Yang Benman doesn't like chili.

He is the most from Jiangnan, and he likes sweets.

So he naturally had no interest in seeing the lively scenes of Haidilao.

"Yang Yushi, looking at this, it won't take long for the Mingzuo Railway to be officially completed. Will the housing prices in the Workshop City really rise again?"

Next to an official road, Yang Benman and Linghu Wujiang were riding in a carriage. Seeing the busy Nanshan Construction craftsman not far away, he speculated about the completion time of the Mingzuo Railway.

"In recent months, houses in Zuofangcheng have risen by about 10%, but according to my estimate, the stimulating effect of Mingzuo Railway on Zuofangcheng can at least increase the current house by 30%. There is still a gap because many people still do not realize the impact of Mingzuo Railway on Zuofangcheng."

Yang Benman recently studied steam locomotives and found that if this thing is stable, it would be a good thing.

Although there are public carriages from Mingdemen to the Workshop City, it takes more than two hours to reach it, and the efficiency is very low.

If you ride your own carriage, it will take more than an hour to arrive, but not many people with your own carriage.

But if the railway is opened, it will only take half an hour to get from Mingdemen to the factory city, and this time will be shortened by a huge amount.

Even if you live in the Workshop City and then go to Chang'an City to work, there is no problem.

After all, normally, it often takes more than half an hour for each helper to go to the workshop.

Unless you sit directly in the dormitory provided by the workshop.

"The construction of this railway is said to cost more than one million guan. In addition to the investment of Guanshishan Academy in the Steam Engine Research Institute, the operating cost of steam locomotives will definitely be very high at that time. The ticket price cannot be cheap, right? Once the ticket price is too expensive, then not many people can take it, which will lose the meaning of the railway, which will also be a blow to the housing prices in the Workshop City."

Linghu Wujiang has devoted all his wealth to the great cause of real estate speculation in the Workshop City.

At this time, he was naturally worried that the housing prices in the workshop city had reached its peak.

"If you think of this problem, Your Highness the King of Chu can naturally think of it. Since he has spent such a great price to create steam locomotives and railways, there must be a way to solve the problem you mentioned.

Compared with four-wheeled carriages, the number of passengers that can be carried by steam locomotives at one time has increased by at least dozens of times, and the income from selling tickets is naturally dozens of times.

If the railway construction cost and steam engine research cost are not considered, the price of the steam locomotive ticket will not be more expensive than that of the four-wheeled carriage.”

Yang Benman considered the issue from Li Kuan's perspective, thinking that the ticket price would be attractive only if the steam engine research and development costs and railway construction costs were not amortized.

However, Linghu Wujiang was not that optimistic.

"The construction cost of the railway is there, and there is no other use except for steam locomotives. Although the steel prices this year are not as strong as we imagined, the construction cost of this railway is still very high.

Even if they amortize the cost in ten years or even twenty years, it will be a very scary number. The situation of steam locomotives is similar. Although Gu's garment workshop has begun to use steam engines to assist in garment making, there is no prospect of large-scale popularization in a short period of time.

In this way, the research cost of the Steam Engine Research Institute can basically be amortized on steam locomotives. In addition, the number of steam engines that need to be used on Mingzuo Railway is very limited. Even if it is running back and forth, at most a few vehicles will be enough."

The current railway is built on a single line, which is a temporary measure to reduce the cost of railway construction and promote steam locomotives.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that everyone’s travel needs are not that strong.

After a few years, after the Tang Dynasty had several decent railways, the time would be more ripe when considering building a reconstructed railway.

"Wait, it's too late to worry about these things now."

After Linghu Wujiang said this, Yang Benman also had some more concerns.

But the money has been invested, and it is useless to think too much.

...

"Master, I found that the goods sold by merchants in the Tang Dynasty to us in Tubo were actually selected. For example, arrows, bows and steel were rarely shipped to sell.

However, in Chang'an City, fine steel is not that difficult to buy. However, when those merchants see that they sell it to Hu people, they have to register a lot of information, which is very inconvenient.

However, now I have a new idea and think I can consider giving it a try.”

Near Mingdemen, Wang Dengke and Zansinuo were also studying something next to the Mingzuo Railway.

"What new idea? Can you convince a group of craftsmen from the Tang Dynasty to go to the Tubo Kingdom and build our own iron smelting workshop for us?"

Wang Dengke obviously saw the gap between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo Kingdom, and even realized the importance of the iron smelting workshop.

However, it is very difficult to build a decent iron smelting workshop in Tubo.

"Railways! Not to mention whether the Tang Dynasty will build other railways in the future, the steel used in the Mingzhu railway section alone is more than the steel production of our entire Tubo country in recent years.

If we arrange for people to take advantage of the darkness, secretly remove the rails, move them to a four-wheel transport carriage, and transport them directly to Liangzhou, you can transport dozens of rails in one night."

Zan Sinuo felt that it would be unwilling to use any means for the sake of the Tubo Kingdom.

Although Wang Dengke felt that this matter was not that simple, it was not impossible to do it.

"These rails are bolted to the foundation, and it is not so easy to disassemble them. The most important thing is that each rail is heavier and has a long length. Ordinary four-wheeled carriages are not necessarily suitable for transportation.

