Jiaozhou Port is not very hot in summer. People on the East Coast who have lived for decades have known this, especially for those who have bought villas in Laoshan.

Today's Laoshan villa area is basically the first choice resort for the rich in Jiaozhou. Even after the Jiaoyan Railway greatly improved the transportation conditions, wealthy people in Yantai and other places also bought houses here, as a villa where they and their families lived. Laoshan is really a brick that will hit people with a net worth of more than 50,000 yuan!

It goes without saying that the continuous and stable operation of the Glue Smoke Railway has greatly changed the economic structure of Denglai decades ago. Decades ago, Denglai's richest port cities facing Liaodong were probably Dengzhou and other port cities facing Liaodong. In addition, there are agricultural towns such as Laiyang and Pingduzhou, which have accumulated a lot of capital by selling grain, fruits and livestock.

But decades later, the wealthiest people in Denglai were Yantai and Jiaozhou, both of which were originally unknown places. The former was originally a fire road pier, which was used to convey information about beacons, but now it has become the military, political and cultural center of Denglai. There are many dignitaries and nobles, and there are many merchants who come to find business opportunities. After all, Yantai Port is an important port for trade with North Korea, Liaodong, Heishui, Manchuria and Mongolia and Japan, and the annual cargo throughput is very high. Yantai's great development has also driven the rise of manufacturing industries around Fushan County, Ninghaizhou and other places. The industries involved include arms and weapons, transportation equipment, timber and building materials, municipal engineering, etc., providing many jobs and reasonable salary, which has cultivated a large number of middle-class people.

Jiaozhou was originally not much better than Yantai. It was just a small fishing village, far inferior to Jiaoxian County (they are the official Jiaozhou Prefecture). However, under the management of the East Coast people, Jiaozhou Port started from a winter base of the Northeast Asian Squadron of the Third Fleet and gradually developed into a large city integrating industrial manufacturing and re-export trade. The repair of the navy's warships here made the basic parts processing and ship repair industry here. The Dutch grain unloaded here, giving birth to the deep processing industry of agricultural products here (now more than half of the grain in Laiyang and other places are also processed here). In addition, there is a daily necessities manufacturing industry developed from the Qing trade, which absorbed a large number of handicraftsmen. In addition, the distribution trade of Nanyang specialties, tea, sugar, coffee, cocoa, and wood has also created a large number of jobs and taxes for the local area, which is of great benefit.

On the contrary, the original Jiao County was in a prefecture, and suffered heavy losses. Then, due to the excavation of Jiaolai Xinhe, it was relocated to Hedong as a whole, losing some county land. Then, because it was located on the front line, with less industrial investment, and more talents were lost. After several blows, Jiao County has now become a vassal of Jiaozhou, providing agricultural products and a few daily necessities for Jiaozhou City. Its status is far inferior to Jimo County, which is a vassal of Jiaozhou. After all, it has a railway and convenient transportation.

From this we can also see how much the emergence of the Gum Smoke Railway has reshaped the economic structure of Denglai! Some cities have fallen in their twilight years, and some cities have risen like the sun. The lives of local people have also experienced the changes of the times under the reshaping of this economic structure. At this time, some people finally lamented that the Nan Railway Company resolutely built the Gum Smoke Railway, and for this reason it was not hesitant to sell its assets and borrow a lot of money. Many people think that this investment may be ruined, but what is the truth?

Yantai, Jiaozhou, Laiyang and other places along the railway are already the first-class economic centers in Denglai! All Denglai's funds, technology and talents are gathering here, workshops and enterprises are blooming everywhere, and halls and buildings are lined up, and people's living standards have already widened a clear gap with others. To be honest, whether the railway itself makes money is a secondary issue. Revitalizing the local economy and improving productivity efficiency is the greatest contribution. Who doesn't envy the railway affiliated areas under the name of Nantie Company now? They are all hens that lay golden eggs! The rent and land prices there are the first group in Denglai. The commercial income obtained by Nantie Company every year is even shocked by Taiwan banks. These huge commercial income undoubtedly provide a solid foundation for Nantie Company's further development!

Now Nantie Company has the Gum Smoke Railway and Shangding Railway. The latter has a lot of commercial income, but because it absorbs a lot of social capital during construction, the dividends of Nantie have been greatly reduced. However, because Ningshao's economy is developed, it is still not a small amount of funds, technology and construction experience in general, and it has a rich talent reserve. This is the confidence they had decided to build the Pingrong Railway before.

Of course, it still requires a loan to build this railway. But the successful case of Guayan Railway and Shangding Railway is there. The banks are not worried that the Nantec Railway Company cannot afford to pay the money and are very motivated. As for Nantec itself, it is naturally a good thing to be able to use other people's money to build a railway, not to mention that they still have the principal and interest to repay. The Manchuria and Mongolian region also yelled to build a railway that extended from Vladivostok to inland grain production areas. Therefore, they finally decided to borrow one million French currency from United Industrial Credit Bank and Taiwan Bank to use the construction of the Pingrong Railway.

The survey of the railway line has been completed long ago and the route has been drawn on the drawings, so the railway quickly entered the actual construction stage. The commander-in-chief of the Pingrong Railway Construction Command is the company's third president and a retired army colonel. He is just taking this position from afar. The real team is actually the team below. The level of this team is also very high. The construction of the Pingrong Railway is very rapid and all work is orderly. If the allocation of funds can always be timely, the railway should not be completely completed without a few years.

