Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1199, As soon as the train rings, ten thousand taels of gold
"Sir~"

In Liu Jin's study, He Yun came to Liu Jin and said very respectfully.

"Sit down~"

Liu Jin smiled and nodded, indicating that he doesn't need to be polite.

He Yun came to his house, of course Liu Jin knew what he came for.

One is to report to myself the operation of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway. After the railway is opened to traffic, whether it will make money or not is a very important thing. It is related to whether my investment will be rewarded or not.

The other is how to go about the Beijing-Tianjin Railway in the future planning and development of the Daming Railway. As the first railway in the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway has great advantages.

In many aspects of railway construction, maintenance, operation, management, maintenance, etc., the Beijing-Tianjin Railway has explored experience and is at the forefront of the times.

The railway is of great importance and involves many interests. It is unreasonable for the Beijing-Tianjin Railway not to follow up in this regard. This is a super cake, and it is enough to tear off a piece casually.

We must know that the interests related to railways are extremely huge. Why did the Western powers of later generations scramble to build railways for us? It is not because railways are related to all aspects of interests.

The resources in the surrounding area along the railway, the land around the railway station, etc., as long as you master the railway, you can master the benefits that the railway can bring in many aspects.

"Young Master, this is the property data of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway that has been in operation for a full month. Please have a look."

He Yun handed a report to Liu Jin respectfully.

There are many industries under Liu Jin's command. In terms of managing these industries, Liu Jin has adopted some rules and regulations of later generations, mainly focusing on personnel, property and major decision-making. He adopts the management model of professional managers and attaches great importance to financial data.

Therefore, although there are many industries under Liu Jin's command, they are well managed and developed quite well, bringing Liu Jin a lot of wealth.

"Hmm~"

Liu Jin took the data report and looked at it carefully.

The Beijing-Tianjin Railway opened to traffic in October until two days ago, exactly one month.

Within one month, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway dispatched a total of [-] trains, of which [-] trains were used to transport passengers and [-] trains were used to transport goods.

A total of more than [-] million passengers were carried, more than [-] million catties of goods were transported, and the operating income exceeded [-] taels of silver.

Seeing the final number, Liu Jin also nodded in satisfaction.

The Beijing-Tianjin Railway is considered the most valuable railway in the entire Ming Dynasty. It connects the two largest cities in the Ming Dynasty. Although it is only more than a hundred miles away, it can do business for [-] taels of silver in a month.

Calculated this year, it can almost achieve an operating income of six million taels of silver. Apart from various costs, depreciation, maintenance, etc., there must be no problem with a net profit of [-] to [-] points. of.

This year, he could earn nearly two million taels of silver.

And this is just the beginning. When everyone gets used to using trains to travel and transport goods, there will be more trains and more goods transported. At that time, its turnover will be OK. Increase, the profit will be more.

You must know that the investment of this railway is only tens of millions of taels of silver. Calculated, it only takes a few years to pay back the capital, and in the future it will be almost enough to just lie down and collect the silver.

This business is definitely a very profitable business, a huge profit industry.

If you count the income from the railway, the railway around the railway station, the rental of shops in the railway station, selling things on the train, placing advertisements, etc., the profit is quite considerable.

Careful analysis of this data will reveal the value of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway. It is very easy to make money connecting the two cities with the largest, strongest economy, and most population in Ming Dynasty.

That is to say, Liu Jin was the first to produce the train. Now, everyone has seen the value of the train, and it will definitely not be easy to occupy the Beijing-Tianjin Railway.

You must know that the entire Ming Dynasty is paying attention to the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway. In the past month or so, a large number of people from all over the Ming Dynasty have brought a large amount of money to the capital and Tianjin, wanting to participate in the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Railway is also very valuable.

From Beijing, Tianjin, North Zhili, Shandong, South Zhili, Nanjing, Suzhou, Songhu, and Hangzhou, the places that this route passes through are the most prosperous, most developed, most populous, and most economically powerful places in Ming Dynasty. It is the line that runs through the north and south.

There are too many people who want to invest in this railway.

People from all over the court, from Emperor Hongzhi, princes and nobles, to ordinary officials, local landlords, gentry, etc., all wanted to participate in this railway.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Railway, with a total length of more than 1.5 miles, needs to raise a total of [-] million taels of silver, of which Emperor Hongzhi alone took out [-] million taels of silver very generously.

