Chapter 215 The Five Great Banks

Looking at the cheering crowd, Huang Sheng's face could not help but show a smile of relief! After nearly two years of continuous construction, the 1,650-kilometer-long Borneo Ring Island Railway was finally completed today! This railway, which connects 36 large and small cities such as Dong Wanlu, Mazen, Balikpapan, Samma, Lan Kang, and Kuching, crosses dozens of large and small rivers, passes through hundreds of bridges and culverts, and crosses rainforests, swamps, mountains, and The completion of the broad-gauge railway, which cost 30 million taels of silver dollars to build in complex terrain such as canyons, will mean that Borneo's transportation construction will enter a new stage! And with the impetus of the already completed Borneo Ring Road, Borneo's economic construction and industrial development will also enter a new fast lane!

"Woohoo......!"

Look at the train that is slowly stopping with thick black smoke and a loud roar!"Let's go! Today we are a group of passengers after the opening of the Borneo Ring Island Railway!"

"Hehe, what the prime minister said, let's go up first!" Looking at the crowds around him who were crowded towards the train, Yang Yong, the governor of Borneo, who came to attend the opening ceremony of the railway, couldn't help but smile and said!

Hearing his words, everyone also nodded with a smile! Under the leadership of Premier Huang Sheng, Huo Tian, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Zhan Tianyou, Minister of Railways, Luo Fenglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Huo Hu, Minister of the War who had stayed in Nanyang and had not yet left, talked and laughed with each other and walked up!

"Jichen, now that the Dutch have signed a contract, right?" After everyone was done, Huang Sheng couldn't help but ask with a smile!

"Yes, Prime Minister! After the news of the establishment of diplomatic relations with us by the British, the Dutch understood that the tide was turning! They basically agreed to a few of our terms!" After listening to his words, Huang Sheng couldn't help but nodded. The terms of negotiations with the Netherlands prepared by the Foreign Office were more difficult to accept, except for the ransom of five hundred pounds per soldier! Although the recognition of the East Indies as belonging to the Chinese People's Army made it more difficult for the Dutch to accept, these things had become an established fact, and when it was already difficult to retake them by force, the British were stumped by the sudden appearance of Egypt! Fortunately, however, Huo Jiajun also agreed to purchase equipment from them for five years with 5 million pounds per year! This can be regarded as a psychological comfort to some extent! Of course, a very important aspect of the reason why the Dutch did not ask for reparations was that the Netherlands no longer had any colonies in the Far East. In addition, Huo Shan also wants to cooperate with several world-famous universities in the Netherlands to cultivate his own talents!

"It has been almost three years since we began to send our first troops to Nanyang, and although we have experienced many ups and downs along the way and sacrificed many soldiers, we have finally completely controlled the entire East Indies! The original plan has finally been realized! It is not easy!"

"That's what the Prime Minister said. Now, with various European powers signing commercial cooperation treaties with us and establishing formal diplomatic relations with us, we have finally rightfully controlled the Nanyang Islands and a large number of islands in the Pacific Ocean! Here we have really established ourselves!" Huo Tian looked at the look of emotion on Huang Sheng's face, and couldn't help but say with an excited expression! When they first started to follow the plan formulated by Huo Shan step by step, they didn't expect that Huo Jiajun would be able to develop to this point in less than three years!

"Yes! Wait until the first five-year plan has passed. We have formally established and perfected the industrial base of our People's Army, and when the time comes, we will have the ability to meet even greater challenges, and it is not impossible to realize our plan ahead of schedule!"

"Hehe, you still have to work hard!" Huo Hu couldn't help but smile and said!

"Alright, let's get down to business!" Huo Tian. This time, we have signed a number of cooperation projects with Germany, and almost all of them are related to your Ministry of Industry and Commerce. You must keep an eye on it, you must not be sloppy, whether this five-year plan can be completed on time depends on the efforts of your Ministry of Industry and Commerce!"

"Understood, Prime Minister!"

"By the way, how is the construction of several major railways in Nanyang by the Ministry of Railways, and now that the Borneo Ring Island Railway has been opened, what about the others?"

"Prime Minister, the Sulawesi Round-the-Island Railway will be completed in half a year! The Sumatra Round-the-Island Railway, as well as the Java New Taipei City to Surabaya Railway, may still be close to two years because construction has not been started for a long time! As for the Papua Island Round-the-Island Railway, it may take at least one and a half years before the entire line can be fully opened!" In the end, Zhan Tianyou's originally happy god Sè also became a little helpless! Papua Island is the highest island in the world, and the mountains of the whole island are Most of the plateaus are more than 4,000 meters long, and with hundreds of rivers and rainforests scattered across the island, you can imagine the cost of building a railway in such a place!

