Sun Yuanqi was not so murderous: "I still hope that they can build the Sichuan-Han Railway, even if the financial resources are limited, first repair the section from Chengdu to Chongqing, which is also a great merit for the people of Bashu." Visit and download TXT//As long as they build the road honestly, I can come forward to help solve the problem, and if necessary, I can even ask Bloomage Bank to give them financing loans. ”

Yang Du shook his head: "Baixi, you also look up to them too much!" These gentry are all treacherous and ghostly, and if the provincial government forcibly apportions the expenses to the whole province through the additional endowment of acres, they are willing to put some blood and become a major shareholder in the company. If you want them to fully fund the construction of the railway, they will not be killed. In my opinion, today the news of the exemption of various harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes comes out, and tomorrow they will sell the shares of the Sichuan-Han Railway, or in a few days, those stocks will be reduced to a piece of waste paper! ”

Sun Yuanqi frowned slightly: "It is said that the Sichuan section of the Sichuan-Han Railway has started construction in the winter of the first year of Xuantong, and it has been almost two years now. If the Sichuan-Han Railway Company goes bankrupt and goes bankrupt, won't the previous efforts be in vain? ”

Seeing this, Zhang Shizhao proposed: "Can we wait until the stock falls to a certain price level, and Bloomage Bank will come forward to buy it?" In this way, it can not only prevent the gentry in Sichuan from going bankrupt and making trouble, but also prevent others from getting involved in the Sichuan-Han Railway. And didn't Jingshi University establish a major in railway transportation as early as the 31st year of Guangxu (1905)? If you want money, money, people, and the support of the provincial government, you will definitely be able to build this railway as soon as possible. ”

"No way!" Yang Du vetoed Zhang Shizhao's suggestion, "Although the original intention of buying shares was to bail out the gentry and build a railway, Bloomage Bank is ostensibly controlled by Americans, and it has a lot of relationship with Baixi, so it is easy to be dishonest." If someone makes a big fuss about this, saying that we colluded with foreigners to sell the right of way, then there is no excuse. Once it is not handled well, it will be a great storm! ”

Sun Yuanqi asked: "Then according to the skin, how should I deal with this matter?" ”

Yang Du opened the folding fan and shook it a few times: "If Baixi wants to let the Sichuan-Han Railway continue to be built, it is actually not difficult!" After hearing the news that the gentry in Sichuan were exempted from various harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. In a few days, they will come to the door to petition the provincial government for support in the construction of the railway, and then Baixi can list three roads for them to choose: first, the railway will continue to be commercialized, and the government will not interfere. If there is a shortage of funds, the provincial government can borrow from Bloomage Bank for financing. Second, the railway will be jointly run by the officials and gentry, and the shares will be held in accordance with the proportion of capital contribution. Third, the railways were changed to be run by the government, and the former company's assets were converted into funds and purchased by the provincial government. In this way, we can take the initiative. And it won't be a dishonest statement. ”

Sun Yuan nodded, and then asked, "Huizi, how many paths do you think they will choose?" ”

Yang Du said firmly: "It must be the second one!" ”

"Oh? May I hear it! ”

Yang Du explained: "The Sichuan-Han Railway Company originally had a deficit of three million taels in its books, and if it did not have government support, it would immediately be crumbling. If the railroad continues to be commercial, it means that the three million taels of bad debts will have to be paid out of their own pockets, and they will have to borrow another three million to five million taels from the bank as collateral for property or right of way. In order to ensure that the railway continues to start. Even if the gentry in Sichuan are rich and rival the country, they can't withstand such a toss. I'm afraid that before the railway is repaired, the stocks in their hands will be all pressed to the bank! So they won't take the first path.

"Everyone knows that the Sichuan-Han Railway is a big fat piece of meat. Since the gentry of Sichuan have already bitten it into their mouths, they will not spit it out again. So they won't choose the third way. After weighing, they will naturally choose the second way that has both meat and more security. It's just that at that time, they will inevitably raise the question of who will fill the deficit of three million taels, because this is directly related to the proportion of the gentry's control, and it will inevitably be another talk. ”

Zhang Shizhao, as Sun Yuanqi's financial adviser, immediately raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "The internal management of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company is chaotic, and the funds raised are not used to start construction, but are misappropriated by the company's senior management to speculate on rubber stocks in Shanghai, resulting in a loss of nearly half. What a ridiculous fallacy in the world! ”

Yang Du stretched out his hand: "Look." That's it! We don't want to be wronged, and the shareholders of Chuanhan Company don't want to suffer losses. Fortunately, we exempted Sichuan from money and grain for a year and a half, and we also incorporated the students in the hands of the revolutionary party and Brother Pao, and they couldn't make trouble if they wanted to. Otherwise, it's a big problem. ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "If we really want the officials and gentry to cooperate, we can fill part of this shortfall, but how to repair the railway and how to spend the cost in the future must be up to us, and the Sichuan-Han Railway Company can no longer be controlled by these greedy and incompetent gentry in the future!" ”

Yang Du said with a smile: "After a year, we have gathered the hearts of the military and the people in Sichuan, and then mastered the education and newspapers in Sichuan. ”

