Chapter 1220 Railway Tycoon 2 (seeking a monthly pass)(1/2)
After seeing the grand plan revealed by Leo, Princess Lulu seemed a little worried for a while.
This little fat little fat guy~!
Although he is young, the ambition displayed in his words and deeds puts almost all the heroes on the earth to shame.
As a princess of the Elf Kingdom, she also received elite education in the royal system. She clearly understands the importance of transportation. The reason why the Elf Kingdom can accumulate wealth and prosper today is inseparable from their developed maritime shipping.
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Moreover, she is also sensitive to the huge wealth and business opportunities contained in this railway.
Once this railway is completed, the connections between countries will be strengthened, and the flow of commodity trade will be greatly enhanced, then the strength of each country will inevitably increase.
Under this situation, the elven kingdoms in remote overseas countries will gradually become backward, and even become a second-rate or third-rate country.
If Leo's shocking plan was just a vague, unrealizable dream constructed on paper, then forget it.
But coincidentally, although his plan seemed crazy, Princess Lulu, with her intuition cultivated through years of knowledge, suddenly realized that this plan was quite feasible~!
How old is this little fat guy?
He has already begun to implement his imperial hegemony and conquer the world step by step~!
In comparison, the royal disciples of the Elf King who only know how to drink, sing and pick up girls are all a bunch of pure losers.
Even though there are two or three outstanding people among them, they are just a bunch of slightly better jobbers who only know how to scheming and scheming all day long, following women's skirts, and playing elegant palace politics.
Their vision and knowledge were only focused on the Elf Kingdom, and that was only the bigger place like the Aceras Palace.
It's like a bunch of toads fighting in a stinking ditch. They haven't climbed up to the shore at all, opened their eyes, and taken a good look at how big this world is.
Princess Lulu's trip has broadened her horizons and she clearly understands how prosperous the human world is.
But... the more she thought about it, the more disappointed she felt, and she almost turned around and left.
But at this time, Leo's conversation was getting stronger.
It was rare for him to talk about his great plan to others. It was easy to get an audience, so naturally he couldn't let it go. He immediately stood in front of the map, picked up a slender baton, pointed at the map, and talked endlessly.
Build your own future railroad empire.
"This train and railway are definitely good things.
As long as there are enough locomotives, a railway can theoretically run dozens of trains at the same time." Leo pointed at the map and said: "As railway infrastructure equipment, sleepers and rails are a one-time investment that will benefit you throughout your life.
It only requires a small maintenance fee every year. It is even lower than the maintenance fee of the national highway. From now on, wherever the train goes, it will be the world of our Flying Eagle Group.
And according to the rules of the world... Bah, bah, bah, according to international practice, we have priority mining rights for all mineral resources within fifty kilometers on both sides of the railway.
At that time, one hand was working on mining and the other hand was working on trains. Aren’t the gold coins rolling in?
Therefore, it is said that once the train rings, there will be a thousand taels of gold. This saying is not for nothing."
Princess Lulu snorted coldly, and was just about to say something sarcastic, but looking at Leo's beaming expression, she couldn't help but feel something in her heart.
Her bright star-like eyes turned, revealing a cunning look like a vixen.
Princess Lulu blinked her beautiful eyes, with a smile on her pretty face, and asked Leo softly: "Chairman Lei Da..."
Leo was startled for a moment, then he puffed up his chest and corrected angrily: "It's chairman, chairman, not not chairman. There's no 'no' in front of it, do you understand?"
You uneducated country girl~!"
Hearing Leo's last words, Princess Lulu's teeth immediately itched with hatred, and she wanted to stretch out her slender fingers and twist Leo's white and tender little face a few times, and then carry him.
With my ears, I heard him scream like a slaughtered pig, but...
But at this time, she remained calm on the surface, suppressing her anger, and then said in a deep voice: "Okay, Chairman Lei, how many days will it take for your railway to be completed?"
The sound came from between his teeth. If it were normal, Mr. Lei, who had been abused by his women, would never ignore it. But today, he showed others his grand blueprint, and he felt happy. In addition,
, let Princess Lulu’s domineering girl call him Chairman Lei, which almost made him wag his tail with pride.
Therefore, I didn't care.
In happiness, Leo waved his hand and said: "You said it was built? Why don't you do it early~!
The plan is ready, but we are still waiting for the funds to be available.”
"Is it expensive to build this railway?" Princess Lulu looked back at the rails one after another in the station, as if muttering to herself or asking, and said softly: "The cost must not be low."
"Absolutely," Leo nodded honestly and admitted, "The main reason is that this iron track is difficult to build, and the annual steel output is really limited.
To this end, we purchase qualified steel raw materials all over the mainland. Then they have to be reprocessed to make qualified products.
