The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

"Constructing railways requires a lot of people. As far as the current situation is concerned, where do you think we can recruit so many people?" said a person in charge of Qin's Western Region Railway Project.

"This is not something we should be thinking about, is it?" one of his colleagues said.

"No, this should be what we thought." The person in charge said seriously to his colleagues.

"Did you know? Currently, many construction companies in Qin are working on railway construction projects, but this requires a large number of personnel, but Qin does not have enough personnel at all," the person in charge said.

"There is no way." His colleague said.

"No. There are ways. There are many ways. However, if you want to solve these problems quickly, you need a large amount of cheap labor. Where do these labors come from? The current shortage is people." The person in charge said.

As various projects in Qin were launched, the problem of labor shortage began to appear, and the labor problem in Qin also began to become tense. The labor problem mainly lies in the legal protection of Qin’s salary. Qin’s law stipulates the minimum salary, so as to effectively

Protect the interests of Qin’s working-class Qin people.

But doing so could not solve the problem of Qin's labor shortage. The construction of railways relied on slaves. However, the slave trade worsened the use of slaves due to transportation conditions. There were fewer and fewer slaves available, and the number of slaves used continued to increase.

The Qin State needs to urgently solve this problem.

Inside the Xianyang Palace of Qin State.

"Building railways requires a large number of construction workers. Where do these workers come from? There are still big challenges for Qin." Feng Quji stood up and said.

The issue that was resolved at this court meeting was the labor force issue. This issue did not occur to Shang Wen, nor did his cabinet members, because their ministers were busy with corresponding matters. Qin State's production started to increase again, and many factories were busy.

These need to solve some problems, and some factories need to expand production on a large scale. These require people to deal with, build factories, expand production lines, and order equipment, all of which require a large number of people.

"In the past, Qin State mainly relied on a large number of prisoners of war and slaves to build railways, so Qin State could quickly solve these problems. However, currently, the situation of slaves has deteriorated very much. The cost of obtaining slaves for Qin State is getting higher and higher, and the number of slaves is also increasing.

With the serious decline, it is obviously not very realistic to rely on slaves to complete large-scale railway construction work." Feng Quji said.

"Yes. That's right." King Qin nodded. Regarding the current situation, King Qin was also very worried. The number of slaves had seriously dropped a lot. The reason why Qin State was able to quickly complete the construction of major trunk lines of railways was because

The Qin State had a large amount of spoils to deal with after the war, and hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war worked hard to deal with these spoils. The solution was to build various railways and highway facilities. In this way, the problem was solved. But

The current situation has changed a lot. Qin has already

The Qin State did not launch a war for a long period of time, and the Qin State was unable to obtain more slaves for a period of time. The largest source of slaves was prisoners of war. It relied on the Chu State in the south to capture and the north to provide slave sources. Obviously it was not like that.

It is considerable, and the speed of supply is far lower than the speed of slave consumption. This means that a large number of slaves in Qin are being consumed every day. For people like Shangwen, all they know are numbers, and they can be used as reference for decision-making.

Numbers, but in practice, this means a huge loss of life.

"The people of our Qin State have now entered factory production. When these things are produced, a large amount of construction labor will be needed. And our Qin State, each state is short of such a labor force. The construction situation will definitely arise by then.

The problem of labor difficulties." Feng Quji raised such a difficult problem.

At this time, Shangwen began to think about how to solve this problem. If Feng Quji hadn't raised such a question, Shangwen would definitely not have thought of this, labor force. This issue cannot be ignored. Currently, the main labor force in Qin State has entered the factory.

The number of workers has increased significantly. Most of them are skilled workers. They are constantly trained, constantly entering, and adapting to new positions. For Qin, these workers are valuable assets.

The number of slaves in the Qin State has been in a state of reduction, and they are mainly concentrated in two areas. One is agriculture. Most of the agricultural production in the Qin State is completed by slaves. The Guanzhong area has realized mechanical operations and relies on more manpower.

Few. However, the situation in each state is different. Herding requires a certain number of manpower. As a result, the use of slaves has become the most

The best way is not just these, but various states, especially several border states. Because they are close to the main source of slaves, they have a relatively reliable source of slaves. Therefore, a large number of farms and pastures use slaves instead of machinery.

