Become a feudal king from today - #953 - Chapter 965: Asking about politics
In the quiet meeting hall, Zhao Xu’s voice was clear and passionate.
When the ministers heard this, they couldn’t help but feel anxious.
Wang Ying bowed and said: “Yes, Your Highness, I will send someone to deliver the bullets when I get back.”
Zhao Xu nodded and calmed down the excitement caused by the metal bullets and hand-cranked machine guns.
After chatting about some military matters, Zhao Xu turned his attention to Liu Fu and asked about the progress of various domestic projects in Dasong.
“Back to Your Highness, the Yanjin Railway has just been completed. After testing, it will be fully open to traffic. The extension of the Yanjin Railway south to Sizhou and to Qinzhou is also in progress. In addition, the railway south to Songcheng is also under construction. , Now we have arrived in Yicheng…” Liu Fu said while dragging a booklet.
When King Yan came back, he would definitely ask about internal affairs, so he naturally made preparations in advance.
“In terms of water transportation, after the civilian shipyard was put into operation, the minister ordered the Commerce Department to purchase the first batch of 500 transport steamships from the shipyard, and prepare to establish a government-run inland river and sea transportation company to enhance the efficiency of domestic transportation in Dasong and promote overseas trade. “
“In terms of industry, this month, nine more 18-county planned workshop areas have been officially completed and put into production, including the characteristic industries of each state and county. For example, four new coal mines have been added in three counties of Jinzhou, and four new coal mines have been built in Lai County, Qizhou. Add a gold mine…” Liu Fu continued to read as he counted his treasures.
Zhao Xu listened carefully. The so-called characteristic industries are industries established based on the different resource advantages of each region.
Areas rich in coal resources are naturally coal mines, and areas with abundant iron ore are naturally iron ore.
Where there is a lot of quartz sand, large glass factories and so on are built.
In this way, the manpower and material resources consumed when allocating resources can be reduced.
“For the construction of Jiangnan industry, I ordered the northern states and the Jiangnan states to provide one-on-one assistance to rebuild Jiangnan as soon as possible.” At this point, Liu Fu stopped and looked at Zhao Xu.
Since he made the decision himself, he didn’t know whether King Yan agreed or not.
“Very good.” Zhao Xu spit out two words.
When he captured all the counties in Yanzhou, he wanted other counties to follow Yan County’s model.
Liu Fu carried this model forward.
After Liu Fu heard this, he sighed and continued to report other matters, “In terms of education, statistics show that the number of students entering Gongshu in Dasong has reached 1.6 million. However, due to the large number of Gongshu, there is a shortage of teachers.”
“In order to make up for the shortcomings, in accordance with the wishes of His Highness, I have ordered the Department of Education to urgently set up normal night schools in various counties to train a group of teachers who master mathematics, chemistry, physics and other subjects. Regular normal universities are also under construction, and there are The key universities in each county requested by His Highness are also under preparation, and some campuses will be completed next summer.”
Zhao Xu nodded slightly and signaled Liu Fu to continue.
“In terms of agriculture, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and peppers have been promoted very smoothly in Jiangbei. Many counties have cooperated with local people to establish planting demonstration areas. The overall scale is considerable. As for traditional rice and wheat, due to the investment of steam forklifts, they have been extensively dug. With the ditches and water flowing, bad farmland has been transformed into good farmland, and it is certain that the harvest will increase tomorrow.”
“Also, with the assistance of steam tractors, the amount of cultivated farmland this year has increased by 30%. If this continues, Dasong’s acres of land will be very abundant.” When Liu Fun thought about this, his face was filled with joy.
Farming is the foundation of the country, and he is most happy to see the acres of land increase.
Next, Liu Fu talked about the construction of wired power stations and other matters.
The introduction lasted for half an hour.
However, neither Zhao Xu nor the ministers felt bored, but all looked excited.
Because this is the great song that fascinates them.
“Everything is developing in a good direction. For this reason, we must resolutely protect the hard-won development results and cannot let the war rekindle in the land of Dasong. The army must shoulder the heavy responsibility in this regard!” Zhao Xu pinched Fist, looking at Chang Wei and other generals.
There is no doubt that the prerequisite for development must be guaranteed by force.
Otherwise, no matter how brilliant the construction is, it will be smashed to pieces by the enemy.
The implication behind his words was naturally that Da Song was under siege by foreign enemies.
“Your Highness, I would like to personally go to Yongzhou to take charge. We will never let the enemy cause harm to Dasong and destroy the development of Dasong.” Chang Wei said solemnly.
For him, the only place where things might go wrong is Yongzhou.
He had wanted to go for a long time, but King Yan did not come back. He needed to take charge of the overall situation in Yanzhou.
Now that King Yan is back, he can rest assured.
Only King Yan can make overall arrangements in Yancheng.
Wangfu’s wired power station is connected to everywhere.
Except that the south cannot reach Jiaozhou and Yunzhou directly, the northern border can basically be directed directly through wired power stations.
“Okay.” Zhao Xu agreed.
Even though Da Song is superior to the opponent in terms of guns and artillery.
However, the troops mobilized by the opponent this time were far greater than Da Song’s troops.
Based on the current information they have.
Jiaozhi gathered 200,000 troops, Piaoman gathered 300,000 troops, Nanzhang and Funan were weak, but they also gathered 50,000 and 80,000 troops respectively.
There are sixty-three troops in the south alone, which does not include the Tianzhu troops and the Western-Turkish Allied Forces that may be supported at any time.
As for the front line from Tubo to Ningjindusi, the most important thing is naturally the troops of Ashur and Mulehongzhen.
In order to destroy Dasong during this siege, Ashur and Mulehon truly fell into madness.
While Ashur was injured, he recruited a large number of Tibetan serfs, while Mu Leihongzhen sent all the children and women of the Beidi people to the battlefield.
This also allowed Beidi to immediately rebuild the four royal tents that he had destroyed.
Together with the Ashur tribe, they have the ability to invest at least fourteen more troops in the Hetao Plain.
In addition, there is the Russian expeditionary force hidden behind them.
This army of 30,000 people will inevitably participate in this war.
Therefore, this war must not be neglected.
I also chatted with the ministers about some military and government affairs, and it was noon.
Zhao Xu and his ministers went to Wuji Palace and held a banquet with Zhao Heng.
In the afternoon, he returned to the palace again.
When they arrived at the dormitory, Yang Susu was coming out of the house and almost bumped into him.
Seeing that it was Zhao Xu, Yang Susu said angrily, “I have prepared lunch for Your Highness to come. I never thought that His Highness went to Wuji Palace again. The dishes are now cold.”
When Zhao Xu heard this, he smiled playfully and said, “It doesn’t matter. I’m not full, so I can eat more.”
Yang Susu believed it, shook her head, and said to Feng’er, who was standing by, “Feng’er, please heat some food for His Highness.”
Feng’er heard this and was about to leave, but Zhao Xu suddenly stopped him. Fu’er said to Yang Susu, “I don’t want to eat these vulgar things. I want to eat something beautiful and delicious.”
For more than a month, he had been living like a monk.
“Yeah.” Yang Susu suddenly blushed from her face to her neck.
Before she could react, she was picked up by Zhao Xu…
Half an hour later, Yang Susu’s tired voice came from inside, “Your Highness is so fierce that I can’t handle it anymore. It’s better to go find Feng’er and Luan’er. It can be considered as rain and dew.”
Zhao Xu’s laughter suddenly came from the dormitory.
There was a sound of footsteps, and the delicate voices of Feng’er and Luan’er came from the side hall connected to the bedroom…