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After Xu Guo read the plan, he raised his head and looked at Xu Kun.

This plan was jointly prepared by Xu Kun and eight wealthy businessmen from Songjiang Prefecture.

In Xu Kun's plan, the property rights of the railway company established were owned by the Songjiang government.

The money for building the railway came from the development rights purchased from the government by jointly funded by these eight big businessmen.

In other words, as the prefect of Songjiang, Xu Guo didn't have to do anything. He only needed to agree to the plan to use it for a new train line whose property rights were controlled by the government and whose construction funds came entirely from private funds.

But everything in this world has a price. What price does Songjiang Mansion need to pay?

Xu Guo read the plan carefully and saw the plans of these eight wealthy businessmen.

First of all, the operating rights of this railway line are controlled by eight trading companies jointly established. This organization called Songjiang Railway Trading Co., Ltd. can obtain the railway operating rights for twenty years, during which they can obtain the benefits of the Songjiang Prefecture Railway. .

Secondly, some land along the Songjiang Prefecture railway line and shop land near the train station must also be handed over to the railway trading companies for management by Songjiang Prefecture, and they can obtain the profits from these lands.

According to the experience of the Su-Song Railway, the land along the railway, especially the shops and land near the station, will appreciate significantly.

Xu Guo quickly calculated that this income alone, if managed well, would only take a few years to recover the capital.

The railway operating rights and operating income cannot be said to be a guaranteed profit, but they are also industries that can be passed on to future generations.

Xu Guo was a little moved.

As Jinshi scholars in the same department, Xu Guo and Wang Xijue were the same as Shen Shixing back then. They also helped Su Ze found the "Pai An Surprise" newspaper.

In terms of ability, Xu Guo may not be as good as Shen Shixing, but he is still considered top-notch in the southeast.

Everyone said that if Xu Guo made political achievements in Songjiang Mansion, he would definitely be able to enter the cabinet as a minister next time.

But after Xu Guo took office, he found that things were not so easy.

Shen Shixing planned the entire Songjiang Mansion very well, and even the relocation of the government office to Shanghai County was already arranged when Shen Shixing was in office. It's just that Shen Shixing was suddenly promoted, so he took Xu Guo's hand during the handover and told him to move the government office to Shanghai County.

It can be said that Xu Guo did it, but it was just a continuation of Shen Shixing's policy.

Although Xiao Gui and Cao Sui maintained the stability of the policy, in areas like Songjiang Prefecture, it is often best to govern by doing nothing.

But for Xu Guo, making some achievements was what he thought about day and night after taking office.

No one wants to be the Cao Cao who follows Xiao Gui and Cao Sui.

Compared with Xiao He, the famous prime minister who is famous throughout the ages, Cao Shen's reputation is much smaller.

Xu Guo was naturally impulsive. He accepted Xu Kun's report. After thinking about it for a while, Xu Guo decided to personally send the report to Nanjing and report to the Grand Governor Su Ze in person for his opinions.

In Nanjing, in the Governor's Mansion, Su Ze recently started playing with strange equipment again.

It is said that some time ago, the Grand Governor had someone get a magnet, and it is said that lightning was produced at home.

Xu Guo didn't believe it at first, but when Su Ze shook the handle, he saw sparks appearing at both ends of the copper wire. He was so surprised that he opened his mouth and couldn't close it for a long time.

The Grand Governor can really bring out thunder and lightning!

Xu Guo looked at Su Ze as if he were looking at a monster. If someone said today that the Grand Governor would ascend to immortality tomorrow, he would definitely not be surprised.

You have begun to control thunder and lightning today. It will be okay to ascend to immortality tomorrow, right?

Xu Guo once again thought of those folk legends. Is Su Ze really the reincarnation of the Star King in the sky?

Otherwise, why would he, a descendant of an ordinary military household in a guard station, know so many things? Is there really anyone in this world who is born with knowledge?

Su Ze saw Xu Guo's shock and said with a smile: "This is just a physical phenomenon. Someone has already discussed the principle of electromagnetic power generation in the recent "Gewu" magazine."

Xu Guo knew that "Gewu" was an academic journal published by Tiangong Academy, and its content was as profound as "Shuangxue". Anyway, Xu Guo looked like a heavenly book.

I heard that it was the result of physics. Although Xu Guo was not worried that Su Ze would ascend to immortality tomorrow, he was still very afraid of this thing. After all, lightning is always scary.

Su Ze said: "Some scholars in "Gewu" have demonstrated that lightning in the sky is the same as electromagnetic discharge. Lightning is also an electrostatic discharge phenomenon caused by cloud friction."

