"If you rent a ship, it can greatly stimulate the production of ships, and the price is cheap, there is a great demand for ships on the Chu side, but their own shipyards cannot meet such a large demand in a short time, on the contrary, if we Korean shipyards can produce such ships in a relatively short period of time to obtain benefits, if we can meet such needs, we can occupy the demand for ships in Chu, not only that. In the future, we can also meet the needs of coastal countries such as Qi, Yan, and so on, which will be of great benefit to us. The Minister of the Navy said to Zhang Liang.

"Rent a boat?" Zhang Liang asked.

"Yes. The benefits of chartering a boat are many, we just didn't do it. "The Secretary of the Navy suggested.

"Well, a good suggestion, I'll write it into the plan, but for now we still need to see how the Chu side reacts. Wait, I think, the problem should be solved easily. Zhang Liang has enough confidence that the state of Chu, which is facing the same problem, will agree to the request of the South Korean side as soon as possible.

Qin State, Xianyang.

"According to the information we have gotten, Zhao Guo has been able to produce steel in small batches, and at the same time, in terms of cement production, they can also produce some more popular, low-end cement, which will have a great role in promoting the future construction industry." Meng Yi said to Shang Wen with a frown.

"Wouldn't that be nice?" Shang Wen said to Meng Yi. Shang Wen was scribbling in his notebook. Meng Yi didn't know what kind of scribbling was on it.

"My concern is that if you look at our Qin country, our Qin country's steel production has not increased very well, and the related technology industry has not developed further, although demand is one thing, but I think more that enterprises are suffering under the pretext of demand, resulting in such production not getting on the right track, and they are making effective excuses." Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"Hmm." Shang Wen just nodded.

"For example, Wenyang Iron and Steel, although there have been some small and medium-sized iron and steel enterprises to enter, but iron and steel enterprises are a capital-intensive enterprise, they need a lot of money to complete such a centralized operation, but there is no such enterprise to complete, on the contrary, some enterprises need a lot of steel, for example, machine tool manufacturing. machining, but also the use of special metals. And in this regard, most of it is limited to the manufacture of steel. In my opinion, we should take some targeted measures against Wenyang Iron and Steel. At the very least, it puts a certain amount of pressure on them. Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"Is the cement going to take the same action?" Shang Wen asked such a question.

"Nope. I do not propose such a levy on cement production. I think we should encourage enterprises to produce, and if they can produce more steel, we can not tax them, on the contrary, if they don't produce enough, I think, we should tax, this is one of my ideas, or it can be called, negative production tax, which is mainly aimed at the steel enterprises in Qin that produce more passively, so that they can produce more steel. That's all. Meng Yi said.

"Hmm." Shang Wen just nodded.

"You are right, however, there are some questions, what kind of use do we have for the so many Gunte we produce, who do we sell it to, and digest it ourselves? I think we probably won't be able to consume that much steel. Shang Wen said to Meng Yi worriedly. Meng Yi's worries are right, but we can't completely ignore the role of the market, the current situation in Qin is indeed very bad, a large amount of capital outflow, stimulating the increase in foreign trade, this increase is step by step to the Qin State's high-end product demand slowly increasing demand, this demand is mainly reflected in the production of technology, for some outdated technology needs, Qin State is transferring ideas, or cleaning up, and then transferring profitable enterprise projects to production, which can increase the competitiveness of Qin's products.

And if the one-sided emphasis on production, Qin may cause a situation that ignores the production of finished products and pays attention to a large amount of output, Qin can only further solve the problem of demand after solving such a problem, because Qin's demand comes from neighboring countries, which may be a very complex problem, Shang Wen has already conceived such a problem link when Meng Yi reported this problem, and Shang Wen's idea of scribbling in his notebook is such a one. Shang Wen is also thinking about such problems in detail.

"It's a bit immature, but I think we should tell you some of my thoughts." Shang Wen stood up, took his notebook and told Meng Yi to arrive.

