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The auditorium of the Ministry of Public Transport was full of envoys from various countries and business elites brought by them.

"Envoys, gentlemen, come and see, this is the railway plan formulated by our Chinese Empire, in the next ten years, the Chinese Empire will complete 50,000 kilometers of railway mileage, such a huge railway construction plan, I am afraid that it is incomparable to all countries, just investment, it will cost more than 500 million taels of silver! Such a large amount of investment can not be covered by the talent of the Chinese Empire alone, nor can it be borne by the private investment of the Chinese Empire. ”

Zhang Chunpingcao, the chief of the Ministry of Public Transportation, said fluently in English here, don't look at Zhang Chunping who has never stayed abroad, but when Guo Ye met him, this guy was teaching himself English, and in the past few years, he has been learning spoken English with the Americans in Shandong, and the level of English is definitely not covered.

"Mr. Chief, we now want to know how your country wants to cooperate with our countries or investors, such a big project, of course we are willing to participate, there is money to be made, who doesn't want to?"

Fetley asked.

Zhang Chunping smiled and nodded to Fitley, and replied: "The first way of cooperation is loans, the Huaxia Empire wants to raise loans from banks in various countries for the construction of railways, and repay them as collateral for future railway revenues, according to my estimates, in the next ten years, we hope to be able to get a loan of 140 million taels of silver, that is, 20 million pounds!" In the next 20 years, we hope to be able to get a loan of 50 million pounds to build the railway, which means that in the next 10 years, we want to be able to get a loan of 30 million pounds......"

Hiss......

Everyone gasped, what a big appetite, a loan of 20 million pounds! This is an astronomical amount, and in today's world, counting all countries, there are few countries with revenues of more than 20 million pounds, which is only a handful! What's more, there will be a loan of 30 million pounds in the next ten years? That's 50 million pounds! Can the current Republic of China afford it?

"Mr. Chief, can you afford such a large loan? Don't say that your country, even if it is placed on our French Empire, it is a huge pressure! ”

Jasus, executive manager of the French Imperial Bank, said in a deep voice.

Zhang Chunping replied: "Mr. Yasus, why can't you afford it? Even if we have borrowed all the 50 million pounds now, and if we pay it off in 40 years, the principal and interest will only be 2 million pounds a year, you know, our country's fiscal revenue has reached 90 million taels of silver, and in the next 10 or even 20 years, it will maintain a growth rate of 10 percent, and in 20 years, our finances can reach 400 million taels or even 500 million taels of silver every year, or about 70 million pounds, and the loan of more than 2 million pounds will not put too much pressure on us......

Maintain a 10% growth rate for 20 years!

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! No country can guarantee such a high growth rate for such a long time! ”

Yassos shouted.

Zhang Chunping smiled proudly and replied: "Mr. Yasus, three years ago, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still in power, the financial revenue of the whole of China was only 40 million taels of silver a year, and who could have imagined that in just three years, our financial revenue has exceeded 90 million taels?" You must know that the entire Chinese Empire has a population of 40,000, even if the per capita production value of the Chinese Empire reaches one-tenth of that of the British Empire, then it can exceed the current financial income of the British Empire in a year, what is impossible? ”

Forehead......

Yasus's expression froze, indeed, China is definitely the only country in the world that cannot be speculated by common sense, because his population is too huge, even if Britain and France plus the colonies in the hands of the two countries, all the populations together may not be as large as the population of China! The number is too huge, once the potential of this country bursts out, so that the per capita production value of the whole country is in line with Britain and France, then not to mention Britain and France, even the whole of Europe may not be able to catch up with China!

"Mr. Chief, hehe, they French can't trust the Chinese Empire, we Americans can trust it, I, John Pierpont Morgan, can trust it, as long as my Morgan Bank can get money, then I will definitely provide loans to your country!"

The big boss of the Morgan Bank in the United States, Morgan stood up and said with a smile.

In fact, it is not that Morgan has confidence in the Chinese, but that Morgan has confidence in His Majesty the Emperor, who once turned the American gold market upside down, such a genius businessman is in charge of a huge empire, and what reason is there not to believe that the Chinese Empire will not be able to pay back? If he really can't afford to pay it back, Guo Ye will definitely not open his mouth to borrow, and the future debt repayment pressure is enough for a country to go bankrupt completely!

"Mr. Morgan, when did I not believe it!"

Yasus almost died of anger, but at this time, he resolutely couldn't offend the high-level of the Huaxia Empire, and he still wanted to make a windfall, "I just hope that Mr. Chief can give me peace of mind, is your Morgan Bank very strong?" Is it richer than our Imperial Bank of France? ”

"Okay, Mr. Yassous, I think I'm not so stingy as to turn you away because of your doubts, just now I just said the first way of cooperation, we also have a second way of cooperation, that is, we will take out a considerable part of the railway, to the road construction companies in various countries for bidding, by the road construction company confidently raise funds, put into construction, after the completion of the future railway, the right to operate belongs to the construction road company, the right to operate between 30 and 50 years, during which all the income of the railway operation belongs to the road construction company, the deadline is up, the railways were nationalized. ”

"This ......"

The managers of the road construction company next to them looked embarrassed, everyone knows that the investment in building a railway is huge, and the cycle is very long, a railway of thousands of kilometers, it may take several years to be able to build it, as for the recovery of costs, it is not something that can be completed in a short time, and the Chinese Empire only gives 30 to 15 years of operation, so the benefits are very limited......

"Mr. Chief, this condition is harsh, isn't it? Looking around the West, no country would give such a condition, in the United States, no matter which investor invests in the construction of a railroad, it is necessary to have the right to operate the railroad in perpetuity, unless they are willing to sell this right! ”

(To be continued.) )