I want to be emperor

Wang Tu, who got money from the provincial capital, came back in high spirits. As soon as he got back, he arranged for several so-called government-run enterprises under the prefectural industrial department. Some were responsible for purchasing and supplying gravel, and some were responsible for purchasing and supplying sleepers. , and some are responsible for living materials such as rice, oil, salt, fruits and vegetables.

Needless to say, these materials are directly supplied to the railway company.

In today's Heyuan Prefecture, only the railway company has such a large-scale purchase. When they repair the railway, they need gravel to lay the foundation and sleepers.

At the same time, they have a lot of workers to repair the railway, and all kinds of daily necessities are very large.

After all, building a railway is a big project. It would be even more troublesome if it was built in a mountainous area. It would be necessary to build a bridge or even build a tunnel (the first railway tunnel in history was the Taylor Mountain single-track tunnel, which was completed in 1835 and was more than 700 meters long). .

The amount of work is much larger than the construction of railways in flat terrain. After all, basic construction these days basically relies on manual work and power storage. As for mechanical equipment, there are only some simple machines, but there is no steam power, internal combustion engine, or electric motor equipment. .

It is troublesome enough to build railways and tunnels in the mountains by hand alone, and there are also many railway bridges.

In addition, even if it is an ordinary ground railway, a considerable part is dug out along the mountainside.

All of these have led to a very long period of construction for railway repairs in mountainous areas, and at the same time cost a lot of money.

This is why so far, the Great Chu Empire Railway Corporation has only built such a mountainous railway, the Guangdong-Jiangxi Railway, and the investment is too large.

This can be seen from the railway construction funds obtained by the Great Chu Empire Railway Corporation through various external channels such as bank loans, corporate bonds, and subsidies when it was in Chengshun for 25 years.

The basic transportation you want, I have already done it for you, so don't hesitate to roll over and invest.

Now that I have money on hand, it is naturally impossible to find outsiders, and I can do it myself.

The same thing, it has a good side and a bad side, whether it is good or not depends on where your butt is sitting!

Only then did he obtain the consent of the person in charge of the tea business of Xiyang Trading Company, and reached a preliminary cooperation intention with Donglin Company to purchase tea from Donglin Company and sell them to India, West Asia and other places.

However, although the railway company has let go, it is not stupid. It is impossible to let your own cheap staple food not eat, and ask Wang Tuyou to sell high-priced food.

The most important thing is that he has recently connected with the Western Trading Company. The Western Trading Company has been promoting tea beverages in India, West Asia, and North Africa. Before that, it also promoted tea drinks in Europe with the help of the Dutch, Portuguese, and English. Tea drink.

In addition, the financial governor of Guangdong also knows that this road is too difficult to repair and the investment is too large, so some policies have been passed to reduce the burden on the railway company, such as low-interest loans, tax incentives for operating income after the opening of the railway, And cooperate with the railway company to develop the commercial value of the railway station and surrounding areas, etc.

Why Donglin Company was able to open the channel of Xiyang Trading Company...isn't it because the price is cheap...As for the cheap goods but not good products...well, Xiyang Trading Company has always exported all kinds of goods, which have always been defective product priority.

He wants to build a comprehensive tea production base here that integrates tea planting, purchase and processing.

So many people lamented that their fortune in Heyuan Prefecture was good, that is, Lin Qixun ushered in another good state official.

The price can be lower if the construction company is engaged in by the local construction company. Moreover, the workers used by the local construction company are naturally local people. employment and consumption.

This situation will not be an exception even in the twentieth century and even the 21st century. Many countries like to stimulate the economy through large-scale infrastructure construction when the economy is in a downturn.

After having tea, he plans to set up a large-scale tea processing factory here in Heyuanzhou City, so as to process loose tea that is inconvenient to transport on a large scale, especially sea transport, into tea bricks that are convenient for transport.

However, the series of 'Donglin Special Fragrance Canned Meat' produced by Donglin Company for export has a super long shelf life, delicious color and good taste.

Being able to open up the export channels of Western Trading Company is very important for Donglin Company based in Guangzhou and wanting to expand overseas markets.

