Daqin: Signing in at the beginning is ten times the combat power of Lu Bu

Chapter 465 1 Hairless Inner Stern

"I, Daqin, can be as prosperous as I am today, thanks to you kid!"

On the way back, Ying Zheng was still intoxicated by the scene of people cheering just now, and said with a happy face.

Daqin wants to last forever, and this popular will is the root of the roots.

As long as the people live and work in peace and contentment, even if a small number of people have different ideas, there will be no major disturbances at all, and they will be directly destroyed by the whole heart.

The support of the people from the bottom of their hearts is undoubtedly the greatest achievement for Shi Huangdi.

"Although it's a bit unpleasant, I have to remind you that once this subsidy policy comes out, the treasury may have no money left."

"And it's not just farmers, many former cattle and horse drivers will come to snap up steam tractors to transport goods, which will increase the burden on the court."

Nesten on the side smiled helplessly and said.

Ying Yu was speechless for a moment, this Nai Shi Teng is really an iron rooster, isn't it just to spend some money, as for such a frown?

After thinking about it, Ying Yu began to explain:

"It doesn't matter, the prince has long said that money can only exert its strongest effect when it flows."

"The promotion of steam tractors will raise Daqin's agricultural farming efficiency to a higher level. It is a powerful guarantee for the prosperity of Daqin farmers. It is worth spending more money."

"And the reason why steam tractors are sold at a low price is to strengthen the enthusiasm of the people of Daqin to immigrate to new areas."

"Before this, although the imperial court offered many favorable conditions for moving to the new territory, such as higher land ceilings, more agricultural subsidies, etc., it was still unattractive to most ordinary people."

"The reason is very simple. A family's ability is limited. Without the help of a steam tractor, no matter how much land it has, it will be useless if it can't be plowed. It will even be punished for being left unused for too long."

"With a steam tractor, several or dozens of households can move together, choose a flat and fertile area, directly contract thousands of acres or even ten thousand acres of fertile land, and implement large-scale mechanized farming. , is enough to make the people tempted.”

"And the steam tractor can also be used as a means of transportation, allowing farmers to reach more remote areas for pioneering."

"Even if someone uses a steam engine to run freight, it will also drive the flow of Daqin trade. In the end, the imperial court can gradually recover the subsidy expenditure through commercial taxes, but it is only a matter of time."

"And we can also take this opportunity to greatly enhance the industrial production capacity of Daqin, so that Daqin's steam engine manufacturing industry can really develop."

"The reason why these factories could not develop before is that apart from the extremely high technical foundation and the need to abide by strict confidentiality measures, the biggest reason is that the investment is too high, the market size is too small, and there are too many people who can afford steam cars. few."

"Therefore, not only the farmers who buy it, but also those large merchants who are willing to invest in steam tractors, should be given corresponding subsidies to encourage them to expand production."

"Although the amount of investment will be relatively large, as long as they are all successful, Daqin will truly enter the era of mechanization."

"At most, it's nothing more than issuing some bonds again. According to the current reputation of the imperial court and the prospects of the steam engine, there is no need to worry about no one buying it."

Ying Yu smiled and waved his hands.

"His Royal Highness said that the economic development of Daqin has reached a bottleneck, and the growth of foreign trade is getting slower and slower. If we want to break through again, in addition to strengthening the infrastructure and increasing the logistics capacity, we must make the people more prosperous. Only when it rises can it have stronger purchasing power and drive trade growth through domestic demand."

Xiao He echoed.

"Don't forget, today's Mediterranean area was first devastated by locust plagues, and then the war between Rome and Carthage intensified, and a large number of laborers were recruited. This year's harvest will definitely not be strong."

"At that time, their only choice is to continue to buy grain with me, Daqin, and the profits will be enough to recover more than half of these subsidies.

Chen Ping also said with a smile.

Meng Yi and the others nodded.

Last year's grain foreign trade was very profitable, but it left a very deep impression on them. The huge profits were not inferior to arms exports.

And even if the Romans and Carthaginians found it wrong, there would be no other choice.

The reason is simple. In the whole world, except for Daqin, which has sufficient food, the rest of the world does not have enough food to eat. How could it be possible to sell the surplus to other countries.

As for being hungry, that's even more impossible.

Once the land is full of hunger, there will be a lot of problems inside Rome and Carthage, and there will be ghosts if there is no chaos.

Grain has unknowingly become an important means for Daqin to control the world.

"Farmers are the foundation of my Great Qin. Only when the farmers become rich can the prosperity of the Great Qin be truly realized!"

"Didn't Nei Shiqing still complain that the Xianluo Railway was not opened for a long time, and didn't the goods from all over the place arrive in Xianyang in time?"

"This steam tractor can run freight, and it can be improved."

After Ying Zheng finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Ying Yu and said, "By the way, how is the progress of the Xianluo Railway, when will it be open to traffic?"

"Father, the excavation of the tunnel has been basically completed and is entering the final construction."

"The reason why the progress is slower than expected is mainly because after sufficient funds, the second phase of the double track originally planned was directly added to the construction."

"Otherwise, if there is only one single line, it will be a bit difficult to meet the passenger demand, let alone the freight demand."

Ying Yu opened his mouth and replied.

The difference between double-track and single-track is not only a quantitative gap, but a real qualitative change.

If there is only a single track, the trains that are going in opposite directions need to plan the itinerary strictly. In many cases, they need to enter the buffer zone to make way, otherwise they will directly collide.

The advantage of double track is that there is only one running direction on a single track, the pressure on traffic management will be greatly reduced, and the number of trains that can run at the same time will also be greatly increased.

If you want to open passenger transport and freight transport at the same time, you must have both lines running through.

Moreover, compared with passenger transportation, the current Daqin actually has a higher demand for railway freight.

The emergence of the freight railway will truly solve the obstruction of the Qinling Mountains to the transportation in Guanzhong, connect Xianyang City and the Central Plains, and follow the Grand Canal to the south of the Yangtze River and enter the sea.

This is a regiment that is far inferior to the canals that require trackers in the Sanmenxia area.

And even in later generations, freight is also the main source of railway income, and passenger trains are in a state of loss most of the time.

Hearing Ying Yu's answer, the smile on Ying Zheng's face suddenly became wider.