Wang Feng introduced: "My plan, first of all, is to build a railway line connecting the important cities south of the Yangtze River, the www.biquge.info of Biquge is Shanghai, the end point is Wuhu, along the way through Suzhou, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing and Dangtu, the total length is about 440 kilometers, covering a population of more than 30 million, which can bring you enough return on investment." ”

Benito did not answer, but took out a map of the Qing Kingdom and compared it with his finger along the Yangtze River.

Wang Feng added: "Of course, at present, our control area is only to Changzhou, but in the next three to five years, Nanjing, Dangtu and Wuhu can be taken down, and it will not affect the exploration and construction of the railway. ”

Benito retracted his gaze and muttered: "In the past two months, I have a general understanding of the reality of China, I have no opinion on the construction of the railway from Shanghai to Nanjing, although Nanjing has been destroyed by another force very strictly, but it has a history of more than a thousand years, and was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, with rich political and cultural heritage, I believe that you will rebuild Nanjing with your heart, but to the south of Nanjing, when Tu and Wuhu are only very small cities, I dare not guarantee that there will be enough customers, as an investor, You have to take into account the economic benefits, so I think you can repair to Nanjing first. ”

Benito's ability to say such things shows that he has not been idle at all in the past two months, and has done sufficient research and research, and it also shows that he does have the willingness to invest in railways.

Let's be honest. Benito's opinion is very pertinent, the historical Shanghai-Nanjing Railway was opened to traffic in 1908, and the huge passenger flow between Nanjing and Shanghai ensured the economic benefits of the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway. It is commonly known as the Ningwu Railway, which was built thirty years later. It is only a single-track railway, which means that its passenger source is not enough to support a double-track railway. From the point of view of capital, Benito's refusal is understandable.

It's just that Dangtu, which passes through the Ningwu Railway, that is, Ma'anshan City after liberation, has rich iron ore resources, with a total reserve of 1.7 billion tons, far exceeding Meishan Iron Mine!

The reason why Wang Feng mentioned that the construction of the Ningwu Railway was that he took a fancy to the huge amount of iron ore, but in fact, the investment in the construction of the railway at that time was not large. If I remember correctly, the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway has a total length of 311 kilometers, including steam locomotives, carriages and stations, with a total investment of 2.9 million pounds, equivalent to about 12 million taels of silver at the current price.

The current Democratic Alliance Army is really wealthy, and Wang Feng has promised to temporarily seal it, and the gold cannot be used as a reserve, but the cash copied into his hand is also 50 million taels. If there is technology, it is enough to build five Shanghai-Nanjing railways!

The secret of iron ore, Wang Feng is impossible to tell Sù Benito, to prevent him from having a mind. After thinking for a while, he said: "Mr. Benito, Wuhu is an important town in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It can radiate Jiujiang and Anqing upstream, although it is now relatively withered. However, once it is replaced by the government of our Democratic League, Wuhu will inevitably become a regional central city in the future.

So. Sooner or later, the railway will have to be repaired to Wuhu, and it is better to repair it later than to repair it early, and it will save a lot of costs compared to re-launching the union in the future after completing it at one time. ”

Benito shrugged his shoulders: "Since you insist, I will propose to Mr. Cavour to build a project, now we will start with the next topic, the basis of the railway is rails, but you China does not have the capacity to produce rails, so first of all, you need to set up a rail factory in China and its supporting steel mills and steam locomotive factories and wagon factories, I think Mr. Cavour will be happy to invest, as your side, you must ensure the supply of coal and iron ore, and provide us with a suitable address." ”

Wang Feng is happy in his heart, rail production in that era belongs to high-precision technology, can make a good rail, can make a good quality barrel, the original Zhang Zhidong founded Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant, throughout his life can not make a suitable rail, and that is already 30 years later, this shows the difficulty of manufacturing rails, which also makes Wang Feng temporarily dismiss the plan to buy a rail factory from Betoni, because Zhang Zhidong is to buy a full set of equipment, the result is no supporting technical level, can only be scrapped, the current top priority, is to get the technology in hand.

Wang Feng muttered: "I promise that there will be no problem with coal and iron ore, the address can be located in Baoshan, in the next year or two, the Dutch Edel Iron and Steel Complex will build a steel plant for us in Baoshan, you can live next to each other, and China has sufficient human resources, I hope you can do your best to recruit Chinese workers." ”

In fact, Benito is interested in Baoshan, the riverside has a natural advantage of cheap water transportation, although Baoshan is a ruin, but the reconstruction also saves a lot of trouble, right? As for recruiting Chinese, this is even less of a problem, cheap human resources are welcome wherever they are placed.

