I want to be emperor

Chapter 559
Anshan Fort, this is the first of many fortress towns in the Liaodong area. There are hundreds of small castles like this in the Liaodong area.

However, Anshan Fort is different from other places in that there are iron mines in this place.

As early as the Ming Dynasty, the iron ore mining and smelting of this place had already begun. Later, the Dongyao people occupied this place, and they also organized people to mine iron ore here and smelting it. The iron materials obtained were used to make weapons and armor. Even casting cannons.

Whether it was during the Ming Dynasty or during the period of the Dongyao people's control, their development and utilization of iron ore in Anshan and even Liaodong was still in the era of handicraft workshops, and it was not on a large scale, but it was still left to the Great Chu Empire. a certain basis.

For example, the people of the Great Chu Empire knew that there were rich iron ore resources without surveying, and left behind a small number of miners who hadn't had time to take them away.

The Dongyao people's retreat was very hasty and large-scale, and they were destined not to take everyone away, otherwise it would be impossible to leave nearly a million people in Liaodong.

They only had time to take away the Dongbang people themselves, some traitors and their families who had surrendered early and attached themselves to the Dongbang people, and some rare technical personnel, especially various craftsmen.

As for ordinary people, they have no time to bring them, nor can they bring so many people...

After the delegation sent by the Ministry of Industry arrived at Anshanbao, they went straight to several iron ore areas where the Dongyao people had previously mined. After arriving at the mine area, a group of surveyors went directly to the mine for survey.

Although there is actually no surveying technology these days, it is purely based on experience and actual mining to make predictions, but... If you look at such a large mining area, there will be no shortage of iron ore reserves.

Surveyors from the Ministry of Industry conducted a detailed survey for several days and came up with a preliminary report. The iron ore reserves in Anshan are very large, and there are also many open-pit iron ores. These iron ores are enough to support a large steel factory.

But it is not without disadvantages, that is, the iron ore here is not high in iron content, and it is not considered a rich ore.

But it doesn't matter much. Anyway, among the many iron mines being developed in the Great Chu Empire, most of them are iron ores with low iron content, which can be regarded as rich mines, that is, the iron mines on Qiongzhou Island. up.

After the preliminary survey of the iron mines in Anshan, the delegation of the Ministry of Industry went to the surrounding areas to conduct surveys non-stop, and found many small and medium-sized iron mines suitable for development in the surrounding areas.

In addition to iron ore, many small and medium coal mines have also been found.

But the most important thing was the delegation of the Ministry of Industry. According to the local situation, large iron ore and coal mines were discovered in Weiningying (later Benxi) along the Taizi River in the east of Liaoyang.

The iron mines and coal mines in that area are relatively close, and there is also a Taizi River, which means that a large-scale steel plant using hydrodynamic blowing method can be directly established in the local area, and the steel produced can also pass directly through the Taizi River- The Liaohe River system is transported abroad.

This place is naturally suitable for building a large steel factory!

The survey results of the coal and iron mines in the Weiningying area, together with the previous survey results in Anshan and other areas, made the delegation of the Ministry of Industry very excited. They can basically conclude that the seemingly bitter and cold land of Liaodong is a natural development of steel. A heavy industry area with industry as the core.

Its rich mineral resources can almost support the steel needs of the entire empire.

The only question now is, how to develop it?
In this regard, some members of the delegation of the Ministry of Industry, mainly representatives of heavy industry departments such as the Iron and Steel Department and the Machinery Department, held many meetings with the personnel of the Liaodong Governor's Office to discuss mineral development in the Liaodong area.

In this regard, the Governor of Liaodong Yamen expressed great welcome. Ji Dehua, Governor of Liaodong, directly expressed his position to the delegation of the Ministry of Industry. will give full cooperation.

In addition to the regular cooperation, the Liaodong governor's office also promised that if the investment is made, the Liaodong region will exempt all heavy industry investment companies from local taxes for two years, and after two years, a three-and-a-half-year tax preferential period will be given.

Of course, it is limited to fiscal taxes at the provincial level and below. As for the taxes that should be turned over to the treasury, they have no authority to do so, and it is inevitable.

But they also promise that they will try their best to apply for the establishment of national-level industrial zones in order to obtain the tax exemption for national-level industrial zones.

Just like Songjiang Industrial Zone!
There are now many messy industrial zones in the Great Chu Empire, but most of them are so-called industrial zones created by the localities themselves. Only limited to the authority of their place.

For example, if the industrial zone established in a certain county fails to pass the review of the superior, then the various preferential policies that the industrial zone can give can only be within the scope of the local county, and the tax exemption can only be exempted from county-level financial institutions. As for the part allocated, the government-level finance, the provincial-level finance, and the tax collected by the treasury should be as much or as much as they should be.

