Chapter 162 Planning for the Future

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"Your Excellency, I heard that you are planning to build the Hanshui (Liupanshui was called Shuicheng during the Republic of China) and the Hanchen Railway at the same time, and also extend them to Qinzhou, Guangdong (the previous text was negligent with hippos, Guangxi was not near the sea during the Republic of China) and Kunming, Yunnan?" Zhan Tianyou obviously entered the role, and as soon as he sat down, he didn't even see the two girls next to him, let alone take a sip of tea, so he asked excitedly and anxiously ().

Yang Qiu smiled when he saw this: "Mr. Cheng, your ears are really smart, I only approved this matter a few days ago, how did you know about it?" ”

Zhan Tianyou was in the mood to joke at the moment, slapped his thigh and said urgently: "No, never ()!" Your idea is good, but it is not feasible to start construction on three lines at the same time! ”

This made Yang Qiu curious, even Jiang Baili and Song Ziqing, who were studying how to use aviation power along the way after visiting the first flight, were a little puzzled, they had recently heard that Zhan Tianyou almost ignored the things outside the window after becoming the general office of Huaxi Company, and was bent on the construction site, if it wasn't for the guards sent to protect him to force him to rest, maybe he didn't want to let go day and night, and in just a few months, he ran all over the four provinces and regions that the Hanchuan line needed to pass, such a person actually took the initiative to oppose the construction of the other two railways, It's as ridiculous as Yuan Shikai suddenly quitting the president and going back to his hometown to fish.

Zhan Tianyou saw that they didn't seem to understand, and immediately said: "Patrol, if it is not Tianyou, I don't want to build more railways, I can't wait to build railways to every county and city in the country, but have you counted the accounts?" The length of the Hanchuan line is about 3,000 kilometers after the diversion, and the Hanshui line can be combined with the Hanchuan line from Hunan to Guiyang, but the rest is more than 700 kilometers. The distance of the Hanchen line is the shortest, from Wuchang to Changsha can be parallel with the Hanshui line, but there are more than 400 kilometers, which is not counting the two lines extending to Kunming and Qinzhou, Guangdong respectively, if you add these two sections, at least 1,000 kilometers!

If you count it all, it's more than 5,000 kilometers! This is not counting the length of the diversion after encountering complex mountainous terrain during the period, and with my experience in building the Beijing-Zhangjiakou line, it will take at least 5,500 kilometers to stop. At current prices, it costs 30,000 yuan to build a kilometer of railway, which is 40,000 yuan if you use the yuan issued by Yinyang or the southwest line! That is to say, if you start three lines at the same time, you will have to invest at least 200 million! Coupled with the purchase of trains in the later stage, the construction of telephones along the line, etc., how to calculate it will exceed 300 million! ”

It's not that I don't know, but I'm shocked. Song Ziqing and Jiang Baili are not business talents, so it's okay for them to calculate a budget for the war, but when it comes to this kind of super-large national construction project, it is obvious that their heads are not enough, and the two girls even covered their mouths, but they didn't expect to spend so much money to build a railway. Only Zhang Wenjing secretly smiled bitterly, glanced at Song Jiang and the others, and seemed to be laughing at them to know how bitter they were. Only Yang Qiu had roughly calculated this account according to the price of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway before, and the actual figure was about the same as him, so he was not too surprised.

"God can understand the feelings of the Governor to build the country, but the three provinces can't afford the three lines at present, and even if they allocate 40 million yuan a year for ten years. Although Tianyou is in the aesthetics of engineering, he is also involved in business. The three provinces are all large tax paying provinces, the total annual tax payment was about 40 million before, and now after the implementation of the tax reform, although it seems to have dropped sharply, but there is no exploitation, you can actually collect more, I expect that the annual income of 50 million will not be a problem. But now that you are implementing free education, you have to invest in industry and commerce, water conservancy, farming, political operations, and army raising, plus the actual annual expenditure of the railway is at least 80 million yuan to stop! With an annual growth rate of 10 percent, it will take you five years to maintain fiscal level. It also has to ensure that God is open to the eyes and the wind is smooth. ”

When Zhan Tianyou said this, he waved his hand and said in a strengthened tone: "Tianyou is by no means a pedantic person, I know that you have great ambitions, and when the north and south are in chaos, you are the only one who dares to build such a large number of buildings, strengthen workers and peasants, and create education and educate people, and everyone admires you very much." But have you ever thought about it, in fact, the railway is a big hindrance, whether you enter the southwest or the north in the future, it will cost a lot of money, and now you can only tie your hands and feet to build these two roads! If you fall, not only will the other two lines not be repaired, but the Hanchuan line may not be built. ”

Yang Qiu laughed in surprise, Zhan Tianyou's last few words were really direct, obviously he didn't want him to repeat the mistakes of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he was afraid that his fall would affect the construction of the Hanchuan Railway, but this kind of sincerity was still admirable.

But he also has his own ideas, he can't stop building the country just because he wants to fight, and a great war will break out in Europe in two years, although he is destined to be a bystander in this war, but the business opportunities brought by the battlefield are too considerable! Why do we need to build a large number of buildings, why do we encourage industry and commerce, and promote resource development? It's all about making good profits! In the parallel world, even Japan, which has no resources, has made a lot of money because of the processing and export of some pitiful cotton products, and if it can take the entire southwest or even the entire south, and initially start a huge amount of resources to invest in this commercial war, not to mention three railways, it will be easy to build three more.