The crown prince Zhu Houzhao took out another [-] million taels of silver. The dignitaries such as Zhang Mao and Liu Jin had a few million taels less and [-] million taels more. I have [-] taels.

It was really too easy to collect 1.5 million taels of silver, and finally raised [-] million taels of silver, which exceeded the funds needed by the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway, and at the same time because it was going to be listed on the Tianjin Stock Exchange.

So there is no way but to extend the railway according to the original plan, and then pass through Fujian and arrive in Guangdong. The distance increases and the money required also increases, which meets everyone's needs.

This shows everyone's enthusiasm for investing in railways.

No one is a fool, everyone has seen the value of this railway, and now they can invest as much money as they can, and they will just sit and collect money in the future.

"Fortunately, everyone didn't see the data in my hand, otherwise there would definitely be a fight."

Liu Jin said with a smile.

After hearing this, He Yun immediately smiled.

The railway is really profitable, and the investment is huge, but it is also very cool when the cost is recovered. The trains pull not passengers and goods, but trains of money.

If a train is full, it can carry 110 people at a time, and a ticket costs [-] renminbi per person. Calculated, this train can earn more than [-] taels of silver just by selling tickets.

If there is a special train for pulling goods, the income will be even higher, because the loss of goods transportation in this matter is huge, and at the same time, the freight is very expensive because of the road.

Trains can pull 20 catties of goods at a time, and it is not too much to charge a few hundred taels of silver. There are too many factories and workshops in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and there are many, many goods that need to be transported. Don’t worry about running out of goods .

"My lord, the imperial court has issued a five-year railway plan, how should we lay it out next?"

After thinking about it, He Yun also talked about the next strategic layout.

The imperial court obviously saw the importance of railways and wanted to vigorously develop railways, and the ruling and opposition parties also had a very strong view on railways, and they were investing in railways one after another.

"First of all, we will actively participate in it. No matter which railway, I will invest, and when the time comes, I will also entrust you with this matter."

"Second, since everyone is keen on building railways, then railway-related industries will inevitably rise, and we need to make arrangements early."

"I have notified the steel factory to expand production and invest in the construction of more steel factories. Steel is not only needed for railway repairs, but also for the infrastructure of Ming Dynasty. In the future, for a long time, steel will be needed There's a lot to do."

"The manufacture of steam locomotives is also very promising. There are more railways, and more trains are needed. Now the only one that can manufacture steam locomotives is our Jingcheng Machinery Factory."

"So the Jingcheng Machinery Factory has to build a separate factory, expand production, and build a factory specializing in the construction of steam locomotives and trains. They build railways, and I sell steam locomotives and trains here."

"It's not too much to sell this steam locomotive for thousands of taels of silver. When the railways across the country are opened, thousands of steam locomotives and trains will be needed casually. This is a big deal, and it can last for a long time. trade."

"In the future, more and more railways will be built, and there will only be more and more steam locomotives, trains, rails, etc. we want. We can eat enough by doing this business."

"Revolving around the railway-related industries, we need to make a layout in advance. You should contact and discuss with Ren Siheng more and make preparations."

Liu Jin pondered for a while, thought for a while and said.

"Yes~"

When He Yun heard this, he nodded quickly and wrote it down firmly.

This is the benefit of being a pioneer. Railway construction standards, related technologies, management, operation, maintenance, etc. are all based on the Beijing-Tianjin Railway.

Everyone builds railways, and Liu Jin can sell locomotives, trains, rails, etc., and these can also make a lot of money.

"Thirdly, you have to set up a railway college here, which is dedicated to cultivating railway-related talents, such as how to build railways, maintain and manage railways, as well as train maintenance, management, driving, etc. The other is railway Daily operation, management, maintenance, management of railway stations and many other disciplines.”

"The railway is an extremely complex systematic project, and it cannot be done without professional talents. When other railways start construction, there will be a great demand for talents in this field."

"At that time, whether they recruit talents from our school or entrust us to help train relevant talents, we can benefit from it."

After thinking about it, Liu Jin urged again.

Schools must be built. Once the number of railways increases and develops, it will definitely not work without professional schools. It is still the usual style of running schools.

There are many benefits to running a school. On the one hand, it can bring you a good reputation. On the other hand, the new schools I run have more and more students, so I have to find a way for them. Of course, the most important thing is to rely on these various schools. Various schools come to drive the development of Daming.

(End of this chapter)