Chapter 2596 Guizijuan balances public and private interests, follow-up preparations

  Railway paved with pure iron?

   Horse-drawn carts in series?

  Feng Ziying's vision is that a horse-drawn train can pull four to five carriages, and a specially-made carriage can transport one to two to three tons of goods is completely affordable.

The rolling friction on the rails is much smaller, you don’t need much speed, and the braking problem can be solved. It is possible to run ten miles in an hour. Two to thirty thousand catties of goods can arrive from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang in one day and one night.

However, this track needs to be transported by horse-drawn carriages. Feng Ziying proposed it before in Yongping Mansion, but the conditions were not mature at that time, and only the use of cement to pave some sections of the road has already caused great anxiety among the merchants. , think this is too extravagant.

   Now it is even more straightforward to build a railway track from Liaoyang to Niuzhuang Wharf. This is too crazy, but it also makes countless people feel excited.

  Such shocking things can only be imagined by Xiao Feng Xiuzhuan, right?

  Whether it is Shanshan businessman or Jiangnan businessman, no one doubts the possibility of this kind of thing, because Feng Ziying's various whimsical ideas over the years have already conquered these businessmen and made them full of confidence in Feng Ziying.

The output of the Gyeonggi Coal, Iron and Military Industry Complex is still growing, and it continues to be popularized and promoted in the entire Northland, and it is also continuously exported to the South and overseas through sea transportation. However, the continuous expansion of production capacity has made rail transportation in inland areas It has also become a possibility.

  If the output of this Anshan coal-iron complex can really reach the production capacity of the Gyeonggi coal-iron military-industrial complex, then Liaodong will definitely not be able to digest so much iron, and can only export a large amount.

  But Liaodong is isolated. If it is to be exported, it can only be shipped out. Whether it is North Korea, Japan, Shandong, or Jiangnan, the only way to minimize transportation costs is by shipping.

However, Anshan is quite far from Niuzhuang or Jinzhou, and the iron materials are heavy. If, as Feng Ziying said, it is simply to use iron materials to build a railway track from the source of raw materials to the Niuzhuang Wharf, that would be a waste of time. It is the most cost-effective.

   And the key point is that Governor Xiaofeng has made it clear that he will vigorously develop Liaodong. The line from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang will also need to relocate a large number of people. This means that along this railway line, it will become a development center area.

  With the convenient transportation of this railway, all kinds of materials from Jiangnan, Shandong, and even Gyeonggi can be continuously landed from Niuzhuang Wharf, and easily transported to Liaoyang.

The cost of the rails is what businessmen care about the most, but if the output of the Anshan coal-iron complex can be ensured to be as high as the current Gyeonggi coal-iron-military complex, it will be a big deal to build a few more blast furnaces. If there is a transportation problem at the port, the return will be extremely generous.

Therefore, Feng Ziying planned a comprehensive development plan for the merchants. With the support of the imperial court, Liaodong should be completely recovered, Jianzhou Jurchen should be resolved, and people should be relocated to build Liaodong into a province with a population of more than three million. To solve the problem of infrastructure construction in Liaodong, it is to follow the example of what was done in Yongping Prefecture and establish a coal-iron building materials complex. This is what businessmen are most interested in.

  These are also complementary. Population growth requires good infrastructure, and the same infrastructure needs enough population to build. Then the support of the early court and the initial investment of businessmen are necessary, so that a virtuous circle can be realized.

  The enthusiasm of the businessmen is very high, especially after Feng Ziying gave a clear guarantee. Even Feng Ziying also expressed that he can issue bonds in the name of the Governor's Mansion and other ways to raise funds, which also increases the confidence of the businessmen.

  In their view, the credibility of Governor Xiaofeng is worth their bet.

The preparatory work has already started. It turns out that Niuzhuang is determined to be the most important port in Liaodong in the future, so the construction of the wharf has already started. In the Changbao area, we will go to Liaoyang by land. If we want to build a railway now, we will go directly from Niuzhuang Sanchahekou to Liaoyang.

In the section of the road from Sanchahekou to Liaoyang via Haizhouwei, Haizhouwei to Liaoyang is a serious 800 post road, extending to Fuzhouwei and Jinzhouwei, and the section from Sanchahekou to Haizhouwei is a convenient road. It's not good, but fortunately, the paving preparations started in the early stage, and it is barely usable.

  But Feng Ziying had already made a decision. The road construction would start from Sanchahekou to Haizhouwei. He even ordered a considerable amount of cement directly from Wang Xifeng and shipped it to Niuzhuang at Sanchahekou.

  If it wasn’t for the fact that Wang Xifeng’s cement workshop needed to supply supplies to the south to maintain its business, this sum alone would have consumed all of Wang Xifeng’s production capacity.

   This can be regarded as a balance between public and private, but everything operates according to market rules.

   "It's almost ready according to your requirements. The first shipment of cement has been shipped to Niuzhuang. It's the Xue family's fleet."