"I think that the technological upgrade of our Qin State comes from demand. Rather than the inadequacy of what we produce in itself. Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"We produce enough things for us to use, but the demand is not very strong, for example, in the case of the railways in the Western Regions, they have a strong demand for roads, but they can't do it, it's a financial problem, and we'll talk about it later." Shang Wen put some questions aside, and Meng Yi patiently sat on the sofa waiting for Shang Wen's insights.

"My view is that our needs, for example, the steel we produce, the construction of Guanzhong has mostly stopped, and we have a relatively developed railway and highway system. But in the surrounding areas, we can't start work because of the lack of capital, and there are other places where trade can't be further stimulated, but if we can solve the problem of production, I think, the problem will be solved quite a lot. Shang Wen said. Meng Yi lifted Erlang's legs, he couldn't wait.

"At present, a large amount of capital is circulating in various countries, which directly leads to the lack of production funds, our iron and steel enterprises are not only as simple as producing steel, at the same time, they need to expand some scale, that is, they have to transfer some iron and steel production lines to other places, such as, Zhao State, the Western Regions, and the northern region, where there is a great demand, ordinary steel still has a large market, and there can provide more sufficient raw materials, you know, the Western Regions, where there is enough coal, Iron resources, which are enough to allow our steel to scale, and the problem of steel production that you are worried about can be solved. Shang Wen said. Meng Yi nodded, indicating that he understood this.

"And these technologies, in our Qinguo Guanzhong area continue to produce, will face a serious cost problem, labor costs, which require skilled skilled workers to produce, but the input of the salary has exceeded the cost, which is why our current iron and steel enterprises are reluctant to produce too much, some technologies for us, has been very backward. But for regions like Zhao and the Western Regions, they are still very advanced, and I think we can transfer such a part of the technology in exchange for a large number of shares and seek greater benefits, which is necessary for the expansion of the enterprise. Shang Wen said.

"Another point, is that we need to increase demand, expand such demand, the current large amount of funds released, we need to find a suitable reason at a suitable time, return so much funds, after all, when countries are carrying out infrastructure construction, we also need Qin, the Western Regions need to build some railways, cities, the same is true for the north, and countries are also actively promoting such infrastructure construction, because in the future development, these facilities will play a great role." Shang Wen said.

"You mean to say? Qin may have to sell more technology in exchange for a large amount of financial support in the future? Meng Yi asked Shang Wen after thinking about it.

"Yes, that's basically what it means. That's what we can do, after all, technology can bring back a lot of money, they need to produce, our technology needs to be transferred, and then new technologies are born, increasing the value of the product, further exporting, in exchange for the growth of our trade. I don't think that steel, glass, cement, and all kinds of military and mechanical products can meet our current needs, although they seem to be relatively backward, but we need to improve profit margins in production, the profit margins of these things have been very narrow, we need to improve some other things, for example, more high-tech things, aircraft manufacturing, radio, and all kinds of electrical equipment, this is what we should do. Shang Wen said.

"Those things don't come cheap, either." Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"But they are basic, we can produce in Qin, Zhao can also, while Zhao's technology is not yet mature, we should vigorously advocate their production, to meet all kinds of needs, winter is passing, spring will come, when spring arrives, it is the time of large-scale construction, such demand will greatly stimulate steel production, cement production, we must encourage this." Shang Wen said.

"Hmm. Well, I don't know what that means, but your idea can drive the production of the enterprise. It's just a matter of taxes, money, and I think we should be prepared for that. We need more taxes, fiscal funds to do this, and low taxes have had a big bad effect on us. Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"Hmm. I already have such a plan, but I have not yet conceived a concrete idea of this. Shang Wen said to Meng Yi. Shang Wen already had a plan to levy taxes, because only in this way could he further increase Qin's fiscal revenue, Qin could not always be in a state of low taxes, and Qin needed to invent some new taxes that were not included in the low tax policy to make up for the lack of Qin's fiscal revenue.