I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 585
The line drawn by Wang Guojun amazed everyone again. This canal runs through the entire Jizhou and connects to Jixian, the capital of Dagan. [-] million, it's not something they can play with their wealth.

More importantly, this kind of infrastructure construction does not make money at all, and I don't know how long it will take to get back the cost.

Just like the track that ran through Xiliang in the past two years, they originally wanted to connect to the Western Regions. In this way, the time from the Western Regions to Chang'an can be reduced several times, and the goods transported can be dozens of times more.

At the beginning, Zhen An and the others were eager to build this road, but when it was built, they realized that they had underestimated the environment of Xiliang and the difficulty of construction, and they would bear more than one third of the construction. It was exhausted, and they had to rely on Dagan to take over later, so they were relieved.

And this track has not yet achieved profitability, and it is basically impossible for them to pay back. It can be said that all the money Zhen An and the others have earned from the Western Regions in the past few years has been posted into this track.

So as soon as Wang Guojun finished speaking, Zhen An's face changed. They didn't want to build any more infrastructure such as tracks and canals.

The Grand Canal seems to cost more than the track in Xiliang. If they step into such a trap again, they are afraid that all the net worth they have earned in these years will be posted in it!

But Jizhou councilors were very happy when they saw the canal and said, "Okay, if this canal is really built, our Jizhou will definitely become the number one state in the world!"

The Handan councilor was even more excited: "These young and strong are running to the coast. The development of our inland states and counties is not as good as that of the coastal states and counties because of the sea transport of goods along the coast. If the canal is built, our goods in Handan can also be bought. Go to Ji County! This canal is like a circle connecting Jizhou and Youzhou."

In the past few years, not only has the development of different prefectures been unbalanced in Dagan, but even counties and counties within the same prefecture have also experienced extremely uneven development. The current generation of Dagan around the Bohai Sea is the place with the fastest economic development. It can be said that the entire Bohai Sea is full of Sea ships transport goods to various places, and places like Handan, Zhongshandai County, and Shanggu County are surrounded by mountains and have inconvenient transportation. Naturally, their development is not as good as that of the coast. Members of these places have long wanted to change this situation, but They have been unable to think of a way, but now the canal of the Royal Army has given them hope.

"We should propose that the imperial court allocate funds to help us build this canal!" the Zhongshan State Councilor shouted.

It's a pity that Wang Guojun shook his head and said: "The last time I was in power, I already said that Dagan's internal development is unbalanced. In the future, the imperial court's finances should take care of the poor states and counties as much as possible, and our Jizhou is the second richest state among the Dagan states. The state is also inferior to us. It is impossible for the government to spend so much money to help us build this canal, at least in the past few years, so I want to ask you for help. Jizhou is your hometown. Please Everyone, do your best!"

The big merchants in Jizhou felt embarrassed for a while, and everyone looked at Zhen An, because Zhen An was their leader.

Zhen An had no choice but to stand out and said: "We are not afraid of the governor's jokes. We are really afraid of such a large investment. We invested in Xiliang Railroad a few years ago and lost all our money. If it weren't for the help of the ruling government, I am afraid that we would not be able to do so." Help the governor!"

The Xiliang track caused Zhen An and the others to lose 30 billion yuan, and Zhen An and the others were greatly hurt.Now they have been bitten by snakes for ten years and have been afraid of well ropes.Not to mention that the canal of the Royal Army can't be built without tens of billions?But if it really lost tens of billions, the merchants in Jizhou would perish like this.

When Wang Guojun saw the terrified Jizhou merchants, he felt helpless in his heart, and he frightened Zhen An and the others when he took power.

The Xiliang track started in his hands. At that time, he was the governor of Xiliang. He supported Zhen An and the others who wanted to establish a track connecting the Western Regions with such great courage, and helped Zhen An and the others to settle various policy issues. problem, so there is this private track.

And this track can really be successfully built. It only takes 10 days for news from the Western Regions to reach Chang'an, and the time to transport an army of [-] people can be reduced by two-thirds. It can be said that the rule of Dagan and the Western Regions has been greatly strengthened.

After the track is built, both goods from Xiliang and goods from Dahan can quickly come to the Western Regions, and the time it takes for goods from the Western Regions to reach Dahan will be reduced several times, and the volume of goods transported on the Silk Road will increase by dozens. times.And this is why Zhen An and the others want to build this road. The Silk Road is monopolized by them, and they spent 10 billion admission tickets. Of course they want to get back the cost quickly, and what else is better than increasing the transportation volume? A faster way to pay back.

Of course, there is another point that Zhen An and the others did not say, that is, after the construction of this track, they can completely monopolize the Silk Road. Other businessmen who really want to trade with the Western Regions must pass this track in the future. What do you want to sell? They have the final say on the goods.

And when the project plan reported that Xu Wei came here, he was astonished. To build a track for thousands of miles, even the wooden track is beyond the productivity of this era. Do Zhen An and the others think they are Qin Shihuang?

Even Qin Shihuang only connected the Great Wall. The main construction of the Great Wall took the Chinese people thousands of years to build. How many people do you have and how much is it?Dare to build a thousand-mile track!

Xu Wei, who grew up in a commercial society, naturally saw Zhen An's idea of ​​monopolizing the Silk Road at a glance, but he laughed in his heart. The market outside the Western Regions is highly profitable, but the upper limit of the market lies there. , the amount of goods you have is not making more money, but the price of goods has dropped.

However, Xiliang has a population of only one million, and there is not enough goods to maintain this track. This is the same as building a subway in the west. Not to mention the cost of construction, even the cost of daily maintenance will not make up for it. What was laid was only wooden rails. In a harsh environment like Xiliang, the speed of consumption must be faster than that in the Central Plains. Zhen An and the others have several rail carriages running on it!

However, Zhen An's construction of the track is indeed beneficial to Dagan's control of the Western Regions, so Xu Wei agreed with Zhen An's idea, and Dagan's first private track will immediately start construction in Xiliang.

At the beginning, everyone was full of hope for this track. After all, connecting the Silk Road is the wish of the entire Daqian businessman.But Zhen An and the others found something wrong after two years of construction. The climate in Xiliang is extremely harsh, and the cost of building the track is three times higher than that in the Central Plains. Moreover, the wooden track is consumed at a very fast rate, and there are obviously not many rail carriages passing by.

But in the Central Plains, the track needs to be replaced every three months, but in Xiliang, it needs to be replaced once a month. In addition, there are not many giant trees here in Xiliang, and the trees they repair the wooden track have to come from thousands of miles away. For such a long distance, the price of the cheapest wooden rails will be sky-high.

(End of this chapter)