And when the follow-up explanations became clear, everyone finally understood.
It is to build a purely straight road, a two-lane road with four vehicles traveling parallel.
There will be no stops along the way, pedestrians and horses are not allowed on the road, and only steam vehicles are allowed on the road throughout the journey.
And there are no mountain roads or detours.
It is necessary to directly hollow out the mountain and create a tunnel. When you encounter a river, build a bridge.
Absolute high speed.
In fact, there are many stops along the way from Dongzhou to Quancheng County. When you get to where you want to go, you can just drive through the gate and leave. It won't affect the cars coming from behind.
Everyone couldn't help but start to fantasize, if such a road really existed. And if this kind of road spreads throughout Dongzhou in the future, business will be easier to do in the future and information will be transmitted faster.
Time means efficiency. What businessmen want is efficiency.
Du Taiping said with a smile: "The Road Administration Bureau will be established today. Are you bosses interested in joining?"
At this moment, the conference hall exploded like a hornet's nest.
Everyone is discussing.
At this time, they must have understood what Du Taiping meant, which was to pay.
But the question they consider is definitely not whether to pay. They were discussing whether it was worth the money
Someone asked: "Emperor Du. I would like to ask how much the cost of this road is?"
Du Taiping said expressionlessly: "Preliminary estimates show that the cost of this road with a total length of 300 kilometers should be 10 billion Kyushu coins."
hiss-
Many people gasped, 10 billion, so expensive
But some people still want to ask for details: "As far as I know, it is so wide and so long. And it involves digging tunnels and cracking mountains and rocks. It must consume a lot of money. Can it really be worth 10 billion?"
This is the difference between big businessmen and small businessmen.
The small businessman was amazed at how expensive it was.
Big businessmen are thinking, can they afford 10 billion
Du Taiping nodded: "There is no problem. A rough estimate is around 10 billion. Of course, the subsequent specific cost will be estimated by a specialized estimator."
"Since we have been called here, we must do business in partnership with the government. It is not impossible to call us to invest, but how to make a profit? How to make a profit in this way?"
"This is what we are talking about. Expressways are profitable. We make money by collecting tolls according to the distance. According to statistics, Dongzhou currently has a circulation of about 5,000 steam trains from Laoshan to Quancheng County every day. vehicles. With such a huge traffic volume, coupled with the fact that Xingtu Group is about to launch a civilian version of the steam vehicle, this circulation rate will be greatly increased."
"Charging tolls based on different distances. It can completely pay back the investment within five years at most."
After Du Taiping finished speaking, Li Zhen added:
"According to current statistics, there are very many people traveling to and from Quancheng County, Laoshan County, and even the entire Dongzhou every day. Especially from Laoshan to Quancheng, there is an endless stream. And our second step plan is to be fully represented by the Road Administration Bureau , develop passenger buses and shuttle buses that radiate throughout Dongzhou. In this way, individual passengers can be centralized. This is the second main source of income for the expressway."
“…”
After listening to Li Zhen's words, everyone's trust increased a lot. There is no reason, just because he is Li Zhen.
The purpose of this meeting is actually just to put forward this idea. The Road Administration Bureau has not yet been established, and the specific cost and detailed data have not yet been released. Naturally, it is impossible for anyone to be interested.
But just proposing this concept to them also sends a signal.
It’s time to engage in domestic transportation.
This is national policy.
After raising the matter and discussing some issues with them, Li Zhen left.
After resting for a night, he and Xun Jiayuan returned to Laoshan.
The establishment of the Highway Administration Bureau and the promotion of investment were all handled by Du Taiping and Xun Shifei. Li Zhen is only responsible for formulating large-scale policies and is not responsible for specific implementation. Otherwise it would exhaust him to death.
And on the second day after Li Zhen met in Laoshan, the New Jiuzhou Road Administration Bureau was established.
A specialized group of experts immediately put the matter on the agenda, began drawing, and conducted on-site inspections.
Which mountains need to be cleared
Which mountains need to be bypassed
This is all within the scope of the investigation.
The expert group took action, and so did the interested businessmen. Businessmen also sent scientists from their respective companies to conduct on-site inspections, mainly to have a clear idea of the total investment amount.
Some people also went to investigate how many cars Xingtu Group had sold. Anyway, the entire Quancheng County is full of cars every day, but you can't tell the specific situation from just a peek. You have to understand it in detail.
If businessmen want to understand, it shows that they take it to heart.
I am not afraid that they will understand, but I am afraid that they will be indifferent.
If they are indifferent, who will get the money
In a dream.
Li Zhen and Zhang Zhi met.
"You didn't come very late last night."
"I slept late last night."
"What did you do?"
"Go to Quancheng County for a meeting."
Li Zhen told everything about yesterday's events in detail.
I like to tell her about the decisions I make every day. Because I have to admit that Zhang Zhi's gaze is indeed much farther away than Li Zhen's. She can always see the shortcomings in the problem and the final result.
This is also the reason why every major decision Li Zhen makes is basically successful.
Because there is a person from ten thousand years ago behind her, she is silently supporting her.
After Zhang Zhi listened carefully to Li Zhen's words, he suddenly frowned: "Are there so many steam cars?"
"yes."
"There will be more?"
"right."
"Don't you need to worry about coal resources?"
Zhang Zhi's face was full of doubts: "I have wanted to ask this question for a long time. If according to normal rules, New Kyushu should focus on the utilization of electrical energy. Why is the steam age still happening again? Are coal mine resources sufficient? According to reports As far as I know, in my time, the global coal mine resources have long been exhausted. Many domestic coal mines have closed down because they have been hollowed out. The earth’s coal reserves seem to have been gone for a long time. Even if they are rare A little bit, but by the time it was passed to you... it was already a scarce resource, right?"
Li Zhen looked confused: "It's not scarce. There are plenty of them."
"How many?"
"That's right. In the past, everyone just used coal to keep fires. There was not much development and utilization. Now with the rise of the steam age, the price of coal has begun to rise. Now many businessmen in society have opened coal mines. According to statistics, there are hundreds of coal mines in the entire Dongzhou. There is a coal mine. Other areas of New Kyushu are even more fertile. There is no scarcity. If there is scarcity, how can the steam age be successfully launched?"
Zhang Zhi suddenly exclaimed: "There are hundreds of coal mines in Dongzhou. How big are they?"
"I haven't learned about it, but they can probably produce hundreds or thousands of tons of coal every day, right? I estimate."
"impossible!"
Zhang Zhi screamed and looked at Li Zhen with some horror: "Are we... the same world?"
(End of chapter)