I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 577, pull project
Just after the awarding ceremony, Xuzhou Governor Wang Lei found Xu Wei and complained: "Government, you have to help us in Xuzhou. Under Cao Cao's control, the people were so poor that they didn't even have enough food for the night, and it was only because of our relief that they didn't starve to death."

Speaking of this, Wang Lei is angry. Xuzhou is one of the most fertile counties in Dagan. The terrain is flat, the land is fertile, there are many rivers, and the population is dense. Not even a million!

And all this is to be blamed on Cao Cao. Cao Cao took over Xuzhou back then, but Xuzhou faced the threat of a large army attacking from Yanzhou. However, Xuzhou has another flat plain, which is suitable for cavalry combat. Cao Cao's 5 troops who can kill tens of thousands of cavalry dare not Out of the city, even hundreds of thousands of people were relocated from Xuzhou.

And Cao Cao also knew that Xuzhou's terrain was not conducive to defense. In addition, he and Yuan Shao conspired to massacre Xuzhou's nobles. go.

But it was hard for Wang Lei, who became the governor of Xuzhou. Xuzhou originally had more than 400 million people. When he took over, there were only a few million people, less than [-]% of the original population. The land was barren, the people were barren, and the counties were ruined. , This is Xuzhou in the hands of Wang Lei.

After one year of governance by Wang Lei, Xuzhou has also had a bumper harvest this year, and the people have finally recovered a little vitality, but Wang Lei still needs to make a lot of efforts to restore Xuzhou to its original prosperity.But now Wang Lei came to Xu Wei to do his best.

"After a year of recovery, and with Huang Tian's blessing, the people in Xuzhou can finally have a full meal, but if you want to make the people in Xuzhou rich, farming alone is not enough, so I want to build A steel factory can quickly make Xuzhou rich, but the imperial court either does not approve the money to us, and only gives some food, saying that Xuzhou needs to quickly resume agricultural production, and the industry will wait for a few years.

But can this matter wait?If we have to wait here, the steel factories in other places have already been built. When the price of steel falls, we will not be able to sell at a good price. But now our coal mines and iron mines in Xuzhou have to be transported to Jizhou. Cheaper steel plants in other places, this is not to make us people in Xuzhou suffer two crimes! "

"Furthermore, Huanglong doesn't care about the ease of old brother Nian at all. Last year, he obviously took away hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou. Now I want to let these people back. He actually said that he didn't see the people in Xuzhou, and that Duan Peng plundered them." The matter of the people does not exist at all, this is not talking nonsense with open eyes, hundreds of thousands of people just disappeared like this!"

Xu Wei said with a smile: "I have nothing to do about the population. There is a shortage of people everywhere in Daqian now, but if you say that the imperial court did not invest in you, you are talking nonsense with your eyes open. It is not that you have made a large The shipyard, at the very least, has solved the employment of tens of thousands of people in Xuzhou, and the investment is more than one billion. You are lucky enough to have such a big project settled in Xuzhou, and there are not many such big projects. Many governors looked at you with envy and hatred, saying that I treated you too favorably, and if you approve a steel plant with a cost of 10 billion, I am afraid that I will be eaten by other governors."

But Wang Lei said: "This is different. The shipyard is used for the southern expedition to the south of the Yangtze River. It is a military industrial unit, and it also builds Hanoi ships. It can only operate in the river. What effect will it have. Everyone now knows that the ocean is an inexhaustible wealth. As long as there are ships to dig, all the shipyards are now desperately manufacturing sea-going ships.

But what we manufacture is a flat-bottomed river boat. When such a boat reaches the sea, it will capsize when a wave comes over. How much help can this do for us in Xuzhou? exploitation. "

Xuzhou has been developed for thousands of years. In addition, the terrain is flat, the population is large, and there are not many trees. If you want to make ships, you must naturally have trees, and these are not available in Xuzhou. Xuzhou's shipyards have to go to Yuzhou and Liaodong transports timber to shipyards.

"It's because Xuzhou doesn't have any pillar industries, so I want a steel factory, which can not only accommodate a large number of people's employment, but also make all kinds of farm tools, so that Xuzhou's money will not flow to other places. The most important thing is to build a steel factory in Xuzhou, whether it is coal or iron ore, we have it, and our Xuzhou is well-connected and can communicate with the entire Central Plains. The imperial court can definitely build a steel center in Xuzhou."

Xu Weidao: "You are a bit of a small peasant, not only your Xuzhou money flows to other states and counties, but other states and counties' money also flows to your Xuzhou, not to mention other things, just say that this year, the imperial court gave Xuzhou Your money has exceeded 20 billion in support, so could it be your money from Xuzhou? And according to what you said, Yanzhou is the center of the world, wouldn't it be more appropriate to build a steel plant in Yanzhou!"

Wang Lei immediately said: "But Yanzhou does not have large coal mines or iron mines!"

Xu Wei smiled and said: "Hedong always meets these conditions, and Hedong has thousands of years of experience in making iron, and there are many experienced blacksmiths. It is most suitable for the imperial court to build a large steel factory in Hedong. You should not come to me for help." Well, as far as the current situation in Xuzhou is concerned, the agricultural construction has not been fully completed, and it is impossible for the imperial court to build a large steel factory in Xuzhou! If I were you, I would still find a way to invest in some fish canning factories, dig some struvite stones to make money, and build some Light industry and agricultural production can also produce some cash crops, which is suitable for Xuzhou now! And the money won’t be less.”

Wang Lei looked disappointed. In this era of agriculture, there is no industry to make money, otherwise there would be no difference between industrial and agricultural scissors.

Xu Wei thought for a while and said, "Well, as long as you completely restore Xuzhou's water conservancy facilities and restore Xuzhou's food supply to the point where the world is not in chaos, I will try to get Niu Gui to agree to build a steel factory in Xuzhou!"

Wang Lei immediately excitedly said: "We can talk about governing!"

And not long after Xu Wei left, Huang Long came to the door again. His purpose was similar to Wang Lei's, they were all asking for money and projects!
(End of this chapter)