Chapter 746 Ready
Of the four contracts, only one has something to do with the Xiongnu tribe. The reason is simple, because only by controlling the Xiongnu tribe’s cattle, sheep and horses can they have enough cattle, sheep and horses to make dried meat.
As for jerky, everyone knows that it can be used as snacks and allows people to taste meat. The most important thing is that it can be used as dry food for long-term journeys.
Whether they are marching to fight, a caravan on a long journey, or a fleet, this dried meat can become their dry food.
Especially when marching and fighting, dried meat can quickly replenish their physical strength and make them fight more bravely. .
Therefore, you cannot leave the dried meat business to others, you can only do it yourself.
There is also milk powder, which can only be brought by yourself, and they have arranged for these two workshops to be brought to the border, instead of processing dried meat and milk powder directly in the breeding area.
Therefore, many workshops appeared on the border.
In particular, there are more than a dozen meat jerky and milk powder workshops.
A few days later, a map of Jiuquan County was delivered. Today, Jiuquan County is like an isolated city, very close to Jiayuguan.
However, Jiayuguan was built during the Zhu Yuanzhang period of the Ming Dynasty. It was not available in the Qin Dynasty at this time. It was just a city.
If you want to turn Jiuquan County into a commercial center, where merchants from various countries in the Western Regions and people from Great Qin can rest here, or even directly hand over goods, a major project will be needed.
And who is responsible for this project? Of course it is the construction team of Zhaojiacun.
Ying Zheng felt that Qin An was about to leave the mountain, and there was no need for the construction team to stay in the village, so he planned to let them come out.
After the construction team came out, a memorial appeared in front of Ying Zheng. He just wanted the construction team to build roads, build bridges, and even renovate the entire city.
One of the memorials was about building a trading center for the Western Regions and Great Qin, written by Meng Yi.
After Ying Zheng saw it, he asked Meng Yi how he suddenly thought of this.
What Meng Yi means is that in the future, Great Qin will definitely attack the countries in the Western Regions, and even attack farther, and may occupy the entire world.
But this is not easy. Da Qin needs to make a lot of preparations. The first is the transportation problem. If Da Qin's soldiers set off directly from Xianyang City and reach the countries in the Western Regions, the consumption in the middle will be very large.
However, if a city is built between the Western Regions and Da Qin, this city can not only become the trading center of the Western Regions and Da Qin, but also become a supply depot when the imperial court sends troops. When the time comes, there will be food and money. How convenient.
After hearing this, Ying Zheng was very moved, so he supported Meng Yi in doing so. At the same time, he agreed to Meng Yi's request and issued an imperial decree. The imperial court would establish a trading center in Jiuquan County so that merchants from Daqin and the Western Regions could trade in Jiuquan. County breaks and even trades.
At the same time, Meng Yi was given full authority to handle the construction of Jiuquan County.
After Meng Yi received the imperial edict, he directly revealed the news that he was willing to hand over the construction of Jiuquan County to businessmen. He would plan the area and let the businessmen bid for it. The highest bidder would win.
This was a business opportunity, and businessmen who smelled it came to Meng Yi one after another and revealed their willingness to invest.
Among them, the heads of the three Mengbaigan families came to inquire in person. At that time, they clearly told Meng Yi that they must participate in the construction of Jiuquan County.
Facing the three heads of the family, especially Bai Siqi, the head of the Bai family, Meng Yi could only agree to them.
Later, more and more people came, and Meng Yi simply refused to accept anyone who came. As long as you come, I will agree.
In the end, more than a hundred nobles and businessmen gathered. This group of people were all families and businessmen with amazing financial resources in Xianyang City.
As for some mid-range nobles and businessmen, they are not qualified to travel with Meng Yi and the others and can only follow from a distance. For them, Jiuquan County is also their opportunity.
Although they have no chance to participate in the construction, they can do business there, and even set up caravans directly in Jiuquan County to go to the countries in the Western Regions. This is much better than starting from Xianyang City.
Now Meng Yi got the map of Jiuquan Road County and immediately added it to
In the merchant's military camp.
"Everyone, the map has arrived. Let's all gather together now. In half an hour, we will start auctioning each area. Anyone who successfully wins the land can build the planned house on the land.
These houses can be sold or used by yourself, and the court will not care about them. In addition, the money obtained by the auctioneer will be used by the imperial court to develop Jiuquan County.
Such as building oases, digging rivers, building windmills to generate electricity, building roads, etc. It is guaranteed that the prosperity here will not be inferior to that of Xianyang City. "Meng Yi said.
After hearing this, the businessmen and nobles came to the map one after another. At this time, the map was filled with stools.
There is a sign on each stool with a number on it, and then Meng Yi writes it down based on the name and number of the person present, and then the other person confirms it.
Half an hour passed quickly.
After everyone was done, Meng Yi stood in front of everyone.
"Everyone, Great Qin's first auction has officially begun." Meng Yi said directly to the map after speaking, "This is the map of Jiuquan County, and I have planned it into three areas.
The first area is the business district, which is divided into food streets, commercial streets, etc.
Then there is the industrial zone, which is also the major workshops. After Jiuquan County becomes a trading center, some workshops will definitely be established. After these workshops are established, some goods can be completed directly in Jiuquan County, greatly shortening the transaction time.
I'm afraid everyone knows that merchants from the Western Regions need to reach Xianyang City to purchase goods from Da Qin.
Nowadays, some goods can be completed directly in Jiuquan County, and transactions with merchants from the Western Regions can be concluded quickly.
Just imagine, you worked so hard to get the goods to Jiuquan County, but it was not as fast as others, how bad you feel. "
After hearing this, everyone nodded, and some even started to whisper among themselves.
"Everyone, please be quiet."
Meng Yi's words instantly silenced everyone.
Meng Yi looked at everyone present with satisfaction and continued: "After the industrial area, there are residential areas, school districts, entertainment areas, etc.
Some people don't want these areas, and some people are bound to get them. The next auction will let everyone know everything. "
"Lord Meng Yi. Let's start now. We are all impatient with waiting." said the businessman sitting at the front.
This person is the business representative of the Bai family, Bai Ming.
Sitting next to him was Bai Yiming, the representative of the Bai family.
Bai Yiming makes the decision in business matters, while Bai Ming is the assistant, which is the responsibility of the military advisor.
Bai Yiming can come here mainly because his family allows him to come here to broaden his horizons, which can be regarded as an experience. Bai Ming is Bai Yiming's military advisor, helping Bai Yiming make plans and learn more about business matters.
