Announcing to participate in this year's Autumn Wei, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan left hand in hand, making the people who secretly protected them breathe out. This kind of move to climb higher to be close to the people is too dangerous.
The businessmen stared at the two people leaving, wanting to get closer, but felt that their identities were not enough. Those who were going to participate in this year's autumn ceremony were not in a hurry to leave. After all, it is a new thing, no matter what it is. Let’s take a good look first, then write two poems or make a fu. If you don’t know this year’s Qiuwei, there may be such a topic.
Other ordinary people moved forward a little bit, wanting to get in touch with something huge, what it's like to touch a huge thing, and at the same time very curious about the price of the "ticket", not knowing how much it would cost to take a ride.
The train that showed up for the first time will naturally find a way to make people feel. The person in charge of propaganda starts shouting with loudspeakers, nothing more than introducing the speed and stability of the train.
After talking for a full half an hour, only then did I tell the people around the fare, fifty liters, from Chang'an to Luoyang, there will be one stop in the middle of the journey, or exactly two stops, one standing on the north side of the Yellow River. Standing on the south side of the Yellow River is just before and after going to the boat. It takes twenty liters.
The price is not high for the people, but it is not low. You can buy rice for fifty cents for four to five buckets, and you can buy millet for nearly ten buckets. No one will be fine.
In order to allow more people to experience it, the person in charge of the promotion proposed a free three-day one-way event. Those who want to ride can get a ticket. No matter if it is from Luoyang to Chang'an or from Chang'an, there is no money for one way. , You need to find a solution by yourself when you come back.
Of course, it is impossible to send it only once a day, so when do you have to make the money for laying the railway? When waiting for the start of operation, it will be sent every three hours. In the case of concentrated freight, additional temporary trains can be sent.
The appearance of the train made people excited for a while. Most people thought about the experience. Some merchants thought about the convenience of shipping goods in the future. Only a small group of people thought about the military.
Li Linfu, who hasn't become "bad" yet, or because Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had no chance to become bad, Li Linfu considered the military application and made his hot air balloon float next to Li Longji and shouted: " Your Majesty, can this thing really be close to a hundred miles every hour?"
What Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan got was a theoretical speed of 30 kilometers per hour. Normally, it can reach more than 20 kilometers. An hour is not about 100 miles.
It was also the first time that Li Longji saw a real train. He estimated the speed and nodded: "Yes, it is faster than 800 li. Although there is a telegram now, the speed is faster, but it is used to carry the army. The speed is so fast that the horse will be restricted for 800 miles, but the train will not. If the railway is repaired to Longyou Road..."
Speaking of this, Li Longji stopped. He knew that the cost of building the railway was only a section from Chang'an to Luoyang. The amount of money spent was an unbearable figure. Other aspects were not much spent, mainly Railroad tracks, the steel requirements are too high, and they can barely bear the weight of the train.
He still didn't know that railways not only cost a lot of money, but also did not make money slowly.
Li Linfu naturally thought of this, and replied: "Your Majesty, even if it costs more, it is worth it. The faster the dispatch of troops, the more stable I will be. If I can increase my speed, I will go to Longyou Road. So, no one else has time to prepare."
Thanks to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan who didn't hear Li Linfu's words, otherwise they would definitely come and strangle him, and if they wanted to go from Chang'an to Tibet, they would only be able to do it at that time.
Li Longji glanced at Li Linfu, did not speak, and expressed his meaning very clearly. Without money, he couldn't afford to repair it.
Li Linfu didn't continue to talk about this matter. The topic changed, and he said: "Your Majesty, there is something unknown to the minister. On flat ground or a place with a small slope, the train can go. If it encounters a place with a big slope, will it slip? When the time comes, I can’t get up and down. Even if it’s a flat road, the minister is afraid that the train will pull too much.
He mentioned that Li Longji also thought of this problem, and hurriedly sent people to find Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. If they couldn't solve it, wouldn't the court spend the money in vain? Now it’s okay to pull the empty carriage. Will it not be able to pull when it is full of goods in the future? Not to mention bare wheels walking on bare railroad tracks, even horse-drawn carts, too many horses can only stand still.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are not far out. Recently, they have always found someone stalking, and they are preparing to give them a chance to start, try their best to find a suitable terrain, they are found, and they are asked to answer questions.
"Such a simple thing, don't you think about it yourself?" Zhang Xiaobao mumbled, came under Li Longji's hot air balloon, and climbed up the ladder that descended from above. Wang Juan was not in a hurry and waited for the people above to pull him up. .
