I am a child of Daqin Xiong, who supervises the country at the age of eight

Chapter 294 Scarce Supplies
"When we were building this railroad track, there were a few workers who accidentally injured their legs and feet. If we built this track extensively, many people would be killed or injured..."

After Gongshu Shangzao's voice fell, Yingzheng's face was very gloomy.

Well, after hearing about these difficulties, Ying Zhengdou, who was originally happy, was suddenly poured cold water on his excitement.

the reason is simple.

According to the statement of Gongshu Shangzao.

Building this railway is not so easy.

Because so many difficulties need to be solved, and so much manpower is required.

Material resources are easy to solve, Daqin is not a country lacking in products.

Daqin's products are quite rich at the moment.

Because at this time in the Qin Dynasty, neither iron mines nor coal mines had been mined, and there were a large number of exposed surface mineral deposits on the ground.

It can be said that it is easy to mine the steel and coal used in the early days of the industrial revolution.

But here's the problem.

Even with these, Daqin lacks one of the most scarce supplies.

Such a most scarce material is none other than manpower.

The population in the Qin Dynasty was too scarce. The scarcity made it a headache for Ying Zheng, civil and military officials, and Ying Changsheng.

During the Qin Dynasty, such a huge country had a population of only about [-] million.

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

It is conceivable how, how vast and sparsely populated, and how scarce the population is.

Such a deprived population.

It made Yingzheng really hesitate at this moment.

These trains are good, but the problem is.

Laying the rails is such a waste of time.

After thinking of this, Ying Zheng inevitably looked at Ying Changsheng aside, and then asked.

"Changsheng, you have a lot of ideas. Tell me, can this train run off the rails? If you don't rely on the rails, can you use this thing?"

The moment Ying Zheng's voice just fell.

Ying Changsheng shook his head repeatedly and explained helplessly to Ying Zheng in front of him.

"Father doesn't know something. This railway must be built in Daqin. Without this railway, without this rail, no matter how good the steam locomotive is, it will not be able to be used!"

"This is giving me a headache!"

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

Now that's a really mind-boggling experience.

Sometimes, it is difficult to weigh the pros and cons.

I saw Ying Zheng, after thinking over and over again, opening his mouth to ask Gongshu Shangzao in front of him.

"I ask you, is the technical difficulty of building the rails high? If it is handed over to the Huns, can they be competent for this job?"

"This one……"

After hearing this, Gongshu Shangzao was slightly startled.

After a slight hesitation, he turned to Yingzheng and spoke in return.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the difficulty of building this railway is not too high. Most of his jobs are labor-intensive jobs. Those Hun slaves should be able to do this job after simple training. !"

"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 able to do this job, because the Huns were not considered human beings in the eyes of the high-level officials of the Great Qin Empire.

These Huns were prisoners of war and slaves.

The Qin Dynasty is not far away from ancient times.

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

But the Qin Dynasty still retained slavery.

In the Qin Dynasty, slaves were still used.

The Huns are a group of official slaves among the current Daqin slaves.

These Huns were all Huns captured in the Great Qin War against the Huns, and they were working hard in the Great Qin.

Carrying out one hard work after another, this moment should be after hearing Gongshu Shangzao's answer.

After hesitating again and again, he opened his mouth and said.

"Then gather these Huns and let them build the railway!"

"Let them build this railroad!"

"Your Majesty, there are not many Huns left!"

After hearing Ying Zheng's voice.

Prime Minister Li Si was a little embarrassed.

He cautiously stepped forward to Yingzheng, and opened his mouth to answer.

"How come there are not many? I remember that Daqin captured 10,000+ Huns at the beginning. How come there are no more Huns now?"

Ying Zheng's voice fell.

Li Si, the prime minister at the side, was a little embarrassed, and he opened his mouth to explain.

"Your Majesty doesn't know, these Hun slaves are poorly fed, and because they have harmed many people in our Great Qin, many people have enmity with them, and the guards don't take good care of them. Beatings and scoldings, coupled with poor food and drink, death and injury will naturally be inevitable for a long time..."

"Now that I am in Daqin, I am afraid that there are only 5 to [-] Huns slaves left. Now this number is probably far from enough. After all, the railway that I am going to build in Daqin is not one or two sections..."

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

At this moment.

He looked at Ying Changsheng who was startled, and wanted Ying Changsheng to find a way for him.

Ying Changsheng hesitated even more, then looked at Ying Zheng, and opened his mouth to ask.

"Father, how do you plan to solve this problem?"

"This one……"

Ying Zheng was a little hesitant, he saw Prime Minister Li Si beside him. After seeing Ying Zheng's eyes, Prime Minister Li Si had no choice but to stand up and said to Ying Zheng.

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

There are no hands to build railroads.

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

This makes some people puzzled by the magnification lens. Without the ability to increase, what is the use of the law?Is it possible that after adding a few decrees, the number of manpower to build railways can be greatly increased?
This point is inseparable from the current national policy of the Great Qin Empire.

At this time, the Qin Empire was a serious country that relied on severe punishment and law to govern the country.

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

The method of passing government orders during the Qin Dynasty.

through such means.

As a result, Qin has a large number of free slaves.

This is also the reason why Qin's national power is far higher than other countries.

Because the Qin State has a large number of people who are not in need, they do not need to be paid, and they do not need to pay for rations of labor.

It's hard to think whether Qin's national power is not strong.

At this moment, Prime Minister Li Si's solution is to add a few laws that are easy to break.

In this way, Qin will be able to obtain a large amount of free labor.

In this way, if you win the government, won't you be able to build the railway smoothly?

(End of this chapter)