Chapter 127 The Thoughts of the Imperial Businessman
"We will put all our strength into this war, not for anything else, but for a comprehensive victory!"
- The congressional speech began in February. All of China knows that China is about to invest all its strength in Europe. The Army Department is making a plan to send more than 200 divisions to Europe, and the Navy Department is formulating a corresponding transportation plan. However, as we all know, the focus of China's participation in the war is not Western Europe, but The eastern line is Russia.
Before sending troops, China must make full preparations. This preparation may take half a long time. First of all, considering the logistics problem, China must solve the transportation problem. Well, China has sent a railway delegation to Russia to jointly repair the Siberian railway with the Russian railway company and The Central Asian Railway, and in the other direction, in Persia, China sent more than 100,000 troops to Persia despite British opposition, most of whom were engineers, who will strive to build a railway to Russia and connect with the Russian Central Asian Railway in the next ten months.
The Russian-Prussian Railway, this railway will solve the most urgent transportation problem for Russia. However, after the railway is repaired, the Russian-Prussian Railway alone can transport up to 400,000 tons of materials to Russia every month, but on the Russian-Prussian Railway, there is another bottle path - the transportation capacity of the Central Asian Railway. Restrictions.
Although on the surface, between China and Russia, the Heilongjiang Middle East Railway is connected to the Siberian Railway, and on the Mongolian Plateau, there is also a newly built Sino-Russian railway connected to the Siberian Railway. Although there are two railways, the cargo traffic to Russia does not exceed the annual capacity 3 The bottleneck of 1 million tons, because both the Mongolian railway and the Middle East railway ultimately rely on the Siberian railway to transport materials, and the capacity of the Central Asian railway, which is connected to the single line in Xinjiang Province, has not changed much.
On the surface, the construction of the Russian-Poland Railway seems that Russia has obtained another transportation channel, but in fact, it has fallen into another railway bottleneck, which has not fundamentally solved the problem. At this time, China proposed to solve the transportation bottleneck through sea transportation. With the help of sea transportation, it can directly bypass the Central Asian Railway. The materials are loaded on the coast of the Caspian Sea, loaded directly through the Caspian Sea and the Volga River in Tsarijin, and sent directly to Ukraine, and the freight is even lower than that of only the Central Asian Railways to transport materials, which can solve the problem of insufficient capacity of the Central Asian Railways.
A year later, the annual capacity of the Central Asian Railway and the Siberian Railway will exceed 6 million tons, and the Russian-Prussian Railway will also reach 6 million tons. In this way, Russia can obtain sufficient foreign materials. Although Russia still needs to solve the money needed for imported materials, for Russia, they As if seeing hope, he immediately accepted the Chinese side's suggestion. After accepting the suggestion, he naturally left all the next problems to China.
For example, how to solve the problem of Caspian sea shipping, compared with the Black Sea, the shipping industry of the Caspian Sea is not developed. As an inland sea, although the ships of the Black Sea are moored in the Black Sea because the navies of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey block the Black Sea, causing a large number of merchant ships to stay in the port, the Caspian Sea is an inland sea, and it is impossible for merchant ships to sail to the Caspian Sea. It is necessary to rebuild merchant ships in the Caspian Sea, and on the coast of the coast, there are only a few small shipyards that can only make small cargo ships, shipbuilding and shipyards.
Compared with the "caution" of the Russians on the railway, the Russians have become extremely "generous" in Caspian maritime transportation. They agreed that China would invest in the establishment of the "Caspian Shipping Company", agreed that China would build a shipyard along the coast, and even agreed that China would set up a wholly-owned company, which is a green light. In fact, the Russians have their own considerations. "Hey, what are you talking about now? Invest more than five million yuan to build such a shipyard. It can build more than 300,000 tons of merchant ships a year, but these merchant ships can only float in the Caspian Sea!"
In a small room in a hotel in Turkmenistani, Sun Yemao complained to Ye Quansheng that they were the deputy manager and manager of the "Caspian Sea Shipping Company" sent here by China Ocean Transport Company. Since they came to this city, Sun Yemao has complained about the construction here. .
"Five million in shipyards, 16 million in docks, 70 million in merchant ships... Calculate, the investment needs at least 100 million, and all of them are invested by us. No less than 10 million tons of transportation a year, at least ten years can recover the investment. This is simply a loss business. Ten years of recovery of investment, and the Russians may give it to us. Ten years of monopoly management rights?
"Political axe, there is always the consideration of political axe!"
