After making up your mind.

The next day, Hong Chengchou only took a few staff members and cronies, chartered a VIP car for double the rent of 1,000 silver dollars, and then went straight to Xujiazhuang Harbor City.

……

Chongzhen ten years, March 1.

Xujiazhuang, Harbour City.

It only took more than a day for Hong Chengchou to arrive at the first city of Daming, which claims to have a population of 3.5 million and is now far larger than the capital.

Look at this modern city with countless high-rise buildings, neat and reasonable internal layout, no clutter, clean and beautiful, and extremely advanced.

"If only I had a city like this."

Hong Chengchou sighed secretly.

In fact, he is very familiar with Harbour City, and he will come here two or three times a year, either to purchase materials, or to discuss cooperation, or for tourism and vacation, etc., and even in the core area less than 3 kilometers away from the White Castle, at a sky-high price of 200,000 silver dollars, he bought a three-and-a-half-story villa with a construction area of 366 square meters, plus decoration costs, household appliances and furniture, etc., a total of 500,000 silver dollars were spent as real estate investment, as well as for children to study and live.

He himself will come to live for more than ten days every year, and he and his family have obtained long-term green cards, to some extent, he is also a native of Harbour City, a member of Xujiazhuang, in case he loses power one day and becomes nothing, let Hong Chengchou choose, he will not go back to his hometown in Nan'an, Fujian, but return to this villa in Harbour City, and regard this as the last retreat.

In other words, does he trust Xujiazhuang too much and think of Xujiazhuang too well? If one day he is really defeated and down, if Xu Jiazhuang does not agree to accept him, but instead falls into the well and confiscates his property and villa, it will not be completely finished.

This possibility, Hong Chengchou has not not considered, Xu Jiazhuang is a businessman not a good person, the pursuit of profit rather than a good reputation, as long as it is profitable, it is not impossible to fall into the well.

But even with that risk.

He still bought the sky-high villa in Harbour City.

The vast majority of the deposits have also been put into Tianxiatong Bank.

Railroad investment bonds were also bought.

All aspects have achieved a deep binding with Xujiazhuang.

If Xu Jiazhuang really plans to engage him, he doesn't have to wait until he is down, and he can make him worse than death now.

In this case, he can only have the best wishes, wishful thinking that Xu Jiazhuang will do things according to the rules and abide by the bottom line, and he is not the only one who buys a villa in Harbour City, Cao Wenzhao, Yang Yufan, Wang Hong, Deng Xi, Zuo Liangyu and other fifteen generals have invested in real estate in Harbour City, including Shizhu Tusi Qin Liangyu, who also spent thousands of silver dollars to buy a set of cheap real estate, which also left a way back for the family.

If Xu Jiazhuang falls into the well for him Hong Chengchou, then it is a situation where everyone is in danger, and any powerful person will immediately distance himself from Xu Jiazhuang, take out bank deposits, sell assets, etc., such losses Xu Jiazhuang cannot afford - Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou believes that the risk of deep binding with Xu Jiazhuang should not be high, and Xu Jiazhuang will not self-destruct the Great Wall.

I rested for half a day in my villa, which relieved the fatigue of traveling.

In the afternoon, Hong Chengchou took his staff and cronies to Baibao in person, handed over his identity credentials, and asked to meet the owner of Xu Zhuang to discuss important matters.

However, the owner of Xu Zhuang is not here today.

I only saw Li Jin, one of the six rotating consuls, and the other party took some time to talk to him in the tea hall.

After a short pleasantries.

Hong Chengchou got straight to the point and said: "Li Zhengzheng, Hong came this time, there is a great thing to ask for, Shaanxi is now few people and poor land, natural disasters are continuous, the development potential is very small, if you want to develop, you can only expand externally, I think the potential of the Western Regions is very great, the "Oriental Times" has been specially introduced before, the coal mines, iron mines, copper mines, gold and silver mines, jade mines in the Western Regions, as well as rich oil and gas resources that can be used as energy, arable land, grassland and forests are also a lot, you can develop agriculture and animal husbandry industry, and plant melons, fruits, cotton and other cash crops in a large area, at least feed tens of millions of people, the only thing that restricts us from entering the Western Regions is the Gobi Desert that stretches for thousands of miles, but now that Xujiazhuang has the ability to build a heavy-haul railway, inconvenient transportation will no longer be a problem, if we build a steel road into the Western Regions......"

