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Text Chapter 997: The fight between a lion and a tiger, where is the flesh and blood?

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    "It would be fine if ordinary people were arguing, but these two people went straight to the point. They had examples and arguments, and they also brought out some inside stories that ordinary people were not familiar with, which immediately attracted everyone.  \\When their companions revealed their identities, Lian Zhong Sanri stretched his ears and listened attentively.

    One of these two people is an official from the Guangdong Transportation Department of the Railway Administration of the Ministry of Industry, and the other is a director of the Dongguan County Court.  The former of course advocated that the railway industry should be returned to the imperial court, while the latter firmly opposed it.

    The railway industry is still in its infancy, and not only the technology is still being explored, but the construction and operation methods are also immature.  The current practice is that the Ministry of Industry and Engineering of the Political Affairs Hall is responsible for the overall planning and is responsible for bidding and construction, with local auxiliary support.  Construction funds are composed of multiple channels, including imperial finance, local finance, and various private capital.  The completed railways will be temporarily operated by the Railway Bureau under the Railway Administration of the Ministry of Industry. The profits will also go to the central and local finances, and private capital will be reimbursed with other preferential treatment.

    This state of being close to "government-run and government-run" is obviously not normal. Duan Guoshi and a large group of intellectuals have reorganized the history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and examined the power structure of Confucian-Legal society. The ideological consensus is that industrial and commercial affairs cannot be managed in the yamen way.  This concept has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so people of insight are discussing the next direction of the railway industry.

    The mainstream understanding is that the yamen should be transformed into a company and operated under a corporate system. However, there is a dispute over the ownership of the company's equity.  One group of people believes that ownership should still belong to the state and be managed by the state.  Another group of people believes that the state should only be responsible for control, and the company should be opened to the private sector and the private sector should benefit.

    The whistle blew and the carriage shook.  The heavy sound of clanging gold and iron sounded, and the train started to move.

    After leaving the station, the gentle and rhythmic shaking under my feet gradually accelerated.  The scenery also sped up, passing by on both sides of the car window, a moment later.  The train entered the normal running state at a speed of thirty or forty kilometers per hour, which made Zhong Sanri and other fresh passengers who took the train for the first time very excited.

    Not only is the speed much faster than ordinary horse-drawn carriages, it is also much less bumpy. The number of passengers and goods that such a train can carry is estimated to be equivalent to that of a heavy-duty horse-drawn carriage. It is said that when the new locomotive comes out, it will be able to pull more than eight carriages. Zhong San  Japan and others are all merchants.  In an instant, I saw the huge hidden benefits of this train. This is land boating.

    With this feeling in mind, the two started arguing again, which made everyone even more enthusiastic.

    The debate between a council member and an official revolves around the theme of "how to make this great benefit benefit more people."

    The idea of ??the director of the academy was approved by many people, including Zhong Sanri, "The total cost of the Buddhist incense line was close to 60,000 yuan. The imperial court and Guangdong each contributed 20,000 yuan, and each attracted another 10,000 yuan. It took more than a year to prepare everything.  The railway line is similar. Why is it so difficult to attract investment? It¡¯s because the benefits do not lie with the people, so they cannot share the benefits. Naturally, private capital is unwilling to come in. If private capital is allowed to build itself, see how dissatisfied the railways are blooming!? Will we be able to rely on this railway to make money?  Those who come and go are not wealthy businessmen, ordinary people can afford to take the train, and small businesses can also afford to transport goods."

    Dongguan Yuanshi¡¯s words attracted applause from everyone, and Zhong Sanri also secretly said that it was a good idea. To him, the price of passengers and cargo on this railway was not eye-catching at all, but to ordinary people it was still ridiculously high.  As far as the passenger price is concerned, the journey from Hong Kong to Guangzhou is one or two per person, which is equivalent to one-seventh or eightyth of the monthly income of ordinary people. The distance from Hong Kong to Guangzhou is only one kilometer, and the price of a carriage does not exceed eight.

    Officials retorted that if ordinary people could afford to take trains and small businesses could afford to use trains, freight rates would have to drop significantly. The income would not be able to cover expenses and the railway would suffer losses. The director of the hospital said: "The freight rates are so high, and the plates are only  So big, once the freight price is lowered, how many times bigger will the plate be? We have tens of thousands of workshops in Dongguan. As long as they can afford the train, they only spend 2 taels of silver a year to transport goods by train, which is 10,000 taels a year.  Revenue!¡±

    The official's response was also very powerful: "You just look at the apparent benefits of this railway, but you don't know the cost behind it. The court's investment is not just money? The steel plant does not produce many railways, and the Machinery Bureau does not build enough locomotives. Even the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau does not  There are still not enough locomotives to build in large quantities. The court has to invest tens of thousands every year in this. In addition, is the money enough to build a railway? Without the court replacing land and multiple compensations, the local government can so easily handle the problems for the people along the railway.  House relocation?"

    "If the railway is handed over to the private sector, and the private sector only cares about making money, regardless of the preparation costs before building the railway, then the railway will be a huge loss for the court. Of course, the court is not a company, and the taxes collected are used for the country.  But if the tax collected has been used on the railways, doesn¡¯t it mean that we, the people, are supporting the railways, and then all the profits are made by those democratic capitalists?¡±

    The officials¡¯ thinking was not as simple as ¡°the great benefits must be in the country¡±. They not only considered who would control the development of the railway, so that ordinary people can get more benefits, but also took into account fairness and justice. Zhong Sanri and others couldn¡¯t help but nod in agreement.

    ? ???  The students thought, this is what we should be more concerned about.  "

    The previous one was talking about his feelings. Zhong Sanri and everyone else, even the officials and court officials who were arguing, all nodded at the same time.  In today's world, lions and tigers are at odds with each other, and the surname cannot be just the flesh and blood of the two parties. It must have the ability to control the two and benefit from the conflict between the two.

    With what he saw and felt along the way, Zhong returned to Yingde County, Chengtian Prefecture on the third day. In a house in Huangzhai Township that had greatly changed its appearance, he stood outside the door, hesitating.

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