The so-called people are in good spirits at happy events, although the weather in July is extremely hot, but Xiao Mubai's mood at the moment is really good. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info without him, because his wife Jiang Anna told him the fact that she was pregnant when she went out by herself in the early morning, Xiao Mubai was a little shocked when she first heard the news, and she was overjoyed later. It's the joy of fatherhood.

took the telegram from Zhao Mingchuan from the hand of the biochemical Chen Chuan, and took a closer look, all the things he said were things on the Panzhihua construction site, but all the things he said were happy events. Unexpectedly, the situation is much better than I expected, the road that was originally planned to be built in half a year can be completed in more than ten days, and the steel mill that is expected to take more than three years to put into operation, according to the current progress, maybe two years will be enough.

Holding the telegram in his hand, Xiao Mubai's eyes were staring at the map of the southwest region on the table. It is not enough to just build a road, and the railway is the inevitable trend of transportation development.

"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge", the authenticity of this sentence is indeed worth considering. As far as China's Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is concerned, no matter how good your car is to the foot of the mountain, there may not be a road. The mountains are high, the average altitude of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is more than 1,200 meters, including many peaks of thousands of meters, and the mountains in Yunnan such as Gaoligong Mountain, Nu Mountain, Ailao Mountain, etc., are all big guys with an altitude of more than 3,000 meters. Of course, the river valleys they created are also very scary, and valley depths of 100 meters to 3,000 meters are very common.

In the 21st century, it is often said that "if you want to get rich, you must first build roads", and it is impossible for Xiao Mubai not to understand this truth. With the railway transportation artery, whether it is for economic development or national defense and military construction, it will play an immeasurable role in the current Yunnan. The construction of a railway to the interior was necessary in those days.

Therefore, the construction of the Chengdu-Kunming railway is indispensable.

It's just that thinking of the difficulties in building the Chengdu-Kunming Railway in later generations, Xiao Mubai hesitated a little. The undesirable geological phenomena along the Chengdu-Kunming Railway are not only varied, but also extremely complex. Landslides, rockfalls, collapses, debris flows, scattered mountains, karst, soft soil, silt, etc. are endless, for such harsh geological conditions, some people call it "road construction forbidden area".

However, then Xiao Mubai's eyes became firm, the road will be repaired sooner or later, and it is better to repair it later than to repair it early, after all, he has mature technical information and the road map of the Chengdu-Kunming railway line, which has saved the trouble of exploration.

In modern times, China's railway construction can be said to be struggling. However, by the end of the Qing Dynasty, after all, the construction of several major trunk lines was basically completed. The Jinghan and Jinpu railways connecting the north and south of China, the Jingfeng railway connecting inside and outside the Guanxi and the Beijing-Sui railway leading to Yanggao were all completed during this period, and several important branch roads were also built, thus constituting the basic framework of China's railways.

In the late Qing Dynasty, all walks of life attached great importance to railway construction. In the early days of railway construction, the Qing government did not have any regulations on the raising of funds for railway construction, and the financing of funds was not smooth due to the lack of harmony between the government and businessmen and the limited amount of commercial funds. After the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing government further realized the importance of railways. However, at this time, China's international status plummeted, its national strength weakened even more, and the Western powers began to carve up one after another. In this context, the financing of the railway became a major problem for the Qing government. At the beginning of the 20th century, the core of the nationwide movement to run their own railways was to oppose borrowing money to build roads.

The Qing government can be said to have supported its own railways, and the Ministry of Commerce also supported and protected the road construction requirements of various provinces. A part of the bureaucracy also joined forces with the local gentry and became involved in railway-related activities in their home provinces. Most of the provincial governors agreed with the demands of the province for the establishment of railway companies, and when the companies imposed all kinds of railway donations on a compulsory basis, they basically supported them. Most of the establishment of railway companies was approved by the provincial officials or governors.

