After chatting with Jianzhen for a while about the process of conquering Japan, Li Chongrun found that the process was indeed a bit lackluster.
Jianzhen's base was on Shikuni Island, and the only troops they had at the beginning were the factory guards and Pacific Company mercenaries they brought with them.
It's just because of the fierce Landlord fight in the four countries, although the fundamental purpose is to make some profits as soon as possible to distribute dividends to the shareholders of the Pacific Company, and to exchange for some ordnance.
As a result, Doudizhu unexpectedly gained a lot of popular support. In addition, they also shouted the slogan "Follow the Emperor to eat well", so in a short period of time, nearly ten thousand people were recruited.
The equipment is all high-end goods produced by Yangzhou's weapon workshops from beginning to end. Not to mention equipment such as scimitars and spears, even contraband items such as mountain pattern armor are called Pacific Company Security Department.
That gang of mercenaries did a lot of things.
As for the hostile Japanese nation, which was at the end of its slave society, it was difficult to pose any real threat to Jianzhen and the others from either a tactical or strategic level.
Although since the Sui Dynasty, the Japanese state has frequently sent envoys to the Sui and Tang Dynasties to come to the court to learn Buddhist scriptures, and also invited many well-paid teachers and eminent monks to go and enlighten them, they were just trying to discern the truth.
Come on, the results I learned are really not even superficial.
"The vast majority of the infantry that charged didn't even have decent weapons. Most of what they held in their hands were sharpened bamboos. Those who could hold a sickle were considered brave men. Only the warriors under the two princes were equipped with them.
A decent horizontal sword, and as for armor, there is no such thing as armor. Some warriors even have leather armor made of whale skin."
The Jianzhen Chronicle generally describes the process of conquering Japan in half a day. The process is nothing more than 3 steps: use 3 artifacts. If you don't obey, pull out the 2nd battalion of cannons and fire 1 shot. The city gate (let's compare it to a fence)
A taller door with a limited opening is called a city gate. After the door is opened, it generally lowers.
Occasionally, when you encounter one or two fortified cities, you may even send out a miscellaneous army led by arrogant warriors after the city gates are breached.
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There are very few samurai who can survive two volleys of musketry. Occasionally, there are one or two masters with outstanding combat capabilities who are killed before they can see whether the enemy opposite them is wearing armor or gray uniforms.
The heads were chopped off by the scimitars that came at them all, and then they became evidence that a lucky mercenary used in exchange for bounty, and were carefully pulled behind the lines and stored away.
"In short, the level is very average. The only battle that can be called a large-scale battle is the battle with the two fake emperors. However, both of them chose to cooperate with us to destroy each other, so Rosa
We set the meeting point at one place. We originally planned to ambush the artillery, but the two fake emperors were so tight that they both arrived two days earlier than the agreed time. When our people arrived, they
It’s already too close.”
"Aren't you afraid that they will join forces to ambush you?"
If it were Li Chongrun himself, he would definitely not use such a risky strategy.
"Didn't Sir say that all conspiracies are paper tigers in the face of absolute strength? What's more, one side is the Tachibana family and the other is the Fujiwara family. There is already some feud, and Abe, that little official, is really good at causing trouble.
, and even roped in people from the Taira family to stir up trouble inside, but the result was that when the students arrived with their troops on the battlefield, they could just go down and arrest the people."
Because he was really bored, and because Jianzhen had the kind of taciturn temperament that Wang Rong said he couldn't beat with eight sticks, he told him the process of conquering Japan without further ado.
"In general, when I was a child, when two villages were fighting over water, it was much more exciting than fighting them."
"What are the follow-up preparations?"
Although the whole process was full of emotions that made Li Chongrun complain about it, no matter what, the Japanese country has officially become the territory of this little girl Rosa, or in other words, the territory of the Japanese branch of the Pacific Company's East Asia Branch.
As the largest shareholder of Pacific Company, Li Chongrun is naturally concerned about his subsequent profits.
"Currently, the common people of Japan generally do not have enough to eat. If there had not been a constant supply of rice from Linyi, we would not have been able to gain the support of most common people so quickly. Of course, another reason is to gain points from local tyrants.
