Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1208 Daqing Railway

Ma Xiaoling smugly sat down in a luxuriously decorated office. This is the office of the New Huaxia Railway Company in Xinlaibao. At present, there are only a few people including Ma Xiaoling—most of them are assistants. There are only three or four cadres in the Eight Classics, and Ma Xiaoling, who is in charge of the telegraph, is one of them.

After the invention of the telegraph, Ma Xiaoling, who had studied its working principle and sending and receiving mechanism, planned to devote herself to the telegraph business very early. It just so happened that the Xinhua Island under the administration of her father, Ma Wanpeng, finally started to build a cable that runs through the entire Daqing Basin after years of wrangling. The railway was established, so Ma Xiaoling was arranged to be in charge of the construction of the Xinlaibao Telegraph Station (integrated with the railway station)-now is the initial period of the New Huaxia Railway Company, and various personnel are promoted very quickly. When there are radishes in the pit, it is really necessary to start from the bottom step by step.

To be fair, Ma Xiaoling still has some abilities. For example, she is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch. She also got good grades when she graduated from Dongfang Middle School. Later, she systematically studied railways and cable telegraphy—especially the latter— — all kinds of knowledge, therefore, it is not an exaggeration to call it the word "talent".

Ma Wanpeng, the captain of the New China Pioneering Team, is still very concerned about the eldest son (Ma Xiaopeng) and the eldest daughter born to his real wife. Ma Xiaopeng, who originally ran a family business such as a vanilla plantation and a flavor factory in Beidao, has been sent back to China to work in politics. Being assigned to the New Huaxia Railway Company was a good start.

"Station Master, a batch of telegraph equipment ordered from the mainland has arrived at Mianhe Port, and I believe it will be transported to the north in the near future." The deputy station chief from the Bingtuanbao walked in hurriedly and said: "With this batch of equipment, Our telegraph station is finally in shape, and we no longer need to do air-to-air business training all day long like before."

Ma Xiaoling was also a little surprised when she heard the words, but she calmed down quickly and said: "Business training still needs to be done, and the business assessment of the women's telegraph class must also be carried out every week. It's the year of the monkey, and what's worse, the money may not be enough..."

Yes, the start-up capital of the New China Railway Company is nominally only 100 million yuan, not to mention that a considerable part of the funds has not yet arrived. At present, only the 20 yuan from the New China Development Team has been transferred to the account of the railway company. , 11 yuan from the Central Railway Company, 15 yuan from the Southern Railway Corporation, and 14 yuan from the public offering of shares, the total is only 60 yuan - this amount is for a planned length of 262 kilometers As far as the railway is concerned, it is simply a drop in the bucket, and the money will be gone if you use it here and there. Even if Ma Wanpeng is capable enough to hire a lot of slaves who can be squeezed desperately for construction, the money is far from enough.Fortunately, the local western forging plant, Ping'an Iron and Steel Plant, Tieling Special Steel Plant, and railway machinery processing plant have purchased a considerable amount of railway equipment on credit under the instruction of the Executive Committee to "maintain a stable overall situation", but this is only for Xinhua Railway The company's life is a little better, but there is still a big funding gap.

However, Ma Wanpeng also proposed a solution a while ago, that is, to increase the capital and share of the New China Railway Company. The New China Development Team government is willing to inject 100 million yuan into the company within three years to provide more sufficient funds for the construction of the Daqing Railway. Naturally, other shareholders of the company can also contribute capital in the same proportion to fulfill their obligations, but if they cannot contribute capital, sorry, the shareholding ratio of New China Development Team in Xintie Company will increase.

Don't think that the New China Pioneering Team can't afford the money. Although they will lose their vitality if they do this, they may not be able to squeeze out if they bite their teeth.In this largest overseas colony known as the "Pearl of the East Coast", after so many years of continuous conquest and development, logging, mining, shipbuilding, fishing and plantation economy have become popular, even though the New China pioneering team originally wanted to attract domestic capital. While developing the island, various tax rates were adjusted to be extremely low (some simply promised not to collect them at all within a few years), but they still provided the island government with a large number of tax sources. According to the data in 1658, the New China Development Team government only had tariffs and business taxes. 37.2 yuan was collected from taxation, consumption tax, etc., not to mention that there are still some local state-owned enterprises and state-owned plantations that can extract funds. In short, Xinhua Island is still quite rich.

Ma Wanpeng is currently using various methods to attract a bunch of trading companies registered in the local Dongfang Port, Luocha Port, Qingdao Port and other places to New China Island, because only in this way can the New China Development Team government divide Run to an annual export volume of more than 150 million yuan.You know, the income from taxes and fees is not small, and Ma Wanpeng is jealous!Of course, he also knows that this matter is a bit difficult. One is that the environment of Xinhua Island is a bit poor, and the other is that the local people are not too willing to see an overseas colonial government with strong financial strength. After all, this is a very taboo thing.