Compared with machinery, farmers think it is more reliable. As a result, the number of slaves used on farms and pastures is very considerable.

Another area where slaves are intensively used is the Qin State's various engineering constructions, railways, highways, and various factory building constructions, etc. The Qin State has stopped building projects such as city walls. Because in the era of using firearms, the construction of

The city wall has become meaningless. Therefore, Qin's main engineering construction is concentrated on roads. However, the number of slaves has decreased a lot, but many engineering projects have been launched. If it is carried out according to the previous model, problems will arise.

Now. The Qin State has a labor problem.

"How does the Prime Minister think this problem should be solved?" Just as Shang Wen was thinking about this problem, Feng Quji asked this question.

"This." Naofumi thought for a moment and then shrugged, expressing his helplessness.

"There is no solution yet. I think that Qin State should not focus its main attention on slaves at present. There are still abundant labor resources in various countries. If we can borrow these labor resources, I think it will be very beneficial to Qin State in the future.

It’s also very good.” Naofumi said.

Using the labor resources of various countries is exactly Shangwen's way of thinking. In Shangwen's view, Qin lacks enough human resources. The people of Qin have more developed intelligence, so a large number of human resources are naturally lacking.

"This method is not bad. I do have a method." At this time, King Qin said.

"The king made it clear." Meng Yi said.

"The Prime Minister's idea is good. The neighboring countries of Qin State have many such labor resources. Think about the situation of Wei State, the situation of Chu State, and the situation of Qi State. These people are all engaged in large-scale wars. This shows that

They have enough labor force to fight the war. If we can hire them to build our railway through purchase, this problem will probably be solved. What do you think?" At this time, King Qin asked.

"Your Majesty, this is a good idea." Naofumi said.

"As long as we hire people, we can solve this problem." When Naofumi said this, he suddenly thought of a problem. When the United States solved its own railway problems, it also adopted the same method and recruited chemical industries.

Using chemical industry to solve these problems, at that time, there was also a big war problem within China. This may be a way for more people to survive.

"Your Majesty, I believe that there is another thing that needs to be paid attention to in this matter, which is to properly establish their immigration issue." At this time, Meng Yi put forward his opinion.

"This issue should indeed be paid attention to." Naofumi thought about it after hearing it.

"Your Majesty, it seems that our immigration laws should be strengthened so that they can adapt to the current situation." Shangwen said.

Just when Qin was discussing how to solve its own country's labor problem, Chu's problems came to the fore.

"These refugees are so terrifying. Their numbers are increasing. Even though our army can deal with them, we can't kill them all." Fu Chu said. Regarding the current issues in Chu State, Fu Chu is very clear about the current situation.

The situation is such that the number of refugees is increasing. The reason is that they cannot survive. As long as they are given the conditions to survive, the current predicament can be solved.

"Young master is right, but it is difficult to solve this problem." Xiang Yan said.

"What the general said is too difficult." At this moment, a counselor who was carrying Chu said. But Xiang Yan looked at the other person and interrupted his words rudely. This is disrespectful.

"General, make atonement." The counselor obviously understood Xiang Yan's thoughts at once.

Xiang Yan just waved his arms to indicate that he didn't mind. After all, there was still a young master here carrying cud.

"I don't know, how to solve these problems?" At this time, Xiang Yan asked.

"It's very simple, build roads. Qin State can build railways, Zhao State can also build railways, and South Korea can also build railways. I heard that South Korea is also building railways in Wei State recently. Therefore, I think Chu State should also join in and build roads." The counselor was very proud.

Speaking of.

"Building roads, building roads is good." Xiang Yan said.

"The roads in Chu State are indeed difficult to walk, and they should have been repaired a long time ago. However, there is no money. So many roads need to be repaired, and it is impossible to just fix them by yourself." Xiang Yan asked rhetorically.

"Of course there is a way to do this." The counselor defended himself.

"As the mob grows more and more, they can repair it. As long as they are given a certain amount of food and a certain amount of excuse, these problems can be solved," the counselor said.

"Yes." After hearing this, Xiang Yan no longer fought back, but felt that the other party's idea was vaguely feasible. It is already difficult to solve such a problem with military means. The more people are suppressed, the more military means will be used.

Let more and more of your own people fall into it, which will cause a lot of difficulties. It will also be difficult to maintain the finances.

