"With enough steel, urban construction can develop further. Liberalism is what we need." Shang Wen continued.

"Qin country needs cities. You can look at the entire Western Regions, as well as the Hexi Corridor, and the northern region." Shang Wen stood up and gestured on the map with a pen.

"In these areas, there are no big cities at all, and the population is not enough. This situation is very bad for us." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"The next step is for the government to selectively establish some cities in the areas where railways converge and trade is developed. In this way, the State of Qin can count as complete control of these areas." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"Yeah." Meng Yi nodded and agreed with Shangwen's idea. Shangwen had such an idea before, and now such an idea is more certain, but it is right to think about it. Shangwen's idea is a bit advanced. However, as more and more conditions for Qin's development became mature, this gave Qin the conditions to build a large-scale city. Shangwen thought this way just when such conditions were met.

"To build a city, we still have to wait and see. After all, there are still some immature conditions. When they are mature, that is when we are popularized on a large scale." Meng Yi told Shangwen.

"Yes, first of all, railway construction must keep up with the pace of the times." Shang Wen nodded and agreed.

And in the southern border of the Western Regions of the Qin State. On the site of the Union Railway Company.

"The progress of your railway project is not very fast." Wang Zhao worriedly watched the Western Regions working in the company. Although these people have worked very hard. But in the face of huge engineering projects. Such pull is still not enough.

"There is no way. There are too few manpower. Although there are enough materials. However, this manpower is too small. No one, I can't speed up the progress." Li Ming said embarrassedly. He is the main supervisor on the construction site. Although he personally sleeps only four hours a day, his engineering workload is very large. Calculate the mileage, it will be more than seven thousand miles. But he only had 7,000 slaves and more than 1,500 railroad workers. Facing such a large project, he was really powerless.

"Oh. This won't work. The railway construction is related to national defense construction. If you don't speed up the progress of the project, we will not be able to strengthen the defense." Wang Zhao said.

"Sir, we know this too, but unfortunately, our current manpower is very insufficient. The sir should know this better than us. Moreover, this slave is a consumable. If one dies, it cannot be replaced by the other. "Li Ming said.

"Unable to supplement the manpower, and the project schedule is very tight. I can't help it." Li Ming said.

"It's upset when you listen." Wang Zhao said, shaking his head.

"Okay. Listen well. There will be slaves, but your project progress has to be accelerated. Otherwise, it will be detrimental to everyone. You should fix it as soon as possible, and you should not worry about slaves." Wang Zhao said.

"So, can I just ignore the slave in my hand?" Li Ming asked. In fact, his question is also a way to speed up the project.

There are still some engineering supervisors like him. I heard that they also have certain slaves in their hands, but they finish the work faster. The reason is that they don’t hesitate to spare the slaves. The slaves are divided into three shifts for repair, although they are talking about three shifts in turn. , But there are a lot of overtime hours. For example, when the two shifts are handed over, one and a half hours will be spent on the previous shift. This will speed up the project a lot. And the slave has no time to rest at all. Overtime has become the norm. And this kind of engineering intensity consumes a lot of slaves. Many slaves were overwhelmed and exhausted. Many slaves were exhausted alive while laying the railroad tracks. And there are many such things. The consumption of slaves is very large, but they cannot be replenished. Although the speed of the project is much faster, the speed of the project slows down as it goes on. The reason is naturally that the consumption of slaves is very large, and workers are recruited from Wei and Chu. Their labor intensity dare not increase, because they have the nature of labor immigration, and they are protected by the laws of the Qin State. I dare not mention the intensity of work at all.

"Yeah. Maybe. I don't know how long the slaves will arrive, but I think that part of it should be resolved within this year." Wang Zhao said.

"Oh." Li Ming didn't get the answer he wanted, and he didn't dare to work overtime indiscriminately. Others can do this on construction sites, but the speed slowed down a lot in the later stage. He didn't want to see this speed drag on, so he didn't dare to do so.

"I know your engineering speed is the slowest among all engineering teams." Wang Zhao said to Li Ming at this time.

"You cherish the labor force in your hands. The idea may be right, but don't forget. The special weather here, the weather here is much faster than the mainland. I just remind you that this is the Western Regions. Once the weather gets frozen, No construction will be possible. Although the death of slaves will slow down, your progress will speed up. As for slaves, I think there will be many solutions. I just hope you can consider the progress of the project." Wang Zhao said to Li Ming.

"Yes, sir. I will speed up." Li Ming nodded and admitted.

"Okay. Very good, so it's easy to say." Wang Zhao nodded.

"I hope I can see that a railway can be built into Yueshi territory as soon as possible. In that case, your slaves will be very sufficient." Wang Zhao said with a smile. Then he got on his horse and went to inspect the next construction site.

"Huh." Li Ming exhaled at this time.

"Zhang Shun." Li Ming shouted loudly.

"Zhang Shun, Zhang Shun, come out quickly." Li Ming shouted anxiously.

"Come on. Come on. I'm here." Zhang Shun quickly ran to Li Ming when he heard his boss shout loudly.

"Head. What's the matter?" Zhang Shun asked with a smile at this time.

"Starting from today, work overtime. Regardless of whether the slaves live or die, the speed must be accelerated." Li Ming ordered.

"Ah. But." Zhang Shun hesitated.

"Don't worry about so many. There are too many slaves. Someone will add to us when the time comes. Are you still worried about these?" Li Ming asked dissatisfiedly at this time.

"Okay. Head, I understand. I'll start working overtime and improve my speed." Zhang Shun nodded. Although some things do not understand, Zhang Shun decided to speed up the process. After all, the main person in charge here is Li Ming, not himself.