When the train finally reached a speed of 160 kilometers per hour, Minister Fuji's eyes lit up completely:
"Good, good, good, good, Comrade Lin Sanqi, this locomotive is great, fast and stable. With this internal combustion locomotive technology, we can leap from the steam engine era to the internal combustion engine era in one step. This is of great epoch-making significance."
Lin Sanqi also became excited:
"Don't worry, Minister Fuji. I've brought the complete set of design drawings for the internal combustion engine. Also, if you're satisfied with this locomotive, I'll start shipping them out later."
Minister Fuji waved his hand:
"First, you need to provide me with 200 vehicles. Some will be put into operation, such as supporting the construction of your Bao'an County Industrial Zone, and some will be disassembled and used as experimental vehicles, so that we can master all the technologies as quickly as possible.
Of course, building locomotives requires machine tools. This time, our Ministry of Railways only secured 30, which is far from enough. Comrade Sanqi, could you think of a way to supply us with more? Even 300 would be too little for me.
Besides, didn't you say you've already got the full set of internal combustion engine and steam engine technology? We want both, haha. Just thinking about it makes me excited. Our Ministry of Railways is about to launch a big satellite."
Lin Sanqi coughed lightly a few times:
"Minister Fuji, you can't just issue a purchase order and forget about paying for the goods."
Lin Sanqi doesn't want to give it away for free.
Now there are dozens of provinces, cities and autonomous regions across the country, as well as so many large factories and mines, and all systems are crying out for support.
Lack of technology, lack of materials, lack of machine tools, lack of talent, and lack of money.
Everything was in short supply, and if there were any valuable treasures, people would scramble for them without any regard for revolutionary friendship.
Lin Sanqi doesn't want to be a "wet nurse", working hard to get good things from another era and then giving them away for free to people of this era?
What is the purpose of Lin Sanqi?
Everyone should have a patriotic heart, but it doesn't require Lin Sanqi to be the only one to ruin his family and spend all his money to provide support, right?
Lin Sanqi has selfish motives. He traveled across the two worlds to make a lot of money by monetizing traffic, not to be a hardworking little bee. In the end, all the honey was taken away in one pot.
Besides, people may not cherish things that are given for free.
Therefore, Lin Sanqi can be sold at a discount, and can bring future science and technology to the country of this time and space, but money must be paid. If you don’t have money, you can pay off the debt with something else!
Minister Teng felt embarrassed when he heard that Lin Sanqi wanted money, as he was thinking of getting it for free.
It's not that he is stingy, it's just that he really doesn't have much money.
"Comrade Sanqi, um, um, how are you going to charge for a locomotive like this and all those machine tools? You know, our country is now..."
"Our country is in ruins and is extremely poor, right, Minister Fuji? I've memorized all these words.
To say something outrageous, when we develop our economy, we should not always rely on the domestic landlords and capitalists to voluntarily donate their property, or rely on patriotic overseas Chinese to donate money and materials.
Taking things for free will become a habit. Without rules, there will be no order, and we won't be able to establish a society ruled by law. It will also give outsiders a sense of distrust, and they won't dare to cooperate with you in the future."
Minister Teng almost choked on his saliva, thinking that only you, Lin Sanqi, would dare to say such a thing.
"Comrade Sanqi, some things are hard to say, ahem. I'm not a shameless old man, but the actual difficulties are there. How about this, you get the locomotive and technical materials first, and we'll owe you the money. We're such a big Ministry of Railways, we certainly won't default on our debts."
Lin Sanqi thought that wasn't necessarily true, you guys have a tradition of refusing to pay your debts.
Even the grain purchases could be made in IOUs to the farmers, and the last confusing account was left unresolved. Lin Sanqi didn't dare to owe them anything.
But he also knew that asking for money was definitely impossible, and asking for gold was even more impossible.
"Minister Fuji, you should have heard of my reputation. I'm famous for not liking money, so I don't want cash or gold."
Minister Fuji was surprised when he heard this: "What do you want? We only have rails and sleepers, do you want them?"
Lin Sanqi held up three fingers:
"I have three conditions. If you agree to them, I will fully support the work of your Ministry of Railways. If you don't agree, I won't do this deal anymore. It's a thankless task."
