One thousand seven hundred and eighty-fifth chapters: open up the territory
Facts have proved that wherever the railway is built, there will be a ranch that is eager to try. With popularity, markets will inevitably begin to appear, and merchants who are ready to fight are beginning to pour in. At least at present, along the ready-made main line, more and more settlements are springing up like mushrooms after a rain.?
A railway seems to be changing the ecology of the entire Lu State.
This kind of earth-shaking change in life is no longer as simple as before, but there are more rare things on the market.
A few years ago, for many people, even though there were more and more carriages, better texture, and horses available, the distance of 100 kilometers was still a bit unimaginable. After all, the bumps and energy consumed in it were really a lot.
If ordinary people in the pass generally only move within ten miles of their own radius, then outside the pass, the main range of interaction is within fifty miles. But now, even two hundred miles, three hundred miles, or even five hundred miles, are beginning to become less rare than before.
This makes people's vision no longer the same as before. People from all over the world began to communicate, and the strange and rare things in the past have become more common now.
Now everyone in Qinglong is stimulating the railway. In order to raise funds, the most primitive stock market began to appear. The commercial banks have obtained railway construction permits. In order to share risks and raise more funds, they have begun to list.
The latest law on resettlement of refugees has also begun to be implemented in the small cabinet. Generally speaking, various rewards are given to refugees. As long as they are willing to bring their families, they will not only set up a porridge shed to ensure their most basic food and drink, but also provide various discounts.
This move is obviously the result of merchants' fueling behind the scenes.
Because outside this barrier, labor is never enough. Now we are preparing to build railways everywhere. The labor required is hundreds of thousands. There are so many newly opened workshops that require dozens or millions of people to make up for the shortcomings. There are also coal mining, logging, and new troops are also recruiting people, Xudu Ranch, and countless shops that have emerged. The China Merchants Agency once counted that the labor shortage should be around 1.5 million to 3 million.
Even though the population outside the pass has soared to nearly four million, there are still a large number of shortcomings. In this case, they can only attract refugees frantically. Whether it is a criminal or someone else, as long as they get out of the pass, they can become a hot target.
In this huge gap in manpower demand, the small cabinet can only find ways to attract refugees.
Some new cities in the desert have also begun to rise up, but rather than cities, it is a small town that has been upgraded from a small market, with a population of hundreds to thousands. Some coal mining areas or places near the entrance of the railway station tend to exceed ten thousand.
When it comes to Qinglong, we have to mention an important part of Qinglong, that is, the New Army.
The new army has now reached 30,000 people, and now it has begun to be divided into three guards, stationed in Qinglong, Qinhuangdao, and deep in the desert, a station entrance called Zhenxi. This year, the new army had almost no war, because most of the wars were done by the Tatars.
Under Ye Chunqiu's idea, the role of the Tatars was to conquer cities and land, and deal with small countries and ethnic groups that did not need to dispatch large troops. They were quick to maneuver and could gather and disperse at any time during combat. They were extremely flexible. They also received support from Lu. They used the sharpest swords and even to a certain extent, equipped some firearms, and had established a relatively complete medical security system. Driven by bounties and interests, these brave Tatars had already begun to expand westward continuously. There was even a Tatar whose soldiers arrived at the Ural Mountains. At this time, Lu and the Duchy of Moscow had completely reached the point of close intercourse.
A series of manifestos spread throughout the Western Regions and Eastern European countries through Lu. Each manifestos had only two options: either surrender or war.
The pattern of the world is actually changing quietly.
When the voyage was voyage, the change in the world lies in conquering their opponents through the ocean. This method was indeed twice the result with half the effort.
However, the new royal court formed by the Han people in Lu was obviously not satisfied with the development of ships. With the Tatars, what Ye Chunqiu adopted was the Tsarist Russian method, directly borrowing the Cossack cavalry and pushing the westward in the cheapest way.
In this way, you don’t have to worry about your land being cut. Each piece of land obtained is connected together, which is more conducive to digestion and absorption.
For the time being, Ye Chunqiu was not very interested in the territory that was tens of thousands of miles away from overseas, because that kind of territory was most suitable for colonial plunder. However, for the more prosperous Lu State, if it was to engage in maritime wars, it would be too much to mobilize the troops and the manpower and material resources consumed were not comparable to those that were sent only to conquer the territory along the way. No matter how you calculate it, it would be a matter that would be less than worth the loss.
This is actually just like when the Spanish began their voyage, they were very happy to rob, because they were poor at the beginning, and the direct plundering could bring themselves the wealth they imagined.
But for Lu, this is equivalent to a rich man, but he traveled thousands of miles to snatch a group of beggars?
Ye Chunqiu crossed the voyage, but directly used his own knowledge in his brain, and also used the research system formed by the research institute to directly enter the railway era and opened the starting point of the industrial revolution. At this time, when playing with that set would seem a bit low-key.
However, land, population, and huge markets and resources are what Ye Chunqiu urgently needs now.
So Ye Chunqiu thought of the most suitable way for him to expand his territory, and expansion like Tsarist Russia was imperative.
Because of this, the Tatars were acted as vanguards, but the role of the new army was to practice.
For Ye Chunqiu, the new army is the strongest combat power he has. They were prepared by Ye Chunqiu for future wars and fierce battles, so naturally they cannot tolerate any sloppy. The main purpose of these elite soldiers is to invest in a battle of hundreds of thousands and give the other party a fatal blow.
In other words, these people were Ye Chunqiu's field army, so the Tatars were equivalent to cavalry and security forces. The division of labor between the two sides was very clear. One was known for its strong firepower, and the other was mainly fast maneuver and quick breakthroughs.
Chapter completed!