  Wang Xifeng arrived in Beijing quietly.

  Knowing that Feng Ziying will leave Beijing by land and will not pass Tianjin Wei again, thinking that this parting may mean that she will not be able to see each other for a year or even two or three years, Wang Xifeng fell ill with love, and quietly came to the capital city with her son.

  In the whole house, except for Ping'er, no one else knew about it.

Wang Xifeng's name has now become a "taboo" in Feng's residence. Everyone knows that she has an unclear relationship with Mr. Wang, and they are all related to Wang Xifeng, so they are still very close, but now they have become Without this kind of relationship, it is inevitable that they all feel awkward and weird, even more embarrassing than Busia Mara.

  This is the case for both sides, Feng Ziying thought, this kind of situation will probably happen to Li Wan and Yuan Chun again, and she seems to have decided that as long as she is not embarrassed, she doesn't care how embarrassing others are.

  Holding the tiger in her arms and letting the child sit on her lap, Feng Ziying sighed, "Why bother to make this trip?"

  Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes at Feng Ziying, "I'm pretending to be affectionate, okay? I miss you, and the tiger misses my father. Is there anything wrong? Is there someone as heartless as you in the world?"

  Feng Ziying rubbed her cheeks with a wry smile, "Don't I think it's too hard for you to go back and forth and go back tomorrow?"

"I can see you, no matter how hard it is, I am willing to do so. You can't see your father for a few years, maybe when you come back from Liaodong, the child will not know you." Wang Xifeng said angrily: "Bu Xiya Mara dares to come here openly, but I can only sneak around like a thief, what do you want from me?"

   "Okay, I guess I was wrong, you come, I can only ask for it." Feng Ziying could only admit defeat and beg for mercy.

   "Well, you will stay with me tonight, and you are not allowed to go back." Wang Xifeng's eyes were already full of love, and her eyes were like silk, "It will be years since you left, what should I do?"

"It's no big deal. If you really miss me, come to Liaodong by boat, but it's just a bumpy and hard journey. I guess it will take a year or two to lay the railroad tracks from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang. By then, not only horses It will be very convenient to pull a freight train and pull thirty or fifty people at a time." Feng Ziying thinks this is not a problem.

   "That's a matter of the future, I can't just follow you as soon as you go." Wang Xifeng disagreed, "That's why I came here to see each other, and I feel at ease."

It's already here, and it's pointless to argue about this, so Feng Ziying simply pulled Wang Xifeng over and hugged her: "Okay, I can't wait for you to come, I haven't made love for a long time, and I'm just thinking, ..."

Wang Xifeng only felt feverish all over her body, and her breathing became short of breath, but the tiger was still there, so she had to hold it, "Okay, the child is still here, you are still smart, so you called Ping'er, and asked Ping'er to hold the tiger." son with,..."

  Feng Ziying yelled, and Ping'er came in with a smile on his lips, and picked up Huzi. Huzihe liked this aunt very much, and happily followed, and there were only two people left in the room.

They were all familiar with the road, Feng Ziying and Wang Xifeng naturally didn't have much coyness, and with Wang Xifeng's own cooperation, Feng Ziying stripped her into a big naked white sheep, threw her on the hot kang, and rode on it with a roar. , let loose.

  The moaning of the prodigal son almost came out through the wall, and Ping'er coaxed the tiger to sleep, and he could still vaguely hear the sound in the room.

   Fortunately, Ping'er is no longer the inhumane woman of the day. She has been married to Feng Ziying for a long time, and she naturally understands that this couple is now in the spring of love between men and women.

Second Mistress is not easy now, she might not be able to see Grandpa once in a few months, although the busy business can relieve the desire in her heart, but the Second Grandma who is in the year of tiger and wolf has been sleepless for so long, and now Grandpa is going to Liaodong again , eager to catch up to see each other, can also be regarded as consolation and lovesickness.

  What about yourself?

  The last time I went back to the south of the Yangtze River, Yuanyang and Jin Chuaner both went, leaving me to stay in Jingzhong Mansion, but Yuanyang became pregnant and stayed in Jinling. This time it is my turn to accompany my master to Liaodong.

  Thinking of this, Ping'er's face also became a little hot, and many people in the house were envious of Yuanyang's pregnancy.

   This is the first maidservant in the mansion to be born pregnant, which also means that Yuanyang will have the confidence to raise a concubine in the future.

  Ping'er doesn't care much about raising a concubine, but as a woman, she certainly hopes to have a child as soon as possible.

  She is not young anymore, it is a good time to give birth, and there will be more opportunities to go to Liaodong, especially when the grandmas are afraid that the children are too young to go, the opportunity is even more rare.

It is still being discussed in the mansion who will go, but except for the third house who are sure to go, that is, the long house Coco Li and Li Qi are going, and the second house is empty, but I heard that Qingwen and Yinger may also go to Liaodong , it seems that they are all moved.

  (end of this chapter)