Become a feudal king from today

The next morning. Read М

The sun climbed up the willow branches, and Zhao Xu woke up from his bed.

Yang Susu, Feng'er and Luan'er got up earlier than him and were chatting outside.

Hearing the noise in the house, Feng'er and Luan'er brought a set of casual clothes and helped him dress.

After washing up again, Zhao Xu went to the outside.

Looking at the three people, he suddenly remembered something and sighed, "I forgot something. I was going to bring back a few kangaroos to relieve your boredom, but I forgot."

"Kangaroo?" Yang Susu was stunned and asked, "What is that?"

Zhao Xu heard it, so he explained it to them.

The three people immediately showed a look of surprise.

Feng'er said, "I didn't expect there are such strange animals in the world."

"More than that, this is just Australia, there are many interesting things in other places." Zhao Xu told them about the customs and customs of Luzon, which made the three people amazed again and again.

"If there is a chance, His Highness must take us to see it." Feng'er said, she has always been lively and can't stay still.

If she were not a woman, she would have gone to Goryeo, Japan, and the ends of the earth with the caravan.

The three were chatting when someone reported that Mi Wen was coming.

Zhao Xu remembered that he had asked Mi Wen to come at the banquet yesterday.

So he went to the study.

"Your Highness."

Not long after, Mi Wen came, entered the study, and bowed.

"No need to be polite." Zhao Xu looked at Mi Wen.

This kid has been in Yanzhou for three or four years. Now he is no longer immature, more mature, and more like a scholar.

This is somewhat similar to his grandfather Mi Zhuang.

"The king asked you to come so that you can promote Luzon and Australia in the newspaper, especially Australia." Zhao Xu said.

Mi Wen smiled and said, "I guess your highness must want to talk about this."

Zhao Xu nodded.

Since newspapers have blossomed everywhere in Dasong, even branches have been set up in Goryeo and Japan.

Newspapers have become the main channel for the people of Dasong to obtain news.

Since it was officially organized, the authority of the newspaper was naturally beyond doubt, and it basically became a mouthpiece for the court.

This time he went south, he seized control of Luzon and occupied the Australian continent, so he naturally had to publicize it through newspapers.

Let private merchants get the news in time, go to Luzon to find business opportunities, and then transport goods over.

As for the Australian continent, it is not enough to just race and grab land, after all, that piece of land is too big.

If there are merchants from Dasong who are willing to go there to open up, it will be more conducive to Dasong's control over this continent.

However, in addition to this purpose, he also has an idea, which is to officially rename the Australian continent through newspapers this time.

So he said to Mi Wen, "This king will dictate some characteristics and policies about Luzon and the Australian continent, you write them down and publish them in the newspaper."

"Yes, Your Highness." Mi Wen took out the notebook he carried with him.

Zhao Xu explained Luzon and Australia to Mi Wen at this time.

As for Luzon, he didn't have much to say, just revealed the news to the merchants.

As for Australia, he asked Mi Wen to emphasize a policy that allowed merchants who went to Australia to open up the market to buy grassland and take it as private property.

At the same time, they could be exempted from taxes for five years.

"Please mention it in the title of the article. This king will officially change the name of the Australian continent to Nanzhanzhou." Zhao Xu said with a smile.

This Nanzhanzhou is the abbreviation of Nanzhanbuzhou.

This name comes from Journey to the West, and he just borrowed it for use.

From then on, there was no more British Australian continent in the world, only Dasong's Nanzhanzhou.

"Yes, Your Highness, I have written it all down." Mi Wen said, "I can send the first draft to Your Highness for review in the evening."

"Okay." Zhao Xu said with a smile, "In addition, the newspapers in Luzon and Nanzhanzhou can also be laid out. Your responsibility is not just to be the mouthpiece of Dasong, but to create a world-class mouthpiece."

"Your Highness, rest assured, I will definitely do it." Mi Wen heard this and felt excited. This is also his goal.

During this period, the newspaper became more and more formal under his management.

According to the order of the King of Yan, each newspaper had a president, editor-in-chief, editors and reporters on the scene.

And because he was directly under the King of Yan, the newspaper had some characteristics of censors, just like the Imperial Censorate of the court.

In the face of various problems among the people, their newspaper dared to disclose them directly in the newspaper and clean up the unhealthy trends together with the Imperial Censorate.

This was their duty in Dasong.

In Goryeo and Dongying, in addition to publishing local news, they would also reprint news events in Dasong.

Of course, their most important task was to publicize the changes in Dasong, reverse the impression of Goryeo and Dongying people on Dasong, export culture, and subtly influence the thoughts of the people of the two countries.

At the same time, they published articles in newspapers to expose the brutal colonial history of the Westerners, the egocentric thinking of white supremacy, etc., in order to clear the remaining poison left by the Westerners in the two countries.

The two talked about some more things about the newspaper, and Zhao Xu asked Mi Wen to go back.

He left the palace under the protection of Xu Lie and went straight west.

Now, apart from the current war, his biggest concern is undoubtedly the construction of the thermal power station.

After riding for half an hour, he left the old city wall and arrived at the new city in the west.

Since Yancheng was designated as the imperial capital, the number of people settling in Dasong has been increasing day by day.

The old city, which was originally bounded by the city wall, naturally could no longer support so many people.

Therefore, Yancheng had to expand in all directions.

And he also intended to break the city model of the feudal era and introduce modern urban planning.

After all, Dasong no longer needs city walls to protect the safety of the city.

In the expanding urban area, thermal power stations were built on the edge of the new urban area.

When he arrived, the thermal power station was under construction and had taken a rough shape.

Upon seeing Zhao Xu's arrival, an official from the Ministry of Industry who was supervising the scene came over immediately.

"When will it be completed and put into use?" Zhao Xu asked.

In front of him, there was a slender chimney building, but it was still under construction and was made of reinforced concrete.

The entire thermal power plant building has this kind of building structure.

Large-scale infrastructure construction has been implemented for so long, and the Ministry of Industry has already mastered this construction technology.

"Back to Your Highness, it's obvious that the main building will be completed in summer." The official from the Ministry of Industry answered accurately.

They are only responsible for the main building. As for when power can be generated, it depends on the installation of power generation equipment.

Zhao Xu nodded, this thermal power plant was built according to his plan.

The slender chimney on the left is the exhaust pipe, connected to the boiler. The two-story house in the middle is used to house generators and steam engines. There are three one-story buildings on the east side of the house for storing coal.

On the right side of the boiler room is a water tower, which supplies water to the boiler in the middle.

In addition, there are also substation buildings and other buildings.

If the construction completion date given by Ministry of Industry officials is followed, the thermal power plant will be able to provide power to the entire Yancheng and surrounding counties by the end of next year.

Let Yan County enter the electric age first.