Chapter 1200, when the train rings, gold is ten thousand taels
"Son~"
In Liu Jin's study, He Yun came to Liu Jin and said very respectfully.
"Sit down~"
Liu Jin smiled and nodded, indicating that he didn't need to be polite.
When He Yun came to his house, Liu Jin certainly knew why he came.
One is to report to yourself the operation status of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway. Once the railway is open to traffic, whether it will make money or not is a very important matter. It is related to whether there is a return on your investment.
Another one is how to develop the Beijing-Tianjin Railway in the next planning and development of the Ming Dynasty Railway. As the first railway in the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway has great advantages.
In many aspects such as railway construction, maintenance, operation, management, and maintenance, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway has gained experience and is at the forefront of the times.
The railway is of great importance and involves many interests. There is no reason why the Beijing-Tianjin Railway should not follow up on this aspect. This is a super cake, and you can eat just one piece of it.
We must know that the interests related to railways are extremely huge. Why did the Western powers in later generations compete to build our railways? It is not because railways are related to the interests of all aspects.
The resources in the surrounding areas along the railway line, the land around the railway station, etc. As long as you master the railway, you will master the many benefits that the railway can bring.
"Sir, this is the property data of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway that has been in operation for one month. Please take a look."
He Yun respectfully handed a report to Liu Jin's hand.
There are many industries under Liu Jin's command. In terms of managing these industries, Liu Jin adopted some rules and regulations from later generations, focusing on the three aspects of personnel, property and major decision-making. He adopted the management model of professional managers and paid attention to financial data.
Therefore, although there were many properties under Liu Jin's command, they were managed in an orderly manner and developed quite well, bringing Liu Jin a huge amount of wealth.
"Hmm~"
Liu Jin took the data report and read it carefully.
The Beijing-Tianjin Railway opened to traffic in October until two days ago, which was just over a month.
In one month, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway launched a total of 3,200 trains, of which 1,000 trains were used to transport passengers and 2,200 trains were used to transport cargo.
In total, it has carried more than two million passengers, transported more than 300 million kilograms of cargo, and generated operating income of more than 500,000 taels of silver.
Seeing the final number, Liu Jin nodded with satisfaction.
The Beijing-Tianjin Railway is considered the most valuable railway in the entire Ming Dynasty. It connects the two largest cities in the Ming Dynasty. Even though it is only more than a hundred miles away, it can generate 500,000 taels of business this month.
Calculating this year, we can achieve an operating income of almost 6 million taels. Excluding various costs, including depreciation, maintenance, etc., there is definitely no problem with a net profit of 20 to 30 points.
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In this year, I can earn nearly two million taels of silver.
And this is just the beginning. When everyone gradually gets used to using trains to travel and transport goods, more trains will be sent and more goods will be transported. By that time, its turnover will still be okay.
The more you increase, the more profit you will get.
You must know that the investment in this railway is only tens of millions of taels of silver. After all, it only takes a few years to recover the capital. From now on, you can just sit back and collect money.
This business is definitely a very profitable business, a huge profit industry.
If you include the income from the railway, the railway around the railway station, renting out shops in the railway station, selling things on the train, placing advertisements, etc., the profit is quite considerable.
After careful analysis of this data, you can know the value of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway. It connects the two cities with the largest, strongest economy and largest population in Ming Dynasty. It is very easy to make money.
That is to say, Liu Jin was the first to come up with the train. If everyone sees the value of the train now, it will definitely not be easy to occupy the Beijing-Tianjin Railway.
You must know that the entire Ming Dynasty is paying attention to the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway. In this more than a month, a large number of people from all over the Ming Dynasty came to the capital and Tianjin with a large amount of money, wanting to participate in the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway.
The Beijing-Hangzhou Railway is also very valuable.
From Beijing, Tianjin, North Zhili, Shandong, South Zhili, Nanjing, Suzhou, Songhu, and Hangzhou, the places that this line passes through are the most prosperous, most developed, most populous, and most economically powerful places in the Ming Dynasty.
It is a line that runs from north to south.
There are too many people who want to invest in this railway.
Everyone in the court, from Emperor Hongzhi to the princes and nobles, to ordinary officials, local landowners, gentry, etc., all wanted to participate in the railway.
The Beijing-Hangzhou Railway, with a total length of more than 3,000 miles, needed to raise a total of 150 million taels of silver, of which Emperor Hongzhi alone generously donated 30 million taels of silver.