Ye Quansheng's words seemed a little helpless. If the safe name of the investment can be ensured, then the investment may be cost-effective, and if it can establish a monopoly position, in wartime, the Russians may not be able to compete for Caspian transportation because of the war, so that the Caspian Sea company monopolizes maritime transportation, but as long as the war is over, everything Everything will change. Except for the consideration of the political axe, he really can't find any other reason.
"You told me..."
Sun Yemao still asked with some dissatisfaction.
"For the sake of political axe, can the company bear the loss of 10,000 yuan? You know, no matter how many ships we build here, it is also in vain. It is impossible for us to drive the boats to other places because of the sluggish business here. The Caspian Sea is an inland sea. If we lose money and the company is ready to give up here, these boats can only be sold cheaply, even as scrap iron to the Russians!"
"I don't know, I don't know, it's the decision of the palace."
Ye Quansheng smiled meaningfully. The decision in the palace, that is, your majesty's decision. The ocean company is your majesty's ocean company. Even if your majesty can bear the loss, what else can they say?
"Over the years, Your Majesty has not been doing business for a long time!"
He sighed helplessly, and there was still a little dissatisfaction in Sun Yemao's words.
"I also interfere in this kind of business that is doomed to lose money."
He raised his eyebrows vaguely, and then he looked at the small room, which was extremely simple. There was a writing table, two round chairs, two beds with light blue sheets, and the other table - this is a small round table, placed in the middle of the room, facing a hanging from the ceiling. An electric lamp covered with a sky-blue cloth lampshade.
Even so, this is already the most "luxury" hotel in the area. Unless they are willing to stay at the homes of those Russian officials, they can only stay in such places.
"If the Don River is connected to the Volga River, perhaps the Caspian Sea will no longer be an inland sea!"
Ye Quan, who was looking at the map, suddenly raised his head and said to Sun Yemao.
"The Volga and Don rivers can sail 3,000 tons of sea-type merchant ships,..."
"Do you want to build a canal?"
Sun Yemao shook his head vigorously and then said.
"Hey! My Manager Ye, how much is the investment in the Huaihe Tonghai Project and the Huaihe River Governance Project?
Then he stretched out five fingers and said.
"Fifty million investment, one million reformers, lasting six years!"
When the voice fell, he said with his head again.
"Can't the power of the company can afford such a thing as the canal? And the investment is so big that it's just for the Russians. Is it necessary?
"Let's talk about it now,"
The legs of Gaotong leather boots, which were rubbed brightly and tightly wrapped around the legs, were stretched straight under the table. Ye Quan said with certainty.
"Our investment in Russia, if there is less, the Russians want to take action, and there will be less worry, but what if there is more? Just like the royal investment in Persia, even in Britain, we are holding on. Well, if we have billions of investments in Russia, let's talk about it. If Russia harms our commercial interests, is it possible for the political axe to sit idly by?
"You mean..."
Looking at Ye Quansheng in surprise, Sun Yemao then said.
"Kidnap the political axe with huge investment?"
For his surprise, Ye Quansheng smiled.
"Usually, this is the case. If there is too little investment, there is no need to interfere. If there is too much investment, it will be difficult to ride the political axe. At that time, in order to ensure commercial interests, they will have to fight. It can be said that there are some wars, not because of territory or dignity, but for commercial purposes. The interests, just like the current European war, in the final analysis, are not for commercial interests. Germany's capital wants to redraw its sphere of influence.
"Look at what you said! If so, what's the difference between us and the anniannior? You know, we are imperial merchants! ......"
Looking at Ye Quansheng, Sun Yemao said something unacceptable. Huangshang, for Chinese businessmen, to some extent, this is an honor. Only the best business elites can be hired by industrial companies and become members of industrial companies. From the day they enter industrial companies, They have a very special identity - the imperial merchant. A businessman who runs the royal industry.
"Hey hey, imperial merchants, in the final analysis, imperial merchants are also merchants!"
Ye Quansheng smiled again.
"If we cause huge losses to the company because of our incompetence, then in the future, the Chinese business community will not have a place for you and me. Imperial merchants and imperial merchants should also value interests!"
He filled the tall glass with some strange vodka, looked at Sun Yemao, and then smiled again.
"What do you think?"
His words silenced Sun Yemao.
"This has always been the case in this world!"
Although Sun Yemao was silent, Ye Quan kept talking.
"The Royal Sino-Poland Oil Company has invested less than 100 million yuan, but why does the country work hard for the company and the United Kingdom, just for oil? I'm afraid it takes into account the interests of the royal family?
"You know..."
I wanted to say something to defend, but Sun Yemao suddenly felt very tired. He reached for the tall glass and took a sip of wine. He looked at his old friend and finally just squeaked.
"Anyway, I don't think we should do this kind of thing!"
(to be continued)