As soon as the news of the railway company's foreign stock is out, it immediately caused a sensation. In less than three days, the initial shares of the five companies were divided up, and a total of 30 million gulf of start-up capital was raised.

I have to say that the great nobles are just heroic, and their family invested 1.8 million gusts without blinking.

Everyone is well-informed and knows very well that the government's purpose of doing this is to win over local powerful parties to make money together so that no one can make trouble for the railway project.

Even so, there is no reason for everyone to refuse to get rich?

If Franz is willing to take them to make a fortune together, it means that the emperor treats them as his own people, which makes many people feel at ease.

As for the people who suppressed the rebellion and killed last year, they automatically ignored it. Before they knew it, the butt was moved again, so the traitor should naturally kill him.

With so many powerful factions investing, Franz doesn't have to worry about the future. These people are even more anxious than him. The railway is built one day earlier, so everyone can make money one day earlier.

The exploration team of the Ministry of Railways has set out. In order to speed up the pace, the newly established railway company has also organized its own exploration team and joined the exploration work.

Five railways were started at the same time, namely: Shuangbu Railway (Prague to Bratislava), Vise Railway (Vienna to Seged), Vimi Railway (Vienna to Milan via Venice), and Lusa Railway (Ljubljana to Sagreb).

Of course, the actual construction distance is definitely not just that, these five are just the main lines.

For example: there is a branch railway connection between the Shuangbu Railway and the Visai Railway. The Visai Railway will extend westward to Salzburg, and the Shuangbu Railway also has a bunch of branch lines.

Not to mention the Lusa Railway, the straight-line distance between the two places is only more than 100 kilometers. How could such a short distance become a main line?

It naturally extended to both sides, extending to the west to the link between the Villach and Vimi Railways, and extending to the east to Slavoniabroad.

The main road alone is four or five thousand kilometers, and with the complicated branch railways, it is perfect for more than 10,000 kilometers.

There is no doubt that the Ministry of Railways has brought private goods here and used bundling methods to pack some difficult routes.

This was also acquiesced by Franz. As compensation, the Austrian government will provide some free labor to the railway company, and the specific situation must be determined based on construction conditions.

All of them have boarded the ship, but still want to withdraw now? Without the laborers in the hands of the government that can be used as consumables, it is not easy for railway companies to build railways.

Once the casualty rate is too high, even if everyone's hands and eyes are clear, they can't cover it?

Think about it, how much social influence will be caused by the death of thousands of people? Not to mention anything else, pensions alone can make them vomit blood.

This is also one of the reasons why the mileage of railways in European countries is slow. A few hundred kilometers of railways are built every year, and the number of casualties is controlled within a certain range, which can be afforded by everyone.

If there were heavy casualties, workers would also go on strike. Should they transport slaves from overseas to come back for construction? The price of slaves in this era is also not cheap, and the freight is not a small number.

It can be said that the construction of railways in this era is very cruel. There are too few mechanical equipment, and most of them have to be carried on their shoulders and backs. People and equipment are often used together in dangerous areas.

Opium is even more unscrupulous railway companies prepare daily necessities for workers. Most people cannot bear this pain. They rely on opium to numb themselves. After a few years, people will be abandoned.

There is no doubt that these newly established railway companies in Austria are representatives of unscrupulous railway companies, and the shareholders behind the scenes are all a group of hypocritical nobles.

It is precisely because of the nobles that they must take into account their reputation. They can do many things secretly, but they can't do them when they are on the surface.

It is not easy to whitewash, and the reputation accumulated by our ancestors is even more undesecrated. Just look at Franz's performance. The emperor himself is not involved in it, and the Habsburg family must also open a vest and small trumpet for investment.

In this case, what can I feel more at ease than using criminals? No matter how many people die, public opinion will not condemn them, at least in this era.

Of course, this is also necessary to find a few managers, the president and others take the blame, condemning their management mistakes, and then there is nothing else.

These people are all rebels and have been slandered to the bottom of the public opinion. As long as the Austrian Empire exists for one day, they will never be overturned.

Don’t think that if Europe does not implicate the nine tribes, the Austrian government will not implicate it. If it involves rebellion, all the nobles will be ruined, let alone the common people who are promoted to fight?

Everyone is pretending to be confused. Ordinary people will not admit that they are rebelling in their own lives. As long as they are obedient, the government will pretend not to know anything.

Anyway, the war was so chaotic, and it was very difficult to investigate the love, so I just treated it as the number of deaths. Otherwise, how did Metternich come from?

These people have been killed in their household registration, and their families have regarded them as dead people. Many people's funerals have been held in advance.

In addition to the fact that "rebels fought to rebel" were given a lighter resignation when Franz initially suppressed the Vienna rebellion, the rebels in Italy and Hungary were basically dead.

These people have also become the best workers. Those who have died once cannot be re-existed. These people die and burn them all in a fire.

There is no need to pay wages or pensions. There is no family riot or media condemnation, and there will be no follow-up trouble.

The only problem is that these people are naturally paying a price to use in the hands of the government. According to the prior agreement, there are indeed not so many additional sections of roads, but there is no promise to provide free labor, right?

Without hesitation, everyone decided to repair it. However, putting these sections behind it, saving the biggest labor expenses and not increasing much budget.

