Years of the Republic of China 1913

() Listening to Fang Zida's words, Liang Dunyan's eyes widened, and he couldn't help turning his head to look out the window, even suspecting that the sun rose from the west today.

Since Liang Shiyi's accident, the Ministry of Communications has never been as brilliant as before. In the past two years, in addition to maintaining the work of the Ministry, under repeated pressure from the Ministry of Finance, Liang Dunyan failed to do a major task. He complained to his friends in private. In his view, Fang Zida is the chief culprit in hindering the development of the Ministry of Communications.

But today's scene made him unable to believe his ears. Hearing what Fang Zida said, Liang Dunyan was not only not happy, but wondered if Fang Zida had ulterior motives and planned to set him some tricks.Seeing Liang Dunyan's alert look, Fang Zida smiled immediately, made a gesture of asking him to wait, got up and walked to the desk to get some things.

"Brother Songsheng, please take a look."

"This is……."

"This is a transportation plan that I asked people to make. Please don't worry about it, brother Songsheng. In fact, this matter should be done by your transportation department. This plan is just a reference. I don't intend to directly intervene in the work of the transportation department."

Fearing that the other party might misunderstand, Fang Zida deliberately explained.Liang Dunyan took the things and spread them out on the coffee table. This is a traffic map of China, on which several main railway lines, branch lines and road networks are outlined in bright colors.

After glancing roughly at the picture, Liang Dunyan was taken aback for a moment, and then he couldn't laugh or cry.

"Brother Songsheng, how does this plan look?"

"That's right, it still looks really nice..." Liang Dunyan smiled inappropriately.

"Brother Songsheng, you are an expert. If you have any opinions, just speak up, not to mention that there are no outsiders here."

"Hehe. Do you really want me to be frank?" Liang Dunyan smiled, lit a cigarette and took a few puffs, as if he was thinking about something, looked up at Fang Zida's calm expression, and finally opened his mouth unceremoniously.

"Since this is the case, you are not welcome as a brother. Brother Zhang Ming, you are second in financial ability. I am afraid that no one in the country dares to be the first. This brother is very admired. But the so-called specialization in technology, this You are a layman when it comes to transportation work. You must know that since the abdication of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the total length of China’s railway lines has been about 9100 kilometers, of which 35% are state-owned, and the remaining 65% are jointly organized or commercially funded. After the founding of the Republic of China, after many Repurchase, adjustment and construction. The share of state-owned railway lines has also increased year by year, and now it has reached more than 70%. After the central yang plans to allocate funds for each year, the average length of new railway lines is about 300 kilometers per year, that is to say, at least So far this year, the total length of China's railway lines is 11000 kilometers, which also includes the Middle East Road and the Manchurian Railway."

Fang Zida nodded slightly.This data is almost the same as what I have. If the distance of some railways under construction is added, it may reach 11500 kilometers. On paper, the length of the railway is not bad, but it must be compared with the vast land area of ​​China.It is nearly half a century behind Western countries.

Liang Dunyan pointed at the blueprint with a hint of sneer: "The above is the current state of our country's railways. Compared with railways, the road network is even worse. Except for a few developed areas, almost all roads between cities are dirt roads and small roads. Lord, to be honest, the real roads are only a few hundred kilometers in total, and the maintenance is not satisfactory. I have not carefully calculated the plan of Brother Cheng Ming, but from a professional point of view, the total length of the railway alone is It will exceed 36000 kilometers, and the total length of roads will not be less than 8000 kilometers. This reminds me of the grand plan of 16 kilometers that Sun Yat-sen made when he became the president of the Railway Association..."

Speaking of this, Liang Dunyan showed a playful smile.Fang Zida was immediately amused when he heard it. Of course he had heard of the 16-kilometer railway project, and it was a big joke back then.After Sun Wen took up this post, he asked someone to find a map of China. He hid in the house and took a ruler and pen to draw on it with the cities as points directly connecting them with straight lines. After a few days, the map was drawn like a spider. The network is densely packed, and then he took this thing as the standard, called a newspaper reporter to announce publicly, and triumphantly promoted his 16-kilometer railway plan to the outside world. In the end, the professionals were stunned when they saw it, and Yuan Shikai was furious. furious.

Fang Zida is not Sun Wen back then, let alone do such ridiculous things.Theoretically speaking, his work is much more rigorous than the 16-kilometer plan, and he invited professionals to participate in the design and planning, and referred to some opinions from the Ministry of Communications.But he also knew that such a large-scale plan seemed unbelievable to Liang Dunyan. According to the national development plan for the Ministry of Communications, it would be absolutely impossible to build such a railway and road network within a few decades. of.What's more, the financial appropriation for the Ministry of Communications is not abundant. Based on China's current fiscal revenue, Liang Dunyan doesn't believe that Fang Zida can get so much money.

