Although the agenda of the meeting was already off the topic at this time, Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng and others did not intend to correct it, because there were not so many discussions on negotiations, and the remaining details were discussed in detail after the negotiation team was established. What should be discussed next is the exhibition of the Time Travel Group.

During the war, all construction projects of the Time Travel Group were basically in progress, and a large part of the Time Travel Group's exhibition was in the field of infrastructure construction. Therefore, the discussion was the current Time Travel Group that has started construction, established projects, or applied for various infrastructure construction.

First, it was Li Songchen, an administrative officer of Tianjin. Although Li Songchen's work focus was mainly in Beijing during this period, his official position was still an administrative officer of Tianjin, so he has been considering the exhibition in Tianjin.

Since the main area of ​​Tianjin is currently the concession area, the old city area actually only accounts for a small part, and the infrastructure of concession areas in various countries is well done, and the relatively complete road traffic, houses, buildings, public facilities and underground waterway networks are still very backward in the eyes of travelers, but in this era, China is already quite ahead. In addition, the crossing group's positioning for Tianjin is mainly to develop the circulation economy, light industry, and shipping industry, rather than the heavy industry economy. Therefore, it will not make too much investment in Tianjin's infrastructure at present.

Before this, the infrastructure construction of the Crossing Group in Tianjin was mainly related to the circulation economy. At present, the Jingu Highway has been completed, which is also the first large-scale infrastructure construction project of the Crossing Group. Moreover, after the Jingu Highway is officially opened, it has indeed effectively improved the logistics transportation from Tianjin to Dagukou, and it is a small and medium-sized material transportation, which is faster. In addition, a large-scale project in Tianjin is the Tianjin Shipyard, which was mainly responsible for the construction of the United States. The ship construction has been completed and the preliminary foundation construction has begun. The first batch of equipment in the United States is expected to arrive in about three months and start installation. After that, there are no large-scale projects in Tianjin, only textile mill expansion projects. After the expansion of the textile mill is completed, it will be able to meet the fabric needs of the Crossing Group.

Li Songchen also suggested to the Executive Committee that a shipping company be established in Tianjin to be in charge of the shipping business from Tianjin to Qingdao. Now the transportation of the Crossing Group from Tianjin to Qingdao is very frequent, with more than ten ships coming and going almost every day, including freight and passenger transport. In the previous battles, the Crossing Group seized a total of 36 transport ships, and more than 10 ships were salvaged for repair. Once all repairs were restored, it would reach about 45 ships, and a shipping company could be established.

Although some of these transport ships are military ships, in the absence of war, these military ships can be invested in civil shipping business, and in the future, the shipping business can be expanded to Shanghai or even Guangzhou to add a source of income to the Crossing Group. Among the enterprises established by the Westernization Movement, Shanghai Shipbuilding Corporation is one of the few that can be profitable, mainly operating two routes, one is the Yangtze River route, and the other is the sea route from Shanghai to Tianjin. Therefore, it is very profitable to operate sea transport.

This suggestion was naturally approved by the Executive Committee. Now the shipping business of the Crossing Group is managed by Tianjin Customs, and the operating expenses are mainly allocated by administrative means. The shipping within the Crossing Group is not charged, and only private shipping is charged. However, the customs is a functional department after all, and it is obviously impossible to adapt to the situation. Moreover, this business model is not conducive to the economic development. Anyway, there are so many ships now, rather than being idle, it is better to make money and operate on the market. The ports and terminals in various places are also ready-made. Although the conditions may be a little worse, the advantage is that they can be put into use immediately without spending much money to renovate. After the shipping company makes a profit in the future, it will be gradually renovated and renovated.

After receiving the approval of the Executive Committee, Li Songchen was very happy. Although the shipping company made a profit for the Crossing Group, it eventually settled in Tianjin. Therefore, the tax and operation in the future were mainly based on Tianjin, and in fact, it also grabbed a major taxpayer for Tianjin, which is also conducive to Tianjin's future development.

After the report work in Tianjin was over, Wang Yunpeng reported to the Executive Committee on Qingdao's work.

There are currently four main projects in Qingdao, all of which were taken over from Germany, namely Qingdao Shipyard, Qingdao Arsenal, Jiaoji Railway, and Sifang Locomotive Factory. Therefore, the foundation laid by Germany is established, and the completion rate of these four projects is quite high. Except for Jiaoji Railway, the completion rate of other projects has exceeded 50%. Moreover, Qingdao Shipyard and Qingdao Arsenal can start partial production and operation. However, due to the lack of machinery and equipment required for later projects, the construction of Qingdao Shipyard and Qingdao Arsenal has basically stopped, and the production capacity is not high, and it is even more impossible to achieve the goal of crossing the group.

