Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 525 Nanyue University Development, Contractor Fan Kuai

Because of this issue, some officials in the DPRK have already complained quite a bit.

The courtiers of the young faction headed by Zhao Kun also bear a lot of pressure invisibly.

Before, someone also proposed the idea of ​​buying food from abroad.

After all, the two of Lu Hou went to sea, which proved that there are many countries in this world.

But the loss of transporting food is too high.

How many days has Da Qin had a good life?
There was no need to waste money in such a place, so his proposal was not passed.

But everyone knows that solving the food problem is urgent.

Zhao Kun didn't just consider this issue.

Nanyue is located in the lower part of Daqin's land, and will be the place where Daqin's overseas trade will expand in the future.

Moreover, it can also play an important role in connecting the north and the south.

The development of this place can be said to directly revitalize the entire Daqin.

In Zhao Kun's mind, Guanzhong and even the entire north are not good production areas.

Because of the climate, the grain production in the north is not high.

The only advantage is nothing more than a population resource.

But this thing can be controlled artificially.

In Zhao Kun's plan, Guanzhong can be built into the political center of Daqin.

South Vietnam, which is to be developed now, will appear in front of the world as the economic center of Daqin.

Zhao Kun knew that the economic development of later generations also developed in the land of South Vietnam, so the development of South Vietnam is imperative.

When Zhang Liang came to see Zhao Kun, Zhao Kun told him his thoughts by the way.

After Zhang Liang heard this, he shook his head and sighed: "A large-scale development will consume a lot of manpower and financial resources. This kind of proposal will have a great impact on the country, and it may not be easily supported."

Regardless of the implementation of the previous five-year plan, there seems to be no resistance.

That's because the five-year plan did not really touch the interests of all parties, but opened up a new development point outside of Daqin's inherent interest system.

But the development of South Vietnam is not the case.

It is not an easy task to transform mountains and forests and build cities.

When this plan was put forward, the first thing it touched was the interests of ordinary people.

At that time, they will definitely think of the old story of hundreds of thousands of laborers repairing the Great Wall.

For the common people, that is definitely a past event that cannot be recalled.

Now that the people of Daqin are getting richer, it is not so simple to force them to apportion labor.

"I did a rough calculation. To build a new city from scratch, even the National Bank would not be able to sustain it for a long time!" Zhang Liang said solemnly.

Zhao Kun shook his head and said with a smile: "The problems you mentioned, in fact, as long as they are handled properly, they are not really problems at all."

Then, he went straight to the desk and pointed to the map above: "The military factory is already researching land transportation. I call it a train. After I have a train, I will build a train track from Nanyue to Xianyang." , and then from Luoyi to Unicom Yunmeng, how about it?"

Luoyi, which will be Luoyang in the future, is less than [-] miles away from Xianyang. The road between the two places is flat and the geology is stable.

From Luoyi to Yunmeng, the distance is more than a thousand miles.

But there are no mountains and rivers between the two places.

But Yunmeng is located in the Hubei area in the later generations, and the east is the land of Jiangnan, which can form a vertical and horizontal transportation network.

With Daqin's current capabilities, it is entirely possible to build a railway connecting several places.

The difficulty of laying train tracks is actually no higher than that of building roads.

Even, the material consumption of building tracks is much less than that of roads.

Even the National Bank can afford it.

These two roads were built at the same time, and with Daqin's current infrastructure capabilities, they could be completed within two years at most.

Hearing Zhao Kun's proposal, Zhang Liang was taken aback for a moment.

He didn't understand for a while, why he suddenly talked about road construction when he was clearly talking about the development of South Vietnam.

Moreover, what is the so-called train?
Just when Zhang Liang was puzzled, Zhao Kun said to Zhang Liang again: "I'm here to ask you this time, except for the Nanyue port and the railway, you need to be in charge. If you have any problems, just speak up! "

"His Royal Highness, it's not a problem to have people from the Academy of Sciences help at the Nanyue Port, but do we need to discuss the matter of the railway in the long run?" Zhang Liang pondered.

It's not that he doesn't believe in Zhao Kun's plan, it's just that he needs to think carefully about such a big matter.

But Zhao Kun waved his hand with a smile and said: "Zifang, I know your concerns, but I have a solid foundation in this matter, so you can do it with confidence!"

Then, he turned his head to look at the old farmer: "Old Chen, I will get someone to help you with the matter of hybrid rice. You can go ahead and call all the researchers from your farm to South Vietnam!"