Benito smiled and stretched out his hand and said: "Mr. Wang Feng, I wish you an early establishment of the country, and Sardinia and France will be happy to establish diplomatic relations with you."

Diplomatic relations have been established, and it will be much more convenient for the two sides to negotiate, and many things can be handled through the guò legation, but Wang Feng still hopes to take down Nanjing and then build a country, on the one hand, the construction of the capital of Suzhou seems nondescript, and there are only a few capitals in Chinese history, which makes sense, on the other hand, there is no time to prepare for the founding of the country, and he must go to the United Kingdom.

Wang Feng shook Benito's hand and said with a smile: "I will listen carefully to your advice, but before that, Sardinia can set up a semi-official office in the concession or Suzhou." ”

"Okay, I'll propose it to the Prime Minister of the Kingdom." Benito nodded and said, "Mr. Wang Feng, I will return to Turin immediately, and strive to send relevant personnel to negotiate with you within half a year, Angelina, I also hope that you will think about your end." ”

Angelina stood up and said, "Uncle, I will." As he spoke, he was about to send Benito out, but Wang Feng stopped him and said, "Mr. Benito, have you forgotten an important topic?" ”

"Huh?" Benito looked over in amazement.

Wang Feng explained: "As an important strategic infrastructure of the country, it is impossible to allow foreigners to operate indefinitely, so I think we should reach a preliminary agreement on the operation period of the railway company, and it will be nationalized at the end of the term, so as to avoid misunderstandings in the future." ”

Benito and Angelina face to face, nationalization?

The railways of European countries are privately operated, and not only the nationals, if they are nationalized, will it not be chaotic?

Angelina couldn't help but say: "Wang Feng, this is an unreasonable request, as an investor in the railway, the right to operate and ownership of the railway is naturally owned by the investor, and it can be operated indefinitely, this is the practice of European countries, I understand your eagerness to own China's own railway, but even so, you can only do it through guò acquisition, not nationalization, otherwise, who will invest?" ”

Benito also laughed and said: "Mr. Wang Feng, I doubt your sincerity, I delayed in China for two months, but I didn't expect to get such a result, if you insist on your own opinion, I think we have no basis for further talk." ”

Wang Feng waved his hand and said: "I am very sincere, so I will put the issue on the table in advance to discuss, otherwise when the railway is completed, I will find a reason to nationalize, isn't it still the same result?" Mr. Benito, you say? ”

Angelina gave Benito a look, and Benito said noncommittally: "Please keep talking!" ”

Wang Feng continued: "European countries are small countries, the land area is small, the population along the railway is limited, although the United States is vast, but still limited by the lack of population, investment in the railway can not bring huge profits, and China's national conditions are different, both a vast territory, but also a huge population, can fully guarantee the return of investment in the railway, I am sure, before the implementation of nationalization, the investor can earn huge profits, in this case, what are you not satisfied with?"

In fact, the nationalization of railways is a trend in the future, which is determined by the characteristics of railways, railway operations need to be carried out by the government, unified dispatching and command in order to play the maximum capacity, and the small scale and decentralization of private companies determine that it is impossible to fully tap the railway capacity, I think in the near future, governments will be aware of this problem, start the process of nationalization of railways, now we have negotiated a template about nationalization in advance, can play a reference role, can minimize the loss of investors, Isn't it? ”

Angelina asked, "How are you so sure?" ”

Wang Feng smiled: "There is no shortage of wise people in European governments, I believe they have already seen the chaos in the railway market, but in the stage of high enthusiasm of private capital, they are just watching coldly for the time being, because they are waiting, waiting for the day when the fruitful fruit will come, when the railway forms a network to cover the whole territory, they will suddenly pick peaches!"

Don't you think I'm alarmist, politicians have no moral limits, they only have interests in their eyes, if, I mean, if there is a serious safety incident, the parliament can use public safety as an excuse to nationalize the railway, and what can private people do? As long as one country does this, other countries will surely follow suit and set off a wave of nationalization of railways.

On the contrary, we Chinese are loyal by nature, pay attention to the gentleman not to deceive the way, the gentleman loves money, and takes the right way, so that we can solve the problem clearly and first, which fully expresses our sincerity and also shows our bright base. ”

"This" Angelina and Benito did not squeak, indeed, savoring, the current railway market in various countries is a bit of sheep breeding, the key is that no country's parliament has specially passed the decree on the railway, the railway is still managed according to ordinary commercial companies, but the particularity of the railway is obvious, the law can not keep up, which will be a big problem in the future. (To be continued......)

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