"Give him something?"

Guan Zhenming's suggestion not only made Xiong Xiling curious, but also Yuan Shikai. It was not easy to trick people into being willing to trick them.

"Yes! If you don't give him something, he will definitely not be willing to take the risk to build such a railway and spend such a high price!"

Guan Mianjun nodded vigorously and at the same time cast his gaze on Yuan Shikai.

"However, this depends on how courageous the president is!"

This sentence only made Yuan Shikai open his eyes slightly, and after staring at Guan Zhenming for a while, he suddenly laughed loudly, and then said in a thick Henan accent.

"Courage. In order to stabilize the government's finances, this president dares to bear the label of traitor. Is there any greater courage than this?"

As he spoke, Yuan Shikai's eyes showed some helplessness. I am afraid that only he could understand this helplessness. Now this loan has been accused by the revolutionary parties of all parties as traitorous, but this country has to be sold. If it is not sold, this country will not be sold.

The country will be destroyed!

His eyes suddenly opened, and Tang Zhaoyi could hardly believe what his ears heard. Looking at Xiong Xiling, he was stunned for a while before asking.

"The President agrees?"

His tone was full of suspicion.

"Um!"

At this moment, Xiong Xiling, who felt like a big stone under the pine, nodded and took another sip of tea before replying. After going through all the methods mentioned by Guan Mianjun one by one, he felt really thirsty.

"The president agreed! However,"

He took another sip of tea.

"According to the president's wishes, at least 20,000!"

"Twenty thousand!"

Hearing this price, Tang Zhaoyi couldn't help being shocked. The price was too high, so how could Li Zicheng agree to it?

"It's a loan. What Guan Mianjun means is that we give the right of road to Li Zicheng for free, and then he will lend a sum of twenty-five thousand taels per kilometer to the government. It is considered an interest-free loan!"

Although there is no sign of this matter yet, Xiong Xiling feels a lot more relaxed now. In his opinion, this matter can be negotiated nine times out of ten. This month has just passed, and when the salary is paid next month, it will be troublesome.

The government's financial crisis for several months has now been resolved.

"oh,"

In response, Tang Zhaoyi immediately mentally calculated the benefits of this "business" to the government. On the surface, it seemed that the government had suffered a loss, but with 36 million taels of silver, at least for half a year, the government would not need it.

We are also worried that the military will mutiny due to financial problems.

"Then it seems that we need to have a serious talk with him Liuhe!"

"Prime Minister, what the President means is..."

Lifting his eyes slightly, Xiong Xiling had a slightly troubled expression on his face.

"The Ministry of Finance and the Secretary-General of the Presidential Office Liang Shiyi and Guan Mianjun will contact Liuhe!"

Listening to Xiong Xiling's answer, Tang Zhaoyi just nodded with a wry smile. As expected, he turned his eyes slightly and said with a half smile.

"oh!"

Tang Zhaoyi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled slightly.

"I'm afraid that Yang Xizi will be greatly disappointed!"

"Isn't that right? Yang Xizi has been so busy, and now she has made Guan Mianjun's wedding dress!"

"Guan Mianjun..."

As he murmured this name, Tang Zhaoyi's expression looked very playful, and it took him a while before he spoke.

"This matter is definitely not the work of Guan Mianjun. If the prediction is correct..."

"Prime Minister, you mean Liuhe Company?"

Xiong Xiling also had some doubts in his heart. He had seen that the president also had doubts in this regard before, but there were a few points that really didn't make sense.

"It can't be Liuhe Company. If it were Liuhe, they would definitely not offer these conditions! The market price redemption after twenty years seems to have given Liuhe an advantage, but in fact it is..."

Tang Zhaoyi smiled coldly, knowing that the negotiation would not go smoothly.

"But it will cut off Liuhe's lifeline in twenty years!"

"You want to cut off my lifeline from Liuhe!"

While sighing, Mu Xiangyue, who was sitting in the conference room of the Ministry of Finance, almost wanted to throw the appointment book in his hand to the ground.

"Twenty years, twenty years later the government will acquire the railway and the land managed by related companies at market prices!"

When Mu Xiangyue thought about this content in his heart, there was a hint of anger in Mu Xiangyue's eyes. These people were being unreasonable.

Three days ago, Finance Minister Xiong Xiling made an appointment with me to reveal the government's intentions. Negotiations officially started today.

The 1,800-kilometer Longhai Railway road rights were donated in exchange for Liuhe Company underwriting 45 million taels of government bonds. The interest on the loan was 5%, with a 9% discount on the issue price and an 84% deduction on the actual receipt. In fact, the company only needed to underwrite 37.5 million taels of bonds.

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What's even more surprising is that the draft loan contract clearly stated that "all railway company territories are exempt from local taxes." Apart from the fact that the scope of railway territories and the detailed terms of railway land are still somewhat unsatisfactory, there is almost no need to negotiate with them.

Those who negotiated, who would have thought that the last clause of the contract would be impossible to accept no matter what.

"Twenty years later, the government will consider its operations and acquire the railway and the land managed by related companies at market prices!"

Skipping the detailed negotiations, Mu Xiangyue put forward the most critical point directly. In fact, he could see that for the government, they could offer any preferential terms, but this one was fatal.

"Manager Mu, this clause means that after twenty years, if necessary, the government will purchase the Longhai Railway and its related affiliated lines and the company's land from Liuhe Company at a preferential price!"

When answering the questions, Xiong Xiling didn't see anything wrong on his face, let alone the helplessness of negotiating with the bank group. Three days ago, as soon as the news of his formal appointment with Mu Xiangyue came out, a representative of the British HSBC Bank met with him and said that he could

Make appropriate concessions on the conditions for large loans. If this Liuhe loan can be successful, then the bank syndicate loan will become useless, and they will inevitably give up a lot of unreasonable conditions.

In Xiong Xiling's view, all the conditions for the free transfer of road rights to Liuhe Company in exchange for loans are generous, and according to the president's wishes, even more concessions can be made. But the most critical thing about the success or failure of this matter is

But it is a supplementary clause to this last clause.

And this is exactly what the president needs. To use the president's original words, he must have a backup plan for Liuhe.

Looking at Li Zicheng who was pretending to be silent and silent for a long time, Mu Xiangyue knew that he needed to play the white face now.

"President Xiong, if the company accepts this condition, it will undoubtedly give up the lifeblood of the company in twenty years!"

Mu Xiangyue's tone contained dissatisfaction, but she tried to be calmer.

"If Liuhe accepts the Longhai Railway, then due to the company's development needs, all industries will inevitably be concentrated on both sides of the railway, especially the stations along the way. If twenty years later, the government purchases it at market price, wouldn't it be the same as Liuhe's?

With his own talents, he borrowed nearly 40 million from the government to help the government to relieve its difficulties. Twenty years later, the government plundered the railway and related industrial companies that Liuhe had developed for twenty years. Mr. Xiong had no choice but to

Said, this government’s calculations are really good!”

With a sigh, Mu Xiangyue couldn't help but admire these people in her heart. When these people negotiated with foreigners, they seemed to be traitors in every possible way, but in fact, it was because they were not as powerful as others.

There are a few people who are willing to betray their country, but now that they are facing Liuhe Company, they are more powerful than others, so naturally they will not make any move to admit it.

With a helpless smile, Mu Xiangyue looked at Li Zicheng, only to see that he just lowered his head and seemed to be writing something there, obviously looking unhappy.

At this moment, I saw him put down his pen, pick up the tea cup, drink some tea and smile at Xiong Xiling opposite, looking like he didn't know what they were talking about just now.

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Chapter completed!