Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 571

[Chapter 571 Prospect]

“Hahaha, I never thought that I, Liu Fu, would finally set foot on the land of Ning Jindusi in my lifetime!”

Yanguan, North Gate.

After two days of trekking, Zhao Xu led the officials to Yanguan.

When he came to the north gate, Liu Fu suddenly picked up a handful of loess from the ground, and when he laughed, tears flickered in his eyes.

The expressions of the other officials were moved, and they kept sighing with emotion that the land was lost and regained.

Zhao Xu stepped on the ground under his feet. Wherever he looked, there were black and red mottled traces, which were the blood left by Beidi soldiers at Yanguan.

A reminder of the brutality with which he and the officers fought.

“Liu Wangfu, where are you now? When you get to Ningcheng and Ningjin, I’ll dig a bag of soil for you and plant flowers to commemorate the victory of Ningjin.” Chang Wei joked with Liu Fu with one hand on his hip.

Liu Fu was stunned for a moment, scattered the soil in his hands, clapped his hands and said, “Hey, General Chang, although you have a stubborn mind, this idea is not bad. Don’t forget it when the time comes, and the flowers will bloom every year in the future It is to commemorate the great victory of Ningjin.”

Hearing this, everyone gave Chang Wei a thumbs up and begged for dirt, which made Chang Wei dumbfounded.

Zhao Xu smiled and let them play around.

If the battle is won, they should be more relaxed and comfortable.

There was a commotion at the gate of the city for a while, and the group continued to walk north.

Chang Wei came here specially to greet them.

Beidi withdrew to the north of Jincheng, and he landed on the land of Ningjindusi, first went to Jincheng, and then to Ningcheng.

Knowing that he was coming, he waited at Yanguan in advance.

“Currently, Ning Jindu has a population of about one million, mainly concentrated in the vicinity of Ningcheng and Jincheng.” On the way to Ningcheng, Chang Wei introduced to Zhao Xu.

Originally, there were about 500,000 slaves in Ning Jin Dusi’s Da Song.

Later Beidi migrated nearly 2 million people.

Half of the two hundred people are Dasong people.

After the defeat of Beidi, both Beidi people and Xiliang people fled north, and at the same time raised their butcher knives at the Dasong slaves.

But thanks to the timely rescue by Zhongli and others, most of the slaves survived.

From now on, they will live in the land of Ningjindusi.

“Besides, we also captured 120,000 people, including Beidi people and Xiliang people.” Chang Wei continued.

Zhao Xu nodded, “Let these captives stay in Ningjindusi, let them feel like they are often enslaved, let them dig mines, dig ditches, build roads and bridges, and in the future there will be rails.”

“Rails?” Chang Weiwen He couldn’t help but startled, he had never heard of this thing.

When Zhao Xu heard this, he realized that he had slipped the tongue, “This thing can’t be realized yet, but it won’t be too far away.”

Naturally, the rails are prepared for steam locomotives.

Now that Yanzhou’s steam engine technology is gradually maturing, he will ask Wang Chong to challenge the manufacture of steam locomotives.

But this is just a plan, after all, building rails requires a lot of steel.

Before that, he had to upgrade the steel industry.

Moreover, the steam engine car needs a high-pressure steam engine, not the ordinary steam engine needed by the workshop, which also needs to be developed by the science and technology school.

“When this thing is built, we will be able to advance step by step, firmly control Ning Jin Dusi, and even control the grassland forever.” Zhao Xu’s eyes showed fascination.

Since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasty’s control over the grasslands has been extremely weak.

The reason is that the frontier is far away and the transportation cost is too high.

Even if it can be defeated, it will cost a lot of money to defend.

If the enemy continues to harass and attack, the cost will continue to rise.

Therefore, when he fought this battle, he hesitated for a long time.

Just defending Yanguan, the cost he paid was very low.

But Ning Jindusi, who is defenseless, will have to pay a high price.

This price may even drag down Yanzhou’s finances.

He didn’t make up his mind until Beidi’s poisoning completely angered him.

After all, the high cost of governance is better than letting Beidi stick to Yanzhou, with a large army suppressing the border, and constantly playing tricks and tricks.

Of course, there is another point, that is, the steam engine is available.

As long as the steam locomotive is developed, he will drive the Beidi prisoners to repair the railway tracks.

Let the rails extend from Yanzhou to Ningjindusi.

In this way, he can realize the rapid deployment of troops and the transportation of grain and grass between Yanzhou and Ningjindusi.

At that time, the mobility advantage of Beidi cavalry will be gone for him.

Wherever the railroad extends will be his territory.

The defense and governance costs of Ning Jindu Division will also be reduced to normal levels.

“Since Your Highness has said it, the last general is looking forward to it.” Chang Wei looked happy.

Ningjin’s great victory is indeed exciting, but Beidi is still alive, which always makes him feel like a thorn in his throat.

When Dasong was at its strongest, the territory was limited to Ningjindusi, and he didn’t even dare to think about the land of black mountains and black soil in the north and the land to the west.

If what King Yan said is true, the future of Yanzhou will be unimaginable.

Chatting along the way, Zhao Xu arrived in Ningcheng at noon the next day.

At this time, Qin Shan and Guan Tong, who had learned the news in advance, were already waiting outside the city gate.

Besides them, Zhao Xu also saw a group of people who were incompatible with the soldiers of Ning Jindu Division.

These people are skinny and wear Beidi armor.

Seeing him coming, he tried to straighten his body, as if to prove to him that he was a useful talent.

“At the end, I will see Your Highness.”

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, Qin Shan and Guan Tong all saluted him.

Zhao Xu waved his hand to signal them to get up.

Patting the two of them on the shoulders, Zhao Xu said: “This time, the war in Ningcheng is the most dangerous, so I thank you.”

“As a member of the royal family’s army, this is our duty.” Qin Shan and Guan Tong Same voice.

Zhao Xu nodded.

Since the establishment of the Military Academy, he not only taught the generals how to fight, but also influenced them on the ideological level.

Let them know why they are fighting, not just for high officials and high salaries and salaries.

Otherwise, they will only be the same as the generals of the powerful army, putting more energy on ingratiating and forming cliques.

To put it simply, he is actually shaping the military soul that belongs to the royal family’s army.

Let this army know its mission.

At the moment, he has set the expulsion of Beidi as one of the goals of the royal family’s pro-army.

In the future, he will also aim at eliminating powerful clans, driving out colonists, and so on.

Then he looked at the skinny soldier and said with a smile: “I heard that during the battle of Ningcheng, many Dasong people who were unwilling to be enslaved by Beidi raised their troops to resist. It should be you?”

Standing behind Qin Shan and Guan Tong It was Yan Wang, he stammered: “Back…His Royal Highness Yan, that’s right.”

He finally seemed to be unable to hold back, and suddenly knelt down in front of Zhao Xu, “His Royal Highness Yan, you are really our reborn parents, If it weren’t for His Highness King Yan, we would all die at the hands of Beidi people sooner or later.”

Yan Wang’s crying seemed to have a chain reaction.

Extending from the city gate all the way inward, he whimpered.

(end of this chapter)