"If you are sure of this, I won't say much. Let me tell you what you think." When Chen Xi said that he was sure to control the Western Regions, Cao Cao also became interested. The Han Dynasty conquered the Western Regions more than once, but in the end, he was inevitably lost every time. The reason is: five words, the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

"The method is very simple. Build roads, station troops, and relocation and assimilation. Don't play the same trick as the one in the past. Just seal it directly. You know the criminal law of exile. We can do it. Some people who have great achievements and great deeds are not easy to deal with will be exiled there." Chen Xi said with a plain expression.

"That's not enough. How many people can be exiled in just one year? One or two hundred people can be exiled to death, so it's impossible to have more." Cao Cao shook his head, not optimistic about Chen Xi's proposal.

"We are exiled, but we are allowed to bring family, friends, servants, slaves, and other people." Chen Xi said with a faint sarcasm on his face, [In the current empire frame, the borders will no longer be borders. The so-called exile is more of a fool.]

"Is this called exile?" Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Master Chi Yang and Marquis Mei Yang should be considered exiled." Chen Xi looked at Cao Cao calmly, and Cao Cao frowned. He understood why Liu Bei said that the most incredible thing about Chen Xi was his way of thinking.

"If you say this, it's not wrong." Cao Cao nodded and said, "It's just that, I'm afraid it's criticized."

"That's all, let's use the normal method, which is what I said before, and then move those local people back and let our people move over." Chen Xi spread his hands and said, "Anyway, we are close to 50 million people, and our social and cultural aspects are very stable in all aspects. We can easily digest these people."

"Of course, if I don't want to move to the Central Plains, I'm happy to send their gifts out of the country." Chen Xi said with a faint look of contempt. To be honest, he needs those unyielding people to fight against the evil of the Han Dynasty with so-called justice.

Of course, as for who is the real evil, I can only say that the hero, my demon, the one who writes history must be the survivors, morality, etc., which also need to be packaged. At least Chen Xi does not think they are evil.

"In this case, it is not impossible for people to stay and then develop by us. It is just that there is such a problem. Even if you rule the same language, it is inevitable that you will have to compete with each other." Cao Cao seemed to have agreed with Chen Xi's approach, but he was still a little worried about the hidden dangers caused by this approach.

"That's why I have to build a road. I think Cao Gong also knows that if a twelve straight road is connected from Chang'an to Yecheng, how much time it takes for the two sides to communicate will be saved." Chen Xi replied calmly.

"I just have to think about whether it is cost-effective to build a road to the Western Regions like this. From Chang'an to the Western Regions, the benefits that can be obtained from such a road in the Central Plains are completely different from the benefits that can be obtained from the Western Regions." Cao Cao shook his head and said, not interested in Chen Xi's proposal.

Even Cao Cao could not deny that many of the prosperity under Liu Bei's rule was because of the wide county roads that ran through most county towns. In fact, those roads made Liu Bei's rule a whole, and made material exchanges and military dispatch in various regions much simpler.

Similarly, the rule of government orders has become much simpler, which has great benefits for stabilizing the forces. These are the places that Cao Cao saw very much. Unfortunately, even under Liu Bei's rule, there are only a few places in the cement factory.

Liu Bei didn't sell cement. Even if it was strategic materials, Chen Xi would occasionally start selling it. However, the cement that Cao Cao got was built from Chang'an to Nanyang and from Hanoi.

As for other places, Cao Cao was only able to obtain cement. He didn't even dare to build two particularly important roads according to the national and county roads. In Chen Xi's eyes, the roads traveling with the four horses were the standards of the county roads. Even so, Cao Cao clearly felt the convenience of the road. Unfortunately, he couldn't do anything if he wanted to repair it.

Although Xun Yu later thought of using Qin Shihuang to build roads to other places as much as possible, unfortunately, if he wanted to be leveled and not eroded by mud and water, it would be too difficult to build, and the cost was more expensive than buying cement from Chen Xi.

Of course, if the terrible construction level of the Qin people is truly built according to the highest requirements of the Qin Dynasty, it is actually worth it if it counts the service life.

When the Qin Dynasty built the three bridges of the Wei River, it was not damaged from the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty. If it were not for Dong Zhuo's destruction, it would be a big deal to have a problem with the bridge.

Of course, Dong Zhuo destroyed the bridge deck, and the foundation was not damaged. So when Cao Cao came to Chang'an and repaired it, the bridge could be used again. Later, the bridge deck was repaired in all dynasties. It was not until seven hundred years later, and the end of the Five Dynasties that the bridge was really destroyed.