"Brother Songsheng, I understand what you mean. I invite you here today not to discuss anything else, but to see if this plan is feasible from your professional perspective."

"What about planning? Financial aspects...."

"Hehe, this is my consideration, I just need your professional advice."

Liang Dunyan was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head again and looked at the plan carefully.This time he looked more carefully than before. After watching for about ten minutes, his eyebrows moved slightly, and his expression was a little surprised.

"Strange, this item seems to be made by a professional..." Liang Dunyan became more and more startled the more he looked at it. The company that Fang Zida presented seemed to be a joke on the surface, but when he studied it carefully, he realized that There are some bright spots, and the planning and design of this transportation network must have been carefully thought out by professionals, which can still be detected with Liang Dunyan's eyes.But the more this happened, the more strange he felt. Could it be that Fang Zida really planned to make such a plan?If this is the case, Liang Dunyan is of course happy, isn't this what he has always dreamed of?However, from the perspective of national finances, maintaining 300 kilometers of railway construction each year is already very difficult. Although Fang Zida is the chief financial officer, he is not a fairy. He can turn stones into gold. How can he spend so much money to implement this plan?

"It's really interesting." Half an hour later, Liang Dunyan raised his head and said something, after thinking for a while, he said, "Brother Cheng Ming, I'm afraid it's not the Chinese who made this thing?"

"Brother Songsheng has a good vision. To tell the truth, Brother Songsheng, I spent a lot of money to ask Americans to help design this plan."

"No wonder... I said..." Nodding slightly, Liang Dunyan stretched out his hand and pointed on the blueprint: "It is estimated that there are some problems with the parameters and topographic maps obtained by the other party. Here, and here, the route needs to be adjusted, or else The construction will be much more difficult, and unnecessary costs will be added, in addition to this... this... Judging from the current situation in our country, these two lines can be temporarily merged into one line to reduce duplication..."

Fang Zida followed Liang Dunyan's point of view. Although he couldn't understand it at all, it didn't mean he was nodding his head in agreement.

"Hey... If this plan can really be completed, even if you die, you will be willing!"

Pointing to Jiang Shan, Liang Dunyan seemed to say that the higher the interest, but after a while, his interest gradually dropped again. Looking at the plan, he sighed and shook his head in frustration.

"Brother Songsheng, why should you sigh? I have already said before that the financial problem is up to me. You only need your Ministry of Communications to make professional adjustments to this plan and come up with a final plan."

Seeing him like this, Fang Zida said with a smile on the side. Liang Dunyan was taken aback for a moment, and then his expression suddenly became agitated: "Brother Zhang Ming, are you serious? Are you not entertaining me?"

"How could it be? Of course it's true! Isn't that the purpose of inviting you here today?"

"Really?"

"Exactly!"

After confirming again and again, seeing that Fang Zida was indeed not joking, Liang Dunyan became excited all of a sudden.

"Good! Good! Good!" Liang Dunyan blushed and applauded, "I didn't expect Brother Cheng Ming to really have such a heart. I will apologize to you here for my brother. At first I always thought that my brother was entertaining me, but carefully. After watching it, I found it strange, how could the planning be done so carefully in terms of entertainment? This is too much to look down upon as a brother? Since brother Cheng Ming has such ambitions, of course, my brother will not refuse. This is what my Ministry of Communications should do Things, if this plan can be implemented, it will completely connect the north, south, east and west, and greatly increase the national strength of the Republic of China, which will be a great thing for both the country and the people!"

"Exactly, that's what my little brother intends." Fang Zida smiled and nodded.

Liang Dunyan said a few words happily, but then showed embarrassment: "Brother, this plan is good, but the finances may not work? There is a saying that when the train rings, you will get ten thousand taels of gold. According to the minimum standard, the construction cost per kilometer will be 10 yuan. Nearly [-] yuan, not including other expenses..."

"Hahaha, didn't I just say that I am responsible for the financial problems!" Fang Zida comforted, "So, brother Songsheng, I will give this to you now, please your Ministry of Communications to revise this and get it as soon as possible." Come up with a final plan. In addition, I also need a detailed budget report, including not only the basic construction cost, but also the calculation of other costs, etc. In short, the more detailed the better! As for the funding problem, I will find a solution , you don’t have to worry about that.”

"Great!" Liang Dunyan smiled immediately, and couldn't sit still anymore, he rolled up the blueprint and quickly got up: "In this case, I would like to thank Brother Zhang Ming, I will make arrangements for my brother, I will make arrangements now, goodbye, Haha, hahaha...."

Not even taking another sip of tea, Liang Dunyan got up excitedly and was about to leave.Fang Zida personally sent him out, all the way to the stairs, and the two sides waved goodbye.