2667 for the development of the city
The Qin people are helping the Yueshi people to strengthen their logistics and transportation capabilities, and the people involved in the logistics and transportation of the Yue's army are Qin merchants, and they are transporting a large amount of supplies to the Yue's people. In exchange for a large number of slaves, or gold, and loot from robbery. These booty greatly stimulated the merchants of the Qin State to participate in the military operations of the Yue Clan, and in the eyes of the Qin people, they were very good at doing war business, after all, the Qin State made its fortune from war.
Wei State, Northern Liang.
"We also need more manpower to expand our bullet production needs." A bullet factory supervisor said worriedly.
"I see. Got it. Now the Koreans and the Chu people are fighting with the Mengla, and the bullets must be consumed, and the shells are also deadly, so we have to hurry up and transport them to Qingcheng, Jiaozhou, South Korea. There are a large number of ships being loaded there. The director of the bullet factory said anxiously. As for how production can be expanded, that's the next thing, and the thing he's concerned with is how to be able to make money.
Because of the relationship between the large number of laborers, the Wei State has a large population, a small area, and an unusually dense population. Fortunately, there is investment from Koreans, as well as a large number of orders sent by Qin people. Let them build factories here to earn some money. Although the processing costs actually did not get much, it was enough for the development of the northern Liang of Wei, and a large number of laborers were piled up here, so there was no need to use them in vain.
The Qin military factory no longer produces flintlock pistols of simple construction, even the parts and components are no longer produced. Because it takes man-hours to produce something like this. Nor to make money. Because this bullet requires a lot of labor to use. Bullets, for example, require a large number of women to work long hours a day, and the labor force of women in the Qin State has been transformed into workers in other fields. and office workers. And in South Korea, there are also bullet factories in South Korea, but the bullet factories only produce specially customized ammunition for the military, such as special shells for some artillery. grenades, as well as grenades, and so on. Because of the high price and cost, such bullets are produced in relatively few South Korean military factories. The bullets of the flintlock pistol were produced on a large scale in the northern Liang of the Wei State.
Because most of the workers in South Korea are producing some parts. For example, some workers process the springs of flintlock pistols, or spring mattresses. Women are also more likely to work in sales, or clerical work. Only the Northern Beams of Liberty have such an opportunity because they are labor-intensive.
The flintlock bullet required a large number of female laborers to work long hours in the market, the bullet was combined with the paper cartridge case, then sealed, then charged, and then sealed, so that the process came down. It took a lot of manpower to finish the production of bullets, and the flintlock pistol lagged behind, but it sold well. The military factory imported barrels from Zhao State, as well as simple bolts, and the advantages of raw materials from Zhao State-owned factories, and then they assembled them here, and after completing the final oiling packaging, they were packaged and shipped to Qingcheng, Jiaozhou. As for where it will be delivered, it is not up to them.
The North Liang railway is convenient for transportation. The iron works in Handan, Zhao State, could be directly transported to them by the railway from Sinzheng to Handan in South Korea. And on the other hand. They could also get orders from the Qin people and ship them directly to the Qin people's Western Regions, where most of the flintlock pistol assembly was produced anyway.
Relying on the developed railway transportation system, so that the Wei State can get orders, raw materials, and parts from various countries, then process, assemble, and then transport them to the places where the countries need them through the railway transportation system, and they Wei people earn labor-intensive hard money. This money supported the development of the Wei state.
The Wei State in the south is also doing this, the two sides are negotiating, it seems that the two countries are making peace into one country, after all, there is more labor in the south, and it will not be of much use to put them away, and taking advantage of the railway, the Northern Liang is developing very fast.
In addition to flintlock pistol assembly and bullet processing, there are some other productions, such as shoes and socks, finished clothes. The military uniforms of various countries are ordered from the Wei State, and even the military uniforms of the Qin State are also ordered here, for the simple reason that they are cheap. Leather from the north gathered in them, and then they were processed in large quantities into various kinds of leather boots. Leather goods are sold. With these orders to the military, some tanneries also made their own imitations. These counterfeits are sold in remote areas because they are cheap, sturdy and durable. Some farmers fell in love with military boots because they didn't hurt their feet and the socks were good. It's all made of hemp, but it's not very wear-resistant.
Relying on these processing, Wei became the largest handicraft factory, and they exported a large number of goods to various countries, and the population of Northern Liang has faintly exceeded one million, but with the concentration of a large number of people. The price of land has been rising repeatedly, doubling in busy areas, especially near train stations. This made the real estate transactions in the north of Wei Guoliang extremely hot. In order to save the cost of land space. The merchants of Wei are raising their floors. so that there is more room to do business.
The bustling area is a sight, but on the outskirts of Beiliang, there are a large number of slums, which are densely populated, unusually poor sanitation, and water supply facilities are only a few wells. There are no running water facilities, there are few sanitary toilets, people defecate and defecate at will, and diseases are rampant.
The worst part. The law and order situation here is very poor, so bad that it is in a state of anarchy, there are many large and small street gangs, and some gangs even have some sons and hundreds of families participating in the control. This was a big surprise.
The northern beam of Wei developed rapidly, but there are many problems, public security problems, environmental sanitation problems, in addition to their infrastructure is extremely backward, in addition to the central prosperous area, the rest of the roads are very poor, rainy days can not walk, the beam is already low-lying, it is difficult to walk water, so that this aggravates such a situation.
But these Zhang Er and others did not care, they got a lot of land, kept selling land to increase the government's financial revenue, but did something conducive to urban development, they did not do it, because it was a waste of money. Cities are a big problem, and developing too fast is also a problem, because many things are too late to be dealt with, and many problems cannot be solved due to the large population. The Wei government did not yet have the ability to solve such a matter. All of this is restricting their development.