched Yang Yuanzhao complete one project after another, from the initial flour mill, brick and tile factory, to the cement factory, as if Yang Yuanzhao had a gold hand. Every investment project had obtained enough benefits, starting from an ordinary cement factory, to a daily necessity factory, and even some basic raw materials factory.

Now he finally turned his attention to steel. As a big landlord, Hou Jinsheng didn't know much about steel, but with the construction of a large number of factories, he still understood the price of steel. Ordinary iron was not valuable in this era of industrial production, but steel, especially various finished steel, are very valuable and are not very worried about sales.

The fundamental reason why Hanyang Iron Factory is currently on the verge of loss is that its quality is extremely unpredictable. You will know after seeing the Yellow River Railway Bridge. One can only pass one car at a time and can only pass slowly at 5 kilometers per hour. It takes several hours of steel to cross a bridge with a train. It can be imagined. In China, perhaps due to its relationships and network, it can be sold, but in foreign countries, there is no market at all.

"Young Master Yang, in your report, does this design production capacity be 4 million tons?" Hou Jinsheng pointed to a part of the document and asked in surprise.

"Yes, the designed production capacity is an annual output of 4 million tons of steel and 8 million tons of iron!"

"4 million tons?" Others who have always been shocked by the steel plant project discovered this problem. 4 million tons is a hundred times that of Hanyang Iron Factory. Although it expands by one hundred times, it does not mean that the investment will increase to one hundred times. However, only 30 million investment can reach one hundred times. What is the value of this steel plant? As long as its steel output reaches the average average, this steel plant will definitely make a fortune every day.

Shanxi merchants are not ignorant of the technology of the whole world. A huge steel plant also represents a complex of interests in a sense. If it is really possible to invest 30 million yuan in exchange for 4 million tons of steel and 8 million tons of iron each year, what a huge benefit it means.
Chapter completed!