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Chapter 406 Conquering Korea (1)

Wu Tian returned to the court. When he was about to arrive in Tokyo, he suddenly stopped and said to Dai Zong beside him: "Transfer my order, and I said I want to go to Dengzhou for inspection and order the train to Dengzhou."

Dai Zong hurriedly went to convey the order.

The train turned around and headed straight to Dengzhou.

This temporary decision made many generals unsolved, but since Wu Tian said so, they could only listen.

Two days later, the train stopped in Dengzhou, and Gongsun Sheng and other generals who had already received the notice hurried to the train to welcome Wu Tian.

Wu Tian got out of the car, and Gongsun Sheng and other generals knelt down at him, bowed and said, "I am here to welcome Your Majesty. Your descending to Dengzhou is a blessing for me."

"Your dear friends, don't be polite. I'm here this time, first, to inform you that General Lu Junyi has died and I want to re-arrange things in Dengzhou. Second, to inspect the situation of the guards in Dengzhou by the way."

When Gongsun Sheng and others learned that Lu Junyi was dead, their eyes suddenly turned red, and a few couldn't help crying in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, the General and us are sworn brothers. In the past, when Liang State was in danger, he led us to guard Dengzhou and prevent the Japanese invasion. Unexpectedly, he left so soon."

"I beg your Majesty and allow me to set up a mourning hall in Dengzhou to pay tribute to the general."

Wu Tian nodded slightly.

"This is what it should be. The general has made great contributions to Liang State. I decided to grant him the King of Qi and build a ancestral temple for future generations to worship."

When the generals of Dengzhou heard this, they bowed to Wu Tian together: "Your Majesty is wise, I am very grateful!"

On that day, the generals of Dengzhou began to design a mourning hall in the General's Mansion in Dengzhou City to pay tribute to Lu Junyi. It took three days for the worship to be concluded, and the generals of Dengzhou also stopped their sadness.

In addition to attending Lu Junyi's funeral on these three days, Wu Tian also observed Dengzhou's military deployment and Dengzhou's economic development.

He found that Dengzhou's military deployment was still in the era of old cold weapons. Although there were more than 100,000 people in terms of number of people, which was equivalent to the number of Japanese people in Goryeo on the other side, it was simply behind the south and southwest of Liang Kingdom. In addition, although Dengzhou was close to the sea, since Japan was at the entrance of Dengzhou, the sea routes were blocked and maritime trade could not be developed.

As for Dengzhou and the mainland, except for railway transportation, the other roads are messy, and the lives of the people in the city are already difficult. Coupled with the consumption needed by the 100,000 troops stationed here, Dengzhou's economic development has regressed.

Seeing all this, Wu Tian frowned.

He glanced at Tang Long beside him and said, "Brothers Tang Long, there are two reasons for the economic development of Dengzhou to regress in such a regression. On the one hand, the roads between Dengzhou and the inland are blocked, and on the other hand, the roads between Dengzhou and the inland are blocked by Japan. The affairs of Japan will not be solved for a while. As for the road problems between Dengzhou and the inland, I want to add an extra railway transportation from inland to Dengzhou, and at the same time, repair the roads between Dengzhou and the inland. I will leave these two roads to you."

"In addition to road construction, there is another thing, that is, the manufacturing of new weapons. The southwest and southern regions have been completely pacified, and there are no raw materials for manufacturing ore. I want you to speed up the production of 1,000 red cannons and 600 howitzers within half a year."

Hearing Wu Tian’s request, Tang Long frowned slightly.

After a long time, he bowed to Wu Tian and said, "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to share your worries. It's just that in such a short time, I have to build roads and create new weapons. I'm afraid there is not enough manpower and money."

Wu Tian smiled and patted Tang Long on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to worry about the issues of manpower and money and food. I asked all the people in Dengzhou to give you the help of you to build roads. As long as they pay them wages, provide food and accommodation, and arrange their working hours reasonably, the people in Dengzhou will think that this is for their own benefit, and they will devote themselves to the road construction. And the people in your manufacturing bureau can free up their hands to create new weapons."

"As for the issue of money and food, I can order where to recruit from the Central Plains and Liao. It has been two years since the Liao land was renovated, and the money and food must be sufficient. If it is really not enough, it can also be transferred from the Jiangnan region and the Lingnan region. These two places are prosperous places in our Liang Kingdom."

After hearing Wu Tian’s words, Tang Long felt completely relieved, nodded repeatedly, and smiled: “Since Your Majesty has arranged so carefully, I have nothing to say. I will do my best and do my best to try my best to do these two things within half a year.”

Wu Tian nodded.

When the people of Dengzhou saw the list document presented by Wu Tian, ​​they learned that the Liang State was going to build railways and roads, develop Dengzhou's economy, and improve the lives of the people of Dengzhou, they were extremely happy and enthusiastically signed up to build railways and roads.

Millions of Dengzhou people signed up in just three days.

Tang Long spent seven days selecting 400,000 young and strong people from millions of people who signed up to participate in railway construction, and 200,000 from the remaining 600,000 to be responsible for building roads.

The remaining 200,000 people are responsible for cooking and martial law.

Because building roads often involve passing through mountains, there are many jackals, tigers and leopards, and often come out to attack people who build roads.

With the support of these millions of people, the construction of railways and roads is extremely fast.

Most of the roads were built in less than three months, and the rest were fragments and reinforcements.

At the same time, five hundred red-clothed cannons and three hundred howitzers were also made.

Wu Tian led the generals of Dengzhou to observe these newly created weapons.

Although the generals of Dengzhou heard from spies that the power of red-clothed cannons and howitzers in South Vietnam and Dali countries, they still believed and half-doubtedly, there was no such powerful thing in the world.

Until now, they were surprised to see the true appearance of the red cannon and howitzer.

"Your Majesty, this thing is really that powerful. You can knock down the thick city wall with just one shot?"

Wu Tian looked at the generals, smiled slightly, and said, "Not to mention the city wall, even reinforced concrete, these cannons can be destroyed."

The generals of Dengzhou were very happy to hear this.

"If you place these things at the Dengzhou Port, aim at the Japanese military camps in the opposite Goryeo Kingdom, and bombard them fiercely, and send them all to the west without any effort of a soldier."

Wu Tian looked at the generals of Dengzhou who were eager to try, pondered for a while, and said, "Since you are so interested, I will agree to you to show the power of these weapons."
Chapter completed!
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