Jin Rui bowed and said, "Your Majesty, that's exactly what it is."
"Western countries like our Dawu's wheat, rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other various goods. These may be relatively cheap in our Dawu, but if they are pushed to the West, they may be sold at sky-high prices. Those Western palace nobles, but They are extremely willing to pay big prices to buy our things.”
"That's it! Our goods are basically sold out as soon as they arrive. Therefore! If our goods continue to be supplied, the economy will continue to grow."
"But like the big countries in the west, the most abundant things are agate, jade, jade, minerals, etc., and things like agate, jade, jade, etc. are very popular in our country, but in the west, they are a bit cheap. This kind of Western products The price! It’s less than one thousandth of my Dawu price.”
"With the exchange of East and West, Beiliang's economy will develop rapidly. Jinyu Haiya will also develop so fast."
Because Jin Rui's unintentional words aroused Dongfang Yu's endless excitement. Things like agate and jade would have been rare in his previous life. Just one piece would make him worry about eating and drinking for the rest of his life. but now! As the king of a land and the overlord of Northern Liang, he has a lot of gold, silver and jade. I’ve seen too much, so let’s just do it!
And what he lacks most now is minerals, iron ore, copper ore, gold mine... He wants to build artillery or equipment, but which of these things is indispensable?
He quickly said: "Jin Rui, you just said that minerals are very cheap in Western countries?"
Jin Rui replied: "Yes! Your Majesty, you don't know. The iron-making technology and casting technology of Western countries are very backward. Moreover! The mineral resources in the West are extremely rich. I saw that there are so many of them. But the Westerners' mining technology is very poor. The iron mined is of very low quality and is almost always sold at a low price.”
"As for me, Dawu, my iron-making skills are very strong. But if I really have to transport this iron back home and refine it, not only is it very troublesome, but it also consumes a lot of money."
oh!
This reminds Dongfang Yu that when it comes to iron-making technology, he, a modern man, is very good! and! Under his leadership, Beiliang's iron ore and gold mines, as well as the magazines inside, were of very high purity.
but if! He can buy the mineral deposits in the West! Or... send troops to fight it down!
Thinking of this, Dongfang Yu suddenly shook his head again. Beiliang had just finished the war, and it would be detrimental to Beiliang's economy and the people to start weapons again. and! It's really not worth it to go through all the effort for such a distant mineral deposit.
At least, for Dongfang Yu, who now only has one state in Beiliang, it is a very unwise decision to invade other people's countries. The only way to quickly obtain Western mineral resources is to purchase the right to use the mine at a low price.
Dongfang Yu asked: "Jin Rui, do you have a way to buy these mines for the use of our country, Qin?"
Jin Rui replied: "If your Majesty wants, I can naturally take down some mines for the use of my country, Qin!"
Jin Rui's cooperation with the Western countries has not lasted more than a day or two. The kings of the Western countries and him can be considered half-time acquaintances! If there are interests constraining the situation, the Western countries will not refuse to agree. after all! How can Western countries count as making money?
"Okay! Jin Rui listens!"
"I'm here!"
Jin Rui hurriedly bowed down.
"I will grant you the title of Protector of the West now, and you will be in charge of all business matters with the Western countries. You are authorized to recruit guards from the west in Beiliang, and all the necessary convoy equipment will be handed over to the Ordnance Factory." Dongfang Yu said. , and then reminded Wang Pu, "Wang Pu, I will leave it to you to build the new car. How much money is needed will be reported to Gu!"
"promise!"
Sure enough? Every time the fortune teller is wrong, he will be able to become a high official one day if he favors small businessmen. The official position of Zong Ka for the entire Western Region Fortress is not small.
Jin Rui and Wang Pu returned to the queue.
Dongfang Feather continued: "In addition! Our Qin army suffered heavy losses in the Northern Expedition. The top priority is to replenish troops and build equipment."
"Liu Wenqin and Yang Xiu will be responsible for recruiting soldiers and horses. You can recruit new soldiers in all counties and counties in Beiliang Prefecture, as well as among refugees."
"As for the weapons, they are all made by the arsenal."
"No!" The two of them also received Wang Ling.
After a long time, he realized that the arsenal he had set up by himself was becoming more and more important. The Beiliang Arsenal is already very large, but it is still difficult to meet the demand with just this one arsenal?
Later, Lan Tian was ordered to lead five thousand soldiers and horses to guard Wuguan; Luo Zong was ordered to lead five thousand soldiers and horses to guard Beimen Pass. Only when the two levels are stable can Dongfang Yu feel relieved.
As for the Xuanjia Army, there are still replacement personnel in the county, but they still need to recruit a new group of veterans.
…
After allocating the tasks, the generals have been very busy recently. Dongfang Yu, on the other hand, focused on building a new city.
This project is huge. It took two months to start, but more than half of the project was completed. but! If we continue at this rate, we should be able to complete the new city before the cold winter arrives.
"Where is Tianping? As for the new city, we still need to speed up. Don't we have millions of refugees? Mobilize them all. The new city must be built quickly, and there are several dependent counties. We must also start construction quickly." What he said made Dongfang Yu beg the latter to do it.
To be honest, Tian Ping is also in a dilemma? Building a new city is time-consuming and labor-intensive, especially money and food, which are spent like running water.
And now! According to Dongfang Yu, are you planning to build a county city?
"Where is your king? Are you planning to establish a county?" Tian Ping asked carefully.
Dongfang Yu was noncommittal and nodded slightly, "Yes! I want to build a county. Hey! Don't tell me, I have already thought of the name of this county. It's called Anding County. This city must be bigger than Wuwei County." If we go a step further, we have a lot of refugees, so we have to find a way."
"So! Gu has decided to stabilize the new city and house a population of 550,000. What about the others... Didn't our Qin County expand the city? The area is larger than other counties and cities. How can we do this without the common people?"
"That's it! We will transfer 350,000 people to replenish the population of Qin County. If there are still 40,000 to 500,000 refugees left, we will move them to the six counties and let the prefects of the six counties take them in equally. As for the money, I Jin Yu Haiya has been asked to mobilize them as soon as possible."
"In addition! I also sent people to raise funds for Fanhua's Qinghua Garden to go to Beiliang. The matter of resettling these millions of people can be solved like this! But! In the past few days, you and Pei Hao have been working on the construction of the new city. , you have to worry more. Leave other matters at home to Wang Su and Shang Haibo."
That’s fine! Otherwise, Tian Ping will take care of all the affairs of Quanbei Liang, and the others will have no work to do. Wouldn’t that mean that they are ready to starve to death? He had to help him balance this club in his mind!
"I obey your order!"
Tian Ping and Pei Hao received the order and told the truth! Just building a new city is enough to keep him busy. it's good now! He wished that someone would share some of it with him.
