Chapter 1017: Dystocia

After a brief talk by the management staff, they began to assign tasks.
As for the Outlet Viscount, apart from appearing at the welcome banquet, he disappeared from everyone's sight. It made many guys who wanted to hold their thighs sad.
In this regard, Yamani was not disappointed. The status gap is too large, and there is no talent for the world, even if it is useless to flatter.
The most important thing is that Yamani does not flatter, and naturally he does not want others to flatter.
Don't say it's the lord who is aloof, even the management staff responsible for the assignment work are surrounded by a large group of people, and they can't wait to follow the front and back at all times.
Facts have proved that flattering requires talent, and not everyone can do it. Blindly went up and covered it almost, maybe the flattery didn't get the picture, but it got on the horse's hoof.
Looking at the final result, you know that a certain hapless guy used a half-baked Austrian language to put it up, but the wrong word provokes the manager's anger and almost gets kicked out.
There is no way, the people of Shinra may not be good at art, but there is one advantage, that is-"rigorous".
The lords are all born in the army, and when managing the territory, they will inevitably bring some military style into them.
Unlike ordinary civilians with occupations, all laborers are paid by lords, so Yamani directly enjoys semi-militarized treatment.
In addition to the lack of military training, the management model directly borrows from the military model. To put it simply: Just do what you ask, don't ask about other things, and don't need to worry about it.
Under the reprimand of the management, Yamani started a day's work. There is no imbalance. It is inevitable that you will be scolded at work, especially if the scolding is not yourself, then it will not feel even more so.
I don't know if it was good luck or bad luck, Yamani's group was assigned to the road construction army.
This means that from now on, they will all be spent in the wild for a long time in the future.
"Poisonous insects and beasts", thinking of the domestic media propaganda, an unknown premonition spontaneously emerged from Yamani's heart.
Just watching the guards with live ammunition, everyone swallowed their refusal. Theory is impossible. Everyone is a good young man who loves to work.
In fact, Yamani completely thinks too much. This is the African continent. Without the protection of the army, it is difficult for ordinary people to survive in the wild.
Perhaps in the coastal areas, beasts such as lions, elephants, crocodiles have disappeared; but in the inland areas, these beasts that are about to become animal protection are still the overlords of the jungle.
Because of the vast land and sparse population, even if the noble lords give full play to their hunting talents, they cannot avoid the fish slipping through the net.
On the African continent, labor is very precious, and the death of an outlet viscount will feel distressed. After all, labor also needs to pay pensions.
At the construction site, everyone was a little dumbfounded.
Is this still the "wild continent" in my impression?
I saw a row of construction machinery in front of everyone. Yamani only knew the excavator, and the other machinery felt familiar and strange.
Shocked, shocked, work is still to be done. Compared with the European continent, the African economy is indeed very backward. But economic backwardness does not mean that productivity must fall behind.
In essence, it is still a matter of money. As long as you have money in your pocket, things you have in Europe can also be bought here, but the price is so "a little bit".
Yamani can now be sure that recruitment promotion is not all deceptive. At least one thing is certain, that is, there is really no need to work overtime.
There is no large-scale lighting equipment in the entire construction site. Even if you want to work overtime at night, it is impossible to do it.
"Work at sunrise, and rest at sunset."
A work and rest method that completely follows the laws of nature, after human beings entered the industrial age, it is no longer for ordinary people to enjoy it.
In a sense, Yamani and others are lucky. If the territory does not produce coal, and there is no coal mine in a radius of hundreds of miles, the cost of power generation remains high. Otherwise, do not work overtime and dream!
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The thoughts of the laborers, the Outlet Viscount does not care, and he is worrying about the railway problem right now.
Because of its geographic location, the Outlet Viscount Territory perfectly missed the main artery of government planning.
Needless to say, their own territories are in charge of their own, and the central government does not even charge taxes, so naturally it has no obligation to solve their traffic problems for them.
Of course, this "non-taxation" is limited to direct taxes within the territory, and the central government still collects taxes during the circulation of commodities.
In theory, as long as it is self-sufficient. If you don’t buy goods from the outside world or sell products to the outside world, you can truly avoid paying taxes.
In fact, nature does not exist. If you really don't trade with the outside world, you have to return to primitive society.
The rights and obligations are equal. The central government does not directly collect taxes from the territories, and it also exempts the territories from the administrative management and infrastructure investment obligations.