"As for the manpower issue, I will let Wang Li take the fleet to Guishuang Kingdom in the southwest, where there are high-yielding grain seeds, and then bring some people back for your use!"

"Since the crown prince has arrangements, the old man can rest assured!" The farmer smiled and stroked his beard.

The next day, in a town in South Vietnam.

Half a year ago, Cao Shen was promoted by Xiao He because of his meritorious service in catching robbers, and was finally hired by Fusu. Now he works beside Xiao He.

But Zhou Bo, Fan Kui and others who survived were not so lucky.

In the end, they can only go their separate ways.

Because Fan Kui was born in Pei County, he was familiar with the Kuaiji area, and coupled with the development of Nanyue, he moved to Nanyue.

During the time he came to South Vietnam, he didn't just wait to die, he simply became a butcher in his old profession.

After that, I met the little widow next door who I had admired for a long time, and settled down in South Vietnam.

But after a long time, you will find that this is not a life for people at all!

Especially after the little widow gave birth to a son for him, Fan Kui heard the crying of the child every day when he opened his eyes, and he couldn't stay at home.

However, although he has been with Liu Bang for a while and has also been a general, he can't read a single word, so it is impossible to do something else.

Life is a bit tight recently, Fan Kui is planning to do some business.

When he rebelled with Liu Bang, he also saved some money, but when Zhao Kun broke the city, all the money was detained in the city and confiscated from the state treasury.

Therefore, he often runs around the city recently, hoping to find some new work.

After all, it is a bit boring to always kill pigs and sheep.

After breakfast, Fan Kui wandered back to the county town again.

Today's Nanyue County City has no scenes of rampant barbarians, and there is harmony everywhere.

Because Zhang Han's garrison was outside the county, the Nanyue county was relatively stable.

When Fan Kui entered the city, from a distance, he saw a group of familiar business owners gathered around the gate of the Market Supervision Bureau, not knowing what they were doing.

As he got closer, Fan Kui heard Zhang Liang's words coming from inside.

"The construction of the railway is a huge project. The prince cares about the people and does not want to increase the corvee. I will hand over the matter to the construction company to take care of it. If you are interested, you may wish to discuss it in detail!"

Fan Kuai regained his spirits immediately.

Construction line?
It was a trade he had never heard of.

Like Fan Kuai, other people also have such doubts.

After Zhang Liang's answer, Fan Kui understood.

The so-called train is a kind of vehicle newly developed by the Academy of Sciences. Put it on the rails and it can travel thousands of miles a day.

And construction firms, to put it bluntly, are nothing new, they are engineering teams that set up firms.

Daqin has a construction group, and basically everyone in Qin knows about it, and Pinyang City, as the first project of Daqin Construction Group, is naturally talked about.

Now there are quite a few engineering teams in Guanzhong, but basically they are not large in scale.

Most of them are spontaneously organized by a few villagers to take over some work of building houses and roads, which is not a big deal.

Moreover, building bridges and roads, not to mention the danger, is actually a hard-earned money.

For the major commercial firms present, there is no attraction at all.

But Fan Kuai was different.

As Zhao Kun's former enemy, Fan Kui knew too well what kind of person the prince was.

Liu Bang is cunning enough, but in front of Zhao Kun, it is not enough.

Even that Xiang Yu was killed by Zhao Kun.

Could it be a trivial matter that Zhao Kun could personally arrange?

He has personally seen the magnificent scene of tens of thousands of people working together to build the Great Wall.

If the railway is built, it will be of that scale.

Even Fan Kuai, who has never done construction, can hardly imagine how profitable the construction business is.

Fan Kui quickly calculated in his mind.

The profit of the construction industry is huge, but the cost is not high, it is nothing more than some labor costs.

Can do it!
Fan Kuai is a generous person, and he also met a bunch of idlers when he came to South Vietnam, so he happened to be able to do this job.

If there are too many people needed, it is a big deal to go to Xianyang again, ask the Lu family to support some money, and recruit more people.

Although the Lu family is no longer what it used to be, they still have a lot of money. If the Lu family is willing to cooperate, that would be great.

Fan Kuai was a man who acted vigorously and decisively.

After calculating everything in his heart, he immediately made up his mind.

It's done!

Thinking so, Fan Kui squeezed directly in front of the crowd, greeted Zhang Liang, and expressed his intention.

