Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 301 Railway
Li Shimin really wanted to support Qin Xiedao.

But it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Although Datang's tax revenue has grown rapidly for several consecutive years, 2000 million yuan is still too exaggerated.

"Lack of money is a very real problem. Even if the railway is really that good, there is no way around it."

Fang Xuanling knew Li Shimin very well, and immediately helped Li Shimin express what was in his heart.

"This is actually very easy to solve. I have at least three options to solve this problem."

As soon as Qin Xiedao said this, Changsun Wuji's face turned dark.

He raised the question of not having enough money, but as soon as he turned around, Qin Xiedao said that I had at least three solutions.

What does it mean?
This is slapping yourself in the face.

The point is that for a while, he still doesn't know how to refute.

"Oh? Marquis Zhenbei has so many ideas, so why don't you say them so that everyone can learn more?"

Changsun Wuji said very displeased.

"If there is really a solution to the construction cost problem and the benefits of the railway can be proved, I can consider agreeing to your proposal."

Li Shimin also expressed his opinion.

"Option [-] is to contract this railway to Datang Construction Engineering, and Datang Construction Engineering will be responsible for the construction. All expenses will be paid by Datang Construction Engineering. The imperial court only needs to be responsible for the land acquisition along the way.

After the railway is completed and started, the operation rights within 30 years will be handed over to Datang Construction Engineering. After 30 years, the railway will be transferred to the Ministry of Household Management for free. "

Qin Xiedao's first plan is obviously the most commonly adopted plan when later generations build expressways.

Although every time I get on the expressway, I feel unhappy when paying the toll. I feel that the investors of these expressways are too dark.

But objectively speaking, the construction of expressways has made a great contribution to improving China's infrastructure and promoting economic development.

They are not here for charity, so there must be a fee.

"This plan sounds very good. What are Zhenbeihou's second and third plans?"

Dai Zhou, who was on the side, heard that he could own a railway in 30 years without spending a penny from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Naturally, his interest greatly increased.

"The second plan is to set up a Datang Railway Co., Ltd. to raise funds for the entire Chang'an City.

All officials and businessmen can participate in this fundraising.

We can divide the shares of Datang Railway into 2000 million shares, each of which is consistent money. As long as we sell 2000 million shares, we can raise 2000 million yuan. "

Qin Xiedao's plan was essentially similar to the first one, and Dai Zhou and others were not particularly satisfied after hearing it.

Fortunately, Qin Xiedao has a third plan.

"Of course, if the imperial court doesn't want to choose either of these two options, it's not that there are other ways.

Now the operation of Datang Royal Bank has entered the right track, whether it is Luoyang, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Liangzhou, Xiangzhou and other places, there are already semicolons.

The amount of money that can be mobilized every day has also reached a new height.

If the Ministry of Households wants to own the railway and cannot afford so much money, it can actually borrow 2000 million Guan from Datang Royal Bank and pay it off in 20 or 30 years.

In this way, the principal and interest expenses that need to be paid each year are not very much. "

As soon as Qin Xiedao proposed this plan, the eyes of Li Shimin, Dai Zhou and others lit up.

Although Dai Zhou murmured just now that he couldn't get 200 million coins.

But if the value of the railway is really that high, the Ministry of Households can still get 200 million per year.

After all, the tax increase of [-] to [-]% every year is not covered.

"The household department of the dignified imperial court also needs to borrow money from a bank. How can it save the imperial court's face?"

Changsun Wuji saw that everyone seemed to be moved, and jumped out to stop them again.

The relationship between the eldest grandson's family and the Qin family is very bad. How could he be willing to see Qin Xiedao succeed?

"Elder Sun Sikong, is the growth of the Tang's national strength more important, the economic development of the Tang Dynasty is more important, the convenience of life for the people of the Tang Dynasty is more important, or the illusory face you talk about is more important?"

Although Changsun Wuji is deeply trusted by Li Shimin, he is also the elder brother of Empress Changsun.

But Qin Xiedao didn't feel any pressure on him.

Others are afraid of Changsun Wuji, but he is not.

"This Datang Royal Bank is originally controlled by His Majesty and the Ministry of Household Affairs. It doesn't matter whether the Ministry of Household Affairs borrows money from it or not."

As Shangshu Zuo Pushe, Fang Xuanling supported everything that was beneficial to the development of Datang.

Even if he knew that talking like this would make Changsun Wuji unhappy, he didn't care so much.

It's not your eldest grandson Wuji who has the final say in the entire court.

"After the sample of your steam locomotive is finished, I will go and have a look. If it is really as good as you said, then it is not impossible to borrow money from Datang Royal Bank to build roads."

Li Shimin didn't want to see Qin Xiedao and Changsun Wuji continue to quarrel, so he made a decisive decision.

"This is very simple. If His Majesty is interested, you can go over and take a look in a while, and feel the power of a train on the experimental track."

……

Datang is going to build a railway from Chang'an City to Luoyang.

Along with the howling cold wind, this news made the entire business district of Chang'an City lively.

After Qin Xiedao took Li Shimin and the others to experience the charm of steam locomotives, Li Shimin agreed to the construction of the railway without any resistance at all.

Moreover, he made a more radical request to start surveying the railway from Chang'an City to Liangzhou at the same time.

This is exactly in line with Qin Xiedao's wishes.

Once these two railways are successfully built, Datang will have rich experience in railway construction and can rapidly expand the scale of railway construction in just a few years.

"Master Zuo, as long as you nod your head, the ten thousand coins will be yours!"

Wang Changtu came to Zuo's blacksmith shop with a stack of bank notes.

Datang is going to build a railway, which means that Datang's demand for steel will enter an unprecedented level of exaggeration.

At the same time, the construction of railways requires the use of various iron tools, and this demand is absolutely huge.

Keenly aware of the merchants among them, Wang Changtu waved the banknotes immediately, looking for a suitable blacksmith shop to buy them.

In the past few years, under the pressure of the Qin family's iron-making workshop, no decent iron-making workshop can survive.

But some iron shops are still alive.

After all, Qin Xiedao did not prevent his own iron-making workshop from selling refined steel to these blacksmiths.

"Treasurer Wang, this shop was passed down from my ancestors, and it took hundreds of years of development to get to the scale it is today.

I really didn't think about selling it. "

"Eleven thousand strings!"

"No, it's not about money!"

"Twelve thousand guan!"

"I really……"

"Fifteen thousand, that's the most I can come up with!"

"Then... since you are so sincere, let me sell it to you."

(End of this chapter)