Chapter 513: Zero Profit in Off-Season Transportation

Announcing their participation in this year's Autumn Festival, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan left hand in hand, so that the people who were secretly protecting them breathed a sigh of relief.

The businessmen watched the two people leave, wanting to get closer, but they felt that their identity was not enough, and the people who were going to participate in this year's autumn festival were not in a hurry to leave, after all, it was a new thing, no matter what it was, take a good look at it first, go back and write two poems or make a fu, and then say, if you don't get this year's autumn festival, there may be such a topic.

Other ordinary people leaned forward little by little, wanting to get up close and personal and touch the huge thing, and at the same time they were also very curious about the price of the 'ticket', and did not know how much it would cost to take a ride.

The train that appeared for the first time naturally tried to make people feel it, and the person in charge of publicity began to shout with a loudspeaker, which was nothing more than to introduce the speed and stability of the train.

After talking for half an hour, I told the people around me about the fare, fifty Wen, from Chang'an to Luoyang, there will be one stop on the way, to be precise, two stops, one station north of the Yellow River, one station south of the Yellow River, that is, it takes 20 Wen to transfer to the front and back of the ship.

This price is not high for the common people, but it is not low, fifty wen can buy four to five buckets of rice, and nearly ten buckets of millet can be bought, and no one will have nothing to run to sit back and forth.

In order to allow more people to experience it, the person in charge of publicity proposed a free three-day one-way activity, and those who want to take it to get a ticket, whether it is from Luoyang to Chang'an, or from Chang'an, no money for one way, and you need to find a way to come back.

Of course, it is impossible to send only one trip a day, so when will the money from the construction of the railway be earned? When the operation starts, there will be a departure every three hours, and if the freight is concentrated, additional temporary trains can be added.

The appearance of the train made people excited for a while, most of the people thought of the experience, some businessmen considered the convenience of transporting goods in the future, and only a small number of people thought about the military.

has not become 'bad', or because Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have no chance to become bad Li Linfu, they took into account the military application, let the hot air balloon he was riding float next to Li Longji, and shouted: "Your Majesty, can this thing really be nearly a hundred miles per hour?" ”

What Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan got was a theoretical speed of 30 kilometers per hour, and under normal circumstances, it could be more than 20 kilometers, and an hour was not about 100 miles.

Li Longji also saw the real train for the first time, estimated the speed, and said: "Yes, it is faster than the 800-mile expedited, although there is a telegraph now, the speed is faster, but it is used to carry the army, it is really fast, the 800-mile expedited, the horse will be restricted, and the train will not, if the railway is repaired to the ...... of Longyou Road." ”

Speaking of this, Li Longji stopped, but he knew that the cost of repairing the railway, only a section from Chang'an to Luoyang, the money spent was an unbearable figure, and the cost of other aspects was not much, mainly the rails, the steel requirements were too high, and they could not bear the weight of the train even a little.

He didn't know that railways not only cost a lot of money, but also made money slowly.

Li Linfu naturally thought of this, and replied: "Your Majesty, even if you spend more money, it is worth it, the faster you send the army, the more stable my Datang will be, if you can increase the speed a little more, go to Longyou Dao to start the sunset, others have no time to prepare." ”

Thanks to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan for not hearing Li Linfu's words, otherwise they would definitely come over and strangle him, go from Chang'an to **, and want to come from day to night, that is what they can do at that time.

Li Longji glanced at Li Linfu, did not speak, the meaning was expressed very clearly, there is no money, and he can't afford to repair it.

Li Linfu didn't continue to talk about this matter, changed the topic, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has something unclear, in a flat ground or a place with a small slope, the train can go, if it encounters a place with a big slope, will it slip?" When the time comes, you can't go up and down, even if it's a flat road, the minister is afraid that the train will pull too many things, and the head in front of him can't move, and the wheel will be in place as soon as it turns. ”

As soon as he mentioned it, Li Longji also thought of this problem, and hurriedly sent people to find Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, if it couldn't be solved, wouldn't the imperial court spend money in vain? It's okay to pull the empty car now, but won't it be able to pull it when it's full later? Not to mention the bare wheels walking on the bare railroad tracks, it is a horse-drawn carriage, and there are too many horses that can only stand still.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan walked out not far away, and recently they always found that someone was watching, and they were about to give people a chance to start, and try to find a suitable terrain for their hands, so they were found and asked the two of them to answer the questions.

"Such a simple thing, don't you think about it yourself?" Zhang Xiaobao muttered and came to the bottom of Li Longji's hot air balloon, and climbed up the soft ladder down the top.

