Become a feudal king from today

Starting from Lucheng, Zhao Xu took a steam locomotive and continued southward. ReadМ

Passed through Pengcheng, Huaicheng, Yangcheng and other Ningzhou cities, and finally arrived at Jinling.

Here, the railway is interrupted in the north of Jiujiang, and the railway on the south bank is still being laid, and according to the plan, it will be extended to Lincheng.

When passing through these important railway node cities, Zhao Xu took the opportunity to inspect the industrial construction status.

Generally speaking, the workshop areas in some of these cities are as lively and colorful as Lucheng.

There are also cities that, although not as good as Lucheng, still have the necessary workshops.

As for the fact that it is not as good as Lucheng and other cities, it is not entirely due to its own reasons.

For example, many officials complained to him that there were too few people who were proficient in workshop construction and management, and outstanding people were taken away by big cities such as Lucheng, Jincheng, and Jinling.

Zhao Xu did not blame them for this. After all, this was Da Song's current predicament.

Due to the rapid development, talents with corresponding quality are not available.

In this way, development will be uneven.

But for Zhao Xu, this problem is also unsolvable.

Talent is limited at the moment. Although he wants to make Dasong full of flowers, according to the actual situation, he can only prioritize the development of areas with convenient transportation such as coastal areas.

"Your Highness, if Mi Xuan can do it, I can do it too. If Jinling Gongfang District is not as good as Lucheng Gongfang District, you should remove me now."

Jinling is the capital of Ningzhou, and the person responsible for the government affairs of Ningzhou is also one of the seven county magistrates of Yanjun, Zangyichuan.

After he arrived in Jinling, Zang Yichuan led Jinling officials to greet him, and then led Zhao Xu to the workshop area outside Jinling City.

"This is what you said, don't complain when the time comes." Zang Yichuan is lively and likes to joke.

Zhao Xu understood his temperament and started joking with him.

"If you cry out for injustice, you are not a subordinate." Zang Yichuan was still very confident.

The two of them chatted and then arrived at the workshop area.

At a glance, Zhao Xu smiled with satisfaction.

Just as Zang Yichuan said, the scale and planning of Jinling Gongfang District is really not inferior to that of Lucheng.

Moreover, there are even twice as many cars and horses on the road as in Lucheng.

The reason is that Jinling is the industrial center of Jiangnan in terms of Dasong's industrial planning.

Therefore, in terms of industrial construction, the imperial court provided much greater support to Jinling's industrial construction than to Lucheng.

Steamships set sail from Yancheng Port every day to transport machinery and equipment to Jinling.

It can be said that Jinling copied Yancheng in terms of industrial scale and workshop types, and it can be said that there are complete categories.

He took such good care of Jinling, partly because Jinling was once the former capital of Dasong and was densely populated.

On the other hand, he is preparing to rely on Jinling Gongfang District to provide support for the development of other states and counties in Jiangnan.

From now on, the industrial equipment and goods needed by the cities in the south of the Yangtze River can be purchased directly from Jinling, while those in the north of the Yangtze River will be handled by Yancheng, reducing transportation difficulties.

However, compared with now, Jinling's location advantage is obviously not as good as that of Suzhou, which is Suzhou, and Songcheng, which is contemporary Shanghai.

However, these two cities were not as good as Jinling during this period.

Therefore, he next planned to build a large port in Songcheng and first make it a commercial transfer station.

When its geographical advantages became apparent, merchants would naturally move their workshops to Songcheng and Sioux City.

In doing so, he did not prefer these two places.

If Dasong wants to be rich, the only way is to trade overseas. By exporting industrial products in exchange for raw materials and money, it is necessary to build several economic centers on the eastern coast.

In addition to the triangle area of ​​Jinling, Sioux City, and Songcheng, he is also planning to create an industrial economic circle in Jincheng, which is the contemporary Guangzhou area.

"Very good, it seems you don't need to take off the official hat on your head." Zhao Xu felt comfortable.

Then he went to inspect various workshops under the guidance of Zang Yichuan.

After staying in Jinling for two days, Zhao Xu had a comprehensive understanding of Jinling's industrial situation and was quite satisfied with this industrial center in the south of the Yangtze River.

After that, he left Jinling and went to Lincheng.

However, there is a certain gap between the industrial development here and Jinling.

After all, the time to regain Jiangnan is too short. It would be good to build a Jinling template. The remaining cities must be taken slowly.

When the southern tour arrived here, Zhao Xu ordered officials from the Industrial Department to continue inspecting the rest of the city, while he took a steamship directly to Jiaozhi.

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at the same time.

When Zhao Xu went to Jiaozhi, the news that Dasong's army swept across Jiaozhi and Piaoman Kingdom had reached the ears of the Western-Turkish Allied Forces.

This surprised the Western generals who expected that Jiaozhi and Piaoman could hold off Dasong's army for several months.

Everyone immediately gathered in Calcutta to discuss the next response.

"Da Song's Qinglong Army has captured one Jiaozhi city after another and is approaching Jin Mau County where Frank is stationed. The war is urgent and the coalition forces can no longer sit back and wait for death. They must take the initiative to change the current passive situation." In the conference room of the Governor's Mansion, the coalition generals Sitting around a long table.

Frank Army General Gauler almost slapped the table and shouted.

He was angry now, like there was a fire burning in his belly.

Jiaozhi, Piaoman, Nanzhang, and Funan made up their Frankish southeastern China.

But overnight, their Southeast China was about to leave them, how could he not be anxious.

In order to save their Frankish Southeast China, he had to let the coalition troops send troops to drive the Dasong army out of their Southeast China.

Wesley's face was livid, but it wasn't because he was angry at Gao Leer's speech.

But he was worried about Tianzhu's safety.

The Piaoman Kingdom borders Tianzhu, and it is only a thousand miles from the westernmost border of the Piaoman State to Calcutta.

This is equivalent to the Dasong army putting their guns directly to their heads.

There is also the fact that Piaoman's territory extends all the way to the north shore of the Malacca Strait, which means that the Malacca Strait is also in danger.

At the moment, they regard Malacca as the key fortress of the Western World against King Yan, which is like praising the Yan Pass in the north.

Once they lose Malacca, the Taisong Navy will be able to march in.

Before, he only lost the sea area east of Malacca, and they will lose more in the future.

"I understand what Admiral Gao Leer means, but the coalition forces cannot fight the Dasong army for Eastern Tuchina now. I always believe that the best defensive strategy is to hold on to the position and wait for the arrival of reinforcements." Wesley looked at Gao Leer. Leer said slowly.

Now, he hated these native troops.

They spend so much resources training and developing them.

But they couldn't even buy them half a year, which was simply useless.

Now, the Southeast Branch is in a mess, and the Franks are unhappy. They want to change the established strategy of the coalition, which makes him very difficult.

But since Southeast China has been lost, he naturally cannot let Tianzhu face the same predicament as Southeast China.