Congling, also known as Kazakhstan in later generations, has a pretty good climate and soil. It is definitely not a problem to feed millions of people under half-cultivation and half-grazing conditions.
Naturally, if you use this place as a bridgehead, there is only one thing you have to do, and that is to do what Chen Xi did in Mount Tai, from nothing to build a huge base that can support launching a war.
Similarly, this place is very similar to the original Taishan. It seems to have nothing, but it has a strong foundation to support the future. Back then, the Taishan place had nothing, but it had manpower that was more important than anything else.
Now there is nothing here in Congling, but there is enough land to attract human resources. Except for a few million hectares of land, which is good cultivated land that can be developed, the other nearly one million square kilometers can be regarded as pasture.
If you include the mineral resources here, the conditions here are actually better than Zhuge Liang expected. To put it shamelessly, this is also the land of Wang Xing, but it is too vast and sparsely populated, and it is a technological desert.
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Even the personnel brought by the Chen family, Xun family, and Sima family spent about half a year using hand tools to roughly explore the places under their control, and have already found several mines that can be easily and directly mined.
Especially the ore deposits near the north are basically high-quality iron ore. To put it simply, they can be dug out and thrown into the furnace to make steel. However, the herdsmen here have such iron ore and it is impossible to do so.
Can make iron.
Of course, in addition to iron ore, gold and copper mines have also been discovered. The mines that can be discovered by this simple detection method are all extremely obvious and extremely large open-pit mines. It is obvious that people live here.
The barbarians who had lived for hundreds of years had no idea what kind of treasure lay beneath their feet, so Zhuge Liang silently collected these people.
After all, there is a serious lack of population in Congling. Even if he knew that doing so would have great hidden dangers, Zhuge Liang could only deal with it like this first. Fortunately, the barbarians here had little fighting power. With force, Li Jue and others quickly
Just subdue these guys.
"Build a steel plant?" Sima Yi looked at the proposal handed to him by Zhuge Liang. By now he had guessed the meaning of this place. If those guys to the west and south were all regarded as enemies, then the location of Congling would not only be
The bridgehead should also be the main base in the Central Plains.
By now Sima Yi basically understood that after the roads in the Central Plains were built to Congling, it was no longer possible for the country to build them further west or north. This was partly due to cost issues, and partly due to value reasons. After all, it was impossible to build further westward.
If so, it is very likely to enter the battlefield.
To put it bluntly, building infrastructure in a place like that will be destroyed by others, and no amount of money will be enough to ruin it. According to Sima Yi's estimation, and with Chen Xi's concept, before there is stability here, it will most likely be turned back.
Domestic, build communication channels between various regions.
After all, the Central Plains is located in the rear area. On the one hand, the main base in Congling is in hand. As long as it is not lost, no one can invade the Central Plains. On the other hand, it can develop the Central Plains and consolidate the existing advantages of the Central Plains.
It is of great significance.
Although Sima Yi didn't believe that Chen Xi didn't know that under his arrangement, a unified conflict like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period would break out sooner or later between the Central Plains and the peripheral feudal barriers. Although the causes of the war would be different by then, it was almost inevitable that such a thing would happen.
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Even if Chen Xi is working hard to consolidate the foundation of the Central Plains, even if the Central Plains will be connected together, even if the starting point of the Central Plains will be much higher than that of all the fiefdoms, Sima Yi can still think of the end even if he thinks with his feet.
Under such circumstances, the unification of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was simply irreversible.
This is not something that Chen Xi can suppress with the backhand left behind now. In this process, Chen Xi can push it back at most and cannot obliterate it. This is almost a historical necessity. The immortal dynasty, even if the founding monarch shouted for eternity.
One series actually has no meaning.
Because this is a historical necessity, all the founding emperors knew that the dynasties they established would one day collapse, and their tinkering process was only delaying the arrival of this day.
The same is true for what Chen Xi did. Even a solid foundation cannot withstand being ruined by his children and grandchildren. What's more, Sima Yi can feel Chen Xi's contradiction. On the one hand, he suppresses the birth of this situation, and on the other hand, he wants to cause such consequences.
Finding a balance in the conflict, Chen Xi may be okay, but if he dies, Sima Yi has no hope.
Naturally, when the time comes, Congling, the bridgehead for the Central Plains, will actually be the main base for the aristocratic families ahead, and the resources they need can only be obtained from here.
Maybe they won't need to get it from here when they grow stronger in the future, but they can't bypass this place at the beginning. Whoever takes charge here will be the next prime minister.
Similarly, every industry planned now will affect the future direction. To put it simply, those who choose any industry and go abroad will have to rely on what is available here to change their plans.
