But at this time, Xu Juan was unconvinced and said: "According to your statement, the steel plant should be set up in Youzhou. There is no shortage of Yanshan coal mines and iron ores. Moreover, the steam engine factory is still in Jidu, and the railway is such a precious road. Of course it should be established in Jidu first, and then connected to the major cities in Daqian through Jidu."
"There are so many mountains in Bingzhou, and the cost of building a railway is too high. It is better to start from Jidu. Moreover, the price of one mile of railway exceeds 20 million yuan. With the financial resources of your states, do you plan to build a few miles of railway to show off? Only Ji in the world has the financial resources to build such an expensive railway!"
At this financial meeting, there were all the governors of each state. Only Xu Juan came here as a governor. After all, she was a local snake, and what she said was well-founded. Now even the governor of Bingzhou did not dare to refute!
But money is so attractive that even Niu Gui can't suppress them, let alone Xu Juan. Xu Governor Shi Chendeng said loudly: "We in Xuzhou support 200,000 troops on the front line, and our finances have been exhausted, and the court should not Give us some compensation. Nowadays, various places are developing industry and building factories. In Xuzhou, all the money has been used to fight wars. There is no money to develop industry. Originally, Xuzhou was a wealthy place, but now it has become the poorest place in Daqian. We are now a state. If the imperial court does not support us, Xuzhou will not survive!"
Xu Wei was a little surprised that Xu Governor Shi was so eloquent. In addition, Xuzhou's efforts in supporting the front line in the past two years were indeed very strong. The court should compensate them, so he asked: "What compensation do you Xuzhou want?"
Seeing Xu Wei speak, Chen Deng said excitedly: "In power, we in Xuzhou don't ask for much. We just want to build an industrial center in Xuzhou. Everyone knows that Xuzhou is close to the sea and is the location of the Daqian Navy headquarters. Even if it is for support Navy soldiers, we Xuzhou also need a shipyard to manufacture and repair warships."
Xu Wei nodded and said: "This request is not too much!"
But he never expected that Chen Deng continued: "We also have coal and iron mines in Xuzhou. Although not as many as Bingzhou, there are quite a few. They can fully support a steel plant, and our Xuzhou has a vast land. , is the most suitable for building railways. Among all the Daqian states, our track cost is the lowest in Xuzhou. Now that we have to build railways, our cost in Xuzhou must be the lowest, so the construction of railway tracks in our Xuzhou is the most cost-effective!
As there are railway tracks, the steam engine factory has to be built in our Xuzhou, otherwise it will be troublesome to transport the steam engines from Jidu! In addition, Xuzhou has also planted a lot of cotton in the past two years. I want to apply for the construction of a large-scale textile factory. In addition to funds, In addition to the support from the government, we also ask the imperial court to support some of our management and technical workers!"
Chen Deng mentioned four or five factories in one breath, each of which cost a huge amount of money to build, and the profits of these factories are also extremely high. It can be said that the industrial zone requested by Chen Deng has been built, and Xuzhou can immediately Become one of the top three wealthy states!
"Chen Deng, you are so greedy. You want so many large factories at once and you are not afraid of being overwhelmed!" Others only asked for the construction of one or two factories. No one was as greedy as Chen Deng, who asked for it in one go. 4-5 large factories!
The governor of Yuzhou was unwilling to say anything: "When it comes to the front line of the war, don't think you are the only one in Xuzhou. We in Yuzhou have also dispatched 200,000 troops. The war in Jingzhou has not stopped yet. We in Yuzhou have also made a contribution to the unification of the world. I don’t want any shipyards or textile factories. I just want the government to allocate a steam engine factory to Yuzhou and build another steel plant. I don’t want 100,000 tons. We can accept 10,000 tons!"
If there hadn't been a war on the front lines in the past two years, the hot spot in Daqian would have been the steam engine. The steam engine has attracted so much attention, not because it can greatly improve the efficiency of textile mills, nor because it can be made into a steam locomotive and can accelerate Transportation of goods.
Instead, a steam engine can be transformed into a water pump to irrigate the fields. As long as any village has a small camel machine, most of the land can be converted into irrigated land, and the grain output can be doubled, which is even better than that of birds. Bezoar must be effective. Many places in Daqian are unwilling to use expensive struvite, but it costs a lot to buy such a steaming and pumping machine.
In the past two years, as a large number of camel machines and steam engines entered Daqian's villages, Daqian's agricultural production has been greatly improved. The area of irrigated land has increased from 100 million acres to 200 million acres. You must know At that time, Daqin concentrated all the efforts of the whole country but could only create 4 million acres of irrigated land. And Daqian, under Xu Wei's various cheating states, spent hundreds of billions of funds in 10 years and could only create 100 million acres of irrigated land. Watering the ground, and now thousands of steam engines have doubled this number, which is extremely cost-effective in terms of cost performance.
This allowed Daqian to start planting large amounts of cash crops and the front line was still fighting, but the output of food still skyrocketed. The extra food not only met the needs of the front line, but also met the needs of Daqian's industrialization. It can be said that, Now 70% of Daqian's steam engines have been ordered by Chengdu and Daqian counties, and the textile mills have only received a few to renovate their textile machines!
The steam engine is an artifact for today's Daqian. The governors of various states not only want steam engines, but also want factories that can manufacture steam engines!
Si Li Chang Shi then said: "We Sili don't ask for much, we just want a steam engine factory and power. Seeing that in the past two years, our Sili has hundreds of thousands of people crossing the mountains and ridges to help transport grain and grass to the front line. Give us Sili a steam engine factory!"
Sili's long history suddenly opened their minds. They knew that the one-time request was too much. Even if it was impossible to pass, it was not too much to ask for only one factory. There was no steam engine factory, textile factory, or shipyard. It’s not too much to ask for a small steel factory! And as long as this factory is implemented, it will be a huge profit for them!
Now everyone in the world knows that shipyards, steel plants, machinery factories, and textile factories are the most profitable factories in Daqian. If any state has such a factory, its finances will immediately improve, and it can earn hundreds of millions more in tax revenue every year. The local area also prospered rapidly.
Each of these factories requires thousands of workers, and each factory can even drive a large number of downstream factories. For example, in the textile industry chain, both upstream and downstream are labor-intensive factories. A complete industrial chain can even have several factories. Thousands of workers, and the income of workers in Daqian is basically the middle class, with extremely strong consumption power. These people can consume a large amount of agricultural and sideline products, making a large number of farmers around them rich.
Nowadays, officials in Daqian know that a large factory can completely make a city prosperous. This is why everyone is so active in pursuing projects!