"The Executive Committee is stuck tightly now..." Mao Desheng put down a report in his hand and said in a helpless tone: "Investing in Shandong to build a railway is actually a good business. I personally agree with it. The Minister Mo Dazhi did not object, and it can even be said to be inclined to agree. The problem now lies in the people of the Executive Committee, who are worried about this, are worried that the appearance of sensitive technical facilities such as railways in the Far East will broaden the horizons of local people and may allow local scientific and technological development to be more investment by the rulers. This is unacceptable to the East Coast. In countries like China, Russia, and France, it is best to let them continue to be ignorant and sleep. This is the ultimate goal pursued by the East Coast and cannot be destroyed, so..."

"So it's difficult to pass the plan to build a railway in Shandong?" Xu Xiangdong, who had just been urgently recalled to the headquarters of the Nan Railway Company, asked softly: "The officials of the Executive Committee are worried that once Denglai falls, the railways and trains will be acquired by the enemy, right? In fact, there is no need to worry so much. With the extremely bad industrial standards of the Qing people and the Ming people, what if they get steam locomotives? This is not a locomotive at all, but a fundamental problem involving dozens of companies in more than a dozen industries and dozens of companies. Without this foundation, they cannot copy our trains and railways. What's there to worry about?"

Major Xu Xiangdong is an active military officer in the Army. He was originally the commander of the security commander of the Southern Chile region. He played the "hide and seek" game with the remaining Arakans in the Maolin River Basin, and achieved remarkable results. He thought he would work here for several years, and then he might retire from active service after the establishment of the regional administration and transferred to the local administration commissioner, just like Shao Yaoguang, a specialist at Baoding Regional Administration. However, a while ago, Mao Desheng, the third president of the Southern Railway Company, suddenly reported that he was unwell. Later, although he recovered from his health after recuperation, he was already quite old and might not be able to serve as the president of the Southern Railway Company, which was heavy.

After learning about the news, the army system immediately conducted an urgent consultation and finally concluded that it was inevitable that the leadership of the Southern Railway Company would be renewed, so Xu Xiangdong was summoned from the Central Valley of Southern Chile. He first reported his duties in the Army Department of the capital Dongfang Port, and then went to the Executive Committee to meet with several central leaders, and received their encouragement and praise.

At this time, no matter how stupid Xu Xiangdong was, he knew that he had lost his luck this time and was about to make a fortune. Especially when Army Minister Mo Ming talked to him, he said that the department had appointed him as the executive vice president of Nan Railway Company immediately. If Mao Desheng was unable to perform his duties due to various reasons in the future, he would quickly take over and become the fourth president of Nan Railway Company to protect the interests of the army.

To be honest, Xu Xiangdong was a little excited about this, and almost wrote a poem on the spot to express his determination. Although his father Xu Yu is also one of the veterans of the Army, he is now serving as a commissioner of the Beining region and has not completely withdrawn from the power stage. But after all, his ability may not be able to send him to a hot position like the executive vice president of the Nan Railway Company, because the competition is too fierce. It can be said that if there were no senior leaders of the Army Department to come forward this time, who would have to do this position? Therefore, from this level, Mo Ming and Mo are also his benefactor of Xu Xiangdong. If you have the kindness of your understanding, you must repay it in the future.

Of course, from the commander of the Southern Chile region, the serious military officer who was in charge of the military commander, to serve as the executive vice president of the Nan Railway Company, this basically means that Xu Xiangdong may have to completely leave the front line of leading troops in the future and take the bureaucratic route in the army system. This made him a little disappointed. After all, he still likes the military career of struggling with his subordinates. Instead of sitting in a clean office, wearing a brand new military uniform, reviewing documents and reports after documents.

However, compared with his future prospects, Xu Xiangdong was still sober enough to make the right choice: he is now the Army Major, but he did not get the position of even a battalion commander. It was because he was sick and recuperated at home during the expansion of the army and missed that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Once the opportunity was missed, he would not come again in many cases. Therefore, now he is a senior executive of the Nantie Company and takes the bureaucratic route, which can ensure that he has a place in the army group in the future. Therefore, he did not respond to this matter because of it and expressed his determination to do the job well.

To this day, Xu Xiangdong has been working as vice president of Nantie Company for more than two weeks. He has been initially familiar with the architecture and internal processes of this huge Kangcaien company and has a certain understanding of many things. Of course, he also knows that he is now a newcomer and still has a lot to learn, so he is also humble in his attitude and seizes every opportunity to learn from others. Mao Desheng, who has been observing him secretly and is also satisfied, so he called him over today and talks with him about some corporate strategic decision-making matters, which is also a kind of exercise for him.

When Xu Xiangdong heard that foreigners might not be able to copy train technology, Mao Desheng also agreed: "Yes, I think so too, but the superiors do not agree. And they said that after the Qing people obtained this kind of thing, they might also sell it to the British for profit. Although the British could not copy this kind of equipment, it is of great reference for them with higher industrial levels, so they are forbidden to appear in the Far East. In this regard, we cannot change their decisions, after all, we must pay attention to obeying the overall situation now."