It's just that he can't tell anyone about this, so he can only comfort: "Thank you Mr. Chengcheng for your love for Yang, you just have to let it go!" As for funding, I pledge here that not a penny of the railway will be cut off in ten years. Not only will I not run out of funds, but I am also preparing to form two semi-military-controlled corps and purchase special machinery and equipment for the construction of railways and roads. ”

Yang Qiu, who had been planning to form a special railway soldier similar to that of later generations, had been planning for a long time, and this time he simply took the opportunity to put forward it, and this kind of full-time construction force could greatly improve the efficiency of railway construction. Zhan Tianyou was still very worried when he saw that he was bent on going his own way: "The Inspector's determination is good, and the troops who are dedicated to building railways are also very good, but there is still one thing you have thought about?" The flat terrain of Huguang is not a big problem, but Guizhou and Guangxi are both places with high mountains and deep waters, dense with miasma, and the technical difficulty is very great. ”

Yang Qiu said: "Rest assured, Mr. Matter, we are not without experienced railway workers, but. When he said this, he suddenly looked at Miao Luo and smiled slightly: "It depends on whether Miss Miao is willing to help anymore." ”

"Me?" Miao Luo's eyes were still shining for Yang Qiu's determination just now, and when he suddenly heard that he wanted to help himself, he was stunned for a moment, and asked, "How can I help?" Did you invite someone from the United States? ”

"Miss Miao Lan Xinhui, I really want to invite someone from the United States." Yang Qiu explained. It turned out that he fell in love with the Chinese workers who built the American railroad at the beginning, although those people did not read much, and many of them could not even write their names, but their experience in building the railroad was much richer than that of the domestic railroad workers, and the reason why the American railroad was so developed was that nearly half of the credit should be credited to them! What terrain haven't you encountered? These people are the treasures of nation-building.

Miao Luo's heart had already been tied to Yang Qiu, as long as he could help him, he would rather give everything, so he immediately said that he would send a telegram to his grandfather, and the court would come forward to invite them back. Zhan Tianyou only noticed the two daughters, in fact, he also had the idea of playing the idea of Chinese workers in the United States, when he was studying in the United States, he met some of them, and also asked them about the problems of railway construction, although many of these people are old, but as long as they can come back to exert their residual heat, it is also a great wealth.

From the matter of the flight team, it can be seen that the strength of the American Zhigong Court is not bad, and this time Miao Luo agreed to make a move, everyone is also very happy, not more, as long as he can come back four or five hundred, the construction of the railway can also be much smoother. Only Rui Yao was in a very good mood in the room, seeing that Miao Luo was becoming more and more important in Yang Qiu's heart, he was a little sour for some reason, thinking that he only had one gang that he didn't like, he felt uncomfortable, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to the complaint, Yang Qiu quietly left the room.

Miao Luo was careful, and when he saw her leaving, he also found a reason to chase after her.

Yang Qiu didn't pay attention to the looks of the two women, still sketching the future of the three provinces, and finally Zhan Tianyou couldn't persuade him to give up his dream of the railway, so he could only agree to build it, and as for the funds, he could only secretly pray that it would not be broken.

When the future begins to take shape little by little, the Han Yeping dispute has also reached its peak, for the current Japan Han Yeping is too important and too important, more than half of the iron sand of Hachiman Iron every year has to rely on Daye supply, so in the parallel world, even the famous 21 stipulates that Han Yeping must be co-organized by China and Japan ()! In the same way, Yang Qiu will never let go, without Daye Iron Mine, the equipment of the American steel plant is also an empty shell, even if Pan Tianzhu can find the Dangtu County Iron Mine and establish a third steel plant (Hanyang, Chongqing and Dangtu) will not be able to replace Daye's position. Only the north seems to be a passerby this time, but in fact, Yuan Shikai also wants to include Han Yeping in his hands, not to mention that the annual profit of several million yuan alone can alleviate a lot of financial pressure.

Thinking of these Tang Shaoyi sitting on the train, he had a headache, if it wasn't for Yuan Shikai to speak, he really didn't want to come to this troubled water. Seeing that the train is about to arrive at Dazhimen Station, how to solve Han Yeping's problem is still a fog.

With the end of the war, the Jinghan line was repaired and lively, the faintly hostile relations between the three provinces and the north did not affect the enthusiasm of the merchants, the news of the great development of the three provinces had already spread throughout the country, and the foreigners flocked to the country at the same time, the domestic merchants also smelled the business opportunities, and there were several trains full of goods every day to the north and south.

As soon as they got off the train, Tang Shaoyi and Yang Du felt the difference. Coolies weave into long queues, rickshaw drivers come and go, ox carts, horse-drawn carts flow endlessly, and you can even see a few cars shuttling in between. There are many masts in the direction of the wharf, and the Hanyang Iron Works in the battle seems to be unaffected, still spitting black smoke. Although the Manchu Qing abdicated, the atmosphere of the city in the north has not changed much, it is still the same lifeless picture, and the chaos in the south has not changed so far, but here people have already felt the taste of spring. If they hadn't known that there had been a terrible battle here half a year ago, perhaps neither of them would have believed that this was Hankow.

Before the two of them could bring the officials to the meeting to take a step, a shout came from the side.

"Brother Shaochuan!"

Tang Shaoyi turned his head, and the three somewhat familiar faces made him stunned on the spot......

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