Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Railroad Commencement

At this moment, the Beijing Railway Station is still a construction site.

He Xi attended a simple groundbreaking ceremony here, and before that, the design, bidding, planning, and fund allocation of the railway had been completed.

The chief engineer of the railway is none other than Ge Tiangong.

Now Ge Tiangong has found his own position. He became the chief engineer of a large project.

Although in terms of research and development, Ge Tiangong is a little unable to keep up with the times. But in terms of construction, Ge Tiangong is still very good, especially this kind of project that no one has ever built. Ge Tiangong is old, and among the craftsmen, he is very prestigious. And Ge Tiangong is familiar with all kinds of construction machinery, and even some construction machinery is developed by him, and for many new needs, you can also independently develop some new construction machinery, which is relatively difficult.

Use pioneering methods to solve some engineering problems.

The whole project is contracted by Puzhou Society and the three major construction companies in Beijing, and the general contracting price is 5 million yuan, and even He Xi personally feels that this price is a bit underestimated. After all, if nothing else, the railroad tracks alone cost 100,000 tons, not to mention the construction of bridges, stations and the like along the railway. Plus, locomotives, carriages, and so on. The entire project was almost contracted, and after the Beijing City project, all the steel production capacity.

Of course, if you add the consumption of the war, the steel production capacity of Beijing and Liaodong will have to be expanded.

In addition to this, there is also artificiality. the cost of land acquisition, and so on.

Taken together, the results of the joint accounting of various departments of the Beijing cabinet estimate that the expenditure on all aspects is as much as 10 million yuan. If it weren't for He Xi's strong initiative, this resolution would not have been implemented at all, and without him, 10 million yuan is also a considerable amount for Beijing's property.

After all, the war on the front line consumes tens of thousands of yuan every day, which seems to be not much, but in fact it is not a lot at all. Coupled with the consumption of other aspects, Beijing's original surplus and the money raised by He Xi's issuance of treasury bonds will not last long.

And at this time, investing such a huge amount of money in this inconsequential place, most people do not support it.

In fact, they don't know that the seemingly huge expenses have turned around in the economic system, and about half of them have returned to the imperial court, most of the construction societies headed by the Puzhou Society are from the imperial court, and the iron and steel enterprises are from the imperial court, of course, many workshops are not from the imperial court.

After all, after He Xi's large-scale purchase of state-owned factories, there are some private enterprises in Beijing and Liaodong.

More importantly, since the war between the North and the South, Beijing's industrial production has not been affected, and even if He Xi's efforts to maintain foreign economic and trade relations have also been affected.

The strategic significance of this railway is not to be discussed for the time being. It must be done just for economic reasons. Because only this large factory was built, not only to expand industrial capacity to cope with the war, but also to benefit the entire economic system.

As a result, Beijing has more room to operate in the economy.

As for the lack of money, you can print money.

Maybe it's because of the lack of experience, or maybe it's because Nanjing doesn't feel the financial difficulties yet, after all, Nanjing's family background is much thicker than Beijing's. Now the war is not a big burden on Nanjing. Maybe banks are a novelty. A lot of people don't understand.

After the break between the north and the south, Nanking only took over the banks in the south, but there was no change in the currency, that is, paper money. This is also a manifestation of the nature of the bureaucracy, more than one thing is better than less.

This gives He Xi space. Space to print money.

Banknotes printed in Beijing can pass through the south unimpeded. Fortunately, He Xi still had a conscience, and he chose to boil the frog's blood in warm water, instead of draining the banknotes in the south all at once. In comparison, He Xi still wants to dominate the world.

Drained the south banknotes. If you make a mess, you have to clean it up.

Isn't this finding something to do for yourself?

Now, most of Xungui's industries have been very much in line with He Xi's policy, after all, this is something that makes them money, how can they not cooperate, of course, they have not supported in other aspects

Hold on to what the night.

Including national debt.

After all, they don't want to take sides politically.