Based on these understandings, after some careful consideration, Xiao Mubai came to find Shen Bingkun. After all, the construction of the Chengdu-Kunming Railway is not a matter of Yunnan, even if it is all invested and built by Huasheng Group, but after all, it is not necessary to communicate with Sichuan. And this must be negotiated through Shen Bingkun, the nursing governor, Zhao Erxun, the governor of Sichuan, and Zhao Erfeng, the minister of Sichuan-Yunnan frontier.

Shen Bingkun received Xiao Mubai warmly as usual, and after Xiao Mubai explained his intentions, all that was left for Shen Bingkun was shock. Shen Bingkun's first image is that Xiao Mubai, this kid, is making fun of himself again, and the person who builds a railway by himself has really never heard of it, and the construction of a railway in that province is not a national fundraiser? But seeing Xiao Mubai's serious face, it didn't look like a joke. Shen Bingkun was silent.

Seeing Shen Bingkun's thoughtful appearance, Xiao Mubai was not in a hurry, but just sat on the chair and kept studying the teacup in his hand.

"Zicheng, don't you want to deceive the official, do you know how much money is needed for the construction of this railway? I know that you may have made a lot of money in business in the past two years, but it is not enough to build a railway, especially a railway as long as Chengdu to Kunming. Shen Bingkun said to Xiao Mubai with a solemn face.

Regarding Shen Bingkun's persuasion of himself, whether it was true or not, Xiao Mubai was still a little moved.

"Thank you for your concern, from the lower official province. Xia Guan plans to spend $30 million on the construction of the railway in advance, and if it is not enough, he will make up for it later. Xiao Mubai said with a grateful face

"Thirty million? Dollar? Shen Bingkun exclaimed. can become a big official, Shen Bingkun is not ignorant, he can still carry the weight of 30 million US dollars.

"Well, it's hard to say anything about you. I'll leave this matter to your mediators. After all, the imperial court also strongly supported the construction of railways. ”

"In this case, then there will be Lord Lao."

received a telegram from Shen Bingkun, which made Zhao Erxun, the governor of Sichuan, wonder, although he and this Shen Bingkun were officials in the same dynasty, they were not close friends. Although Yunnan and Sichuan are very close to each other, the two have always been well water and not river water. What is the reason for this call? Could it be that the rebel party is rioting in Yunnan again?

The result telegram was easily handed down, and under a closer look, Zhao Erxun couldn't help but be overjoyed. As a feudal official with great integrity and ability in the late Qing Dynasty, Zhao Erxun knew what it would mean after the railway was built, which was an important link connecting the southwest frontier! In this way, the imperial court was also able to control the southwestern frontier more effectively. What's more, as the telegram says, this railway was built by the private sector itself, and in this way, it really needs to be strongly supported. It's just that the construction of such a railway must be very expensive, and I don't know if private capital can afford it? It's just that now Shen Bingkun has sent a telegram to ask, and it shouldn't be a big problem. After all, this kind of thing is not to be joked about.

After reading the telegram, Zhao Erxun had already made a decision in his heart. At this time, he received a telegram from his younger brother Zhao Erfeng, the minister of the Sichuan-Yunnan Frontier, and at first glance, he was also talking about the Chengdu-Kunming Railway, and it turned out that the route of the Chengdu-Kunming Railway also passed through his jurisdiction, and he specially sent a telegram to consult his brother's opinion.

Shen Bingkun negotiated with the Sichuan side and the Central Ministry of Commerce and other departments of the Qing government through telegrams, and finally finalized the details after half a month. Fortunately, thinking that it would be a good year after the railway was built, Xiao Mubai endured it and agreed.

The agreement of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces to build the Kunming Railway has been like a gust of wind, blowing all over China's great rivers. For a time, public opinion on this matter was noisy, and there were mixed reviews about it, some applauded, and of course some opposed. Anyway, the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable. However, no matter what the outside world says, Yunnan has indeed started preliminary preparations. The Sichuan side was not bad, and after the funds arrived, a large number of rails were transported from the Hanyang Iron Works up the Yangtze River to the construction site in Chengdu. Just wait for the technical personnel to be in place, and then start construction immediately.

At this time, Xiao Mubai, who was in Kunming, didn't know that there was a wave of trouble coming to him.