The Pingrong Railway, on one end, is Rongcheng County, which has become the largest fishing port in Denglai, and on the other end, is Pingdu Prefecture, the largest grain producing area. There are many prefectures and counties in the middle, and intersects with the Jiaoyan Railway in Taocun (the village has been upgraded to a town, and its prosperity is even greater than that of the county town). There is no need to mention the strategic importance. Whether it is the army or the navy, they are very concerned about the two intersecting railways, because it communicates with most cities in Denglai, and can mobilize food, materials and manpower in the entire jurisdiction in a very short time, which is of great help to the army's mobile combat.

In the First World War in later World War I, the Germans actually relied on the developed railway network to continuously transport supplies and soldiers on the east and west lines, but they did not collapse. It can be seen that the importance of developed transportation conditions to fully exert national strength. Compared with Russia at that time, front-line soldiers could not have been able to have a gun, and food and medicine were extremely scarce, but there was a large amount of guns, food and other materials accumulated in the warehouses in the rear, and they could not be transported to the front line in time. If the East Coast is going to war with the Chinese regime in the future, it would probably be the same. The East Coast army's logistics supplies are sufficient and the army is mobilized quickly, which is very easy to form superior forces in some areas, fighting more and weakly, and the advantage is still very large.

Of course, the above is just a military role, and railways are actually of greater significance in economic terms. The opening of Pingrong Railway will inevitably greatly activate the economy along the railway and attract more funds and talents. The number of enterprises should also increase significantly. This growth is of great significance to balancing the economic level of Denglai counties.

Compared with the prefectures and counties along these railways, some marginalized coastal cities are a bit embarrassing, such as Ye County, Huang County, Penglai, etc. The ports in these places cannot compete with Yantai and Jiaozhou, and foreign trade is not very developed, and they are also far from the railway line, and the benefits are limited. How to develop in the future is indeed a headache. If the economic level of coastal cities is not as good as inland counties, it will be a joke!

"To be honest, our company is also very optimistic about Pingrong Railway, otherwise we would not have issued a one-million yuan loan and invested in the shares." In a very grand villa at the foot of Laoshan, Shao Rujie, deputy general manager of Taiwan Bank, was talking about it: "But how the economy along the railway develops? Denglai has only two million people. It is not enough to rely on the internal market alone, but you still have to look outward. It is said that domestic demand and domestic demand are not small now, and people have money. But where does the money in the hands of the people come from? It is not earned from foreigners! If you cannot make profits through foreign trade, then the domestic demand market will eventually be without a source and will slowly dry up. After all, you can't create a domestic demand market artificially by printing some money. Do people recognize the banknotes in your hands? Besides, Denglai does not have the right to print money."

"Foreign trade must naturally be vigorously deepened." The person who spoke was a director of Nantie Railway Company. After hearing that Taiwan Bank was interested in investing in some parts of the affiliated areas of Pingrong Railway, Nantie immediately sent someone to Shao Rujie to discuss the matter and persuade him to invest so that some funds could be recovered as soon as possible, reduce the company's leverage and reduce risks.

Of course, the news he heard was not groundless. In fact, the real estate department of Taiwan Bank was indeed interested in investing in the affiliated areas of Pingrong Railway. At that time, I didn’t eat the fat piece of Kaoru Railway, so now the Pingrong Railway naturally cannot be spared.

Speaking of the real estate department of Taiwan Bank, we must mention the Brunei Military Villa project developed by the company alone. That project was the beginning of Taiwan Bank's real estate business. It was originally forced to start (it was the head-lipping of other businesses), but after tasting the sweetness, the company's senior management realized that this was not a loss-making business, on the contrary, it was a big profit.

Then, they used the profits they made from the Brunei military villa (the project actually made little profits, after all, it was a local welfare project in Brunei) and some of the funds allocated by the company to acquire land at a low price in Harbin and develop some apartment-style residential buildings. These apartment buildings use the latest technology and the facilities are also the latest, and they caught up with the market boom after a large number of government agencies settled in, which made a lot of money.

Now, the real estate department of Taiwan Bank has taken a fancy to this value depression along the Pingrong Railway. But before investing, they also wanted to learn about the development outline of the Southern Railway Company and see if the affiliated areas of Pingrong Railway will replicate the success of the Gel Smoke Railway. This is a key factor in whether they can make money and should not be ignored.

The director from Nantietel naturally understood the key points, so he said without hesitation: "The current Denglai economy is already inseparable from the outside world. North Korea, Japan, Manchuria, Hei Shui, and Ning Shao are our big customers. The Qing market is not smaller than the above, and it is even much larger. After all, the population is there. The development team and the company have actually communicated. In the future, the Pingrong Railway affiliated area will vigorously develop two types of enterprises. One is the deep processing industry based on the local market, and the other is the metal processing industry for the external market, which is particularly important. Basically, it is to import low-end pig iron and cooked iron from North Korea, process it into finished products and sell it. In addition, importing high-quality steel production special tools from Hei Shui, and machine parts are also indispensable. The two are parallel and matched, and they enter the overseas market together."

"Qing Dynasty market?" Shao Rujie laughed at the sound of his ear and said, "It seems that you attach great importance to it and get into it even if you live or die. But I'm very surprised. The Manchu-Mongolian pioneer team is in Manchuria, Mongolia and Qing people are intrigue and conflicts break out from time to time. Denglai is also in tension with the Qing people in Liaodong. This business can still go on. It seems that both sides are wonderful people."

"The war needs to be fought, and business must be done." The director smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't look down on the Qing Dynasty. They have just pacified Galdan and are confronting the forces of Cewang Alabutan. It is a matter of time to take action. Once the war machine starts, the demand for iron tools will rise sharply. The price of hardware products we produce is cheap, and it is not surprising that the Qing people purchase a large amount of money, it is all business. Mr. Shao, the development plan of the Pingrong Line affiliated area is fine. Relying on the large market of the Qing Dynasty, the future prospects are visible, and your company will definitely not be wrong to invest here."
Chapter completed!