After watching Wang Tu go to Guangzhou, not only dig a piece of fat from the railway company, but also ask for a so-called aid money from the Guangzhou government, many people are convinced by Wang Tu .

After rounding, it basically costs nothing.

On the side of the Guangdong-Jiangxi Railway, there is Guangdong. To be precise, the Pearl River Delta, which can be compared with the Yangtze River Delta, has a fairly developed industry, commerce and even agriculture. Even if the cost of building a railway is high, it can be recovered in subsequent operations. cost.

That's right, people think Wang Tu is a good official!
He brought money, brought jobs, improved the economy, and made people's lives better. To the local ordinary people, this is a good official.

For example, if there are not many passengers in a certain train and the locomotive is not fully loaded, then they will hang a freight car on it by the way...

As for the cost of railway transportation... that's only for outsiders, they are railway companies themselves, and they have to transport a large amount of construction materials to the front-line construction sites, and they can also transport daily necessities by the way, not only that, they can also Use ordinary commercial trains to transport supplies by the way.

Moreover, relying on the geographical advantages of Guangdong, the export of tea is also very convenient. Not only can it be sold to the colonies of the Great Chu Empire in Southeast Asia, but it can also be sold to the puppet countries in Southeast Asia controlled by the Great Chu Empire.

When Wang Tu went to Guangzhou, Song Alin also went to another place to investigate, but the result was not satisfactory. Everything else was fine, but there was no way to solve the traffic problem.

But Song Alin is not afraid, as long as the local traffic problem that bothers him is solved, the investment can still be settled.

Although it was only one of dozens of suppliers of the tea business of the Western Trading Company, it still made Song Alin very happy.

In order to attract investment, Song Alin, who is a majestic fifth-rank governor of Heyuan Prefecture, began to call him a brother again.

For example, workers also need to eat, drink and dress. This requires other people to provide food, non-staple food, fruits and vegetables and other daily necessities, as well as people to provide them with clothes, repair houses, and so on.

Not to mention the small Heyuan State, but in fact, the same is true when zoomed in to the entire Great Chu Empire.

At present, it is not popular in the world, but it is true that people in some areas have begun to drink tea... Although the way of drinking tea is strange, and people in some places do not drink tea, but use tea as medicine , the use of food additives and the like.

For example, the rails needed in the Guangdong section of the Guangdong-Jiangxi Railway are basically supplied by Guangzhou Iron and Steel Company, whose coal base is in Guangning, its iron ore base is in Qiongzhou, and its iron and steel plant is also in Qiongzhou... The coal transportation and Subsequent transportation of finished rails needs to be carried by boats... The railway company can't just drive the train into the sea and bring the rails back, right?

In this way, some quarries and logging farms can be set up to provide jobs and increase the income of local people.

At first, I thought this was just a young man who held his thighs and got promoted, and ran away to get promoted when he came to be gilded, but he didn't expect that this young official was more capable than his predecessor Zhizhou, and he could get so much money.

Now that Wang Tu can solve the traffic problem here, Song Alin has made up his mind to invest and build a large-scale tea plantation base here. Not only will he grow it himself, but he will also sign a supply and marketing agreement with some local farmers to let them grow tea. Serve yourself tea.

Wang Tu estimates that at least 3000 local jobs can be created by relying on the railway construction alone, not counting the indirect employment of farmers and other industries that provide services for these employees.

Through the construction of railways, not to mention the development of basic industries such as coal, steel, and chemicals, it will also directly drive the development of various machinery industries and even all walks of life.

Next, he will be able to find Song Alin and other foreign investors.

Therefore, large-scale investment in construction and vigorous development of real estate are two different things and should not be confused.

Of course, the railway is difficult to repair, and the investment is huge. That is only a headache for the railway company and its bosses, but for Wang Tu.

But this does not affect the gradual popularity of tea from the Great Chu Empire in America, Europe, India, West Asia, North Africa and other places.

The same canned meat, the first-class products sold in China are safe, healthy, and taste good, but the problem is that they are expensive and have a short shelf life.

The reason why Wang Tu tosses various industries is for tax revenue on the one hand, and not to provide more jobs for the local people on the other hand.

