Chapter 162: Planning for the Future

"Sir, I heard that you are planning to build the Han River (known as Water City during the Liupanshui period during the Republic of China) and the Han-Chen Railway at the same time, and extend them to Qinzhou, Guangdong (the hippos are negligent in the previous article, Guangxi is not by the sea during the Republic of China) and Kunming, Yunnan?" Zhan Tianyou obviously entered the role. As soon as he sat down, he didn't even see the two women next to him, and didn't drink a sip of tea, he asked excitedly and anxiously.

Seeing this, Yang Qiu smiled: "Mr. Juancheng, you have such a good ear. I just approved this a few days ago. How did you know about it?"

Zhan Tianyou was not in the mood to joke at this moment, and he slapped his thigh and said anxiously: "No, no, no! You have a good idea for the patrol, but it is really not feasible to start construction in the third line at the same time!"

This made Yang Qiu curious. Even Jiang Baili and Song Ziqing, who had been studying how to use aviation power all the way after visiting the first flight, were puzzled. They had heard recently that after becoming the General Office of West China Company, Zhan Tianyou almost turned a blind eye to the outside world and focused on the construction site. If the guards sent to protect him for rest, he might not want to let him go day and night. In just a few months, he ran all four provinces and regions that the Hanchuan Line needed to pass. Such a person actually took the initiative to oppose the construction of two other railways, just like Yuan Shikai suddenly refused to do anything to the President and returned to his hometown to fish.

Seeing that they didn't seem to understand, Zhan Tianyou immediately said, "Admissioner, I don't want to build more railways unless I do, I wish I could build the railway to every county and city in the country. But do you calculate the account? The length of the Hanchuan Line is about 3,000 kilometers after the Hanchuan Line is diverted. The Hanchuan Line can use the Hanchuan Line from Hunan to Guiyang, but the remaining ones are more than 700 kilometers. The Hanchen Line has the shortest distance, and it can be paralleled with the Han River Line from Wuchang to Changsha, but there are also more than 400 kilometers. This has not been counted. The two lines extend to Kunming and Qinzhou, Guangdong respectively. If these two sections are added, at least one thousand kilometers will be added!

If it is all counted, it will be more than 5,000 kilometers! This is not enough to count the length of the diverted route after encountering complex mountain situations. Based on my experience in building the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Line, it will take at least 5,500 kilometers to stop. According to the current price, it will cost 30,000 yuan per kilometer of railway construction. If it is calculated using Yinyang or Minyuan issued by the Southwest, it will be 40,000! That is to say, if you start construction of three lines at the same time, you will have to invest at least 200 million yuan! Plus, later purchases of trains, telephones along the line, etc., it will cost more than 300 million yuan!"

Not sure, I was shocked when I calculated it. Song Ziqing and Jiang Baili were not commercial talents, so it was okay to ask them to calculate the battle budget. After such a super-large national construction project, they obviously had insufficient brains. The two women even covered their mouths, but they didn't expect that the railway construction would cost so much money. Only Zhang Wenjing smiled secretly and glanced at Song and Jiang, as if they were laughing at them to know how hard they were. Only Yang Qiu had calculated this account roughly according to the price of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, and the actual figures were similar to him, so he was not too surprised.

"Tianyou understands the mood of the patrol envoy to build a country, but the three provinces cannot afford the three lines at present. Even if the funding is allocated in ten years, it will cost 40 million yuan per year. Although Tianyou studied engineering, business also has some involvement. The three provinces are all major taxpayers. The total annual tax amount was about 40 million yuan. After you implemented the tax reform, although it seemed to have dropped significantly, it would actually be more expensive without exploitation. I expect that the annual income of 50 million yuan will not be a problem. But now you are implementing free education, and you have to invest in industry and commerce, add water conservancy, farming, government operations and military support, plus the actual annual expenditure of railways can be at least 80 million yuan! Based on an annual increase of 10%, you can maintain financial stability in five years. This must also ensure that God is open-minded and the weather is good."

Zhan Tianyou said this and waved his hand and said in a stronger tone: "Tianyou is definitely not a pedantic person. I know that you have great ambitions. When the north and south are in chaos, you are the only one who dares to build such a large-scale construction, strengthen workers and peasants, and create academic education. Everyone admires it. But have you ever thought about it? In fact, the railway is a big hindrance. Whether you enter the southwest or north in the future, it will cost a lot of money. Now, the construction of these two roads can only be tied down! If you fall, not only will the other two lines not be able to be repaired, the Hanchuan Line may be..."

Yang Qiu laughed in surprise. Zhan Tianyou's last few words were really direct. He obviously did not want him to repeat the mistakes of the Qing Dynasty, and was afraid that his fall would affect the construction of the Hanchuan Railway. However, this kind of sincere heart is still admirable.

But he also has his own ideas. He can't stop national construction just because he wants to fight. There is still another great war in Europe in two years. Although he is destined to be a bystander in this battle, the business opportunities brought by the battlefield are too impressive! Why do we need to build a large scale, why do we encourage industry and commerce and promote resource development? It is all for making huge profits! Even Japan, which has no resources in the parallel world, makes a big profit because of OEM processing and exporting some pitiful cotton textiles. If he can take over the entire southwest and even the entire south, initially launch a huge resource investment into this commercial war, let alone three railways, it would be easy to build three more.

