Su Liangxing groaned: "In my heart, the Americans definitely want this railway. www.biquge.info Americans should now be clear about the role of railroads in boosting the economy. The rapid economic development of the Thirteen Colonies in recent years is inseparable from the improvement of the efficiency of economic exchanges. And the Americans certainly want to send more immigrants to the West by rail, so as to curb the infiltration of our immigrants into American territory. ”

He continued: "We know this, so we can safely judge that the Americans are pampering us." ”

Bao Xun was quite angry: "These Yankees, hugging their thighs back then were like hugging their fathers, and now they are actually playing with us." ”

Su Liangxing flipped through the plan for the construction of the railway and said: "Judging from the plan, the Americans may not agree to the wholly-owned construction of this road." The capitalists in the United States are not short of money now, and the few railways we have helped the Americans build are all subsidiaries of the China Railway General Administration, and the profitability has been good in recent years, and the capital in the United States is also red-eyed. Therefore, this time to build a railroad on their land, American capital will inevitably come in and get involved. I see that now Americans also want to participate more in the operation and management of railways, and learn more from our experience, and these people's hearts are indeed not small. ”

Bao Xun said: "What can you do if you are ambitious? In just 10 years, we have raised the population of the three southeastern states to the point where the population of the United States is as large, and in another 10 years, the population of the three southeastern states will probably be more than double that of the United States. If we do conquer thirteen states, that is, in ten or twenty years, we can turn whites into a local minority. ”

Speaking of this topic, Xu Jiexu also asked curiously: "Does the president really intend to destroy the United States?" ”

Su Liangxing said: "What the president thinks, that's the president's business, and others don't know." Moreover, this kind of thing is not enough for the president to be intentional, and it is good to have the consent of the Congress to send troops. Of course, the main thing is that we don't have any excuses right now. ”

Xu Jiexu said: "Can't you use the railway as a breakthrough? ”

Bao Xun patted Xu Jiexu on the shoulder and said, "What do you think, Old Xu, don't say that the president has no intention of going to war now, even if he really wants to fight, just because people don't let us build the railway?" I know this excuse is too weak. I think that the Americans are still very careful in doing things, and they will not necessarily give us any chances. ”

Su Liangxing coughed lightly and said, "Off topic, let's talk about the railway." ”

Xu Jiexu nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk about the railway." However, we have built two cross-line railways, and it will be much easier to march from the west to the east. To the east is the plain terrain, which is suitable for our large-scale mechanized troops. With the railroad, mechanized troops can be transported over, and the United States is being pushed flat in the blink of an eye. ”

Su Liangxin smiled: "When we talk about railways, I don't mean that we use railways to fight." ”

Bao Xun smiled and said: "The people of the Ministry of Defense are also concerned about this matter, and it is not because it has this effect. To be honest, economically speaking, the economic level of several cities in the central part of the country is still relatively low, and we will be able to dig the Nicaragua Canal this year to transport goods to the eastern part of the United States, and the role of the railroad will be reduced. That is, it is more cost-effective to develop the Shenglu Industrial Zone and import some iron ore and coal from the east. Through the Central Economic Belt, we can export goods to the United States in the nearest neighborhood. But compared to the role of the Luo line, it is still worse. ”

Xu Jiexu also said: "Transporting immigrants is also a two-way street, Americans can send immigrants to the central part of the country, and we can do the same, after all, the United States does not have a policy to prevent the import of immigrants." ”

Su Liangxing was not very optimistic about this, he said: "At the beginning, we built colonies along the Luo'ao Line, and everyone knew what the result was, a Tangxi War made those places ours. This is a lesson from the past, and the Americans will not fail to take it into account. ”

Su Liangxing studied it for a while, and then said: "You should continue to negotiate with the Americans, we must take these two railways." The Americans have the conditions to open it, and now they can open it, but I am afraid they will not be able to open it in the future. We must also be calm and calm, not arrogant or impatient. Build the railroad first, but you can't just compromise on it. In the final analysis, we build railways to make money, and we can't lose money on the contrary, and we must keep this point. ”

Bao Xun and Xu Jiexu nodded when they heard this, and the three of them discussed for a while, and then the two said goodbye, and Su Liangxing also made a brief report on the specific information and ordered someone to send it to Bai Nan.

In the United States, politicians are also a little hesitant.

President Jefferson also continued to meet with people from all walks of life about the construction of the railroad. This equally talented president served as the president of the United States in advance. After the independence of the United States, thanks to the assistance of the Tang Dynasty, it established its own system earlier, and Washington became president in 1778, and was replaced by Adams after two terms in eight years, and Adams was elected Jefferson after two terms.

For Datang, Jefferson still admires it very much. In fact, many Americans believe that Datang is a beautiful country, with rich residents and prosperous science and technology, and in this plane, the United States has also learned a lot of experience from Datang. But any politician who is not pragmatic is not qualified. Jefferson also knew what it meant to the United States to have such a strong neighbor as Datang.

The financial capital forces represented by Senator Morris have been more hawkish in this negotiation. As a matter of fact, the United States has long planned to develop railways to the west, and the US Government is also preparing to use the land on both sides of the railroad as an interest to lure those capitalists to invest in the construction of railways. At this time, the Tang people appeared, and they wanted to build two transverse railroads to connect them with their original railroad, so that the two railways completely ran from the east coast to the west coast of North America. The money does not have to be paid by the U.S. government, but it is always a reassuring thing in the hands of the Tang people.

The capitalists incited legislators to lobby for the federal government to stop the Tang people from financing the construction of the railway. But the capitalists also knew very well that Datang's railway technology was the best. So they hope to be able to get some of Datang's railway technology, such as the best and fastest trains.

In fact, the railroad did not worry Jefferson, the railroad would eventually be repaired, whether there were Tang people in it or not, and he felt that the Tang people should compromise, accept the entry of American capital, and let go of some technology.

What he is really worried about is that there used to be a buffer zone of millions of square kilometers between the United States and Datang, but now this buffer zone is gone. Moreover, he also had some grasp of the colonization of the Tang people on American soil, and he began to worry that maybe soon, there would be a conflict between the Tang and the Americans.

And Jefferson also knew that the United States could no match for the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.) )