MTL - Number of People-Chapter 2640 The decane scroll hangs red, enclosing

  Chapter 2640 Gui character scroll hanging red, containment

  The last topic is the Anshanyi coal and iron complex that Feng Ziying attaches the most importance to.

  The Anshanyi coal-iron complex was completed and put into operation in June this year. Because the infrastructure in Liaodong is far inferior to that in Gyeonggi and Xuzhou, the construction progress is slower than expected.

   It took a total of one and a half years before the first blast furnace was completed and put into operation. However, with the first blast furnace put into operation, the subsequent blast furnaces were also put into operation in July and August.

  As long as they can smelt iron materials that pass the quality standard, the merchants are already very satisfied. With this mining area and complex that can continue to produce for at least 30 to 50 years, all the efforts are worthwhile.

Moreover, all kinds of resources around Anshan Station are very rich. The construction of the cement factory also started in April last year, and it was completed and put into operation in October. It was quickly applied to the construction of post roads from Anshan Station to Niuzhuang and Liaoyang. Huge effect.

Now the production of the coal-iron complex in Anshanyi has entered the right track, and the output is still rising. The plan for the second round of expansion has been released and will be implemented soon. The cast iron rails are used to build the railway track from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang to Shenyang. It became possible.

  If you want to say that expensive iron materials are now used to make railroad tracks laid on the ground, the merchants still have some blood in their hearts.

  This kind of iron material can be exchanged for a lot of silver if it is pulled out by a boat, but now it has to be laid on the ground for road use. No matter how you look at it, it feels a bit like a prodigal.

But Feng Ziying patiently persuaded these businessmen, especially the first to pave the section from Anshan Station to Liaoyang, and completed the paving of the ten-mile railway track, and used the special-made track carriage to move the four horses easily. It took less than half an hour to pull the four carts, and these four carts were loaded with 80 shi of grain. This kind of transportation capacity shocked all the merchants.

  According to Feng Ziying's estimation, eight carts can actually be pulled by six draft horses, that is, one hundred and sixty shi, or 24,000 catties of grain, can be transported.

If the distance from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang is 280 miles, that is to say, eight horses can easily transport one hundred and sixty shi of grain from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang in two days, or can transport two hundred The armed soldiers arrived within two days, but if you took the post road, you couldn't do it without six days of hard trek, which shows the huge gap between them.

  Not to mention the commercial value, just the military use is exciting, and the commercial value is even more inestimable.

  Especially this mode of transportation, the wear and tear on the carriage is also quite small, far less than the wear and tear on the post road, and the demand for post stations along the road can also be greatly reduced.

So after experimenting with the effect of the ten-mile horse-drawn train, the businessmen all accepted Feng Ziying's plan to try on the journey from Niuzhuang to Shenyang. The crazy move of laying the railway tracks from the ground on the road.

  But as the population continues to flow into Liaodong, the line from Niuzhuang to Shenyang will be the focus of reclamation, so all this is worthwhile.

  According to Feng Ziying's vision, the current production capacity of the Anshanyi coal-iron complex can basically meet the needs of laying railroad tracks from Liaoyang to Shenyang and Niuzhuang. Later, it can further pave from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang to speed up the progress.

  If the plan can be carried out smoothly, Feng Ziying estimates that the construction of the 300-mile railway track can be completed within three years, and the section from Liaoyang to Shenyang can even be completed next year.

The completion of this section of the railway can greatly promote the population migration and gathering along the line from Niuzhuang to Shenyang, and it will also make this line a lifeline of economic development in Liaodong in the future. According to Feng Ziying's vision, this line can also be used The railway track has been laid across Tieling to Anlezhou, from Shenyang to Hetuala in the east, from Jiulian City to Liaoyang through Fenghuang City, and the railway track from Shanhaiguan to Yizhouwei (Yixian) should also be considered. A backbone railway network with Shenyang, Liaoyang and the center.

It sounds like laying a network of railway trunk lines in this era seems to be quite tall, but in fact, the technology content of this stuff is not good. It is not driven by steam locomotives, but has to rely on horses, and the rules of the railway tracks are also narrow. The ability is not satisfactory, of course, it is not the same as road transportation.

  When the steel production capacity in Gyeonggi and Liaodong began to explode, Feng Ziying could really be willful for a while, and now Liaodong is playing with this railway network construction plan.

Of course, this must be a rather long process. Except for the lifeline from Niuzhuang to Shenyang, which must be completed with all efforts because it involves relocation, material supply transportation, and steel trade, the other lines are a kind of Feng Ziying will only start the planning and conception when it is indeed valuable and meaningful.

   And by that time, it is still unknown whether I will still be in Liaodong, and it will depend more on the wishes of the merchants.

  Constructing a shipyard in Jiulian City has also become a research topic.

  This place is located at the mouth of the Yalu River. Liaodong big trees can be harvested and flow down the Yalu River. Moreover, North Korea and Japan are closed to the outside world. It is a good time for Dazhou to vigorously develop maritime trade.