But in any case, the financial strength of the New China Pioneering Team government is still very strong, and this is why Ma Wanpeng dared to call out "one million in three years" to inject capital into the New Railway Company (although most of them need loans).However, the local officials and gentlemen are so easy to fool!They rejected Ma Wanpeng's proposal as a matter of course, and asked the other party to be a little more impetuous. Now that various local construction affairs are complicated and the funds are not very abundant, when they are relieved, they will naturally raise the issue of capital increase. Now It's not necessary at all.

This kind of reply naturally made Ma Wanpeng very angry, but there was nothing he could do. Who would let his arms not twist his thighs?So, together, they retreated to Xinhua Port to "play"-mainly to select brave and strong black slaves, and hold various sports games, such as real-life fighting, etc., which are quite good at playing.

As Ma Wanpeng's daughter, Ma Xiaoling was not ignorant of the bullshit of the Xinhua Railway Company, but there were many things she could do nothing about, most of the time she could only follow the trend.The two were chatting when they heard a loud noise outside the station. They hurriedly sent someone out to inquire, but they heard that the logistics staff of the New China Security Command came here to purchase various supplies and planned to transport them to the front line in the north.

By the way, Xiao Baitu has recently thought about launching an offensive to expel the forces of the Boyla Kingdom to the north. He is currently stationed in Qingyang Fort and is actively preparing supplies, selecting soldiers, and training soldiers. The soldiers went north and completely defeated Boyla Kingdom, one of the remaining forces of the Sakarava people.The poor Sakarava people just broke through Mahajanga, and not long after they have a peaceful life, they are likely to be attacked by the people on the east coast from both land and water directions. It is tragic enough to think about it-but the fate of the natives is also doomed. Well, if it weren't for the people on the east coast to deliberately release water repeatedly, how could it be possible for the two guys, Qi Mara Dongna and Qi Malong Garifer, to escape to the north so smoothly and capture a large amount of land to become the king of the mountain?The so-called pioneer of the king must have the consciousness to get to where it is today.

And after defeating the Boyla Kingdom (almost inevitable), the people on the east coast can not only obtain a large amount of gold and silver treasures and slaves, but also push the front line north to the line of Mahajanga, which has always been rich. The fragile belly-the main force of the country is currently fighting with other native tribes, trying to open a way of life to the east-will be exposed to the blades of the people on the east coast, and the future fate is uncertain.In short, the Sakaravas, a nomadic force rising like a comet, have been scattered in the long river of history within a few years-Xinhuaxia Island, after all, is still the exclusive land of the people on the east coast.

However, Xiao Baitu’s side is not without difficulties. The biggest difficulty is probably the lack of troops. Since the Xinhua Xia Infantry Battalion (the only regular infantry battalion in overseas colonies) began to open up land in the mountainous area south of Xinhua County, and wiped out Bezimi After the tribal forces such as the Sarakas and Tanoras, the Eight Banners of the islands in Qingyang and Beiping were transferred in large numbers (even a considerable part of the artillery and other technical arms were transferred), which made the offensive of the people on the east coast on the west coast It was immediately frustrated, and it was no longer the original sharp posture (of course, this is also related to strategic arrangements).

This time Xiao Baitu brought up the issue of going north to attack the Boyla Kingdom, which means that Ma Wanpeng has decided to temporarily suspend the offensive in the northern mountains, and shift the focus of the attack to the west coast. Long nights and many dreams.Moreover, this is also of great benefit to the development of Xinhua Island. You must know that the demand for all kinds of labor is naturally great in this island where the plantation economy is flourishing.And if you want to obtain labor, the most convenient way is to destroy the enemy country. Think about it, although the Boyla Kingdom has not been established for a long time and has been in a state of war, but 10 people (maybe there will be More than 15) still exist, after all, this area has developed economy and a large population since ancient times.

With this batch of 10 laborers, the development speed of Xinhua Island, which is equivalent to picking up a super big gift package, will be able to rise to a higher level.Although these slaves may not be used, although these slaves can only be used for seven years at most (after which they have to be sent to the North American Free State), although the hatred of these slaves may be serious, although Saif Sultan of the Muscat Sultanate There may be concerns (the country has a long history of trading with Mahajanga and is home to a very high number of Arabs and their descendants), but who cares? 10 people are 10 people. Even if this wealth is discounted, it is amazing. How many wild lands can be helped to open up the people on the east coast, and how many people on the east coast can be saved from dying!Fools don't want it!

(End of this chapter)