“...I have been living independently since I was 15 years old. I have no brothers or sisters, and I have no other relatives. I left China when I was very young, and I don’t even have the slightest impression of China.

No,...I look like that kind of rootless grass blowing in the wind..."

On the spotless deck, Li Zicheng and Mu Xiangyue were walking side by side. When Mu Xiangyue asked about his life experience, Li Zicheng told half-truths, while Mu Xiangyue listened quietly.

"Then why do you want to return to China?"

"Because I am Chinese, this will never change!"

Mu Xiangyue smiled and nodded in recognition.

"Although I wear a foreign dress, my heart is still Chinese. My ancestors have already stamped everything on me with the Chinese stamp..."

With a sigh, Li Zicheng stopped and walked to the side, looking at the vast Yellow River. This is the sea of ​​China! In less than three days, he will set foot on the land of China. In 1912

of China!

What would China look like in 1912?

Poor and destitute, the country is weak and the people are poor, the military is weak and the people are weak! This is the China that I am about to face!

“From San Francisco to now, many people have asked me why I returned to China, but why not?”

Holding the side of the ship and casting his gaze towards the sea, Li Zicheng's eyes showed a hint of excitement. Why don't you go back to China? Now that China is so poor and weak, isn't it the time for you to struggle? If you don't do it, you may regret it.

All my life, I will live in endless trouble.

"Zhiyuan, many people in the country now regard you as Tang Monk meat..."

Looking at Li Zicheng, Mu Xiangyue couldn't help but sigh.

Where is Yang Du?

Guan Zhenming walked to the first-class deck and looked around, but he could not be found.

"...If China wants to be strong, it must first build industry!"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came over. Hearing this sentence, Guan Zhenming, who was originally looking for someone, immediately praised him in his heart.

"There are still people who know something!"

Sighing, Guan Zhenming began to look for where the sound came from. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw two people standing on the side of the ship.

"...Others often say that only when the country is rich can the people be strong. For decades, we and other knowledgeable people have devoted themselves to the pursuit of "the country is rich and the people are strong". Little did we know that from the beginning, everyone was wrong about the way to truly strengthen the country.

, only "the people are rich and the country is strong", only when the people are rich can the country be strong!"

Looking at the vast sea, Li Zicheng said to Mu Xiangyue beside him.

Although Mu Xiangyue had long been persuaded by Li Zicheng's dream of an "Iron Empire", otherwise he would not have taken a break from school to follow Li Zicheng from the United States, but he still had some doubts in his heart.

"Zhiyuan, why did you choose to set up your factory there?"

There……

Li Zicheng's eyes looked towards the other side of the sea, where was Baotou, where he once worked.

"There's iron ore there!"

After pondering for a moment, Li Zicheng began to explain his intention in choosing where to go.

"Ouchu, half a month ago, Yuan Shikai took office as the president. Although the Guisui area is located outside the customs, it is not far from the capital, so overall, it is basically stable, and the resources there are far more than

You and I have richer imaginations."

When he mentioned the mineral resources in Baotou, Li Zicheng became excited. It was his experience working in Baotou that made no one in this time and space better aware of the underground resources from Baiyun Obo in the north of the Yellow River to Ordos in the south of the Yellow River.

What a wealth of resources. An area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers is almost covered with minerals. The underground mineral resources are rich, diverse, widely distributed, have large reserves, are of high grade, and are easy to mine.

Iron ore, petroleum, coal, and natural salt-alkali are all large-scale mineral deposits with considerable reserves. The most rare thing is that there are various non-ferrous metals that are rare in the north, such as chromium, copper, lead, zinc, gold, bismuth, and

Tungsten oxide, tin, nickel, it can be said that the varieties are extremely complete.

More importantly, the proven recoverable reserves of coal in Ordos can reach hundreds of billions of tons. Most of the coal resources are low-ash, low-sulfur, and low-phosphorus coal, which are superior quality thermal coal and chemical industry.

Coal, which fundamentally solves the fuel and power problems of the factory.

"The iron mines in the north solve the raw material problem for the steel plant, and the coal mines in the south solve the fuel problem. We can choose the middle of the two places as the location of the factory and use the Yellow River water to solve the water source problem. The future development of the factory can rely on the local rich and

A complete range of mineral resources are in a state of further development!”

When explaining from a place close to the resource, Li Zicheng fell silent for a moment and his voice became a little helpless.

"The most important thing is that you and I both understand that the great powers have already delimited their spheres of influence in our country. The southern Manchuria belongs to Japan, the northern Manchuria belongs to Russia, Shandong belongs to Germany, the Yangtze River belongs to Britain and the United States, and Yunnan and Guangzhou belong to France.

The Sui area can barely be considered Russia's sphere of influence, but Russia's influence only extends to Mongolia. Relatively speaking, there are very few foreign forces infiltrating the Gui-Sui area, so it would be appropriate to establish a large-scale industrial complex there."

