Aspirations for Nation and Beauty

Chapter 57: Section 16 Results

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693 was another unsettled year, especially in the eastern continent where droughts were widespread, and the empire also suffered from large-scale droughts. Except for Jiangnan County, which has a dense river network, even the "Imperial Granary" five supported by several huge lakes Lake County can only barely maintain farmland water supply in the areas around the lake. In most areas, agricultural harvests in spring and early spring have suffered the worst or even no harvests in decades.

Countries from south to north have also suffered from droughts of varying degrees. All energy seems to be focused on how to tide over the difficulties and maintain normal production and life. On the one hand, governments of various countries have increased tax collection, and on the other hand, they are also tightening measures. Belts, trying to survive this difficult year, all military operations have automatically ceased, and news of people starving to death continue to come from various places. The rulers will face the dissatisfaction and even uprising of the people, and they have no intention of going back. Consider others.

As for the Qingyang Prefecture in the northwest region under my rule, due to the completion of the water conservancy project, rivers such as the Miluo River and Taiping River, which were melted from the snow water of the Hengduan Mountains, were introduced into various irrigation ditches. Not only was the harvest not affected, but the early spring harvest was already abundant. , Spring will definitely be a bumper harvest. Because Jinzhou Prefecture is close to the Hengduan Mountains, many streams and rivers formed by snow water are introduced into the farmland. In addition, the farmland in the south and central part is gradually being developed by the Gaoyue people, so the crop harvest will also be greatly improved compared to last year. , I estimate that I only need to transfer a small amount of food from Qingyang Prefecture to meet the needs of the Gaoyue people in Jinzhou Prefecture. Of course, they must also provide me with a large amount of high-quality and valuable wood in exchange.

Guide and Bonan Prefectures were not the main producing areas of food to begin with. Coupled with the chaotic social security and drought, many hungry people and mobs took advantage of the situation to rise up and colluded with the already rampant bandits to loot the market towns in the two prefectures. The situation of the large merchants in the two prefectures was precarious. The security forces of the two prefectures were already insufficient. They were exhausted and put out fires everywhere. They were unable to prevent them. Instead, they were attacked by the bandit army. The losses were not small. They had to return to their respective prefectures to defend themselves. They never dared to leave the city easily. The rioting armies were like a prairie fire, and the rioting armies in the two provinces also echoed each other from afar. Affected by this, Longdong Prefecture in Guanxi County and Heishan Prefecture in Heshuo County also began to experience instability.

Although there have not been any signs in the area under my control, in order to take precautions, I have also deployed the first and second regiments of the Qingyang First Guard Division in the area bordering Qingyang and Guide. In view of the The army in Jinzhou was not yet fully trained, so I ordered Cui Weixiu to personally lead the remaining three regiments to station in the area bordering Jinzhou and Bonan to strictly prevent the infiltration of mobs.

At the end of July, I went to Jinzhou Prefecture again to escape the summer heat and inspect various aspects of the work of the Jinzhou local government in the past few months. Lu Xianxian and Di Leina also traveled with me. In the past few months, the two girls have become good friends who talk about everything. Di Leina has a very docile personality. After Lu Xianxian surrendered to my love, she also comforted and cared for Lu Xianxian in a timely manner. The woman quickly became familiar with him.

By the end of July, the population of Qingyang had soared to more than 850,000. Droughts in various places have also promoted the migration of people from various places to Qingyang and Jinzhou in disguise. However, I hold on to the immigration of people from Guide and Bonan Prefectures. The cautious attitude is because I am worried that mob spies will take the opportunity to sneak in. In addition, I have already included these two prefectures in my sphere of influence. Sooner or later, they will be in my pocket, so there is no need to move to Qingyang.

Caressing the pretty face nestled next to me, while teasing Lu Xianxian, "Xianxian, how will you explain to your grandpa this time when you go back?"

"Humph, I'm sorry to say it. You can tell my grandpa yourself." Although she is already mine, Xianxian is always a little embarrassed. After all, she lost her virginity without the explicit consent of her elders. If the elders pursue it, how can I be embarrassed

Looking at Xianxian, who was a little worried, I couldn't help but comfort her: "Anyway, the rice has been cooked. It's useless if you object any more. At worst, you can just follow me back to Qingyang. What's more, I miss you." Grandpa won’t have any objections. If he agrees that you should come with me, you should be mentally prepared. I’m not a saint.”

"Bah, you are really thick-skinned." She smiled shyly and pinched me. I dragged her into my arms and inserted my other hand into her bust, rubbing her firm breasts wantonly. bulge, she immediately collapsed in my arms,

"Sir, this is on a carriage," Lu Xianxian gasped and whispered in my ear, "Dileena is watching too."

"What's the matter? The sound insulation of this carriage is very good. As for Direna, she won't be able to escape for a while."

Di Leina, who had already been swayed, naturally could not escape my clutches, and eventually succumbed to my power. The whole journey was like a romantic journey of love.

When I arrived in Jinzhou, I quietly came to the military camps of two garrison divisions alone. Although the sun was scorching, the four soldiers standing guard at the camp gates held long guns and remained motionless, letting sweat soak through their bodies. From a distance, you can see that in the big competition field, the flags are blocking out the sun, the sound of killing is loud, and the training is in full swing.

"Stop! No idlers are allowed to come near me!" Seeing me approaching furtively, the soldiers on guard were very alert and immediately pounced on me fiercely.

"It's me!" He replied to the soldier while appreciating their alertness in his heart.

"Ah! It's the city guard!" The four soldiers recognized me immediately. They had all received my instructions before, and they immediately performed a standard military salute.