The slogan Tiandi has won a lot of people's hearts for us. However, due to lack of manpower, the island is currently not capable of developing like the four countries. The specific follow-up process has not been figured out yet, so I heard from Mr. Chen that he has to return to Yingzhou.
After taking the boat, the student will follow the boat back and ask the teacher if he has any good ideas."
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"It requires a large number of officials to divide the land among local tyrants. It is easy to operate in a small place like Shikoku. If you blindly eat the whole of Japan, you will probably suffer from indigestion. It is better to prepare the basic plan of Shikoku Island first.
, wait until there are enough literate manpower to start eating at 1:10. Since the Abe family and the Heping family have contributed their efforts, it is natural for them to get some benefits, otherwise no one will be willing to help in the future. Wouldn't it be a shame?"
"Doesn't the land that has been divided on this island have to be returned?"
Jianzhen was a little worried: "Many small families who have been divided often jump out to make trouble, and some assassins in gray clothes are invited to assassinate officials who deliver orders. It is really a headache."
"It is much more troublesome to manage a country than to manage a tenant camp. So let the Abe family and the Heping family come out to take the blame. In order to consolidate the benefits they have obtained, they will be much more ruthless than you. Trust me."
Although he is only slightly younger than himself, Jianzhen is not an old bastard who has lived through two generations like himself. What's more, Rosa may still be a bit ruthless, but Jianzhen is in every sense of the word.
A truly good person.
Li Chongrun felt that it might be related to the old monk whose ashes were raised by his disciples.
"Mr. Chen also said this before. He said that no matter how many policies we have to benefit the common people, the specific implementation still has to be done by officials from big families."
Jianzhen is still very confused: "It's just that those people are not really good people."
"How many officials in the world can be considered good people? Even Mr. Di, who is known as the Grand Master Qingtian, has daily luxuries that ordinary wealthy families cannot afford."
When giving an example, Li Chongrun thought of the time when he and Di Gong ate two ounces of money in Beishi and suddenly felt that he had not heard from Di Gong for a long time, and he missed the smiling old man. "As long as they are obedient, it will be fine.
, and those who disobey will be dealt with. If you want to build the entire Japanese country into a land like a tenant camp, start by building schools."
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"Sir, is reading and literacy really that important?"
Jianzhen also started to learn to read under Li Chongrun, so he always called Mr. Li Chongrun: "Isn't it enough to just tell the people what to do and what not to do?"
"Whether it is the Japanese country or ours, the reason why aristocratic families can survive is their monopoly on knowledge. Opening a school is the simplest and most effective way to break this monopoly. The situation in the Japanese country is far simpler than ours. Since you are already in
You have laid a good foundation in the Four Countries, so you might as well give it a try in the Four Countries first. Anyway, you and Rosa are still young and have plenty of time. Even if something goes wrong, you will always have my teacher behind you."
Li Chongrun patted Jianzhen on the shoulder: "Master, I will take good care of you!"
Fully affirming Jianzhen's revolutionary romantic spirit of thinking about developing socialism in Japan, Li Chongrun sighed in his heart, Jianzhen is good at everything else, but he is indeed a good person, but good people in history usually have nothing good.
In the end, I hope that this little unlucky guy Jianzhen can break this law to some extent.
"Oh, by the way, is there any good news from Rosa?"
"No, it's because the previous incident has hurt my foundation. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to get pregnant in this life." When talking about this, Jianzhen also looked dark: "Rosa has become more and more violent recently, and she often takes advantage of those Japanese people.
Let it go. In a few days, the student is going to let Wei'er take over the student's place and go to the Japanese country. He will bring the child there. There will be a doll next to him, which should be able to dilute some of Rosa's anger."
Wei'er is still in Yangzhou, and has now become Li Chongrun's first-level manager in Yangzhou. The continuous supply that Pacific Company can get is also related to her operation. It would be a bit inconvenient to change people rashly.
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However, Rosa's matter is indeed a trouble. Li Chongrun thought about it for a while and decided that it would be better to let Wei'er go directly: "When the teacher returns to Luoyang later, you can sail this steamship directly to Yangzhou and take Wei'er to Yangzhou.