But he couldn't tell others about these things, so he could only comfort him: "Thank you Mr. Juancheng for your love for Yang, just let it go! As for the funding issue, I hereby guarantee that the railway will never be cut off within ten years. Not only will I not cut off funds, I am also planning to form two and a half military-controlled corps to purchase special machinery and equipment to specialize in building railways and highways."

Yang Qiu, a special railway trooper similar to later generations, had already been planning, so he took the opportunity to propose that such a full-time construction force could greatly improve the efficiency of railway construction. Zhan Tianyou was still worried when he saw that he was determined to do so: "The patrolman is determined, and the full-time railway construction force is also very good. But there is one thing you have thought about? Huguang's terrain is flat, but there is no big problem, but Guizhou and Guangxi are both high and deep mountains and deep waters, with dense smoke and smog and difficult technology. Juncheng may not be able to do it."

Yang Qiu said, "Don't worry, sir, we are not without experienced railway workers, but..." He said this, and suddenly looked at Miao Luo and smiled slightly: "It depends on whether Miss Miao is willing to help again."

"Me?" Miao Luo was still looking at Yang Qiu's determination just now. When he suddenly heard that he wanted to help himself, he was stunned and asked, "What can I help? Could you invite someone from the United States?"

"Miss Miao is beautiful, I really want to invite someone from the United States." Yang Qiu explained. It turned out that he was attracted to the Chinese workers who built the American railway. Although those people didn't read much and many people couldn't even write their names, their experience in building railways was much richer than that of domestic railway workers. Nearly half of the contributions to the American railways were remembered on them! I haven't encountered any terrain? These people are treasures of national construction.

Miao Luo's heart was already tied to Yang Qiu. As long as he could help him, he would rather give everything, so he immediately expressed his intention to send a telegram to his grandfather and Zhigongtang came forward to invite them back. Zhan Tianyou then noticed the two women. In fact, he had also made the idea of ​​Chinese American workers. When he was studying in the United States, he encountered some of them and asked them for problems in railway construction. Although many of these people were old, as long as they could come back and make use of their remaining energy, they would be a great fortune.

From the flight team, we can see that the American Zhigongtang is very strong. This time, Miao Luo promised to take action and everyone was very happy. If not, as long as you can come back for four or five hundred, the railway construction will be much smoother. Rui Yao was in a bad mood. Seeing that Miao Luo was becoming more and more important in Yang Qiu's heart, she felt a little sore. Thinking about the fact that he had only one gang that he didn't like, he felt uncomfortable. When he saw that no one was paying attention, Yang Qiu was so sad that he quietly left the room.

Miao Luo was careful and found a reason to chase after her when she left.

Yang Qiu didn't pay attention to the expressions of the two women and was still outlining the future of the three provinces. In the end, Zhan Tianyou saw that he could not convince him to give up his dream of railways, so he could only bite the bullet and agree to the construction. As for the funds, he could only pray secretly that he would not cut it off.

When the future begins to take shape little by little, the dispute between Hanyeping reached its peak. For Japan, Hanyeping is really too important. More than half of the iron sand in Hachiman iron every year depends on Daye, so even the famous twenty-one items in the parallel world stipulate that Hanyeping must be jointly organized by China and Japan! Similarly, Yang Qiu will never let go. Without Daye Iron Mine, the equipment of the American steel mill will be empty. Even if Pan Tianshu can find Dangtu County Iron Mine and establish a third steel mill (Hanyang, Chongqing and Dangtu) cannot replace Daye's status. Only the north seems to be a passerby this time, but in fact, Yuan Shikai also wants to include Hanyeping in his hands. Not to mention that just a few million profits per year can alleviate considerable financial pressure.

It would be a headache to think of these Tang Shaoyi sitting on the train. If Yuan Shikai hadn't spoken, he really wouldn't want to come to this muddy water. Seeing that the train was about to arrive at Dazhimen Station, how to solve Han Yeping's problem was still a fog.

With the end of the war, the entire Beijing-Hanzhou Line became lively after the entire line was restored. The faint hostile relationship between the three provinces and the north did not affect the enthusiasm of the merchants. The news of the development of the three provinces had already spread throughout the country. While foreigners were flocking to the crowd, domestic merchants also smelled the business opportunities. Every day, there were trains filled with goods coming from south to north and was very lively.

As soon as the train got off, Tang Shaoyi and Yang Du felt the difference. The coolies intertwined into long dragons, and the rickshaw drivers came and went, and the ox carts and horse carriages were flowing continuously. There were even a few cars passing through the pier. The masts were everywhere, and the Hanyang Iron Factory in the competition seemed to be unaffected and was still spitting out black smoke. Although the Qing Dynasty abdicated, the atmosphere of the city in the north had not changed much, and it was still a lifeless picture. The chaos in the south has not changed yet, but here... it has already made people feel the scent of spring. If it weren't for the fact that there was a fierce battle here half a year ago, maybe neither of them would have believed that this was Hankou.

Before the two brought the officials to the meeting, a shout came from the side.

"Brother Shaochuan!"

Tang Shaoyi turned his head, and three familiar faces made him stunned on the spot.

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