Moreover, in order to control Yezo and Kuwu after the Great Sunday, the Liaodong Shipping must be developed. At the same time, the trade must be deepened to North Korea and Japan, forcing these two countries to accept the trade standards of the Great Zhou and incorporate them into the Great Zhou trade system. Prevent the Xiyi people from infiltrating this area first.

  Feng Ziying already has a draft plan for the construction of Liaodong Province, and it will be submitted to the imperial cabinet after further refinement.

According to his vision, two prefectures, Ningyuan Mansion and Guangning Mansion, would be set up in western Liaoning; three prefectures, Jinzhou, Fuzhou, and Haizhou, would be established in southern Liaoning; Fenghuang Mansion and Zhenjiang Prefecture (Jiulian City) would be established in southeastern Liaoning; , Shenyang Mansion, Anle Mansion, Tieling State, in addition, Jianzhou Mansion was established in Hetuala, and Yizhou was restored in the northern part of Liaohetao. This was also the location of the original Liaoyang Province in the Yuan Dynasty, probably the modern Fuxin, Zhangwu, and Kulun Banner, Horqin Left Wing Back Banner, and Naiman Banner are a large area, which is currently under the jurisdiction of the Yehe tribe and the Horqin people. Feng Ziying directly designated it as the area of ​​Yizhou.

Of course, this plan can only be a rough idea. The Jianzhou Mansion and Yizhou are obviously intended to strengthen the control of Jianzhou Jurchen, Hercynian Jurchen and Horqin people, and completely incorporate them into the governance of the Great Zhou. The structure of this prefecture has not yet taken shape, and it is still far from realizing the prefecture envisioned by Feng Ziying in the future. Without ten or twenty years of construction and integration, it is impossible to even think about it.

There is still a need for a large number of immigrants to guard the border here, and the landless farmers in the inland will be continuously relocated to this area, and efforts will be made to increase development and ethnic integration, so that this area will truly become the fertile land of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and at the same time, it will also become a place to continue eastward in the future. The North laid a solid foundation for bringing the entire former Nuergandus region into substantive jurisdiction.

It doesn't make sense that Tsarist Russia will be able to extend its clutches to this area thousands of miles away in one or two hundred years, but China, which is close at hand, can only watch helplessly as the Tsar annexes the Siberian Khanate and annexes the entire Siberian region up to the sea. It is absolutely intolerable for Feng Ziying to become their land.

   Now that I am here, I naturally have to take the lead in doing many things first. Only by building Liaodong into a new Shandong can it serve as a bridgehead for expanding east to north. Liaodong is not stable, so let’s stop talking about it.

  Without a population of seven or eight million, how can you support the continuous expansion from north to east?

  While Feng Ziying was sitting in the back to conceive the future development pattern of Greater Liaodong, Liu Dongyang, He Renlong, You Shilu and others in the front did not stop and continued to attack north and east.

After regaining Anle Prefecture, You Shilu and Liu Dongyang led their troops out of Qingyang Fort and Zhenbei Pass all the way to the north, heading straight to Argan Mountain. Although there are still hundreds of miles to go, the current Zhou army is full of fighting spirit. High-spirited, he was determined to completely annihilate the Jianzhou Jurchens.

According to what the governor said, as long as the soldiers of the Jianzhou Army have been verified, one prisoner will get twenty taels of silver, and one person will be killed in half. There are at least 20,000 Jianzhou soldiers fleeing northward. As long as one or two are captured, the hard work of this trip will be worth it, and this is not counting the more senior Jianzhou leaders.

The reward offered for the capture of Nurhachi was as high as 100,000 taels. Nurhachi’s son Zhonghuang Taiji offered the highest reward, as high as 30,000 taels, while the other sons also ranged from 5,000 to 10,000 taels. He Heli, Fei Yingdong, An Feiyanggu, Hu Erhan Li Yongfang and Li Yongfang all had the same price of 20,000 taels. If all these people were beheaded or only got their heads, the price would be halved, which greatly stimulated the interest of the soldiers of the Zhou army.

Some people in Zhou Jun even objected to passing this reward order to Donghai Jurchen, but after discussing with You Shilu, Liu Dongyang and You Shilu still passed this situation to Sajia assassination, and let it spread widely on Donghai Jurchen. Now let's see who can get ahead first.

  Jianzhou, a group of troops fleeing north, received bad news on their way to Argan Mountain.

The Warka tribe and the Huerha tribe of the East China Sea Jurchen have turned their backs. The two tribes have spread the reward of 100,000 taels of silver for capturing Nurhachi. In the villages and tribes around the mountains.

The only thing now is that the situation at the Woji Department is still unclear, but the Argan Mountain is the territory of the Varka Department. If you can't go to the Argan Mountain and go to the Woji Department, you can only turn east, but The pursuers of He Renlong and Mao Chenglu had already gone northward from Hetuala and headed straight for Wojibu. If they fled to Wojibu, would they just meet the pursuers from Denglai Town and Dongjiang Town?

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