In this era, France was a famous financial empire. It could easily lose 5 billion gold francs to the owner, and it was definitely not short of money.
If there is a chance for such a wealthy person, of course I will approach him.
What does the current development of the New World depend on?
It relied on overseas capital. More than half of the capital for the construction of railways in the United States in the 19th century came from London. Without the financial capital in London, there would be no development in the United States. Even until the 1920s, British financial capital was still on Wall Street.
occupies an extremely important position.
Since the United States can use British capital to develop, Nanhua can also use French capital to develop.
In fact, Zhu Xianhai was more willing to choose Britain as the sponsor than France. After all, according to the results in the simulator, the conflict of interests between Nanhua and Britain was bound to break out.
Once the war breaks out... why should I pay back the money I borrowed based on my ability?
But at the moment, due to the issue in Chile, the relationship between Nanhua and the United Kingdom is not very friendly, which directly affects Nanhua's difficulty in borrowing money in London. Until now, it has only borrowed more than 22 million pounds. When converted into silver, it is only more than 70 million taels.
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Of course, when he borrowed this money, he had no intention of paying it back. It was a pity that he couldn't borrow more.
In this case, we can only rely on France as a financial sponsor. Although the money borrowed from France may need to be repaid, borrowing sufficient funds will definitely be beneficial to the development of Nanhua.
Therefore, this money needs to be borrowed!
After getting close to the French financial backer, at the beginning of the New Year in 1867, Zhu Xianhai came up with his long-planned plan.
"Ji Gao, I asked you to come here today. It's time for Nanhua to have a plan to build a railway network. Currently, there is only one Pacific Railway between Nanhua and Linhai. Now with the influx of immigrants, we need to resettle more immigrants.
In the Pampas, we must finalize the railway construction plan to the north as soon as possible. We will strive to build a railway network covering the Pampas and Shanxi within 5 years, so that the total operating mileage of the railway will exceed
Ten thousand miles!"
The construction of railways in Nanhua started very early. Even before Zhu Xianhai's expedition to Araucania, the construction of iron mines had already begun. Although the construction of the Pacific Railway was full of twists and turns, it trained a number of railways for Nanhua.
engineer.
In the past, the rails used in the railways built by Nanhua were all wrought iron rails imported from the United Kingdom and France, because Nanhua's steel companies needed to export steel to foreign countries to earn more than ten times huge profits. However, with the invention of open-hearth steelmaking technology in Europe,
"Steel prices are falling rapidly. In other words, low-cost steelmaking technology has been applied. This also means that the era of huge profits for Nanhua Steel Company is over, and low-priced wear-resistant rails will be used in railways.
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Zhu Xianhai plans to apply wear-resistant steel rails to railways first, and uses the construction of railways as an opportunity to promote the development of Nanhua's steel industry. He believes that with the stimulation of railways, Nanhua's steel output will develop by leaps and bounds in the next ten years.
, high-quality steel rails will completely replace wrought iron rails.
Now is the time to start building railways. Especially now that Nanhua can issue bonds in France, in other words, it can use foreigners' money to develop itself.
"In addition to railways, the supporting construction of highways also needs to be accelerated. Hard pavements should be used where conditions permit, and we strive to form a transportation network with railways as the backbone and paved hard roads as branch lines, covering Shanxi and Shandong
All areas ultimately form a complete land transportation network."
Of course, Zhu Daguan has heard of the principle that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, but the planned immigration promotion also requires the coordination of the transportation network.
At present, transportation in the interior of South China mainly relies on railways, and there is only one Pacific Railway. Just relying on one Pacific Railway cannot satisfy the transportation of future immigrants.
Therefore, Zhu Xianhai plans to spend a few years building a railway and highway transportation network, using several railways and highway networks to connect various parts of South China. This will not only facilitate the resettlement of immigrants - immigrants can be resettled to various places along the railway, but also
It can also promote the circulation of goods, which should also be extremely beneficial to Nanhua's internal economic development.
As for the highway system, although it seems that the transportation volume is not large at the moment, with the Otto Internal Combustion Engine Company starting to produce gasoline internal combustion engines, the "invention" of the automobile is only a matter of time. The automobile can not only solve the problem of road transportation, but also cooperate with the Northern Railway.
It can also be used for military mobilization.
war!
War has always been inevitable. Moreover, in Zhu Xianhai's plan, Nanhua wanted to intervene in the Paraguay War. It was not an interference, but an opportunity to expand its territory.
Under this circumstance, it is imperative to build the northern railway and road network. Fortunately, the Pampas grassland is flat enough, and it is very easy to build railways on the grassland.
Although it is easy, thousands of kilometers of railways and thousands of kilometers of roads require a lot of money. Where will this money come from?
All we can do is rely on bonds!
Three years!
There are only three years in total. When you think about it, the Paraguay War will end in three years. If you don't take the opportunity to expand to the north and miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to expand again!
Thinking of this, Zhu Daguan couldn't help but sigh: I really don't know if I can see the day when Nanhua develops into a member of the imperialist powers and builds a beautiful imperialist homeland!
The country still needs to make a big leap forward in its development!
Time doesn't wait for me, I can't wait to start farming slowly!
Thinking about the widespread illiteracy of Chinese immigrants, Zhu Xianhai's brows furrowed.
It is indeed more difficult to rule the world than to conquer the world!
It is difficult to conquer the world, and it is even more difficult to govern the world. And it is naturally even more difficult to conquer the world and govern the world at the same time.
What Zhu Daguanren is doing now is this extremely difficult thing.
It is definitely not possible to govern the world and then expand to the surrounding areas, because the imperialist powers - Britain and many countries including the United States will never give him this time.
"Your Majesty, we haven't digested Chile yet. If we expand rashly again, it will not only arouse the vigilance of other countries and arouse the hostility of other countries, but also affect our digestion of Chile. Will we march to the north too fast?
a little?"
Zuo Zongtang reminded.
"It's a little faster, but there is no way! Right now, isn't the most important thing for us to practice our internal strength, develop industry and commerce, develop military strength, and digest the current results of the war?"
Zhu Xianhai shook his head. How could he not know that it was faster? But according to the experience and lessons in the simulator, he had to speed up!
"I also want to digest the fruits slowly, but if we don't do everything we can to expand our territory, then in a few years we will have to face external pressure. The British will never allow us to rise in South America.
, disrupting their overall situation, and slowly developing, although it is beneficial to our development, it is also beneficial to the long-term layout of the UK. Under the planning of the UK, in the next few years, we are bound to face the invasion of foreign enemies.
What's the best option for us in this situation?"
This chapter has been completed!