Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 988

[Chapter 988 Summary]

“Bai Shang, you are rolling on the ground, why are you covered in dirt?”

Zhao Xu looked at Bai Shang strangely in the palace study, and asked with a smile.

Just now, he vaguely heard the voices of generals booing outside the palace.

Soon, Bai Shang, Huo An and others arrived.

“General Bai was taken care of by General Yang Zhen.” Huo An gloated.

Bai Shang scratched his head in embarrassment, and then said to Huo An and other generals, “You are all too unjust, and I am not the only one who bullies Di Ying, why don’t you kick your ass, but kick me instead.”

“Hahaha , Who made your butt fat.” A general shouted.

Everyone laughed again.

Zhao Xu shook his head and basically understood what happened, “Okay, stop making trouble, and you, don’t take advantage of your status as the Central Army to bully the generals of other armies, pay attention to unity.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” The generals immediately Standing at attention, Qiqi said.

Zhao Xu nodded, “Since we’re all back, let’s take a good rest and celebrate the new year. Also, how is the battlefield cleaning going?”

The scale of the Yongzhou battle was still very large.

Many people died, and many were seized.

Most importantly, in order to stop Beidi, they laid many mines on the south bank of the Jin River.

Some of these mines were trampled and exploded by Beidi soldiers.

Some parts are still under the snow.

In order to prevent these landmines from harming the people, they must be cleaned up.

Fortunately, when these mines were laid, due to the snow cover.

When laying mines, soldiers can set marks near the mines to facilitate digging.

And he asked Bai Shang to come to the palace when the general came back.

On the one hand, it is to meet them and commend them.

On the one hand, it is to ask about these things.

“Returning to Your Highness, the minefield has been cleared, the bodies of Beidi soldiers have been burned and buried, and the trenches have been filled in.” Bai Shang replied.

After a pause, he continued, “In addition, we seized a total of 160,000 sheep, 90,000 cattle, 520,000 horses, and 420,000 wounded horses. All the armies transported back to make bacon, and we will add another dish to the soldiers later.”

Hearing this, Zhao Xu was slightly delighted.

This time Beidi participated in the war with at least 1.2 million war horses, a huge number.

However, this is not all for the Beidi people who occupy the entire grassland.

In the contemporary nineteenth century, it is recorded that even Japan at that time had 1.7 million horses.

It is easy to raise more than two million horses in the northern grasslands.

In this battle, Bei Di basically lost more than half of his family fortune, which made them gain a lot.

In this way, he did not lose money in this battle after all.

After all, the Battle of Yongzhou consumed a lot of ammunition and food, especially metal bullets, which were all money.

“At present, horses are expensive, but these war horses can bring a lot of income. In addition to giving Chen Hu some high-quality horses to expand the Lancers, the rest of the horses can be sold.” Zhao Xu said.

After pondering for a while, he said again, “At that time, 30% of the selling price will be rewarded to the soldiers.”

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Bai Shang, Huo An and the others were overjoyed when they heard this.

After the currency reform, one tael of silver is equivalent to five hundred yuan.

Soldiers used to be paid three taels, so now they are paid 1,500 yuan a month.

And a war horse is worth thirty taels, which is equivalent to fifteen thousand yuan.

Even 30% of the 520,000 war horses is a very objective number.

At least the soldiers participating in the war can get half a year’s salary.

Seeing that the generals were very happy, Zhao Xu nodded slightly.

Fighting is a thing with the head hanging on the waistband.

Even in contemporary wars, soldiers on the battlefield are treated better than those in the rear.

This is also the reason why he repeatedly rewarded the fighting army.

After asking about some sundries in Yongzhou, Zhao Xu asked Bai Shang and others to go back.

Half a decade later, Qin Shan, Guan Tong and other generals came back from Jiaozhou and Yunzhou, and Zhou Yi and other admirals also arrived.

He convened the generals of the whole army in the Hall of Infinity Palace to summarize the gains and losses of the year.

At the same time, the tasks for next year will be arranged.

After another three days, he summoned the civil officials headed by Liu Fu to summarize the gains and losses like the army, and plan the affairs of next year.

The focus is naturally on the thermal power plant.

He set a deadline for Liu Fu, Wang Chong and others to cooperate with each other, and the power must be turned on in June next year.

Together with the thermal power station, the construction of the substation should also be completed at the same time to realize the power supply to Yancheng.

For this date, he didn’t think it was too harsh.

Because the thermal power stations of this era are not as sophisticated and complicated as they are today, they can be said to be a simplified version.

If the contemporary construction team were to come, the project would probably be completed in half a year.

And he gave it a year and a half, which is quite sufficient.

“How about incandescent lamps, can they be mass-produced during Chinese New Year?” Zhao Xu asked Wang Chong after talking about the thermal power plant.

After all, electricity is energy, and its value needs to be realized through machinery and equipment.

Lighting is naturally one of the uses that embodies the advantages of electricity.

Therefore, during this period of time, he has asked Wang Chong to put the tungsten light bulb on the agenda.

At present, Dasong has a glass industry, can also refine tungsten ore, manufacture tungsten filaments, and have materials for incandescent lamps.

The process of incandescent lamps is not complicated, mainly two parts.

One is a light bulb, which can be blown with a mold.

One is the base. There are two needle-like copper wires on this base, and the tungsten wire is connected in the middle.

After that, heat the bottom of the bulb to fuse with the base.

“Return to Your Highness, mass production will be ready in March.” Wang Chong replied.

Zhao Xu nodded, and the phone was switched on like this.

Yanzhou will be able to achieve electric lighting.

At that time, he will not only light up thousands of households, but also build street lights to light up the streets of Yancheng.

Let the imperial city of Yancheng be like a luminous pearl, radiating brilliance in the dark night, making the world admire.

Then, Zhao Xu looked at Chen Shou and asked about the construction of the iron-clad ship.

This month, the last of the sailing ships were launched.

In the future, Dasong will never build sailing warships again, and will move towards second-generation warships.

“If all goes well, the first ironclad ship will be launched in April next year.” Chen Shou said.

It has been a year since the first experimental ironclad ship was built, and it will be nearly a year and a half in April next year.

Zhao Xu nodded slowly, he can accept this time point.

Then, he said: “Maybe all the vacant docks of sailing warships should be used to build ironclad ships.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Chen Shou said.

Zhao Xu then asked Yang He about the business situation of Da Song this year.

Of course, the focus of the question is foreign trade, whether there is more or less internal trade, but it is only the wool that comes out of the sheep, so there is no need to ask more.

Knowing that the surplus with Korea and Japan is expanding, he showed a satisfied expression.

(end of this chapter)