Lin Fu has the memory of later generations, and he clearly realizes that if he wants to interrupt this process now, it will be easy, and he can completely trample hundreds of millions of subjects under the feet of one person. After his death a hundred years ago, the new empire may still be able to continue.

One hundred years, two hundred years or even longer, but the history of being invaded, ravaged and massacred by alien races will inevitably repeat itself again and again...

If we want to reverse the cycle of history, we must accelerate the process of advancing from an agricultural society to an industrial society based on the insights that Lin Fu gained from later generations; if we want to avoid the bloody storm caused by the intensification of conflicts, we must actively accept this process according to the situation.

The gradual weakening of imperial power - although this process will also produce many negative effects, external expansion is needed to reduce them.

But Lin Fu is obviously more willing to invade and ravage foreigners than to invade and ravage foreigners.

At present, the annual coal output of the coal fields directly controlled by the Privy Council exceeds 20 million baskets. If it is only used to consolidate the imperial power of the new dynasty, this output is not only sufficient, but also far too much;

With the recovery of the situation, the further penetration of primary industrial products into various places after the war, and the further development of workshops, factories and other industries, the coal consumption in the area south of the Huai River will increase several times or ten times.

If the new water pump reaches a practical level, it can really reduce the cost of coal mining by one-third. Even with the current coal price and output, it can increase profits by nearly two million silver dollars every year. Then, if the new water pump is used,

It is worthwhile to carry out trial production and development regardless of the cost.

Of course, when it comes to lower costs, what Sun Jingxuan can see more clearly than new water pumps is the 140,000 prisoners of war who are still being held in Hanjin, Huangpi, Xiangyang and other cities at this time.

In the past, when Huaidong won a victory, the most prisoners surrendered was the Huaisi War. In the battle, nearly 100,000 refugee soldiers surrendered, but they were all organized into engineering and transport troops, becoming the most important source of Huaidong's elite soldiers and combat effectiveness in the future.

Guarantee, a large number of outstanding generals such as Sun Zhuang, Zhang Gou, Chen Zhi, etc. also emerged. After that, many of them fought against the She family, and tens of thousands of prisoners were obtained one after another. The number was not particularly large, and they were used for military purposes over the years

Canals, land reclamation, and mining are also mostly scattered.

After the Jiangning War, production in many coal fields was vigorously enhanced, mainly by recruiting hungry people as workers through work-for-relief methods.

Although the cost of recruiting hungry people was not high, it was still necessary to basically ensure that they could support their families and even ensure that the refugees could settle down in the local area. At the beginning, the labor price was three liters of rice, and later it was gradually increased to five liters of rice.

Compared with using prisoners of war, who only need to be fed two liters of coarse food to have the strength to work, the cost of recruiting hungry people is still much higher - the environment of the mines in the current era is harsh and dangerous. If there are collapse casualties, recruiting workers will still be difficult.

A large amount of compensation and resettlement money had to be paid. If the prisoners of war were trapped in the mines, a large amount of money would be saved in the compensation and resettlement money.

Think about it, how much cost can be saved in a year by 140,000 captured soldiers for the industries, mining and other industries directly controlled by Huaidong?

Assuming that one captured soldier saves 15 tons of rice, food and labor costs per year, 140,000 captured soldiers can create an additional annual income of nearly 3 million yuan for the Privy Council.

According to the requirements of various coal mines and iron mines, Sun Jingxuan wanted to take away a total of 40,000 prisoners of war. Since Lin Fu called them in to talk about the new lighters in the coal mines, Sun Jingxuan casually mentioned the prisoners of war.

"The sources of captured soldiers are complex, and further screening is needed," Lin Fu said, "We will wait until after the new year to discuss this. The people in the front yard may be impatient to wait, so let's go out first..."

Sun Jingxuan and Jiang Yue said nothing and accompanied Lin Fu to the front yard to have a banquet with the officials.

Lin Fu stepped into the front yard. Lin Tingli, Lin Xuwen, Hu Wenmu, Song Fu, Lin Mengde, Qin Chengzu, Cao Ziang, Sun Jingxuan and others led more than a hundred Huaidong generals to line up in the vast atrium to greet...

Lin Fu put his hands behind his hands and looked at the word "Chong" written on the scarlet flag that was unfolded by the north wind on the flagpole in the courtyard, and was filled with emotion - adding nine tins means nine lives, and opening a mansion in accordance with the destiny of heaven is essentially

This means that the Chongguo government's control over the world's military and political affairs has been officially unveiled, and the 400,000 water infantry and horse troops in Huaidong will all be replaced with the "Chong" flag as quickly as possible.

In addition to the six ministries that still have some authority over the Yueting that the Yuan family nominally controls, even if the local military equipment is not eager to change the flag, it is actually in the hands of a series of officers and generals in Huaidong - except for Huaixi, the Shu area is nominally loyal

Outside of Yuanyue, Yuanyue has essentially become empty skin.

When Lin Fu sat down at the table, he and Lin Tingli, Lin Xuwen, Song Fu, Lin Mengde and others beside him said: "I want to transfer Sun Shangwang, Wang Chengfu, Li Shuyi, Zhu Ai to Jiangning. Think about it, who can replace them?"

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Song Fu and Lin Mengde looked at each other. Lin Fu used Gao Zongting and others to run the Military Intelligence Department. This time he transferred Sun Shangwang, Wang Chengfu, Li Shuyi and Zhu Ai to Jiangning, presumably for political affairs - Sun Shangwang, Wang Chengfu, Li Shuyi

The three of them had high status in Huaidong, but they were always on the fringes of the core. Zhu Ai only came to prominence after Lin Fu came to rule Huaidong. At this time, he was only serving as magistrate of Qichun County - Lin Fu urgently transferred these four people to Jiangning to join the core.

, probably because they don’t want some people within the Privy Council and the Lin clan to be overly inflated. It’s probably the sequelae of tonight’s battle, right?

Looking at Lin Fu again, I found that he was ferocious from a high place and began to show his ruthless and ruthless side; Lin Tingli, Lin Xuwen, Song Fu, Lin Mengde and others all praised him...

(Okay, both steam engines and gunpowder have appeared, but it is unlikely that they will be used in actual combat on a large scale. "Official Ministers" is already the final volume, and we cannot let some students cry out dissatisfied at the end: Neither gunpowder nor steam engines have appeared.
Chapter completed!