Seeing his appearance, Huang Sheng also understood his mood at the moment! The rugged terrain and complicated geographical environment of Nanyang Province are indeed a major factor restricting the development of this place! Not to mention anything else, but in terms of population, it has only been half a year since the Huo Jiajun occupied Java Island, but the Huo Jiajun has already emigrated nearly two million people to the island! In contrast, Nanyang Province, which has been developing for more than two years with the full support of the Huo Jiajun, has only just exceeded 4 million so far! It is not even a fraction of the total population of Borneo Province today! It can be seen that all kinds of construction here are lagging behind! This cannot be blamed on the officials at all levels of Nanyang Province of Huojiajun for not working hard, the key is that it is really too difficult to develop from scratch in a completely barbaric and harsh environment!

"I see! Let's do it step by step! Anyway, now that we have justifiably gained actual control of the islands in the South Seas, as long as we continue to develop unswervingly, our economy, industry, and various livelihood construction will always become more and more perfect and powerful!" Huang Sheng finally said!

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"Huo Wolf, this is the last time I will call you back before the mission begins! We have been preparing for almost three years, and it is time to harvest!" Sitting in the quaint garden pavilion, looking at the vibrant scene around him, Huo Shanshen said with some expectation!

"Don't worry! Young Master, we are all ready! As long as you give an order, we will be able to draw a large amount of funds and smash them into the stock market! Even if there is no crisis, we can smash them out of the crisis!" Huo Wolf replied confidently! The reason why he has such confidence is because he already has a huge amount of money of one billion dollars in his hands at this moment! In this era when the economy is not too developed, this huge wealth equivalent to 250 million pounds, equivalent to nearly a quarter of the British gross national product, and equivalent to nearly 200 billion US dollars in later generations according to the inflation rate, if it is really put into the world stock market in the near future, I am afraid that I really want to stir up the monstrous wind and waves as Huo Wolf Huo Wolf said!

"Have the several banks under our control been arranged?" Huo Shan then asked!

This time, we have prepared $250 million in funds respectively in accordance with the young master's instructions for the Standard Bank of America and the North American Securities Investment Bank in the United States, which are under our control, and our income from the Texas oil fields, as well as the income from mineral resources such as iron ore, aluminum ore, and copper ore that we have jointly operated with other large American enterprises, plus our black income from the stock market and the trading of the 'Hades', have all been deposited! In addition, all the 50,000,000,000 pounds we have entrusted to the Council of Ministers to obtain from England have been deposited into the Investment Bank of the Atlantic, which we control, and it will be responsible for our investment operations in the British stock market! In addition, all the 300,000,000,000 silver dollars we have drawn from our family have been shipped to Europe, of which 200,000,000,000 have been converted into francs and deposited in the Imperial Bank, which is under our control, to be responsible for speculation in the French stock market! The remaining 100,000,000 silver dollars we exchanged for 50,000,000,000 German gold marks, which we deposited into the Prussian Development Bank, which we controlled, and who were responsible for our speculation in the German stock market!

"Are all their principals reliable?"

"Very reliable! Young Master! They are all S-class masks that have been repeatedly selected by our Special Operations Team of the Military Intelligence Bureau! Whether it is xìng personality, psychology, behavioral habits, and hobbies! We have done a full range of tests on them! Plus we have already controlled their family members in our hands! I believe they will not do anything foolish to resist our control!" Huo Wolf God said seriously!

"Well, Huo Wolf! You understand that this operation is very important to our family, and even to the real Huo family's army! If this plan can be successful, then not only will the huge amount of funds needed for our second five-year plan be satisfied, but also the military expenses of our army and the replenishment of naval warships will also be guaranteed by reliable financial resources! But if it fails, I am afraid that it will not only be our Huo family that has suffered heavy losses because of this, it will be so simple!" Huo Shan's eyes showed a sense of worry, he looked at the lake with lotus flowers blooming in the distance, and said in an erratic tone! In the past three years or so, the original history has changed too much by him! He is no longer sure whether the thirteenth economic crisis, which has caused the depression of the entire capitalist world for four years, will break out from the United States on time!

"I understand, young master, I must be cautious and will never drop the chain for you!!" Huo Wolf God solemnly assured!

"Well, it's good that you understand! Okay, we're done talking about business! I don't have anything to do today, I just called Huo Long and the others over, let's have a meal, and everyone gets together, otherwise, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back in a year!" After Huo Shan got up from his seat, he said with some emotion in his tone! With the gradual growth of the Huo family's army's power, the territory under its control is getting wider and wider, and the time that everyone can spend together is getting less and less!