coobybook Chapter 347 The Importance of Communication
Chapter 347 The Importance of Communication
Right Beiping County, temporary palace.
"Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince sent a letter concerned about His Majesty's situation, asking when will he return?"
Dunwei walked in with a letter.
"Reply, just tell me everything is fine!"
"As for the return journey, let's talk about it after I finish touring the counties in the north!"
Ying Zheng smiled and waved his hands.
If it were someone else, they might wish to supervise the country for a longer period of time, but this son of mine wished to go back quickly, making Yingzheng laugh, but also feeling a burst of warmth.
It is extremely rare to have such pure family affection in the Emperor's House.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness also said that if you don't go back, he will be worried and will come to Liaodong County to see you!"
Dunwei suppressed a smile, his body trembling a little.
"Bullshit!"
"If he also comes to Liaodong County, then there will be no one left to guard Xianyang City."
"Forget it, after visiting Liaodong County, prepare to return to Xianyang!"
"Calculating the time, my grandson or granddaughter will be born soon!"
"And you, next time there is news, can you read it all at once?"
Ying Zheng was not in a good mood.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I'm trying to be tricky, but His Highness the Crown Prince wrote several letters in a row and sent them together today due to the delay in the journey."
Dunwei explained cautiously
"I don't blame you. I can only say that my communication in Daqin is still too inconvenient. I can't keep up with the expansion of the territory. It takes several days to go from Xianyang City to Youbeiping, let alone Tianzhu and Persian County."
"It's really not good if the traffic is not perfect."
"I understand more and more why the prince proposed the three-vertical and three-horizontal Grand Canal plan!"
Ying Zheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Although the flying pigeons are fast, but due to the size of the pigeons, they can only carry some relatively short notes, and it is not a panacea.
For example, the patrol team and Xianyang City contacted, after confirming the itinerary of Yingzheng, they sent it to Yingzheng's next palace in advance.
However, if more detailed content, such as the recent government minutes, etc., can only be transported by land and water, and no matter how fast the horses and ships are, they will inevitably be delayed after a long journey. It is not uncommon to check at the same time.
And this is actually much better than before.
Before the cement straight road and the Grand Canal appeared, the reason why Yingzheng started his inspections for several months was because every time he went to a palace, he had to stay for a period of time to deal with the backlog of government affairs before leaving for the next stop.
If there is something important to do, you have to go straight back to Xianyang for processing.
And the route to go must be planned in advance and carefully prepared for a long time.
Although this tour was only halfway through, the actual distance and locations covered were almost as large as the sum of the previous four visits.
All kinds of reasons, in the final analysis, are the restrictions of traffic conditions.
"What your majesty said is true. Before changing to the old one, after all the tossing all the way, the old minister's old bones are probably about to fall apart."
"And what I saw along the way is that the more convenient the transportation, the more developed the commerce, the more income channels the people have, and the more peaceful they live and work."
Feng Quji said with deep understanding.
The reason why Yingzheng never took him with him during the previous tours was that besides the need to leave someone to stay in Xianyang, the bigger reason was that he was worried that Feng Quji would not be in good health and that he would not be able to bear the hardships of the bumps.
"The Grand Canal is good, but it's too expensive."
"Although the bond issuance went very smoothly, it only has a one-year term, and it won't be long before we will face enormous pressure to repay the principal and interest together."
"And one year later, only one or two lines of the Grand Canal in the north will be navigable, and the north is not as prosperous as the south of the Yangtze River. If you want to recover the investment, I'm afraid it will take ten years to start."
Nestern smiled wryly.
"I had doubts about this matter before, but the crown prince has already given a reply. When the bond expires, the court only needs to repay the principal and interest before issuing the next bond."
"It is only necessary to maintain credit, control the total amount of bonds, and borrow appropriately. Not only will it not cause pressure on the court, but it will be a positive promotion."
After reading Ying Yu's reply letter, Ying Zheng smiled and said:
"In fact, I don't really understand the way of finance, but since the prince is sure, I can rest assured."
Nesten and the others also breathed a sigh of relief.
They had great confidence in Ying Yu.
Many unprecedented ideas were really difficult to understand when Ying Yu proposed them at first, but when the final results came out, they could all verify Ying Yu's foresight.
Moreover, 5000 million yuan, which seems to be a lot, is actually just Daqin's tax revenue for one year. If you really grit your teeth and don't continue to issue bonds, it can still be repaid.
"Besides, Rome and Carthage have also imitated my Great Qin and started to issue bonds in China. It is said that the results have been very good."
"After having the money, the caravans of the two countries are already on their way to Xianyang City, and they are going to make a big purchase."
"If all goes well, someone will help pay the interest on the Northern Grand Canal bond soon."
After Ying Zheng's voice fell, the courtiers looked at each other and laughed.
This kind of generosity to others, the feeling of contributing to the construction of Daqin is really extremely comfortable.
But the only one who can do this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
Liaodong County, Xiangping County.
The popularity of the Northern Grand Canal sweeping across the entire Great Qin accelerated the development of Liaodong, which was already in full swing.
As a county town, Xiangping is changing with each passing day, and many old people can't believe it.
Groups of people who migrated from various places in the Great Qin Dynasty enthusiastically invested in the construction of Xiangping County, directly rejuvenating Liaodong, which was originally sparsely populated.
In particular, after the exploration team of the Daqin Engineering Institute discovered a super large iron mine in the north of Xiangping County, everyone in Liaodong was even more inspired.
Because the reserves of this iron mine directly exceeded everyone's expectations.
Just preliminary exploration has already discovered reserves of at least one million stones, and it is said that the final mining volume is likely to reach more than tens of millions of stones.
You know, Daqin itself now has a population of just over 3000 million.
The reserve of tens of millions of stones means that Daqin can get more than [-] stones of steel per capita, which is enough for Daqin to use for hundreds of years.
Moreover, in addition to super-large iron mines, a lot of mineral deposits used to produce cement concrete and colored glaze have also been explored. In Xiangping County alone, more than ten super-large workshops have been built, and the employees in each workshop are More than a thousand people, the largest is directly more than ten thousand people.
Coupled with the surrounding supporting projects, Xiangping County alone has provided more than [-] employment quotas, attracting countless people from all over to work.
And supporting measures such as government schools and medical centers have also been put in place one after another, coupled with preferential government orders such as housing subsidies, many people who have traveled thousands of miles to work, simply moved their families to Liaodong.