If there is profit in the future, put it into operation. If there is no profit, you can get a train every ten days and half a month. This is also their freedom.

As long as the Austrian railway controls the operating times, the possibility of losing money is not high. In no remote areas, you can get a truckload of goods in ten days and half a month.

The routes planned by the Ministry of Railways all connect cities, not villages, so how could there be no business?

Unpopular routes cannot make money, but the problem of guaranteed capital is not big, and even losses will not be too much.

This is the advantage of private railway companies. They can flexibly allocate trains, freight and passenger transport according to actual needs.

The government will not be able to operate it. If the dispatchers below were given such great authority, the railway system would probably be emptied soon by them, and this supervision would be very troublesome.

The boss of a private enterprise will stare at it. No matter who the government sends to keep it from being corrupted, it is impossible for emperor Franz to pay attention to this issue every day, right?

Also, the government needs to consider political factors. Many local economic development requires railways to operate every day. In the short term, the railway system will lose money, but the local economy has also been driven, and the government's tax revenue has increased.

In the end, whether the government lost or made a profit, it is difficult to calculate clearly.

In order to avoid large-scale and reduce losses, most of the railways operated by the government are usually fixed.

If you want to schedule, you must report it layer by layer unless it is a special situation. Most of the time, few staff members will cause trouble, and the operating costs will naturally increase.

After a series of bargaining, everyone finally reached an agreement that the large-scale railway construction in Austria was launched.

In order to recover costs in the shortest time, this time we adopted a "three-side plan" (exploration, design, and construction).

The railway construction work has just begun, and everyone has no choice but to find a problem. It seems that all the sand and gravel mines around the railway have fallen into the hands of the Austrian Sand and Gravel Group.

This made many people regret it. Before the railway was built, the sand and gravel around the city were worth a little money, and no one cared about the sand and gravel in the wilderness.

But now it’s different. If you build a railway, you will definitely use a large amount of sand and gravel raw materials. In this era, there were no cars, so you can only rely on manpower or animal transportation. There is no choice but to use local materials.

As soon as they got the news, the management of the railway company got angry. They were originally invited by the shareholders to do dirty work, and it was their turn to appear.

Unfortunately, there was no chance for them to perform. When the Austrian Sand and Gravel Group showed up in the backstage, they all pretended that nothing had happened.

No, it happened. When I came, I was about to smash the situation. After I figured out the situation, it turned into a business negotiation. When I left, I took away a supply contract signed with the Austrian Sand and Gravel Group.

A real fair trade is true, and all sand and gravel supply is based on the market price. If the market price is not controlled, it should be considered fair trade.

Franz still knows the importance of it, and it is okay to make a small profit. If you play too much, it will not be a good effect if it is spread.

Therefore, the market price of sand and gravel did not increase significantly, but was only increased by three floors compared to before the railway started construction. Of course, the railway company was a major customer and gave it another 20% off.

In summary, the unit price has only risen by 4%, and the price has almost not increased, which is definitely considered a conscientious price.

This is also within the rules. As early as the first half of the year, Franz bought these minerals at a bargain price, many of which were bought from the nobles.

The most valuable thing in this era is information. There is no way that their information is not well-informed and they are greedy for small gains, so they can only admit defeat.

The only thing that made them feel at ease was that His Majesty the Emperor did not come specifically for railways. Not only did he buy sand and gravel ore, but he didn't want the minerals that were too expensive in gold or silver ore, but he bought a lot of other messy mines.

Even these sand and gravel mines are not all along the railway line, and are found in barren mountains and ridges. Obviously, they are also making money by casting a wide net.

With so many gravel ores, it is naturally impossible for Franz to send people to manage them. After all, the unit price of gravel is not high, and the profit mainly depends on volume.

As an emperor who cherishes feathers, it is natural that the matter of exploiting workers cannot be done, and even if he is the boss behind the scenes, it is not allowed to be revealed.

At this time, we need to find a contractor. The great nobles look down on the business of the second-door dealers. Are there little nobles and small capitalists?

This didn't require Franz to worry about. After the news of subcontracting was released, someone soon contacted the person in charge of the Austrian Sand and Gravel Group.

With an ordering contract in hand, it is still easy to negotiate a deal that is destined to make money.

The contractor is responsible for recruiting workers to mining, managing all work on the mine, and bearing legal responsibility for this.

According to actual conditions, the Austrian Sand and Gravel Group withdraws 20 to 30% of the profits of the contract, and the remaining ones are at the free discretion of the contract, including paying taxes and paying manual wages, and the railway construction completion contract is terminated.

Whether you can make money depends on the management level of these people. Anyway, the Austrian Sand and Gravel Group signed the contract with them, and they also left all the responsibilities to the contractor. Even if there is no matter how big the problem is, at most the Austrian Sand and Gravel Group is the vest.

Then there was nothing. The vest was still behind the vest, and it stopped at this point. The insiders were all smart people, and no one would lift the lid.

No matter how others plot or fight, Franz made the biggest profit after a change of hands.

It is estimated that when these railways are completed, Franz will recover all the money he invested in buying the mine in advance, and the mine is the best benefit he earns.

You should know that this is the beginning. It was just a part of the sand and gravel mines were developed, and there were a bunch of mines waiting to be developed. At this moment, Franz discovered that the mine owner was the happiest.
Chapter completed!