The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"Yes." Li Zuoche nodded.

"Again. If it really doesn't work to urge them to allocate funds, we can mortgage the land as a resource," Li Mu said.In the absence of government funds, Li Mu once again thought of using fixed assets for financing.

Fork Town in the Western Regions.

"This is the first good news I heard when I came to Bifurcation Town." Shang Wen said to Fan Zeng beside him.

"I don't know, what kind of good news did the Prime Minister hear that made him so happy?" Fan Zeng looked at Shang Wen in confusion and asked.

"Cotton." Shang Wen said and handed a photo to Fan Zeng.

"Cotton?" Fan Zeng looked at Shang Wen suspiciously.

"I'm not interested in flowers." Fan Zeng looked at the photo and said.

"Hehe." Shang Wen looked at Fan Zeng with a smile.

"This cotton is a kind of fiber. It is an important resource that can replace catkins currently used by the Qin State. This resource is currently used for military purposes, but in terms of civilian use, it is mainly clothes." Shang Wen said to Fan Zeng.

Fan Zeng didn't understand, but Shang Wen knew that the appearance of cotton was of great significance, which was of great military value to the Qin army. The Qin army had already replaced gunpowder bullets on a large scale.However, the main component of gunpowder bullets is black powder. The Qin State wants to popularize smokeless gunpowder bullets on a large scale, but the production season of catkins is only one season, and it is short-lived, making it difficult to collect. This makes the smokeless gunpowder bullets of Qin State expensive. The army cannot purchase on a large scale, and can only purchase a certain amount of smokeless gunpowder bullets and black powder bullets in a certain proportion. Although the chemical department of Qin State continues to research and improve smokeless gunpowder bullets, it has never been able to bypass this hurdle.

At this time, the emergence of cotton has solved this problem very well.This is a major breakthrough for Qin State, which means that Qin State can mass-produce smokeless gunpowder bullets. In this case, the development of firearms will go further.

"It will take some time for the promotion of cotton. This is a matter for the agricultural sector, but this report is quite good." Shang Wen said.Because it was winter, cotton appeared in the greenhouse, successfully produced cotton, and had the first batch of seeds. With these seeds, Qin State may establish a large cotton production base in the Western Regions.

"This is Fencha Town. To the north, you can reach the northern border of Qin State's Western Regions. To the south, it is the southern border of Qin State's Western Regions. There are a lot of deserts, Gobi Desert. Drought and water shortage." Shang Wen introduced .The land here looks barren, but it is rich in minerals and is an important production base of Qin State. "Shang Wen said.

"As for the opening of the Western Regions, the Western Regions refer to other Western Regions other than the actual areas of the Western Regions controlled by Qin State. The concept of the Western Regions is extremely broad. It can be said that it has been given to the concept of the Pan Western Regions. It includes many countries, such as , the small country established by the Yuezhi people, the tribes of the Wusun people, Dawan Kingdom, and the Anxi Kingdom, etc., the actual control area of ​​the Anxi Kingdom may have reached the largest place in the Western Regions that we know." Shang Wen said .

"What else is there on the west side?" Fan Zeng asked at this time.Because he was very curious, Shangwen continued to open the Western Regions, and kept setting his sights on the Western Regions.

"Land, desert, and various resources, a kind of resource that Qin State must need in the future. This kind of resource is very important to the future development of Qin State. Qin State has already had this kind of demand. What we need to do now is to dig these resources. needs." Shang Wen said.

"What resource?" Fan Zeng asked curiously.

"Hmm." Shangwen thought for a while.He thought he should tell Fan Zeng.

"Oil. A lot of oil. Qin's motives need gasoline, or diesel, kerosene, etc. We all need these things." Shang Wen said.

"Although Qin already has an oil production site and a smelting site there, from a long-term perspective, these are not enough," Shang Wen said.

"Currently, Qin State and other countries need steel and coal, which requires a lot of iron ore and coal resources. But after these steels are produced, we can meet our needs for railway construction and production machinery. What else will be displayed?" Shangwen asked at this time.

"This." Fan Zengyi said that he didn't understand, and he didn't know.

"Steam locomotives are just too big. The steam engines we use for our ships depend on coal, but if we use more powerful internal combustion engines, smaller and more convenient, I think we'll move faster, but these depend on oil. , we need a lot of oil, westward, only by moving westward can we have oil, and only in this way can we develop a larger space. This is the significance of opening the Western Regions." Shang Wen said.

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"The trouble the Prime Minister gave us, these things are nothing, just some food, some medicines, and the expansion of the school." The mayor of Tupo Town said.

"It's just that the population is a bit large." The mayor said.

"Hmm. I'm worried that these people disrupted our order of life. Our order was already very good, but now that they have come, they have caused us a lot of trouble," said the security officer of Xu.

