Li Zhen had a headache. This matter is not as simple as I thought...
Unknowingly, Li Zhen felt a little timid.
Sitting in the office, he took a sip of ginger soup to prevent colds and murmured: "When did they start to develop in silence to this point?"
Taking a deep breath, Li Zhen was a little shocked.
"I have never thought deeply about it before. Today's news about Liping makes people a little shuddering."
"Ma Fei has the strength to say these words to Du Taiping. Does that mean that if we let it go any longer, they will even grow to the point where they can jerk me off at any time?"
Li Zhen didn't leave the office all day, and sat there thinking quietly all day.
The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became.
Today, when I really re-examined the consortium that I created, I suddenly realized that it had turned into a giant beast and I could hardly hold it back.
His eyes gradually became colder, and what Ma Fei said further strengthened Li Zhen's determination to take action against the Ten Thousand Years Consortium.
"We can't let them grow any more. Today they can knock off Du Taiping, and tomorrow they can directly designate who will be the emperor. The day after tomorrow, they can kick me out at any time."
Li Zhen was a little naive at first. He thought that establishing those few contracts would tie up the financial group for ten thousand years.
But now is the real wake-up call. When capital and interests are strong to a certain extent, what kind of contract? What compliance regulations
If an emperor doesn't like what he wants, the peasants will still rebel.
What's more, this Ten Thousand Years Financial Group? None of the seven people are good friends. When the benefits are great enough, you can kick out the founder who is the leader. Why not let them form a group and re-write the rules
It's just that they don't have such courage or ability at the moment...
After thinking deeply for a long time, Li Zhen murmured: "We have to move."
“…”
The next day, in a dream.
Li Zhen and Zhang Zhi tried their best to avoid talking about that sensitive topic, tried not to mention it, tried their best to change the topic and return to the previous state. Pretend to know nothing.
Zhang Zhi asked: "You mentioned to me two days ago that you wanted to build a highway?"
"Yes, I thought the things from your era that you casually mentioned to me were very useful. Dongzhou wants to pilot it."
Zhang Zhi asked back: "As for the expressway, the investment is huge, and there are only so many steam cars in Dongzhou now. It's not worth the loss. Let me help you calculate an account. If there are 10,000 steam cars circulating on the expressway every day, For a car, if the toll for each car is at least one hundred Kyushu dollars, then the toll revenue for one day is actually only one million Kyushu dollars. The monthly profit is worth thirty million. It will take several years to recover the capital. .”
Li Zhen nodded: "Let's settle the account. It's earned."
Zhang Zhi shook his head: "No profit. You are not worth the gain."
"Why do you say that?"
"The road is too short. It's just from Laoshan to Quancheng County. It's not called a highway. It's just an expressway. And it's a single line. As for the highway, I think it has to be at least a connection between states, then it's called a highway. Real highways. Unless you can connect all nine states, that’s the real purpose of highways.”
Li Zhen smiled bitterly: "It's too far away. We have that plan, but isn't it going to be piloted in Dongzhou?"
Zhang Zhi shook his head: "That's not the case. The expressway should be linked to the average national development level of your New Kyushu. It is the development of parallel lines. To be precise, I mean that the expressway has surpassed yours. The product of the fourth or fifth step of society, it is impossible if the social structure and facilities do not match. How many steam cars has the Star Map Group sold? You have gone too far. New Kyushu now has nine states. Don’t just See Dongzhou. Unless all nine states have the level of Dongzhou, almost every ten families have a car and have spare money. Otherwise, your highway will not work at all."
Li Zhen was stunned, he had never thought of this. He just wants to shorten the distance between regions. But after Zhang Zhi reminded him, he realized that he was blinded and could only see Dongzhou.
But it can be ignored that today's New Kyushu is not just Dongzhou. A bowl of water is flat, but there are still eight suffering brothers.
Think about it again, when will those eight states catch up with Dongzhou’s level? Nowhere in sight…
"Then, what to do?"
Zhang Zhi said: "What you need now is a two-pronged approach. You must have seen the development prospects of transportation for a country, right?"
"How to do both?"
"First, adjust the market. Can't one monopoly be allowed in the automobile industry? More automobile companies need to emerge and prices become more affordable. Since there is no shortage of coal resources, there is no need to save in this aspect. Of course, this still depends on the consumption ability of the people. Hooked.”
"Well, tell me the second one." Li Zhen said thoughtfully. He already knew the first one. But if you support other automobile industries, you have to suppress Xingtu Group. Isn't this the thorny issue at present? Car sales are the lifeblood of Xingtu Group. It is just as difficult to move Xingtu Group as it is to move Ten Thousand Years Consortium.
Zhang Zhi chuckled: "Second, there is no need for highways. Why not start developing railways?"
"Railway?" Li Zhen frowned, vaguely remembering that Zhang Zhi had mentioned it before, but he had forgotten it, and it was a bit of a vague concept.
Zhang Zhi nodded: "Yes. What you want is fast and convenient transportation within the country. Then there is no need to go beyond the level of social consumption to build roads. The project is too big. You only need railways extending in all directions, which can completely solve the current problem. All traffic issues.”
"What is a railroad?"
"train."
"Train? What is that?"
Zhang Zhi covered his mouth, smiled, and patted Li Zhen on the head: "I have told you this before, but you have forgotten it."
"I can't remember. You talked too much."
"I'm going to beat you. Don't forget even a single punctuation mark of what I said."
"I know, I know. Tell me quickly what a railway is?"
“…”
As Zhang Zhi explained, Li Zhen's eyes became brighter and brighter, and by the end, his whole body was jumping with excitement.
"Can this still happen?"
"Oh, why didn't I think of that?"
"Yes, in terms of investment. The expressway from Laoshan to Quancheng County requires at least 10 billion. But the total investment for the same length of railway is estimated to be less than 1 billion."
"You are amazing."
"I love you so much."
Li Zhen hugged Zhang Zhi excitedly and kissed him hard. Zhang Zhi's face turned red, but he did not push Li Zhen away. He just hit him on the head: "You are not allowed to forget what I said in the future, do you hear me?"
"I know, I know!"
“…”
Waking up from his dream, Li Zhen jumped up as soon as he opened his eyes: "Qi Lunzi!"
After shouting, Li Zhen put on his shoes and ran out: "Qi Lunzi, send a report to Quancheng County, saying that the highway plan is suspended and will not be issued."
Qi Lengzi took the order and left. After a while, he ran over with a pale face holding a telegram: "Li Zhen, the telegram was sent. But I received a telegram from Quancheng County."
Li Zhen was having breakfast while excitedly conceiving the railway plan.
Qi Lengzi said in a trembling voice: "Here, Party Leader Li. At six o'clock today, Emperor Du was attacked in Quancheng County. He was shot three times and seriously injured. Top secret."
'Click'
The chopsticks fell to the ground. Li Zhen's eyes spurted out monstrous flames.
Qi Lengzi's heart trembled wildly. For the first time, he felt such an icy coldness radiating from Li Zhen's body.
(End of chapter)