When planning the main railway line, it is natural how reasonable it is. In fact, even with good luck, the noble lords will be able to sit back and enjoy their achievements when the main line passes through the territory.
Everyone knows that the main railway line in Africa is a loss-making business. For strategic needs, Vienna will definitely need to repair the main line, but it does not mean that it has to keep many trains.
In order to reduce operating costs, reducing the number of trains on loss-making lines is a basic operation. There are railways and no train skins, it would be better to not have them, so you don't have to panic.
In the end, these expenses must be shared by the central government and local lords. Therefore, the African Railway Company, which is responsible for the construction of the African railway network, has been a joint venture between the lord and the central government from the beginning.
Including the Outlets Viscount all subscribed for shares, in return for the main trunk line to reserve an interface for him, so that a branch railway can be built to connect with the trunk line.
Of course, this is not only a matter for one's own family, but the surrounding lords also have a share. "Who benefits, who pays" is justified.
In order to build a branch railway, the Outlet Viscount and his colleagues also set up a railway company.
The main line is not profitable, let alone the branch railway. Railway shares, which everyone competes for in other places, have become a hot potato here.
The more shares you get, the more money you need to lose in the future. As for profit, I can't even think about it.
It is not that the Outlet Viscount is self-defeating, it is that the population of the African continent is too small. Take one's own territory as an example, and the number of workers is over 10,000.
Dozens of nobles in partnership have the best territories with a population of less than 50,000. Together, their territories are more than 50,000 square kilometers, and the population is less than 200,000.
Two hundred thousand people are divided into dozens of stations, a proper inter-village railway. If you want to make money by railway, it is estimated that the population will increase by at least 30 times.
That would almost catch up to half the population of the African continent. How long will it take for Shinra to realize the fruits of the African continent for more than 30 years?
Regardless of how much the railway company loses, in order for its products to be shipped out, the railway must be repaired.
The key is still the investment in the construction of the railway. No matter how high the maintenance cost is, it is cheaper than the transportation of materials by horse-drawn carriage. In the long run, it is still profitable overall.
As a matter of fact, it is not unreasonable for everyone to throw the branch railways to the central government for management and pay a sum of money.
However, no matter how good the plan is, other people must cooperate. The Vienna government is also afraid of goods destined to lose money.
Inter-village buses will lose money, and the inter-village railway will lose more. Although the population is small, the distance is not short at all.
If the railway network of the entire African continent is completed, the operating cost will be higher than that of the entire European continent combined.
If it is true that the
inter-village railway
is a loss-making business, then all the taxes that the Vienna government receives from Africa each year may not be enough.
Even so, it's still possible to be thankless. A series of issues such as "high fees", "fewer trains", and "delay" can make the public scold the Vienna government into doubts about life.
From the standpoint of Vienna, controlling the main railway line controls the African railway network. As for the problem of the branch railway, let the nobles handle it by themselves!
Slow down a bit slower, sooner or later, it can be done. In the original time and space when the Americans developed the western region, the problem was even more serious than that. The infrastructure construction was also completed, but Shinra couldn't make it out without reason.
The operating cost is high, and it is a big deal to miss a few cars. The nobles manage the railway company themselves, and they can make up a full load before starting. Scientific and rigorous, there is no need to worry about excuses.
Deep down, the Outlet Viscount envied the noble colleagues downstream more than once. Although they are in the same Niger river basin, they can rely on river transportation to develop, but he has to work hard to build the railway.
The downstream river is deep enough and wide enough to be navigable, and the upstream is a tragedy. These small rivers in Altrenburg are not only turbulent, but also very unstable. Floods in summer, and creeks in winter.
There is no way, the road was chosen by his father. Back then, a small gold mine was discovered, and he tried to drag the fiefdom to its current location.
As a result, the opening king, the ending is bronze. Gold mines do exist, but the reserves are very touching. After mining for less than half a year, it declared cool.
Don't say it is making money, even the cost has not been recovered. Once still in the circle of African aristocrats, there was a lot of noise.
To paraphrase the headline in the newspaper, it is "a territory deep in the jungle". After many years of being alone, it was not until the end of the European War and the fief aristocrats were flying in the sky that Altrenburg ushered in its current neighbors.
Of course, remoteness also has its advantages. After other people's titles are promoted, their territories are all east and west.