This kind of county-level industrial zone is said to be an industrial zone, but in fact, except for a very few places, most of them are just a piece of land randomly drawn on the outskirts of the county seat. I'm too lazy to do it. After all, there is nothing to do in the jurisdiction. Being able to build a small machinery factory and build some farm tools and kitchen utensils is already the limit. Just give one-on-one policy discounts, and there is no need to do something special. out of the industrial area.

If he passed the prefectural-level audit, then he would be a prefectural-level industrial zone and enjoy corresponding prefectural-level preferential policies. Only some prefectures with relatively good conditions can establish small-scale industrial zones, but the overall impact is not too great.

If it has passed the provincial review, then it is a provincial industrial zone and can enjoy corresponding provincial preferential policies. Basically, almost every province in the empire now has such a provincial industrial zone, such as the Xiangyang Industrial Zone in northern Chu , Changsha Industrial Zone in southern Chu, Guangzhou Industrial Zone in Guangdong, Tianjin Industrial Zone in Hebei, Ningbo Industrial Zone in Zhejiang, Tongzhou Industrial Zone in Jiangbei, Fengyang Industrial Zone in Anlu... Even Gansu, which has few people, has Create a so-called Lanzhou Industrial Zone.

Each provincial-level industrial zone is limited by its own circumstances, and its scale varies. However, these provincial-level industrial zones are also considered to be important industrial zones in the Great Chu Empire, supporting nearly half of the industrial output value of the Great Chu Empire.

Then there are only three national-level industrial zones so far, namely Daye Industrial Zone in Hantianfu, Dangtu Industrial Zone in Yingtianfu, and Songjiang Industrial Zone in Jiangnan Province.

These three national-level industrial zones, not to mention the others, but the preferential policy conditions are huge. All taxes are exempted for the first two years, and the collection is halved for the next three years.

This preferential policy refers to the national tax and the local tax together, which are comprehensive preferential policies.

In order to develop their own industries, many places are actually applying to become national industrial zones, but they have not been approved.

After all, the national strength of the Great Chu Empire is limited, whether it is technical personnel or support funds, etc., are limited. What the top leaders of the Great Chu Empire want is to concentrate on building a group of factories first, and then drive more factories, and then form an industry. Good development.

The so-called national-level industrial zones or provincial-level industrial zones, in fact, use tax incentives to stimulate capital investment outside the industry, and also to gather scattered funds, various talents and resources, and the purpose is to concentrate resources. do big things.

Instead of one hammer in the east and one hammer in the west, there is a factory here and a factory there.

In an era when transportation is backward, land transportation can only rely on legs, and river and sea transportation can only rely on sails, it is unreliable to fully blossom, and the transportation cost alone is an obstacle that is difficult to overcome.

Only by concentrating resources and focusing on developing a few places can we achieve rapid breakthroughs and achievements.

Under such circumstances, in fact, the upper echelon of the empire maintained a verbal support for the local industrial zone, but actually did not give anything.

However, Liaodong is different here!
In Luo Zhixue's plan, Liaodong was to be built into a large heavy industry base for the empire, especially a steel production base, so necessary policy support would definitely be necessary.

The delegation of the Ministry of Industry gathered the results of the investigation and talks with the Liaodong region, and sent them to Jinling City through express reports. Luo Zhixue just glanced at them briefly, and then issued an order to approve the establishment of a national industrial zone in Liaodong, with the aim of supporting the development of iron and steel. The core heavy industry requires the cooperation of various departments to complete the construction of the industrial zone as soon as possible.

With Luo Zhixue's instructions, all departments acted quickly.

The first to act was not the Ministry of Industry or any other department of the interior, but the military...

Because, the military must first ensure the safety of the industrial area... Although the Liaodong Great Wall and many frontier fortresses along the way can prevent the large-scale invasion of the Dongyao people.

But in the long Great Wall of Liaodong, it is not easy for the Dongyao people to send a small force in to harass and destroy.

In order to avoid subsequent factory construction and ensure the safety of agricultural production, the Third Group Army is preparing to launch partial rapid strike operations in some areas to expel the Dongbang people as far north as possible.

Although it has entered the early winter, this kind of local small and medium-scale rapid counterattack does not need to carry a large number of heavy artillery or luggage. It is mainly based on cavalry combat, so although it is a bit troublesome to fight, it is still possible to fight.

Ever since, war broke out again in Liaodong, and the Chu army's frequent cavalry attacks made the Dongyao people who had just fled to the deep mountains and old forests and had just settled down, before they had time to catch their breath, run wild again and had to give up. A large number of village settlements near the Great Wall continued to migrate away from the Great Wall of Liaodong.

There are also some Dongyao people in the eastern part of Liaodong, who even crossed the Yalu River and fled to North Korea. In order to pursue these Dongyao people, part of the Chu army also directly crossed the Yalu River and killed them.

After the Chu army entered the Korean peninsula on a large scale, the Li Dynasty was also panicked, and quickly sent envoys to see the Great Chu Empire, begging for surrender...