In addition, there is a series of complicated processes such as prospecting, land acquisition, foundation laying, gravel spreading, track laying, etc. "
"Tch~!" Princess Lulu pouted and rolled her eyes at Leo, then said disapprovingly: "No matter how good your plan is, it's still useless if you can't build it."
Leo suddenly jumped up as if his tail had been stepped on, waving his hands, and shouted loudly: "Who said it can't be built?
Who says it can’t be built?
Is that railway outside Naian City fake?
Stop looking down on others.
Let me tell you clearly that the track laying from Naidel Central Station to Constantine has started early in the morning.
We are still adopting the method of construction in sections and moving forward in multiple stages. It will not be long before it can be opened to traffic.
Construction of the railway to Fantino has also begun.”
"Has construction started already?" Princess Lulu secretly exclaimed, "They are working so fast~!
Why was there no news at all before? Normally, such an important matter would not be noticed by anyone..."
Princess Lulu's mind changed, and then she thought of the mysterious Flying Eagle Group under Lorraine.
Before leaving the Elf Kingdom, Princess Lulu had not even heard of the name of the Flying Eagle Group.
But one night later, I suddenly discovered that something important seemed to be related to it.
For example, salt, ironware, carriages, bearings, artillery, battleships, war fortresses... It seems that no matter what is around, it will eventually involve the Flying Eagle Group.
This rapidly emerging large conglomerate seems to keep everything secret whenever possible, for fear that others will know about it, but...but once something is revealed, it is always earth-shattering.
What she saw with her own eyes in Naian proved it.
Chimneys emitting black smoke, rumbling steam engines, ships that don't need sails, and this ugly train in front of me.
If someone had told her before that something could pull a car weighing dozens of tons and run very fast as long as it burned coal. She would have just thought that this person ran away from a mental hospital.
But now, she wouldn't be surprised if another talking and dancing machine popped up in front of her.
"How many good things have Lorraine hidden in Nai'an? Take them out if necessary." Princess Lulu thought to herself.
Then she blinked her eyes, looked at Leo narrowly, and said, "That's several thousand miles. I think it should cost a lot of money, right?"
Then...do you have that much money?"
Seeing the light flashing in her bright starry eyes, like a curious cat, Leo suddenly became vigilant. He clutched his wallet tightly, took two steps back, and said, "What do you want to do?"
Seeing Leo's actions, Princess Lulu was so angry that she clenched her silver teeth and wanted to rush up and beat him up. She thought to herself: As for what I have in your wallet, it's all copper coins.
However, without thinking of her own purpose, Princess Lulu still swallowed her breath, smiled slightly, and said: "Nothing. I just want to ask, do you have the money to build your railway to dominate the world?"
Leo chuckled and said: "Don't worry about this, we have signed an agreement with the Holy See to jointly fund the establishment of a pan-continental railway company.
Besides, even if it’s not enough, we can issue railway bonds or let the railway companies go public to make money.”
"Public bonds? Listed?" Princess Lulu murmured doubtfully. She could understand public bonds, but what did it mean to be listed?
"As long as they see the power of the railway," Leo clenched his fists and vowed, "they will cry and beg us to lend them money."
"Nonsense," Princess Lulu said, giving Leo a roll of her eyes, "There are such idiots."
Then he stood up and walked outside.
If we continue talking, maybe the majestic Princess Lulu will be knocked unconscious by this fat little fat man who talks about running things, bragging and not drafting, and is also extremely cruel. That would be a huge shame.
So she planned to have a good chat with Lorraine after she went back. Although the cousin was full of bad intentions, he would never lie to the people around him.
After coming out of the train station, Leo led Princess Lulu to visit the shipyard outside the city, where a small railway was running to transport wood from the port. The black-smoking locomotive dragged the wood and roared into the shipyard.
After walking around in a large circle around Naider, it was already afternoon when we returned to the Governor's Palace.
Princess Lulu walked into the lobby of the Governor's Mansion and found that it was quiet. She walked up and down and found that there was no one. She was surprised and said: "Where is the person?"
"Who are you looking for?"
Suddenly a voice came from behind Princess Lulu, which scared Princess Lulu and jumped up like a little rabbit.
Suddenly turning her head and looking behind her, she saw the familiar figure of Lorraine. Princess Lulu took a breath and patted her chest, saying: "It scared me to death. Cousin, why are you so mysterious?"
"I..." Lorraine pointed to the door.
"Don't say it, I understand." Princess Lulu showed a clear expression on her face, winked at Lorraine, and said with an ambiguous expression: "I didn't expect that my cousin is hiding something outside."
She kept looking at the door. Lorraine obviously did not come back through the door, which meant that there was a secret passage in the house.
She has seen this kind of thing many times. For example, her father, the prince of the Elf Kingdom, often left the palace through a secret passage to meet his mistress.
"What's hidden?" Lorraine asked puzzledly. He had just returned from a trip to the venture capital company next door.
To be continued...