Chapter 294: Scarce Materials

"When we were building this track, there were a few workers who were accidentally injured in the legs and feet, and if we built it on a large scale, I am afraid that many people would be killed and injured......

After the voice of the public defeat fell, Ying Zheng's face was gloomy and abnormal.

Well, after hearing these difficulties, the originally happy winner of the government was splashed with a basin of cold water on the head.

The reason is simple.

According to this statement, the public loses and the upper is made.

Building this railway is not an easy task.

Because there are so many difficulties to solve, so much manpower needs to be consumed.

Material resources are easy to solve, and Daqin is not a country with a shortage of resources.

Great Qin's products at the moment are quite abundant.

Because the Qin Dynasty at this time, whether it was iron ore or coal mine, it was not mined, and a large number of bare surface mineral deposits were on the ground.

It can be said that it can be easily mined for the steel and coal used in the early days of the industrial revolution.

But here's the problem.

Even with these, Great Qin lacked one of the most scarce materials.

Such a most scarce material is none other than manpower.

The population of the Qin Dynasty was too scarce, scarce, so that it was a headache to let the government, the civil and military officials, and the Changsheng.

During the Qin Dynasty, a huge country had a population of only about 20 million.

With such a small population, any city in the future can accommodate it.

One can imagine how vast and sparsely populated it is, and how scarce the population is.

Such a scarce population.

makes Ying Zheng really hesitant at the moment.

These trains are good, but here's the problem.

It's such a waste of time to lay railroad tracks.

After thinking of this, Ying Zheng inevitably looked at Ying Changsheng on the side, and then asked.

"Changsheng, you kid has a lot of ideas, tell me, can this train run off the tracks, can you use this thing if it doesn't rely on the rails?"

The moment when Ying Zheng's voice just fell.

Ying Changsheng shook his head again and again, and he explained helplessly to Ying Zheng in front of him.

"Father doesn't know, this railway must be built, it must be built in my Daqin, if there is no this railway, without this rail, no matter how well the steam locomotive is built, he can't be used!"

"It's a headache!"

After hearing this, Ying Zheng inevitably frowned, in his opinion.

It's a real deal these days.

Sometimes, it's hard to weigh the pros and cons.

I saw that Ying Zheng was making a mistake about the public loss in front of him after thinking about it again, and opened his mouth to ask.

"I ask you, is this technical difficulty in building railroad tracks, and if it is left to those Huns to see, will they be able to do this job?"

"This ......"

After hearing this, the public lost and was slightly stunned.

After a slight hesitation, he opened his mouth to return the favor.

"Back to Your Majesty, the difficulty of building this railway is not too high, most of his work is the kind of work that consumes more physical strength, those Hun slaves, after simple training, they should be able to do this job!"

"Very good, very good, very good!"

After stopping here, Ying Zheng's face inevitably showed a look of joy.

In his opinion.

It would be great if the Huns were up to the task, because the Huns were not considered human in the eyes of the high-level of the Great Qin Empire.

These Huns were prisoners of war and slaves.

The Qin Dynasty was not far away.

The use of slaves in the current Qin Dynasty was a relatively common thing, although the system of the Qin Dynasty was feudal and slavery had ended.

But the Qin Dynasty still retained slavery.

In the territory of the Qin Dynasty, slaves were still used.

The Xiongnu were the official slaves of the Great Qin at the moment.

These Huns were all Huns captured in the battle of the Great Qin to destroy the Xiongnu, and they worked as laborers and coolies in the Great Qin.

One hard work after another is being carried out, and this moment should be after hearing the answer of the public loser.

After hesitating, he opened his mouth and said.

"Then gather these Huns and let them build this railroad track!"

"Let them lay this railway!"

"Your Majesty, there are not many Huns!"

After hearing Ying Zheng's words.

Prime Minister Li Si on the side was a little embarrassed.

He cautiously stepped forward to win the government and replied with his mouth open.

"How can there not be much? I remember that my Great Qin captured more than 100,000 Huns, how come there are no more now? ”

The voice of winning politics fell.

Prime Minister Li Si on the side was a little embarrassed, and he opened his mouth to explain.

"Your Majesty doesn't know, these Hun slaves eat poorly, and because they have plagued many of the people of my Daqin, many people have enmity with them, and the stewards who take care of them are not good at taking good care of them, and they are beaten and scolded a lot on weekdays, plus they eat poorly and drink poorly, and for a long time, death and injury are naturally inevitable......

"Now that I'm in Daqin, I'm afraid there are only 30,000 or 50,000 Hun slaves left, and now this number of people is probably far from enough, after all, the railway that I'm going to build in Daqin today is not a section or two......"

After hearing this, Ying Zheng's face suddenly changed.

At this time.

He looked at Ying Changsheng on the side, and wanted Ying Changsheng to find a way for himself.

And Ying Changsheng hesitated more and more, and then looked at Ying Zheng, opened his mouth and asked.

"Father, how are you going to solve this problem?"

"This ......"

Ying Zheng was a little hesitant, he saw Prime Minister Li Si on the side, Prime Minister Li Si had no choice but to stand up and say to Ying Zheng after seeing Ying Zheng's eyes.

"Your Majesty, why don't we find a way to add a few more laws?"

There was no manpower to build the railway.

However, Prime Minister Li Si did want to add a few decrees.

This makes some people may be puzzled, without the ability to increase, what is the use of the decree? Could it be that a few more laws could greatly increase the number of people building railroads?

This point is inseparable from the current national policy of the Great Qin Empire.

At this time, the Great Qin Empire was a serious country that relied on strict punishment and strict laws to govern the country.

Because the Great Qin Empire also has a national policy, that is, it likes to formulate those laws that are easy for people to break the law, and then let an ordinary free man be transformed into an official slave to serve the country.

During the Qin Dynasty, the way of passing government decrees.

By such means.

As a result, Qin had a large number of free slaves in the territory.

This is also the reason why Qin's national strength is much higher than that of other countries.

Because the Qin State had a large number of labor that did not need it, did not need to be paid, and did not need to pay rations, so it came.

It's hard to think that Qin's national strength is not strong.

At this moment, Prime Minister Lis's solution is to add a few laws that are easy for people to violate.

In this way, the Qin State would not be able to obtain a large amount of free labor.

In this way, won't we be able to build railways smoothly and smoothly?