The person in charge of the exhibition hall is Liu Guang, the Minister of Industry and Commerce and the former shopkeeper of Hongjia Trading Company. Liu Guang warmly received Zhang Hao and introduced Zhang Hao as a ‘partner’.
But when Zhang Hao saw the "partners", he was immediately stunned. What a prince! And everyone was too polite, weren't they? Among them, there was actually a prince from the Land of Canglan.
But after Zhang Hao came in, everyone stood up one after another, including all the princes. Everyone looked at Zhang Hao with more or less respect.
There is no prince in the country of Qixia, but there is one... the iron duke in the country of Qixia!
As the influence of the "Iron Duke" steel battleship sea trials spread, the words "Iron Duke" also spread.
During this period of time, Zhang Hao has been busy with domestic development, promoting the industrial and commercial progress of Qixia Country, promoting the development of Dayang Group, Luzhou Bank, etc., and has no time to care about the outside world.
But the outside world is spreading the legend of Zhang Hao!
Zhang Hao, in the eyes of many people, is a veritable Iron Duke! Not an iron rooster, but a steel pillar, a pillar of the country. If everyone traces the present situation of Qixia Country, they will trace it to Zhang Hao
.
There are many legends about Zhang Hao, some of which can be regarded as fairy tales. When he was born, the shadow of a steel battleship appeared on the sea, and a nine-color rainbow appeared in the sky. In addition, there is also the relationship between Zhang Hao and Liu Xinyu
Yes, many say they have noses and eyes.
Of course, more legends are about navigation. The Iron Duke used steel and black iron to open the lifeline of the Green Sea of Death!
Today, the West of the Fertile Continent has been completely influenced by the Kingdom of Qixia; and the person who created this influence is Zhang Hao.
However, there are also some thoughtful people who have spread some uneasy remarks. For example, they have great achievements and so on. For example... Zhang Hao is accumulating strength and preparing to push forward strongly, etc.
In short, in just over a month, Zhang Hao has become a legend. And the most important thing is that Queen Liu Xinyu is still touring the country with confidence, without any restrictions on Dayang Group, Zhang Family, etc. Even this exhibition,
Dayang Group also has considerable shares.
On the contrary, Zhang Hao was frightened by everyone's enthusiasm and all the princes felt like chasing stars. It always felt a bit unrealistic. Zhang Hao just stood at the door in a daze.
It was Liu Guanghui who was the one to smooth things over. This former shopkeeper of the imperial company was really good at dancing. He laughed loudly, "We were all discussing Duke Zhang just now, and Duke Zhang is here. Come on, come on, everyone, sit down, Duke Zhang is here."
, can’t run away.”
Everyone laughed immediately, and the atmosphere became lively. No, Yan Xiao, the prince of Yanyun Kingdom, was the first to speak: "I'm thinking, what should I call you? Iron Duke? Or Minister of Ocean Development? Or President? Zhang Family Head
?”
"That's too strange. Just call me by my name."
"No, no, no, calling me by name will make me more lively!" Yan Xiao smiled happily, "How about calling me Mr. Zhang?"
"As long as His Highness likes it." Zhang Hao did not dwell on this issue, exchanged greetings with everyone, and started to go straight to the topic, discussing the arrangements for an exhibition.
The exhibition will start in nine days, and so far, we still have some small questions about how to arrange the exhibition internally. Fortunately, there is still time.
Liu Guang held a document and explained: "We currently have two main arrangements. One is based on region, including country. The other is based on industry. But how to divide industries currently, there are still some questions.
Not sorted out.”
Zhang Hao took the document and read it, frowning slightly. "Minister Liu, that's what I think about it. We should come to this exhibition to promote business development.
So I think it should be divided into two major areas: production area and commercial area."
“The production area is mainly for companies that have their own independent production capabilities, while the commercial area is for companies that do not produce themselves but are only responsible for transporting goods.
Each region is divided according to the relationship between different industries.
For example, a group that provides smelting raw materials, a group that produces dark iron, a business that uses dark iron to produce magic weapons, etc.
In addition, new industrialized products, past magic weapons, alchemy, etc. must be divided separately, but these core industries should be brought together to facilitate everyone to visit and compare. It also facilitates each production group to compare with each other and understand their own advantages and gaps.
wait."
"Exhibitions, I think, are more of a service category, not just ordinary business. We should be responsible for the relevant personnel participating in the exhibition, enterprise groups, banks, etc."
"For this exhibition, in order to better serve exhibitors and visitors, we will not allow exhibitors to make independent arrangements for the time being. We will make unified arrangements. We can only ask everyone to bear with you for any inconvenience."
After listening to Zhang Hao's words, everyone nodded one after another; and many princes looked at Zhang Hao with brighter eyes. Look, we have been discussing the issue for a long time but failed to get a satisfactory arrangement. Zhang Hao made the arrangement in just a few words.
The phrase 'This is more of a service category, not just an ordinary business' made everyone sigh.
