pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.inforeadx; Judging from the information that Chen Jingyun has received now, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched negotiations with several countries at the same time, among which the United States has the most favorable conditions and the largest appetite, and Dao Erqing has said to Chen Jingyun more than once that American companies have the ability to read the construction of the two railways

Now the United States is Chen Jingyun's home and financier, and it is also the only country among the great powers that supports Chen Jingyun, and based on two aid plans, the National Army under the leadership of Chen Jingyun has been closely connected with the United States, not only has a large number of arms from the United States, more industrial equipment and technical support also come from the United States, for example, the relationship between the National Army and the United States can be well illustrated, that is, the grace of the Southeast Iron and Steel Company: Chen Jingyun's largest subordinate with his son and concubine, The steel enterprises that have surpassed the Hanyang Iron Works in scale and output were built with the help of the United States, and almost all of them came from the United States, from the planning of the plant to the steelmaking equipment to the detailed steelmaking technology

Based on the close ties between the Nationalist Army and the United States, Chen Jingyun intended to bring the United States in from the beginning! But at the same time, he can't hand over all the railways to the United States, no matter when the word balance is very important, although Chen Jingyun is still relying on the support of the United States, but it does not mean that the United States is allowed to control China's industry and market, so Britain and Germany, and even the participation of the United States has become very necessary

After all kinds of considerations, Chen Jing quickly made a decision and quickly signed relevant contracts with various countries

First of all, it signed a contract with Germany to borrow money to build the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, and then signed a contract with the United States for the construction of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, so that the two railways were given to Germany and the United States respectively, and the British were naturally not satisfied, seeing that the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway and the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway could not be obtained, it was proposed to build the Nanjing-Hangzhou line, that is, to build the Nanjing-Hangzhou Line from Nanjing to the west, and then turn south to Xuancheng, and then to Huzhou, and finally arrive at the end point of Hangzhou

This plan was put forward temporarily, but due to the need to develop the Ma'anshan iron mine, Chen Jingyun originally planned to build a railway from Nanjing to Wuhu, mainly for iron ore transportation, of course, it can also drive the development of the local economy, but this section of the railway is less than 100 kilometers, and it is located in the plain, he originally planned to build it by himself

Now that Britain has put it forward, and has extended this section of the railway from Wuhu to Xuancheng, Huzhou, and Hangzhou in the south, it will become nearly 300 kilometers long, and in this way, it will also form a circular railway network with the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway and the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway. The construction of a dense circular railway network can promote economic development even more

However, Britain also proposed another extension plan, that is, from Xuancheng to the west, through Huangshan Jingdezhen to arrive in Yingtan, Jiangxi, and then with the planned Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway intersection rebirth of the concubine, but Chen Jingyun felt that the plan from Xuancheng to Yingtan and the planned Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway were suspected of duplicate construction, due to the difficulty of road section construction, and Xuancheng, Huangshan, Jingdezhen and even Yingtan are not important industrial areas, it is not cost-effective to invest in the construction of railways for these areas

Therefore, Chen Jingyun vetoed the extension plan from Xuancheng to Yingtan, and only approved the railway line plan from Nanjing to Hangzhou, but in order to operate the circular railway network in the Yangtze River Delta more efficiently, the railway department of the Ministry of Communications proposed to merge the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway Branch and the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway Bureau under the control of the British with the planned construction of the Nanjing-Hangzhou Railway, and redistribute shares for joint operation

The British did not object to this, and soon signed a contract with China for the construction of the Nanjing-Hangzhou Railway, and the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway Company and the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway Bureau and the Nanjing-Hangzhou Railway Bureau merged to form the Shanghai Railway Company to jointly operate the three sections of the railway

If only from the perspective of commercial interests, the British income is the fastest in a short period of time, because the construction of the Shanghai-Nanjing railway is in the plain terrain, there is no difficulty at most two or three years to be able to open to traffic, and because it is in the Yangtze River Delta, once the construction can be profitable soon, and the passenger traffic is also very large, you can meet the benefits are huge, although the Jiangxi Railway and the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway investment is often hundreds of millions, along the line of thousands of kilometers, but the expected profit is not as good as the Shanghai Railway Company

Even the "Ben has not fallen, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway and the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway are gone, and it is impossible to plan out another railway specifically for the Ben, but now there is a Nanxun Railway (Jiujiang to Nanchang)", this Nanxun Railway originally borrowed from the "Saying" himself, and now it has only been repaired to the Jiujiang to De'an section, so it is ready to continue to borrow from the "Ben" to repair to Nanchang

The railway tender in September can be said to have dealt with the great powers, and all kinds of other things have happened, but in any case, the railway contract has finally been negotiated!

