"Deputy Prime Minister, this is the Cabinet's reply to the construction of the railway line from Shule to Xiliuzhou, as well as the news that the Railway Department dispatched the 11th Construction Company to the northwest." Because the military management in the northwest has not yet ended, Tuoba Sizhi has also been stationed in Shule as the head of the military management district, so Qu Chengmei, as the political envoy of Anxibu, actually has the role of Tuoba Siji's deputy. Therefore, after receiving the official letter from the cabinet, it was sent to the Tuoba Advice Office as soon as possible.

"It seems that Mr. Cen of the cabinet is going to spend a lot of money this year, and the Central Plains side will carry out industrial construction in a big way, and three railways will be built at the same time, and we will have to add one more here, I think Mr. Cen estimates that he should not sleep well this year." Tuoba Sizhi smiled bitterly while looking at Cen Tianshi and Wu Zuodong's reply to the Northwest Military Administrative Region. In fact, he himself did not know why Li Xuanqing wanted to carry out such a large-scale infrastructure construction in the ninth year of the Apocalypse. It stands to reason that the large-scale industrialization of the Central Plains requires too much investment, even if the central government and local governments invest together, but I am afraid that it will only be astronomical.

"The emperor should want to find a stable market for the countless industrial industries invested in the Central Plains." Qu Chengmei's somewhat uncertain answer made Tuoba Sijian take a deep look at the political envoy in front of him who had been transferred from Jiaozhou. Qu Chengmei's short sentence is actually already thinking about the foothold of the empire's policy for a person like Tuoba Siji, who has been in contact with the high-level information of the empire for a long time, and this alone is more than a level higher than the vision of ordinary political envoys.

"In this case, let's start as soon as possible, Shule here to the south to Xiliuzhou is afraid that it will be extended to the Persian Governor's Palace, this railway is more than 2,000 miles long alone, and the various building materials needed are far from meeting the needs of the industrial zones of Hexi and Gaochang alone, so immediately in the name of the military administration to send a report to the Ministry of Railways, requesting that the railroad tracks and other raw materials be ordered for the iron and steel factories in Fengzhou and other iron and steel plants. When the 11th Railway Company arrives in Shule, construction will start immediately, and you, Qian Biao, and Sima Daoxin must arrange the labor needed along the way in advance, and the project cannot be delayed. Tuoba Si Yan rubbed his eyebrows and smiled: "Come and see, the emperor also sent us a word of encouragement, let us work hard, he is waiting for the day to arrive by sea from the Persian Governor's Mansion to patrol the hunt, and then take the train back to Chang'an." ”

"The emperor is really very interested, but when he was in Jiaozhou, our army's ironclad warships had a limited voyage, and I was afraid that the journey from the southern sea to the Persian Governor's Mansion would be far away, and the road would be bumpy, and it would be necessary to stop at various overseas bases along the way to replenish supplies, and the deputy prime minister should advise the emperor, or wait and see." Qu Chengmei shook her head, obviously disagreeing with Li Xuanqing's rhetoric. But Tuoba Sizhi smiled slightly, after all, Qu Chengmei has been away from the military and politics for a long time, and he doesn't know the speed of the development of naval warship power, but he didn't say much, Qu Chengmei was kind and outspoken after all, and he was worried about Li Xuanqing's own safety.

After the two discussed this matter, Qu Chengmei immediately notified Qian Biao in Khotan and Sima Daoxin of Persian Province, and sent a copy of the reply of the Ministry of Communications directly to them, and at the same time asked the two provinces to immediately deploy grain and grass materials and accompanying prisoner of war brigades from this moment on, and carry out preliminary survey of the road surface and lay stones on the predetermined route in advance, and at the same time, because it is April, a large number of saplings and turf will be transported from the west side of the river to the three provinces, which need to be planted by the engineering team in advance. These matters involve a myriad of things, and they all need to be arranged and coordinated in a unified manner by the military administrative region. However, Qu Chengmei is obviously very good at these things, and when the railway company arrived in Shule at the end of April, all the arrangements were completed, so that when the railway company started construction near the Shule railway station, all the manpower and material resources were fully equipped, the first batch of rails and cement sleepers were also neatly placed on the site, and the large hauling vehicles and equipment were even more complete than the railway company's requirements, which made the railway embark on a rapid construction process from the beginning.

And in order to make up for the dilemma of the lack of labor in Anxi, Wan Yi directly transferred all the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Corps stationed in Shuangqu City as labor force, and the efficiency of these field regiments with neat slogans is faster than that of the prisoner of war brigade, and the railway extends several kilometers to the south almost every day, and the further it goes, the faster the work of surveying the foundation is completed, this speed is more obvious.

