"How can the country's important weapon be levied on merchants?" Li Daoyuan said: "Jing Yun, you must be cautious in this kind of thing. If they set a price on the ground, what should they do?

Does the court take care of it or not?

Just say that from the capital to Jingzhao Mansion, it is more than 40 miles, and the imperial court will take 3,000 taels per mile.

They will at least double the amount, and they will cost 200,000 to 300,000 taels of silver, probably more than 100,000 taels of silver!

How many businessmen can take it down?”

In fact, big work is in the forefront, and everyone is novel and cautious about new things.

"Okay, since you said that, I will use Jingzhao Mansion as an example!"

Qin Mo said: "For example, if the imperial court paid for construction, it would definitely be built in 120,000 taels of silver, and it would be completed in half a year at most.

During this period, the court used state-owned steel, plus slaves and prisoners of war to complete corvee service, and even the flower Chao would not exceed too much.

However, along the way, it may involve opening mountains and flat fields, which require compensation for the people. For the people, this station is not built at their doorstep, and it is just a hindrance.

So the compensation must be in place.

If the court is allowed to do it, the cost will be increased!

But if the merchants were asked to do it, everything would be easy to say.”

Gao should put the peeled lychees in the ice arc and place them within reach of Qin Mo.

Qin Mo stuffed two into his mouth and said vaguely: "First of all, after the merchant won the bid, he did not complete the contract within the contract, and he had to pay the penalty for liquidated damages, and the court could even recover the contract.

When starting work, a full deposit must be paid. If it is not completed as agreed, the deposit will be directly transferred to the court.

This deposit will be returned only after the contract expires.

If there is any violation during operation, a part of the deposit will be deducted.

It means that the railway from Beijing to Jinzhao Mansion has not started construction, and the court has earned a wave of deposit.

Secondly, for such a large project, there are tens of thousands of workers.

Based on the principle of proximity, they must have recruited workers from nearby, which would have provided tens of thousands of jobs?

Secondly, if you want to open mountains and requisition land, you also need compensation, so the merchants will graft the risks for us.

However, in order to avoid forced enlistment, the court must stand on the side of the people if it wants to accompany it.

Of course, it must be reasonable.

It’s not that the people are asking for prices everywhere, and the tiger speaks loudly, and the merchant can only grit their teeth and accept it.

Everything is ready. After construction starts, you need to buy all the steel and stones you need.

The court could sell them at a low price, which made another wave of money and raised a group of people.

After completion, the imperial court will accept the inspection and rebuilt areas that fail to meet the requirements to ensure that there is no problem with the quality of the railway.”

Qin Mo spit out the lychee core in his mouth, rubbed his sore calves, and had to understand them. He knelt beside Qin Mo, put his feet on his legs, and did not bother him to smell bad, so he started to press them.

Seeing Qin Mo enjoying this, Li Shilong was so angry that he could enjoy it even more than him!

"Stop talking, tell me quickly!" Yu Boshi said impatiently.

The more anxious he was, the less Qin Mo would say it, and he would be anxious to death!

There was no way behind, Yu Boshi could only speak softly, "Jingyun, I was wrong. I won't urge you. You are thinking about talking!"

Qin Mo hummed and said slowly: "Then the most important thing is to buy a steam locomotive.

The steam locomotive was jointly developed by Qinzhuang and the Ministry of Industry, and the price starts from tens of thousands of taels. If you want to make more money, then buy a few more.

In this way, Qinzhuang and the Ministry of Works have added a long-term business.

After everything is ready, Jingcheng and Jingzhao Prefecture will choose a place to build a station. Once this station is completed, the benefits will be extraordinary.

Conservatively estimated that the development and completion of the railway will benefit hundreds of thousands or even millions of people.

Although the businessman spent money, he had a stable profit from getting the right to charge for twenty or thirty years.

A large number of people have poured into the capital in the past two years. According to statistics from the Ministry of Revenue, there are three to four million people.

There are also hundreds of thousands of people in Jingzhao Prefecture. In addition to attracting people, they can also transport goods. It is easy to earn 50,000 or 60,000 taels a year.

I will make a return in a few years. Although there are still many people who need to maintain and build roads, I calculated that I can make a return in five to eight years, and the rest will be pure profits.

After the contract expires, if the court is unwilling to operate, then continue to auction the operation rights, and then you can make another profit.

If you want to take back the state-owned enterprise, there is no problem."

When everyone heard this, they were all applauding, "Isn't this the same thing as the buildings developed by the chambers of commerce in Beijing?"

"It's almost the same, but railway projects involve more aspects than building development.

But one thing is that the fare pricing power must be determined by the court. It cannot be too expensive or too cheap. It depends on the distance.

It is too expensive and cannot afford it for the people. If it is too cheap, it will be slow to make a profit. You should pay attention to this point. You can discuss the pricing power together, but you must not leave it to them!

Secondly, every station must be equipped with a railway patrol station.

There are also several permanent bad people on the steam locomotive.”

Everyone is digesting what Qin Mo said. If you look at it this way, the imperial court will not only not have to lose money when building a railway, but will also make a lot of money.

While making money, it can also allow the people to make a fortune, increase their control over the local area, and win three goals at one go.

After the contract expires, the railway will be taken back, and the court will get a complete railway for nothing and make a profit.

"This is a good idea!" Li Shilong stroked his beard and said, "I read the new journal that the steam locomotive will be tested in the past two days, so let's take a look together!"

Qin Mo did not refuse. At this moment, he had actually been waiting for several years.

Although he only provided ideas and unclear drawings, the efforts made by the research team are worthy of recognition.

He met Qin two days ago. The boy was younger than him and had a lot of white hair, which shows the hardships.

My uncle must support me.

"By the way, the railway from Beijing to Jingzhao Prefecture must be built by the court, and a model is made for those people to see.

Otherwise, the predetermined effect may not be achieved."

Qin Mo added another sentence, "The future railway will be a major financial revenue of the imperial court. You may make money in the early stage, but you may lose money in the later stage.

Because the longer the railway, the more money it will cost to maintain, and it is impossible for every route to make money.

So we can find ways to graft the losses in the early stage. When we have a mature system, we won’t have to be so anxious.”

The cost is grafted by merchants, and slaves and prisoners of war reduce costs. It is not considered a long-distance railway, but only a few cities with a large population in the Beijing Circle will not lose money.

Using the money earned to build long-distance railways should be able to offset this loss.

It can be said that Qin Mo dug a big hole for the court, and after they entered the hole, they would not go out again.

Under the prospect of this large domestic demand, Daqian will be in a state of rapid development in the next few decades.

Railway economy and direct roads, plus navigation, will bring big efforts to a point that no one can imagine.

That was Qin Mo’s dream of heaven in his heart.
Chapter completed!