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As the saying goes, life is unsatisfactory nine times out of ten, the reason is that every day you will encounter new problems, maybe some people will feel very unhappy, or complain about the fate, so as to complain about the heavens and others, but have you ever thought that if this world is upside down, every day is eight or nine times out of ten, it is estimated that you will shout that you are bored.

This is to be born in sorrow and die in peace!

Fang Zhiwen's troubles are not less every day, and recently he has focused on the pressure brought about by the population explosion.

Youzhou is vast and sparsely populated, it is said that no matter how much the population is, it is not a big problem, even in the era of farming, with such a vast land in Youzhou, it should not be a problem to feed one or two hundred million people, not to mention, there is a game world here, resources can be regenerated, and the population that the land can carry should be more.

However, this is not without limitations, first of all, the water source is a problem, maybe a small river can feed a tertiary town, but this town will be classified as a water shortage, if this is a city dominated by mining and processing industry, then it is not a big problem, but if it is mainly agriculture and animal husbandry, then there is a problem.

The consequences of water scarcity are low food production, rapid depletion of land fertility, and prolonged crop rotation cycles, which are fairly basic food problems.

Looking at the overall situation, if the food mobilization is easy and the overall food production is balanced, this is not a big problem, and these cities can be slowly developed to create and discover new economic pillars. But. What if food is already in short supply? This kind of city could not be built, thus. The scope of urban site selection is relatively narrow.

Of course, there is another solution, which is to reduce the size of the city and establish an urban agglomeration dominated by secondary towns to alleviate this contradiction. But this approach is obviously contrary to the strategy of Youzhou's big cities and heavy nodes, which is very risky to change the strategic layout when the surrounding environment is not completely peaceful.

However, this opinion also has a certain market at the top of Youzhou, and many people think that Youzhou is now in danger. There are no forces in the surrounding area that can directly threaten Youzhou, so it is conservative to maintain the old strategic layout too cautiously, which is not in line with Youzhou's political proposition of keeping pace with the times.

This kind of controversy has often appeared in government meetings recently, with Xun Yu and Tian Chou being represented on both sides, with Xun Yu advocating the continuation of the big city strategy and Tian Chou advocating taking the lead in breaking the big city strategy in the central states and counties. Use the combination of large and small cities to solve the bottleneck problem of land accommodation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Wen Ruo also said just now, in Xuansu, Goryeo, Changbai and Lelang, because of the climate, the stability of the water source during the wet period is higher, especially Changbai, Goryeo and Lelang. There are many mountains and few lands, and the layout of today's big cities is basically saturated. Liaodong and Liaoxi, Changli, Youbeiping, Yuyang, and Jixian are relatively flat, and there are many land resources, but the earliest development of this area, and the urban layout has been basically finalized. There is not much room for increments. As for the five counties of Yanbei, water resources are even more limited. At present, almost all cities are located along the Yellow River, and the overall number of other non-agricultural and pastoral cities is close to the danger line. Overall, there is still some space left only in Zhuojun and the southern part of Shanggu, if the layout here is also completed, we can only be forced to invest in not very suitable places, which is not only a big investment, but also a big risk, once the food supply is unbalanced, it will be a catastrophe. ”

Tian Chou in front of the map, pointing to the circles and dots, from the map, the city of Youzhou has formed three city circles, one is around Miyun, in Jixian, Yuyang, Youbeiping and Fengning formed a huge city circle, this circle is composed of more than 20 large cities.

The other is the urban circle formed in Liaodong, Xuansu, Goryeo and Lelang, where there are more than 20 large cities, and there is also the Yanbei urban circle, which is composed of more than 20 large cities.

The population of these three urban circles accounts for seventy percent of the total population of Youzhou, nearly 40 million people, and the average urban population is as high as 600,000, which is not counting the population of aliens, this data is quite scary, if Cao Cao sees this data, it is estimated that his heart must plummet.

Tian Chou's words have long been known to many people, and some people have seen this situation for the first time in such a global way, and they can't imagine that there is a time when there is not enough land in the huge Youzhou.

"Everyone, it's not that we don't have enough land, don't worry about this, you can see at a glance from this map, most of the land is idle, although a large number of wild monsters have been raised, forming a huge wild monster industry chain, but this efficiency is obviously not as high as the efficiency after development."

"Huh"

"It's nature, and monsters don't farm1

Tian Chou also smiled, glanced at the lord who was obviously distracted, shook his head and continued: "However, due to the lack of water resources and the lack of other resources in these lands, it is difficult to support a large city with a population of more than 500,000, and we must also consider the ensuing alien population, a population planned for 500,000 should be measured according to the standard of one million. ”

Everyone nodded, and Xun Yu also nodded silently.

