I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Wang Guojun coughed when he heard the shock, and used the railway to connect the Western Regions and Xiliang. He didn't say anything about the railway network. A straight line of railways would be thousands of miles away. There are so many railways. He would rather build a railway network in the Central Plains. At any rate, it can connect 4-5 states, and daily maintenance and maintenance can also be earned through freight. At most, it only takes more than ten years to pay back. But if the railway is built in Xiliang, not only is it a bottomless pit now, but also the later maintenance. It is impossible for Xiliang's finances to support the operation of this railway!
"Don't even think about the railway, you won't be able to maintain it even after repairing it! And the court can't afford so much money!" Wang Guojun interrupted Lu Yao's delusion bluntly!
Then he said again: "You can expand the planting area of ​​cotton and vineyards in Xiliang with peace of mind. If you really want to make money, expand some pastures and raise more large animals such as cattle and sheep. Wool and cotton can develop the textile industry, and beef can also grow. It can be sold for a high price!"

The only advantage of Xiliang is that the land is sparsely populated and there are many grasslands. After the people become rich, the consumption of beef and mutton is very high. This is their industrial advantage!
Lu Yao was not convinced: "But how much money can I make!"

Now everyone knows that industry makes money, and they all want to invest in industrial production. The development of the breeding industry seems to be relatively backward.

Wang Guojun said: "The most important thing in Xiliang is stability, not making money, and the imperial court has already planned to connect Xiliang and the Western Regions, and the first allocation will be 10 billion!"

Then he said solemnly: "This is just the first stroke. Judging from the current situation, maybe the Western Regions will have swordsmen. By then, Xiliang will become the most important road leading to the Western Regions. Liang’s track has been built, more food has been stockpiled in the granary, and the weapons in the arsenal have been prepared adequately, which will be used in the future!”

Hearing that there was going to be a war, Lu Yao was not only not afraid, but was pleasantly surprised. Xiliang is also a way out of the war, not to mention that this battle is still being fought in the Western Regions thousands of miles away. It is impossible to end this battle without spending tens of billions of money. As Xiliang is the only food road leading to the Western Regions, most of the money will be obtained by Xiliang, so Xiliang will not take off yet!
After receiving the good news, Lu Yao left contentedly!
After Lu Yao left, several governors found Wang Guojun, the prime minister!

The imperial court has strengthened the management of the local area. Although this has a sense of restraint for the governor and prefect below, it has strengthened the centralization of power and strengthened the power of the prime minister, Wang Guojun!The prestige of his prime minister has also been improved!
Several people saw Wang Guojun and immediately said: "Prime Minister, it should be our state's turn to build the railway now, right?"

Wang Guojun said: "Don't worry, the imperial court plans to connect Qingzhou to Xuzhou, Yanzhou to Yuzhou, Sili railway in the next few years, and also build three railway bridges on the Yellow River, so as to facilitate the link between Hebei and the Central Plains. It took ten years to build a 1.5-mile railway to connect the entire Central Plains and Jiangnan!"

Although Wang Guojun has great power, he must try his best to keep the water level. He has tried his best to let all the states have a share in the construction of infrastructure and factories over the years. Although it is difficult to form industrial clusters, it can make the development of various regions more average!

And Wang Guojun's words shocked these governors. After more than ten years, there are also some industrial zones in the Central Plains states. At this time, the sales of products in their industrial zones have become a big problem. The farther away the higher the price of industrial products The more they can't sell, but it's different with the railway. As long as there is a railway connection, they can become their commodity production, so they are most concerned about the technical railway issue!
But it is really impossible to build railways without the support of the imperial court. They still have the financial resources to build tracks and concrete roads, but they can't do anything about the railway tracks that cost tens of millions of dollars per mile. The financial resources of their states can basically support such a gold-swallowing beast.

The Wang Guojun also has plans for the construction of the Central Plains Railway. First, find a way to connect Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Sili and other state offices, and then the county towns, trying to form a railway network that connects the entire prosperous cities of the Central Plains.

Wu Renhang, the governor of Yuzhou, thought for a while and said, "Is the 1500-mile railway a year a little less? The role of railways is so great. Should the imperial court build as many railways as possible!"

Yanzhou has the most advantage in this plan of the imperial court, because Yanzhou is not only the smallest state in the Central Plains, but also forms a long strip close to the Yellow River. This plan must be the last state to build a railroad!
When Wang Guojun heard this, he said in a bad mood: "One mile of the railway costs tens of millions of dollars, and the cost of 1500 miles costs 150 billion yuan, which already accounts for [-]% of the imperial court's expenditure. Find a way to build more railways!"

Everyone was extremely embarrassed. Although they had a lot of salary, they had a big business and a lot of expenses, and most of these governors did not have commissions for heroes, so their wealth was not that much!
Yanzhou Inspector Wan Yi thought for a while and said, "Prime Minister, our local government has also raised a sum of money. The imperial court will build the main railway, and our local government will build the remaining branch lines. The imperial court only needs to provide the machinery for the construction of the railway!"

From Wan Yi's point of view, the court's funds are limited, and the railways built must not be too dense, but the impact of the railways on the negotiations is visible to the naked eye. He wondered if they could build branch railways in their place!

Wang Guojun hesitated and said: "You all know the price of the railway. Even if the Central Plains is flat, the reduction in construction costs will not be too much. You don't want to run out of money after half of the construction."

Compared with the Daqian imperial court, the local government will have less fiscal revenue!It is impossible for them to spend too much money to build the railway!
Wan Yi thought for a while and said, "The people in the Central Plains are eager to see the railway, but the imperial court's railway has been built for 10 years before entering the Central Plains, and the convenience of the railway is well known to the people in the Central Plains, and everyone wants to get the convenience of the railway sooner. Many merchants in my Central Plains want to raise money to contract a section of railway, as long as the imperial court grants them 30-year operating rights!"

The railway has long been a hotspot of wealth in Dagan, but it is a pity that the state-owned railway in the Dagan court has made many wealthy businessmen want to get started, but they can't get in!
Especially when they saw the commercial prosperity brought about by the popularization of railways in Hebei, they became more eye-catching, but because of the railway price, the railway has not yet been laid in the Central Plains, which made the merchants in the Central Plains very anxious. Driven the rise of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou and other coastal states, the Central Plains, which is the richest in the world, has begun to decline slowly in recent years, and the railway has given them hope, so the merchants of the Central Plains found these governors and wanted to contract the Central Plains. Railway construction accelerates the development of the Central Plains.