Chapter 130 The Beginning of the Great Railway Era

Chapter 130: The Beginning of the Great Railway Era

After seeing Master Liu off, Sun Yuanda relaxed his spirit and started sweating profusely in an instant!

Slowly walking back to the hall, it was full of people again.

Sun Yuanda sat on the chair tiredly, took a sip of herbal tea and said to everyone present: "Do you hear everything clearly?"

Yang Wenhu stood up first and bowed deeply to Sun Yuanda: "If Mr. Sun sends orders, Yang Wenhu will obey them all."

Feng Tong also stood up tremblingly and saluted Sun Yuanda: "Gong Sun is the first to have contributed to the preservation of Yangzhou's salt merchant industry!"

Sun Yuanda untied his Gebu Qingyi and twisted it casually. Everyone saw that sweat was squeezed out and splashed on the ground.

"The officials stationed in Yangzhou by Lantian are all elite, and the officials left in Yushan by Lantian are also sophisticated. As Chief Liu said, none of the official officials who came out of Yushan Academy are easy to deal with.

What they do seems to be wild and unconstrained, but it is very effective and has its own rules.

With a new dynasty, there will be new rules. This is almost certain. , but Lantian officials generally show disdain for money, which we have never encountered before.

It is said that officials from thousands of miles away are just for money, but this is not the case with these Lantian officials. /p>

It’s not that they don’t value money, it’s just that in their eyes, money is a tool to adjust the yin and yang of the world!

And this is the most terrifying thing for us merchants! .

When money becomes a tool...then many of the meanings attached to it no longer exist. It can be used to take risks, to consume, and even to sacrifice when necessary.

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In Yuanzhou, it has happened that Lantian officials spent a lot of money to save the lives of sixteen craftsmen.

Three thousand civilians were mobilized to dig day and night just to bury them underground. The sixteen craftsmen in the mine were rescued.

For these sixteen craftsmen, they did not hesitate to drill through the good mine next to the mine and let the water from the accident mine flow into the good mine. , flooding the mine alive.

This mine is worth three hundred thousand taels of silver.

In the end, they only rescued four people, and all the other twelve people. Killed.

They seemed to have spent more than 400,000 taels of silver, but with these 400,000 taels of silver, they bought the hearts of all the craftsmen in Yangzhou Prefecture and the common people.

Those craftsmen who died received a lot of compensation. Looking at the whole thing, the government and the people were the beneficiaries. The only ones who suffered were us... We lost money, we were warned, and finally we were fined.

From this item.It can be seen that Lantian officials are actually treating the people better than they treat us.

Fellow shopkeepers, this is an extremely dangerous warning sign. If we people cannot prove to the Lantian Imperial Court that we are still useful, then it won’t take long for our good days to be completely over. end.

This is why I spent one hundred thousand taels of silver and most of half a year doing nothing, not going anywhere, just staying in Lantian, hoping that these crops can help me put our thoughts into our hearts. Datian listened.

This is our only chance. Chief Liu is also the only intermediary among Lantian officials who can let us contact the imperial court, and his intermediary is quite mediocre.

As Master Liu himself said - it would be impossible for us to achieve the current results if we replaced an official from Yushan Academy.

God bless our lives should not be cut off!

It is absolutely appropriate to spend some money. ”

Yang Wenhu laughed and said: “We can’t compensate, we can’t compensate. If His Majesty can allow us to operate these railways, I can guarantee that within three years, we will be able to recover the money we invested.”

Even if His Majesty does not give us the operating rights, building a two-hundred-mile-long railway will definitely require a large amount of land. We can use this to find some industries for everyone here in the most central area of ​​​​Guanzhong. .

And Sun Gong told Master Liu that the suggestion to build several railway stations was a stroke of genius, which would allow us to easily acquire several important railway commercial ports.

Great, Yang will pay 800,000 taels for the cost of building the railway. If any shopkeeper is short of money and has insufficient money, Yang will be willing to pay 1 million. "

Feng Tong held Yang Wenhu's hand and said: "Shop Manager Yang, Qin merchants and Hui merchants have been fighting for many years. At this time, we are all sitting in the same boat. I believe that everyone should benefit equally."

There are hundreds of salt merchants here, and your family owns millions. How can you make the others miserable?

Everyone wants to take this opportunity to move to Lantian. This is related to your wealth and life, so don’t go too far..."

Yang Wenhu laughed and said: "Everyone, Aren’t we out of business? Since His Majesty has allowed us to build the railway from Yushan City to Fenghuang Mountain City and Chang'an, why can't we just make railway construction a new livelihood?

