"You liars!"

"You're liars! You're still executioners! ”

"At least you are heretics who do not believe in God!"

"Shit! Our faith is free, and there are many, many of God's people in the Empire! ”

The London Peace Conference was noisy at the beginning, and after a while, it was still noisy, and everyone was just talking back and forth anyway.

It should be said that the current situation is that the American Empire is in a position of superiority at the beginning of the conference, because the United States of America has done too much, and the French Empire is hateful.

These were all thoughts of Clarendon IV, and of course, he was not a naïve man, and he knew that the interests of the British Empire had suffered, so although the American Empire had produced a lot of evidence, and it was strong, it was still somewhat downplayed.

To put it bluntly, everyone is here to seek profit, not to judge 'fairness'!

Is it fair, save zài?

Then the peace conference will move on to other topics, such as the dispute between Britain and the American Empire, and the dispute between France and the Qing Dynasty.

Well, in fact, the previous problem has not been solved, but the rest of the things must not be said, right?

It's really a bit of a headache, so let's just rest and rest, have a meeting, and combine work and rest.

As a result, the London Peace Conference entered a recess period, and these diplomats, everyone could take a break.

However, officials, lords, and nobles can rest, but some people know that their opportunity has come.

Leland. Stanford. It's interesting to be who you are now. He is now a representative of the merchant community of the American Empire. First Chairman, he led a merchant group of the Empire to Great Britain, and it was clear that this guy had come to negotiate business.

But what kind of business is Stanford going to talk about?

This has to start before Stanford came to the UK......

"Your Majesty, we're in a big problem now!"

"What's the problem?"

When he was in San Francisco, Stanford took the initiative to find Li Mengyang, and what he wanted to say was......

"陛xià. I'll tell you straight, and I won't hide it, that is, the current railway is not profitable! ”

"Huh?"

That's right, that's the thing, the railway doesn't make money, so this thing......

Of course Li Mengyang knew, he actually saw early on that building a railroad in California, which is now the California province of the American Empire, is definitely a money-losing job. That's why he outsourced the railroad. Let someone like Stanford do it!

So why not make money? Can't others see that the money on this railway is not easy to make?

It should be said that the most important thing about not making money is the special geographical situation of California!

First of all, let's look at the original situation in California, which is that there are two main big cities, one is San Francisco and the other is Sacramento.

And these two cities are very close to each other, and they can be said to be like a pair of good friends.

Generally speaking, the city is actually suitable for the development of railways.

Yes, just these two cities, the commercial circulation between each other, must be connected to the guò railway, after the railway is built, it will definitely be used frequently, that is, it must be profitable!

But there's a problem here, and the key to why this money is not easy to make, and that is that the San Francisco-Sacramento railroad is so fucking easy!

Yes, it's because it's so easy and it can be built very simply, so what will happen if the market for this railway is opened?

How simple it is, it must be a lot of repeated construction, it must be a lot of railways, and the big construction is fast!

Everyone can see that this is profitable, so naturally they will come in a swarm, what else is there to say? But as soon as there are more railways, the competition will be fierce, so how can the fares be high?

That's why it's not profitable, and in fact, there are a number of other reasons.

For example, in California now, there is also an emerging city that is also developing very well, that is, Los Angeles, which is good to die, Los Angeles is just by the sea, and she can develop shipping!

And there is another city that is about to rise, that is, San Diego, south of Los Angeles, San Diego recently discovered a huge iron mine, where the second steel plant of the empire has broken ground!

That's a good thing, but San Diego is also a seaport......

Therefore, it is a tragedy to build a railway, this year is obviously that sea transportation has a great advantage, fast and cheap, how high is the cost of the railway?

However, we can't help but build it, because there is nothing else to build.

There are only a few cities in California, you see, San Francisco and Sacramento, you have already built one in Stanford, right? Then you can't build a second one at Stanford!

Isn't that just competing with yourself?

No matter how stupid you are, you can't do that, then you have to invest in other railways, so ...... Can't you just not invest?