Qingdao Shipyard has not even built a dock yet, and it has only been prepared to repair the ability to damage smaller warships. However, the two large docks have been excavated now. Although Qingdao Arsenal can produce German-made Mauser 98 rifles and bullets, its production capacity is not high and cannot produce artillery, so it is far from meeting the needs of the Crossing Group.

Sifang Locomotive Factory has a lower completion degree and cannot be produced and operated yet. Of course, Sifang Locomotive Factory was originally a supporting project of Jiaoji Railway. Now, Jiaoji Railway has basically stopped working due to the lack of equipment, materials, and the limited area controlled by the Crossing Group.

Another problem is that at present, the backbone technical employees of Qingdao Shipyard and Qingdao Arsenal are still Germans. Although there are many Chinese employees, very few can take on the main role, so the training of technical employees needs to be accelerated.

In response to these situations, Wang Yunpeng suggested to the Executive Committee that the required machinery and equipment should be introduced from Germany as soon as possible to complete these projects, from the construction of Qingdao Shipyard and Qingdao Arsenal to meet the needs of the Crossing Group, and in addition to strengthening the technical training of Chinese workers. However, it takes time to cultivate technical jobs, and it is best to recruit a group of experienced technical workers. Although there were not many industrial workers in China at this time, and there were not even a class, there were still a large number of industrial workers in a few places, one was Shanghai and the other was Tianjin. Because Shanghai and Tianjin were the most active place in the Westernization Movement, many enterprises were established in these two places, and therefore a group of industrial workers were also cultivated. The Crossing Group promised to recruit more of these workers with high salaries.

In addition, in the past secret agreement between the Time Travel Group and Germany, the Time Travel Group also reached an agreement to purchase a complete set of mechanical equipment for a steel plant and a thermal power plant from Germany. Now the location of the steel plant and the power plant has been determined, and supporting facilities are underway, such as building roads, on-site housing, etc. Wang Yunpeng also hopes to start these two projects as soon as possible. After all, the steel plant and the power plant occupy an extremely important position in the future exhibition of the Time Travel Group, and can be said to be the basis of all other exhibitions. Therefore, the sooner it is completed, the more beneficial it will be for the Time Travel Group's exhibition.

Finally, there is another large-scale project, which is the residential land of the Travel Group. Now most travelers still live on passenger and roulette boats. Because the administrative center of the Travel Group will be moved from Tianjin to Qingdao, most travelers will settle in Qingdao in the future. It is necessary to build a Jiniu residential land of the Travel Group in Qingdao. The planning and design drawings have been completed and geological exploration has been carried out at the proposed address, which requires approval from the Executive Committee.

After listening to Wang Yunpeng's report, the Executive Committee decided to immediately start all the currently designated projects in Qingdao, including those who should buy equipment and those who should start construction.

In the past, the Time Travel Group only reached an agreement with Germany, and the implementation was to wait until the negotiations were successful. From the perspective of Germany, it was worried that other countries would know about the matter of private communication with the Time Travel Group, which would lead to their passive diplomacy. At that time, the Time Travel Group was short of funds and hoped that after the negotiations were successful, they would rely on redemption fees to obtain the funds needed for these projects.

Now both of these problems have been solved. Although the second Shanghai negotiation has not begun, there will be basically no surprises in this negotiation. Therefore, there will be no bad impact on the commercial exchanges between Germany and the Time Travel Group. In fact, France and the United States have long had trade cooperation with Time Travelers; and Time Travel Group has obtained a huge amount of silver in Beijing and has sufficient funds. Naturally, they must start these projects as soon as possible and strive to complete them as soon as possible. Now, we must make preparations for these projects, so that the equipment and machinery can be installed immediately as soon as possible.

Regarding industrial workers, the Executive Committee agreed to recruit industrial workers from Tianjin and Shanghai with high salaries, but this is not a long-term solution. In the end, it still needs to be trained by itself. Therefore, it also instructed the Ministry of Industry to formulate a worker training plan as soon as possible.

The Executive Committee naturally approved the project of crossing the group's residential land, but also put forward new requirements, not only building residential buildings, but also including crossing the group's administrative office, complete school education, entertainment facilities, etc. Of course, security must also be considered. Therefore, the Ministry of Construction is required to modify the planning and design as soon as possible and submit it to the Executive Committee for deliberation.

To start the Qingshima project, it naturally requires a large amount of labor. Although most of the prisoners are sent to Qingdao to participate in labor, it is still not enough. However, after the Battle of Shanhaiguan, the People's Army captured more than 18,000 Russian prisoners and rescued about 25,000 Chinese laborers. These Chinese laborers are basically willing to stay temporarily, so they are also excellent laborers.
Chapter completed!