I returned the favor and told them that there was no need to inform them, I was just taking a look below and let them continue to perform their duties.

Entering the Jiaochang Camp, the east half is the training camp for the First Guard Division, and the west half is the training camp for the Second Guard Division and the Directly Affiliated Lancer Regiment.

The First Guard Division is conducting a collaborative combat drill between the cavalry and infantry units. Their basic training is obviously much more proficient than that of the Second Guard Division to the west. As the commander's flag is waved, the war drums are beating. , the infantry, divided into two battle groups, launched a charge towards each other with the cooperation of the cavalry. The formation also changed accordingly. The two sides continued to collide, entangle and then separated. The soldiers in the disrupted formation quickly gathered under the loud orders of officers at all levels to re-form a battle formation.

I hid under the shade of a tree and observed carefully. Liang Chongxin did indeed live up to my expectations. It was not easy to train an army with a large number of new recruits into such a state in just four months. However, This is also what I expected, otherwise I would not have given him such a heavy task.

I quietly turned to the west again, and the training here was just as hot. Under the command of the commander, the spearmen kept waving their arms, throwing waves higher and higher, and the flying spears formed a dark cloud; while the heavy armored infantry carried a strong and huge shield in one hand and a sharp sword in the other. The halberd and spear kept repeating a series of actions, squatting, carrying the shield, raising the spear, and thrusting. Two weapons that would be difficult for ordinary people to pick up appear so light in the hands of Gaoyue soldiers, like children playing with toys. The heavy and thick armor worn on them is not much different from ordinary clothes to them. From these alone, we can see how strong the Gaoyue people are in physical fitness, far exceeding that of other races, not to mention their innate running ability.

But they also have the same weakness, that is, they are not good at using livestock, especially not riding horses. This may be their biggest flaw, but I only need them to take on the heavy responsibility of infantry. As for cavalry, I have a large number of soldiers of other races who can do the job.

As rapid footsteps came from behind, I knew that Liang Chongxin and Mulige were coming.

At the reporting meeting held in the city guard's office, Ling Tianfang made a speech on behalf of various departments of the Jinzhou government.

Four organized towns have been built in the western and southern areas inhabited by the original Gaoyue people. Among them, Woyuan Town and Rongchang Town are located in the central and southern plains. The largest settlement of the original Gaoyue people in the south is named Heping Town to commemorate the town there. An agreement was reached in exchange for peace. The western settlement is Jingpo Town. The guards of these four towns are respectively served by four great elders of the original Gaoyue tribe. Most of the other subordinate staff are also selected from the Gaoyue tribe. More than 30,000 immigrants have also moved in from other places, mainly in the eastern and northern areas suitable for farming. There is also a large amount of uncultivated wasteland in Jinzhou Prefecture, which is enough to accommodate 300,000 people to cultivate and live. The highway from Jinzhou to Qingyang is progressing very quickly and is nearing completion. It is estimated that it will be completed in another month. The road leading to Woyuan Town has been completed, and the construction of the road from Woyuan Town to Heping Town is now being stepped up. Since this section of the road is mainly a mountain road, the progress is relatively slow, but once a section of the road is opened, the eastern foot of the Dahengduan Mountains will Valuable timber, medicinal materials, mountain products, wild animals and even mineral deposits can be continuously shipped out in large quantities, which will effectively promote the development of southern Jinzhou. The roads from Jinzhou Fucheng to Rongchang Town and from Rongchang Town to Jingpo Town have also been designed and planned, and construction is about to begin. The opening of these two roads will connect the western and central parts of Jinzhou. By then, Jinzhou's economy will Will go to the next level. Speaking of this, even Ling Tianfang, who had always been calm and composed, couldn't help but become excited and excited. Even I was a little bit infected.

The economic development is also quite strong. Stimulated by the reduction of taxes, in April, May, June and July, a total of 178 factories, workshops and shops of various sizes were opened, and many others expanded the scale of production and operation. Fiscal revenue has not only not decreased compared with before the tax reduction, but has increased, and the growth momentum is still quite strong. Farmland water conservancy infrastructure has been fully rolled out and is expected to begin construction** after the crops are harvested in October. The War Readiness Administration has also done a very good job. So far, it has recruited 15,000 reservists, of which about 12,000 are Gaoyue people. The entire Jinzhou economy is developing rapidly, social security is stable, and people live and work in peace and contentment.

Then Liang Chongxin and Mu Lige made a brief report on the training situation of the two garrison divisions. The first garrison division already has considerable combat effectiveness, enough to cope with the First World War; the training work of the second garrison division has also made great progress. , but since the Gaoyue tribe soldiers have had almost no formal military training, they still need some time to strengthen, but it is estimated that the expected purpose of the training will be basically achieved by September.

After listening to everyone's reports, I did not hesitate to use any good words to praise the achievements of everyone here. I know that praise from superiors is often better than any other reward. This is not only recognition of their hard work, but also recognition of their hard work. Affirmation of work ability. After the praise, I also expressed my opinion. The training of the army can only be strengthened, not relaxed; the construction of infrastructure can be slowed down appropriately. After all, it will take some time to raise funds. Although the empire’s third tranche of 900,000 imperial gold coins It has been transferred to Qingyang account through Wanfeng Bank, but I am worried that the surrounding situation is unstable and war may happen at any time. I must leave enough emergency funds as a backup and increase investment after the second half of the year; we must increase investment Regarding the intensity of tax collection, since the government has given preferential tax policies, if there are still those who try to evade taxes, they will never be tolerated and should be severely punished to deter others.