Dominate the Country

The weather in April of the lunar calendar is already a bit hot. Just after noon, the airtight house is no longer suitable for people to stay in. The men working under the sun are all bare-chested, their tendons are shiny in the sun, and the calls are coming one after another, showing a spirit of enthusiasm.

The horse-drawn carriages in Nanjing City have completely become a thing of the past, and the city trains will completely replace them. Now, this is a parking station, which is being renovated and expanded as soon as possible. The parking station of the city train is much larger than that of the horse-drawn carriages. Although it no longer needs piles of fodder and warehouses of fine materials, black beans, bean cakes, etc., the train needs coal and a larger carriage.

Not to mention the area occupied by the latter, the former coal storage and transportation yard has many requirements.

There are open-air and closed yards.

The outstanding feature of the closed yard is that it pollutes the surrounding environment less, and the disadvantage is that the project cost is high, the working environment in the yard is poor and the working environment is complex. The outstanding features of the open-air yard are low construction cost, high yard utilization, flexible operation and wide use, but its main disadvantage is that the dust has a great impact on the environment.

Nanjing is the imperial capital of Chen Han, and Chen Ming does not want to see a gray Jinling, like the foggy capital of London in the original time and space.

Moreover, Nanjing is a big furnace, and the coal yard can spontaneously combust under the scorching sun, which will be a big trouble. Besides, what if someone deliberately makes trouble and deliberately sets fire? The open-air yard has great safety hazards.

And how to prevent the coal pile from spontaneously combusting in hot weather? In addition to limiting the tonnage, increasing the distance, regularly watering the coal pile, and strictly regulating fire prevention management, Chen Ming can't think of anything.

The roar of the machine is intertwined with the sound of the workers' horns when they are working, and the whistle from time to time from the construction site renders the industrial atmosphere here.

The parking station still needs to be built, but the railway has been paved, and a large number of raw materials can be quickly delivered to the construction site by small trains.

Just now, a freight train came from Xiaguan Wharf. After entering the station, it only stayed for half an hour, and then hurriedly set off again, rushing to the farther Xuanwu Lake Station. The entire railway network of Nanjing has been laid out. By transporting materials from Xiaguan Wharf to the train, the entire city of Nanjing can be "visited" in one round.

In this short half hour, several passengers got off from the head carriage of the freight train. The leaders were the brothers Chen Jiqing and Chen Jigong, the big brothers in the financial world of Chen Han, and the others were also staff members of the Ministry of Finance. In two months, Chen Jigong and Chen Jiqing will go to America together with Huang Song, the Gao brothers and others.

Some time ago, the court of Chen Han was disturbed by the 100-acre farm plan proposed by Chen Wei, the King of Guo, but the brothers Chen Jigong and Chen Jiqing were ordered to go to Japan and Siam respectively. When the two of them returned to Nanjing, the previous dispute became more intense. The intervention of Li Kun and Li Hao turned the whole city of Nanjing into a boiling pot.

But Chen Jigong and Chen Jiqing had no time to care about this. The specific content of the Huaxia Alliance proposed by Chen Ming before, whether it was Siam or Japan, needed a lot of work to do. The two brothers were so busy that they had no time to take care of that matter.

During their trip to Japan and Siam, a considerable number of Chinese public officials accompanied them to Japan and Siam to assist the two countries in completing the rectification and reorganization of their financial and financial systems. Now the financial institutions of Japan and Siam are basically busy with reorganization, and the Chinese representatives are directly staying in those financial institutions in the two countries, especially they have the financial supervision power of the national banks of the two countries.

Now that the two brothers have completed those tasks, they hurried back to Nanjing, one to report to the central government, and the other to rush back to see their family's last big investment in Chen Han's native land - the small train renovation project in Nanjing.

In the choice between Nanjing and Shanghai, they chose Nanjing.

The two brothers invested a total of 25 million yuan in the previously established Nanjing Urban Rail Transit Company, accounting for 10% of the company's shares.

This is a very "money-making" investment project. Together with their real estate in Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guangzhou and other places and the shares of more than a dozen group companies, these are the cornerstones for their sons to gain a foothold in Chen Han's homeland.

Chen Cong has only two sons, Chen Jiqing and Chen Jigong, but these two people do not have only one son each. Although their sons are not as many as Chen Ming, they have reached double digits when added together. And their throne can only be inherited by two sons, so what should the remaining children do?

No one will completely give up their roots in the homeland.

Although the main force has been withdrawn to the Americas, the power structure has changed a lot, just like after the officials retire, the family business depends more on relationships. But Chen Cong's branch has laid a foundation when the Chen family started the rebellion. The three of them, father and son, are all high-level officials in the court. The influence of such a family in the homeland is unquestionable.

Even if they removed two pillars at once, and dropped one level from the top of Chen Han, they could still be ranked among the top powers.

The local and overseas complement each other, which is the development path of these wealthy nobles. Although after their main forces withdrew from the local area, the vacant positions would definitely be filled by newcomers, which is a matter of "losing in one corner but gaining in another".

