"Why is it better to say that the girder is small?"

"Uncle, let me ask you what is the reason for the prosperity of the city, why some cities are so prosperous if they are prosperous, and some cities are abandoned over time?"

Xiao Cong obviously didn't think about this issue seriously.

Yang Guang answered his question directly: "One of the natural resources, all big cities must be close to water sources, most of them are places with abundant water and grass, otherwise even eating water and food is a problem, and this place cannot gather people." ”

"Second, the geographical location, if the city is prosperous, it will be coveted, bandits, rogues, and foreigners want to rob your things, for security reasons, most of them like to defend and difficult to attack places, supplemented by high wall defense, which can be regarded as peace of mind."

"Taken together, these two should be said to be due to geographical factors."

"The third and geography also has some relationship, is transportation, those places with superior geographical locations were born in the city where everyone gathers, and the things between these cities, commodities and specialties must be circulated, and information must be exchanged, so slowly there will be some places where traffic converges, for people to rest, people want to eat, drink and lazar, and all kinds of needs converge, and there is a city that has the function of a transportation center."

"This type of city is often not so superior, even in the plain, there is no danger to rely on, but because it is a traffic artery, most of them are battleground for soldiers."

"Fourth, the imperial city, the head of a county, such a city, called the administrative resources, the emperor, the royal family, the ministers, gathered here, with these people there is a huge demand."

"Cities such as Daxing City naturally have the above functions, and these big cities will have another commonality after they are born."

Xiao Cong asked puzzledly: "What commonality?" ”

"Population siphon."

"What does population siphoning mean?"

"All big cities have an irreversible ability to siphon the population of the surrounding villages, small towns, and even small cities, and people go to higher places, especially young people will continue to pour into the big cities, and I believe that the same is true of Gangneung City."

Xiao Cong roughly understood the meaning of population siphoning, and it was indeed as Yang Guang said, but most young people wanted to break through.

"But Gangneung City is not as good as Daxing City."

"Uncle, don't underestimate the potential of Gangneung City, I just talked about population siphoning, then let me ask you another question, what does the number of people a city carry depend on? Just like Daxing City has a population of nearly one million, and Gangneung City should be at most one-third of Daxing City at a cursory glance, what determines the population gap between the two cities? ”

"Da Liang is not as strong as Da Sui."

"The so-called prosperity is just a very broad concept, the population that a city can carry depends on its urban planning, municipal facilities, jobs, food reserves, a city that can only accommodate 100,000 people cannot accommodate 200,000 people, a city whose food system is only enough for 100,000 people to survive cannot accommodate 200,000 people, and a job that can only support 100,000 people cannot be poured into 200,000 people."

Yang Guang smiled and said: "Uncle, let me tell you that you don't have to worry too much about saying that Daliang is a small place, and the world in the future must be the world of central big cities, just like Daxing City and Nanchen's capital, which spontaneously formed a big city, Jiangling City also has such potential, and in the future, the construction of Jiangling City may be more prosperous than all the places in Xiliang combined." ”

"Can it really be done to that extent?"

"Naturally, it's okay, uncle, I just think it's okay if Xiliang doesn't build, although it's not a natural location, but it's adjacent to the Yangtze River, and the grain production around this area is enough, Jiangling City definitely has potential, and now it is necessary to make Jiangling City have more jobs, can absorb more people, and new jobs need new industries."

Xiao Cong fell into deep thought, and asked the Construction Bureau to come over, it seemed to be a beneficial and harmless business, but why did Yang Guang do such a thing?

Is it really purely because of Xiao Menglan, as far as Xiao Cong's understanding of Yang Guang is concerned, looking at the young boy and the city full of money, he will definitely not do a loss-making business.

Yang Guang and Xiao Cong hooked their shoulders: "Uncle, there will be more places for cooperation between you and me in the future, I, I don't want to look at others, in the future, this Jiangling City will always be the territory of the Xiao family, isn't it better to be more prosperous?" ”

Yang Guang understood from the previous incident of Xiao Cong's purchase of the Great Sui Treasury Bond that his eldest brother was a person with no ambitions, accompanying and lazy, but as the eldest son of the Xiao family, he was responsible for the future of the Xiao family, especially since the second son's rebellion, he is now under great pressure.

He is also very smart and has clear thinking, he knows that Xiliang has been the outpost of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to fight the Southern Dynasty since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the small court has always been controlled by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, after the Sui Dynasty Zhou, Yang Jian treated the Xiao family very politely, and the two families married, but he also knew better that the Western Liang would be annexed by the Great Sui sooner or later.

This is the consensus of everyone, including his father, he Xiao Cong wants to be an Anle Gong and accept the kindness of his brother-in-law, which is obviously a smarter decision.

"I'll discuss with my father, building roads and building cities, this is not a trivial matter."

"Nature."

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Late at night, Yang Guang and Xiao Menglan lay on the bed, Xiao Menglan gently lay on Yang Guang's chest and asked, "Your Highness, is it true that you said that you want to develop Jiangling City?" ”

"Of course it's true, can I lie to you?"

"It's just Your Highness, Gangneung City is not as good as Daxing City after all."

"Menglan, you and I are husband and wife, I naturally have to protect your mother's family, the general trend of the world is rolling in, some things cannot be disobeyed, you can only go along with it, in the future, the Great Sui will definitely start a war with the Southern Dynasty, once the war starts, the Liang Dynasty can only be merged into the Great Sui, at that time, I hope that although the Xiao family has no royal name in name, it will still enjoy the wealth here."

Xiao Menglan understood what Yang Guang meant, and it seemed that they were all aware of the future of the Xiao family, and they didn't have any bad feelings.

"Your Highness, tomorrow I will enter the palace to talk to the queen mother, and let the queen mother also talk to my father, I have to support what you want to do."

"Menglan, don't you count as an elbow turning out."

"I help His Royal Highness to turn his elbow inward, and I understand that what His Highness does should be no harm to my father and the emperor, and the royal brother should not be too entangled in matters sooner or later, the imperial brother is a happy person, and he has been with the mud since he was a child, and it is best to be a peaceful prince."

Xiao Menglan also has her own selfishness, she can get such a preference from the emperor and queen in the Great Sui, firstly because she is sensible, and secondly, because of her identity, if the Xiao family declines, or confronts the Great Sui, then her position will be very embarrassing, and a woman in front of the interests of the imperial court, that love may not be worth mentioning.

She didn't think Yang Guang would give up on her, but she couldn't bet.

The best way is to make the relationship between the Xiao family and the Great Sui closer and closer, and definitely not to stand on the opposite side, the richer the Xiao family, the higher the status, the most beneficial for Xiao Menglan.

Whether it was for herself, for the Xiao family, or for Yang Guang, she had to help Yang Guang advance his plan.

Husband and wife are of the same heart, and their profits are broken.

(End of chapter)