Chapter 432 What is real behind-the-scenes operation!
Chapter 432 What is the real behind-the-scenes operation!
Author: The best is like no water
Chapter 432 What is the real behind-the-scenes operation!
The lingering sound lingers in the air, and the emperor personally praises it.
This song is undoubtedly recognized by the memory of Daming Palace.
There was a lack of cultural and leisure activities in the Tang Dynasty, and the people were not yet enlightened and could not promote their network presence, so even if Messi arrived here, he could only farm the land and move bricks.
Even if your talent is earth-shattering, if you don’t have the opportunity to learn and cultivate it, or the channels to show it, it’s useless.
The memory of the Daming Palace is an excellent piece of music, and it also has the opportunity to be played to everyone in the Hanyuan Hall, and it was even written into the daily notes by historians.
This piece of music is destined to become as famous as King Qin's formation-breaking music in this world.
As the movement ended, the atmosphere in Hanyuan Hall reached its peak.
When Li Er raised the wine glass, everyone stood up and drank the glass heartily!
The wine was drunk, the food was eaten, the dancing was performed, and the music was listened to.
Next, it’s time to get down to business.
"My dear friends."
Li Er, who returned to the dragon chair, raised his hand and shook off his sleeves, and glanced at the more than a thousand people in the Hanyuan Hall. "The Tang Dynasty has an important military weapon, and it is the railway!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone nodded in approval.
As long as you are not a charlatan, you will know the terrifying significance and capabilities of railways.
"I don't need to say more about the wonderful functions of the railway." Li Er, with a smile on his face, smiled at Empress Changsun next to him, "Everyone who has sat on it said yes."
"Hahahaha~~~"
There was no surprise at all. Everyone in Hanyuan Hall was very cooperative and laughed.
After some harmony between the emperor and his ministers, Li Er finally brought the topic to the main topic under the eyes of many people who were waiting impatiently.
"You all know that building railways is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. Unfortunately, building railways costs a lot of money, and the imperial court does not have that much money to continue promoting it."
Having said this, Li Er glanced at the young people from wealthy families who were eager to try. "After discussing with all the ministers, we decided to open up several railway lines and build them with private funds. Once completed, it will be available for twenty years."
Franchise."
The term "management rights" was first proposed by Li Yunze.
With the rapid profitability of Changsheng Railway, the word spread very quickly.
As for what Li Er said about the construction of railways being financed by the private sector, it is naturally impossible for the private sector to be talking about the common people.
To build a railway, even if it is just one mile, it often costs thousands of dollars. The common people can't afford it even if they sell iron. Moreover, in the Tang Dynasty in this era, there are actually many ordinary people who can't even afford to buy pot, let alone sell iron.
Already.
The so-called civilians who can afford it are actually only aristocratic families that have been inherited and accumulated for many years, and the emerging military aristocratic group.
After telling the general story, Li Er picked up the wine bowl.
The next work is Du Ruhui's.
Originally, Fang Xuanling should have done this job, but Fang Xuanling went to the salt yard of Jiangdu Shipyard to do other things.
As for Changsun Wuji, because the Changsun family also joined the consortium organized by the nobles, Du Ruhui was ultimately in charge.
"This time the imperial court intends to build two railways from Chang'an City to Lanzhou and from Chang'an City to Weizhou. After completion, except for the transportation of troops by the imperial court, all operating expenses will be arranged by the contractor."
Du Ruhui took a breath and then said, "Since the investment is too large and Tong Xian Family cannot afford it, you can form your own groups to participate."
This is nonsense. The relevant news has been revealed long ago, and the formation of a group by all parties has been decided long ago. Now, they are here to fight for it.
The railway from Chang'an City to Lanzhou can actually be called the first phase of the Western Region Railway Plan.
It can even be said that it is built along the Silk Road.
People from aristocratic families are not stupid, in fact they are smarter than most people in the world.
In fact, they knew very well that Chang'an City to Lanzhou was directly parallel to the Silk Road, and the imperial court would obviously vigorously develop the Western Regions, so this route would definitely make a lot of money.
As for the route from Chang'an City to Weizhou, although it passes through the treasure-rich Shu region, it is still slightly inferior to the route to Lanzhou.
Its biggest attraction is the lowest price offered by the imperial court, which is much cheaper than the route to Lanzhou.
The imperial court's guaranteed price for the line from Chang'an City to Lanzhou was 5,000 guan per mile.
However, the guaranteed price offered for the line from Chang'an City to Weizhou is 3,000 guan per mile.
The difference in cost is huge.
As for why the cost of construction in Victoria is actually lower than that in Lanzhou, this is of course a trap set by Li Yunze for those wealthy families.
There are many smart people in the family, but no matter how smart they are, they don't know the specific cost of railways under different terrain and climate conditions.
It can be said that no one knows about the entire Tang Dynasty except Li Yunze.
Li Er had asked about this matter before, and Li Yunze's response was, "First bring them in at a cheap price, and then after a period of repair, they will say that the investment is not enough, and then let them invest more. If they don't invest, before
All the money will be wasted. You don’t need to ask for too much at one time, but you can ask for it several times. These things can be written into the contract document, and it can be a little vague and leave a hole."
