"Chu people also want to have their own iron factory." Li Mu said to Li Zuoche, looking at the report in his hand.

"Prime Minister, I personally think that we should help them. After all, we have technical advantages in this area. Not only these technical advantages, we also have advantages in prospecting, such as coal mines. In this way, we can expand our advantages." Li Zuoche said.

"It's just that they have established iron plants. What is our future advantage?" Li Mu asked.

"Steel, Prime Minister, you said that as long as we have steel, we can do a lot of things." Li Zuoche said.

"I am very clear about this. But we have only mastered the steel technology at present, and have not transitioned to the production stage, and the types of our iron products processing are relatively single, and steel alone is not enough." Li Mu said.

"Don't worry about this, Prime Minister, we also have some cement factories. They have a great advantage in construction." Li Zuoche said.

"Yeah. I understand this. I have studied the industrial system of Qin. Among them are the power system and the chemical system, and many chemicals are extracted from coal. Our country has rich coal resources. Why can't we use these? The chemical products we need are extracted from coal, such as some bullets. I heard that Qin’s bullets contain a lot of chemical components, such as nitric acid as we know. This is the most important thing in the manufacture of explosives, why don’t we extract them. We We need these things. We still import some explosives from the State of Qin, which is too unreasonable for us. We should have our own industrial system. We cannot rely solely on steel and cement manufacturing." Li Mu said.

"Chemical system?" Li Zuoche was a little puzzled, but he felt that the reason why Li Mu did this was largely to establish Zhao's industrial foundation based on the military industry system. Because only such an industrial foundation can give Zhao the military advantage.

"Yes, we must have our own chemical system before we can have a chemical industry. With such a foundation, we can make more things. We must also hurry up to train talents in this area. We need so many talents too much. "Li Mu said.

"This is a fiscal budget. I asked the Minister of Finance to set aside funds, which is about three million gold. In addition, the price of gold is higher. I plan to sell part of Zhao’s gold reserves to strengthen education in this area. Expenses, although this requires the approval of the parliament, I am ready. I am ready for a war of words. This is related to the future development of Zhao Guo. South Korea can do this, and we can do it." Li Mu said To.

"Well. We can naturally do these things, but it's the things of the Chu country. Whether we cooperate with them, at least we have to occupy a certain proportion of shares. What is this proportion?" Li Zuoche then asked.

"It's very simple. It's lower than the people of Qin. The people of Qin are unwilling to spend more resources and energy in this area. The price they pay is definitely higher, and the cost of Qin people is higher than ours, but we are different. We have this aspect. Experience, our people have an advantage, the price is low, we want to win such a project, because such a project can bring more profits, so we want to occupy such an advantage." Li Mu said.

"Yeah. I understand." Li Zuoche nodded and said.

Qin State Xianyang.

"Meng Tian sent a telegram saying that the Tocharian and Dawan people have some gold reserves for us, and we can give them a lot of material support." Meng Yi said to Shangwen.

"In other words, we support them to deal with the kingdom of peace?" Shang Wen asked.

"Yes, that's it. The situation of the Tocharians is better, but the situation on the Dawan side is not so good. They gave us the news through the Tocharians. So far, we are still unable to communicate with the expeditionary forces. Get in touch. We want to pass the Tocharians to the Dawan people. This will take time, but we can’t wait. The Parthian nation is a cavalry force. They move quickly. It is very likely that we will react. , They have already taken action. Wang Ben has already taken action. They have provided the Tocharians with materials originally intended for the Yuezhi people, but the Tocharians’ ability to transport materials is very limited. We need to build a railway. However, this railway is very difficult to construct, and there is no profit at all. It is just handed over to commercial organizations to carry out. I don't think any railway company is willing to undertake such a project." Meng Yi said to Shangwen.

"Does this need to set an example in finance?" Shang Wen asked.

"Yes, after all, this is a huge investment. It's easy to talk about the railways of other sections. However, the railway projects of the Tocharo and Dawan people can bring considerable profits, and they cannot cause Qin Qin The country builds a railway to provide material assistance." Meng Yi said to Shangwen.

"I understand." Shang Wen nodded.

"In other words, only we can use fiscal funds to solve this difficulty, otherwise, no company is willing to invest." Shang Wen said.

"Yes, that's what it means. They can easily do this. The banks are currently concentrated in Chu, Zhao, and South Korea. After all, many projects can bring profit, but in contrast, Tocharian people , Dawan people, to fight against the Parthian nation, this requires a lot of risk, but the risk is high, but the profit is very small, because many people do not see that there is a large demand for profit. This makes us feel very helpless." Meng Yi said to Shang Wen. The railway operation of Qin State is completed by the railway company. Only when there are great profit benefits, the railway company will carry out the project and then carry out the project. In contrast, the place where the people of Tocharo are more difficult to construct. , The investment is large, and the construction period is relatively long. If there is no financial support, it is very difficult to complete it by private power alone. Shangwen must take this into consideration.

"But we don't have much funds? And the financial aspect is more difficult. We have to think of a way." Shang Wen said.

"Yes, our economic situation is very good, but our fiscal revenue is very limited. We can't rely on borrowing to survive. We must solve some problems, such as some good projects, such as our government. If this is not the case If we do, we may not be able to do much." Meng Yi said to Shangwen.

"To increase fiscal revenue, we need to levy taxes." Shang Wen looked at Meng Yi and said.