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These onlookers and pointed, this kind of 'big' thing can indeed arouse the enthusiasm of Chinese, whether it is a civil official with a world-minded reading background, or a child of the Eight Banners who likes to brag and fart since childhood, isn't it all a big one.

But here's the problem.

Zaifeng asked: "How much silver does it cost to build such a big railway?" ”

Yang Chao replied: "The railway requested by the minister to be repaired, stretching for thousands of miles from north to south, and eight thousand from east to west, totaling 200,000 li, and it will cost 34 billion taels of silver!" ”

This number suddenly made most of the people pale, obediently three or four billion, not three or four hundred thousand, the Qing Kingdom definitely does not have so much money, if all of them borrow foreign money, the Great Qing Kingdom will not be sucked dry by the foreigners.

Yang Chao knew that he had frightened these people, and hurriedly explained: "The 3.4 billion yuan that the minister said is not a one-time fundraising. It can be divided into five or ten years. The minister asked for five years to build the east-west artery, and ten years to spread the whole country. ”

In this way, it is only three or four hundred million a year, but it is not something that the Qing Dynasty can afford, and the Qing Dynasty's annual finances are just over 100 million, which will be enough.

Seeing that no one responded, Yang Chao said again: "If you use the railway mortgage to borrow debts, you should be able to do it." Debts can be paid off within 10 years. ”

Zaifeng did not agree, and continued: "Aiqing will talk about other articles. ”

Yang Chao knows that Chinese officialdom has never been an efficient place, what the emperor said is good to say, not good, just the mouthpiece of all forces, especially in the late Qing Dynasty, the emperor's power is not as big as imagined, Zaifeng is not a tough figure, but also let many great powers fall into the hands of courtiers, as well as the power of local officials, I really want to make a decision, he has that idea, but he doesn't have that ability and courage.

Yang Chao could only continue to say: "The foreign affairs run by the ministers have the law of investment promotion and joint ventures. All civil industries can be run by merchants and foreigners, and important industries related to the national economy and people's livelihood and national plans can be jointly established by Huayang, controlled by Chinese businessmen, and supervised by the imperial court. ”

Yang Chao took his factory in Shandong as an example: "Ruchen did the iron and steel, ordnance industry and other projects in Shandong. Not only did it not need a penny of silver from the imperial court, but it also made a lot of profits, at the time of the Russo-Japanese War, only three factories made a profit of more than 40 million, and paid tens of millions of taxes. If the whole country borrows this law, then foreign affairs do not need a penny of silver from the imperial court, and the imperial court can reap its benefits! ”

Yang Chao's statement made Zhang Zhidong quite embarrassed, the Hanyang Iron Works has been run for so many years, and the imperial court has to invest one or two million taels of silver in it every year, and he also knows that there are too many redundant people in it, and how much is eaten for nothing, but there is no way, Yang Chao has only been running for a few years, both in terms of scale and operation, it is far beyond the Hanyang Iron Works.

However, Zaifeng only said: "Aiqing is on the road to foreign affairs, but she is far-sighted. ”

It doesn't matter if there is no decision, Yang Chao is not in a hurry, and then he said something inconsequential, and everyone broke up with different minds.

Yang Chao's brainwashing shocked the Manchu Dynasty officials.

Zhang Zhidong strongly supported Yang Chao's plan to develop the industry with the railway as the core, Zhang Zhidong strongly advocated that the imperial court use Yang Chao to do foreign affairs, and even said that if the imperial court was willing, he was willing to abdicate and let Yang Chao be the prime minister and control the overall situation.

Obviously, Mr. Zhang's worldview has collapsed a little, and I don't know if he was disturbed by the complicated situation in various countries, or stimulated by the Japanese selling their own women.

The Westernists supported Yang Chao.

Kang Liang, who has returned to Beijing, has also made a high-profile appearance during this time, moving around, and it is obvious that it is a sure thing to be reactivated, and these two have a good impression of Yang Chao, especially Kang Youwei, who has praised Yang Chao on many occasions for his good handling and loyalty.

It is said that with the support of these two factions, Yang Chao should be reused, but the strange thing is that the court suddenly stopped moving, and the emperor kept silent about it and did not say anything at all.

Yang Chao also did not have the patience to wait in Beijing, nor did he go to Fengtian to be his governor of Fengtian, but went to Shandong.

Because Zeppelin and Diesel took a boat to Qingdao, the two came to China to cooperate with Yang Chao at the invitation of Yang Chao.

The two are very popular in Qingdao, after all, these are two world-renowned celebrities, even if Diesel is not very successful now, but the influence is still there, as an inventor, in a country like Germany that advocates science, it is very respected, not to mention Zeppelin, not to mention that he is the founder of the airship, just the aristocratic status is enough to make those Germans in Qingdao worship.

