Rou Keyi is not a fool, he knows very well what Wang Sirui said to him for the purpose of these words.

Moreover, after Rou Keyi came to the capital, to be precise, since he entered the palace, he already knew that they would not be able to collect the indemnity of the Xinchou Treaty for too long.

It can be as short as four or five years, or as long as more than ten years, and in the future, Wang Sirui will definitely stop paying compensation.

In fact, when the figure of 450 million yuan of compensation was proposed, and the total amount of principal and interest was 980 million taels, it was not because of a moment of heat in the brain, or because of the anger in the heart.

In fact, this figure was the result of careful calculations among countries, and even when the great powers proposed the figure of 980 million taels of silver, they had already thought about how to pay this indemnity for the Qing court.

It is natural to ask for a price, but the foreigners have not been carried away by a victory, they have clearly calculated that 980 million taels of silver in 39 years, which is almost the upper limit of the Qing Dynasty, if there is more, it can only be a stone to shoot themselves in the foot.

And Wang Sirui is the only variable in this matter. Rou Keyi had only had this idea before, but now, he was basically sure.

"If the United States cooperates with you, then what does the United States really get? Let's not talk about those illusory interests, we must know whether it is cost-effective for the United States to go against Britain, France, and other countries. Rou Keyi thought deeply and asked with a headache.

Now among the entire powers, only Rou Keyi knows more about it, but the more he knows, it does not necessarily mean that this is a good thing.

A large amount of reparations can indeed help the United States alleviate some of the pressure caused by the economic crisis. Similarly, through this war, they have also opened up a part of the Chinese market.

But that's just the content on paper, if there is no Wang Sirui's appearance, then the paper contract is indeed a very good guarantee, but now, the contract just signed does not seem to be able to guarantee their interests.

And Rou Keyi was not stupid enough to think that Wang Sirui would have no other partners to cooperate with except for them in the United States.

He was even sure that once he refused Wang Sirui's cooperation, he would not dare to guarantee that other countries would give up, but Germany would definitely give up certain interests to cooperate with Wang Sirui.

Similarly, the Americans, who rejected Wang Sirui's cooperation, at least in the short term, would not have been able to open up the huge Chinese market under the control of the Qing central government controlled by Wang Sirui.

"Our country is currently almost zero in terms of the progress of industrialization, and the land is full of projects that need to be built and developed. We need steel mills, we need textile mills, we need railroads, we need factories of all kinds! Wang Sirui said lightly.

Rou Keyi's eyes lit up slightly, and in Wang Sirui's words, he heard the conditions that were enough to make his heart move.

And I have to admit that in the face of the illusory compensation, it is obvious that Wang Sirui's price adjustment can make him even more excited.

The amount of steel needed in the land of China will be huge, and it is conservatively estimated that at least three large steel plants will need to be built on the territory of the Qing State to meet their needs temporarily.

China has a population of 400 million, and the dependence on textile enterprises is also relatively large, according to the establishment of a textile factory in every two provinces, then there are more than a dozen textile factories.

There are also a variety of factories, and if you count them all, there will be at least hundreds of factories in Huaxia in the next few years, and this will require thousands of machines and equipment.

If the United States can eat all the orders in one go, then at least hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of jobs can be provided in the United States, so that the pressure of the economic crisis in the United States will be sharply reduced.

The heavy economic pressure will also be alleviated a lot, so that the United States can recover.

Of course, the most exciting thing is the railway in Wang Sirui's mouth, although Huaxia cannot have too much money to build the railway, but even so the Americans are willing to take this order, as long as they win the railway, it means that they have won all the markets along the railway, which is of great help to the future economy of the United States.

I have to admit that this time Wang Sirui has grasped the weakness of the Americans very well.

At present, Americans are racking their brains from top to bottom to think about how to solve the economic crisis, and there is no way to solve this problem more easily than accepting a large number of orders, but Rou Keyi does not have such a large authority, he does not have enough power to decide this matter.

"Although what Your Excellency said is very exciting to me, but if there is no specific plan, I am afraid it is impossible to move the US Congress to agree to cooperate, after all, this is not a small matter." Rou Keyi's attitude softened slightly.

He could no longer refuse the olive branch thrown by Wang Sirui, so he decided to continue to have in-depth exchanges with Wang Sirui, hoping to have a greater confidence in persuading the Congress to agree to this cooperation.