In the next few days, Zhang Hao and Liu Guang worked together, coupled with the efforts of many staff here, and finally arranged all the exhibitors. Generally, they were carried out in accordance with Zhang Hao's proposal; for foreign exhibitors, they were arranged separately.
An area has been set aside for everyone to make their own arrangements.
The main reason is that most people at home have no objections to Zhang Hao's arrangements; there are many problems abroad. Many foreign business firms are controlled by nobles, aristocratic families, sects, etc. At this time, each of these guys still maintains the arrogance of the past;
Moreover, he maintains some hostility towards Qixia Country, a country with no nobility.
In the end, Zhang Hao stopped paying attention to these guys. Each country had a zone and he could arrange it himself. Do whatever you like; anyway, the most important thing about this exhibition is for the development of domestic industry and commerce in ancient and modern times, and to show the beauty of Qixia to foreign countries.
country’s products, etc.
As for foreign products, there are really not many that can be purchased by Qixia Country. Most of them are excellent and rare spiritual materials, medicinal materials, etc. There are very few types.
In the blink of an eye, there are only three days left before the exhibition is about to begin. But one thing has attracted everyone's attention. The exhibition positions of the Zhang family and Dayang Group are still vacant. People from the Zhang family and Dayang Group are personally
Participated, but not a single product appeared.
After all the commercial banks, large and small enterprises had made arrangements, everyone looked at the empty space left by the Zhang family and Dayang Group and started talking about it. They didn't know what the Zhang family and Dayang Group were playing.
Just when everyone was confused, Zhang Hao finally spoke in person, inviting everyone to the front of the exhibition hall to view the Zhang family's belongings, as well as the Dayang Group's belongings, which would be delivered in the afternoon.
"We arrived in the afternoon, what are we going to see this morning?" Liu Guang was very confused. Shouldn't we be allowed to stand in front of the exhibition hall until the afternoon?
Zhang Hao said with a smile: "This morning, the railway was laid here."
"Railway? Is it the kind of road paved with ordinary black steel?" Liu Guang was curious. Of course he had seen this railway, but until now, he felt that the railway was a bit... a waste!
"Let's go, just go and take a look and you'll find out. In the afternoon, the Zhang family's and Dayang Group's products will also be delivered along with the railway."
Zhang Hao took the lead and walked out. Liu Guang and others followed after thinking about it. Then there were people from the Zhang family, people from Dayang Group, and even more people. In the end, it caused a leading effect, and countless people followed outside.
surge away.
Then everyone saw that thousands of migrant workers had appeared at the end of the road. These migrant workers were wearing uniforms of the Zhang family and were already busy.
In every group, there is a leader wearing a little red hat.
The sound of ramming earth can be heard in the distance; but the tools used by migrant workers to ram earth have changed and turned into "large magic weapons". Each magic weapon machine made of black iron, like a war magic weapon, is
Driven by the spirit stone and controlled by relevant personnel, the soil was quickly rammed.
Countless houses have been demolished along the way, leaving a fifty-meter-wide blank space.
There are also flying magic weapons in the sky, as well as clay and gravel brought with them.
There are migrant workers operating some kind of machine in the front, digging more than two meters deep into the ground, and then backfilling the excavated soil with clay, ramming the soil while backfilling, and finally ramming a road with a width of 40 meters. In the back, there are a large number of suspended
The flying magic weapon appeared carrying a large amount of stones, and the migrant workers spread the stones along the rammed earth ground, forming a gravel 'embankment' that was 35 meters wide at the top, 45 meters wide at the bottom, and about one meter high.
At the rear, there is a flying magic weapon that brings a large number of I-beam rails with a length of 15 meters. The steel rolling technology has improved again, as well as a large number of large square wooden sleepers with a length of more than four meters.
The flying magic weapon put down the rails, sleepers, and railway fasteners, and the craftsmen (not migrant workers) began to get busy. They checked the direction, arranged the sleepers, and installed the rails. After making sure that there were no problems, they started to add screws. Then they used stones.
Half buried sleepers.
Two railways with a width of three meters and an interval of about 1.5 meters are rapidly extending towards the exhibition hall.
With spells and other assistance, the construction speed is beyond imagination.
The migrant workers at the front have already begun to dig a hole in front of the exhibition hall. A deep hole with a radius of hundreds of meters and a depth of six to seven meters has been dug. Iron pillars have been rammed into the ground, and have been rammed three meters deep.
So many.
The scene of ramming iron pillars was very shocking. Iron pillars five meters long and almost 60 centimeters thick were smashed into the ground so hard that the earth trembled.
The sonorous banging sound and scene attracted countless attention.
After the iron pillars, the soil was rammed to increase the sealing and waterproofing, and finally steel brackets were installed on the iron pillars.
Within a radius of 100 meters, more than fifty iron frames were rammed. These thick iron frames were made of I-beam steel and were more than ten meters above the ground. The craftsmen began to install beams and lay steel plates between the frames to form
different floors.
