I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 368, Cao Cao's Threat
"Three hundred million yuan is probably not enough. You can't be biased when you are in power. It took 30 billion yuan to develop Liaodong, and at least 30 billion yuan to fight the drought in Jizhou!" Zhang Baiqi said.

Xu Wei said helplessly: "This year's grain production reduction is already doomed, and no matter how much money is spent, it will not be effective."

Whether it is drilling wells or building canals, it takes time. In the current situation in Jizhou, fields far from water sources will basically fail to harvest in July and August, and it is too late to build canals.

Zhang Baiqi said: "Because of the lack of food harvest, it is necessary to find a way for the people in Jizhou to survive. This drought has affected at least more than 200 million people in Jizhou. If they don't find a way to find jobs for them, they will definitely become refugees. Why not take this opportunity to build infrastructure such as water canals, roads, and rails in Jizhou to lay a solid foundation for the future development of Jizhou, so that when the next drought comes, Jizhou will not be able to do anything."

Xu Wei smiled bitterly: "But the prerequisite is to get the 30 billion yuan! You must know that the annual income of the current big man may not have this figure."

Although the big cadres have money, they have more expenses. Among other things, the officials under him are several times that of the big man, and the benefits are also more than the small officials of the big man. It takes a lot of money to feed these officials, let alone the big man. To raise these hundreds of thousands of standing troops, the treatment of the army is comparable to that of the central army of the big men, and the cost of raising this army alone is billions of dollars a year.

The construction of farmland and water conservancy infrastructure in the three prefectures of Hebei, the small cost of compulsory education, the cost of literacy, the cost of urban construction, and the cost of building new factories all consume a lot of money, not to mention the annual repayment of debt interest There are also billions of dollars!It can only be said that the more you earn, the more you spend.

Every sum of money has a destination, and it is difficult to suddenly draw 30 billion yuan to support Jizhou.

And to feed 200 million people in Jizhou, even if the monthly salary is [-] yuan, it will cost one billion yuan a month. This money can support them for three months at most. It can only be said that infrastructure construction is too expensive. With the expansion, the funds that can be invested in each county have become less. Now Jizhou is not as much invested as a county in Mayi!
Zhang Baiqi said: "In power, Liaodong can issue a development bond. Our Jizhou is much more fertile than Liaodong. Is it okay to issue a disaster relief bond in Jizhou?"

Xu Weidao: "There are soybeans in Liaodong, there are century-old giant trees, there is even a struvite, and there are more fishing grounds than Jizhou. What do you have here that can attract people to buy your bonds?"

Zhang Baiqi is speechless. The specialty of Jizhou is grain. Especially at this time when the world is in chaos, the price of grain in Yanzhou across the Yellow River has exceeded 500 yuan. This is not the limit. The drought will continue, and the price of grain will exceed a thousand yuan a stone. is inevitable.

It can be said that grain is the most precious resource in the world, but Dagan implements unified marketing and purchase of grain, and grain cannot be sold freely on Dagan's territory at all. Otherwise, he can get a grain bond, and the entire Dagan Businessmen must flock in.

But Zhang Baiqi still said: "To be in power, to fight for hegemony, food is indispensable, and the support of Jizhou, the granary, is indispensable. Now the price of grain in Dagan is too unfair to me in Jizhou. The price of grain in the Central Plains has reached [-] yuan per shi , but we still have more than one hundred yuan for big work, which is only [-]% of that of the Central Plains.

Although this is for the stability of Daqian, this situation is too unfair to us in Jizhou.Shouldn't the ruling party support us more in Jizhou?

These canals will not be built this year, but will be built next year.If we don't finish the construction this year, what if there is another big disaster next year? "

"Once again, the production and harvest of Jizhou will be cut off. I think that instead of making great efforts to develop Liaodong, it is better to find a way to invest in Jizhou. With this 30 billion investment, I can't guarantee it this year, but next year Jizhou's grain production will definitely be doubled. ! This is an increase in grain production of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, and there is no such increase in production in Liaodong?"

Of course it is impossible. If the grain production in Liaodong exceeds hundreds of millions of stones, at least several years of development will be required. However, the grain production potential in Liaodong is huge, even surpassing that of Jizhou. After all, this is the largest granary in the Celestial Dynasty.

Xu Wei smiled wryly and said, "I'll find a way to raise some money for you, but don't think about 30 billion! Just laugh if you can get a billion!"

In Xu Wei, I learned the unique skills of the hopeful country, used debt to support debt, and made another one billion yuan bond to solve the drought in Jizhou!

Zhang Bai rode on horseback and said, "Okay, plus the 3 million before the administration, that's 13 billion. Please hurry up and get the administration here. Disaster relief here in Jizhou is like firefighting!"

Xu Wei could only look at Zhang Baiqi with a wry smile, and then issued a bond of 10 billion yuan in Jinyang, Jixian, and Yecheng, and it took several months to recruit all the money.

While Xu Wei was staying in Jizhou to fight the disaster, Cao Cao's envoy from Qingzhou on the south bank of the Yellow River came to Yecheng!

Although Xu Wei didn't understand what Cao Cao sent an envoy to do, he still invited an envoy to the Yecheng government office!
Cao Cao's envoy saluted and said: "Big man, Qingzhou Mu joined the army, and Cheng Yu met King Leigong!"

Even though Xu Wei didn't care about his own name anymore, he still said: "Lei Gong is Lei Gong, don't add any kings, make it like a copycat bandit! It's not formal at all, Dagan has already established a country, not a bandit or a bandit power!"

Cheng Yu said strangely: "It is precisely because the king founded the country that I call him the king! Could it be that he is still called Qu Shuai!"

Xu Wei was really speechless, he really made Qu Shuai irregular.

He could only say: "We don't talk about the king here, the emperor, just ask me to be in power!"

Cheng Yu could only helplessly say, "I've seen Mr. Lei rule!"

Xu Wei said: "I don't seem to have any friendship with Cao Cao, what are you doing here?"

Cheng Yudao: "My lord arrested tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers near Mount Tai. Originally, he wanted to kill them to avoid future troubles, but they said he was with Lei Gong's subordinates. My lord did not kill them because he gave the ruling a face. But they After all, they are the bandits of the big man, if my lord does not kill them, he will definitely be blamed by the court, and it may even be said that my lord is connected with foreign enemies!"

Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has not heard from them for a long time.

Xu Wei really sent a lot of men to help them learn how to fight guerrilla warfare, but it was a pity that they met Cao Cao, the son of the half-plane, and they were beaten and fled.Yu Du and the bitter chiefs were all killed in battle. It seems that this group should be the fire of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army now!It's just that they were all caught by Cao Cao, and he used them to blackmail him.

Xu Wei said coldly, "What does Cao Cao want?"

(End of this chapter)