Wang Sirui smiled slightly in his heart, he heard the meaning of Rou Keyi, but this also hit Wang Sirui's heart.

"A complete set of steel plants with an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons of iron and 50,000 tons of steel. This is one of them. ”

"A complete set of yarn mills with 50,000 spinning machines and 500 looms. This is the second one. ”

“…………”

"Of course, there is also an arsenal with an annual output of no less than 30,000 rifles and 5 million bullets. This is the tenth! ”

Wang Sirui said ten lists in one breath, all of which are currently owned in China, but they cannot meet the needs of the market.

More importantly, these industries are not under Wang Sirui's control, so he must re-purchase, even if he can control these enterprises in the future, then for a large Huaxia, just these enterprises are not enough.

Rou Keyi took a deep breath, if this order can be reached, then the total amount of this order will not be less than 100 million taels of silver, which is indeed a lot of fat for the United States, although it can not completely solve the economic crisis, but at least it can give the United States a temporary breath of relief and give them more time to make changes.

However, Rou Keyi seems to feel that these still cannot ensure that they will pass the congressional review, and although the first priority of the United States is to solve the economic crisis, if it can add some strategic goals, then why say no?

"I want to know, which railroad do you want to build?" Rou Keyi continued to ask, and the railway was actually his primary concern.

"In the long run, it will naturally be the Hanguang Railway, which will be connected with the Luhan Railway to completely connect the north and south of China. However, I am afraid that this plan will not be implemented in the short term, and I will not have enough troops to advance there in the short term.

The short-term goal is to build the Zhengshang Railway, a railway connecting the Central Plains with Shanghai. And by the time the survey is complete, I think I'll have enough troops to push my sphere of influence there. Wang Sirui said.

Zhengshang Railway, Zheng in front, naturally refers to Zheng County, that is, Zhengzhou in later generations, this is a city completely pulled up by trains, and because of the importance of its geographical location, it is a must for kings throughout the ages.

, naturally, refers to Shanghai.

In terms of distance, if a railway is built from Hankou to Shanghai directly, the amount of work will be much smaller than that of this line.

But for now, because Hankou to Shanghai has the Yangtze River shipping, the lack of a railway in the short term will not have much impact.

In one, the construction of this railway is actually one of Wang Sirui's strategic layouts.

Of course, the Central Plains region has a large population and is located in the plains, although there is a lot of arable land, but there is still not enough food. Because dynasties have always shipped most of the grain produced here to other places.

The Central Plains was an important supply ground for soldiers before Wang Sirui advanced his sphere of influence to Sichuan.

Coupled with the two iron and steel enterprises of Angang and Wugang, as well as cheap labor, in the early stage, the focus on the Central Plains is still of great strategic significance for Wang Sirui.

In ancient times, the saying that those who won the Central Plains won the world actually did not mean that the quality of the people in the Central Plains was stronger than other places, but that the importance of the location of the Central Plains.

However, Wang Sirui had no way to tell Rou Keyi these words, and there was no reason to tell him some of his deployment arrangements, although they could also guess these later, but so what? As long as the equipment is shipped, everything else is a floating cloud.

"I think the U.S. Congress will agree to this cooperation." A smile appeared on Rou Keyi's face, looking like a profiteer.

Zhengshang Railway, is there any other line that can be better built than this one? The North China Plain and the East China Plain are full of unobstructed cultivated land, and only need to build bridges over the river, which greatly reduces the amount of work, but the profit is not less at all.

I believe that if such a large piece of cake is sent to the United States, the US Congress will not stop this cooperation.

"If Congress agrees to cooperate, I hope that my American friends will be able to prepare these equipment immediately, and I hope that after we negotiate the price, these equipment will leave the factory immediately. Of course, in the early stage, the American side needs to send a certain number of technicians to guide us, and we will pay double their salaries. Wang Sirui handed a list to Rou Keyi, and he didn't have any more time to waste.

He can only take advantage of the period of establishing friendly relations with the United States to frantically purchase all the materials and equipment he needs from the United States; if he slowly hesitates because of the problem of money, then it may not be easy for the United States to purchase these things when the United States discovers its intentions.

“OK！ The United States never disappoints its friends! (To be continued.) )