"Yes, Your Majesty!"

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Guo Ye looked at Zhang Chunping and replied: "Chunping, I originally planned to let you rest for a while, but you don't have a chance, the construction of the empire's railway is imminent, I have asked you to prepare a railway plan for three years, it's time for you to show your skills!" ”

Zhang Chunping's heart sank, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you want to build a large-scale railway?" This requires a lot of silver, the empire is just starting to be built, and there are all kinds of waste waiting to be built, but I'm afraid we won't be able to come up with so much money......"

Guo Ye said with a smile: "Money matters, don't worry about you, what I want now is a huge, meticulous, in line with the national strategy of the railway plan, next month, in Beijing, we will launch a public tender to Western countries, invite Western banks and road construction companies to come in to invest, before that, we must complete the entire railway construction plan!" Now that the Ministry of Public Transport has been formed, we are waiting for you, the Chief of the Ministry of Public Transport, to take office! ”

Zhang Chunping's face turned red!

Chief of Public Transport! This is an equal existence with the Chief of the War Department, and His Majesty's trust and fancy for himself even surpasses that of Gao Qi and Yan Chunyu!

"Your Majesty......"

Zhang Chunping said excitedly.

Guo Ye waved his hand and replied: "If you don't let you rest, I also need to give you a day or two to catch your breath......

"Your Majesty, serve you, do your best for the country, Chunping will never give up, today the banquet is over, I will start immediately!"

Guo Ye nodded and said, "Okay, come, let's eat!" Everyone, raise a glass together and celebrate Qimou and Chunping! ”

"Your Majesty, my railway preparation plan was handed over to you long before I went to Mongolia, although it has not yet been completed, but it is already nearing the end, in fact, it means to let you point out again......

After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Chunping said.

Guo Ye smiled: "Well, I've read this plan carefully, but I still want to hear if you have anything to revise......

Zhang Chunping pondered for a moment and replied: "If you want to amend, it is that I don't think much about the border, and I have never been to the border, this trip to Mongolia, I have a great touch, you told me before, the British covet our southwest, especially the Tibetan * region, the French have been watching our Liangguang for a long time, but I am very dull, I have not seen through, and now I have found that these robbers are watching our land is real, not only the southwest and southeast borders, together with our north, The whole north is under the threat of Tsarist Russia, Huijiang, Mongolia, and the Outer Khingan Mountains, and now that Tsarist Russia is eyeing us, we can't help but be careful, so I think we should add three more railways on top of my plan! ”

"Which three?"

Guo Ye asked.

"The first is a direct railway from Henan to Xinjiang, passing through Shaanxi and Gansu on the way to the hinterland of Xinjiang; the second, the railway from Datong to Ulaanbaatar, runs through the entire Mongolian plateau; the third is the railway from the capital to Mohe; Once the construction of our three railways is completed, it will be a great achievement, Your Majesty, in the event of a rebellion on the frontier, or an invasion by a foreign enemy, our army will be able to reach all corners of the empire along the main railway line within ten days, and destroy it in the bud before the turmoil arises! ”

"Chief Zhang, I am afraid that no one can compare to you except Your Majesty, but have you ever thought about it? The three railways you are talking about, with a total mileage of nearly 10,000 kilometers, and the places they pass through are either deserts, or Gobi, or endless grasslands, and even ice fields. Where are you going to get so much silver? ”

Rong Hong, the Minister of Finance on the side, was about to cry, specially, I used to think that His Majesty was a dreamer, a madman, but now there is one more, if it is said that the railway is built in the mainland, it is possible to earn it back in the future, then if these three railways are built, it is purely to throw money into it, and there is no repercussion when you throw it in! Not to mention the Chinese Empire, even England, it is difficult to prepare such a costly, costly, costly, and money-consuming project......

Forehead......

Zhang Chunping's face turned red, and he said with a smile: "Brother Chunfu, this, this matter of money and food, I am anxious, but I haven't accounted for it, you have no medicine, didn't Your Majesty say it just now?" Let me not think about money and food, that's what I said......"

Under Rong Hong's complaints, Zhang Chunping is really empty-hearted, tens of thousands of taels of silver, where to go to exchange it?

"Chunping, don't talk about it, this is a must!"

Guo Ye's eyes were blazing, and he exclaimed: "A few days ago, I just talked to Bochen and Shuyun about this plan, but I didn't expect you to put it forward directly today, the so-called heroes see the same thing, that's what you said, what Chunfu said is not bad, the cost of building these three railways is really not less than 10,000 taels of silver, and after the construction of these railways, because most of them are remote and desolate, it is difficult to recover the investment, but we can't stop doing it because they don't make money, or the consumption is too large, Chunping said well, Once it is built, we will no longer have to worry about the invasion of the north for the next hundred years, and these three railways will give us a strong military mobilization capability! Think about it, once there is something to do back to Xinjiang, we will mobilize troops from the capital and go to Huijiang, which is no less than 6,000 miles away, even if we march all the way to the hinterland of Huijiang, it will take at least three months, and if you count the time to rest halfway, I am afraid that it will take four months or even longer! In war, time is money, more precious than gold! Chunfu, think about it, how much food will we spend on an army of 100,000 troops from the capital to Urumqi in five months? ”

Forehead......

An army of 100,000 people, five months, eating and drinking all the way, people eating and horses feeding, plus military salaries, even if a person has five taels of silver a month, it is a huge amount of two hundred and fifty taels!

Of course, Rong Hong is not familiar with military affairs, so he naturally doesn't know how much money can be spent on this labor expedition, but Guo Ye is clear, when Zuo Zongtang went to the west, Hu Xueyan successively helped Zuo Zongtang borrow more than 18 million taels of silver from foreign banks! This is not counting the military salaries raised by the provinces, and as you can imagine, the cost is huge.

If the railway from the east to the hinterland of Huijiang is built, it will be beneficial and harmless in many economic, political, military and other aspects!

(To be continued.) )