My name is Ren

Chapter 346 Last winter died on the last day of last year, this spring was born on the first day of this year

The cool raindrops hit the ground head and face, stirring up mud puddles, driving away the hot restlessness.The workers on the side of the railway were playing and hiding under the shed, smoking the worst tobacco, discussing the evening meal and the bright future.

This is the beginning of summer in the third year of Orlando Empire 370. Ever since Matikos officially announced on behalf of the Imperial Research Institute that something called a magic steam engine will be used for transportation, people have gathered on the planned railway route from the imperial capital to the western frontier. Countless workers.

The steam engine after magical transformation has stronger output, higher speed, and greater transportation capacity.The speed of up to [-] kilometers plus the transportation capacity of hundreds of tons is enough to transport a large number of soldiers from the imperial capital to the border as soon as the war broke out.The powerful potential for war made Man Yue feel heavy pressure. Since the advent of the magic steam engine, the conflicts on the western front have gradually decreased, bringing unprecedented peace to the western front.

The railway played such an important role before it was completed, and it also made Queen Pars and Prime Minister Gan Wen keenly aware of a leap forward in centralization.In the next ten years, the royal family will build a railway system covering the entire empire, firmly holding the place in the hands of the royal family.However, in the face of extremely large funds, even the royal family, which has accumulated 370 for three years, is still struggling.

"So, on behalf of the royal family, I raised part of the funds from your party for the construction of the railway." In the face of Salcomo and several party leaders in the Industrial and Commercial Party, Gan Wen did not show much strength.For the first time, money has become so scarce and important.In fact, the nobles can definitely scrape together the funds to build all the railways, but Empress Pars is unwilling to let the nobles interfere in the railway affairs, and has to make some concessions for them after taking the nobles' money.

One step here, one step there, it would be better not to build the railway.

Salcomo was wearing a simple suit. This kind of simple suit without a dovetail and a more serious front has suddenly become popular in the capital since the spring of this year.The popularity of this costume is also due to the civilian members of the Imperial Parliament.They are not nobles, and they are not qualified to wear exclusive dresses for nobles, nor can they wear those super high-standard accessories.But they were unwilling to enter the Imperial Parliament as a commoner, so under the intentional or unintentional promotion of some people, a brand-new simple dress that was different from the noble dress appeared.

This kind of simple dress looks more simple, low-key, giving people a very capable but not inappropriate look, and it has won the love of almost all classes, including the nobles.

Of course, nobles will still wear some extra-standard accessories on this "senator's suit" similar to a suit in another world, so as to distinguish the gap between nobles and commoners.

He smiled and nodded, his smile like a spring breeze gave Salcomo a very friendly feeling. With his meticulous gray hair behind his head, he looked very shrewd and powerful.The purple iris-shaped purple gemstone cufflinks on the cuffs are restrained, low-key but also very luxurious.He raised his hand and pinched his chin, lowered his head slightly, his eyes turned back and forth, and he had a clue, "Whether I am a nobleman of the Orlando Empire or the leader of the Industrial and Commercial Party, I am extremely loyal to the royal family. Pars Since Her Majesty has this idea and can think of me for the first time, it is an honor for me and the Industrial and Commercial Party!" He bowed, glanced at the party bosses around him, and then said: "But you should also know, After all, we are not as good as the nobles, without the accumulation of several generations, the wealth is relatively less."

"So?" Gan Wen answered for Salcomo.

"So, while investing in the construction of the railway, we hope to get some returns." As soon as Salcomo finished speaking, your party leaders around him laughed.

In the final analysis, even though they are now wearing parliamentary outfits to enter and leave some government departments, and they still have to vote in the Imperial Parliament every month, they are still businessmen.Merchants must always be mercenary, and only those who are mercenary are merchants, otherwise they cease to be merchants and become dangerous.

Facing Gan Wen who was listening attentively, Sarkomo pursed his lips, and the title of Legendary Merchant was promoted again, becoming Miracle Merchant.He is now the common idol of businessmen throughout Orlando and even the entire Western world.An old guy who became a nobleman and a member of parliament as a businessman, and was also the leader of a party. His deeds and legends inspired countless successors.His eyes flashed, he chuckled twice, and gave an answer, "I hope to get the railway's toll collection rights for 30 years."