As soon as he arrived at the hot air balloon, Zhang Xiaobao first glanced at Li Linfu, who was doing a pensive state, and said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, as long as the locomotive can drive such a heavy carriage, it is not afraid of sinking, what is afraid of light is light, and it can be weighted at the front of the locomotive to increase friction, in fact, the front of the locomotive is already very heavy, and it must be filled with water and coal." ”

"Oh, I see." Li Longji didn't really understand much, but Zhang Xiaobao said that it must be feasible, and asked, "What about the place with a big slope?" Yes, it was Li Qing who asked. ”

Seeing Zhang Xiaobao go to see Li Linfu, Li Longji admitted it.

"Uh-huh! That's a good question. Zhang Xiaobao was not so polite to Li Linfu, said with a smile, and asked Li Linfu, "I don't know if Master Li knows how the carriage does when it goes up a steep slope?" What do people do when they carry heavy things up steep slopes? What is the shape of the mountain path you walk on when you go up the mountain? ”

Li Linfu thought for a while and replied: "It seems to be in a zigzag shape, but how does the train go?" ”

"Why can't the train go? Don't you see the front and rear front of the car? Wouldn't it be nice to extend the track for a while and then make a transition? Add something to pull the turnout, don't ask such a childish question in the future. Zhang Xiaobao said very unhappily, and his hand also followed the painting.

People who pay attention to this matter can see clearly, although Li Linfu was depressed by what Zhang Xiaobao said, he had to admit that what Zhang Xiaobao said was reasonable, nodded twice, suddenly remembered the cost of road repair, and felt that Zhang Xiaobao could not be made so easy, and asked: "I wonder if Master Zhang can find a way to solve the cost of railway repair to other places?" ”

Zhang Xiaobao didn't care whether Li Linfu had a honey-bellied sword or not, and he couldn't make a sound when he twisted his head, he liked to press Li Linfu, and he was in a very happy mood to be able to suppress a legendary character.

Li Longji also hoped that Zhang Xiaobao would suddenly become very magical, solve the problem in one sentence, and then asked, "Xiaobao has a way?" It's really not good, and it can be cultivated little by little. ”

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, it's simple, if it weren't for the fact that the railway from Chang'an to Luoyang was built by the imperial court, the minister would have already called for people to repair it, and the court didn't need to spend a penny, the main thing was that the minister was worried that before the fact that the train was not operating well, others were unwilling to take this risk.

The ministers are waiting, waiting for the normal operation of this line for a month, and then all the railways leading to relatively prosperous places will not need to be spent by the imperial court, and even the 'department' that sells sleepers and rails can make a small profit. ”

Zhang Xiaobao said endlessly.

Hearing his words, even Li Longji, who already thought that he had adapted to his magic, couldn't help but be stunned.

"Let's talk about it." Li Longji asked seriously.

"Actually, it's nothing, it's the same as when Datang Qianzhuang started, now Datang Qianzhuang has been fully state-owned, and the railroad is also repaired.

Then give them the right to transport goods for free, according to the amount of money invested, how many goods they can transport per day or per cycle, but when the imperial court needs it, they must give priority to letting the goods or personnel of the imperial court go first.

When the set deadline is reached, if their income does not increase by half, including the cost of free transportation, that is, the profit does not reach 50%, then continue to give them the right to ship goods free of charge, and increase the proportion of profits.

If, before the deadline is reached, their profits have reached 100 percent, then their shares will be automatically terminated, and it is expected that many businessmen will be willing to take money to build the railway. ”

Zhang Xiaobao gave a shareholding system, a shareholding system with a strong nature.

Gao Lishi thought for a while, "Xiaobao, what if they don't think it's worth it?" So what to do? Summoned in your name? ”

"Don't, you can't always use my name, the things of the court are the things of the court, if they don't want to do it directly, they can entrust Datang Qianzhuang to help issue bonds, or borrow directly from Datang Qianzhuang, it can be low interest or interest-free, and when the time comes, you must sign a contract with Datang Qianzhuang, and the borrower is only allowed to use the money on the railway, and when the operation is charged, the money must be deposited in Datang Qianzhuang, with low interest or no interest.

Don't look at the state-owned, but this point must be implemented in accordance with the norms, otherwise it will be chaotic, in fact, the railway is a very profitable business, and when it is not the busy season of freight, it can even operate at a low profit, even if it is feasible with zero profit, and then it will be subsidized by the imperial court. ”

Zhang Xiaobao vetoed his proposal to come forward, and followed up again.

Now there was one more thing, everyone was confused again, Li Longji frowned, "Why do you want zero profit and then subsidized by the imperial court?" Where does the money come from? ”

"Taxes, in the off-season, zero profit from transportation, stimulate businessmen to transport, but whether it is buying or selling, it will generate taxes, and then there will be money."