"I'm afraid 300 million won't be enough. You can't be biased in governing. It cost 3 billion to develop Liaodong, and Jizhou's drought relief will cost at least 3 billion!" Zhang Baiqi said.
Xu Wei said helplessly: "It is doomed that grain production will be reduced this year. No matter how much money is spent, it will not have an effect."
Whether it is digging wells or building canals, it takes time. In the current situation in Jizhou, fields far away from water sources will basically have no harvest in July-August, and it will be too late to build canals.
Zhang Baiqi said: "Because the food harvest has failed, we have to find a way to survive for the people of Jizhou. This drought has affected at least more than 2 million people in Jizhou. If we don't find a way to find jobs for them, they will definitely become refugees. It is better to take this opportunity to build infrastructure such as canals, roads, and tracks in Jizhou to lay a solid foundation for Jizhou's future development, so that next time a drought comes, Jizhou will be unable to do anything."
Xu Wei smiled bitterly and said: "But the prerequisite is to get these 3 billion! You must know that the annual income of today's big men may not be this amount."
Although Da Qian is rich, his expenses are higher. Not to mention other things, the officials under his command are several times that of Da Han, and their welfare benefits are also higher than those of Da Han's junior officials. It will consume a lot of money to support these officials, not to mention Da Han. To maintain a standing army of more than 100,000 people, the treatment of the army is comparable to that of the Central Army of Han Dynasty. The cost of raising this large army alone is billions of dollars a year.
The construction of farmland water conservancy infrastructure in the three states of Hebei Province, the cost of compulsory education, the cost of literacy, the cost of building cities, and the cost of building new factories all consume a lot of money, not to mention the interest on debt repayments every year. There are also more than a billion dollars! It can only be said that Daqian earns more and spends more.
Every fund has a destination, and it is difficult to suddenly draw 3 billion to support Jizhou.
Moreover, to feed 2 million people in Jizhou, even if the monthly salary is 500 yuan, it still costs 1 billion yuan a month. This money can support them for three months at most. It can only be said that infrastructure construction is too expensive. With the expansion of the land, With the expansion, the funds that each county can invest have become less. Now Jizhou is not as much as Mayi County invested in it!
Zhang Baiqi said: "In power, Liaodong can issue a development bond. Our Jizhou is much more fertile than Liaodong. Is it okay to issue a disaster resistance bond in Jizhou?"
Xu Weidao: "Liaodong has soybeans, century-old giant trees, and even struvite, and there are more fisheries than Jizhou. What do you have here to attract people to buy your bonds?"
Zhang Baiqi was speechless. The specialty of Jizhou is grain. Especially at this time when the world is in chaos, the price of grain in Yanzhou across the Yellow River has exceeded 500 qian. This is not the limit. If the drought continues, the price of grain will exceed 1,000 qian per stone. It is inevitable.
It can be said that food is the most precious resource in the world, but Daqian implements unified sales and purchase of food. Food cannot leave Daqian's territory and cannot be sold freely. Otherwise, he can get a food bond and the entire Daqian Businessmen will surely flock in.
But Zhang Baiqi still said: "Government and world hegemony are indispensable without food, and the support of Jizhou, the granary, is indispensable. And now the price of food in Daqian is too unfair to me in Jizhou. The price of food in the Central Plains has reached five hundred yuan per stone." , but we still spend more than 100 yuan for our work, which is only 20% of that in the Central Plains.
Although this is for the stability of Daqian, this situation is too unfair to our Jizhou. Shouldn’t the government support our Jizhou more?
If these canals are not built this year, they will be built next year. If we don’t finish them this year, what will happen if there is another big disaster next year?”
"Once again, Jizhou has no production or harvest. I think the government, instead of spending a lot of effort to develop Liaodong, should find ways to invest in Jizhou. With this 3 billion investment, I can't guarantee it this year, but Jizhou's grain output will definitely be doubled next year. ! This is an increase in grain production of tens or even hundreds of millions. There is no such increase in production and income in Liaodong?"
Of course it's impossible. If you want to produce more than hundreds of millions of grains in Liaodong, you will need to invest heavily in development for at least several years. However, Liaodong's grain production potential is huge, even surpassing that of Jizhou. After all, this is the largest granary of the Celestial Dynasty.
Xu Wei smiled bitterly and said: "I will find a way to raise some money for you, but don't even think about 3 billion! If you can get a billion, just laugh!"
Xu Wei learned the unique skills of the country of hope, used debts to support debts, and obtained a billion-dollar bond to solve the drought in Jizhou!
Zhang Bai rode on the horse and said: "Okay, plus the 300 million in front of the government, it will be 1.3 billion. Please get it quickly. Relief in disasters here in Jizhou is like putting out fires!"
Xu Wei could only look at Zhang Baiqi with a wry smile, and then issued a 1 billion bond in Jinyang, Jixian, and Yecheng. It took several months to recruit all the money.
While Xu Wei was staying in Jizhou to fight the disaster, Cao Cao's envoy from Qingzhou on the south bank of the Yellow River came to Yecheng!
Although Xu Wei didn't understand what Cao Cao was doing by sending an envoy here, he still invited an envoy to come to the Yecheng government office!
Cao Cao's envoy saluted and said: "Great Han, Qingzhou Mu joined the army, Cheng Yu has met King Lei Gong!"
Even though Xu Wei no longer cared about his name, he still said: "Lei Gong is just Thunder Gong, don't add any king, it will make you look like a bandit! It's not formal at all. Daqian has already established a country, and he is not a bandit or bandit." power!"
Cheng Yu wondered: "It is precisely because the king founded the country that I call him the king! Do I still call him Qu Shuai?"
Xu Wei was really speechless. Calling him handsome would be inappropriate.
He could only say: "We don't talk about kings or emperors here, just ask me to rule!"
Cheng Yu could only say helplessly: "I have seen Thunder Lord in power!"
Xu Weidao: "I don't seem to have any friendship with Cao Cao. What are you doing here?"
Cheng Yu said: "My lord captured tens of thousands of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army near Mount Tai. He originally wanted to kill them to eliminate future troubles, but they said they were with the subordinates of Duke Lei. My lord gave the ruler a face, so he did not kill them. But they After all, they are bandits of the Han Dynasty. If my lord does not kill them, he will definitely be criticized by the court, and he may even be accused of colluding with foreign enemies from a thousand miles away!"
The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has not heard from them for a long time.
Xu Wei actually sent many of his men to help them learn how to fight guerrilla warfare. Unfortunately, they met Cao Cao, a half-dimensional son, and were beaten and fled. Due to the poison, Chief Ku died in the battle. It seems that now The batch should be the spark of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army! But I didn't expect that they would all be caught by Cao Cao, and he would use them to blackmail himself.
Xu Wei said with a cold face: "What does Cao Cao want?"