Because even if there must be a national highway leading to Congling by then, the materials transported by this road alone are definitely not enough. So in the end, the only thing you can really rely on is the main base of Congling. What the main base produces, you use.
, no choice.
At least this must be the case in the first three years, and these three years are very important for any family that has just stepped out of the country. Every resource at that time is extremely important.
"You choose smelting." Sima Yi said after being silent for a while. He originally thought that Zhuge Liang would choose the same route as him to corrupt the opponent in advance, but he did not expect that Zhuge Liang's positioning of this place would conflict with him from the very beginning.
"Well, the steel plant is the most important. We don't have much time, the family doesn't have much time, and we don't have enough manpower now. Naturally, we can only concentrate our resources on one of them." Zhuge Liang stopped writing and looked at Sima Yi and said, he was also very
Know clearly that your choice will affect all the families behind you.
"I think we should take the route of corrupting each other. The family itself is suitable for this. We should pretend to be a trade transit station at this time, make this place prosperous, and then infiltrate outwards. After infiltrating covertly, we can use force. This way we can stabilize the situation.
." Sima Yi said slowly, the order given by Zhuge Liang was completely beyond his imagination.
"The noble family is indeed suitable, but what kind of guy do we want?" Zhuge Liang looked at Sima Yi and asked calmly, "What's more, too much conspiracy will make people lose their courage. We are here to expand our territory, not
Come to gain wealth."
"What do you think, Gongtai?" Sima Yi turned to look at Chen Gong, and Chen Gong's eyelids slid down involuntarily when he heard this. With his wisdom, he naturally understood that this matter has involved the future direction of all aristocratic families. It can be said that the choices of Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang now
, directly affecting all future families.
"Corruption and war?" Chen Gong also had a headache. "Didn't the country give you any hints? Kong Ming?"
"No, no one told me what to do. Chen Hou and Master Li both told me that when I get here, I can decide on my own for anything. Even if it is a war with another empire, I can start it as long as I nod." Zhuge Liang looked calm.
opened his mouth and said.
The corners of Chen Gong's mouth twitched, feeling once again how arrogant Chen Xi and Li You were. It should be said that these two guys were indeed the top wise men in the world.
Not to mention anything else, this magnanimity alone was far beyond normal people. With such a grand arrangement on Zhuge Liang, Chen Gong was inexplicably curious. Aren't those two guys afraid of something happening?
You know, after fighting the war against Rome and understanding the situation in the west, as long as the brains are still online, all wise and resourceful people will know how important the location of Congling is. It can be said directly that the importance of this location is now as important as that of the Central Plains.
The prime minister is of the same level.
As long as you perform well in this position, without saying anything else, all the aristocratic families in the world will need to accept your favor. When the time comes to return to the country, the entire aristocratic families in the world will support you to open a government office and become the prime minister. It is so crazy that this position will be here
Now it almost determines the direction of the next few decades or even centuries.
"Is that so?" Lu Meng stopped dealing with government affairs at this time. He sat up straight and looked at a few people. To be honest, Lu Meng was actually envious of Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi. Between them, one of them would definitely be the prime minister in the future, and the other would definitely be the prime minister.
San Gong.
At most, Zhuge Liang is now more likely to become prime minister than Sima Yi.
"Can you tell me your reasons, Kong Ming." Chen Gong looked at Zhuge Liang after a while and said. Sima Yi's eyes sank. It was obvious that Chen Gong was biased towards Zhuge Liang.
"We are not the only main base. Those members of the Yuan family are very powerful. Although they are currently unable to do so, they can take one step at a time. In the future, they will definitely have the ability to provide support to other aristocratic families like us. Then if we
Choosing a trade center to control foreign nobles through corrupt means and then counterattack will only be in vain." Zhuge Liang said slowly.
Zhuge Liang's reason is very simple. Old Yuan's family is located in the Ural Mountains. Although there are no roads in that place now, Zhuge Liang believes that Xun Chen and others are definitely burning cement crazily now, waiting for the opportunity to come. As for the steel factory or something, I'm afraid
They have all entered into preparations, and to exaggerate, they may even have entered into the construction stage.
Now Lao Yuan's family is unable to develop rapidly due to manpower and other issues, but it will still be at least one year from now to the next stage.
Even if the old Yuan family currently has insufficient human resources, based on Zhuge Liang's understanding of Xun Chen, Xu You and others, even if those guys are restricted in all aspects, they are definitely accumulating their own heritage crazily. From their perspective, they choose
The place is definitely the resource-rich land of Wang Xing!