Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

I'm here to help you build the canal

Xiao Letian's idea was obviously not his, because the Kiel Canal was an important waterway within Germany in his previous life. It was built after the Franco-Prussian War.

The Baltic Sea was the Atlantic Ocean that extended into the inner sea of the northern continent of Europe. It was bordered by the Denmark in the west, Sweden in the northeast, Finland in the northeast, Russia in the Russian Federation, and Poland and Germany in the south.

Historically, the Baltic Sea and its coastal areas have long been a battleground between European feudal dynasty and imperialism. During the Cold War, the Baltic Sea became the frontline of the direct confrontation between NATO and Warsaw.

The Baltic Sea is a very closed sea between it and the Atlantic Ocean.

Silan, Lorraine, Bornholm, and other 480 large and small islands.

To reach the Atlantic from the Baltic, ships sometimes had to pass through seven or eight narrow and dangerous straits, which in wartime were extremely vulnerable to blockade.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the ever-expanding German Empire, in order to free its fleet from the above straits to and from the Baltic and Atlantic Ocean, transformed the Baltic Sea into its "inner sea," took eight years to carve out the Kiel Canal, a canal that ran across the Jutland Peninsula.

But the idea of building the canal was not what Prussia now dared to imagine. The Kiel Canal in history had cost a lot of resources, and it had taken them a whole eight years to completely excavate it! In those days when there were no mechanized equipment, such a canal project could only be carried out with basic manpower and animal power.

The thing that impressed Xiao Letian the most was the excavation process of the Suez Canal. The entire excavation process was built on the bones of the people in Egypt.

The English and French Development Corporation and their local garrison, the indigenous peoples who cruelly oppressed Egypt, opened the canal in almost the harshest of environments.

If Prussia wanted to build such a canal, of course they would not have the facilities needed to build a Suez. This was because they were building this canal on their own territory, and there was no foreign race that could squeeze them out.

They'll have to use their own country's laborers to build the canal, and that'll be a huge increase in the cost. You'll have to pay him well for every worker, and you'll also have basic welfare guarantees.

If the so-called German Empire did not appear, then in this context, Prussia's entire mind was focused on war. Their primary goal was to unify the entire Germany with war and defeat their arch-enemy, the France!

Under this kind of background, when Xiao Letian threw out Rykiel's plan, it was a very, very bold hypothesis. It was so bold that he didn't even dare to imagine that it was real, that he could actually finish the project.

Prime Minister Bismark shook his head regretfully, "My dear old friend, I can see the benefits in what you have said. However, Prussia does not have that kind of national power right now.

Xiao Letian snickered in his heart, it seemed like Bismark's plans were not big enough, he did not calculate how much war compensation would he be able to extort from the France after the war with France.

After all, Prussia was now a poor family, suddenly rich!

They tightened their belt and squeezed out the last copper coin of their nation, doing their best to go to war, and this series of victories did indeed boost their national pride.

Unfortunately, they were already used to being poor after all. A series of victories didn't make a big difference to their vision. While they were thinking about the government, they were still thinking about the problems based on their small, broken doors.

That was why Bismark would definitely shake his head when he heard about the Kiel Canal plan.

Xiao Letian was very clear that he could only wait until the end of the Franco-Prussian War, when Prussia completely defeated the France and obtained a huge amount of compensation, before splitting up many of the France's overseas colonies.

It was only then that Prussia would be able to shake off the poor thinking of small families and officially have the mentality of a powerful country. It was only then that they would consider super projects such as the Kiel Canal.

When the people of Prussian didn't even dare to think about it, if Xiao Letian wanted to do this favor, it would be a huge favor to them.

Xiao Letian poured a cup of wine for Bismark and smiled, "I know what my dear Prime Minister is worried about. Money, manpower, resources? At the end of the day, the overall national power is still not enough, and now that Prussia is fully focused on war, your first mission is to defeat the France, I know that. "

"But you have no money. We Chinese have it. You lack manpower. We Chinese also have it."

My dear friend, we can set up a joint development company. We can temporarily inject a portion of the capital into the company to carry out field survey of the land, and then we can accurately budget how long it will take to build the project, how much investment will be made, and how much manpower will be required.

"With specific figures, we can move on to the next step. We can set up a joint stock company and see how much capital both sides can put into it. Then, can the remaining capital be raised from the global capital market?"

"As for manpower, you don't have to worry. As long as Prussia is willing, we can immigrate to Prussia from China. How much do we need? 100 thousand, or 200 thousand? No problem at all, I can even do it with 500 thousand! "

"You have to understand that although the Great Qing has experienced countless wars, she is always the country with the largest population in the world right now."

Xiao Letian was very clear that in the future, when wars broke out in the Qing Dynasty, there would definitely be a huge wave of refugees in the country.

The stronghold plan could accommodate a group of people, but it would definitely not accommodate all of them. As for the remaining refugees, they could only move towards the Southern Ocean, the Mauritius, and even to the Oceanic Continent.

If the Kiel Canal could be built, then with a large number of immigrants to Prussia, they could build a few large Chinese residences in Europe. With Xiao Letian's current influence, he would definitely be able to make Prussia accept the fact that these labourers had become citizens.

The Kiel Canal was a super large project, 100,000 was just the basic number. If the number of immigrants exceeded 300 thousand or 500 thousand, then the Chinese would have a certain standing in Prussia.

This was a large business that could earn money without losing anything. He did not have to worry about the final profitability of the Kiel Canal at all! In fact, the Kiel Canal continued to make money until the 21st century, and it made a lot of money.

By establishing a joint-stock company, the Chinese people would be able to rely on this canal for a long time to make money. How long could they do that? I want to be able to earn 2017 and 2018 without a problem. I can even earn 2030 and even 2090.

If he did not seek for ten thousand lives, then that was not enough for now. A true politician must have a profound gaze that exceeded several hundred years. was clearly such a person.