However, the negotiated contract is also very different from the original contract! When the public learned that the republican axe was ready to directly absorb foreign capital into the railway company and deliver the right to operate it for decades, many newspapers scolded the republican axe's railway policy, and said that this plan was more harsh than the Luján railway loan back thenEven so, at that time, the Qing court was forced by domestic public opinion pressure to raise heavy funds to pay off the loan in advance and take back the right to operate

As a last resort, the Southern Republican Axe had to abandon this method! The traditional way of borrowing railway money was adopted, that is, the political axe came forward to borrow money, and paid interest, stipulated a repayment period of principal and interest ranging from several decades, and used the railway property as a guarantee, the project was contracted by a designated company, and after the construction was completed, 20% of the profit was given before the principal and interest were repaid, but the so-called agency was abolished

Agency is too sensitive, and as soon as you say it, you will be scolded as a traitor!

But people must also need to ensure that they invest so much money, so the agency is gone, and the railway department uses another term: regulatory power! That is, to supervise the operation and financial status of the railway

It didn't take long for the Shanghai Railway Company to be quietly established, and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway Company and the Guangdong-Hankou Railway Company were quietly established, and these Sino-foreign joint ventures soon started the preliminary work of railway construction

While Chen Jingyun was busy with the railway, other things did not stop waiting for him, especially the military operation in the country has been continuing

During the Hunan War, the Nationalist Army and the Gui Army had taken Hengyang and were extending to the north, while the Nationalist Army continued to fight fiercely with the Beiyang Army in Liling

In Anhui, the main force of the Second Army of the Nationalist Army had already launched a larger-scale offensive against Hefei in late September, the Ninth Division had already advanced the battle line to the core of Hefei, in the western part of the Chuzhou and Jiangbei fronts, and the First and Fourth Divisions of the Nationalist Army were engaged with the Tenth Division and the Second Mixed Brigade of the Beiyang Army

Fierce fighting broke out on these several fronts, so that both the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army suffered casualties on both sides, and the Eighth Division of the front line attacking Hefei lost 2,000 men after continuing to launch an offensive for half a month, and the Fifth Division, as a reserve, has invested a regiment to reinforce the Eighth Division, and Cao Kun in Hefei is not much better, and the troops suffered great casualties under the fierce fighting, especially the troops of the First Division of the Anhui Provincial Army, which suffered great casualties, and it was a small-scale collapse The Dark Emperor was bloodthirsty Read the full text

The first division of the Anhui Provincial Army is different from the third division of the second division of the Anhui Provincial Army, the third division of the second division of the Anhui Provincial Army is mainly the original Toucheng Anhui Army, but the first division of the Anhui Provincial Army is not, the predecessor is Ni Sichong's troops in the northern Anhui region, Ni Sichong led the army into northern Anhui during the Xinhai Revolution, and then was appointed by Yuan Shikai as the town guard of northern Anhui, and soon after the Beiyang Army attacked Anhui, Cao Kun's third division was reorganized into the local army in Anhui Province, and Ni Sichong's troops were also reorganized into the first division of the Anhui Provincial Army, Ni Sichong's troops can be regarded as a side branch of Beiyang, so although they were organized into a provincial army, they were much better than the other two divisions in Anhui Province in all aspects, and their combat effectiveness and weapons and equipment were also better

Although the First Division of the Anhui Provincial Army was not as strong as Cao Kun's Third Division, it was not weak, so when the First Division of the Anhui Provincial Army and the Third Division of the Beiyang Army fought together to hold Anhui, it caused great trouble to the Nationalist Army, otherwise the Eighth Division would not have suffered many casualties in a short period of time

However, although the Eighth Division suffered heavy casualties, the First Division of the Anhui Provincial Army in front of the Eighth Division was even more miserable, and the small 3,000 people were gone

The casualties of Ni Sichong's troops were not easy for Cao Kun's third division of the Beiyang lineage, they were facing the ninth division, the main force of the second army, although the third division integrated the fifth brigade at this time, and had a fierce general like Wu Peifu under the command of some local troops in Anhui Province that had been deployed before, and there were tens of thousands of troops in terms of troops, but in the face of the onslaught of the ninth division, Ren was still powerless, especially after the artillery force was slowly lost, it was even more difficult

Fighting so hard naturally makes many people have thoughts that they shouldn't have!

"Cao Gong, now we are fighting so hard in Hefei, but what is he Xu Shuzheng doing, he has been in Bengbu for so long, and I heard that he has no intention of going south to reinforce us at all!" Wu Peifu said to Cao Kun with a black line on his face, and scolded Xu Shuzheng in his mouth: "Isn't this person just relying on Chief Duan, let's go directly to the president, I'll see what he does!" ”

Cao Kun was also silent when he heard such words!