By noon, a station, an underground passage, and an above-ground overpass appeared. Although it is still very crude now, the speed of construction still shocked everyone; the scene of such construction shocked everyone even more.
At about 14:00 in the afternoon, the railway passed through the station; a layer of barrier was also raised at the station. There was no time to decorate it at the moment, so it was simple and convenient to build a barrier. In fact, there are no buildings inside the current exhibition hall, but a layer was added outside.
It's just a barrier to protect against wind and rain.
Having a barrier is really a good way to be lazy!
After the railway passed through the station for a hundred meters, it began to cross into an 'X' shape, and on both sides of this shape, there were straight rails passing by, as if there were two vertical rails on both sides.
Here, there is also a simple track switching device, which is guarded by dedicated personnel. Railway construction has continued to extend to the east.
At about 16:00 in the afternoon, because it was winter, the sky was already a little red; the railway that had just calmed down suddenly heard a faint roar again. Then there was a melodious whistle.
Gradually, the roar turned into a clanging sound, and a mechanical monster lying on the railway appeared in the distance.
The rails are three meters wide, and the locomotive is only three meters tall. If the height of the wheels is removed, it looks a bit "flat". It looks like it is lying on the rails.
"The Zhang family's and Dayang Group's exhibits are all here!" Zhang Hao smiled proudly. The rails were laid in front, and things were transported in the back. Such a miracle is that this world can appear, using spells, formations and practitioners to
The construction speed is really fast.
A slightly harsh brake sound was heard, and the heavy locomotive rushed out for hundreds of meters and gradually entered the station. There was also a faint black smoke floating above the chimney of the locomotive.
At this time, everyone saw the cargo behind the locomotive. Many people suddenly opened their mouths, and more people also faced the transportation capacity of the rails for the first time!
Behind the locomotive, five hanging buckets with a length of about 15 meters are hung, which is exactly the length of the current steel beams.
The first hanging bucket is directly a flatbed truck, with a super cargo Zhang family's first iron-clad ship fixed on it with iron ropes, which is the iron ship model with a length of more than ten meters!
This is the first time the Zhang family has exhibited an ironclad ship model made of ordinary black iron, with a three-meter-high mast. The ironclad ship is 10.6 meters long, 2.7 meters wide, has a draft of 1.6 meters and weighs 12 tons. It uses a spirit stone turbine.
drive.
Although this iron ship is a model, it is more than ten meters long after all. It is still a bit shocking that it was dragged all the way from the seaside.
Seeing the vertical sides of this armored ship again, the rows of fist-sized rivets, etc., still makes people feel the ruggedness and power of steel and industry.
On this section of the trailer, there are not only ships, but also artillery.
Behind them are small steam turbines, war instruments (such as crossbow beds), profiles, and some production-type machines used in the previous construction of railways.
The most important thing is that there are two big words written on the outside of the equipment box on the last tow truck: Machine Tool!
Yes, this time, Zhang Hao dragged out the machine tool. Of course, the machine tool on display is relatively simple, but this simplicity is for the Zhang family. If others want to copy the machine tool, it will not be too simple, and the cost price may be higher.
The price of the machine tools sold by Zhangjia is ten times higher, and the accuracy is not up to par.
At the end, there is another locomotive.
People from the Zhang family and Dayang Group were busy. They used magic to carry the equipment into the exhibition hall, and soon the train was cleared. The train started again, and after entering the cross track in front, the person responsible for switching tracks passed the switch track.
Let the train change the running railway.
Then, the two locomotives at the front and rear of the train changed their transmission direction, and the train began to reverse forward, gradually accelerated, and moved away quickly.
Before everyone could marvel, they saw the second train approaching. The train still had five tractors, plus two locomotives at the front and rear.
This time, the tow truck carried a large amount of black iron, steel ingots, and a large number of profiles such as I-beams, steel pipes, steel plates, etc. There were also barrels of diesel, naphtha, etc.
After that, another train arrived, but this one was a carriage type, transporting a large number of passengers. When the door opened, countless passengers who were experiencing trains for the first time excitedly poured out of the carriage and rushed into the exhibition hall.
Liu Guang, the princes of various countries, and countless businessmen, etc., looked at it with their eyes shining. At this time, they no longer felt that the railway was a waste. Only this time, they felt the convenience of the railway.
This time it is to transport goods and passengers. What if next time it is to transport war baggage or soldiers?
Think about it, if one day in the future, the whole country of Qixia is connected to railways, what will it be like?
At this time, the prince of the Kingdom of Jinyang looked a little ugly. At this time, he thought of the conditions of the Kingdom of Qixia for the right to build roads during the original negotiation!
The power of railways brings a different atmosphere to this exhibition.
Before the exhibition officially started, the booths of Zhangjia and Dayang Group were overcrowded, and a large number of goods were booked. From this moment on, the two transport locomotives were not idle; they continued to transport various goods from Dayang Group and Zhangjia.
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Unconsciously, it was another night, and the exhibition finally officially started amidst the great expectations. Liu Xinyu slowly walked up to the high platform and looked down at everyone.