Just take it with me."
"How can this be done?"
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Although Jianzhen is a good person, he also understands that his wife and baby are hostages if they stay in Yangzhou. With them here, Li Chongrun can feel more at ease with himself, Rosa and even the Pacific Company.
"We are not the kings of the earth, and we don't pay attention to protons."
Li Chongrun laughed loudly, as if he was mocking Jian Zhen's naivety: "I don't need to check and balance you as a teacher, so there is no need to mortgage my child to my teacher."
Jianzhen was squeezed by Li Chongrun, and his lips trembled a few times, but in the end he just squeezed out a few tears and couldn't say anything.
After discussing with Jianzhen the outline of the subsequent development of the Japanese state, Chen Ziang finally heard the news that Li Chongrun had arrived, and raised his voice outside the cabin door to ask for a meeting.
"You can hear sir's footsteps so far away, so why bother calling the door?"
Signaling Jianzhen to open the door for Chen Ziang, Li Chongrun greeted his teacher with a smile.
"There should still be rules, otherwise everything will be chaotic."
Chen Ziang was still carrying a lot of dust and dust on his body, as if he had just come back from the construction site: "We still don't have enough workers. Can we recruit more people from Japan?"
"The big boss of the Japanese country is here. Just ask him directly. You don't need to tell me about this matter."
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Li Chongrun complained about Chen Ziang's rigidity: "But remember to pay wages. You are hiring people from Pacific Company. As the major shareholder of Pacific Company, I still value the dividends."
"Speaking of which, it seems that Chen is also a shareholder of Pacific Company. Can it be deducted directly from my dividends and my wages will be waived?"
Just after saying that he was rigid, Chen Ziang was flexible in other ways.
"Dividends are dividends, wages are wages. One code equals one code. If Wang Rong listens to what you said, I will be complaining to you for a long time."
As the chief accountant under Li Chongrun, Wang Rong was known as the CFO in later generations. Naturally, she hated this kind of random accounting behavior.
"Can we ask Mr. Wang to lower the price of Iron Bull? The price of 20,000 yuan per unit is really not something that a remote place like Yingzhou can afford."
After all, the governor from another place was let go, and he started to cry one after another: "If the clippers equipped with Iron Ox cost one hundred thousand yuan each, the prince might as well rob His Majesty's internal funds.
That way you can get money faster.”
Although Wang Rong had never been Chen Ziang's student, she was still the number one person in the Imperial Academy, so Chen Ziang was always called "Wang Gongzi".
"After all, we have to earn out R&D expenses, and it will become cheaper and cheaper in the future."
Li Chongrun didn't know how Wang Rong priced the steam engine, but the title Tieniu was really a bit disappointing, which made Li Chongrun want to complain inexplicably.
p "No matter what, if the steam engine cannot be made cheaper, can things made of stone such as cement be made cheaper?"
Tu Qiong saw that this was what he had said before. After Li Chongrun rejected him, he gave another reason that seemed to give in.
It turns out that begging for cement is Chen Ziang's fundamental purpose.
"My husband has become a parent in Yingzhou, and now he is actually focusing on his students. It's really a bit disgraceful."
Li Chongrun complained to Chen Ziang, but after thinking about it, he agreed to him: "Cement is not difficult to make. If the amount is really large, you might as well just bake it yourself in Yingzhou. Yingzhou has no shortage of mountains."
And sand, as long as there is carbolic coal, shouldn’t we use as much cement as we want?”
"Then can I also take a copy of the prescription to Japan?"
Jianzhen was also someone who had seen cement, so he naturally knew that this kind of thing was very useful in both military and people's livelihood. Seeing that Li Chongrun was preparing to disperse his wealth, he licked his face and came to ask for benefits from his husband.
Li Chongrun was not ambiguous, and wrote down the production method of the low-grade cement that the old Taoist priest had tested before.
"The prescription is here, but it takes a lot of manpower to knock it. It is best to use a steam engine, ah, an iron ox drives a crusher to crush it. This will be more efficient."
