Of course not!

In order to build railways, the United States took out land as bait, which was to quickly connect the east and west and develop rapidly.

But our empire doesn't need this now!

The main reason why Li Mengyang proposed to build a railway was control, but the distance he controlled was much smaller.

Isn’t Baja California now being beaten down?

The land there is vast and sparsely populated, so the best way to control it is to build a railway. This is the speed of transporting troops and the speed of transporting materials, in all aspects, is absolutely necessary!

But how far this distance is, it cannot be compared with the United States. Therefore, the difficulty is much smaller. Besides, don’t forget that our Chinese nation has a lot of talent for architectural talent, how can Li Mengyang not know?

So, without land as bait, how can these individual and savvy capitalists in front of you take the bait?

His Majesty the Emperor started talking again.

"Comrades! The land of the empire does not belong to someone, but owned by all the people. Therefore, even the emperor, I have no right to transfer the land around the railway to someone. I hope everyone can understand this. However, the empire will definitely provide the greatest support for the construction of the railway! First of all, in terms of finance, the empire's central bank can provide loans and interest rates to give certain discounts. In this regard..." Li Mengyang said this, handed his eyes to the big Bill.

However, Li Mengyang called capitalist businessman, this... can't be regarded as an enemy, right? I've learned a lesson before.

"Oh, hail-lee!" The big man Bill immediately gave a slogan and said, "This is the preferential policy of the Imperial Central Bank. According to the resolution of the Central Bank Management Committee, the loan interest rate was originally 12%. We gave up to 9%, which means we have made a 25% discount!"

“Wow…”

“9%!”

As soon as the big Bill finished speaking, the people present began to mutter.

You know, Li Mengyang looks quite high at the loan interest rate of 12%, but at this time, the interest rate is very low. It can be said that it is a conscientious price, and now it has been reduced by 3 percentage points. This is definitely a big discount, but it is not.

Li Mengyang pressed his hands and calmed down in the venue again. He only heard him say, "The offer is given, but I hope everyone should understand that this loan is used to build a railway and must be used for special funds. If anyone takes out this loan and does something other things, such as..."

It’s very simple. Li Mengyang is very clear that as long as there is room for this loan interest rate, things like “second-divine dealers” will appear. This is actually called profit rent-seeking!

There are too many such things, and it is too normal. Let’s talk about the famous Wang Anshi reform in history. There is a method that many people have said is called the Qingmiao Law. This method is a loan. The country gives an interest rate of 20%. At that time, the interest rate on the market was 40%, so this is a good method, but someone earns 20% from it!

The interest rate of 40%... There is no way, the economic situation at that time was like this, the interest rate was so high, and even 20% was definitely a loan shark in the future, but it was a conscience price at that time. This was determined by history, time, human consciousness, and the economic environment.

In other words, it is difficult for Li Mengyang to change the current interest rate situation now. This is the 12% price obtained by the market after the efforts of many parties. The government will forcefully change it. This will cause many problems, such as many economic crises in later generations, and Americans printing money, which is useless.

But now, if you don’t give them some discounts, that’s not OK, but there will be almost certain ‘rental seeking for profit’ in the future. So, Li Mengyang got a vaccination first, but this effect is...

No one does the business that loses money, but some of the beheaded businesses are done by people!

To be honest, he also understood, but now he can only do this first. Just be more serious in the supervision in the future, don’t play too ruthlessly... But before, he said that the government’s finances are getting tighter, and now he is giving loans again, this matter...

“all-hail-lee!”

Come on, you can make money, no one cares about this kind of details!

However, Li Mengyang not only gave such a discount.

"There is another thing, that is, if the railway is built in the future, the operating rights belong to each company!"

This is great! This is simply great!

“all-hail-lee!”

That's great. Isn't this equivalent to telling capitalists that you can set prices, free pricing, and isn't this equivalent to giving you the railway, so everyone here is very happy.

If you can control the pricing power, what else can you say... But is Li Mengyang really so good to these capitalists?

"The Empire will also give certain discounts in terms of steel and raw materials."

“all-hail-lee!”

