Immediately afterwards, Feng Yunshan asked Cheng Hengsheng, the director of the Ministry of Public Works, to propose a second railway construction plan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cheng Hengsheng is currently the director of the Engineering Department of the Ministry of Public Works, and is directly responsible for various projects in the entire Holy Kingdom.

In his plan, this second railway is also a long-distance railway, one end starts from Jingdezhen in the west of the country, and the other ends start from the Dexing copper mining area, and then the two railways merge into one railway to Leping County, all the way south through a small town called Yingtan Town in Guixi County, Guangxin Province, and finally through Shaowu Mansion in Fujian, to Nanping City in Yanping Province.

In fact, there is still a section of railway that has been planned, but it cannot be built yet, that is, the section of Nanping City along the Min River to Fuzhou. Feng Yunshan is already consuming the defenders of Fuzhou City, and it is estimated that when this railway is halfway built, perhaps Fuzhou City will have been attacked, and then an extension line will be built to extend to Fuzhou.

This railway was specially included in the second railway built by Cheng Hengsheng according to the Holy King Feng Yunshan's point out to open up the transportation of major commodities.

Once this railway is completed, the porcelain from Jingdezhen in the west of the country, the copper from the Dexing Copper Mine, and the Fujian tea along the Wuyi Mountain area next to Shaowu Mansion and the Jianning Mansion and Yanping Mansion can all be transported along this railway to the Fuzhou wharf.

This railway has opened up an outlet to the sea for the entire Xixi, not only the goods in the west can be transported in large quantities for export, but also the transportation of large quantities of goods from Guangdong to the west can also be transported by sea to Fuzhou, and then through Fuzhou to the west.

This is undoubtedly crucial to the development of the whole Chixi and Fu Jian.

However, the railway is 452 kilometers long, and it is very difficult to walk through the border between Chixi and Fujian, as well as through the mountainous areas of Fujian, so Feng Yunshan and others are worried that the Americans will not be able to build it.

When Cheng Hengsheng raised this question, the foreigner expert sitting next to Big John opened his mouth and talked to Big John for a long time. Then, Big John smiled confidently and said, "Your Highness the Holy King, Mr. Cheng, it is true that the problem you are worried about will bring us certain difficulties in building the railway, but it is not a big problem. Last year, we at the Central Railroad were responsible for building a railroad with this kind of alpine terrain. We already have a lot of experience in building railroad tracks in the mountains, and that's not a problem! ”

Seeing that Big John was full of confidence, Cheng Hengsheng was relieved.

At present, the two sides agreed that the total investment of the 452-kilometer railway is 5 million taels of silver. The Central Railway Company of the United States invested 2 million taels, accounting for 35 percent of the total equity of the railway, and the Nanyang Company invested 3 million yuan, accounting for 65 percent of the shares, and the two sides cooperated in the construction of the Jingdefu Railway.

However, after 20 years, the operating period is 20 years. This means that after 20 years, the railways will be nationalized automatically.

Not only the Chubu Railway Company of the Americans, but also the Nanyang Company had no shares, and all of them were automatically transferred to the city government.

Originally, Big John also wanted to invest 2 million taels to account for 40% of the shares, but Feng Yunshan directly came forward and said: "If you want to invest, you can follow the plan of our Nanyang Company, otherwise, according to the construction model of the first railway, our Nanyang Company will invest in full." ”

Feng Yunshan looked like he was not bad for money, and now, Big John had nothing to say, so he could only promise to give up 5% of the shares. After all, this is the land of the Holy Kingdom, and land also has a cost.

The two parties agreed to jointly establish a Jingdefu Railway as the specific executor for the specific construction and future operation of the railway.

Of course, the demolition and relocation and the pacification and mobilization of the common people were all done by the Nanyang Company, while the planning and construction were still led by the Central Railroad Company, and the craftsmen and construction workers were recruited by the Jingdefu Railway itself.

As for why this railway requires an investment of 5 million yuan for 452 kilometers, it is because Cheng Hengsheng proposed that the railway is a double line.

Similarly, for this long-distance railway, Feng Yunshan requested a construction period of 3 years. This time, there are no drastic measures. Because the Central Railroad Company is also a shareholder, in order to realize the profits as soon as possible, they will also hurry up the construction without urging themselves.

