Iron Dynasty

Liang Dahai pinched his waist and looked at the slave who was being loaded into the ship.

These slaves all came from Liaozhou. After Ye Qingyun occupied Liaozhou, a large number of slaves went to Hai Ancient City.

Because the number of slaves reached more than 200,000, they dispatched all ships, including warships, to transport them.

And in order to prevent the slaves from rebelling, a recruit of 8,000 came to Haigu City to be responsible for escorting.

"Oh, with so many slaves, the current slave gap in Dayu is closed." Li Kaiyuan is also in Haigucheng, and his commercial control of Gaoli is still in progress.

Liang Dahai opened his mouth wide, the scar on his face trembling with his smile, he said: "No, the emperor may be happy."

"Nevertheless, there should be no ambiguity about the recruitment of workers in Korea. The emperor is now ambitious. This slave is not afraid of too many, but less of it."

After all, the two laughed knowingly at the slaves. In their opinion, with these many slaves, the development of Dayu Kingdom will surely leap forward.

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In Shanhaiguan, Lu Fei escorted the slaves from Pingzhou City to this place while implementing the Guandong policy.

After some rest, these 120,000 slaves arrived in Qingzhou after a seven-day trek.

"The emperor, these slaves must be given to our railway department. The railway is in short supply. The few people Liang Dahai recruited from Goryeo are not enough."

Princess Pingyang in the royal study room was very dependent on the posture of not leaving. The slave and Qingzhou came to her like a cat who asked about the smell of fish.

Xiao Ming returned to Qingzhou two days earlier than this group of slaves. At this time, the news of the victory of the army of the Kingdom of Great Yu was widely known in the newspapers.

When he returned to the city, almost the entire Qingzhou people greeted him by the side, making him feel the grandeur of returning home in triumph.

With the prestige of the victory, Xiao Ming clearly felt that the officials' attitude towards him was more respectful than before, just as he had expected.

Coupled with a reputation for being a good fighter, his status is even more unshakable in the country of Da Yu, and there are even articles in the newspaper that compare him to an eternal sage.

This article was written by Fan Zeng himself. Although the taste of flattering is obvious, it also proves from the side the shock that the defeat of the barbarians brought to the people of Da Yu.

Because this is not only a national strategic victory, but also a reshaping of national self-confidence.

In addition, the by-product of this victory was the purpose of Princess Pingyang, a large number of slaves from the grassland.

"Don't worry, aunt, this batch of slaves is just the beginning. The slaves from Liaozhou will soon arrive in Qingzhou, and if we successfully take Jinzhou, we will get more slaves." Xiao Ming said calmly.

The reason why he came back from Shanhaiguan was to deal with the slave issue. For him, the dividends of the war were very rich.

This slave frenzy will bring a lot of precious labor to the country. Only when the labor force increases can he build large-scale facilities in the country.

Princess Pingzhou trembled with laughter when she heard the words. As the chief officer of the Railway Department, she has experienced a change in her mentality from what she initially dealt with to build a railway network in the country.

It is not that she has become noble, but the magical role of the railway and the huge profits that it can bring make her feel that her position will be more stable.

"The emperor said that, I feel relieved." Princess Pingyang relaxed, and she said to Xiao Ming: "The emperor, now the Qingzhou-Laiwu railway has been repaired by half, and another 100,000 slaves will be given to me. It only takes a year for the railway department. It can connect Qingzhou to Laiwu and Qingzhou to Kaiping."

Xiao Ming's eyes brightened. One year is not long or short. If this route is opened up, it will bring incredible changes to Liuzhou's industry.

After pondering for a while, he said: "Of course this slave came close to the railway operator, but one year is too long. I will open to traffic by the end of this year."

In fact, it is not very difficult to build a railway on a flat plain like Qingzhou Prefecture. According to data, on June 9, 1881, the first self-built railway in the Qing Dynasty from Tangshan to Xugezhuang was constructed only for the Tangxu Railway. For three months.

Although the railway is only twenty miles away, the number of workers used to construct the railway is very small.

And now there are more than 200,000 people who build railways under the railway department, and the number of slaves this time is estimated to be as high as more than 300,000.

So many people built a 300-kilometer-long railway, even one kilometer in a day can be completed in a year.

Of course, the Railway Department is not only repairing this route, but also the Qingzhou to Dengzhou route.

This route will pass through Laizhou, which is rich in gold and silver production, and then arrive at Dengzhou until the port.

"Although it was a little troublesome at the end of the year, it is not impossible, but the premise is that the emperor promised these 100,000 slaves." Princess Pingyang's eyes rolled.

The reason why the construction of the railway was slow in the first year was that the slaves had no experience and the production of railroad tracks could not keep up.

Now it's different. They have now trained a large number of elite craftsmen who built railways, and these craftsmen can completely lead the slaves to repair railways independently.

Moreover, after the Laiwu and Kaiping steel mills were established, the output of this railroad track has also kept up, and now there is no need to worry about materials.

"Well, I promise you." Xiao Ming raised his eyebrows. The railway is a long-term project for the soldiers of the country.

Now that the transportation is not very developed, railway transportation will be a magical existence, and it will also be more conducive to the deployment of the army of Great Chongqing.

After asking some questions about railway construction, Xiao Ming let Princess Pingyang leave.

Three days later, Liang Dahai successfully brought the barbarian slaves to Qingzhou~www.wuxiaspot.com~According to the agreement of the Princess of Hepingzhou, he transferred 100,000 slaves to her.

There were more than 200,000 slaves left. Xiao Ming allocated 120,000 to the Department of Minerals, and the remaining 80,000 were stuffed into the slave plantation.

Industry is important, food is also very important, and with the development of industry, the raw materials needed have become more. For example, sugarcane, cotton, rubber and the like are now in great demand.

While distributing slaves, Xiao Ming also sent craftsmen from the Department of Minerals and Iron and Steel Works to Liaozhou. This Liaozhou is contemporary Liaoyang, and the famous Anshan and Benxi iron mines are near Liaoyang.

Among the top five open-pit iron mines in China, Anshan and Benxi are among them, and the proven reserves of Anshan and Benxi iron ore exceed 10 billion tons.

The barbarians have used these two mines where iron ore can be obtained by picking up and forging artillery.

It is precisely because of this that it is so important to conquer Jinzhou, because once Jinzhou is opened up and the three points and one line are connected, these two large iron ore mines will be under his control, and there will be no shortage of iron ore in the early development of the country.