"However, there are not many places left that meet our requirements, and there are still 10 candidate places, and if you count two iron ore and timber industry zones, a fishery and aquaculture site, and a special resource site, we still have 14 candidate cities, and according to our population growth rate, next year, we will face the dilemma of having nowhere to build a city1

This topic is not the first time that has been said, and everyone has turned their eyes to Xun Yu, waiting for his opinion, because he has been insisting on continuing to follow the path of this big city.

In fact, this is very interesting, the big city strategy was set by Fang Zhiwen, but now it is Tian Chou, the confidant who first followed Fang Zhiwen and grew up step by step, and Xun Yu, who joined halfway later, unswervingly supported Fang Zhiwen's strategic idea.

Xun Yu saw that Fang Zhiwen, Zhen Jiang, and Li Xueyin didn't mean to speak, so he cleared his throat and said, "Zitai still thinks that the small town strategy should be implemented around Miyun?" ”

"Yes, I have calculated that in the area with a developed water system around Miyun, about a hundred or so small cities can be built, and these small cities will be based on 100,000 people, including aliens, that is, nearly six million incremental populations can be accommodated. In the Liaodong urban area, more than 130 small towns can be established, about 120 in the Yanbei area, and scattered areas, a total of 500 small towns can be added, and more than 20 million people will be absorbed. And with the increase in the development of these areas, the urban capacity can be further increased, which will greatly alleviate the problems we are currently facing. ”

After Tian Chou finished speaking, he walked back to his seat from the edge of the map.

Xun Yu smiled and said unhurriedly: "I still have those three questions, first, where did the administrative officials come from? Second, where did the guards and officers come from? Third, if anything, will these cities be able to hold on? ”

Tian Chou had already prepared this time, and said unhurriedly: "Whether the city can be held is a question that does not need to be answered, because if the enemy has already hit this area, there is little point in discussing it. ”

Xun Yu smiled, noncommittal, everyone here also has their own ideas, this question is not necessarily a false proposition, you must know that the current layout of the big city is not worried about the enemy coming here, and even the Miyun city belt will become a huge trap to trap and kill the enemy, if there is a small city, then the situation will be complicated.

"As for the first problem, our administrative staff can be appropriately expanded, and cities are not built all at once, as long as we increase the intensity of training and increase the proportion of selected officials, this problem is not difficult to solve."

Xun Yu nodded, shook his head again, and said: "Not only the personnel problem, but also the administrative expenditure problem and management problem, which will greatly increase the administrative cost, and the administrative cost of a big city is completely different from that of a small city." ”

"It's also the inevitable cost of solving the problem, and it's always less than the cost of building a city in a place that doesn't fit.1

"Okay, what about the second question 1

"The army and generals are not a problem, because we have a large number of retired officers and soldiers, and these can be transferred to the defense army, but in terms of expenditure, there will definitely be an increase1

Tian Chou's answer was better than the last time, but it still couldn't fully convince everyone, especially Zhen Jiang and Li Xueyin, the chief officials of the economic department, who were actually not very optimistic about this plan, and in general, the fund utilization efficiency of this plan was too low. From the perspective of businessmen, these small cities are less secure, unable to form intensive production, and the consumption capacity of the population is also low, and the cost-effectiveness ratio is not cost-effective.

Tian Chou looked at everyone's expressions, it seems that he still didn't convince everyone this time, but what did the lord think, why did he propose such a immature plan by himself? Is it just to test everyone's reaction?

Xun Yu also looked at Fang Zhiwen thoughtfully, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, of course he could see with his wisdom that Tian Chou was just being Fang Zhiwen's mouthpiece, and Fang Zhiwen's own thoughts were not necessarily this, Tian Chou's role was to let everyone start to think about the problems facing Youzhou now, and arouse everyone's attention.

Fang Zhiwen, who was distracted, was actually thinking about why the land in reality can support so many people? Is it because of chemical fertilizers, that is, the problem of grain yields, but what about water sources? Could it be that the water shortage in later generations was due to excessive water use due to too many people?

Fang Zhiwen was very helpless, why did he never seem to care about this when he was in that world? However, it seems that Li Xueyin can help with this problem!

"Xueyin, what do you think about this issue? How can we solve this problem if we don't expand our land outwards? ”

Li Xueyin pursed her lips and smiled confidently, Fang Zhiwen finally remembered herself.

"There are two ways, first, to build large-scale water diversion projects, such as canals, large canals, and so on; Second, increase investment in agricultural technology research to improve food production and water resource utilization1

Xun Yu nodded and said, "However, it's not urgent.1 Unfinished to be continued...