Chapter 198

Dewey was full of ambition. After all, as a man, he suddenly has a province in his hand, a large territory, thousands of people. With power in hand, it is inevitable that there will be a kind of ambition to do a big job.

However, he is faced with many problems.

Financially, although Dewey is not short of money now, there are many places to spend money in the future! If there is no extortion from the United Kingdom of Nanyang, it will not last long only depending on the business income of the imperial capital.

The geographical position of the province of DESAR was the most frontier in the northwest of the Empire.

The kilimarro mountains on the west side of Loran are like a natural barrier, which runs through the continent from north to south for thousands of miles.

This is the Western barrier of the Empire.

But just here in the northwest, there is a big gap in the kilimarro mountains.

This gap is the only breakthrough in the kilimarro mountains, known as the northwest corridor.

The northwest corridor was also the Empire's only route to the northwest desert and grassland. The whole northwest corridor pierces the kilimarro mountains... It's not a small path, but a big gap.

The corridor is tens of kilometers long. The widest part is ten li, and the narrowest part is the corridor entrance near the desert in the northwest, which is also more than two Li wide.

It can be said that the kilimarro mountains block the vast majority of wind and sand in the northwest of the continent, and also block the alien race on the grassland behind the desert.

And this gap is a strategic point!

Du Wei just came to this world. When he was young, he had read some geographical data. At that time, he naively felt that the situation in Northwest China was not difficult to solve.

As long as it's in the northwest corridor. If you build a city or a big military fortress, station some troops all the year round, and firmly control this corridor... Then what are you worried about?

But later, Dewey realized how naive he was!

The idea of building a city wall or a city like a military fortress on this gap is ridiculous. Because there is a big problem: water!

People need water, horses need water!

The earth does not say, even if a military fortress is built to accommodate only 20000 troops... 20000 people's daily water. Where do you come from?

There is no water pipe in this world! Northwest China is a dry land with few rivers, and most of the year is dry. Only in the rainy season can it ease a little. In most places, we can only dig wells to get water.

But the difficulty is that the northwest corridor is a gap in the kilimarro mountains! Geologically speaking, there are rock layers under the ground! Don't mention the river, even if you want to dig a well to get groundwater, you can't do it!

If there's a military fortress here. Tens of thousands of soldiers' water can only be transported by vehicles and horses every day!

People can't live without water all day! Especially in this arid area!

The drinking water of tens of thousands of people is transported by cars and horses every day... It's terrible to think about it!

It's impossible!

Therefore, the establishment of a defensive military fortress in the northwest corridor is nothing more than empty talk.

And the imperial way is. On this corridor, several small sentries have been set up. In this way, once something happens, these sentries can act as a guard. By the way, these posts belong to the northwest military.

And out of the northwest corridor. To the outside, there is the desert, and behind the desert, there are different people in the grassland.

And inside... Is Dewey's province of Desa!

Dewey knew very well that the northwest army and the Empire seemed to be in perfect harmony, and he had just come to the northwest, so he could not expect those sentries in the northwest corridor to protect himself!

In fact, he had always suspected that the northwest army was actually alien to the grassland. And those horse thieves in the desert have collusion!

In this way, the province of Desa is almost unreservedly exposed to the hostile forces! Although it was too barren before, it seemed that neither equine thieves nor other people on the grassland were interested in this place.

But now I'm here. If I want to do something, the first thing is to solve my own defense problem!

In Dewey's view, the geographical location of the capital city of gilliar makes him dissatisfied. The city is far away from the northwest corridor, backed by mountains. Safety is safe. But whether it's a transportation hub, or the coverage of the entire province of Desa. They are not enough to take on the responsibility of the capital city.

Now that he has given up the maintenance of the city and is determined to build a new city, Duwei looks for a long time on the map and finally chooses a place.

Loulan!

This name is the same as a legendary city in the western regions that Duwei knew in his previous life. But here, the difference is that Loulan is the name of a lake.

Loulan lake.

Walking through the northwest corridor to the Empire, you are facing the main road. This is a very good place. In Northwest China, it is very rare to have such a lake. Moreover, the lake area is not small, and there is snow water flowing down from kilimaro mountain all the year round to supplement the water source.

Many caravans travelling to and from the northwest would choose to pass by, replenish the water supply for the caravans in this lake, and then move on. With water, you don't have to drink the bitter groundwater. According to Duwei's previous knowledge, the reason why the groundwater in this area is suffering is that it often carries some substances harmful to human body“ We'll build the new capital city here! " After duvet pointed out the location on the map, everyone in front of him frowned“ My Lord Philip was the first to speak. This future staff that Dewey is optimistic about has become more and more confident: "my Lord, with all due respect, if we build a new town, the cost will be astronomical..." "don't worry about finance." Du Wei said faintly: "fortunately, there is a shortage of everything here, but stones are the most important. It's not difficult to use local materials. I have calculated that if we build a medium-sized city in the south, we need about 4 million gold coins, including the cost of immigration after the construction. In the northwest, everything is cheap. It's a good place. If it wasn't for the financial stress in the northwest, I'm afraid the new town would have been built here long ago. "“ I don't doubt your wealth. " Philip shook his head: "millions of gold coins, I believe you can afford them with your financial resources. But I'm worried about a series of problems after that... "With that, Philip stood up, went to the map, and then pointed to it:" I have three worries. First, sir, you can see that this place is a transportation hub, so can others! Northwest alien, northwest army, they are not stupid! Once a new town is built here, it will be a threat to them, because the new town near Loulan lake will strengthen your control over the northwest Desa Province... And the control of water sources! Such a transportation hub, they will not want to be firmly grasped by you. Second... My Lord, we have just come to the northwest, and we have no complete control over the administration here. After the establishment of the new town, the problem of immigration will be a big problem! We are seriously understaffed. We need a large number of officials to work just because of the relocation problem. What we are most short of now is people! And the third... "Philip said cautiously:" labor problem. My Lord He sighed: "the population in the northwest is very small. Our province has a population of less than 800000. In my opinion, it needs tens of thousands of labor to build such a city! Time... Optimistic estimate, it will take at least two years to complete. In the northwest, we can't collect so much labor. And if we do it by force, I'm afraid... Such heavy labor will cause a civil commotion, and we don't have enough military strength in our hands. With only a few thousand people, it's difficult to control the whole province. And food... We are not ready to feed tens of thousands of workers. Don't forget, the northwest is a low yield area. " Dewey quietly waited for Philip to finish. Dewey was not angry about this guy's opposition to his plan. He thinks that an excellent staff member should think about problems from different angles at any time. He didn't need a valet to shoot horses“ There are a lot of problems, Philip, and you're right. " Dewey's fingers tapped on the map. "But what if I told you I was going to do a miracle?" Duverton looked at his team, including his loyal knight Robert, general Longbottom, Lao Yan, George Bush and some blue ocean disciples“ Three months! " Du Wei said with a smile: "I calculated that I need about 5000 people, 5000 people is enough. In three months, you'll see a new city in this place! " Everyone was speechless with shock. Build a new city in three months? What a joke“ Have you forgotten my other identity? " Dewey smiles: "I'm a magician. And magicians are usually called "miracle makers."