Become a feudal king from today

"Bai Shang, you rolled on the ground, why are you covered in dirt?"

In the study room of the palace, Zhao Xu looked at Bai Shang strangely and asked with a smile.

Just now, he vaguely heard the sound of generals making a fuss outside the palace.

Soon, Bai Shang, Huo An and others arrived.

"General Bai was dealt with by General Yang Zhen." Huo An gloated.

Bai Shang scratched his head embarrassedly, and then said to Huo An and other generals, "You are so disloyal. I am not the only one who bullied Di Ying. Why don't I kick your butts, but kick mine."

"Hahaha, who made you have so much meat on your butt." A general shouted.

Everyone laughed again.

Zhao Xu shook his head and basically understood what happened, "Okay, stop making trouble, and you, don't bully the generals of other armies by relying on the status of the central army, and pay attention to unity."

"Yes, Your Highness." The generals immediately stood at attention and said in unison.

Zhao Xu nodded, "Since we are all back, we should take a good rest and celebrate the New Year. In addition, how is the battlefield being cleaned up?"

The scale of the Yongzhou Campaign was still very large.

There were many deaths and many spoils.

The most important thing is that in order to stop the Northern Di, they buried many mines on the south bank of the Jin River.

Some of these mines were stepped on and exploded by the Northern Di soldiers.

Some are still under the snow.

In order to prevent these mines from hurting the people, they must be cleared out.

Fortunately, when these mines were buried, they were covered with snow.

When burying mines, soldiers can set marks near the mines to facilitate digging.

And he asked Bai Shang and other generals to come to the palace when they came back.

On the one hand, it was to meet them and commend them.

On the other hand, it was to ask about these things.

"Your Highness, the minefield has been cleaned up, the bodies of the Northern Di soldiers have been burned and buried, and the trenches have been filled." Bai Shang replied.

After a pause, he continued, "In addition, we have seized a total of 160,000 sheep, 90,000 cattle, 520,000 war horses, 420,000 wounded horses, and the dead war horses have also been collected and transported back by the various armies to make bacon, which will add a dish for the soldiers in the future." Zhao Xu was slightly happy when he heard this. The number of war horses participating in the war in the Northern Di this time reached at least 1.2 million, which is a huge number. However, this is not all for the Northern Di people who occupied the entire grassland. In the contemporary 19th century, according to records, even Japan at that time had 1.7 million horses. It is easy to raise more than 2 million horses on the northern grassland. In this war, the Northern Di basically lost more than half of their assets, which made them gain a lot. In this way, he did not lose money in this battle after all. After all, the battle of Yongzhou consumed a lot of ammunition and food, especially metal bullets, which are all money. "Horses are expensive now, and these war horses are a big income. In addition to giving Chen Hu some excellent war horses to expand the lancers, the remaining war horses can be sold." Zhao Xu said.

After a pause, he said, "When the time comes, take out 30% of the money from the sale to reward the soldiers."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Bai Shang, Huo An and others were delighted when they heard this.

After the currency reform, one tael of silver in Dasong is equivalent to 500 Songyuan.

The soldiers used to receive three taels of military pay, so now they are paid 1,500 Songyuan per month.

And a war horse is worth thirty taels, which is equivalent to 15,000 Songyuan.

Even 30% of 520,000 war horses is a very objective number.

At least it can allow the soldiers participating in the war to get the equivalent of half a year's salary.

Seeing that the generals were very happy, Zhao Xu nodded slightly.

Fighting is a matter of life and death.

Even in modern wars, the treatment of soldiers on the battlefield is better than that of the army in the rear.

This is also the reason why he repeatedly rewards the fighting army.

After asking about some miscellaneous things in Yongzhou, Zhao Xu asked Bai Shang and others to go back.

After half a decade, Qin Shan, Guan Tong and other generals came back from Jiaozhou and Yunzhou, and Zhou Yi and other naval generals also arrived.

He summoned all the generals of the army in the Council Hall of Wuji Palace to summarize the gains and losses of the year.

At the same time, he arranged the tasks for next year.

Three days later, he summoned the civil officials headed by Liu Fu again, and summarized the gains and losses like the army, and planned the affairs for next year.

The focus is naturally on the thermal power plant.

He set a deadline for Liu Fu, Wang Chong and others, asking them to cooperate with each other and must be powered on in June next year.

Together with the thermal power station, the construction of the substation must be completed at the same time to realize the power supply to Yancheng.

For this date, he did not think it was too demanding.

Because the thermal power station of this era is not as sophisticated and complex as the contemporary one, it can be said to be a simplified version.

If the contemporary construction team is allowed to come, it will only take half a year to complete.

And he gave a year and a half, which is sufficient.

"How is the incandescent lamp? Can it be mass-produced during the Chinese New Year?" Zhao Xu asked Wang Chong after talking about the thermal power plant.

After all, electricity is an energy source, and its value needs to be reflected through machinery and equipment.

And lighting is naturally one of the uses that reflects the advantages of electricity.

Therefore, during this period of time, he has asked Wang Chong to put tungsten filament bulbs on the agenda.

At present, Dasong has a glass industry, and can also refine tungsten ore and manufacture tungsten filaments. The materials for incandescent lamps are all available.

The process of incandescent lamps is not complicated, and it mainly consists of two parts.

One is the bulb, which can be blown with a mold.

One is the base. There are two needle-like copper wires on this base, and a tungsten wire is connected in the middle.

After that, just heat the bottom of the bulb to fuse it with the base.

"Your Highness, mass production will be almost ready in March." Wang Chong replied.

Zhao Xu nodded and turned on the electricity.

Yanzhou will be able to realize electric lighting.

By then, he will not only light up thousands of households, but also build street lights to light up the streets of Yancheng.

Let the imperial city of Yancheng be like a pearl in the night, emitting brilliance in the dark night and making the world admire it.

Then, Zhao Xu looked at Chen Shou again and asked about the construction of the armored ship.

This month, the last of the sailing warships were launched.

From now on, Dasong will no longer build sail warships and will move towards second-generation warships.

"If everything goes well, the first ironclad ship will be launched in April next year." Chen Shoudao.

This first experimental ironclad ship has been under construction for a year, and it will be nearly a year and a half next April.

Zhao Xu nodded slowly, he could accept this time point.

Then, he said: "The docks vacated by the sail battleships should also be used to build ironclads."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chen Shou said.

Zhao Xu then asked Yang He about Dasong's business situation this year.

Of course, the key question is about foreign trade, whether there is more or less internal trade, but the wool comes from the sheep, so there is no need to ask more.

He looked satisfied when he learned that the surplus with Korea and Japan was expanding.