I think I need to find someone to try it out and see if it is easy to disassemble, whether it is feasible or not."

Wang Dengke knew that the Tang Dynasty had no good feelings for the Tubo Kingdom.

When Lu Dongzan was in Chang'an City, he was almost killed by an accidental car accident.

Until now, one of his feet is lame.

"I see that the construction workers of Nanshan Construction Engineering used special tools to install the rails. As long as we find the right tools, it is not that difficult to dismantle the rails. On the contrary, how to transport these rails back to the Tubo country smoothly is a difficult problem."

"This is easy to deal with. We can first place it in Liangzhou, then open a simple iron shop and simply process the railway tracks. At that time, even if the Tang people stop our convoy, they will not do anything.

Although Datang restricted the sale of fine steel to the public, it was only a restriction and was not prohibited. So as long as the carriage that was not directly transported to the rails was stopped by someone, nothing would necessarily happen."

Wang Dengke began to consider how to implement Zansinuo's proposal.

Once the Tubo Kingdom obtains sufficient steel, it can build a large number of swords, which will definitely be easier when conquering other tribes.

...

As the Mingzuo Railway is about to be opened, the investor Datang Railway has officially been listed on the Datang Stock Trading Center.

Obviously, Li Kuan arranged the listing of the Datang Railway not to raise funds for the construction of the Mingzuo Railway, but to prepare for the railway from Chang'an City to Luoyang and Chang'an City to Liangzhou.

Although the financial resources of the Chu King's Mansion can support the construction of these two railways.

However, this kind of thing that was called stupid in the early stage and that others scolded eating alone in the later stage was obviously not what Li Kuan wanted to do.

No matter how much money the Chu Prince's Mansion family earns, it is impossible to allow the Tang Dynasty to enter an industrial society.

Ultimately, we must drive a group of people to join in emerging industries.

In the next ten years, the construction of railways will definitely be an emerging industry that the most popular in the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty Railway was also established under this background.

Its major shareholder is naturally the King of Chu Mansion, which occupies 60% of the shares, the remaining 20% ​​are the Ministry of Revenue, and the last 20% are prepared to be sold on the exchange.

However, a new company with a valuation of more than two million yuan is obviously not as popular in the market as Li Kuan imagined.

"Brother Changsun, do you know? Datang Railway released 400 million shares at one time at a price of one yuan per share, but it sold for two days, but it didn't even sell a small half.

The funniest thing is that some people who bought stocks but regretted it are willing to sell their stocks at a price of 0.9 yuan.

This led to the fact that Datang Railway's stock fell below the issue price as soon as it was listed, which is really satisfying."

Gao Jin appeared in front of Changsun Chong with a smile on his face, obviously coming to report the good news.

As an important entertainment place for the children of the nobles in Chang'an City, many nobles appear in the Datang Stock Exchange every day.

Gao Jin also shows up there almost every day to inquire about the latest news.

"The Mingzuo Railway is about to be completed, and Li Kuan thought about putting the Datang Railway on the stock exchange to list. Isn't it too late?"

Although Changsun Chong thought that if the railway could be connected to the Tang Dynasty, it would be of great use.

But he didn't think building a railway was a good deal.

Not to mention railways, if cement roads alone can connect all prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty, the benefits will be endless.

But the court did not have that much financial resources to complete this task.

Now that I encounter a railway with higher construction costs, it is even more distant.

So Changsun Chong is a kind of Datang Railway that doesn’t want to buy.

"It is now rumored outside that Li Kuan is preparing to start construction of the railway from Chang'an City to Luoyang at the same time, and the railway from Chang'an City to Liangzhou. It is said that even the names have been named, one is called the Changluo Railway and the other is called the Changliang Railway.

If there was no such news, the stocks of Datang Railway might be sold normally, but after this news spread, basically few people would be optimistic about its future."

Gao Jin's news is still very well-informed.

In fact, few of the nobles in Chang'an City are not well-informed.

"While everyone is not optimistic about the Datang Railway, I think I can pour another basin of cold water on them so that the stock price of Datang Railway will continue to fall."

Changsun Chong suddenly had an idea and felt that he could spend a small amount of money to disgust Li Kuan.

"What method? Unless there is an accident after the construction of the Mingzuo Railway is completed, or something that is not conducive to the operation of the Mingzuo Railway.

Otherwise, the stock price of Datang Railway has fallen by 10%, and it is unlikely that it will continue to fall.

After all, the money invested by the Chu King’s Mansion and the Ministry of Revenue is the most solid foundation for the stock price of Datang Railway. It is impossible to make the stock price fall below their due value, right?”

Gao Jin obviously didn't understand what Changsun Chong planned to do.

"It is naturally unrealistic to fall a lot, but it is still very likely to continue to fall to their cost price. We only need to spend a thousand kilns of money to buy the stocks of Datang Railway, and then sell them continuously at a low price.

Nowadays, there are very few people who buy the Datang Railway, and only a small amount of selling can suppress its price. At that time, more people will probably not be optimistic about the future of the Datang Railway."
To be continued...