It doesn't matter, though. At least economically, there is no stumbling block for He Xi. Beijing's economic system can be implemented according to He Xi's ideas.

He Xi looked at the construction site in front of him, and in the embers of firecrackers, he asked Ge Tiangong and said, "When will this project be completed at the earliest?"

Ge Tiangong said, "Teacher, I have personally led people to survey and map, and there is an official road along the way, and I am ready to work together from both sides. I've checked the rails for production and transportation. If everything goes well, it will be fixed in six months, six months."

He Xi was stunned for a moment and said, "So fast?"

Ge Tiangong said, "Senior Brother Zhang already has a train over there, and after it is paved here, it will be very fast to transport goods by train."

In fact, the reason why it is so fast is also because the rails in this era are light.

In fact, according to the railroad tracks of this era, even wartime railways and temporary railways were not counted in later generations. The land is compacted, covered with sand and gravel. The sleepers are laid in one layer, then the rails are laid and fixed. That's it.

In this era, trains may not be able to catch up with bicycles, so many aspects are very rudimentary.

However, rudimentary is fine.

From Beijing to Yingkou, it only takes one or two days for bulk goods and the army to be at the earliest, and only three or four days at a slower pace, which is already a revolutionary speed-up.

He Xi said, "This matter will be handed over to you. But you can't just want to be fast, you also have to ensure quality, after all, this is to pass through the army."

Ge Tiangong said, "Please rest assured, teacher, I will do it quickly and well."

He Xi heard Ge Tiangong say this, and felt a bad feeling in his heart. However, he also believed in Ge Tiangong's ability, and more importantly, He Xi had no one else on hand to use.

At this time, Yao Guangxiao came from behind.

He Xi saw Yao Guangxiao coming over and sent Ge Tiangong away. "What's the matter?"

To be honest, this kind of groundbreaking ceremony is very boring. But He Xi can't help but appear, after all, his appearance represents the attention of the imperial court, a political attitude. Although Yao Guangxiao came with He Xi, he didn't join in the fun.

At this time, something must have happened.

Yao Guangxiao said, "Two pieces of news. It's all good news."

He Xi said, "What's the good news?"

Yao Guangxiao said, "The first good news, the victory of Anlingbao."

Yao Guangxiao said as he handed a piece of paper to He Xi.

He Xi took it and looked at it and said, "Who is Zhang Ming?"

Yao Guangxiao said: "Born in Beijing Guozijian, recommended by Zhang Zongde, Ye Shen Aijiang, if I remember correctly, the eldest prince mentioned this person to you?"

He Xi was stunned for a moment and said, "Have you mentioned it?"

Yao Guangxiao said: "It is the mouth of the eldest prince, the first master of Beijing Guozijian."

He Xi's eldest son is naturally He Yuansi.

He Yuansi is in Beijing Guozijian at the moment, studying under Zhang Zongde, and he has met Zhang Ming. Zhang Ming is very good, and he has also heard of it in the Beijing Guozi Prison. He Xi knew that he didn't remember.

was mentioned by Yao Guangxiao, and He Xi immediately remembered this person. said: "Remember, let Zhang Ming retire from the front line and invite him to come to the house for dinner."

It can be said that at this moment, Zhang Ming has officially entered He Xi's eyes.

has the ability, can hold in the Anling Fort, and repeatedly defeat strong enemies, although the Anling Fort has the advantage of weapons and geographical advantages, but it can be defended, and it is also capable.

There is luck, Tang Shengzong's death, in He Xi's opinion, is completely lucky. Although it is said that the battlefield is very dangerous, it can be said that it is a place where corpses stand, and any kind of person can die. But once you become a high-ranking general, it is difficult to die on the battlefield.

Not only in ancient times, but also in modern times, the chances of survival of generals are far greater than those of small soldiers.

Tang Shengzong has his own life and has achieved Zhang Ming's prestige

He Xi seems that there is a lot of luck.

More importantly, what is one's own person? Net worth is innocent, all the way has been supported by this faction, this kind of person is not his own person, what is his own person?