"Don't worry. In the past few days, some of them will leave, and there will be a large number of women and children staying. You should pay attention to these things." Mayor Xu said.

"Why?" asked the sheriff.

"These people are all going to build the railway. In order to resettle these people, their wives and children have to be stabilized in our order. These are also the intentions of the prime minister," the mayor said.

"Their existence can also bring us a lot of development. After all, if Xu wants to have long-term development, he must have a population. If there is no population, our Xu is just some lonely hills." The mayor said arrive.

"Okay. I see," the sheriff said.

"It's best to appease them as long as possible. If they can integrate into our order, we welcome them." The sheriff continued.

"Welcome them with an open mind," the mayor told the sheriff.

The state of Qin is building many railways, and railway construction requires a large number of railway workers. These railway workers come from the poor states of Wei and Chu. They come to Qin state from thousands of miles away to be able to stabilize and provide a good environment for their children. survive.

"The Western Regions is a beautiful place." Shang Wen stood on the podium.

"Qin State needs such a beautiful place, so Qin State needs to open this place." Shang Wen said, waving his arms.

"Here needs a lot of railways, roads, various houses, running water, gas, sewer pipes, etc. The Western Region needs a big city. The population of this city will exceed one million. This city can represent the Western Region." Shang Wen said arrive.

"Prime Minister. Prime Minister." At this moment, one of the onlookers raised his hand.He is a soldier.

Everyone looked at the soldier.Judging from his military rank, he is only a corporal.

"Hello, Prime Minister. You are right. The Western Regions are indeed a beautiful place, but this place is not as good as my home. We soldiers have been in the Western Regions for more than two years. Many soldiers have never returned home. .Many people come to the Western Regions and can make a lot of money. They opened the Western Regions while doing business, and became rich people. The few partners who came to the Western Regions with me are like this." The corporal looked at Shangwen and said.

"I want to know, Prime Minister, is there any way to let us soldiers go home, or let us settle down in the Western Regions." The corporal said.

"Well. I understand. I can also understand the feelings of those soldiers guarding the frontier." Shang Wen said to everyone.

"The staff department has hoped more than once that I can recruit troops from various states, form new combat units, and then rotate those troops fighting on the border." Shang Wen said.

"To be honest, I vetoed it several times." Shangwen looked at the crowd and said.The soldier looked at Shangwen puzzled.

"It's not because I don't understand those soldiers, but because of financial difficulties. There are some problems that cannot be resolved. Moreover, if the conscription is used, it will be difficult to transfer the population of each state. They are short of manpower. Otherwise, our railway construction will not continue. Wei Guo, Chu Guo recruited a large number of railway workers to solve the problem." Shang Wen said.

"The security of the country is entirely borne by the Qin army." Shang Wen told the other party such news with some regret.

"However, your suggestion is right. Our soldiers need to be replaced and retrained. We need some fresh blood to replace the Qin army. Our soldiers can't stay in the army for a long time. They need to marry wives and have children. They need a period of peace and happiness. They can't fight on the front line all the time, they also need the lifestyle they want." Shang Wen said to the soldier.

"Here, I will fully consider your opinion. It is very likely that I will conduct tentative conscription in various states, and then rotate. Let some soldiers take the initiative to retire and return to the construction, so that they can earn Money, a new life." Shang Wen said.

"Here, we would like to thank those soldiers who fought on the border for their great contributions to Qin." Shang Wen said.

"Prime Minister." At this moment, an officer stood up.

"Prime Minister, it is really possible to recruit troops to replace those soldiers. Then, do we officers also have to retire? To be honest, I have submitted two resignation reports. However, there are such officers in the army, and there are a lot of young people. Officers, they are energetic, capable, and knowledgeable, but unfortunately, they have little experience. In war, many soldiers are unwilling to carry out the orders of those young officers. In their view, the orders issued by young officers will harm Kill them. But, I want to go home, go home and see my mother. I haven't seen her for a long time. I've been here too long," said the officer.

"However, in the army, there is no one who can replace me. I hope, sir, this problem can be solved." The officer said sincerely at this time.

"Yeah." Shangwen nodded.

"Wait a minute." As Shang Wen said, he took out a notebook and pencil from his pocket.

"Let me record it, do you have any questions?" Shangwen looked at the officer and asked.

"Yes." The officer looked at the people around, and the people around obviously hoped that the prime minister could sincerely understand their specific actual situation.

"I still want to come back, but once I retire, there will be no chance. This is very contradictory to me. I want to go home, but the army cannot do without me. After I leave, I want to come back. I still miss This kind of life, after all, I have been a soldier for a long time, I am used to it. If one day, I take off the uniform, the result. I may not be able to adapt." The officer said to Shangwen.

"Yeah." Shangwen nodded.