Qin State Xianyang.

"Unexpectedly, the people of the Yue family would do this." Shang Wen said after reading the telegram.

"Things far exceeded our expectations. I originally thought that we could just accept the area. But I didn't expect that it would be such a result." Wei Liao said to Shangwen.

"I didn't expect it either." Shang Wen said.

"But this has already happened. We can't say anything more." Shang Wen said, controlling his emotions. To be honest, Shang Wen was very dissatisfied with such a result. As long as Qin State accepts it quickly, a protracted war can be avoided, but such a thing has happened now. War is impossible to avoid. The State of Qin needs to face the war that may occur next. This is not a very favorable thing for Qin State.

"Things have already happened. What we have to do now is to face two wars. Moreover, I personally think that the difficulty is greater in the mountains actually controlled by the Yue people, and the war preparations there are really not optimistic." Shang Wen Shook his head and said.

"It's true, and the cables of the Yueshi people are not well assumed, let alone the railway conditions there." Wei Liao said to Shangwen.

"In this way, our situation will have to carry out two logistical supplies at the same time, which puts a lot of pressure on us." Wei Liao said worriedly.

"This is indeed the case. We cannot reduce military expenditure at all. My solution is to solve the Western Region Dawan affairs as quickly as possible. Meng Yi's idea is to fight quickly. The Dawan nobles demanded that we quell their riots. . This gives us a reason to send troops." Shang Wen said.

"For this pacification of the riot, I personally think that Meng Yi's strategy is correct." Shang Wen said.

"Yeah. As long as we send cavalry troops. It will be faster. They are supported by a batch of hand cannons. I think they can be used. Light artillery can also be used. This reduces their weight and is beneficial to logistics. The supply is less dependent." Wei Liao said.

"At the same time, it can be done in a quick fight and quick release method, but it is hard to say with Wang Ben. We need mountain combat troops, and the logistics supply task is very large." Wei Liao said.

"Yeah." Shang Wen nodded.

"Think of other methods, we can consider using other methods for transportation." Shang Wen said.

Wei Liao just shook his head.

"The prime minister also knows that our current transportation level in Qin State is based on commercial transportation. The current transportation is mainly by railway. Although road transportation has motor vehicles, locomotives are mainly crawler-type. This type of crawler will affect the road. It causes a lot of pressure and is very destructive to roads. Moreover, the parts of the locomotive are worn out. Another way is the airship. The transportation capacity of commercial airships is limited and the weather conditions are very demanding. Yueshi people The controlled area is mountainous. If the airship flies in such a place, it needs a lot of maneuverability. I am worried." Wei Liao said to Shang Wen.

Shang Wen nodded. Speaking of the transportation industry in the Qin State, the current development is somewhat singular. The main mode of transportation is railway. A large number of passenger and cargo flows are completed by railway. The main force of road transportation is still four-wheeled carriages. Despite the emergence of locomotives, it is impossible to further popularize locomotives because of tires. Locomotives need rubber. Qin’s inventors came up with many methods, such as using sponge, a chemical compound, but it is expensive and can only be used on some private vehicles, such as King Qin’s car and Shangwen’s car. Most cars use a kind of glue, which is not wear-resistant. After more than one hundred miles, the wear rate begins to drop rapidly. Qin needs a brand new tire. But because of the tires. Qin was unable to further popularize locomotives, and the use of locomotives was mainly concentrated in engineering and agriculture. This is a great challenge to Qin.

Other transportation, such as air transportation. The price of air transportation is higher, and the transportation speed is half a day faster than that of trains. However, under special circumstances, it is far inferior to rail transportation, or in other words, it is not as stable as rail transportation. However, as a sightseeing tour, taking an airship is a good choice, and the middle class of Qin State can do this.

As for shipping, Qin State does not have such a transport vessel. Qin's current logistics transportation is mostly built on such a basis, and with the upgrade of combat weapons, the Qin army has become more and more dependent on logistics. For example, the consumption of combat ammunition is an astonishing number. During the entire Liaodong operation, the Qin army consumed more than two million rounds of metal fixed-load ammunition. Paper shell ammunition cannot be counted. Because these are all processed goods, Yan Guo also has them. In addition to ammunition, there are also various materials, barbed wire, cable lines, road construction equipment, and iron beams used in bridges. As a result, the pressure on logistics is very high.

But Shangwen currently has no way to solve this problem, because the development of transportation is actually closely related to the development of economic needs.

For example, why the development of railways is faster than the development of locomotives? This is because the economies of various countries have a particularly large demand for long-distance transportation and large-volume trains. Therefore, the development of railways in various countries is faster, and for the development of short-distance transportation, because countries At present, there are only a small number of large cities where railways can meet the rail transport between these large cities, so they can do this. For short distance, because there is not much economic value development, it is directly ignored. In other words, they directly and still use cheap carriages for transportation. This explains why Qin had no problems with long-distance transportation during the Liaodong operation, but they were stuck in short-distance transportation and were far away from the railway supply line. The farther, the worse the logistics situation is.

The development dilemma of the transportation industry is here. At present, the transportation of various countries mainly develops long-distance transportation. Short-distance transportation has not yet reached a place that must be solved. In fact, this has a lot to do with the development of urban agglomerations in various countries. At present, there is only one large city, and there is no small and medium-sized city nearby. Of course, except for the Qin State Guanzhong, the Qin State Guanzhong area cannot reverse the result of the overall weak short-distance transportation.

Perhaps only the extension of time can gradually dilute this effect, but judging from the current effect, I am afraid it is not very optimistic. The main problem is the speed of economic development. And this time requires at least more than ten years to see the effect. This makes Shang Wen feel a little worried. Or they can only rely solely on military orders to stimulate them.