The lingering sound lingers in the air, and the emperor personally praises it.
This song is undoubtedly recognized by the memory of Daming Palace.
There was a lack of cultural and leisure activities in the Tang Dynasty, and the people were not smart enough to promote their online presence, so even if Messi arrived here, he could only farm and move bricks.
Even if your talent is earth-shattering, if you don’t have the opportunity to learn and cultivate it, or the channels to show it, it’s useless.
The memory of the Daming Palace is an excellent piece of music, and it also has the opportunity to be played to everyone in the Hanyuan Hall. It was even written into the daily notes by historians.
This piece of music is destined to become as famous as King Qin's formation-breaking music in this world.
As the movement ended, the atmosphere in Hanyuan Hall reached its peak.
When Li Er raised the glass, everyone stood up and drank the glass heartily!
The wine was drunk, the food was eaten, the dancing was performed, and the music was listened to.
Next, it’s time to get down to business.
"Everyone of your family."
Li Er, who returned to the dragon chair, raised his hand and shook off his sleeves, and glanced at the more than a thousand people in the Hanyuan Hall. "The Tang Dynasty has an important military weapon, and it is the railway!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone nodded in approval.
As long as you are not Shaduo, you will know the terrifying significance and capabilities of railways.
"I don't need to say more about the wonderful functions of the railway." Li Er, with a smile on his face, smiled at Empress Changsun next to him, "Everyone who has sat on it said yes."
"Hahahaha~~~"
There was no surprise at all, and everyone in Hanyuan Hall was very cooperative and laughed.
After some harmony between the emperor and his ministers, Li Er finally brought the topic to the main topic under the eyes of many people who were already waiting impatiently.
"You all know that building railways is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. Unfortunately, building railways costs a lot of money, and the imperial court does not have that much money to continue promoting it."
Having said this, Li Er glanced at the young people from wealthy families who were eager to try. "After discussing with all the noble families, we decided to open up several railway lines and build them with private funds. Once completed, it will be available for twenty years." Franchise."
The term "management rights" was first proposed by Li Yunze.
With the rapid profitability of Changsheng Railway, the word spread very quickly.
As for what Li Er said about the construction of railways being funded by the private sector, it is naturally impossible for the private sector to be referring to the common people.
To build a railway, even if it is just one mile, it often costs thousands of dollars. The common people can't afford it even if they sell the iron. Moreover, in the Tang Dynasty in this era, there are actually many people who can't even buy the pot at home, let alone sell the iron. .
The so-called civilians who can afford it are actually only aristocratic families that have been inherited for many years and the emerging military aristocratic group.
After telling the general story, Li Er picked up the wine bowl.
The next task is Du Ruhui's.
Originally, Fang Xuanling should have done this job, but Fang Xuanling went to the salt yard of Jiangdu Shipyard to do other things.
As for Changsun Wuji, because the Changsun family also joined the consortium organized by the nobles, Du Ruhui was ultimately in charge.
"This time the imperial court intends to build two railways from Chang'an City to Lanzhou and from Chang'an City to Weizhou. After completion, except for the transportation of troops by the imperial court, all operating expenses will be arranged by the contractor."
Du Ruhui took a breath and then said, "Since the investment is too large and Tongxianzhijia cannot afford it, you can form your own groups to participate."
This is nonsense. The relevant news has been revealed early, and the formation of a group has been decided for a long time. Now, they are here to fight for it.
The railway from Chang'an City to Lanzhou can actually be called the first phase of the Western Region Railway Plan.
It can even be said that it is built along the Silk Road.
People from aristocratic families are not stupid, in fact they are smarter than most people in the world.
In fact, they knew very well that Chang'an City to Lanzhou was directly parallel to the Silk Road, and the imperial court would obviously vigorously develop the Western Regions. This route would definitely make a lot of money.
As for the route from Chang'an City to Weizhou, although it passes through the treasure-rich Shu region, it is still slightly inferior to the route to Lanzhou.
Its biggest attraction is the lowest price offered by the imperial court, which is much cheaper than the route to Lanzhou.
The imperial court's guaranteed price for the line from Chang'an City to Lanzhou was 5,000 guan per mile.
However, the guaranteed price offered for the line from Chang'an City to Weizhou is 3,000 guan per mile.
The difference in cost is huge.
As for why the cost of going to Victoria is actually lower than going to Lanzhou, this is of course a trap set by Li Yunze for those wealthy families.
There are many smart people in the family, but no matter how smart they are, they don't know the specific cost of railways under different terrain and climate conditions.
It can be said that no one knows about the entire Tang Dynasty except Li Yunze.
Li Er had asked about this matter before, and Li Yunze's response was, "First bring them in at a cheap price, and then after a period of repair, say the investment is not enough, just ask them to invest more. If they don't invest, before All the money will be wasted. You don’t need to ask for too much at one time, but you can ask for it several times. These things can be written into the contract documents, and just be a little more obscure and leave a hole."