When he got on the hot air balloon, Zhang Xiaobao first glanced at Li Linfu, who was thinking, and said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, as long as the locomotive can drive such a heavy carriage, it is not afraid of sinking. It is afraid of lightness. It can increase the weight at the front of the car and increase friction. In fact, the front of the car is already very heavy, and it needs to be filled with water and coal."
"Oh, that's the case." Li Longji didn't really understand, but Zhang Xiaobao said that it must be possible, and then asked: "What about the place with a big slope? Yes, it was Li Qing."
Seeing Zhang Xiaobao go to see Li Linfu, Li Longji admitted.
"Uh-huh! This is a good question." Zhang Xiaobao was less polite to Li Linfu, said with a smile, and asked Li Linfu, "I don't know if Master Li knows what the carriage did when it went up the steep slope? The person carried a heavy load. What is the shape of the mountain road that you traverse when it goes up a steep slope?”
Li Linfu thought for a while and replied: "It seems to be walking in the zigzag form, but how does the train go?"
"Why can't the train go? I didn't see that it was the front and back of the train? Isn't it enough to extend the railroad track for a while and then switch? Add something to switch the switch, don't ask such naive questions in the future." Zhang Xiaobao looked very unhappy. He said, his hands followed by gestures.
Those who are concerned about this can understand. Although Li Linfu was depressed by Zhang Xiaobao, he had to admit that what Zhang Xiaobao said was reasonable. He nodded and suddenly thought of the cost of road construction. He felt that Zhang Xiaobao could not be made so easy, and asked again. : "I wonder if Master Zhang can solve the cost of railway repairs to other places?"
Zhang Xiaobaocai doesn't care whether Li Linfu has a honey-sucking sword or not. He twists his head silently. He likes to hold Li Linfu down. It is also very happy to be able to hold down a legendary character.
Li Longji also hoped that Zhang Xiaobao would suddenly become magical. He solved the problem in one sentence, and then asked, "Is there a way for Xiaobao? It really doesn't work, it can be done little by little."
"Your Majesty does not have to worry. It is simple. If it were not for the imperial court to build the railway from Chang'an to Luoyang, the minister would have greeted people to build it, and the imperial court did not need to spend a penny. The main reason was that the minister worried that before the fact that the train was not operating well, Others are unwilling to take this risk.
The minister is waiting. After this line has been in normal operation for a month or so, any railway that leads to a relatively prosperous place will not have to spend any more money from the court, and even the “department” that sells sleepers and railroad tracks can make a small amount of money. "
Zhang Xiaobao said without alarmingly.
Hearing what he said, even Li Longji, who thought he had adapted to his magic, couldn't help being stunned.
"Let's talk carefully." Li Longji asked seriously.
"In fact, it's nothing. Just like when the Datang Bank was first established, the Datang Bank is now fully nationalized, and the railways are also repaired. Businessmen who pay money can get a portion of the shares and share proportional dividends, but they are not allowed to buy or sell them. Set a deadline.
Give them the right to ship goods free of charge. According to the amount of money invested, how many goods they can ship every day or each cycle, but when the court needs them, they must give priority to the court's goods or personnel to go first.
After the set deadline, if their income does not increase by half, this income includes their free shipping costs, that is, if the profit does not reach 50%, they will continue to be given the right to ship free goods and increase the profit ratio.
If their profits have reached 100% before the deadline is reached, their shares will be automatically terminated. I think there are many businessmen willing to use money to repair the railway. "
Zhang Xiaobao gave a shareholding system, a shareholding system with a powerful nature.
Collis next to him thought for a while, "Little Treasure, what if they think it's not worthwhile? What should I do? Convene in your name?"
"No, you can't always use my name. The things of the court are the things of the court. If they don't want to do this directly, they can entrust the Datang Bank to help issue bonds, or borrow directly from the Datang Bank. It can be low interest or it can be used. It is interest-free. When the time comes, a contract must be signed with Datang Bank. The borrower is only allowed to use the money on the railway. When waiting for operating charges, the money must be deposited in the Datang Bank, with low interest or no interest.
Regardless of whether they are all state-owned, this must be implemented in accordance with the regulations, otherwise it will be messed up. In fact, railways are a very profitable business. When it is not the busy season of freight transportation, it can even be operated with low profit, even if zero profit is feasible. At that time, the imperial court will provide subsidies. "
Zhang Xiaobao vetoed his proposal, and went on to say something.
There was one more thing now, and everyone was confused again. Li Longji frowned: "Why is there zero profit and then subsidized by the court? Where does the money come from?"
"Taxation. In the off-season, there is zero profit in transportation, which stimulates merchants to transport, but whether it is buying or selling, it will generate tax. Now there will be money."