Traveling through Great Qin: Father Qin Shihuang!

Therefore, since then, Yingzheng has brought all the industries of daily necessities under the direct management of the Ministry of Commerce.

Under the leadership of the Ministry of Commerce, a commercial firm exclusively belonging to the imperial court was established, and then these businesses were distributed to the following merchants level by level.

The merchants below are equivalent to working for the Daqin Ministry of Commerce. They can make profits from this, but the production and pricing rights of these things are firmly in the hands of the Ministry of Commerce.

As long as the Ministry of Commerce does not speak, you are not allowed to raise a penny, and you are not allowed to drop a penny!

But even so, these industries under the Ministry of Commerce still make these businessmen in Daqin flock to them.

What's wrong with making less money? With a population of more than 2000 million in Daqin, such a large market, even with small profits but quick turnover, is enough to give birth to a very large chamber of commerce, and the benefits that merchants can gain from it are definitely far more than The price they paid.

Not only that, after doing these businesses, with the Ministry of Commerce behind them, it is impossible to lose money.

Shangjun, Daqin's first oil base.

It is now winter, and this year's severe cold is even worse than before, which has greatly affected the well digging work here.

The continuous heavy snow didn't stop at all, and the snow on the road was enough to submerge people's calves.

No matter how anxious Zhao Che was, it was impossible to forcibly carry out the excavation work under such circumstances.

"It seems that the excavation of the oil well may not continue until the beginning of spring!"

Zhao Che stood on the top of Shangjun City, looked at the heavy snowflakes flying in the sky and said with a sigh.

"Master, there is no need to worry too much. After all, we have successfully detected the location of the oil now. We can start digging directly after the spring, and we can start mining directly at that time!"

Yuhuatian said comfortingly at the side.

Although excavation work cannot be carried out these few days, oil extraction still needs a lot of preparatory work. Zhao Che took advantage of this time to arrange these things in an orderly manner.

As Yuhuatian said, after the heavy snow stops and the road surface melts, we can start mining directly.

"Forget it, it happens to be Chinese New Year soon, it seems that God let me go home to celebrate Chinese New Year!"

Zhao Che laughed, and the oil excavation work is not in a hurry, it's okay to take advantage of this time to go back for a year.

"Go and inform Meng Tian and the others that the oil drilling work will be put on hold for now, and I will continue when I come after the beginning of spring!"

"As ordered!"

……

Not long after, at the gate of Shangjun County City.

Meng Tian, ​​Han Xin and others personally escorted Zhao Che out.

"Champion Hou, be careful all the way!"

"Don't worry, also say a happy new year to the soldiers in Shangjun for me!"

After Zhao Che laughed, he turned around, got into the carriage and left with Yu Huatian and the others.

After Zhao Che and the others left Shangjun, they did not return to Xianyang directly. Instead, they planned to go to Nanjun first to see how Xu Yan's work was progressing. They could also take the train back from there.

After several days and nights of running around, Zhao Che finally came to Nanjun.

This year's temperature is obviously much colder than previous years. Even in a place like Nanjun, Zhao Che can feel a biting chill.

"Master, we have arrived at the county town!"

Since Zhao Che's coming to Nanjun was not informed in advance, the governor of Nanjun and Xu Yan did not know of Zhao Che's arrival.

It wasn't until Zhao Che's carriage arrived at the gate of the county that the commander of the city guard at the gate recognized Yuhuatian, and then hurriedly sent someone back to report to the Nanjun county guard.

Zhao Che didn't let them come out to greet him, but went directly to the county guard's mansion.

When Zhao Che arrived, Xu Yan also came to the gate of the Sheriff's Mansion to welcome Zhao Che.

"My servant pays homage to the champion!"

"You are welcome!"

Zhao Che got out of the carriage, and immediately returned to the Sheriff's Mansion surrounded by everyone.

"I came here this time mainly to see how the construction of the dam is going!"

Zhao Che straight to the point put forward his intention to come.

"Reporting to the champion, the relocation of Guizhou head upstream has been completed, but you can also see the current weather. The heavy rain in the past few days has caused the water level to rise now, and our work cannot be carried out at all."

"More than that, we now have to do everything possible to strengthen the dam to avoid flooding."

"Therefore, we will officially start our construction work, I'm afraid we will have to wait until the heavy snow stops!"

……

Xu Yan shook his head and talked about the problems he had encountered during this period.

"The construction of the dam must be done as soon as possible, and start immediately after the rain stops, and the upstream dam must be reinforced. Before the dam is completed, we must not let the flood affect the progress of our project!"

"I will apply to His Majesty later, asking him to provide a sum of money to strengthen the dam!"

……

Hearing Zhao Che's order, Xu Yan and the others naturally did not dare to disobey, and quickly agreed aloud.

"Champion Hou, according to our estimation, based on the amount of the dam project and the manpower we can recruit now, it may take decades or even hundreds of years to complete the construction. Is it really worth it?"

The governor of Nanjun didn't understand why Zhao Che and Fusu, and even the civil and military officials in the court, valued this dam so much, so he asked with some doubts.

At first, he thought the dam was just a large dam to keep its banks from breaking.

However, after Xu Yan explained to him something about the structure and construction requirements of the dam, the governor of Nanjun discovered that the dam was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

There are many things in the dam that he has never heard of or understood, and he doesn't know what their functions are.

As for the structural drawings of the dam, it is even more confidential, even if he is the governor of Nanjun County, it is impossible to see it.

Therefore, as he learned more, the sheriff of Nanjun also found that, in his opinion, the dam was a loss-making business.

Not only is the project volume and cost greater than that of the Great Wall, but even the final effect is not as obvious as the Great Wall.

"The importance of the dam to my Daqin is absolutely no less than that of the Great Wall, even more, but these things are not something you should understand. What you need to do is to cooperate with Xu Yan and the others, no matter how much it costs or how much time it takes. The construction of the dam must be completed!"

Zhao Che didn't explain too much, but just said something lightly.

"The subject is guilty!"

The governor of Nanjun also realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said, and quickly apologized and stepped aside.

"However, it is indeed too long to build a dam for tens of hundreds of years."

Zhao Che did not vent his anger on the governor of Nanjun, but thought about the construction of the dam.

Tens of hundreds of years are indeed a bit too slow for Zhao Che.

After all, it took a full 12 years when the construction of the dam began in later generations.

But at that time, Huaxia already had its own complete industrial system, and various large-scale industrial machinery could be used to assist in the construction.