Speaking of this, the atmosphere became a little dull. Mao Desheng smiled and said softly: "Of course, this is not a chance to win. Commander Liao Xiaoyao, the captain of the Denglai Development Team, wrote a letter and strongly invited our Nan Railway Company to Denglai to participate in the construction of the Guyan Line and Taorong County. You must know that this is a railway of hundreds of kilometers, and there are currently one or two million people in Denglai, which has been in peace for 30 years, and the economic development is not bad. If this railway is built,

It is naturally profitable to operate it by our company! After all, in ten years, the Nancio and Yangyang Railway will be handed over to the country. Without this railway, what is left of our Nanchi Company? Will it be transformed into a trading company? What kind of system will it become! So, Mo Dashuai also said this matter. When trying hard, it is best to work hard with Denglai to contact Liang Xiangjian and other executive committee members who have a good relationship with us to see if they can turn this matter over in the end."

In fact, the Nan Railway Company currently has no railway investment in other aspects except Liangyang Railway. They have invested in Xinhuaxia Island, which has participated in the construction of the Daqing Railway in the western part of the island (at present, because other shareholders have failed to fulfill their capital contribution obligations in a timely manner, the railway has never been completely completed), and plans to build the Tadong Railway in the eastern half of Tacheng County.

One of these two railways transports cotton, peanuts, sesame, leather, livestock and other agricultural and animal husbandry products, and the other transports rice, coffee, pepper, cocoa, sisal, wood, coal and other commodities. The profit prospects are pretty good (at least not losing money), but these two railways are operated by New Railway Company, not managed and operated by South Railway Company, because they are just one of the shareholders of New Railway Company.

Therefore, when the Nancio-Yangtze Railway was officially handed over to the state in 1688, there was really no railway under the name of Nantik Line Company, which was quite embarrassing and inappropriate. Therefore, Mao Desheng and others felt that it would be best to build a railway with profit prospects by the end of 1688 (they are actually not short of money and have sufficient funds) and manage and operate it personally, as the company's profit growth point for a long time in the future.

They once wanted to build railways in the Hezhong area of ​​South Africa and Yicheng area, but were told that these places belong to the territory of the Central Railway Company and that the South Railway Company could not cross the line at will. This made Mao Desheng slam the table and cursed, saying that too many white shirts were mixed in between China Railway Company and the State Railway Administration, which made these departments and enterprises that had once had excellent relations with the army become cold one by one.

However, even though he scolded, Mao Desheng also knew that the local area is now in the scope of the State Railway Administration. If the Nan Railway Company wants to develop, there is no other way except overseas colonies. Therefore, after carefully examining New China, Australia, Rabaul, Tahiti, Free State (this country is almost an East Coast colony) and the Three Feudatories of the Far East, the company unanimously agreed that the construction of the railway in Ningbo and Denglai was the best choice. The reason is that the local population is relatively dense and the economy is developed. After building it, it can make a profit in a short time and then make a profit. Of course, New China Island is also a very good choice. Unfortunately, the railway of the island has been clearly stated that it must be built by New China Railway Company, so there is no way.

Therefore, there are actually very few goals that Nantie Company can choose now, and if they want to consider making a profit and making a profit, then there is almost only the goal of the Three Feudatories of the Far East. It happened that at this time, Liao Xiaoyao heard about the current dilemma of Nantie Company from his friends in the Army Department, and immediately became overjoyed and began to write letters to test the enthusiasm of Nantie Company for building railways in Denglai.

The Nan Railway Company also once gave them a positive response, saying that if the Executive Committee approved the construction of the railway and imported steam locomotives in Denglai, they could even directly upgrade the smoke line and Taorong line to ordinary railways instead of inefficient light rail lines. This made Liao Xiaoyao very happy and began to actively move for the two railways through relationships. Of course, he did not forget to make preparations, that is, once the Executive Committee rejected the request from export railways and trains to Denglai, they would continue to implement the original light rail line plan. After all, even horse-drawn rail cars have a cargo loading efficiency far exceeding traditional transportation such as horse-drawn rail cars, donkey carts and even wheelbarrows, and their significance for transportation and economic development is very important.

"Well, in addition to Member Liang Xiangjian and Liang, Commander Liao Xiaoyao should also strive for it. In fact, although he is just the captain of the Denglai Development Team, his future prospects have been confirmed, and his identity is not comparable to that of me, an old man. He said one thing, it is no exaggeration to me for several months. Therefore, our current strategy is to firmly strengthen Commander Liao's idea of ​​building a regular railway in Denglai, so that he knows that light rail is a fool, inefficient garbage, and it is not worth investing in construction." Speaking of this, Mao Desheng Station

He stood up and walked in the office, as if thinking about something. After a while, he heard him say, "Yes, that's what we have to do! We can't wait for people to contact us passively as we are now, but we should take the initiative to come to negotiate. So, I'm considering whether to draw some elite soldiers and strong generals from the company to Yantai in Far East to conduct a comprehensive consultation with Xiao Liao on the matters of the Jiaoyan Line and Taorong Line Railway, and inspect the local geology, population and property, and lay a solid foundation for the comprehensive operation of the railway and its affiliated areas in the future."

Xu Xiangdong subconsciously thought it was inappropriate because he felt that this seemed to be connected to play with the central government, which was a bit taboo. However, after considering the situation facing the Nan Railway Company, he felt that there was only one way to go, and the others were not ideal, so he agreed with Mao Desheng's opinion and heard him say: "President Mao, this matter is feasible. We will select some young and strong backbones from the General Affairs Department, the Comprehensive Department, and the Engineering Department, and then let them take a boat to Yantai Port in Denglai to meet Commander Liao, and meet Commander Liao, and the need to use regular lines on the railroad. At the same time, it also implies that this matter is quite hindering and difficult. We need to unite and work together to succeed."
Chapter completed!