Therefore, it is necessary to build according to the standards of the Qin law, standard wooden and stone buildings, and if they are not deliberately destroyed, they will be maintained as required. The building's service life will be one thousand years...

Of course, that's just a nonsense. The construction method of the Qin Dynasty was not scientific at all. In the end, Xun Yu could only consolidate the roads under Cao Cao as much as possible. Compared with Chen Xi's inferior cement roads, no matter how inferior the quality is, it is much better than the dirt roads.

Therefore, it is better to build a national highway level road that lasts thousands of miles to the Western Regions. In Cao Cao's opinion, it is better to leave it to him to repair the road under his control.

"If you practice in China, there are indeed many benefits, but if you practice in the Western Regions, we will leave a piece of land for future generations." Chen Xi did not show a special expression when he asked Cao Cao's question, but instead asked another question for Cao Cao to answer.

"After that being said, I just always feel that it is not worth it. The 36 countries in the Western Regions do have their own rich side. It is quite beneficial to build such a path, but if they are built in China, it is more valuable." Cao Cao went around and fell on whether it was worth it or not.

Chen Xi pressed his temple and suddenly remembered what the price of his cement was. It seemed to be the same as grain, which means it was about dozens of times more expensive than the cost.

In this way, in Cao Cao's view, the actual price of a road from Chang'an to the Western Regions is basically a hundred times that Chen Xi knows.

Chen Xi’s burning of this thing is actually one of the main solutions Chen Xi used to use labor for relief. However, because Chen Xi dismantled it, those who work did not know what they were doing. Anyway, if they rely on people to do it without machines, they can become labor-intensive industries.

In addition, Chen Xi is engaged in integration, and basically involves upstream and downstream, and finally he can get back the money after spending. In terms of cost, if the upstream and downstream are calculated together, Chen Xi, who has low costs, feels embarrassed to say it himself.

As for labor costs, is this considered a cost? The country is called human resources. Anyway, these people either save money or spend money under Chen Xi's rule. As a result, as long as the value of production capacity is greater than wages, the country has a place to use the excess production capacity, then for Chen Xi, the country is prospering in the country's industries and people's lives are rushing towards a well-off society.

As for the so-called overcapacity, let’s go to bed. If you don’t enter the industrial revolution, you won’t even have an economic crisis. To be honest, the economic crisis is a dream that will never come for countries that have not entered the industrial revolution.

In other words, in Chen Xi's view, Cao Cao's so-called high costs are a little bit short-term. If you really want to say it in the long run, you can make sure that you will not lose money, and Chen Xi will not do business at a loss.

"Ahem, Xuande Gong, can I say no." Chen Xi turned his head and looked at Liu Bei.

"That is one of your properties." Liu Bei said calmly.

"Okay, there are only a few of them that belong to my house, and the others are controlled by the national money house. Although they are also managed by me, the essence is still different." Chen Xi explained casually.

Liu Bei shook his head and said nothing. Whether it was Chen Xi's control or Chen Xi's management was of great significance to future generations, but it was meaningless to Liu Bei.

"What the hell are you two fighting?" Cao Cao frowned and looked at Chen Xi and Liu Bei. These two guys could communicate a lot of things by simply speaking.

"Actually, let's put it this way, the cost is really low, very low, so low that it is about negligible. It's just like I was able to reduce the price of salt to one hundred ounces in Chang'an. In fact, as long as I want, I can make a small profit at one ten ounce." Chen Xi said proudly.

"What?" Cao Cao was shocked. With such an analogy, Cao Cao instantly understood what Chen Xi was going to say.

"Then how much can you suppress this price reduction?" Cao Cao took a deep breath and asked.

"If it is calculated according to the country, these data can be directly smoothed out. If it is directly talking about money, it is actually a bit exaggerating to say that the single digits are actually profitable. As for the current triple digits, it is a bit of a robbery." Chen Xi said while scratching his cheek.

Cao Cao was stunned. If Chen Xi said the truth, then he would really vomit blood. Looking at Chen Xi's expression, you would know that the other party was not meant to be a joke, that is, what Chen Xi said was true, and Cao Cao's face was obviously bloated.

"How much does it cost to white porcelain and glass mirrors?" Cao Cao was a hero after all, so he swallowed it in one breath and said to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi hesitated for a moment, raised his index finger, and then put his hand flat. Cao Cao immediately vomited blood, but it was actually the same as before. In other words, the cost was so low that it fell below the bottom line of normal people's tolerance. How did this be done?
Chapter completed!