The two of them finally got the benefit and naturally nodded in agreement.
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After talking for a while, Li Chongrun realized that Chen Ziang was supervising the road construction at the construction site.
“Why are we in such a hurry to build roads?”
Li Chongrun looked at Chen Ziang strangely: "According to what I saw when I came here, the barbarians came by camel caravans to trade. The caravans coming from the south can just go directly to the waterway. There is no need to be in such a hurry to build roads. Yes.
At that time, it would be better to hurry up and build more houses and open shops for people."
Li Chongrun suggested to Chen Ziang somewhat strangely.
"Your Majesty, I don't know. A few days ago, a large iron mine was discovered less than a hundred miles away from Huludao!"
Chen Ziang showed off to Li Chongrun excitedly: "When we heard the news, we drove away a small Turkic tribe there as soon as possible. Just in time, Jianzhen brought a team of people over, and they are stationed there now.
The transportation is very inconvenient. The Xiaoling River next to it cannot carry large ships, so we can only rely on carriages and horses to transport it. That’s why we thought of building a strong road through it so that the ore can be transported directly to Longgang.”
"It turns out that your husband is also a rich man with a mining business."
Li Chongrun made fun of Chen Ziang, and then remembered that he seemed to have exchanged an iron ore from His Majesty, and he had become a rich man with a mine. "Since we are pulling ore, of course we should hurry up and build roads."
It’s best to use cement mixed with sand and gravel to pave the road. It is indeed much faster than using bluestone to pave the road.”
"Then can you use the ore to mortgage a few iron bulls? If there are iron bulls, the mining speed will definitely be much faster. It would be better to have some explosives to open the mountain faster."
"I'm afraid the matter of explosives is a bit difficult to deal with."
Now is not the time to vigorously promote the civilian use of explosives. After all, there is an emperor above her head. Who knows what she will think if she knows that she has thrown such a big killer everywhere?
"Wang Rong won't object to the ore mortgage for iron cattle. Anyway, the two workshops in Shendu and Yangzhou have been severely short of iron recently. They can eat as much iron ore as they want. I don't know which prospector it is.
It would be best if we could look for this kind of good stuff near Longgang to see if there is any coal, so that the ore can be made into iron directly here."
"My lord, do you still remember the professional who helped mine the gold mountain? He is now searching for coal all over the mountains and plains."
"It turned out to be the tomb robber. I came to him to prospect for mines and returned to my profession." Li Chongrun then remembered that he still had such a number one person under his command, and he actually came to Chen Zi'ang to use his spare energy.
Although he hadn't seen Chen Zi'ang and Jian Zhen for a long time, he originally wanted to hang out for a few more days to catch up on old friendships, but after all, there was a big thing piled on top of his head, which made Li Chongrun somewhat uneasy.
After arranging the follow-up development plans for Yingzhou and Japan, the fast boat took Li Chongrun and his entourage and Jianzhen to Shendu early in the morning.
Fortunately, the east wind blew and the water flowed faster than when it arrived. In a few days, the east gate of the divine capital was already in sight.
After getting off the boat at the pier at the lower workshop of Beimang Mountain, Li Chongrun invited Jianzhen to go shopping in Shendu.
"Would you like to take you to visit the divine capital? You have been under my master for so long, and you have never had the opportunity to appreciate the prosperity of the divine capital. It is really unreasonable."
"No matter how prosperous the city of God is, it is not my home after all. When one day this place becomes your home, it will not be too late for students to come back and see the grand scenery of the city of God."
"Don't listen to Chen Zi'ang's nonsense. Who can predict what will happen tomorrow?"
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It seems that even Chen Ziang, who is far away from the customs, has noticed the rumors in the capital of God, and only now speaks out through Jianzhen's mouth.
"Goodbye, sir."
Jianzhen did not refute Li Chongrun's words, but bowed honestly, signaled the clipper to weigh anchor, and sailed toward the depths of Luoshui in the billowing steam.
The pale steam spread like morning mist, blocking Li Chongrun's sight of the divine capital, making the originally thick and majestic city become even more ethereal.