Huh?"

Looking at the report in his hand, Xia Qi sighed softly.

What did he see?

Adams, who was stunned, actually took the initiative to send a report!

You know, this silly boy is well-known in the circle of the chief officials of Great Xia.

In Great Xia, almost all of the people who can hold the position of city lord are capable talents, and people like Adams are still the first one.

If it weren't for the purpose of appeasing the steppe elves, with Adams' ability to do things, it would not have been his turn to be the city lord of Prairie City.

According to the normal process, officials in Great Xia need to accumulate at least ten years of experience before they are qualified to become city lords.

At the same time, the poor development of Grassland City is not Xia Qi targeting him, there is no need.

To put it bluntly, Prairie City is also his city no matter how you say it.

Serra is right in saying that there are nearly three hundred cities in Great Xia, how could she stare at such a grassland city all day long.

Therefore, Xia Qi did only one thing for this city, that is, he didn't do anything and turned a blind eye.

Seriously, if it weren't for Adams sending such a report this time, Xia Qi would have forgotten that there was such a city in his Great Xia territory.

Or it can be said that the city is not important to Xia Qi at all, what matters is the population of the elves.

What's more, under normal circumstances, even if Adams doesn't do anything, driven by the general trend of Great Xia, Prairie City will not be depressed to that extent.

And the reason why it became like this is that his own lack of ability and experience occupies the majority.

As for other reasons, it's not for nothing.

After all, the natural elf is really a little far away from the Great Xia mainland, and the reason why he has been able to hold on to this day is entirely because Xia Qi has made a name for himself in this rank, and no one dares to invade him.

Otherwise, the city would have been destroyed several times.

In addition, at that time, roads and railways had not yet been built, so the merchants gave up on them without even thinking about it.

After all, there are nearly 300 cities in Great Xia, and there is no need to fight for such a small city with no advantages.

Again, businessmen are profit-seeking.

Unless there is some huge interest found in Prairie City, the merchants will not come.

In short, all kinds of reasons are combined, and it is difficult for Prairie City not to be depressed.

Xia Qi was helpless about this, after all, even if he was the emperor, he couldn't let the merchants do loss-making business.

But to say that, after all, it is the city of Great Xia, and he can't really watch the Elf King City go down like this.

If it was before, in the face of such a city far away from the Great Xia mainland, Xia Qi wished that he would directly move to the Great Xia mainland as a whole.

But now it's different, because Great Xia has to move the capital to the south, so the development and expansion of the next period of time needs to be shifted to the south, after all, the capital can't be moved to the border.

In this way, Grassland City does not need to be relocated as a whole, and can develop with peace of mind.

After thinking about it, after Xia Qi and the ministers' discussions, he finally came up with two methods.

1. Promulgate preferential policies specifically for grassland cities.

Since businessmen are profit-seeking, it is better to make them profitable.

However, the strength of the preferential policies is not too large, and it is better to be appropriate.

In this way, those big merchants may not be able to see this benefit, but there are many small merchants in Great Xia.

Almost all the things in the big cities are occupied by powerful big businessmen, and the strength is not enough, and it is difficult to get a piece of the pie.

And in the case of benefits, the small businessman is crazy to confront those big businessmen, and runs to the small city to eat a small cake peacefully, isn't he fragrant?

2. Supporting local business.

Since the outside businessmen don't want to go in, it is the same to simply increase the support for local businessmen and lend their hands to drive the economic development of the grassland city.

Of course, this method is more time-consuming.

In Xia Qi's view, both methods are feasible.

In the end, after Xia Qi's careful consideration, he decided that there were two musts, and as for the specific implementation work, he handed it over to the Ministry of Commerce.

Leave professional things to professional people.

With the intervention of the Ministry of Commerce of Daxia, the economic development of Grassland City began to improve in the following months.

On the one hand, the Ministry of Commerce has attracted small businessmen to settle in with preferential policies, and on the other hand, it has also supported local enterprises in Grassland City.

The two-pronged approach has achieved quite good results.

A few months later, Great Summer entered the winter.

This winter, for those cities that have already popularized electricity, it is not difficult, on the contrary, it is very enjoyable.

Also in this winter, the electric heater launched by Goblin Technology, led by Goblins, was directly robbed.

Even on the premise of hoarding a large amount of inventory in advance, it was almost snatched out of stock.

Jin Ming, this guy directly made a lot of money.

For this, Xia Qi can be said to be happy to see it, and even added fuel to the fire, so that the newspaper has a wave of publicity.

Because, Xia Qi himself is the boss behind it, and the better these goods sell, the more he earns.