, this is very detrimental to the Chu army, so Xiang Yan has stopped using military means to solve the current problem. As a soldier, he hopes to solve such a problem, but this problem is beyond the scope of his understanding. He wants to

There is another way to solve this problem. Obviously, the counselor's idea is in line with his ideas.

"What do you think, general?" Xiang Chu asked Xiang Yan at this time.

"General, I think it's okay." Xiang Yan nodded and said.

"It's just that this money is a bit difficult." Xiang Yan continued.

"Well, to be honest, I am also worried about this matter. Without this money, it is really difficult to solve it." The young master said, patting his head.

Handan, State of Zhao.

"The telegram from the State of Qin asked for recruitment of some construction jobs in our country. The salary is not bad." At this time, Li Zuoche reported to Li Mu with the latest telegram.

"Well. There is also some news. The amount of gold supplied by Qin's banks has increased, which is of great benefit to us." Li Mu said.

"This is a good thing for our Zhao country." Li Mu said.

"Currently, many Zhao people are still living without enough to eat, and with the increase in the number of slaves, these conditions cannot be improved. If we go to Qin to build the railway, at least the Qin people's railway condition will be better. And our people can also make some money.

With the money back, they can live a better life. These difficulties can be solved to some extent. This is more or less a good thing." Li Mu put the telegram in his hand on the table as he spoke.

"It's just that going to Qin will cost a lot. At least a train ticket is enough for them to survive. Also, some civilians are willing to go, while others are unwilling to go. We should also take this result into consideration

." Li Zuoche said.

"Isn't there a bank?" Li Mu said.

"We can put forward some guarantees and let them borrow money. As long as they hold a formal contract and become a formal employee, they can go to Qin. The government can take the opportunity to lend money and wait for the money to be recovered. Not only

With these, the money they returned will also be subject to certain taxes. At the very least, many Zhao people will be able to go out and find a way to survive." Li Mu said after giving the order.

As for the matter of going out to find work, Li Mu thinks it is feasible. Many slaves are currently mortgaged. If the household registration relationship of the slave population of Zhao State can be solved by buying and selling slaves at this time, this will also be a great help to Zhao State. Zhao State can just take advantage of it.

At this point, we can solve the problem of Zhao State.

Inside the Wei refugee camp.

"We can't add more people. The number of people added is too many." Chen Yu came in anxiously and said.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Er asked, holding a telegram and looking at Chen Yu.

"There are too many people. If this continues, our food needs will not be enough." Chen Yu said worriedly.

"Those militiamen also need money and don't have any extra money to buy food. This is a huge blow to us." Chen Yu said.

"Yeah." Zhang Er just nodded.

"Drink some tea, don't be anxious, take a look at this." Zhang Er said and handed the telegram in his hand to Zhang Er.

"What is this?" Chen Yu looked at Zhang Er and asked. Zhang Er poured him a cup of tea. Tea was a luxury product for Zhang Er. Even the Wei Kingdom could not afford such things now.

"A telegram from the State of Qin." Zhang Er explained.

"The people of Qin need some people to be construction workers. The amount of projects in Qin is huge, even greater than what we are currently building in Korea." Zhang Er said at this time.

"Therefore, they need a lot of manpower. I guess the Qin people started working too much." Zhang Er said and put the tea cup in his hand in front of Chen Yu.

"They need a lot of people, and we also need to solve some of these people's survival problems." Zhang Er said.

"More and more people are gathering here now, but our capacity here is limited after all," Zhang Er said.

"So cooperating with the people of Qin has become the first choice." Zhang Er said.

"The rewards given to people in Qin are relatively high. At least they can live well. However, it is not easy for these people to go to Qin." Zhang Er said.

"What do you plan to do?" Chen Yu arrived.

"It would take a lot of money to send these people up. We don't have so much money to do this," Chen Yu said immediately.

In his opinion, it is not easy to cooperate with the Qin people.

"Well, I've already thought about this matter." Zhang Er said at this time.

"What do you think?" Chen Yu asked.

"Shall we also set up a company?" Zhang Er looked at Chen Yu and asked.

"Company? Like Koreans?" At this time, Chen Yu asked.

"Yes, you have also seen it. Koreans also rely on businessmen to operate, and businessmen pay taxes. The country has money to do many things. Look at our country in Wei. Currently, we are all refugees, and we all hope that someone will pay taxes.