Zhang Shizhao complained with a bitter face on the side: "My lord, an hour ago, you made a decision to save money and grain, but then you decided to make a new two mixed associations and move into Tibet next summer, and now you have to pay part of the deficit of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company." I'm afraid that the little treasury silver in our hands will not last to pay taxes in Sichuan the year after tomorrow, and we should run out of food! ”

Sun Yuan scratched his head and said, "Uh...... Let's do it first, I have my own way to deal with the problem of money. Go and draw up a notice of free food and send it to all parts of the country as soon as possible. With that, a person Shi Shiran walked into the backyard. Yang Du and Zhang Shizhao also knew that Sun Yuanqi was a master of making money, and products such as monosodium glutamate, artemisinin, penicillin, sulfonamide and other products were all profitable.

Although Yang Du and Zhang Shizhao were full of confidence, in fact, Sun Yuanqi had no bottom in his heart. In the final analysis, this money has to be earned by cents, and you can't just drop gold from the sky and silver from the ground, right? He sat alone at his desk, picked up his pen and listed all his earnings one by one, to see if he could squeeze out a little more:

MSG, potato chips, wireless telegraphy, skateboards, bicycles, and now the sales in various markets in Europe, America and East Asia are basically stable and will rise year by year, but a sudden blowout outbreak seems unlikely;

Steel helmets, mortars, instant noodles, and dehydrated vegetables are estimated to usher in a large number of customers after the outbreak of World War I, but I am afraid that it is still in the stage of market cultivation;

As for the corset, don't expect it to be good, according to the experience gained in later generations, it is possible to export tens of millions of shirts in exchange for a plane, how much profit can there be? And the corset is dispensable, the price is too high, it's a big deal not to buy it, and you won't die if you don't wear it!

Artemisinin, penicillin, sulfonamides, these special drugs are ready to raise prices, but their prices are already high, but it is impossible to increase them by two or three times all at once, otherwise it will really become a robbery;

The new sedan, which took three or four years to develop, has been delivered to General Motors, Jamie, Bieber and others, and is expected to be officially launched early next year, and the sales performance can be expected, but it is not easy to estimate how many can be, so it is still cautiously optimistic!

There are also planes and tanks, if they are made public now, there will definitely be many countries that come to negotiate and buy, but it is very tangled whether to sell or not;

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After drawing around the paper, I couldn't find a channel that could provide the other five million taels exactly. Sun Yuanqi put down the pen with some frustration, and said in his heart: Since the existing financial resources cannot meet the requirements, let's find another way!

The simplest solution is to find minerals. If you can be like Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other Gulf countries, just dig and dump oil, why worry about not having money in your hands? - Of course, at the beginning of the twentieth century, "black gold" was not very valuable, so it was only possible to find gold. Now that he has the vast territory of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, even if he can't find gold, it's not bad to find other minerals!

Although Sun Yuanqi had never studied geological exploration, and he did not know whether there were any minerals in the northwest and southwest, it did not affect him in the slightest to write down the first possible solution on paper: ask the teachers and students of the geology department of Jingshi University to come to explore the mineral resources of the three provinces as soon as possible.

The second feasible solution is to set up some large-scale factories in the three provinces, which can not only make their own profits, but also solve the employment problem of landless peasants, and also attract some landlords to join industry and commerce, so as to alleviate the government's dependence on and exploitation of the rural areas.

But what to produce?

Sun Yuanqi naturally set his sights on the First World War. In this catastrophe, which occurred mainly in Europe but spread to the whole world, a total of more than 30 countries and about 1.5 billion people were involved in the war, which lasted for four years and three months, and the number of military and civilian deaths exceeded 55 million, and the direct economic losses of the participating countries were as high as 180.5 billion US dollars and the indirect economic losses were also 151.6 billion US dollars. You can imagine how much ammunition and supplies need to be consumed in this war!

Perhaps at this very moment, the countries of Europe have already launched a frenzied arms race, and the arms race will intensify as time goes on. For example, supplies such as clothing, food, ammunition, and tools needed for war will inevitably be purchased in large quantities. As long as it is produced, there is no need to worry about finding a buyer. It seems that the United States made a fortune in this world war, and thus became the world's recognized number one power!

The production capacity of the three provinces under Sun Yuanqi's jurisdiction may not be as good as a fraction of that of the United States, but there are several very obvious advantages:

First of all, he was able to accurately foresee the outbreak of World War I in 1914, so he could prepare in advance;

Secondly, he has a series of products with exclusive patents, such as mortars, 1911-style medium-class rifles, steel helmets, camouflage uniforms, and penicillin, sulfonamides and other special drugs, which can earn super profits;

Third, he enjoyed the supreme power of one word in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu, and could use a large amount of manpower without beware of impeachment and obstruction by others;

Fourth, even if the land in his hand cannot meet his production needs, he can still invest in the United States, Canada and other places to build factories and still make money by himself!

Thinking of this, Sun Yuanqi became excited, and even couldn't wait to talk to Lilith about his great plan... )