But the soldiers of the Chu army who fought in the front only saw military merits and promotions to make a fortune... What kind of surrender to the vassal state, how could they directly kill a large number of enemy troops to attack the city and loot the land, and contribute a lot to the expansion of the empire for hundreds of miles? !

Brigadier General Feng Yushu, the deputy commander of the No.5000 Division who was in charge of military affairs in this direction and led more than 11 mixed troops to fight, never saw these so-called envoys of the Li Dynasty, and directly led his troops to attack Uiju.

After capturing Yizhou, Tieshan City was captured within a few days, and successfully joined forces with the Marine Corps on Phi Island.

Then this brigadier general Feng Yushu reported the success report later, saying that he had entered the Korean peninsula after chasing the Dong captives. Capture people against my master Wang.

Today, our troops have seized Yizhou, Tieshan and other cities, wiped out thousands of Dongyao and their lackeys, and expanded hundreds of miles of territory for the empire.

Brigadier General Feng Yushu had a hunch that if he managed well on the Korean Peninsula, after this battle, his newly promoted brigadier general would become a major general.

Because he believes that His Majesty and other bigwigs should be more willing to hear the name of the Korean Province than the Korean Kingdom, which is a vassal of the empire!
Because he thought so too!
Feng Yushu led an army of more than [-] people into the Korean peninsula, successively captured many cities such as Uiju and Tieshan, and then joined the Navy's [-]rd Marine Regiment who had landed and garrisoned on Phi Island.

Feng Yushu had a little discussion with the people from the Marine Corps, and talked a little bit about the prospect of promotion and fortune after conquering the Korean peninsula, which attracted the Marine Corps to go south with them.

As soon as the strength of these two mixed regiment-level Chu troops merged, they directly became an army of [-] people!

And it's a first-class teacher!
With such a huge force, not to mention the dregs of the Li Dynasty who are still in the era of cold weapons and early firearms, even the main force of the Dongyao people can't hold it!
Feng Yushu led an army of tens of thousands without even playing any tactics. He just went step by step and fought hard all the way. He successfully won Xuanchuan, Guoshan, Dingzhou and other places, and smoothly fought to Anju, the important place in the north of North Korea. .

During the whole process, there was actually no fighting... When attacking Yizhou and Tieshan, the Chu army did not even bring up a large number of artillery, but took these places with light weapons and two and a half catties of artillery, and they themselves The loss is minimal.

When attacking Yizhou, the Chu army had only a total of more than [-] casualties, but the tens of thousands of North Korean defenders and hundreds of remnants of the Eastern Captives on the opposite side killed or injured more than a thousand people on the spot, and the rest surrendered.

Not to mention the other cities, they didn't fight much at all... When the Chu army hadn't started fighting in Dingzhou, the opposite side opened the city gate and surrendered. Since they invaded North Korea captively, their North Korean vassals have been waiting for the master of the Central Plains for a long time...

This made Brigadier General Feng Yushu a little embarrassed... I am not here to rescue you from suffering, I am here to destroy the country.

But embarrassment is embarrassment, what should be done still has to be done, so they continued to attack the city, and the governor's office of Liaodong Province behind it was also very cooperative... The army just went south, and the Dongjiang Mansion was established on the back foot, which was probably the Pyongan Road in the Joseon Dynasty. partial area.

This Dongjiang Mansion is named after Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, those North Korean officials who voluntarily surrendered and thought that the Great Chu Empire's war against North Korea was to restore the traditional vassal relationship between the Central Plains Dynasty and the Korean Peninsula, and to attack the strength of the Dongcap people were dumbfounded...

Damn, even the local administration has been set up.

These Chu soldiers didn't come here to drive away the captives at all. These Chu people... no, these damned Chu barbarians, they came here to destroy the country!

It's a pity that whether they know it or not, whether they oppose it or submit to it, in fact, it can't affect this war.

When Feng Yushu's troops joined the Navy's [-]rd Marine Regiment to Anzhou, the [-]rd Army also responded to Feng Yushu's previous battle report.

Zuo Yingzhe, the headquarters of the Third Army, wrote it in his own hand, which roughly means: Since the North Koreans don’t give you face, then you can go ahead and fight, Old Feng, and teach them a painful lesson...Of course, Feng Yushu, don’t expect the Army to give you any support. You can count as far as you can call yourself.

After receiving this warrant, Feng Yushu looked at Anding City ahead and smiled. Zuo Yingzhe said that he was teaching them a lesson without support, but he didn't say that he would not let them go all the way to Seoul!
At this time, in fact, even Zuo Yingzhe didn't know that Feng Yushu on the front line planned to destroy the North Korean kingdom directly to make a huge contribution... If Zuo Yingzhe had this idea, he would have sent reinforcements here long ago, and he wouldn't If you want to act without authorization, you have to ask Jinling for instructions first.

As for Zuo Yingzhe, he is not in the mood to destroy the country now, but he still supports the governor of Liaodong to send officials across the Yalu River to establish Jiangdong Mansion!
There is a saying that goes well: come all come...

(End of this chapter)