It took more than half an hour.

Hong Chengchou introduced his plan to recover the Western Regions in detail and systematically, which can also be called the plan to conquer the Western Regions.

That is, as long as the heavy-haul railway can be repaired, he will bring tens of thousands of elite troops into the Western Regions, defeat the forces that do not surrender and do not compromise, and then with the help of Xujiazhuang's scientific and technological strength, large-scale development of various resources in the Western Regions, so as to be profitable, then the Western Regions will not be able to run away in the future, and will only firmly become a part of China, which will not only greatly expand the living space of the Chinese nation, but also bring countless benefits.

It's just that he, Hong Chengchou, doesn't have the ability to conquer the Western Regions alone, and unless he gets the full support of Xu Jiazhuang, he is sure enough.

For example, on the basis of the 'Haishan Railway', a new heavy-haul railway was extended from Luoyang to this node, first repaired to Xi'an, and then from Xi'an, extended to Baoji, Tianshui, Lanzhou, and then through Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiayuguan (that is, the Hexi Corridor), arrived at Hami, Turpan and other places, and went deep into the interior of the Western Regions, the railway was about 5,000 miles (2,500 kilometers) long, and the cost of building the road was estimated to be about 250 million silver dollars.

Expensive.

Although this railway feels very expensive, except for Xujiazhuang, no one can come up with so much money, and the construction period of the railway is estimated to be more than five years, and the payback period is more than ten years, which can be described as very long, and few people have the patience to wait for such a long time.

But!

The land of the Western Regions covers an area of at least millions of square kilometers.

It is equivalent to the land area of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Even if the desert, Gobi, plateau and other terrain are mostly there, and there are few habitable areas, the development potential of mineral resources is great, and if you can't plant the land, you can at least mine a variety of minerals.

So as long as you can conquer the Western Regions, it will definitely be profitable, recover all the investment costs, and make a lot of money!

listened to Hong Chengchou's fanning introduction.

Li Jin listened to it all.

I was very fascinated by it, nodded my head again and again, and said "good", "reasonable", "I think so too", and even directly said: "Your plan is very feasible, I personally support it, but ......"

He changed his words and said: "Such a big thing, such a big investment, the risk in all aspects is not small, I personally support it, once something goes wrong, I can't afford to take such a big responsibility, unless the owner of the village nods, or the six rotating consuls and their wives think it's good, and they all support and agree, it is possible to get it passed." ”

"When will the owner come back?"

Hong Chengchou hurriedly asked: "I want to talk to the owner of the village in person, he has always supported foreign development, and he should agree." ”

"I don't know, maybe I'll be back tomorrow, or maybe I'll come back in ten days and half a month, this is uncertain, but I'll discuss this matter with the other five consuls, and the lady, if we agree, then at least half of it, the owner of the village will generally nod."

"Alright, then please let me meet with the consuls and ladies, and I will explain my plan again."

"Yes."

……

The next day, in the afternoon.

White Castle, in the Senior Strategy Room.

The six contenders of Xujiazhuang: Li Jin, Yang Zhongyuan, Zhao Jinfu, Wu Dabao, Xie Tianqing, and Xu Sheng.

plus Mrs. Fang Qingyan, who sat in the top position.

All of them were present today, giving Hong Chengchou a chance to explain his plan to conquer the Western Regions, including the specific implementation steps, risk factors, profit points, etc., and accepted their questioning.

And Hong Chengchou made full preparations in advance, his thinking was very clear, and the feasibility of the plan was also extremely high.

However, Fang Qingyan was not so tolerant of being persuaded, but asked several extremely difficult questions in a row.

"Since this project has great potential, the return is more than ten times and a hundred times, but except for our Xu Jiazhuang, it is impossible for you and your Qin Jun to do it, in this case, what is your value? Why didn't Xujiazhuang leave you alone and do this project alone? Is there anything irreplaceable about you? ”

Such a straightforward and merciless question made Hong Chengchou's old face flush, and he actually felt a little speechless.

But after pondering for a long time, he still raised his head and said honestly: "For Xujiazhuang, I don't have anything irreplaceable, but I am the governor of the Qin army, I have a lot of energy in Shaanxi, and I am the closest to the Western Regions, so I can get things done more efficiently, so I must be the most suitable partner for the development of the Western Regions!" ”

"Okay, even if you're the best fit."