The prince Zhu Houzhao took out another 20 million taels of silver. Honorable men like Zhang Mao and Liu Jin had a few million taels less and an excess of 10 million taels. Plus the ministers in the court, you have a hundred thousand taels.
I got two hundred thousand taels.
It was really easy to raise 150 million taels of silver. In the end, we raised 200 million taels of silver, which exceeded the funds needed for the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway. At the same time, we wanted to be listed on the Tianjin Stock Exchange.
Therefore, we had no choice but to extend this railway according to the original plan, and then pass through Fujian and reach Guangdong. The distance increased and the money required also increased, so that everyone's needs were met.
This shows everyone’s enthusiasm for investing in railways.
No one is a fool. Everyone has seen the value of this railway. They can invest as much money as they can now and just sit back and collect the money later.
"Fortunately, no one saw the data in my hand, otherwise there would have been a fight."
Liu Jin said with a smile.
After hearing this, He Yun immediately smiled.
The railway is really very profitable, and the investment is huge, but it is also very satisfying when the cost is recovered. The trains are not carrying passengers and goods, but cars and cars of money.
If a train is full, it can carry 2,000 people at a time, and a ticket for one person costs 110 taels. After all, one trip of this train can earn more than 200 taels of silver just from selling tickets.
If special trains are used to pull goods, the income will be higher, because the loss of goods transportation is huge, and because of the roads, the freight is very expensive.
The train can pull 200,000 kilograms of goods at a time, and it is not too much to charge a few hundred taels of silver. There are too many factories and workshops in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and there are many goods that need to be transported. There is no need to worry about running out of goods.
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"Sir, the imperial court has issued a five-year railway plan. How should we plan it next?"
After thinking about it, He Yun also talked about the next strategic layout.
The imperial court obviously saw the importance of railways and wanted to vigorously develop railways. The government and the public also had very strong opinions on railways and were investing in railways one after another.
"First of all, we will actively participate in it. No matter which railway it is, I will invest, and when the time comes, I will leave this matter to you."
"Second, since everyone is keen on building railways, railway-related industries will inevitably rise in the future, and we need to make arrangements early."
"I have notified the steel plant that we will expand production and invest in building more steel plants. Not only do we need steel to build railways, our Ming Dynasty's infrastructure also needs a lot of steel. For a long time in the future, steel will be
There’s a lot to be done.”
"The manufacturing of steam locomotives is also very promising. The more railways there are, the more trains are needed. Now the only one that can manufacture steam locomotives is our Beijing Machinery Factory."
"So the Jingcheng Machinery Factory needs to build a separate factory, expand production, and build a factory dedicated to building steam locomotives and trains. They build railways, and I sell steam locomotives and trains here."
"It's not too much to sell this steam locomotive for a thousand taels of silver. Once the railways across the country are opened, thousands of steam locomotives and trains will be needed. This is a big deal, and it can last for a long time.
Buy and sell.”
"In the future, more and more railways will be built, and we will need more and more steam locomotives, trains, rails, etc. We can make enough money by doing this business."
"Revolving around railway-related industries, we need to make arrangements in advance. You should contact Ren Siheng more, discuss it, and make preparations."
Liu Jin pondered for a while, thought about it and said.
"Yes~"
When He Yun heard this, he nodded quickly and wrote it down firmly.
This is the benefit of being a pioneer. Railway construction standards, related technologies, management, operations, maintenance, etc. all follow those of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway.
If everyone builds railways, Liu Jin can sell locomotives, trains, rails, etc., and he can also make a lot of money from these.
"Third, you need to start setting up a railway academy here to cultivate railway-related talents, such as how to build railways, maintain and manage railways, as well as train maintenance, management, driving, etc. In addition, railway
Daily operations, management, maintenance, railway station management and many other disciplines.”
"Railway is an extremely complex systematic project, and it cannot be completed without professional talents. When other railways start construction, the demand for talents in this area will be very large."
"When the time comes, whether they recruit talents from our school or entrust us to help train relevant talents, we can benefit from it."
After thinking for a while, Liu Jin warned again.
Schools must be built. Once the number of railways increases and develops, schools without professionalism will definitely not work. We should continue to run schools in the same way.
There are many benefits to running a school. On the one hand, it can bring you a good reputation. Secondly, the new schools you run have more and more students, and you have to find a way out for them. Of course, the most important thing is to rely on these various
Various schools came to drive the development of Ming Dynasty.