If you want to get together, you must find someone to replace it. As long as the halfway family disagrees, there will be no show.
The Viscount Outlet doesn't have such troubles. In the past, the surrounding area was no owner, so just draw a piece of it.
Not only the territory is concentrated, but the area is also large. If it is in the economically developed coastal areas, if the Viscount can have half of the current area, it is God blessed.
Whether it is a loss or a gain, I am afraid no one can figure out this question for a while.
Everyone has discussed the issue of share distribution many times. For many days in a row, the wireless telegraph of the Outlet Viscount thought that it was on hormones, and it kept beeping.
This was a by-product of the war. In the later period of the European War, there was a breakthrough in radio technology, which enabled communication from hundreds of kilometers away. A few days after the army was equipped, the war ended.
In order to strengthen the control of the African continent, but also in order not to waste resources. After the general disarmament, Franz distributed the extra radio stations as a bounty to those who contributed.
Perhaps the radio station does not have to pay communication fees, and this thing soon became a tool for the nobles to discuss, chat, and brag.
Putting down the telegram in his hand, the Outlet Viscount put out his thoughts of building a railway immediately. The distribution of shares is only one aspect, the key is the difficulty of financing now.
There is no way. After getting the labor, many people pay attention to the railway. They all ran to apply for loans, and the Royal Bank was also worried.
Unless the economic crisis is over and the financial community of the Holy Roman Empire takes action together, otherwise no one can raise funds for the construction of hundreds of thousands of kilometers of railway.
Even the start-up capital is an astronomical figure.
If there is no way to repair the railway, it does not mean that it will not be repaired. No agreement is required. Everyone is doing the preparatory work, and some have even started.
After all, how the railway company shares are distributed is mainly related to the later operation, at most, partial tandem construction should be done.
The specific railway construction must be the road of whose territory, and who is responsible for the repair, don't expect to take advantage of it.
There is no need to worry about someone making trouble. As the Constitution has stipulated, all citizens must support the construction of infrastructure, and noble lords are no exception.
When a dispute occurs, the Government House will come forward to coordinate. The problem that really needs everyone to solve is money.
Knocking on the table, the Outlet Viscount told the administrative officer: "Don't stop road construction. Railway investment is too large. If you can't raise enough funds for a while, then repair the road first.
Based on the income from the current territory and bank loans, it should not be a big problem to support one year. When the economic crisis passed, the funding problem was resolved. "
It can be seen that the Viscount Outlet is very conflicted.
On the one hand, I want the economic crisis to last longer, so as to attract immigrants from the local area; on the other hand, I hope that the economic crisis will pass sooner, so that it is easier to obtain more bank loans.
Who makes Royal Bank's construction loan interest low?
An annual interest of only 2 points is equivalent to no interest. You should know that ordinary commercial bank loans have more than two handling fees.
In fact, conditions in Altrenburg are fairly good. Although a little remote, the land is fertile and water resources are relatively abundant.
The colleagues in North Africa and the interior of East Africa are even more pressing. Now they are busy building reservoirs one by one, and they have no time to think about railways.
According to the Vienna government’s announcement of the African construction target, in order to solve the problem of water shortage, the number of reservoirs planned to be built alone is as high as 180,000.
Including Alterenburg also has a reservoir plan. If the Outlet Viscount wants to build a power station, the reservoir is an essential project.
But that is a problem for the future, and there is no need to consider that much at the moment. Anyway, with just such a small population, gas or oil lamps are good. At present, it is the Lord's Mansion that needs electricity.
"Okay, Your Excellency. It's just that with the arrival of the labor, the balance between men and women in the territory has been completely broken.
If no measures are taken, there will be many public security disputes in the future, which may affect the morale of the people in the territory. "
Administrative Officer Martin reminded.
Laborers are also ordinary people. As long as a person has seven emotions and six desires, the ratio of men to women is seriously imbalanced, and problems are inevitable.
Rubbing his forehead, the Outlet Viscount fell into thought. After a long time, he slowly said: "Then first strengthen the management of labor, and first adopt a completely closed militarized management.
It is said that there are also female workers in this labor dispatch. I will mobilize domestic relations and find a way to come over. "
It's not that the Outlet Viscount deliberately ignored the problem of the imbalance between men and women. The main reason is that infrastructure construction is hard work. Naturally, male workers with stronger physical strength are preferred.
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