"Deputy Prime Minister, there is a big gap between the funds coordinated by our five provinces and the appropriation of the Ministry of Finance and the actual amount, a gap of 30 million Tang yuan, how can this be good?" The progress of the project is very fast, but Qu Chengmei has a bitter face and Tuoba Si admonishes and cries poor, there is really no way, the financial revenue of the northwest in the past two years has not been handed over to the central government, and all of it has been spent on the locality, but the geographical area is too large, and it is necessary to continue to invest money to build a straight road in the early stage, just from Khotan City to Bohe Prefecture This big passage costs countless money, where is there more financial funds squeezed out at this time?

"30 million, even if all the financial revenues of the five provinces are pressed up this year, it is not enough, and it is really difficult to draw more funds to support the development of the three provinces of Kangju Aral Sea and Xiaye nearby." Tuoba Sizhi was silent as he spoke, and continued after a while: "You let Gao Chongmin take the time to come over, he has been in Fengzhou long enough, and he has learned a lot of methods from the emperor that we have not seen, maybe there will be a way to save the emergency." ”

Qu Chengmei is also very helpless, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, so in addition to sending people to summon Gao Chongmin according to his words, she is also secretly planning where to save some funds in the next step, but most of them are a drop in the bucket, and it is difficult to make up for such a huge gap. However, after thinking about it for a long time, he still asked Tuoba to give advice and asked him to report to the cabinet, anyway, this railway was approved by the Ministry of Communications, and the cabinet should always have some estimates, right?

"No, I'm afraid that the cabinet is also weak, and the emperor didn't say it, the development of the northwest side still depends more on itself, if everything needs cabinet financial subsidies, then what else are we talking about self-sufficiency? I'm afraid that it will also slow down the development speed of the Central Plains, so I'm afraid that this one won't work. Tuoba shook his head and said, "But your words have given me another way, although I can solve a temporary emergency, but it can be regarded as a rush to the doctor." After saying that, Tuoba Sizhi immediately came from inside the city to the camp of the Western Expeditionary Army outside the city. Now that the Western Expeditionary Army has basically been transformed into a mainland border army, Wan Yi is also trying his best to turn the field task into a local garrison mission, so the task is also a lot more leisurely, if it is not for the war in the northwest, I am afraid that Wan Yi will go back to the Chang'an base camp directly. So Wan Yi couldn't help but smile when he saw Tuoba Si Ji coming in a hurry: "How can the deputy prime minister have the leisure to come to the barracks?" ”

"I'm here to make a fortune." Tuoba Si's advice was also straight to the point: "Now the financial deficit in the northwest is more than 30 million, so I want to ask Dashuai if there is a way to help me solve my urgent need." "Because the northwest still maintains the establishment of the field group army in the operational sequence of the General Staff, the annual military expenditure is allocated separately.

Wan Yi was taken aback by Tuoba Si's advice, and hurriedly shook his head in a panic and said, "My deputy prime minister, are you crazy?" The special funds for military spending have always been directly allocated from the Ministry of Defense to the armed forces and then distributed by special logistics personnel, and most of them go to the bank, how can I have the ability to intercept them? Besides, the interception of military funds is a big matter, but the Military Judge Advocate General's Department of the General Staff Department never asks about this, and once it is discovered, you and I will be questioned even if we are high-level officials in the northwest. ”

"Well, can't I help it? The southern railway has already started, but there is a shortage of 30 million Tang dollars, and the Ministry of Finance estimates that there is no extra money to transfer this year. If the emperor knows about this, I'm afraid that he will directly throw me back to my hometown for the elderly. Tuoba Si smiled bitterly and sighed: "Is there any other way for the big handsome?" ”

"I heard that when the Fengzhou Railway was built, the Ministry of Finance was short of money, and the emperor directly mortgaged the industrial group under the royal family to Qianzhuang, and then lent a large amount of money to make up for the vacancy. Wan Yi said with some uncertainty. What happened when the Fengzhou Railway was built back then basically knew that the Xujia fleet and the navy returned a large amount of gold and silver from Japan and directly repaid the loan after returning from Japan, which took less than half a year, but there was no danger of stopping the Fengzhou Railway Line.

"Or then? I will look for Yin Honglin to see if I can use the financial income of the five northwestern provinces for three years as collateral, and see if I can lend 30 million yuan. Tuoba Si said with a wry smile: "In this way, the procedures are troublesome, I am only afraid that I have to go back to Chang'an, and I will take the financial income as collateral, if Mr. Cen knows, I am afraid that he will directly hack me to death with a knife." "But it's a joke, after Tuoba Sizhi came back, he was thinking about it seriously, and asked Qu Chengmei to start arranging manpower to conduct statistics, Yin Honglin's side would not have opened this opening if there was no real material, and he also needed to have enough reasons to convince the cabinet and Li Xuanqing.