Chen Jigong is not very interested in trains. He pays more attention to ships in his spare time. Chen Jiqing, on the other hand, has been involved in transportation since a long time ago, because the construction of the latter requires high and sky-high costs, and the financial market is often the best place to raise funds for these roads.

But Chen Jigong will not express his support for the construction of railways. After arriving in the Caribbean, he will vigorously develop his country's transportation industry, from shipping on the sea to roads and railways on land.

"It is still profitable to build small urban railways, especially in cities with great influence." This kind of enterprise company related to the daily life of ordinary residents is very helpful to maintain the style of the Chen family. Moreover, this kind of enterprise with a certain public welfare nature has a lot of land under its name, whether it is a parking station, a repair shop or a coal storage site, it is a large piece of land.

Now the cabinet government does not allow these lands to be used for commercial development, but what will it look like in 20 or 30 years?

Look at Nanjing today, with a population of at least 2 million. And how many people were there in Nanjing 30 years ago?

In the past, Nanjing, which was surrounded by the outline of a huge city wall, had many ruins and deserted streets, but now? It is already full of people. Someone has proposed to demolish the city wall and expand the urban area of ​​Nanjing in the Advisory Council.

With the continuous improvement of the technology of steam pumping stations, the floors of newly built residential areas in Nanjing are no longer three or four floors, five or six floors, but at least eight floors, or even ten floors.

Times have changed too much.

When Nanjing built the track for trams, there was almost no compensation for demolition, but now the cost of demolition compensation for the reconstruction of the urban track has exceeded 20 million yuan. This was absolutely unthinkable back then.

"This will also be the largest investment of our family in the next 20 years..."

In addition to the construction of small trains in the city, the Chinese transportation department also has a "well" plan, which is an extension of the original "big cross" plan. But the threshold is too high. The Chen family's main financial resources have been invested in America, and they are not qualified to get involved.

Compared with the grand plan of the entire imperial court, the small train traffic in Nanjing is like a firefly and a bright moon.

Now their branch is doing big things with a small amount of money. As long as they can still hold up the table in Nanjing, it will be very good.

Many of the one or two hundred powerful families who are going to America have invested money in Chen Han’s infrastructure and urban public welfare and livelihood enterprises, and they are also following the same path.

Leaving the railway station construction site, the two brothers of the Chen family put away their inner feelings. They are not in the mood to visit all the small railway stations in Nanjing.

It is enough to see their own "industry" with their own eyes and express their appreciation for it.

When the government affairs are completed, they will hand over their work, but this does not mean that they will have time for the next month or so. At that time, they will be busier than now, and they will be 100% focused.

Both of them will make careful preparations before departure for their future "own foundation".

Chen Jiqing rushed directly to the office of Wang Qi, the chief minister of the cabinet, and presented the proposal for Japan's financial arrangement.

"Please read it, the chief minister. This is the opinion on Japan's financial arrangement that I drafted. In a hurry, the handwriting is sloppy and the idea is crude. If there are any inconsiderate parts, I hope the chief minister will forgive me." Chen Jiqing was very humble. He said a few words briefly, put the proposal for financial arrangement on Wang Qi's desk, and then stood with his hands hanging down, waiting for Wang Qi's instructions.

Wang Qi did not delay and directly picked up the document and read it. Of course, he did not express his opinion immediately, but asked a question that seemed to be unrelated to finance.

"Mr. Chen, now the consultations between our dynasty and various countries on various issues of alliance are coming to an end. Soon, Siam and Japan will disarm." The entire master-slave system is built, and the issues involved are not just financial banks. "Feedback from Japan and Siam shows that the process is going smoothly, but the bad thing is the Sikh Kingdom." The situation changed suddenly. The countries of all sizes in India, such as Gorkha, Mysore, Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh, were all stable, except the Sikh Kingdom. Sikh King Ranjit Singh did not leave his capital. He was one of the few monarchs who did not attend the Nanjing League in person, but you have to be considerate of him. The Sikh Kingdom was in the midst of war, and Singh, as the sea-stabilizing god, obviously could not leave the Sikhs at this time.

When the Nanjing League was launched, the Marathas also launched a counterattack against the Sikhs during this period.

Many hostile countries around the Marathas, such as Mysore, Gorkha, Bhutan, etc., had their kings leave their countries and rush to Nanjing for the meeting, which naturally made it inconvenient for war to break out. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them to launch a manganese mine counterattack against the Sikhs.

And the Sikh king did not leave his capital, so does that also mean that the relationship between the Sikhs and Chen Han is not so close in fact?

It was not until the meeting was over and the news reached India that the Marathas realized with horror that they had provoked a giant - the Sikh Kingdom and Chen Han had a close relationship, which was clearly exposed. However, they could not stop the war immediately, as it would have a great impact on their reputation. Moreover, they were willing but the Sikh Kingdom was unwilling.

Ranjit Singh hopes to take this opportunity to push back to the Indian Ocean and open the Haiyang exit in the south. The original territory of Sikhism is in the north of Pakistan in the future. Now it has only expanded to the central part, and they still need to take over the central and southern parts. But in this way, the Sikh Kingdom will not be able to maintain the original planned number of troops, and military expenditures have increased dramatically, and they are eagerly asking Chen Han for support.

"What do you mean by this?"