As a result, there are preferential policies, and these capitalists' eyes are almost green!

"In addition, in terms of labor, equal pay for equal work! Eight-hour working system!" This is what Li Mengyang remembers. When he was building the Central Railway, the treatment of Chinese workers... would never appear again, absolutely not!

“all-hail-lee!”

Needless to say, then these capitalists understand.

There are some details, such as the railway that can be built now, the geological conditions of that place, and some data mastered by the empire will also be given to these capitalists. Of course, there are many details, so there are no need to say more, let’s talk about it during actual operation.

And Li Mengyang was most concerned about Lelan Stanford during the entire meeting, why?

This old guy did the Central Railway back then. This old guy bullied Chinese workers, and... Forget it, I won’t say much, this old guy later had to attack Huang Rong!

Yes, this is the key, and this time, Li Mengyang... is this a pit?

But when he saw Lilan Stanford chatting and laughing, this guy was very happy. Of course, Li Mengyang had talked to him about this before. The railways of the Empire still depend on people like Lilan Stanford.

That's right, Li Mengyang praised Stanford very much. Moreover, in the business circle of the empire, Lelan Stanford is the largest and strongest one, and he also holds an official position in the empire's government, so this time he is naturally the first to build a railway.

In other words, Lelan Stanford will definitely make some contributions to the Empire's railway industry. Then, this... is this really a pitfall?

"Haha..." Li Mengyang was smiling on his face, and he was also smiling in his heart. Don't worry, let's see when you walk around in the future...

While the New Tang Empire in the United States was studying the construction of railways, France on the European road issued the most severe declaration of war against the New Tang Empire!

Although you can't say it's a swear word, the words are definitely enough. But overall, you have to be incompatible with the American New Tang Empire. Either you die or I die!

Needless to say, there will definitely be a battle in Mexico after that, but in the current situation, Li Mengyang has not sent troops into the main territory of Mexico, and the French reinforcements seem to have to take some time to pass. And when walking on the sea, is this matter... guaranteed?

The whole world thinks there is a good show, and the British are playing the tricks before, which is to watch the French guys do it hard, let alone the United States, if someone helps them deal with their own troubles, what else is there to be unhappy?

The French are really friends!

This topic talks about the United States again. At this time, the civil war seemed to come to an end on the American land, but some people were not very concerned about this matter. Anyway, the civil war did not have a great impact on their lives, such as Fort Wayne in Indiana...

Woo ~

The cold wind in winter is unbearable. Generally, if you can guard the coal stove in the house and brew a cup of hot coffee, you will not say this little day. However, this kind of life can only be in the minds of ordinary people, and the working people have to go out to make a living.

"Hu..." A young man stood on the street, his eyes were a little confused, and the gas exhaled from his mouth was particularly white and long.

However, suddenly the young man moved and saw an old man next to him holding a newspaper under his armpit. There was a news in that newspaper, which attracted his attention.

"Sir, can you lend your newspaper to see it?" The young man was very direct and even a little rude.

"Oh..." The old man was a little unhappy, but when he saw that the young man was pretty good, he probably wasn't a bad guy. Although he was dressed badly, maybe this is why he couldn't even afford a newspaper, right?

"Then go and read it." The old man handed over the newspaper, and then he wanted to leave.

"Sir, wait, it only takes me a few minutes." The young man immediately started to look at it, and even he was pulling the old man.

"..." The old man's face was obvious, but he immediately found out what the young man was interested in, so the old man smiled and said, "Do you like to watch such jokes too? Hahaha, it's so funny. That empire, you just don't do serious business all day long!"

Obviously, the so-called empire must be the New Tang Empire in the United States. So what is the news? It’s still a joke?

I saw a message in the newspaper with the title.

‘The Emperor of the New Tang Empire offered a bounty that made people laugh!’

The young man finished reading it quickly. The news was very simple. He was mainly ridiculing and mocking the emperor, saying that he was unrealistic. If someone could turn "fire cotton" or "nitroglycerin" into a safe and stable manner, then the emperor's "Your Majesty" would give that person a reward of 100,000 yuan...
Chapter completed!