coobybook Chapter 337 Liaodong is full of treasures
Chapter 337 Liaodong is full of treasures
Xianyang City, Yuxuan Pavilion.
"Would you please reconsider the construction of the Northern Grand Canal, Your Highness?"
At this time, Meng Yi, like Nei Shiteng and others on the Zulong, was full of doubts.
"How much does Doctor Meng know about Liaodong?"
Seeing confused Meng Yi, Ying Yu asked back with a smile.
Hearing this, Meng Yi smiled awkwardly.
As a royal censor, Meng Yi's main duty is to supervise the officials of the world, and his understanding of the counties and counties of the Great Qin Dynasty is far inferior to that of Feng Quji.
His impression of Liaodong is that it is extremely cold in winter, so cold that it is impossible to go out.
In addition, there is a large piece of particularly fertile black land there.
Of course, the term "black land" was still heard from Ying Yu.
But soon, Meng Yi realized that even he, a high-ranking imperial doctor, didn't know much about Liaodong, let alone the rest of Daqin.
"His Royal Highness, do you plan to pass the Northern Grand Canal plan to draw people's attention to Liaodong and motivate them to move to the north?"
Meng Yi asked tentatively.
"That's right. The development of the Liaodong area is not only for the purpose of achieving a balance between the north and the south, but also for the future of our Great Qin."
"More importantly, the potential contained in the black land in the Liaodong area is really enough to accelerate the development of Daqin again."
Ying Yu smiled slightly.
As a traveler, Ying Yu knew very well that Liaodong in the broad sense of Daqin is the three eastern provinces of later generations.
You must know that Ying Yu in his previous life was from the Northeast, and he knew quite well about this land.
This piece of black land is not only extremely fertile, but also contains minerals, especially non-ferrous metals, as well as coal, oil and other energy sources, which are definitely in the forefront of the existing Great Qin territory.
Coupled with the many plains, it can be said to be the best area for the development of heavy industry.
What is missing is the traffic environment and the most basic population.
In terms of transportation, as long as the Grand Canal is opened and the cement straight road is under construction, it will be perfected soon.
The population can only migrate from various parts of Daqin for the time being.
If you want people from all counties and counties to actively migrate to the Northeast, you need to cause enough sensation in the whole of Daqin to make more people realize the potential of this area.
Therefore, it is imperative for Ying Yu to build the Northern Grand Canal.
Even in later generations, water transportation is better than land transportation, not to mention Daqin, which is still dominated by horse-drawn carriages.
Although the rubber tires have started trial operation, which can improve the carrying capacity and speed of the carriage to a certain extent, they still cannot meet the growing transportation needs of Daqin.
To solve the problem, we still have to rely on waterways.
Unless the Academy of Engineering can suddenly develop a steam engine and improve it to the point where it can drive a steam train, the transportation volume of land transportation will not be able to increase by leaps and bounds.
"His Royal Highness wants to build the Northern Grand Canal, Xiao He can understand."
"It's just Your Highness, can we really raise enough funds by raising funds from the private sector?"
"If it is not enough, we can only let the treasury bear it. Although it is not unaffordable, it will inevitably crowd out the investment of other projects."
Xiao He pondered for a long time before asking.
"You still underestimate the abilities of my people in Daqin."
Ying Yu smiled and said, "Nowadays, there are 3000 million people in Daqin alone. Ten renminbi per person is [-] million renminbi, which is enough to build a Grand Canal."
"What's more, with the development of commerce, many people have gradually become rich.
Take this Xianyang New City as an example. Many people have already repaid their loans in advance, and they still have the energy to renovate their houses, and even began to consider buying more houses. "
"Just a commoner in Xianyang City can easily raise tens of millions of dollars."
"These funds can't be turned into more money if they stay in the treasury. Although it is safe to store in the bank, there is no interest. Why not use it for the construction of Liaodong?"
"And only with real investment can the people pay more attention to Liaodong and increase their enthusiasm for immigrating to Liaodong, so that Liaodong can truly develop."
After finishing the words, Ying Yu pulled out a copy of the Liaodong Mineral Report compiled by the Engineering Academy Exploration Team from the table.
When Ying Yu drew a lottery before, he had obtained several blueprints of the Daqin Minerals. Coupled with the memories of his previous life, this allowed the exploration team to gain a lot in the Liaodong area.
Among them, there are many minerals that can be directly mined under Daqin's current conditions.
Meng Yi and Xiao He quickly came together, carefully read the report on Liaodong Minerals, their faces were full of surprises
Both of them looked at Ying Yu with admiration.
As expected of His Royal Highness, the Great Qin and Liaodong, it is very difficult not to take off.
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With the publication of the new issue of "Daqin Daily", the whole Daqin became a sensation again.
"Am I not mistaken? The Jiangnan Grand Canal has just opened, and the Liaodong Grand Canal will be built again?"
"Although the construction of the Grand Canal is a good thing, there must be demand. Is it really worth the effort to open the canal in that poor place in Liaodong?"
"You are ignorant. It is said that the exploration team, under the guidance of His Royal Highness, has discovered several large mines in Liaodong. The iron ore alone is enough for my Great Qin to use for hundreds of thousands of years!"
"It is said that the largest iron mine has reserves of tens of millions of stones!"
"In addition to iron ore, there are a lot of oil needed for kerosene lamps, various sandstones needed for cement concrete, raw materials needed for colored glaze, and even gold in Liaodong."
"Once these minerals are developed, there will be treasures everywhere in Liaodong!"
"You still say that Liaodong is a poor place, how ignorant you are."
"That's right, don't forget, the construction of the Grand Northern Canal was proposed by His Highness the Crown Prince. Who is His Highness the Crown Prince? That is my Great Qin's God of Wealth. You must follow His Highness the Crown Prince."
The common people whispered around the newspaper, and were soon shocked by the Liaodong depicted in the newspaper.
It turns out that there are so many treasures under the Heishi land, which is ignored by most people and is frozen in winter.
With so many minerals, even if they are only excavated and transported back to the Central Plains and Jiangnan regions for sale, they are uncountable wealth.
The common people had a sufficient understanding of the land of Liaodong at once.
Not to mention, the proposal for the Liaodong Grand Canal came from Ying Yu.
With Ying Yu's high prestige in the hearts of the people of Daqin, many people will choose to support it unconditionally, even if they don't explain the necessity of it much.
Not to mention that such a broad outlook is painted today.
Many people became interested in Liaodong immediately after reading the newspaper.