"Some scholars have put forward the suggestion of installing iron wires as lightning rods in high-rise buildings. Now they have tested it on the Jiming Temple tower. With the lightning rod, the Jiming Temple tower is still safe after being struck by lightning."

"The Metropolitan Government is prepared to spend money to install lightning rods on all high-rise wooden ancient buildings in Nanjing. At the same time, all buildings built on high terrain in the future must install lightning rods."

Xu Guo couldn't understand at all what this hand-cranked device had to do with thunder.

But whatever the Governor says, it must be what it is. The Governor never makes mistakes. This is the consensus of the entire Southeast.

Xu Guo handed over Xu Kun's plan, and Su Ze put down the tools in his hands.

Su Ze read it very carefully this time. After reading the entire plan, he said to Xu Guo:

"Brother Wei Zhen, this plan is good."

Xu Guo was a little surprised. He originally thought Su Ze would object.

Su Ze has always been opposed to capital entering the infrastructure field.

Su Ze said: "Brother Wei Zhen, I know what you think. I am opposed to capital entering infrastructure, but doesn't this plan say that the initiative in construction lies with Songjiang Prefecture?"

Xu Guo's eyes lit up and he said, "What does the Governor mean?"

Su Ze said: "I know what they think. There are smart people in the Xu family."

"The areas this route passes through are all prosperous areas in Songjiang Prefecture. The demand for passenger transportation alone can actually make a profit, not to mention the revenue from railway freight is even greater."

"And the real estate and land along the railway will appreciate in value. Not to mention the income from these appreciations, if they need to expand the main railway line in the future, the money for land acquisition will also make them a huge profit."

"There are also shops near railway stations. As long as the location is good enough, they are the chickens that lay golden eggs."

Xu Guo nodded. Of course he knew the benefits, otherwise these Songjiang businessmen who were usually very calculating would not be willing to invest.

Xu Guo added: "But they are willing to invest all their wealth in our Southeast, which is enough to show their determination."

Su Ze nodded and said: "Everything has two sides. If the railway is really built, it will also be good for the development of Songjiang Prefecture."

"Nowadays, finances are relatively tight. It is always good to use private funds to build this railway as soon as possible."

"If we wait until the world becomes more stable in the future, the cost of construction will become higher and higher."

Xu Guo also nodded. Now the land prices and labor costs in Songjiang Mansion have begun to rise, but they are still lower than the highest land prices during the reign of the Ming Dynasty.

In the future, after Southeast Asia takes over the country, land prices will definitely rise. If we wait until then to build railways, the price will be even greater.

Moreover, the current government's execution ability is high and the government is clean and honest. The projects built at this time will definitely last longer than those built later.

Su Ze knew there was nothing he could do about it.

"In fact, there are still many conflicts between government-run railways and private railways."

“Official railway construction, whether promoted by local officials through their own influence or proposed by representatives of the Constitutional Assembly, generally emphasizes mileage and pursues the laying of railways to more economically underdeveloped areas. They want to build railways through railways. play a role in promoting development.”

Xu Guo thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

Building railways is a political achievement, and political achievements naturally need to be publicized.

Railway mileage is a good indicator. For example, the mileage of Xuzhou Railway is often publicized as the achievements of the Railway Department of the Ministry of Industry.

This is not the case with private railways. The Suzhou-Songzhou Railway is not considered private, it is only publicly funded, so it pays more attention to publicizing the profitability of the railway. Tang Xianzu often publicized how many years the Suzhou-Songzhou Railway will pay back its capital and how many years it will make a profit.

"Delegates to the Constitutional Convention are also more willing to propose the construction of branch railways. They are more willing to build railways for their hometowns."

"Hahaha!" Xu Guo couldn't help but laugh.

He thought of the time when the newspapers attacked the Xuzhou Railway, but the representatives of the Xuzhou Constitutional Assembly defended the Xuzhou Railway. They debated in the newspapers whether the Southeast Cabinet should use the national tax revenue to build a railway in Xuzhou.

"Businessmen prefer main line railways, especially along urban lines, because these railways are stable and profitable. Even if the land near urban main lines does not rely on railways to make money, it will increase in the long run."

Xu Guo shook his head quickly, what Su Ze said was too profound.

Su Ze said: "If they are willing to fund this railway, they can naturally fund it, but the route must be determined by Songjiang Prefecture, and the opinions of the representatives of the Songjiang Prefecture's Constituent Assembly must be consulted."

"In addition to the mainline railways, which are definitely profitable, we should also build some branch railways, or take detours to some underdeveloped counties and towns."

"The land near the railway cannot be given to them directly. Instead, they will be given the right of first refusal after the railway is built, but the price will be calculated based on the price of the land after construction."

Xu Guo couldn't help but sigh, he really must be the governor!