Weituoma did not come here as soon as Yi Zhizu returned to his residence, but sent a visitation letter from the Consul Mai Huatuo, the Qing Dynasty's five-year plan was very large and required huge funds. He believed that England could still gain the largest market share with its strong financial strength.

However, he did not dare to take this lightly. Yuanqi himself has a strong capital and recently dominated the mining rights of the Transvaal gold mine. He is full of confidence. Moreover, the competition in the railway market in the Qing Dynasty is not small. America and France have been actively seeking a larger share, while Germany and Italy are eager to squeeze in.

If America was the world's largest railway market before, then the Qing Empire would undoubtedly become the world's largest railway market. The Qing Dynasty not only had a much wider territory than the United States, but also far richer than the United States, but also more open. At least it is much more open than the United States in terms of railway construction. With the introduction of the five-year plan, strong railway companies from all over the world will inevitably flock to it. How dare he take it lightly?

When Mai Huatuo rushed back to report Yi Zhizuo to see him, Weituoma naturally did not dare to neglect him. He quickly rushed to Zhennan Prince's Mansion by carriage, got off the carriage, and saw Yi Zhizuo who was greeting outside the courtyard gate. He laughed loudly: "Your Highness has such a big deal, and a five-year plan has attracted all the ministers from all countries to Shanghai."

"The world is bustling, all for profit, and all for profit." Yi Zhizu smiled and shook hands with him, "This shows that all countries are optimistic about our country's railway market."

Weituma smiled and said, "Your country's railway market is so big that no one can match. I think no one is optimistic about it, and no one dares not pay attention to it."

After the two of them exchanged greetings, they sat down to serve tea, Yi Zhizu continued the previous talk, "The bigger the market, the greater the funds needed. I plan to conduct an open bid for this railway construction project. The most basic condition is to advance funds. The railway company participating in the bidding must advance funds in full."

Full advance? Weituma thought to himself that it was indeed as expected. He couldn't help but feel happy. English not only had strong capital, but also the financial market was the most mature. If the full advance, English railway companies would undoubtedly have an absolute advantage. After pondering for a little, he said: "As far as I know, the operating income of some railways in your country is not optimistic..."

It is true that some railway lines are not profitable and are in a loss-making state. Yi Zhizu nodded and said, "For lines with poor operating income, Yuanqi will guarantee this, so there is no need to worry about this."

There is no need to worry about having Yuanqi as a guarantee. Weituma turned to ask: "What are the proposed railway lines in your country's first five-year plan?"

"The overall plan for my country's railway trunk lines is four horizontal and five vertical. The first five-year plan is mainly in central China, north China and northeast China." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "The specific routes will be forwarded to embassies of various countries later. For justice, I hope to draw capable personnel from railway companies from various countries that are interested in participating in the bidding to form a group to conduct line surveys and project budgets.

Given that it takes time and preparation for personnel from various railway companies to arrive, it is tentatively scheduled to start comprehensive line surveys in next spring......"

After seeing off Weituma, Zhao Liewen said with some concern: "The shopkeeper, we will only start surveying the routes in the spring next year. Is it still time to go? After the survey of the routes, there is probably an economic crisis that has already broken out."

Yi Zhizu said: "Is Huifu worried that the outbreak of the economic crisis will affect the inflow of funds?"

"Isn't the big shopkeeper worried?"

"Why worry?"

Zhao Liewen said: "Once a large-scale economic crisis breaks out, a large number of banks go bankrupt and the stock market plummets, it is obviously very difficult for railway companies to raise funds in this case."

Yi Zhizu smiled and said: "The economic crisis has caused market depression and economic collapse, but it will not reduce the total amount of capital. Simply put, the total amount of gold in this world has been growing continuously. Even the economic crisis will not reduce gold. It is just transferred from the hands of most people to the hands of a very small number of people.

Capital is natural for profit-seeking. Once a large-scale economic crisis breaks out in Western countries and cannot invest and make profits, capital will flow to a place where it can make profits. Therefore, don’t worry about no capital flowing in due to the outbreak of the economic crisis. These crises last for a long time. As long as our country can be immune to the impact of the economic crisis, Western capital will roll in."

The railway is expensive, and the profit is naturally not low. Although it is necessary to advance funds to build, Yuanqi promised to incorporate the interest into the cost, and Yuanqi also came out to guarantee. The news spread, and railway companies in various countries intending to develop the Qing market were ready to draw elite personnel to Shanghai as quickly as possible.

Affected by the five-year plan, the stock markets in Guangzhou and Shanghai also soared. Railways, steel, cement, machinery, construction and other related stocks led the rise. The stock market's rise after the war in South Africa has not yet declined, and has ushered in a new round of rises, which can be said to be booming.

At the same time, related enterprises and factories have also begun to recruit soldiers on a large scale, either expanding or opening branches, which is a bustling scene. Newspapers from various provinces are also rushing to report on this, so the hot discussion of the five-year plan has lasted for a long time.

The court also showed a rare decisive behavior. In just three months, the railway lines planned for the '15th Plan' were announced, and the first batch of farmland water conservancy projects and provincial capital reconstruction projects that passed the approval were also announced.

Zhennan Wangfu, Changle Bookstore.

"Big shopkeeper--." Zhao Liewen walked into the study quickly with a telegram. "I call from New York. Except for the three railway companies with engineering projects in our country, the stocks of other railway companies all fell continuously, with the largest decline of more than 10%.

After handing over the telegram, he continued: "This dark drop does not seem to be a sign of an economic crisis..."

Yi Zhizu looked at the telegram and asked, "Next year's World Expo will be held in Vienna? I'll call them to check the specific opening time."

Zhao Liewen was puzzled. Where is this? Why did he suddenly talk about the World Expo in Vienna? Yuan Qi has always been very interested in the World Expo in Europe. Why did he suddenly become interested in the World Expo in Vienna this time?

Just three days later, the New York branch called again, "The New York Stock Exchange closed for one day, and the reason was unknown."

After receiving the telegram, Yi Zhizu pondered for a while before instructing: "Ask London if there is any important news?"

Before Zhao Liewen could send a report, Cao Gensheng quickly came in to report: "The big shopkeeper, London calls, and the Bank of England issued a financial crisis warning to stop exchanging credit notes from the United States."
Chapter completed!