Shopkeeper Feng, let’s not fight for a mere profit on the 200-mile railway.

Think about it, what would you think if we built a railway from Chang'an to Luoyang? "

As soon as Yang Wenhu finished speaking, someone shouted again: "Luoyang to Kaifeng Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion to Yingtian Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion to Shuntian Mansion... Oh my God, as long as we start doing it, at least three to five The livelihood of the generation has been settled..."

Sun Yuanda unbuttoned his undershirt and shook a huge black lacquered folding fan to fan vigorously. At this moment, his whole body was burning and he felt that the fan was on fire. My heart was about to burst out of my throat with fire

"Railway's.It is impossible to give them the right to operate. "

Zhang Guozhu frowned deeply.

"I would rather invest in land than allow the railway to be controlled by a group of businessmen. ”

“Since they are willing to build railways, we can give them some benefits. However, after they get these benefits, they cannot just build some railways that can make money at first sight, some railways that are related to military affairs.” , they must also participate. ”

“If this doesn’t work, do you want to make these merchants become separated from the country? My opinion is that they are worthy of their money. As long as they do not lose money and make a little profit, the main force in building railways must be the state! "

"What nonsense are you talking about? Today's Ming Dynasty has just gained a little vitality. It is very inappropriate to empty out the national treasury. You can only use the money in the hands of these people to do big things.

Building a railway is a very large project. It consumes a lot of wood, steel, ballast and other materials. At the same time, it also requires a very large number of manpower.

Our Ming Dynasty is now in decline. It just needs such a big project to turn the money of the Ming Dynasty into living money. As long as the money flows into the hands of ordinary people, it will be a big deal for the officials everywhere. good news.

People in poor areas can earn rations and money by working on railway construction sites. As long as the railway continues to be built, a large group of people will always have work.

In turn, the consumption of such a large group of people on the construction site can provide great benefits to the people along the railway. Your Majesty, I think that while the needs of the people of Ming Dynasty are not high now, we should vigorously Build the railway..."

"Weichen also believes that building the railway at this time is a good thing. Yushan Academy has established a discipline specifically to solve railway problems, allowing these people to gradually mature in the process of building the railway. Get up and accumulate a lot of experience.

From now on, our railways will be built just like His Majesty once said. We must open roads over mountains and build bridges over water. I can guarantee that within twenty years, we will be able to cultivate a capable team. The railway team..."

Yun Zhao, Zhang Guozhu and officials from various ministries discussed the construction of the railway for a whole day in the big study room.

In the end, a result was reached - the construction of the railway Railway matters can rely on the power of salt merchants, but salt merchants can only invest in the form of money and receive 20% of the profit share of the railway.

At the same time, they can fully invest in the stations along the railway. , and obtain the right to operate shops at the station, and obtain the right to maintain the railway. These rights will be written into a formal document, and will be written into a formal text after being reviewed and voted by the Lantian Congress Committee.

The population of the Central Plains is severely depleted. It is necessary to bring those people who have hidden in the mountains and old forests back to live in the Central Plains. It is necessary to let those people whose means of production have been completely lost and destroyed leave their original hometowns and go to the fertile land of the Central Plains. Go on living.

Lantian officials are very suitable for such large-scale poverty alleviation and poverty relief. Doing so can easily improve the national power of the Ming Dynasty quickly. As for the piecemeal poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation matters, they need to be worked on slowly in the future.

After the other officials left, Yun Zhao and Zhang Guozhu were the only ones left in the room.

When Zhang Guozhu saw that Yun Zhao was looking at him with one eye closed, he said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Yun Zhao said with a smile: "When I look at silly pens, I usually look at them like this. I'm afraid that if I look at them with both eyes, I will be infected with silly pens!"

Zhang Guozhu said angrily: "What is a silly pen?"

Yun Zhaodao: "A stupid pen is a fool who shows the inside of the brush to others."

Zhang Guozhu sighed and said: "It was inserted by mistake. It should be inserted into the pen holder."< /p>

Yun Zhao said with a smile: "If you don't want to be such a fool, you'd better allow me to continue to get the telegram!"

Zhang Guozhu sneered: "Now, our army is invincible. Our officials are managing the place, and the whole Ming Dynasty is gradually freed from the disaster because of us.

The prosperous moment of the Ming Dynasty is coming, and we are already on the right path.

At this time, as the emperor, you would be foolish to go and get the telegram yourself!"