Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 768

[Chapter 768 Shocking]

Deterrence “What happened to the distribution of the slaves Wang Yanzhong sent back?” After giving Chang Wei a candied date, Zhao Xu looked at Liu Fu.

Although the slave was handed over to the Ministry of Industry, Liu Fu also wanted to intervene.

“Returning to Your Highness, in order to prevent the young and strong from Dongying from being too concentrated and causing chaos, the minister ordered the Ministry of Industry to disrupt the young and strong delivered by Wang Yanzhong, mix them with the Koreans and make them supervise each other.” Liu Fu said after pondering for a while.

Zhao Xu nodded, Koreans and Dongying people did not deal with each other.

Liu Fu pinched them together, without their supervision, they would supervise each other, which is really a coup.

“Except for the Qing Zhuang handed over to the imperial court, Yaxing auctioned the Dongying Qing Zhuang that they kept for themselves during this period. Keep it for yourself.” Liu Fu added, “Most of the slaves were basically bought by the Royal Pioneering Group, and the merchants who opened the workshop.”

“Yes, there will be a group of young adults coming soon, Dongying and Korea The combination of young and old should be able to temporarily alleviate the problem of labor shortage.” Zhao Xu said.

Thinking of something, he said again: “Have you counted the returned spoils and stored them in different categories?”

Speaking of this, Liu Fu grinned to his ears.

In the past, in every war, money from the treasury would flow out, which made him very distressed.

In the first war, the money flowed into the treasury like water, and the amount was huge.

Before the civil strife in Dasong, the annual tax of the whole country was only 60 million taels of silver.

This time, King Yan directly robbed nearly two years of taxes.

For the first time, he felt that the money in his hand was so spacious.

Next, these wealth will greatly promote various constructions in Jiangbei.

There will also be more money loaned to merchants and common people, making private commerce more prosperous.

Jiangbei, which was severely damaged by civil strife, can finally have a spring with a dead tree.

“Everything has been counted. Now silver and gold, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, cloth, iron ingots, etc. are classified into their own categories, and all have been distributed to the corresponding warehouse.”

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, “Just like Qing Zhuang, there will be another one soon .” You have to be busy for a while after the batch of spoils arrives.”

“Your servant is willing to work as long as you want.” Liu Fu’s heart twitched violently again.

…

The three of them were chatting about the war in Japan.

The Hojo father and son, Ono Town, Oda Yamazawa, and Mori Yukatsu are coming to the spinning mill under the custody of the royal soldiers.

As soon as they entered the spinning mill in shackles, they were attracted by the roar of the machines.

And when they saw the spinning machine equipped with 120 vertical spindles, which does not require manpower and spins quickly, everyone was stunned.

Dongying is also a man farming and a woman weaving, so they are naturally familiar with spinning and weaving.

After they stood for a while, the spinning machine in front of them spun out 120 spindles.

Immediately, the female worker pulled out the spindle, replaced it with an empty spindle, and stuffed cotton again for spinning.

“These spinning machines are all driven by steam engines.” The chief in charge of the spinning workshop explained the intention of the soldiers from the palace.

He also led the feudal lords to see the steam engine in the workshop.

Hojo and other feudal lords had never seen a steam engine, and they were all more stupefied than before.

They considered themselves big men in Japan, but now they act like countrymen going to Edo.

No, it is a hundred times more shocking than going to Edo, a thousand times.

These coal-eating iron boxes are powerful, and using a pole to drive the wheels to rotate is too magical.

After staying in the spinning workshop for a while, the soldiers escorted the feudal lord to the weaving workshop.

Here, they saw the flying shuttle loom again, and the picture of cloth coming down from the machine like flowing water left an indelible impression on them.

Then, they were taken to the steam engine workshop to see how to make a steam engine and how a lathe turned castings into fine parts.

After that, they went to the Iron and Steel Workshop and saw the converter steelmaking.

It was the first time they saw flowing molten steel flowing out of a huge converter. They all opened their mouths wide and their eyes were dull.

And this often caused a burst of laughter from the artisans.

After coming out of the steel workshop, they were taken to the firearms workshop, where they witnessed the production of guns and cannons on the assembly line.

While these things made them salivate, they also felt deep fear.

For the rest of the time, they were taken to the locomotive workshop, agricultural machinery workshop, and construction machinery workshop.

They turned pale with fright when they saw the steam locomotive running on the railroad tracks.

During this period, agricultural machinery and construction machinery have also made gratifying progress.

They were lucky enough to meet the first steam tractor, a steam shovel.

These moving machines simply subverted their understanding of the world.

Until the soldiers took them out of the city and escorted them to Jinghai, the feudal lords were still like idiots, speechless for a long time, and there was a huge amount in their hearts.

Boarding the battleship bound for Japan, they were sent back to their respective domains.

The moment he entered Andong City, Hojo Chuankei suddenly said loudly: “The Watanabe case is an idiot, he is going to bring Dongying into a place of eternal doom, and he can no longer be allowed to do anything wrong. Our Hojo family must resist.”

From Yancheng After recovering from the shock of the trip, and being sent back to Dongying, Hojo Chuankei instantly understood why King Yan asked them to go to Yancheng and sent them back.

The Watanabe case is over, and it would be foolish to remain loyal to him.

But at this moment in Dongying, whoever can get the support of King Yan will be invincible.

(end of this chapter)