Fang Qingyan nodded, and said: "But the huge investment of 250 million silver dollars and the return cycle of more than ten years show that the rate of return is not very high, and it is not a little worse than the other three railway lines, and all kinds of risks are not small, even if Xujiazhuang is rich, he does not dare to put such a huge amount of money on this project with slow results and not particularly bright prospects, unless we wait a few more years, and when the time is more mature and the technology is more advanced, we will consider doing this project." ”

"Madam, if it's a money problem, I can figure it out by myself!"

Hong Chengchou gritted his teeth and said, "Give me three months to half a year, and I will find a way to raise 50 million yuan of start-up funds, build a thousand-mile railway first, and raise another 50 million next year to build another section of the railway...... If it is built in phases of five years, it can also build this railway in the Western Regions. ”

"Fifty million a year? Are you sure you'll be able to raise that much money? Fang Qingyan was surprised, this is not 500,000, 5 million, but 50 million! What is easy to raise with just talk?

"I'm sure!"

Hong Chengchou said with a confident look: "In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has developed rapidly, and the total GDP of Xujiazhuang has increased from two or three billion silver dollars to seven or eight hundred silver dollars, and it will definitely exceed 10 billion silver dollars this year, and in three or four years, will it exceed 15 billion or even 20 billion?" I think this is entirely possible, and with a GDP of 10 or 20 billion silver dollars a year, I should not have much problem if I find a way to leverage 50 million, but I hope that Xujiazhuang's "Oriental Times" will also have a news broadcast and allow me to put a few propaganda advertisements on it, which can have a double effect with half the effort in terms of fundraising. ”

Fang Qingyan nodded, if it is to use the platforms of "Oriental Times" and news broadcasting to advertise, it is equivalent to Xu Jiazhuang helping to endorse, which will definitely attract countless funds, and can also inspire the people, so that the people of Daming will remember the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and then have the heart and ideas to surpass the Han and Tang Dynasties, and will naturally invest money in the project.

Even if every Ming citizen supports 1 silver dollar, the land of the Western Regions will be crowdfunded and returned.

Fang Qingyan, who was influenced by many of Xu Yuan's views, knew that this trick would definitely be very effective, because national pride was a rigid need for the people of a big country.

It can be done.

Hong Chengchou's plan has a high probability of success.

And if he personally built this Western Regions Railway, Xujiazhuang would still make a fortune? The huge interests of this must be accounted for by Xujiazhuang more than fifty percent.

After thinking about it, Fang Qingyan said to him: "In this way, it is enough for you to personally find a way to raise 50 million silver dollars, accounting for 20% of the shares of the railway and 20% of the operating dividend rights, we Xujiazhuang invested 100 million silver dollars and provided technical support, accounting for 80% of the shares of the railway and 40% of the operating dividend rights, and then issued 100 million silver yuan of railway bonds, allowing Daming businessmen to buy, accounting for 40% of the operating dividend rights...... As for the operation and management of the land in the Western Regions, except for allowing Xu Jiazhuang to build a hundred manors, how about leaving the rest to you and Qin Jun? Do you agree with this cooperation plan? ”

Eighty percent of the railway's ownership shares (i.e. controlling interest).

A collective estate of one hundred.

For these two conditions, Hong Chengchou thought for a while, then nodded without hesitation: "Yes, Hong can agree to this plan!" ”

He is a very realistic person, although most of the controlling stakes of the railway are in the hands of Xujiazhuang, but without the support of Xujiazhuang's technology and talents, it is impossible to build the Western Regions Railway, it can only be a fantasy in his head, so even if Xujiazhuang takes 100% of the controlling stake, he will not have any opinions.

As for a hundred manors, they only occupy three or five million mu of land at most, and the land that can be used for agriculture in the Western Regions is more than 100 million mu, but only two or three percent of the available land, so there is no need to feel distressed at all, you can nod and agree.

"Okay, we're happy to work together."

Fang Qingyan was also very satisfied, and said with a bright smile.

Li Jin, Yang Zhongyuan and other six rotating consuls also expressed their approval and happiness, but they were a little apprehensive in their hearts, because this project was decided together with their wives in the absence of the owner, and the terms negotiated were definitely much better than the owners of the village talking in person.

When the owner comes back and sees them making claims, I wonder if they will get angry and even overturn the project?