Both of them had worked under Liu Bang's tent. Although there was some suspicion, Fan Kui didn't feel embarrassed, and it was Zhang Liang who was embarrassed.

So Zhang Liang threw the embarrassment to Zhao Kun.

Half an hour later, when Zhao Kun saw Fan Kuai in the inn, he couldn't help being stunned.

"Are you Fan Kuai?" Zhao Kun asked in surprise.

Fan Kui smiled, nodded and said, "It's my servant, I didn't expect to see Prince Kun here."

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something, and saluted respectfully: "Cao Min pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"This"

Zhao Kun hesitated for a moment, raised his hand and said, "Excuse me."

Even though it has been several years since what happened at the beginning, he couldn't help feeling emotional in his heart.

I have to say that Fan Kui is really interesting. I thought Liu Bang would be buried with him after he died.

After all, the relationship between the two is so good that they wear the same pair of pants.

As a result, Liu Bang died, and Fan Kui was only depressed for a while, and then started to work again.

Fortunately, he did not do those illegal things, otherwise Zhao Kun would break his promise.

Now that Fan Kui wants to set up a construction company, he is doing it wrong.

Zhao Kun has far-reaching considerations for adding the category of construction firms.

Although Daqin has a state-owned construction group, it is equivalent to a general contract, and it is impossible to let the construction group do everything.

So it needs to be subcontracted.

The birth of the construction industry is particularly important.

The business covered by the construction industry is definitely not just the construction of railways.

Zhao Kun knows very well that construction, no matter in which era it is, is a lucrative business.

It's just that he didn't expect that this beautiful job was actually accepted by Fan Kui.

He is worthy of being a lucky person.

With such good luck, it can already be called luck!
Thinking about the original history, Fan Kuai rescued Liu Bang at the Hongmen Banquet, which can be said to have narrowly escaped death. Later, before Liu Bang died, he worried that Fan Kui would cause chaos like those heroes, so Chen Ping executed Fan Kui.

As a result, this guy was lucky, not only escaped the chaos in the early Western Han Dynasty, but also had a good death.

Things like luck are very metaphysical.

When Wang Mang usurped power, the great magister Liu Xiutian was lucky enough to stabilize the precarious Han Dynasty.

Even in the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty, a third-party world selling straw sandals could emerge.

It really makes people have to be convinced by the word luck.

With someone as lucky as Fan Kuai sitting in town, the high-risk nature of the construction industry can almost be ignored.

It can be expected that once Fan Kuai's construction company is established, it will inevitably come first.

At that time, Fan Kui will be in Daqin, but he will be a rich and expensive businessman!
No longer the butcher he once was.

After discussion, Zhao Kun agreed to Fan Kuai's request.

On the way back, Fan Kui met Zhou Bo by chance, and the two hit it off, and successfully established the first construction company in Daqin, which is under the jurisdiction of Daqin Construction Group.

On the other hand, after Zhao Kun submitted the memorial for railway repair to Xianyang Palace, he soon got a reply from Ying Zheng.

Although Zhao Kun refused to succeed to the throne, Ying Zheng was extremely upset.

But after all, it was my own son who smashed it, so the support that should be given is also a lot.

Ying Zheng happily agreed to Zhao Kun's request.

Once the state machinery is activated, the livelihood of millions of people will be involved.

In just one month, Fan Kuai and Zhou Bo set up a construction company with [-] workers.

The money of the Daqin National Bank was spent like flowing water.

The railway project started, and Daqin was reactivated.

Cement plants are fully operational, and blast furnaces in steel plants are reopened.

Officials from counties and counties along the railway organized inspections one after another to determine the specific route.

In the past few years, many things have happened in Daqin.

Nearly halfway through the first five-year plan, Daqin has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Universal education has been formally implemented, so that children all over the world can read books.

The establishment of various factories has opened up business routes, and the money bags of the people of Daqin have gradually bulged up.

Compared with these major events that are closely related to people's lives.

Unknowingly, Daqin has become so powerful.

Ten years ago, anyone who heard that the court wanted to build a major project.

The whole country is tense, and the pressure can be felt from top to bottom.

Today, however, the impact of building railways has been minimal.

The news of the development of South Vietnam was also announced in the last issue of the newspaper.

With the affluence of life, the people of Daqin pay more and more attention to things like ritual sense.

Newspapers have become a daily necessity for everyone.

Although the common people cannot influence the important affairs of the court, it is also a sense of ritual to obtain current political news from newspapers.

(End of this chapter)