Chapter 591: Financial Experts' Worries
Cao Xinru did not immediately answer Cui Jiping's question, he told Cui Jiping to report to the emperor first, because the use of island laborers must be approved by the emperor.
Cao Xinru returned to Cairo after lunch at the Hankou Port Wharf, and when he returned to Cairo, he sent a telegram to Gao Junshan, requesting Gao Junshan's report on the transfer of labor to support the Hankou Wharf.
At this time, Gao Junshan was on a luxury train bound for Mumbai, and he called Cao Xinru back, saying that he did not agree to use the labor of the island country to do work other than railway construction, because Huaxia had an agreement with the island country, and these laborers could only be used for the construction of the railway. He agreed with Cao Xinru to use African black slaves, because at this time there were tens of thousands of black slaves in the hands of Cao Wenzhao's Military Adjustment Committee to use.
The luxury train from the high mountains departed from Yangon, and the railway line from Yangon to Mumbai passed through the British Bengal region and connected with the Chinese state of Song (later central India), which had just passed through Bengal and entered the territory of Songzhou.
At this time, the train was speeding on the central great plains of the Indian subcontinent, which was formed by the alluvial rivers of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, with a dense network of rivers, numerous irrigation canals, and developed agriculture, rich in rice, wheat, sugarcane, jute, rapeseed, cotton, tea, and geological engineers had discovered deposits of coal, iron, manganese, mica, gold and other minerals here, which were intended to be developed by future generations.
Although it belongs to the plain, due to the vertical and horizontal rivers, hundreds of large and small railway bridges have been erected all the way to the west, and the protection and maintenance tasks of these railway bridges have been handed over to the Cao Gang, which has developed rapidly here in Songzhou, because of the existence of railways and rivers, the Cao Gang has 200,000 people in Songzhou.
Gao Junshan sat at the window and looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window, at this time the train was running on the bank of the Ganges River, Tian Wenju came from the passenger car to Gao Junshan's special carriage.
"Your Majesty, three are missing one, they are all waiting!"
Gao Junshan's eyes didn't leave the window, and said, "Just let them wait!" ”
"Your Majesty, what are you looking at?"
Gao Junshan asked, "Do you know where we are driving now?" ”
Tian Wenju said: "Weichen doesn't know, in short, this is the boundary of our Huaxia. ”
"You take the train every day, follow me everywhere and enjoy the mountains and rivers, and you don't care about our beautiful rivers and mountains." Gao Junshan turned his head and gestured to the seat across from him, "You sit down and look out." ”
Tian Wenju sat down, looked out the window and said, "This is a steady river!" ”
Gao Jun said: "This is called the Ganges, the Ganges River originates from the southern foot of the Himalayas, and this river has a long history and culture like the Yellow River. So I asked you to sit down and take a look at the Ganges. ”
Tian Wenju knew the history and culture of the Ganges, but the scenery on both sides of the river attracted his curiosity.
The Ganges River is wide and gentle, without the turbulent waves, and looks like a large mirror from the train, and the reflection of the white clouds is like countless white sheep walking on the river.
"Your Majesty, what is that one that looks like a bridge and a river dam?"
Gao Junshan said: "That's a gravity canal, which is used for irrigation of farmland. ”
"Woo——!"
The train roared for a long time, and the train drove up the Ganges Bridge, the rhythmic sound of the train on the railway bridge was completely different from that on the flat ground, and at this time, the scorching sunlight shone directly into the carriage through the window, Gao Junshan stood up and lowered the curtain of the window.
"Let's go, they may be in a hurry." Gao Junshan instead urged Tian Wenju.
Tian Wenju also stood up and said, "That's it, I'm waiting for you, the emperor!" ”
Gao Junshan is in front, Tian Wen is behind, the two of them walked towards the passenger car where the three old ministers lived, the passenger car was at the other end of the dining car, it was not the time to eat, there was no one in the dining car, but there were Gao Junshan's Imperial Forest Army guarding both ends of the dining car.
The two walked through the dining car, and came to the passenger car, which now belongs to the special carriage of Bailisha, Liu Hongru and Tian Wenju, this carriage has four luxurious bedrooms, and a space for everyone to move together, that is, the living room, the living room is surrounded by sofas, and there is a closet, which has many books for guests to read.
Bailisha and Liu Hongru were sitting on the sofa waiting for the arrival of Gao Junshan and Tian Wenju. As soon as Liu Hongru saw Tian Wenju, he complained: "Let you go and invite the emperor to come over, it took a long time to invite you, what are you eating?" ”
Gao Junshan said: "It was I who asked Gongren to sit for a while, and I let him enjoy the scenery of the Ganges. ”
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In the early morning of June 2, 1663, the luxury train slowly rolled into the Mumbai station.
Mumbai is now the seat of the state capital of Songzhou, and the governor of Songzhou is Gao Huanghe, the third son of Gao Junshan, where the headquarters of the Fourth Army is stationed, and the commander of the Fourth Army is Bai Wenxuan, and this time it is Gao Huanghe and Bai Wenxuan who come to pick up the car.
Bai Wenxuan booked a floor for Gao Junshan in the Mumbai Hotel, so Gao Junshan took the train directly to the Mumbai Hotel after getting off the train.
At this time, Feng Congwen, a financial expert in Huaxia, also happened to be in Mumbai, and he also lived in the Bombay Hotel, he knew that the emperor had come here, and immediately applied to meet the emperor.
The financier asked for a face, Gao Junshan of course gave immediate approval, Feng Congwen was approved to meet the emperor, and immediately took the elevator to Gao Junshan's residence, and Gao Junshan met him in the living room.
As soon as they met Gao Junshan, he asked, "Why are you in such a hurry to see me?" ”
Feng Congwen said: "Your Majesty, since we started to issue loans to Austria, the Ministry of Household has opened up the business of loans to many countries. ”
"What do you mean by that?" Gao Junshan asked.
Feng Congwen said: "Your Majesty, we have loaned Huaxia coins to foreigners in such large quantities for development, what if we can't get the money back?" ”
Gao Junshan said domineeringly: "Whoever dares to say a word and try it, our army can completely oust him from power, and support a puppet who is loyal to us to come to power." ”
Feng Congwen worried: "Our military strength is the strongest, no one will doubt this. But there is another question I don't understand, what if foreigners control so many Huaxia coins in their hands, what if they use the money to buy our gold? ”
"Are you worried that they will rob us of our gold?" Gao Junshan asked.
Feng Congwen said excitedly: "Your Majesty, aren't you worried? Now our monetary policy is that Huaxia currency can be used to exchange for gold, and how much can be exchanged, if other countries do not have good intentions and take the loan to exchange a large amount of Huaxia currency for our gold, then the gold we have mined has not fallen into their hands? ”