After the two met, they made a request that made Yang Chao very difficult, hoping to set up the joint venture factory in Qingdao, because they could better adapt to Qingdao, where there were many German expatriates.

Yang Chao's original plan was to let these two people go to Dongying where to set up a factory, Yang Chao had the intention to build it into an industrial base, and Yang Chao agreed to the request of the two after weighing it repeatedly, these two people wanted to stay in Qingdao, just out of pure thought, not any other political intentions, and they couldn't be more serious with them.

In addition, Qingdao's industrial base is indeed much stronger than Dongying, and it is also a port city, which is convenient for communication with central cities such as Shanghai. As for the colonial issue, Yang Chao had long regarded Qingdao as the legacy of the Germans, and as soon as the guns of World War I rang out, in his current state, Yang Chao felt that he was eighty percent sure that he would snatch Qingdao from the Japanese.

After Yang Chao agreed, the two immediately started to act in Qingdao, choosing the location of the factory and so on.

The Governor of Qingdao was very supportive, and set aside a good plot of land for them, the Zeppelin Company occupies an area of 1,000 acres, and the Diesel Engine covers an area of 300 acres, all of which are conveniently located, and only in the current residential area, and even if necessary, the Governor said that a special railway could be built from their factory to the port terminal.

The Governor also gave great support to the construction of their factory, and did not hesitate to send several technicians such as John Stickfutz, the engineer who built the wharf, to form a technical team to help Zeppelin with the construction.

Is it because Zeppelin is an aristocrat and Diesel is just a commoner?

Yang Chao felt that there was a problem here.

But there is no need for Yang Chao to guess by himself, because soon Zeppelin came to the door, and he came to talk to Yang Chao about technical issues.

In the German agreement, the two sides will each contribute $1 million, but Yang Chao will provide Zeppelin with the latest technology, and then Yang Chao will own 60% of the shares, and Zeppelin will own 40%.

Zeppelin couldn't refuse, because it turned out that Yang Chao's airship performance far surpassed his airship, almost across a generation, except for direct introduction, Zeppelin thought that he really couldn't improve to such a level in the short term.

If Yang Chao's airship can be used in the military, Zeppelin's airship cannot enter the commercial world.

Therefore, military use is the most concerned issue of the Germans, and they support Zeppelin to set up a factory in Qingdao in the hope of obtaining the technical secrets of Yang Chao's airship from Zeppelin.

"It's simple, materials! There is hardly much difference in structure between my airship and yours, but I have made extensive use of a new material that allows the weight of the airship to be reduced by more than a third. ”

Zeppelin couldn't help but be shocked, the weight of the airship is reduced, which means that the load is increased, which means commercial value, but he really can't think of any new material that can reduce it so much, and his airship also uses a lot of new materials, such as aluminum, but the weight is still very heavy.

"What new material?"

Zeppelin couldn't help but ask.

Yang Chao smiled: "At present, it is not possible to produce on a large scale. I've only built ten airships in five years. However, the problem of industrial production has been basically solved. Originally, I wanted to invite you to Laiwu, because I planned to build a new aluminum production base in Laiwu. The new aluminum we have developed is this new material! ”

Aluminum alloy is Yang Chao's secret weapon, Yang Chao believes that with the current scientific and technological means, even if the material is given to the Germans, they will not be able to make the same material in a short time.

Yang Chao also took out a sample, an aluminum alloy ingot, so that Zeppelin might as well do a physical performance test first, and at the same time consider how to apply this new material to the new airship, the specific airship structure, Yang Chao can not help Zeppelin, because in terms of understanding of airships, Yang Chao is actually far inferior to Zeppelin.

Compared with Zeppelin, who received strong support, Diesel was much more depressed, and after meeting with Yang Chao, he lamented that it would take a long time to put it into trial and production.

Yang Chao invited him to go to Laiwu with him, and at the same time got the latest research drawings of Diesel and Sulzer, and expressed his willingness to help Diesel verify it first.

After staying in Qingdao for nearly a month, when he was about to leave, a telegram came, and Liang Qichao personally came to find Yang Chao.

Brother Chao came to Yang Chao to discuss national affairs with Yang Chao.

At this time, Kang Youwei finally used it, and he took up the post of secretary of the ministry, and Liang Qichao was the left waiter of the ministry.

The two of them controlled the officials, and then they were going to promote their own people and re-engage in their reform and reform, just like they did in Guangxu.

These two people naturally thought of Yang Chao for the first time, in order to show respect, Brother Chao came to talk to Yang Chao in person, to see what position Yang Chao wanted, the position of Fengtian Governor, no matter how you look at it, it is a temporary position, which is not suitable for Yang Chao at all, and Yang Chao's talents cannot be brought into play.

Only then did Yang Chao understand that Zaifeng had been procrastinating, and he originally planned to let Kang Youwei organize the team after he came to power, so that he could do things with Kang Youwei.