Chapter 454: Nanhai Prefecture is completely unified

The construction of the Luoqing Railway is not a big deal for Nanhai Prefecture, after all, the Luoqing Railway is only a railway with a length of more than 250 kilometers.

The construction of this railway is a policy decision made by comprehensively considering the employment of engineers and divisions, the accumulation of experience, technology, military transportation, and local economic development.

As for the source of funding, it is not a financial allocation, and the state government does not have so much money to build the railway.

According to the preliminary budget of the transportation department, the construction cost of the Qingyuan railway, including the expropriation of private land along the route, the construction of the railway and the purchase of locomotives, will cost about 5 million Heng Yuan.

In fact, this money is not that the state government can't take it out, but even if it can, the state government can't take it out.

The money of the state government is intended to be used, and most of it needs to be used for military expenses.

300,000 troops and a large navy, just to maintain a lot of funds, not to mention that there is still a large-scale rearmament, a large amount of ammunition reserves for subsequent expansion, which requires more military spending.

Therefore, the estimated cost of railway construction of 5 million Hengyuan is ready to be solved in other ways.

The government will set up a railway company, which will be wholly owned by the government, and then a large amount of official land along the railway route, especially the railway stations, will be directly transferred to the railway company.

As long as the railway is completed, the subsequent railway company can use the land along the railway line for development, and the railway company will be able to recover all the construction costs and make a profit.

Of course, the premise is that the railroad is built and the value of the land increases.

As for now, most of these lands are wasteland, or ordinary land, which is not very valuable.

On this basis, the railway company will issue construction bonds and raise private funds to carry out the early stage of construction.

At the same time, in addition to giving a large amount of official land free of charge, the government will also give a certain amount of loans, but this is a normal loan, at most the interest is lower.

In addition, the local government will also give a certain amount of financial subsidies along the way.

Through multiple ways to collect construction funds, the gap of 5 million construction funds will be finally solved.

In the whole process, the state government will not pay a dime!

The construction plan of the Luoqing Railway has been finalized and the preliminary construction has begun rapidly, which also means that the situation in Nanhai Prefecture has entered a fairly stable state.

It is impossible for a war-torn and divided Nanhai state to build railways on a large scale, and the past two decades have fully demonstrated this.

Now the construction of the Luoqing Railway means that Nanhai Prefecture has returned to unity and stability.

In fact, it is true, militarily, the westward army has recovered Qingyuan County, and even the Southern Navy itself can directly wave its army into Ningyu Prefecture if it wants.

The eastern line of defense of the river platform remained stable.

In the north, the Southern Navy has recaptured the Luohe Gorge and deployed heavy troops here, with two heavy artillery regiments and more than 20,000 troops deployed here, and began to build a large number of fortifications here.

More importantly, a large number of artillery shells, ammunition and other materials were hoarded here in advance, and strong measures were reserved in advance for logistics, so that once a battle broke out, the troops and supplies in the rear could be transported within three to five days.

The next time Quyang Prefecture wants to attack the Luohe Gorge, even if it dispatches more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops, it will definitely not be able to take the Luohe Gorge.

The external military threat has been reduced, and the South Korean Navy has already begun to reorganize and adjust its defenses in batches.

Internally, negotiations for the peaceful reunification of Ninmei County and Qiuhua County are progressing smoothly.

On a number of key issues of principle, there is basically agreement, and the negotiations that are taking place are only about details, and no matter how they are discussed, they can no longer affect the overall situation.

Because the county guards of Ningmei County have already been the county guards of Qiuhua County, they have already set off for Luohai City with their subordinate civil and military officials.

Prior to this, they had already announced their recognition of Lin Ziran's status as a state order and publicly declared their allegiance.

To some extent, in fact, the two counties have returned to unity.

After the multi-day industrial meeting, Lin Ziran also ushered in delegations from Ningmei County and Qiuhua County.

The next thing is simple, Lin Ziran publicly appointed the county guards of these two counties to stay in their original positions, and still hold the county guard positions.

Some of their civilian officials remained in their posts, some were transferred to other counties, and the state government also transferred a number of officials from other places to these two counties.

At the same time, the government structure and tax system of the two counties will also be reformed according to the structure of the two regions.

In addition, it is more important to reorganize the original forces of the two counties.

Although the troops in these two counties are not large, they have more than 60,000 people combined.

For these 60,000 people, some capable soldiers will be selected to be directly added to the Yugoslav Navy, some will become garrison divisions, another part will become engineering divisions, and some will be discharged and returned to their hometowns.

Grass-roots officers are willing to continue to serve in the military according to their own wishes, and then reassign them after completing their studies; if they are willing to serve directly in the garrison division, they will be assigned to each garrison division.

These are all old routines, and the Southern Navy is very skilled in doing these.

The only thing that is special is their middle and senior officers, because they belong to peaceful reunification, so they cannot be directly placed under house arrest like the middle and senior officers in the prisoner of war units in the past.

These middle- and high-ranking officers, some of whom were willing to do so, were sent to military academies for further study, and some were assigned to serve in the garrison.

Others are directly assigned to active duty units, but are mainly in civilian or deputy positions, advisers, and other roles.

It is impossible to lead the troops directly.

As for disobedience, if you don't convince you, you will fight!

Even though some of them were not satisfied with this result, they also knew that it was a better result, at least, most of them were still able to join the army and maintain their military ranks.

The generals of the feudal towns who resisted before are now either dead, escaped, or under house arrest, but few of them can enter the Southern Navy system.

When these were confirmed, the state government also officially announced it through the newspaper: Nanhai Prefecture has completed the reunification!

After the news came out public, the impact was enormous.

Needless to say, everyone in Nanhai Prefecture is naturally happy.

Nanhai Prefecture has completed the reunification, which means that there will be no internal war in the future.

But outside the South China Sea, it is a gloomy cloud!

Especially Yuan Yonghan in the east, he was silent for a long time after learning the news, his face full of worry!

Because he knows that he is in danger!

Fools know that the first step of foreign expansion after the unification of Nanhai Prefecture must be Dongding Prefecture, and the first one to bear it is Yuan Yonghan!

It's the same as Duke Meng's crusade more than twenty years ago!