With the rise in Daxia's finances, next year's development funds will be settled.

Originally, Xia Qi thought that this winter would pass so peacefully, but who knows, there was a big power outage late one night.

By the time Xia Qi learned the news, it was already the next morning.

Since the palace's electrical system is independent of the city and has a dedicated generator, it was not affected by this widespread power outage.

"In other words, the root cause of this blackout is because of excessive electricity?" Xia Qi looked at the director of the power bureau below and asked.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty. But there are some voltage issues with that."

There was such a large-scale power outage, and the director of the power bureau was also under great pressure.

Since this morning, a large number of people have blocked the entrance of the power bureau, and the protests are about to tear down the roof of the power bureau.

Hearing this, Xia Qi nodded thoughtfully, and then asked again, "What is the situation with the voltage problem?"

The director of the power bureau explained: "Your Majesty, the latest product launched by the goblin king this winter, the electric heater, consumes far more electricity than other household appliances before, and after the winter, countless residents are using it for a large number of long periods of time, so the voltage on the power plant is unstable, the output power is not enough, and it is overloaded."

In this regard, Xia Qi sorted out his thoughts a little.

Xia Qiyan nodded when he heard this, indicating understanding.

However, it is impossible to get people to stop using electric heaters, after all, they are all money!

Xia Qi turned to look at the director of the power bureau and asked, "So, have you found a solution over there?"

The answer to this is yes, otherwise, he would not be standing here.

And his solution is simple, that is, to increase the output power of the thermal power generators of power plants and output high-voltage electricity.

However, high-voltage electricity is too strong for ordinary household appliances, so it cannot be used directly.

To do this, he needed to install a transformer in each area that would adjust the voltage and convert the high-voltage electricity from the power plant into a more stable, sufficiently powerful domestic current.

Then, Xia Qi approved.

Subsequently, the relevant staff, together with the newspaper, gave a brief explanation of the incident, reminded the residents of the electricity problem, and quickly controlled the matter before it became uncontrollable.

And during this period, Goblin Technology also reacted quickly.

Because the electric heater will run for too long when it is turned on for a long time, the problem of voltage rise has attracted strong protests from many buyers.

In order to save its reputation and reputation, Goblin Technology is also fighting.

Their entire product development department spent several days and nights working on the existing electric heater to improve the existing electric heater, sacrificing a small part of the performance in exchange for a greater and more stable output power.

Then, with the help of a newspaper announcement, it was stated that all buyers could choose to exchange the previously purchased electric heater for a new low-consumption version of the electric heater for free.

This move can be regarded as allowing them to successfully save the company's reputation and reputation.

Time flies, and before you know it, the cold winter is over.

After a large-scale power outage last winter due to the large amount of electricity used in electric heaters, the power bureau and the power plant also increased their memory and accumulated experience.

When it came to summer, the use of a large number of electric fans did not cause power outages, which made the people's summer more pleasant than in previous years.

At the same time, the efficiency of the mature power system is also quite high.

Take the latest relevant report as an example, the current electricity penetration in Daxia has reached 58.4%.

Xia Qi is still quite satisfied with this popularization efficiency, and I believe that it should be able to complete the complete popularization before next summer.

During this period, it is worth mentioning the successful development and successive use of hydroelectric generators and wind turbines.

The power generation of the water power station is average, and it can only play a supporting role.

Wind turbines, on the other hand, are popular with elves because of their environmental protection and beautiful windmill shape.

Of course, environmental protection and aesthetics do not change the fact that he has low power generation.

Under this premise, there is nothing to do except build a few more wind turbines to win by quantity.

In addition to power generation, the Academy of Science and Technology has also come up with the latest research results, that is, the telegraph!

It was an invention that would go down in history.

To test the performance of the telegraphs, two telegraphs were placed at the palace and the other at the other end of the city.

With the sound of the telegraph, the telegram came, but it was not words, but a series of codes that no one else could understand.

This kind of code, which has a specific frequency, needs to be translated by the relevant personnel before the content of the telegram can be obtained.

With the accurate content of the telegram, it also symbolizes the official success of the development of the telegraph at this moment, which will be a great moment to witness the evolution of the communication method of Bactria !

In the main hall, the members of the Science and Technology Institute in charge of this R&D project cheered one after another, and even Xia Qi, who had always been calm, showed obvious joy on his face at this moment.

The production of telegraphs and the construction of communication lines soon began, and priority was given to the lords' palaces and barracks in the cities.

Although the current popularization of electricity in Daxia is not yet complete, just allowing those cities that have already popularized to install telegraphs can also greatly improve the efficiency of communication between each other.

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