Capital Datang

Although the Three Koreas are nominally divided into South Korea, Central Korea, and North Korea, in reality, the Three Koreas are only divided into two parts. Among them, South Korea was divided separately by Li Yin, and all the local aborigines were moved out. Only the Han people were allowed. live.Of course, there are actually some nobles from Baekje and Silla in South Korea, but these nobles have lost all their privileges now, and they don’t have any mass base, and they even get strange looks when they get along with Han people.

It is also worth mentioning that the number of these former nobles from Baekje and Silla is very small, only two to 3000 in total, and they are scattered all over South Korea. They are working hard to integrate into the Han nationality, and they have all been educated in Chinese before, so in a few years, maybe even they themselves will forget their original origins.

South Korea only allows Han people to migrate, but this guarantees local security. In addition, Li Yin has given South Korea a series of preferential policies, so the number of Han people in South Korea has increased a lot, and most of them are from Dengzhou. As well as Hebei and Henan, the total population has now reached 30. Among the territories controlled by Li Yin, the Han population is second only to Taiwan.

Corresponding to South Korea are North Korea and Central Korea, where a large number of former Baekje and Silla people live. The population there has reached 400 million, of which Silla people accounted for two-thirds, and the rest All are from Baekje.Actually, Silla people and Baekje people have the same ancestors, and there were some ethnic minorities in both countries, but after the demise of the two countries, they were collectively called Silla people and Baekje people.

Li Zhi's first stop.It was the South Korean state closest to Dengzhou, when Li Zhi and his fleet entered the port not far from Sibi City.Lu Hong, who had received Li Yin's order, stood on the pier and welcomed Li Zhi into Sibi City with a smile on his face.Capital Datang 521

Although Li Zhi didn't know Lu Hong.But I have heard of his name, and know that this man is a rare capable minister. He is highly valued by the sixth brother Li Yin, and his status is equal to that of Wang An. Now he is in charge of the government affairs of Sanhan and Japan. For himself, Li Zhi also guessed some of the intentions.

After resting in the palace of Sibi City for one night, Li Zhi originally wanted to go to Lu Hong and ask him some questions.However, Cai'er enthusiastically dragged them to visit the Sibi Palace. The front part of the palace is nothing special, but the backyard behind it is a scenic spot with extremely windy scenery. It's a pity that it's not March, otherwise it would be Let Li Zhi and Sizi enjoy the beauty of the cherry blossom garden.

Houyuan was originally built by the king of Baekje, but after being occupied by Li Yin, he invited many skilled craftsmen from the Tang Dynasty to carry out a new round of renovations, making the backyard combine the art of Baekje and Datang. feature".It became even more charming. Even Li Zhi and Sizi, who were used to seeing various gardens in Chang'an, were full of praise when they met. Sizi even made a noise that he must live here for a while.But this time it won't work.

After visiting the palace, Li Zhi had the opportunity to find Lu Hong, firstly to ask him to arrange his itinerary in Sanhan Prefecture.Second, there are some questions I would like to ask.However, Lu Hong had already received Li Yin's order, and had already arranged the matter at hand.So I was going to accompany Li Zhi all the way, which of course made Li Zhi very happy.

That afternoon.Lu Hong accompanied Li Zhen to twenty miles south of Sibi City, a new industrial city called Steel City. From the name of this city, it can be seen that the main industry of this city is smelting steel. So all the original Baekje people were driven out in order to build a steel base here to meet Li Yin's demand for steel.

When Li Zhi rode his horse and saw Steel City, he found that there were many huge furnaces towering in the city, which were important equipment for making iron. The sky above the city was dyed gray.And when Li Zhi entered the city, his nose was filled with a mixed smell of steel and coke, which was very pungent.

This time, Sizi and Caier did not come with Li Zhi. One was because they had been playing in Dengzhou for a few days and they had been on a boat, so they felt a little tired. Now they stayed in the palace to rest. The first time I visited was the steel factory, which was really not interesting to girls, so I didn't follow.

After entering Steel City, Li Zhi discovered that the entire Steel City was actually a huge steel factory, with rows of production plants lined on both sides of the street, and there was no one in the whole city except the garrison of 2000 people. The residents and all the workers who work here live in a valley five miles outside the city, where the forest is dense and the environment is beautiful, and they can stay away from the unhealthy atmosphere emanating from the steel city, and a two-way railway has been built from the valley to the steel city , It is convenient for workers to enter and exit the steel city.

