Chapter 646: A colony triggered by the resources of the Western Regions

The march of the Western Regions went smoothly. Basically, the Allied forces did not encounter much resistance. Especially such an army that is generally equipped with fixed metal ammunition. There is aircraft coordination on it. There are cavalry cannons below. Logistics supplies are close to infinite. The railway has quickly crossed the Hexi Corridor and approached the Xiyukou. A large number of immigrants have taken over a large amount of logistical work. Some mercenaries have withdrawn from the battle to seize a large amount of grassland as their own pasture farm in the future. Settlement work has begun. But this was only a unilateral action by Qin State. Rather than a concerted action by the three countries.

Allied forces have quickly approached the vicinity of today's mountainous Afghanistan. There is basically no man's land. The pace of advance has begun to slow down deliberately. The war in the Southern and Western Regions tends to end. The war in the northern and western regions gradually unfolded. However, the preliminary statistics for the entire Southern Western Region are about the size of the entire Chu State. Qin State expanded a place the size of Chu State in one breath. This makes Zhao Guo and South Korea very unbalanced.

Qin Guo is like a big boss. Zhao Guo and South Korea are like hired workers. The original condition was that Qin only needed food and clothing. use. That's it. Now they suddenly found out. What they asked for is simply not worth it. Just for a little bit of food. use. Just do it for nothing. But Qin State made a fortune. This had to make the other two look jealous.

in fact. The most unbalanced person is Zhao Guo. Zhao Guo contributed the most. He sent a total of nearly 40,000 troops to fight the Western Regions. In addition, more than 30,000 people were sent to help Qin guard the northern defense line. After Wang Zhao saw news propaganda and newspaper reports. Shouted on the Qin State's deception.

South Korea does not matter. The idea of ​​the Queen of South Korea was originally a plan to transfer some of the domestic pressure. Train and expand the army. With the help of Qin's war, new weapons can be replaced and armaments can be expanded. Although paid. But Qin Guo gave a preferential price. Some are free. For example, some gun modifications and officer training. more importantly. Win the trust of Qin.

Of course, neither of them makes less money. South Korea and the Kingdom of Zhao robbed a total of seven thousand stones of gold and jade. One-third of these spoils flowed into Qin indirectly. Banks, service companies, and mercenary organizations have lowered prices for purchases. Yingyu's Western Railway Company even intends to increase train freight rates. Or it is to use banks to buy at low prices. This is a kind of exploit in disguise. Those soldiers can only be exploited even if they rob a large amount of spoils. Because you can't keep fighting with the trophy. And buy land. Obtaining the land permit must be cash. Thus. Qin State obtained land for free. Then it turned the opposite and recurred war fortune.

The gold and jade of the two companies spent huge transportation expenses before they were transported to Qin. After selling the jade, only the gold in it was shipped away. Yingyu has earned a lot of benefit fees with the help of railways. The benefits of war can make a fortune.

Many Zhao people also took the opportunity to make a fortune. After making money, they immigrated directly to the new occupation area. over there. They can become Xinqin people as long as they pay taxes. Enjoy Qin’s low tax burden. But this caused Zhao Guo's dissatisfaction. The State of Zhao also hoped to have a piece of its own "colony" to move Zhao people. Obviously, it is intended to target Zhao Min, who is getting rich. Then levy taxes from these Zhao people.

This is the reason why "colony" was first proposed. South Korea’s proposal of "colonies" is actually for gold. Near today's Assi Gold Mine. The South Korean army occupied it first. The reason is that this information was provided in the large number of prisoners of war they collected. Qin Guo is also investigating the distribution of gold deposits. Especially in the mountains. Yingyu will spend one million gold to buy the mining rights in Tianshan's gold-producing area. But the South Korean army clearly received this astonishing news first. They sent a regiment of troops to occupy the area. After the actual occupation. The Queen hopes to use this to master the region and become an important source of South Korean gold.

Qin's intelligence department has paid attention to South Korea's abnormal state a long time ago. But South Korea used the earliest encrypted telegram to convey the news. The telegrams are delivered uniformly using Qin's telegram book. Telegraph lines are divided into civilian and military. The two are only physically separated, so no password is used. However, when South Korea transmits the password, it uniformly adds one to the end of the number to form a new password message. Qin Guo just found it strange to write it. But I don't know the specific meaning.

This early encrypted message gave South Korea the idea of ​​a "colonial". South Korea must have its own source of gold. This is a national security consideration. South Korea only learned about the power of Qin's banknotes at this time. South Korea’s income was actually settled in Qin’s half-two banknotes. South Korea plans to establish the earliest central bank. Then cooperated with Qin Guo to issue Korea's own banknotes. The issuance of banknotes requires gold reserves.

Qin's attitude towards the "colonies" was somewhat dissatisfied. Qin State is the country with the most investment among the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms. The entire logistics supplies were all completed by Qin State himself. Almost only people were sent from the two countries.

King Qin received such a telegram and believed that the two countries were extorting. Shangwen also thinks that the two countries have done too much. Unfortunately. The three countries only have clear military obligations. However, there is obviously no consensus on the actual distribution of the spoils.

Qin State only discovered a few copper mines and lead-zinc mines near the North Western Region. Only a few gold mines have been discovered. The harvest is very rich in today's Hotan area. Qin Kingdom discovered a large number of primitive jade. The rest needs Qin's geological exploration team to conduct prospecting activities.

For this "colonial" requirement. Shangwen believes that the request is unreasonable. And asked the two countries to refrain from discussions. But such a response may trigger the danger of withdrawal. Wang Jian raised an objection. This is a serious diplomatic crisis.

Shangwen needs to reasonably solve the requirements of the three countries in the distribution of interests in foreign operations. This is equivalent to the boss's unexpectedly increased profit. at this time. The boss has to take out some profits to share dividends to comfort and encourage employees.

But the Western Regions are a potentially big cake. Shang Wen checked certain information. Know that there are a lot of gold and jade in this area. In addition, there are abundant non-ferrous metals. Copper ore, as well as a series of other non-ferrous metals cesium, strontium, etc. the most important is. There are abundant oil and natural gas resources under the deserts of the South Western Region. These are the regional value influences that will affect the "colonies" in the future.

But Shangwen thinks there is one thing. The State of Qin is very favorable. That is, the connection between these "colonies" and the mainland must pass through the Qin State. How to solve this problem. You know this is not the sea. It's land. Traffic conditions are likely to block all contacts in the area.