As for the cost, at most it is burning a little more coal plus the loss and depreciation of the carriage.

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By the way, large-scale investment in infrastructure such as railways, highways, ports, and water conservancy facilities, in addition to the economic development that the investment itself can drive, can improve overall productivity after these projects are completed.

In this way, the whole economic cycle will start up.

If this tea base can be successfully established, then his Donglin Company will also be able to enter the room. Although it is not first-rate in the national tea field, it is barely considered first-rate in the province.

The overseas market is different. All kinds of additives can be used at will. As long as the shelf life is long enough and can withstand long-distance sea transportation, then other things are not a problem... Although this kind of export product is cheap, it does not affect the high profit.

For the same high housing price, some people are happy, but some people hate it. This is a normal phenomenon.

The role of industry in stimulating the economy is too great.

People in other industries also need services from different industries and provide consumption.

This is only talking about the coal, steel, machinery, chemical, shipping and other industries that are directly affected, but there are more indirect effects. It is even an exaggeration to say that it affects every link of the economic system of the Great Chu Empire, even everyone.

As for the domestic market... the competition is too fierce, and the quality requirements are too high, so the overall profit is not high.

As for staple foods such as rice and noodles... the local food in Heyuan Prefecture is not rich, and the locals can't even eat enough. How can there be a large-scale supply to the railway company? Even if Wang Tu wants to supply, he can only buy it from other places It will be supplied later, as a second-hand dealer, but the price will definitely be slightly higher.

This intimacy made Song Alin feel scared... Nima, this Wang Tu is already acting like this, if his investment is less, the other party may turn his face and deny him.

If you really want to purchase all the supplies locally in Heyuan Prefecture, Heyuan Prefecture, a small state with a population of only 40 million, really can't supply it!
But this time, Wang Tu pried open this hole and obtained the right to supply some daily necessities, especially the nearby supplies of some fruits and vegetables with a short shelf life.

In the end, Wang Tusuo won jobs for the railway company to hire local people to build the railway, which can at least solve the employment problem of thousands of young and middle-aged people and increase the income of the local people.

In addition to daily necessities, the supply of gravel, wood and other materials required for railway construction can also provide a large number of jobs.

Then carry out various infrastructure construction through taxation, which in turn further supports the development of industry, commerce and agriculture.

As for the problems of high inflation and high housing prices behind it, this is to look at the problem from a different angle.

When Wang Tu returned to Heyuan, he settled various cooperation matters with the railway company immediately, and then asked people to prepare for the construction of several more important roads, and also cleaned up the main stream of the Dongjiang River and several tributaries.

In this way, not only the government-run enterprises under the State Industry Department can make money, but also can drive more employment.

Only in this way can the Guangdong-Jiangxi Railway be built.

However, this is not big, only compared to the huge business volume of Xiyang Trading Company, but for Donglin Company, this is an extremely huge market.

After opening up this channel, Song Alin continued to follow the vine... gradually sold other processed foods under Donglin Company to Xiyang Trading Company. Although they were all small orders, it was still a start.

The latter is actually what Wang Tu values ​​more.

And the house is not, that consumer goods, it can not bring productivity improvement, it will only consume productivity.

However, housing is a bulk consumer product, and it is also a domestic consumer product. This development can also drive economic development on a large scale...  

This drive is actually the same as Wang Tu's previous efforts to develop various industries. The ultimate goal is to increase employment, increase consumption, and increase tax revenue.

We must know that the number of railway workers in the section of Heyuan Prefecture of the Guangdong-Jiangxi Railway Company has been maintained at the number of thousands for a long time. The daily material consumption of so many people used to be purchased by them from Huizhou or even Guangzhou and transported by train. come over.

After all, Guangzhou, Huizhou and other places are areas with developed commercial economy, and the supply of various materials is very sufficient, and even the price of grain purchased in bulk is cheaper than that of Heyuan Prefecture.

Of course, this kind of thing has advantages and disadvantages, so I won't go into details here.

In the past, Song Alin relied on the relationship introduced by others on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also because the tea produced by Donglin Company had been established and successfully exported to Malacca and other Nanyang regions, which proved his ability.