Steel City is the most important steel producing area in South Korea, with an annual output of [-] tons. In addition, there are several other smaller steel bases in South Korea. Coupled with the steel production in Taiwan, Li Min can Obtaining [-] tons of steel from these steel factories is not worth mentioning in the eyes of later generations, but for the seventh century AD, it is already very remarkable. You must know that before Li Yin crossed, with such a huge Tang Dynasty In the country, the annual steel output is only a few thousand tons. Later, Li Min used coke to make iron, and some smelting technologies were reformed. Now Datang's annual steel output is only about [-] tons.

As the prince, Li Zhi is also very clear about the steel output of the Tang Dynasty, so when he knew that the annual output of the steel city in front of him had reached one fifth of that of the entire Tang Dynasty, he was naturally stunned, especially when he knew that the steel city in front of him had reached one-fifth of the entire Tang Dynasty. It was even more unbelievable to him that there were only more than [-] workers in the city, but after he visited Steel City, he finally dispelled his doubts.

This is mainly because Li Zhi discovered that in steel production workshops in Gangcheng, a large number of steam engines have been used to replace manpower. For example, the use of a gravel conveyor belt saves a lot of labor. The wind, etc., are all replaced by steam engines. The use of steam engines on such a large scale is definitely the first in Datang. Compared with those textile factories that use steam engines as power, they are simply not worth mentioning.

"Bang bang! Bang bang..." In the center of Steel City, this is the production workshop for the production of fine steel. Compared with the annual output of [-] tons of iron, the steel output of Steel City is less than [-] tons. This is not steel. The city can't produce more fine steel, but compared to expensive steel, iron is still used in a wider range of uses, so the current steel production has been controlled by Li Yin, and it is enough for each year, and there is no need to expand it for the time being. Yield.

Li Zhi looked at the steel ingots coming out of the conveyor belt in front of him, and looked at the sweaty workers around him who wiped their sweat with towels from time to time. He couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional. Before, he only knew the importance of steel to the country. "Sex", but this is the first time I have seen the production process of steel, and it is also the first time I have seen these workers around me. Almost everyone has burns on their arms, and even a few workers have large areas of burns on their faces. As a result, the appearance is very terrifying. It is said that it was an accident and was splashed by molten iron. They were lucky to survive, and if they were unlucky, they could not even find a bone.

"Mr. Lu, since the work of smelting steel is so hard and dangerous, why not let the slaves do it? Don't Six Brothers have many slaves working in various places?" Li Zhi looked at the workers who were disfigured by the molten iron, very dissatisfied He asked Lu Hong clearly.He knew that Sixth Brother asked Lu Hong to accompany him, in fact, to answer some questions for him. Now Li Zhi discovered that the workers in the entire steel city were all Han Chinese, so he asked this question.

Seeing that Li Zhi could ask such a question, and that he didn't show any arrogance towards himself, Lu Hong also nodded secretly, thinking that he is indeed the younger brother of His Royal Highness King Qi. If this person becomes emperor in the future, he must be a generation of Ming Dynasty host.

I saw Lu Hong smiled slightly, bowed to Li Zhi and said: "Your Highness, your proposal is very good, but there is one thing that is not well thought out, that is, steel is the most important thing for a country, and the production of steel is very important. The same is true for technology. If those slaves are used to replace the workers here, there will inevitably be some mistakes. If the slaves here are allowed to escape, then the iron and steel smelting techniques that our Datang has worked so hard to research will be all cheap Are those aliens?"

When Li Zhi heard this, he suddenly realized something, and blurted out immediately: "So that's the case, no wonder the sixth brother wants to move all the Baekje people in South Korea out, and also prohibits non-Han people from living in it, so the purpose is to preserve the steel smelting technology ah!"

Seeing that Li Zhi reacted so quickly, Lu Hong also nodded a little proudly. He and Wang An thought of this method at the beginning, and he continued: "Your Highness is wise, the people here are indeed moved to keep secrets. After all, these Foreign races are untrustworthy, unless they are completely sinicized, South Korea will never allow people from other races to move in!"

However, when Lu Hong said this, he suddenly paused, then looked up at Li Zhi, and then said again: "In addition, not only in terms of technology, but also in terms of the army, we must prevent these alien races, such as His Highness As far as the armies in hand, although there are also armies from countries such as Sanhan, Wa, and Linyi, these armies cannot compare with the Han army in terms of weapons and equipment or training. As for the firearms army, only Han soldiers can Participate!" Capital Datang 521

Li Zhi didn't think anything at first, he just thought that what Lu Hong said was very reasonable, but then he suddenly realized: These words of Lu Hong didn't seem to be just talking about Brother Six, did they? (to be continued...)