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The cost of Wusongjiang Bridge costing 520,000 taels of silver frightened Chen Lifu.

Even though Shanghai's financial income is very high, there are many places to spend money. Shanghai invests a lot of money in municipal construction every year. Otherwise, how could Shanghai's urban development be so fast.

Moreover, the municipal construction of Shanghai basically relies on the finances of the Shanghai county yamen itself, not like Jinling City or other big cities, which can rely on central funding. To support such a huge urban development plan, the central government has given a lot of money every year to maintain it.

Another example is the provincial capital cities such as Guangzhou, Nanchang, and Wuchang, which also have strong provincial financial support. Otherwise, they would not be able to develop so fast.

However, only Shanghai County relies on its own financial strength. It not only spends its own money, but also supports neighboring prefectures and counties. For example, this year, in order to support Qingpu County, which also belongs to Songjiang Prefecture, to dredge large and small rivers to provide flood control capabilities and respond to the central government In response to the call for the construction of water conservancy facilities, Shanghai County supported Qingpu County with a total of 150,000 taels of silver.

The financial revenue is high, but the expenditure is also large. This is the current financial problem of Shanghai County.

Over the years, large-scale municipal construction has been carried out almost every year. For example, last year, Shanghai County promoted the plan to expand urban roads. It is expected to expand and renovate the roads in the urban area.

It is expected that the main roads in the urban area will be expanded, and gravel and cinder will be laid at the same time.

And for a few, mainly laying cement along the riverside avenues in various districts.

To meet the ever-expanding traffic demand, especially the freight demand, there are a lot of heavy-duty carriages going to and from several main roads every day, and the roads built in the past are already overwhelmed.

And building roads is a huge expense, not to mention that they plan to lay cement pavements on some sections of the road. Doing so would easily cost hundreds of thousands of taels.

Municipal construction every year will spend a considerable part of Shanghai's fiscal revenue, and Shanghai's fiscal budget, like other local state governments, has followed the example of the central government. Basically, at the end of each year, the fiscal budget for the next year will be determined. Income budget and expenditure budget.

It is now March, and the budget for financial expenditure has already been determined. Only a small part has been left as emergency funds, and this part of the emergency funds is also the funds that Chen Lifu can use. Just over three hundred thousand taels of silver.

It is true that these more than 300,000 taels of silver are already comparable to all the fiscal revenue of many governments in one year, but for a special place like Shanghai, it is pitiful.

And even if all of them are taken out, it is not enough to build this Wusong River Bridge!

Chen Lifu said that the funds are difficult, and the 500,000 taels of silver to repair the bridge may not be available, but Kang Weide doesn't care about this, he is not here to do business, there is no need to bargain with Chen Lifu, he is just invited. , and has already given a preliminary design plan, how to solve the funding problem in the future, and even how to solve the specific construction, he does not care.

After giving Chen Lifu this preliminary design plan, he patted his **** and went back to Jinling City, saying that he would leave a student here. Later, if you have any detailed design problems, you can directly contact his students.

He Kang Weide has a lot to do. As an associate professor of the Department of Architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology, a few professional architectural design talents in China, a lot of engineering designs are waiting for him, such as Dangtu Industrial Zone The expansion plan for him is the big case he is currently working on. It is the largest heavy industry expansion plan in the country, and it is much more important than a mere bridge.

However, Kang Weide received a letter from Shanghai, saying that he was asked to design a bridge on the Wusong River, and there were many high requirements, such as the requirement of extremely high bearing capacity, the requirement not to affect the navigation of ships, and the low maintenance cost. .

At that time, he knew that with today's technical means, only steel bridges could meet such needs.

And once such a steel bridge is built, it will be a record-breaking steel bridge, otherwise, Kang Weide really has no interest in coming to Shanghai.

In terms of domestic steel technology, the application of steel to bridges is a long time ago. Many places have already used steel to build bridges, and the most widely used should belong to the Beijing-Shanghai Railway. Zhenjiang is currently under construction. In order to make the railway cross the river and the mountain, the railway bridge has been built with steel on a large scale, but the scale of these steel bridges used in the construction of the railway is relatively small and not very noticeable.

As for the buildings that use steel and cement together, there are even more buildings. In the palace that is being built today, a considerable part of the buildings are reinforced concrete structures, which are directly poured.

Wusongjiang Bridge, if it can be built, then this bridge with a length of more than 110 meters and a width of 19 meters will be the longest and widest steel bridge in the Tang Empire, and will basically represent the The pinnacle of technology.