What is a profiteer? This is it.
However, the matter is not over yet. Li Yunze has to let everyone know that there is no blackest in this world, only darker.
As Du Ruhui announced the start of the bidding, Changsun Wuji, representing the military noble group, and the head of the Cui family, representing the aristocratic family group, sealed their respective bids in envelopes and handed them to Du Ruhui.
That's right, this time the bidding method is adopted, and it is also the easiest secret bidding method.
Du Ruhui handed the thing into Li Er's hands, and Li Er tore it open, watched it, and announced the final result.
After reading the quotations from both sides for the two lines, Li Er smiled and said, "For the railway from Chang'an City to Lanzhou City, the Guandong Group quoted 6,660 guan per mile."
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Most of the aristocratic families are from the Kanto region, and their consortium is simply called the Kanto Group.
After a pause, Li Er, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, then announced, "The Guanzhong Regiment's quotation is 6,666 guan per mile. The winner has been decided, and the railway line from Chang'an City to Lanzhou City will be funded by the Guanzhong Regiment." Build.”
The so-called Guanzhong Regiment is naturally composed of the emerging military nobles as the main body.
After hearing the results, everyone cheered and shouted with great excitement, which was in sharp contrast to the dejected representatives of the aristocratic families not far away.
The family members thought it was incredible that they were only six dollars short!
But if they could see the paper in Li's hands at this time, they would be shocked to see that the quotation figure on Guanzhong Tuan's paper is blank!
What is black, this is called black.
As the referee, Li Er personally exited the game. How could a family member play with others?
Instructing everyone to be calm and quiet for the time being, Li Er continued to announce the results from Chang'an City to Weizhou.
"For the railway from Chang'an City to Victoria, the price quoted by the Guandong Group is 3,001 yuan per mile."
As soon as this statement came out, many people laughed out loud.
It was obvious that the real goal of the Kanto Regiment composed of aristocratic families was the route to Lanzhou, and even subsequent plans to the Western Regions had been arranged.
This line to Victoria is just a random idea.
After all, the road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
It is really not an easy task to build a railway here. And in such a difficult place, the base price is so cheap, which is really suspicious.
Then... they will soon understand that there is no shamelessness, only more shamelessness.
Li Er quickly continued to read out "Guanzhong Tuan's quotation...No, they did not quote."
The entire Hanyuan Hall became noisy.
I really never expected that such an operation could be possible!
He casually handed the two pieces of paper to his confidant's servant, who then sent them in and filled in the numbers to avoid any possible accidents.
"Congratulations to you all."
With a smile on his face, Li Yunze walked up to many members of the aristocratic family who were still in a daze and said, "This is a line flowing with gold. You are really picking up treasures."
This time the aristocratic families gathered together, led by Qi Wang of the fifth surname, and all the heads of the families who came were able to make decisions.
Soon the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang asked Li Yunze, "Please ask Uncle Lan Tian to clear up our doubts."
"Everyone, this line from Chang'an City to Weizhou. It takes Chencang (Baoji), Liangzhou (Hanzhong), Lizhou (Guangyuan), Mianzhou (Mianyang), Yizhou (Chengdu), Songzhou (Wenchuan) , Victoria (Songpan.)"
Li Yunze clapped his hands and said sincerely, "Look and listen! This is the blessed land of the Tang Dynasty. If the railway is built, only the people and goods between Shu and Guanzhong will be transported." , it’s enough for you to earn money by lying on the mountain of gold and silver for twenty years!”
What he said was really not a lie, it was indeed the truth.
Before Kuoduan massacred Shu and killed tens of millions of people in Shu, Shu had always been a blessed land of treasures and splendor.
It is originally a traffic problem, but once the traffic problem can be solved, it will certainly make a lot of money.
The only thing wrong was that Li Yunze didn't tell them that he wanted to build a railway to Shu, which would cost several times more than on the plains.
Their price of 3,000 miles per mile is enough to make it to Hanzhong.
In the future, they will continue to spend money one by one to repair the railway.
If you don't pay, it will be embarrassing. This railway line will be taken back by the imperial court. From now on, it will have nothing to do with you. Of course, the previous investment will be in vain.
Anyway, there is still a long time before the war with Tubo begins, so we can repair it slowly.
The reason why Li Yunze came forward to describe this is because in the entire Tang Dynasty, only the construction company under Li Yunze had the experience and various skills and equipment to build railways.
As for others, not even the Tang Dynasty had this ability.
Not to mention anything else, just an I-beam rail. No one in the entire Tang Dynasty could build it except Li Yunze!
Whether it was the Guanzhong Regiment or the Kwantung Regiment, all they could do was pay Li Yunze and ask him to build it.
When it comes to actual construction, no one can get involved.
As all parties signed the contract and the prime minister signed it, the emperor sealed it and announced it to the world.
This matter is considered accomplished.
If anyone wants to go back on his word, is it because he feels that the sword in the emperor's hand is unfavorable?
