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Chapter 163 Eastern Chagatai Khanate
After Zhang Zongxian saw the news that Sun Chuanting killed She Chongming and his son from the southwest, he lamented that Sun Chuanting's reputation was indeed well-deserved. She Chongming, who was not wiped out until the third year of the apocalypse in the previous life, was suppressed in less than half a year after the rebellion.

Presumably, An Bangyan won't be jumping around for long.

Although this is inseparable from Zhang Zongxian's personnel and military support, otherwise Sun Chuanting would not be able to eliminate She Chongming so quickly.But this is a good thing after all. If the rebellion is suppressed earlier, the people will suffer less.

At this time Zhang Zongxian set his sights on Shazhouwei and Hamiwei.After all the soldiers and horses of the three towns were transferred away.Zhang Zongxian has a complete grasp of the ups and downs of the Sanbian Army Town in Shaanxi.

The field force was also successfully expanded to 20 people. In the three cities of Jiuyuan, Shuofang, and Guihua, 30 households were immigrated, and 500 million mu of fertile land was reclaimed.

The landless people in Shaanxi went to reclaim outside the side wall, which led to the shortage of labor force in Shaanxi, and made the land rent in Shaanxi as a whole [-]% lower than that in Henan and Shanxi. The tenants only need to hand over the harvest to the landlord Forty percent is enough, and for this, farmers from other provinces can only be recruited to rent.

Even if the land rent is reduced, it is still difficult to recruit enough tenants. After people from other provinces came to Shaanxi, after learning about the policies outside the border wall, they naturally chose to reclaim land outside the border wall and farm outside the border wall. No corvee.

Unable to recruit tenants, these landlords can only start by improving labor efficiency and replanting cash crops.

Especially in the cultivation of cotton, with the use of steam engines, the efficiency of weaving has improved.A large number of merchants are investing in the production of cotton cloth. The output of cotton cloth is increasing day by day, but limited by the supply of raw materials, it cannot meet the increase in production.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Zongxian wants to win Hamiwei as soon as possible. After all, it is a good place to grow cotton.

After selling the pastures outside the side wall, the people grazing in the fence outside the side wall quickly brought down the prices of cattle, sheep, and horses. Coupled with Taiping's agricultural assistance policy, people everywhere used Equipped with cattle and iron farm tools, the efficiency has been greatly improved.

With the successive opening of horse-drawn railways in various places, the efficiency of cargo transportation in Shaanxi has been greatly improved, which has driven the development of various industries.

The shareholders who bought the railway stocks at the beginning have at least quintupled the stocks in their hands, and judging from the operating conditions, the dividends at the end of the year will not be less.

In addition to several main lines built under the auspices of the Railway Association, gentry from all over the country raised funds to build the horse-drawn railway after seeing the profit-making benefits of the horse-drawn railway.

As a result, the demand for steel continued to grow, the price of pig iron doubled, and the price of steel tripled. Even so, the supply was still in short supply.

After regaining Jiuyuan City, the famous Baiyun Obo mining area was also pointed out by Zhang Zongxian. Diao Sanyi quickly won the mining rights of Baiyun Obo mining area by taking advantage of the east wind of steel demand, and then dug smelters from various places with high salaries.

With the help of the disciples of the academy, the open-hearth steelmaking method has been tested.

The newly added workshops were built in Jiazhou and outside the side wall, because only here they can produce with peace of mind and will not be harassed by corrupt officials. Outside the side wall, they can even participate in city management. It is enough to pay 1000 taels of tax and participate in urban management. Except that the judiciary cannot intervene in the discussion, they can vote on new roads and municipal construction.

Such a new class is growing under the support of Zhang Zongxian. They have tasted the sweetness of power, and they will definitely not want anyone to ride on their heads to shit and pee. In the future, they will definitely stand firmly on the side of the legislative school.

In early June, Zhang Zongxian held a meeting of the Ministry of War in Shuofang City.

All members of the Ministry of War attended the meeting. This meeting was to determine the battle plan for recovering the Western Regions.

Now there is no problem with the strength of the Legislative Army to recover the entire Western Regions. The problem is that the supply line is too long and how to establish rule in the area.

At this time, the Mala Railway has been built to Lanzhou, but there are still [-] miles between Lanzhou and Jiayuguan. This railway has also started construction, but due to the shortage of labor, roads are being built in various parts of Shaanxi, and the progress is slow.

The steam locomotive has already started trial operation, and it is expected to be built and used soon, a real railway.

So Zhang Zongxian wanted to build this railway into a double-track steam railway.In order to regain the Western Region and occupy it for a long time, the railway must be built to Suiye City. It took ten years to build the Xiulan New Railway in the previous life.

Now if you want to repair the railway to Suiye City, you need enough labor.

Therefore, the battle plan for recovering the Western Regions revolves around the construction of railway lines. First of all, sufficient labor force must be provided for railway construction.

The overall battle plan is divided into three steps:

First take down the Hami Guard and Shazhou Guard. Because of the supply problem, there will not be too many troops dispatched this time. To recover Hami Guard and Shazhou Guard first, it is estimated that only two infantry brigades and three cavalry brigades will be dispatched.

The Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which itself occupied the Western Regions, had split into the Yarkand Khanate and the Turpan Khanate.The combat power is just like that, not worth mentioning.

The second step is to use these two guards as the forward base, continue to sweep the nearby Tartar tribes, and plunder the tribe's labor force as the main force for building the railway.

At the same time, troops will be sent to Qinghai and Moxi to mop up the Tartar tribes there. The purpose is also to plunder the labor force. It is estimated that five cavalry brigades will be used.

The five cavalry brigades used Xiningwei, Liangzhouwei, Yongchangwei, Gansu Zhongwei, and Suzhouwei as attack points in order to sweep up the surrounding tribes. Even if these areas were turned into no-man's land, they would have to plunder enough labor to repair the railway.

And along the railway line, establish immigrant settlements, and reward [-] acres of land to the people who are willing to immigrate here.

The third step is to build the railway to Hamiwei, then send troops to Suiye City, continue to copy the previous strategy, sweep the surrounding plundering population and build the railway until the railway is built to Suiye City.

Due to the long time span of this operational plan, these units will be rotated on a regular basis, with [-]% of the units in other places rotating each year.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of this plan, the Front Enemy Headquarters on the Western Front within the Legislative School was established, with Liang Chen as the commander-in-chief, stationed in Jiayuguan, and responsible for the implementation of the entire combat plan.

Then, in order to cooperate with the recovery operation of the Western Regions, the troops stationed in Ningxia Guard and Jiuyuan City will also attack the surrounding tribes to plunder the labor force.

Mobilize five cavalry brigades to Guihua City and Changshengwei, and go out to restore Yunchuanwei, Zhenluwei, Yulinwei, Xuandewei, and then use this as a base to mop up the remaining Tumote troops
In order to prevent Lin Dan Khan from mobilizing a large army to seize Guihua City, an Eastern Front Front Enemy Headquarters will be established in Guihua City to be responsible for the recovery of Yunchuan Guard, Zhenlu Guard, Yulin Guard, and Xuande Guard.

Zhang Zongxian is based in Shuofang City and is responsible for dispatching materials and replenishing troops to the East and West Fronts.

(End of this chapter)