They all hope that the government will do a lot of things." Zhang Er said.

"However, the government's money is also limited. At present, we do not have a lot of financial funds. Under such circumstances, what should we do?" Zhang Er asked, waving his hand.

"Only doing business. Like the Koreans, who set up trading companies, we use these people as commodities and export labor services. Anyway, there are many people gathered here. They need to eat, need clothes to keep warm, and they need something to do.

Now the people of Qin are willing to provide such an opportunity, but we can't get it. But we can do this

Do this. Organize people and cooperate with the people of Qin. They will pay us for their labor. When they work, we will pay them a certain amount for their labor. In this way, we can make a profit and make money. When we have money, we can pay taxes.

.We not only do this, but also let others, more Wei people, do this." At this time, Zhang Er said.

"The method you mentioned is also a method." Chen Yu thought for a while and said.

"This is a way." Zhang Er said.

"This is the only way at the moment. There is no other way." Zhang Er said.

"Yes." Chen Yu nodded.

"Okay, let's do this. Register and establish a trading company. I will do it as soon as possible and discuss with the Koreans how to do it." Chen Yu said.

Then Chen Yu left. People in Qin also need partners to use their labor force. It is best for such cooperation partners to be commercial organizations. If not, cooperation will lack a certain basis of trust. This is a prerequisite for cooperation. And it is exactly like this

The reminder made Zhang Er think about doing business. Wei State needs a large number of businessmen. What the provisional government needs for its operation is not these refugees, nor their representatives. Instead, it is a large number of businessmen who can provide stable tax revenue.

The current dilemma of the Wei State Provisional Government is that they cannot obtain stable sources of finance. Without these, it will be difficult for them to continue.

Sinjung, South Korea.

"The people of Qin need a lot of labor. They have already begun to solve Wei's problems." Zhang Liang analyzed after reading it.

"Well, the people of Qin started a lot of projects at once." Han Shu continued.

"At present, South Korea is not able to start so many projects at once. The railways are relatively well underway," Han Shu said.

"Now we need to connect to Qi State and stabilize more railway conditions in Wei State. As for the affairs of Wei people, we can't control that much," Han Shu said.

"Your Majesty, I think that this matter may have something to do with the State of Wei." At this time, Zhang Liang thinks you want to talk about it.

"Is it related to Wei State?" Han Shu asked.

"What kind of relationship is there?" Han Shu said.

"Your Majesty, the current situation in Wei has not yet been determined. The foundation of the interim government of Wei is very weak. If our people can occupy some positions as commercial traders and cooperate with the people of Wei, for example, in terms of labor cooperation,

, I think it will still be somewhat helpful when solving these problems." Zhang Liang suggested.

"Cooperate with the Wei people. How to cooperate?" Han Shu was a little confused as to why the Wei people were so good to cooperate with.

"Due to the turmoil, a large number of Wei people need to solve more survival problems. For example, food, clothing, and use. However, Wei people are increasingly gathering in refugee camps. Their numbers are large. Recently, their numbers have been...

It is increasing, and if such a number of people continues to be consumed, it will be a big problem." Zhang Liang continued.

"And the jobs that we in South Korea can provide are also very limited. Neither our railway companies nor various factories can continue to accommodate more Wei people. So, so many Wei people have no choice but to go to Qin.

Only then can we solve the problem of survival. But to go to Qin, after all, the journey is long, and just a train ticket is enough to cover many people." Zhang Liang said.

"Yeah." Han Shu continued to listen.

"If we can set up relevant companies, recruit such Wei people, and send them there collectively to accept Qin's engineering projects," Zhang Liang said.

"Then it is a great benefit for us." Zhang Liang said.

"Well, this is a good idea. I think Wei State also lacks such ability." Han Shu thought for a while and said.

"They lack enough funds, and we have more advantages in terms of railway transportation. If we can open a transportation line from Xinzheng to the north of Qin, or to the Western Regions, I think this situation can be greatly improved.

." Han Shu said.

"Well, let's do it like this. Find a way to set up some such companies and start cooperation as soon as possible. The people of Qin are very fast." Han Shu said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Liang agreed. Han Shu thought Zhang Liang's idea was very good.