Minister Fuji was delighted when he heard this. He looked at the fast locomotive and the advanced train interior and made up his mind:
"Okay, as long as it's free, I'll accept you even if it's three hundred conditions, not to mention three."
"Okay, first condition: I want to build a new industrial zone in Bao'an and a branch railway line. I won't pay for this railway line. In addition, I need tens of thousands of railway engineers to help me build the industrial zone.
I won't be paying for the labor either. Of course, you can rest assured that I will find all the construction materials myself, and I will also provide the logistics for you engineers, such as food. What do you think, Director Teng?"
The industrial zone he wanted to build was very large and required a huge amount of manpower and material resources.
Especially the labor cost, which is definitely a huge expense. When ancient emperors built tombs, they would have to mobilize one-third of the country's taxes.
The Ministry of Railways wants to get its locomotives for free, so he wants to get their engineers for free in return.
Minister Fuji agreed without hesitation:
"That's no problem. The country has been undergoing a major military reduction in recent years, and honestly, I can't bear to send so many talented soldiers back to the countryside. You happen to have a project here, so if you let them do it, they can avoid being laid off."
If the disaster is over in a few years, food supplies are increased, and we start major national construction again, our engineers will still be able to play a huge role, and they won't have to be laid off."
Lin Sanqi rolled his eyes. He wanted to get something for free, but ended up getting what the other party wanted, and he had to support these tens of thousands of engineers.
"Then my second condition is the issue of transportation. I know that the country's transportation capacity is limited. Now that we have these diesel locomotives, I believe that the efficiency of your railway transportation should be more than doubled.
Therefore, my request is that if our Bao'an Industrial Zone has any future transportation tasks, your railway system must ensure our transportation capacity. Only when materials can be brought in and goods can be shipped out can our industrial zone develop healthily."
Minister Teng chuckled, thinking that Lin Sanqi had an overseas base behind him, with a lot of advanced equipment and technology, so of course he had to build good relationships with him.
"Okay, no problem. From now on, the Baoan Industrial Zone will be given top priority by our Ministry of Railways. We won't argue with that."
Lin Sanqi thought that Minister Teng agreed so readily, it seemed that he was a clear-headed person who knew that business was not a one-time thing.
"Well, I have one last request, and that is that the Ministry of Railways must also leverage your strengths. Your strength is transportation, and you can bring together goods from all over the country through rail transport.
For example, Hami melons from Xinjiang Province can be bought for 10 yuan per truckload. However, if the Hami melons can be shipped to Hong Kong for sale, they can only be sold for 10 yuan per kilogram because the transportation cost is too high.
Others can't transport it, but your railway system is specialized in this.
My third request is that you help me collect jade from various provinces and cities, such as Hetian jade from Xinjiang Province, Lantian jade from Shaanxi Province, Nanyang jade from Helan Province, and Xiuyan jade from Liaodong Province. Please note that it must be high-grade jade.
These jades were once treasured, but now they're rotting in the mountains, unmined. You're buying them at a very low price. But since they're just stone, they're very difficult to transport, so you're perfectly positioned to capitalize on this advantage.
My request is not high. Just these jades, oh no, these minerals. If you can help me bring 20 carloads of each type, then we can be done with it. How about this, Minister Teng? Look at this request..."
Minister Fuji is in his 60s and was born in the late Qing Dynasty.
Since he was able to read and write, his family hoped that he would pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, so his family conditions were naturally very good.
So he knew the value of the four famous jades. They were not coal mines or iron mines, but jade mines.
But then he thought again and felt that what Lin Sanqi said made sense. After liberation, we eliminated the landlords and capitalists, and there were no rich people in the country. Even the antiques that were priceless at the time were thrown away as garbage, not to mention these jades that could not be eaten or worn.
The Ministry of Railways is a very powerful department. If they ask for a few carloads of jade, would the local government dare to refuse?
If we don’t give it to you, will you still want rail transportation in the future?
At that time, the Ministry of Railways will not have to spend money to purchase the jade, but can get the land for free, and all they have to pay is some transportation capacity.
Thinking of this, Minister Fuji's face immediately filled with smiles, and he extended his hand:
"Okay, Comrade Sanqi, we have a deal. Let's applaud and swear!" (End of this chapter)
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