In fact, before Gan Wen came to see Salcomo, both parties already had a simple plan for this cooperation.The current magic steam engine is actually between the cost-saving and the loss-making in terms of transportation. In order to increase the power and output of the magic steam engine, the fuel used by the magic steam engine needs to use Tiberium crystals in addition to the conventional fuel-soaked wood. stone.The price of Tiberium spar remained high, which completely raised the transportation cost of the magic steam engine.

From a commercial point of view, operating a railway is a loss-making business, but at the national level, the railway must be operated.No matter how much money you lose, you will still make money in the end.

Gan Wen shook his head without changing his face, "30 years is too long, and I can only give you the right to collect fees for ten years at most."

"Ten years?" Salcomo laughed noncommittally, "After all, the construction of the railway involves a very large sum of money, and it is not something that I can decide on my own. Let me discuss it with you again. What do you think?"

Really big business will never be negotiated in one go.If it can be negotiated for the first time, then one party must make great concessions and sacrifices. In this regard, neither the merchant class represented by Salcomo nor the orthodox ruling class represented by Gan Wen have sacrificed themselves idea.Gan Wen is also very clear that this must be a long-term wrangling process, and may encounter several stoppages and the like.

He is not in a hurry, and he believes that Salcomo is not in a hurry, both sides have time.

Today's meeting is just a way to ventilate, and by the way, guess the other party's psychological price, so as to make a preliminary preparation for future negotiations.The official business is over, and the rest is private, "I heard that Ren's coming-of-age ceremony doesn't plan to invite too many people, is it?" Gan Wen admired the guy in front of him who was not much younger than himself, his vision True to his title, he has a unique vision and dares to invest.

Rennes has now become the biggest winner after the restructuring of the Imperial Parliament. From having no votes to holding 57 seats, he has become the most potential force in the Imperial Parliament that cannot be ignored.In addition, he also has many "allies" among the nobles. These allies have not yet revealed themselves. According to Gan Wen's private guess, there are at least a dozen seats that can fall to Rennes at critical times.

But then again, Queen Pars can also be said to be the biggest winner.Her existence in the previous parliament was meaningless, and she had nowhere to attack the united aristocratic group, but after the restructuring, she also had the possibility of wrestling with the aristocratic group.Starting from nothing is a pretty remarkable victory in itself.

And all of this was formed by a guy named Renn behind the scenes.When Ren was exiled to Ortrenburg, no one in the entire empire was optimistic about his future. A down-and-out noble heir who had all his party members cut off and all resources strangled, even if the God of Light came to the world, he could not Let him rise again.In the face of an almost desperate situation, Salcomo also promised his little granddaughter to Rennes as a little lover. This kind of courage is definitely not something ordinary people can have.

Facts also proved Sacomo's vision. Ren not only got up, but also made a beautiful turnaround at the fastest speed with a super strong posture.Now some scholars are studying the process of Rennes' re-emergence, hoping to get some inspiration from it.

As Ryan's relatively close partner, Salcomo nodded with a smile, "That's true, Earl Ryan doesn't feel like an ordinary young man to me, he doesn't have the impetuous and Zhang Yang. On the contrary, he looks like an old guy of my age, low-key and restrained, full of life experience and wisdom."

"He is unique!" Salcomo talked about the most proud investment in his life, bursting out with a rare strength, "Even after countless years, there will be no second A person can be like him."

Indeed, he was right.

Even after countless years, there will be no second Rennes, and it is very difficult for someone who can surpass him to appear.

At this time, Ren was sitting in the garden, and he was facing a problem that made him feel very difficult, and that was his coming-of-age ceremony.As a golden nobleman, the coming-of-age ceremony is more like a religious ceremony, which is different from the coming-of-age ceremony of ordinary noble children.On this day, it means that his bloodline has fully matured, and he will be recognized by all nobles with sacred bloodlines and become a true part of them.

As a "descendant of the gods", the importance of the coming-of-age ceremony goes without saying. Empress Pars hoped that he could pass a very luxurious and grand coming-of-age ceremony to let more people know about the golden nobles and their special blood.But Ren didn't want to do this. He was not a person who liked too much noise, and he didn't like the feeling of being shrouded in the spotlight.He prefers to sit in a dark room, in the shadows, waving his scepter, controlling the fate of one person after another.

What a headache!

(End of this chapter)