There is no need for Nanyang to explain to them, with the experience of the Great John in the Holy Land of China for several years, he knows very well the weight of this railway!

Once built and put into use, the millions of porcelain and tea that come in every year alone make it insanely profitable. Coupled with passenger transportation, it is estimated that it will not take long to return to the cost.

In fact, there is a third railway, Feng Yunshan has already planned it, but it was not thrown out as an order!

This railway, but Guiyang City, through Chenzhou City, straight to the south, through Yizhang Pingshi Town, along the Wujiang River, after Lechang, to the Shaozhou Prefecture Qujiang County Lishi Town, and the first railway of the Quwu Railway.

In this way, the situation of the high mountain road from Guiyang to Guangzhou was completely overcome, and in the future, the minerals of Guiyang could be transported to Wushi Town by railway, and then changed to ships in Wushi Town, all the way to Guangzhou.

This railway, the whole line is 160 kilometers long, Feng Yunshan's meaning, or to build him into a double line, he believes that this railway, will also be as busy as the Beijing-Guangzhou line in later history.

Moreover, this third railway is not the end of the line, in Feng Yunshan's plan, he wants to use a few years to complete the construction of the southern half of the Beijing-Guangzhou line from Changsha to Guangzhou, which will be in the history of later generations, and directly link the province of Munan with the coastal ports.

With the construction of the first two railways, he believes that the Ministry of Public Works and the Nanyang Company have mastered the ability to build railways. In addition, the machine factory in Guangzhou should also master the ability to produce various types of railway rails and locomotive parts.

After reaching an agreement with the foreigners, Wu Chongyao came forward to represent the Nanyang Company, and Big John represented the Central American Railway Company, and the two of them shook hands amicably with smiles on their faces, and then the two sides signed the agreement to cooperate in the construction of the two railways.

At present, Nanyang Company does not have to worry about the funds, the funds can be described as abundant, although they can be arranged in place.

All that's left is for the people to mobilize the construction workers.

And at this time, Nanyang Construction Engineering Company came in handy. The construction engineering company, which was reorganized from the 40,000 original Tiandihui rebels, has been building roads, building houses and other piecemeal projects, just like a huge migrant worker engineering team, which has little work.

Now, with such a large railway construction project, Feng Yunshan's first thought is for Nanyang Construction Engineering Company to come forward and act as a construction unit, learning from the management experience of the Central Railway Company and the technology and experience of railway construction.

This is just like in later generations, although the construction unit is the Middle American Railroad. But the people who do the work are all the people of Nanyang Construction Engineering Company, and the real construction is also the team of Nanyang Construction Engineering Company.

It's like having a free master teaching them how to build a railroad.

Once one day, this team is really trained, it is a powerful force. However, at present, Feng Yunshan does not want to build too many railways, mainly because of the financial resources.

As for the raw materials, there is basically no need to worry.

Sleeper? In these years, in the deep mountains and old forests, there are more high-quality firewood into cow hair, and there are as many as you want. The Ministry of Industry has organized the people and the army to attack nearby.

Steel? Rail? It's not a problem anymore.

First, on the side of the first iron and steel plant, the recent news is that a small-scale test furnace has begun, and there is a small amount of output. It should be in a month or two, and it will be officially put into production.

At that time, the steel produced by the First Iron and Steel Plant, in addition to these rails, will be left to be sent to the Guangzhou Machine Factory and Shipyard to produce weapons and ships.

Not only that, the Americans were very well prepared, because of Wu Chongyao's relationship, Big John believed that the railway project, their central American company was determined to win, so he not only brought more than 30 engineers and technicians to support, but also directly transported two large ships of steel rails and fixing bolts over, putting on a posture that could start construction immediately.

In addition, Big John claims that his company still has a large number of rails left behind in the United States, and they can ship as much as they need.

So, the day after signing the agreement, Cheng Hengsheng led the people of the construction engineering company, together with the foreigners, to take a boat to the county seat of Shaozhou to step on the spot, and two days ago, the ship carrying rails and other accessories had already arrived in Shaozhou.

The 20th day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar.

The first railway in the Holy Country, and the first railway in China, officially started construction in Wushi Town!

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