Once again, I shifted my attention to Huoqiu County in the middle of the map, and then quickly moved to another location.

"Haizhou?"

The unfamiliar geographical terms only made Li Zicheng stunned. Isn't that Lianyungang?

Never mind!

Thinking in my mind, I sat on the sofa and took a ruler to measure the distance from Lianyungang to Huoqiu.

It is about 500 kilometers away, which is about the same distance as the railway to Baotou. However, unlike Baotou, we can transport the equipment needed for the mine to Huoqiu and Huainan through the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. In this way, mine construction can be carried out at the same time.

The railway is under construction at the same time.

As for the steel plant, it can be built in Lianyungang. In this case, the railway, iron mines, coal mines, and steel plants will not be delayed. I don't need to consider other transportation problems, and... stare at the sea more than ten kilometers away from Haizhou.

The coast facing the East and West Liandao Islands across the sea.

If a steel plant is built here, there are other benefits. It is located on the coast and is a natural port. In the future, steel exports can directly use convenient sea transportation. Similarly, if other factories are established here, there will also be convenient transportation. And more importantly

Yes... I was thinking about Li Zicheng, but I couldn't help but move my eyes northward, first to Qingdao, and after staying in Qingdao for a moment, my eyes moved northward again, and finally my eyes were fixed on Dalian.

Dalian!

Little Yokohama! Mantetsu!

When the two nouns flashed in his mind, Li Zicheng felt his heart beat suddenly, and some materials he had read in college suddenly began to flash before his eyes.

Since 1906, Japan has successively established a complete set of management institutions in the Northeast, including the Kwantung Agency, the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the Japanese Consulate and the South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd., starting from the political, military, diplomatic and economic

and other aspects to comprehensively penetrate and control China.

On April 1, 1907, the "Manchurian Railway" officially opened, consisting of the Investigation Department, the General Affairs Department, the Transportation Department, the Mining Department and the Local Department. At this point, the "Manchurian Railway" was an important institution that affected Northeast China and even the entire modern history of China.

, and thus officially entered the stage of history.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, Western powers have built many railways in China, such as the Jiaoji Railway built by Germany in Shandong, the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway built by France in Yunnan, and the Middle East Railway built by Russia in Northeast China. Anyone can see that,

These railways are by no means a gift to China from the Western powers, but giant locusts sucking China's economic resources.

The same is true for the Manchurian Railway. The Manchurian Railway is not a simple railway management company, but the general hub of Japan's economic aggression against China. Its nature is similar to the East India Company established by the British in India. The first president of the Manchurian Railway, Goto Shinpei, will

It is called "civilian equipment and armament", which means to operate the railway as the center, implement large-scale immigration, expand Japanese power in the Northeast, and constitute potential armaments.

To develop economic power to achieve the purpose of enhancing military power and to achieve war-supporting war. It can be said that this is the core of Japan's colonial policy, and the Manchurian Railway is the core of the entire core. That is, starting from 1907, the Manchurian Railway used its

The railway annex will be built along the South Manchuria Railway as a "state within a state" with the railway as its core.

The leader of this country within a country was Dalian, known as Little Yokohama at this time. The South Manchuria Railway was the "dragon's body", and the annexes, mainly railway stations, were a country within a country!

If... just that thought flashed across his mind, Li Zicheng felt his heart tumbling.

"Ouchu, look at this!"

Pointing at Haizhou, Li Zicheng, who could no longer control his excitement, immediately shared his plan with Mu Xiangyue.

"Haizhou?"

Mu Xiangyue looked at the place name. At this moment, he was really disturbed by Li Zicheng's jumping thoughts.

"Yes, this is it. To be precise, this is Yuntai Mountain!"

I pointed my hand at Yuntai Mountain, which faces the East and West Islands across the sea. I took a deep breath to calm myself down and slowly think about the pros and cons.

"You see, this place is located at the junction of Shandong, Henan, and Jiangsu. There is a screen of islands, and a large port can be built. In this way, the transportation problem will be solved. Secondly, it is not close to a treaty port. Shandong is the sphere of influence of the Germans, and along the river is the British

The area of ​​Haizhou where two provinces outside the world meet is located within the boundary of the two countries’ forces, creating a power vacuum for the great powers!”

Although he tried to calm himself down, when he mentioned this benefit, Li Zicheng found that he couldn't calm down at all. He completely forgot that the great powers attached great importance to their spheres of influence. In order to prevent conflicts between the two countries in places where their spheres of influence intersected, Li Zicheng found that he could not calm down at all.

Instead, they "excluded" them from their own spheres of influence, thus creating a power vacuum zone for the great powers.

"Zicheng, what do you mean..."

Listening to Li Zicheng's words, Mu Xiangyue thought that Li Zicheng decided to locate the steel plant here.

"If we are far away from the sphere of influence of the great powers, they will always come over. However, in a place where the spheres of influence of the two countries intersect, it is more conducive to our survival, and we may even obtain other benefits."

Interrupting Mu Xiangyue's words, Li Zicheng picked up a pencil in his right hand, laid it on the map, and then drew a line, first a line.

"Look here,"

When Li Zicheng drew that line, what Mu Xiangyue saw was a line starting from Haizhou to Xinjiang, a line running through central China.

Could it be that he meant to build a line here...

"Haizhou is located on the eastern edge of the plain in central China. This plain is one of the most vast and fertile areas in the world. If Haizhou is considered a seaport, it is just between the two world ports of the Northern Port and the Eastern Port. It has now been designated as

The terminus of the Longhai Railway, a major east-west trunk line across central China. Of course, this is just an idea, an idea for the future. What we have to do now is..."

As he spoke, his right hand holding the pencil drew another line on the map, turning from Xuzhou to Anhui and ending at Huoqiu. Finally, Li Zicheng vigorously drew an "x" in Huoqiu.

"This is it, we want to be here..."

After pondering for a moment, Li Zicheng then drew another mark near Shouxian County.

"And here, iron ore is mined in Huoqiu, and coal mines are mined in Huainan... Well, there are coal mines in Huaibei, so both coal and iron are available. It will take time to build the railway, but it doesn't matter. These mines are close to the Huaihe River. When repairing the mines,

, the mining equipment can be transported from the Yangtze River waterway to Huoqiu and Huainan. As for the steel plant, we will build it here..."

Pointing his finger hard at Yuntai Mountain in Yihai, Li Zicheng laughed. Before, he was only thinking about building a steel plant, but now!

Staring at the railway line, for a moment, Li Zicheng seemed to see a future of his own, a brand new future that he had never even imagined.

"Zhiyuan, this...this..."

Looking at the several marks on the map, Mu Xiangyue was completely confused by Li Zicheng's "jumping" thinking. There are coal mines in Huainan and Huaibei? There are iron mines in Huoqiu? Where did he know about it?

Before Mu Xiangyue could finish speaking, Li Zicheng laughed with great confidence. The hearty laughter echoed in the room. When the laughter stopped, he sat up straight and looked directly at Mu Xiangyue, who had a puzzled look on his face.

.

"Ouchu, have you ever heard of the South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd. and the China Eastern Railway Company?"

(Phew, this is the third update. If I have recommended 6,000 people today, I guarantee that it will be the fourth update. Haha, let’s make the recommendations more intense! ps: Now everyone can see that Baotou is just an idea, and Lianyungang will be the only one in the future.
Chapter completed!