No, Li Mengyang knows very well that when the investment starts, she can't stop, because if she stops, it is equivalent to losing money, which is equivalent to failure, and if she continues to invest, then it is possible to make money, and capital is profit-seeking.

Therefore, it is inevitable to build other railways, so it will be even less profitable!

For example, Stanford said before, he wants to fence off Baja California, yes, this plan is very good, but there are so few people in that kind of place, what is the luck?

But there is no end to it, and then didn't the empire take Mexico?

It's good to die, it seems that the development of maritime transportation on the Mexican side is more promising, but however, we can still repair it, go to Mexico to build a railway!

But despite this, I repaired a lot, but I really didn't see much money.

So what to do?

Stanford came up with an even bolder plan, one that had been haunting him, and it was a ......

"Your Majesty, I have an idea, and this idea can reverse the loss of our railway company. I believe that Your Majesty is merciful, and you will not see our railroad company go out of business. "Stanford refers to the railroad company as 'our' here, but the reason is very simple, that is, the Imperial Bank has lent a lot, so there is nothing wrong with saying that.

This is also the famous remark of later generations, it is the uncle who owes money?

Li Mengyang didn't sum it up so much, "Okay, what plan do you have, just say it." ”

"That's good......" Although it was said well, Stanford was still very hesitant at that time, but it didn't matter, this was a big matter of life and death, and I only heard Stanford make up his mind and say: "Your Majesty!" I think we should build a railroad across the United States! ”

"Transamerican?" Hearing this, Li Mengyang wanted to laugh, but he still held back.

Yes, this is the Central Railway!

Later Jules. Verne gave a very high evaluation of this railway, which is definitely a rare major project in human history, and Li Mengyang remembers very clearly that our Chinese workers have shed a lot of blood and sweat on this railway, and even paid for their lives!

So, is it finally time to start working on this big railway?

But......

"Mr. Stanford, let's put it that way." Li Mengyang smiled and said: "As the emperor of the empire, you know, I have always advocated democracy and freedom, so I have no problem here, I can even give you more preferential loans, of course, you must do a good job in the protection of labor, and equal pay for equal work...... But what about the American side? ”

Yes, the biggest problem here is the United States of America!

However, in Stanford's eyes, he felt that the most difficult thing to deal with was the emperor in front of him, and now, His Majesty the Emperor has agreed and supported, so what else to consider?

"陛xià! Believe me, I will definitely convince the Americans! ”

Oh yes, so Stanford came to England with a team of diplomatic envoys, and even before he came, he resigned from all his government positions in the American Empire, because he used to be like a red-capped businessman, and now, he wants to clean up his net worth, because he also knows what those people in the United States of America are like.

And now, Stanford, who is in a relaxed body, is naturally here to do lobbying work, and the object cannot be someone else, it is the US Secretary of State Schward.

The London Peace Conference was temporarily adjourned, and before that, Stanford had also contacted Sword's assistants, so now the meeting between the two is ......

"Oh, Mr. Szckelly, I know your mood very well now, but the situation has changed a lot, the matter of the American Empire has not been resolved, and now the war between our United States and the Union States continues, it is really difficult for me to ......"

"Mr. Sword, I'm here with a heavy mission, trust me, if you think the price is high, you can ...... it a little more."

This is......

As Stanford waited to see Sword, he heard two people talking in Ward's office, apparently one of them was Sword, and the other was Snowley.

"Oh, it's Leland. Mr. Stanford? Luckily, though, it didn't take long for Sward to end his conversation with the Szczeli.

"It's me, Mr. Secretary, that you're really busy." Stanford didn't pay much attention to that Szczeli, because he didn't come here to know anyone, he was here for his Central Railway.

However, some people have noticed, and that person is Levi. Strauss!

Yes, Strauss is also one of the representatives of the Imperial Merchant Group, and if he came to sell pants, he would naturally come to Sward, but he was a foil, and now that he found that Szechos, he thought this person was very interesting, so Strauss simply did it.

Keep up! (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you! Thank! I don't have much to say about the black car, thank you very much!