From the bridge piers to the road surface, and even every rivet, it will be the presentation of the most advanced technology level of the Datang Empire.

It is precisely because of the attraction of these factors that he, Kang Weide, put down the design work of many major cases at hand, went to Shanghai to conduct a field inspection, and then carried out preliminary design work.

Kang Weide patted his **** and left, leaving Chen Lifu with a frown!

He repeatedly looked at the design sketch in his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more beautiful he felt. The steel bridge designed by Kang Weide adopts an all-steel riveted structure and a large-scale steel structure, which makes people feel full of high-tech atmosphere just by looking at the drawings. .

Where is Shanghai?

Shanghai is not only the largest city in the Tang Empire, but also the most important and largest industrial area in the Tang Empire.

The more Chen Lifu looked at it, the more he felt that only such a huge and mighty steel bridge with a high-tech atmosphere could represent Shanghai's status.

Build, must build!

As for where the money to build the bridge will come from, Chen Lifu has to think about it, but in any case, it is impossible to directly use Shanghai's financial funds to build it, and it will not be able to be repaired at all.

At the same time, he must act fast. His Shanghai magistrate's term has already passed one year, and according to the official practice of the Datang Empire, a term of three years is usually used. However, for the sake of regional stability and policy coherence, Occasionally, the Ministry of Personnel will extend this term to five years.

Therefore, Chen Lifu's term in Shanghai can range from two years to four years.

And to build a steel bridge, even if it is faster, it is estimated that it will take two years, and this is not counting the preparation time.

Chen Lifu is also a person who can do whatever he wants. In a few days, he just took the design drawings and called a group of people under him to start thinking about how to repair the bridge.

Or to put it more bluntly, how to solve the problem of financing the bridge.

Someone directly proposed a plan to take a loan from the bank, then collect the bridge toll, and use the bridge toll to repay the loan. This person waved his arm and said: "We set up toll booths on the left and right sides of the bridge. There is a sign at the place saying: There is a toll station 100 meters away, please slow down!"

Some people objected on the spot: "The Wusongjiang Bridge, once completed, is an important bridge connecting the north and south banks. At the same time, the secondary bridge is also a bridge specially built by us to open the north bank. If there is a charge, it will inevitably increase the number of pedestrians and goods. The cost of transportation, in this case, is inconsistent with our original intention!"

"Building bridges is not only for exhibition, but also for people's livelihood. Could it be that some poor people can't afford to cross the bridge in the future, and you still prevent them from letting them pass?"

"Hmph, if there is no charge, how can the construction cost of 500,000 taels be paid for? This is not 50,000 taels, but 500,000 taels. When the second industrial zone was opened, it was only spent in total. It’s only more than one million taels, and from last year to now, my Shanghai Yamen repaired the main roads in the city, and it cost only more than 600,000 taels.”

"Even if this is the case, it can't be collected. If you want to charge, it's better not to build it at all. I don't want to be pointed at the nose and call us roadblockers!"

"Fart, according to what you said, we simply don't engage in construction, we won't do it if we're afraid of being scolded, and we won't do anything if we're afraid of making mistakes. You are a serious political mistake. Last year, when the Son of Heaven inspected the personnel department, he said that all officials should dare to To set an example for the world, you can't govern by doing nothing, and you can't stop doing things because you're afraid of doing something wrong!"

"This official wants to refer you to a book, and those who are afraid of difficult things are officials in the court, this is a disaster for the people!"

When someone started to snap their hats and raised the topic to political mistakes, Chen Lifu knew that ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ he should stop their quarrel, otherwise he would say too much, what did he really say when he got angry If you go against the grain, you will be in big trouble!

Chen Lifu immediately stretched out his hand to suppress the pressure, and then said: "All the lords are quiet, this official is the emperor's herdsmen, and all the lords are doing things for the emperor. Although everyone's methods and ideas are different, the purpose is still the same. Yes, it's all for the emperor, it's all for the people, don't get angry!"

When Chen Lifu said this, he looked around: "Sit down!"

Chen Lifu opened his mouth. No matter how angry the others were, they could only bear it. Seeing everyone sat down, Chen Lifu also thought about using the loan to repair the bridge, and then using the bridge toll to repay the loan. One way seems to be unworkable.

It has caused such a big contradiction among officials. If it were announced, it would not be known how much discussion it would cause.

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