Leaning against the side of the ship, Li Zicheng's eyes looked at the undulating sea. In fact, in the past month, he had been thinking about where to go. Ma'anshan along the river might be the most suitable, with convenient transportation. Anshan has the largest railway station in China.

Mining, Tangshan, and Qian'an were also good, but in the end, after considering various domestic and foreign factors, I finally chose Baotou. On the one hand, I was familiar with it, and on the other hand, it was because it was far away from the sphere of foreign influence and even far away from the interference of warlords.

.

"Ten years! At most ten years, as long as people mention it, they will think of the Ruhr when mentioning Germany. They will know that there is an industrial city built on the wasteland in China."

Everyone has their own ambitions and dreams, and for Li Zicheng, perhaps his biggest ambition now is to use ten years to build Baotou into China's Ruhr.

"Ouchu, maybe you, me, and many far-sighted people in China will embark on the road of industry to save the country, but in the end, if we don't seize the opportunity, everything will go back to the original point, because from the beginning

From the beginning, what they chose was not the road to save the country, but the road to enrich themselves through light industry. Only heavy industry can strengthen the country, and only heavy industry can rejuvenate the country. This is the only way."

Listening to this man's words, Guan Zhenming was in shock. He had always pursued the purpose of saving the country and enriching the people through industry. He was stunned by these high-level remarks. At this moment, through the railing, he could vaguely see the man's face.

In appearance, that man seemed to be very young. Could it be that... he, he was just... wasn't he not on this ship?

"Can... reach far"

Mu Xiangyue hesitated but raised the issue he was most concerned about now. On the train from New York to San Francisco, after Li Zicheng revealed his thoughts for the first time, he began to collect relevant information.

"Now the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway has not even reached Datong. If we want to build a factory in Baotou, the traffic problem..."

"Then let's build a railway ourselves!"

What a loud tone!

Zhiyuan! Li Zhiyuan! Li Zicheng!

Yes, that's the person!

As soon as Guan Zhenming mentally contacted the newspaper reports about this man, he immediately realized that the man standing on the side of the ship was the so-called Li Zicheng who disembarked in Hawaii.

Build a railway... Although he was surprised by Li Zicheng's ambition, Guan Zhenming began to think about it. He wanted to build a railway. Maybe it would also be an opportunity for himself!

If you...

Thinking to himself, Guan Zhenming raised his legs and was about to walk towards Li Zicheng, but when he took two steps, a voice came from behind him.

"good!"

His voice was not loud, and there was some Hunan accent in his words! Just by hearing the voice, Guan Zhenming knew that the person speaking behind him was the Yangdu he was looking for. It seemed that he was also looking for Li Zhiyuan! Maybe he was given the honor.

President's order!

"Zhiyuan is indeed one of the best among young people today! With this mentality alone, if China is as big as China, it will not be able to find anyone else like him!"

While Yang Du was praising, he looked for Li Zicheng. If he hadn't heard these words, he would have walked around the ship again and still wouldn't be able to find the "about six feet tall and fair-looking" person mentioned in the telegram.

Clear, looking "young" at the age of twenty-one or two.

"Who are you?"

Listening to the praise, Li Zicheng couldn't help but frown when he turned around. The reason why he spent 1,000 US dollars to bribe the captain in Hawaii and pretend that he had disembarked was because he saw in the newspaper that he had become a celebrity before he returned to China.

In Fang’s eyes, Tang Monk’s flesh is not easy to be worthy of!

What a handsome young man!

Almost as soon as Li Zicheng turned his face, Yang Du couldn't help but praise in his heart. Yang Du had seen a lot of handsome young people, but he was so handsome with some scholarly delicacy and fair complexion.

His skin and the slightly upturned lips at the corners of his mouth made him look like a young man who still had the innocence and stubbornness of a child. This was the first time I had seen him.

Moreover, there is no look of humility or arrogance that is unique to Chinese people. There is only a kind of indifference that is neither humble nor arrogant. If it had been more than ten years earlier...

Thinking to himself, Yang Du noticed the suspicion on Li Zicheng's face, so he cupped his fists and saluted.

"I'm here Yang Du!"

Yang Du!

Hearing this name and the Hunan accent, Li Zicheng's eyes narrowed slightly. It was him! It was Yang Du who "praised" Yuan Shikai with others!

Before Li Zicheng could speak, Mu Xiangyue, who was standing next to him, heard Yang Du's name and quickly bowed respectfully.

"It turns out to be Mr. Xizi!"

Mu Xiangyue's respect was quite helpful to Yang Du. When he looked at Li Zicheng again, he saw that he still maintained that indifferent attitude that was neither humble nor overbearing.

"Mr. Yang!"

"This kid..."

Seeing from a distance that Li Zhiyuan just nodded slightly to Yang Du, Guan Zhenming admired his indifference. Seeing that the three of them seemed to want to talk, Guan Zhenming turned sideways and half-hidden himself behind the three of them.
Chapter completed!