What is a profiteer? This is it.
However, the matter is not over yet. Li Yunze has to let everyone know that there is no blackest in this world, only darker.
As Du Ruhui announced the start of the bidding, Changsun Wuji, representing the military aristocracy group, and the head of the Cui family, representing the aristocratic family group, sealed their respective bids in envelopes and handed them to Du Ruhui.
That's right, this time the bidding method is used, and it is the easiest secret bidding method.
Du Ruhui handed the thing into Li Er's hands, and Li Er tore it open, watched it, and announced the final result.
After reading both sides' quotations for the two lines, Li Er smiled and said, "For the railway from Chang'an City to Lanzhou City, the Guandong Group's quotation is 6,660 guan per mile."
Most of the aristocratic families are from the Kanto area, so their consortium is simply called the Kanto Group.
After a pause, Li Er, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, then announced, "The Guanzhong Regiment's quotation is 6,666 guan per mile. The winner has been decided. The railway line from Chang'an City to Lanzhou City will be funded by the Guanzhong Regiment."
Build.”
The so-called Guanzhong Regiment is naturally composed of the emerging military nobles as the main body.
After hearing the results, everyone cheered and shouted with great excitement, which was in sharp contrast to the dejected representatives of the aristocratic families not far away.
The family members thought it was incredible that they were only six dollars short!
But if they could see the paper in Li's hands at this time, they would be shocked to see that the quotation figure on Guanzhong Tuan's paper is blank!
What is black? This is called black.
As the referee, Li Er personally exited the game. How could the family members play with others?
Instructing everyone to be calm and quiet for the time being, Li Er continued to announce the results of the journey from Chang'an City to Weizhou.
"For the railway from Chang'an City to Weizhou, the price quoted by the Guandong Group is 3,001 yuan per mile."
As soon as this statement came out, many people laughed out loud.
It was obvious that the real goal of the Kanto Regiment, composed of aristocratic families, was the route to Lanzhou, and even subsequent plans to the Western Regions had been arranged.
I just casually thought about this line to Victoria.
After all, the road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
It is really not an easy task to build a railway here. And in such a difficult place, the base price is so cheap, which is really doubtful.
Then they will soon understand what it means to not be the most shameless, only to be more shameless.
Li Er quickly continued to read out, "Guanzhong Tuan's quotation. No, they didn't make a quotation."
The entire Hanyuan Hall became noisy.
I really never expected that such an operation could exist!
He casually handed the two pieces of paper to his confidant's chamberlain, and the chamberlain sent them in and filled in the numbers to avoid any possible accidents.
"Congratulations to you all."
With a smile on his face, Li Yunze walked up to many members of the aristocratic families who were still in a daze and said, "This is a line flowing with gold. You are really picking up treasures."
This time the aristocratic families gathered together to act, led by Qi Wang of the fifth surname, and all the heads of the families who came were able to make decisions.
Soon the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang asked Li Yunze, "Please ask Uncle Lan Tian to clear up our doubts."
"Everyone, this line from Chang'an City to Weizhou takes Chencang (Baoji), Liangzhou (Hanzhong), Lizhou (Guangyuan), Mianzhou (Mianyang), Yizhou (Chengdu), Songzhou (Wenchuan)
,Victoria(Songpan.)”
Li Yunze clapped his hands and said sincerely, "Look and listen! This is the blessed land of the Tang Dynasty. If the railway is built, it will only be the people and goods between Shu and Guanzhong."
, it’s enough for you to earn money by resting on the gold and silver seas for twenty years!”
What he said was really not a lie, it was indeed the truth.
Before Kuoduan massacred Shu and killed tens of millions of people in Shu, Shu had always been a land of treasures and splendor.
It is originally a traffic problem, but once the traffic problem can be solved, it will certainly make a lot of money.
The only thing wrong was that Li Yunze didn't tell them that he wanted to build a railway to Shu, which would cost several times more than on the plains.
Their quotation of three thousand and one mile per mile means that they can repair it to Hanzhong even if they die.
In the future, they will continue to pay money one by one to repair the railway.
If you don't pay, it will be embarrassing. This railway line will be taken back by the imperial court, and it will have nothing to do with you from now on. Of course, the previous investment will be in vain.
Anyway, there is still a long time before the war with Tubo begins, so we can repair it slowly.
The reason why Li Yunze came forward to describe this is because in the entire Tang Dynasty, only the construction company under Li Yunze had the experience and various skills and equipment to build railways.
As for talking about others, not even the Tang Dynasty court had this ability.
Not to mention anything else, just an I-beam rail. No one in the entire Tang Dynasty could build it except Li Yunze!
Whether it is the Guanzhong Regiment or the Kwantung Regiment, all they can do is pay Li Yunze and ask him to build it.
When it comes to actual construction, no one can get involved.
As all parties signed the contract and the prime minister signed it, the emperor sealed it and announced it to the world.
Even if this thing is done.
If anyone wants to go back on his word, does it mean that the horizontal sword in the emperor's hand is unfavorable?