However, Tuoba Si was worried about this matter for more than ten days, and when Gao Chongmin arrived in Shule, he found that he was so stupid for a moment. In Gao Chongmin's opinion, this kind of thing is not so difficult at all, but there are many ways to solve it immediately.

"Deputy Prime Minister, you can discuss with the cabinet, and the Ministry of Finance will come forward to issue special bonds with the five northwestern provinces as the main body, and I estimate that 30 million will be enough to raise in a month." Gao Chongmin directly solved the problem in one sentence, which made Tuoba Siji and Qu Chengmei a little dumbfounded in an instant.

"What do you need to prepare?" Qu Chengmei didn't react for a while, and asked blankly.

Gao Chongmin said with a smile: "The things that need to be prepared still need to be prepared, such as the fiscal revenue of the five northwest provinces last year, as well as the expected development rate and fiscal revenue growth rate this year, all of which must be disclosed to the outside world, so that the people who buy special bonds can understand." But the specific need to find the money village to ask, the emperor once said that now the Tang Dynasty is developing too fast, and the private investment channels are limited, in addition to the rich families who invest in industry and commerce, most of the lower class people and more and more Yin cannibal families do not have enough courage to invest in industry, so the precipitated funds will only increase, and these funds are the main body that we can strive to buy bonds. For example, in our northwest region, most people do not have the habit of investing in industries and opening factories, so if bonds are issued, they are also a sufficient buying group. Gao Chongmin is not a serious professional when he says it, but he has seen this kind of thing many times like issuing bonds, and the Fengzhou Embassy also issued similar bonds back then, so it is the first thing to say.

Li Xuanqing directly took back the authority to issue bonds in this life, and the political envoys in various localities did not have the authority to issue bonds, which can be regarded as a kind of restriction on the large number of local debts in the previous life. However, if the local government really wants to raise funds, it can also apply to the Ministry of Finance, and then the Ministry of Finance will operate on its behalf, and the leading power will be in the hands of the Ministry of Finance. However, it is precisely because of this kind of dominance that the central government has made the people more convinced of the authority of this kind of bond.

"Great, you and Chengmei are responsible for this matter, contact the Ministry of Finance and Qianzhuang as soon as possible, and issue 30 million bonds in the name of the Northwest Military Region, and you will be responsible for disposing of the specifics." Tuoba Sijian clapped his hands and smiled: "Also, it's best to get some bonds to sell in the northwest, and the major local merchants in the northwest have you to take the lead to say hello, I think they will definitely buy it enthusiastically." ”

"Deputy Prime Minister, don't worry, I'll take care of this matter." Gao Chongmin said with a smile: "As for the sale in the northwest, there is no problem, when the time comes, I will contact Minister Qi Hong, give priority to the sale in the northwest, and then go to the Central Plains to raise funds if it is not enough." ”

Tuoba thought and simply handed over this matter to Gao Chongmin, and he began to think about how to increase the financial revenue of the eight northwestern provinces, but it was precisely because of this incident that the large-scale border trade on the Aral Sea side also officially began, and the newly built western county town of Wu Huan in the western part of the Aral Sea quickly introduced a large number of measures to stimulate trade, attracting Slavic tribes to come to trade, and a large number of industrial goods and special products also began to be sold to the West, and the already hot silk trade was even hotter at this time. However, in order to make money, the silk in Xijun City, led by Wu Huan, is not much cheaper than the one that the big cannibals sold to Taixi, but silk is originally a priceless luxury in Taixi, so even if the trade volume in Xijun City increases on a large scale, it is still far from enough for Taixi's needs. Relying solely on the silk trade and the taxes of the western county towns, the Aral Sea, which was originally the last province to be established, suddenly became a veritable largest income province among the eight northwestern provinces by the end of the ninth year of the Apocalypse. Li Xuandao, the political envoy of the Aral Sea Province, who tasted the sweetness, simply regarded this kind of transit trade as his main business, and in the following years, he quickly developed the Aral Sea into a wealthy province in the northwest.

However, when Tuoba Sizhi was considering how to generate income and repay debts as soon as possible, under the operation of Gao Chongmin, the Ministry of Finance also received a request from the northwest side to issue Northwest Railway bonds, but Cen Tianshi directly changed it to 80 million with a stroke of money when he saw the total amount of 30 million Tang coins, and asked the Ministry of Finance and Qianzhuang to sell no less than 50 million in the eight northwest provinces. The amount has also been directly increased to 200 million, and it is also required that the amount of sales in the northwest should not be less than 80 million. In this way, the cabinet and Li Xuanqing coincidentally directly used the northwest as an ATM, and were ready to pocket most of the funds deposited in the private sector in the northwest in one fell swoop.