These things can all be sold through the Western Trading Company!

Finally, the transportation of various materials also requires manpower, which can solve part of the employment.

The Western Trading Company itself does not produce any commodities, it is just a second-hand dealer. The tea sold in India, West Asia, North Africa and other places must be purchased from domestic tea companies.

In this process, others win once to make money, but Wang Tu can win dozens of times... This is also the reason why many local government officials are trying to find ways to engage in economic development and industrial development.

Wang Tu is not greedy either, it is already very good to be able to supply a large number of railway workers of the railway company with materials such as fruits and vegetables.

After all, food is a large amount of consumable materials, even if the price difference is only a few percentage points, it will be a large amount in the long run.

Such a good thing, how can it be cheap for outsiders.

In Chengshun's 25 years, the Railway Corporation has collected a total of 6000 million Chu Yuan from the outside through various channels!
6000 million Chu Yuan, and this is only the funds raised by the railway company in one year!
If the railway investment in the previous and subsequent years is counted, the amount of money invested by the Great Chu Empire in railway construction can be called astronomical.

And in the process of building such a huge infrastructure with astronomical figures, it will naturally drive the rapid development of other industries.

At the same time, the daily food and drink consumption of a large number of railway workers is also a large amount.

In this regard, Wang Tu also breathed a sigh of relief. After taking office for several months, the situation was finally opened up.

This is also the reason why there was no large-scale procurement of living materials in the local area before. The price of local materials is not cheap, and the quantity they need is too much.

Such a large project is placed here, and the supply of some raw materials alone is enough to feed the government-run leather bag companies affiliated to the Heyuan Prefecture Industrial Department.

Ahem, of course, this is just Wang Tu's self-indulgence. In fact, he is very polite to these merchants from other places.

Those workers have income, and the fruit and vegetable growers can sell their things and make money, so that they can live a better life, and their consumption can drive the consumption of other industries.

After all, gravel and wood, although there are a lot of stones and woods in Heyuan Prefecture, they still need to be mined!

Although the overall market in these places is not large, it has opened up somewhat.

At the same time, Dongyang Trading Company also promoted tea beverages in Spanish America and even Europe through the Spaniards.

What would you say is the specific scale of impact?

The railway construction of the Great Chu Empire has developed to the present. It is not just a senior matter in the railway industry, but an infrastructure project that links the entire industrial system.

For example, various canned meat and canned fruits in their company.

Even the shipping industry, a competitor of the railway, has been stimulated to a certain extent by the benefits. Why?
Because whether it is railroad tracks or other direct or indirect materials needed for the construction of railways, they must be transported, and most of them are transported by ships.

However, unlike before, when some outside construction contracting companies were invited to come over, Wang Tu directly asked the State Construction Company under the State Industry Department to do it.

In the past, I used foreign companies to contract because I had no money, and I didn't plan to give money...

The harder it is to repair the railway and the greater the investment, the more benefits Heyuan State can get.

With such a large sales channel, the government-run company under the State Industry Department can make money not only as a second-hand dealer, but also drive local fruit and vegetable growers to increase their income, and at the same time solve the employment problem by hiring people.

What, you said that all kinds of sick and dead pigs and cattle and all kinds of leftovers were used, and even so, there was not much real meat, but a lot of low-quality starch.

In order to color, deodorize, and preserve quality, a lot of various chemical additives that have been ordered to be banned in China are used... Well, the indigenous people have no legislation to prohibit the use of additives!
Donglin brand special flavored canned meat can be legally sold in any country except the Great Chu Empire.

Song Alin is a legal businessman and never does anything illegal!
His canned meat is quite popular in several countries in Southeast Asia, and some local distributors sell it to the indigenous people at a price that is not cheap!

After all, this is canned meat from the Kingdom of Heaven, and you can see the color and aroma, so it is reasonable to buy it a little more expensive!

Good things will naturally cost more!
Recently, Song Alin plans to go back to expand the production of canned meat for export after the tea production base is settled. What if this thing becomes popular in India, West Asia, North Africa and other places?