Section 2204 Road Construction

Speaking of which, the Eastern Empire is not a big relationship at all, but the relationship between them is not very good. In the past, the Eastern Empire itself developed on the sea, and there was no such thing as the Northern Empire? The Northern Empire has always been a land country, but now it is different from before. He saw the huge benefits of the ocean, so they must enter the ocean. This is what happened to the Eastern Empire, which already had its own independent ocean Just like this place, the Eastern Empire would definitely occupy it all before, but now it has divided half of it to the people of the Northern Empire. No one on the sea can tell who the things here belong to? Unlike the earth, there are some complete laws to follow. There is no ocean law here. As long as you occupy it, this is yours. If you have the ability to take it back from others, others will not say anything, Cao Isn't that what a commercial firm does?

In the past, they didn’t have such problems, even if they had, they would never start a war. Now this matter is not so simple, they are not fools, they can all see that the war is about to start, they must The fight is about to start, and Li Wei has already arrived on the airship. He wants to see how these people fight. The navies of the two empires may all invest in it. Although their navies are not very powerful, they are still one. To observe the learning opportunities, no one can say that their studies are very good, and there is no need to learn anything. This is impossible. Now Li Wei can see that the speed of the Eastern Empire Navy warships is faster The northern empire was much faster, and they all took their positions. Pinshu.com (w W W . V o Dtw . c o M) The downwind position is much better than the headwind position, at least the speed and range of the crossbow can be increased a lot.

The war started soon, even faster than Li Wei thought. You can tell by looking at them. They will not give in to anyone. These people started their own wars one by one. , Li Wei, who is used to modern warfare, still has a lot of interest in this. In an instant, the first wave of warships began to exchange fire. The first to be hit was this batch of warships that fired crossbow arrows. . You will also become a target for others. There is no doubt about this, they all know it clearly, just like now, these people have seen the scene where the crossbow arrows shot into their warship. Ships are already made of very hard wood. But the head of the crossbow arrow is the best thing called steel bought from Cao's house. This thing is more powerful than some iron tools, and it has to catch up with the weapons used by fifth-level fighters. The rapid development of this thing makes the wood on the warship no match at all. It is for this reason that they send a large amount of iron ore to Cao's House in exchange for such things. Only 500 tons of iron ore can be exchanged for a catty of such fine iron, and the price is indeed too much , but there is no way, if you don't change it, other empires will definitely do such a thing. What do you have when they are all equipped? You have nothing, at that time you will really suffer and die. They have to do such things. It can be verified on the battlefield. At the beginning, some of the money they spent seemed to be Yes, although the Eastern Empire is at the upper hand, it seems that the first silent warship may be a ship of the Eastern Empire, because their luck is too bad.

How can I say that their luck is bad, there are quite a few warships hit by this thing,

But people were hit on the part above the waterline. Who knew this was hit on the part below the waterline. This is a matter of your luck. The entire bow is flooded, so It is impossible for them to gamble on things like this. Although many ships in this era also have such protective measures, the speed at which they get water out is absolutely impossible to compare with the speed at which Sheung Shui slips in. Besides, this The position of the ship is the most forward, and it will definitely become the target of public criticism. Sure enough, before they can calm down, the next attack came again, and many ships over there directly headed towards the injured ship. The warships opened fire, and they all understand very well that when you are sick and kill you, this is the most fruitful time. A dozen crossbow arrows have passed through one after another, and some of them have directly penetrated the ship. , You can see the situation there from here, some of the equipment on the ship is basically useless, at this time the speed slowed down, and after being hit by the trebuchet, it was even worse at this time Needless to say, just wait for silence. One of the warships of the Eastern Empire was killed when they came up. They were very depressed, but they quickly brought back this disadvantage, mainly because they had more crossbows on board. If the number has a certain advantage, then this advantage will be seen slowly later. You have eight crossbows and one ship, but others have more than a dozen. Although it cannot be said that one is worth the two of you, it is certain. The most important thing is that you are absolutely not as powerful as others. This is something everyone knows, and it depends on how well you do it.

"It seems that naval battles in this era are really cruel. They all have to go and kill them all. In the end, there may be jumping battles." Li Wei watched from the sky and said, the jumping battle he said That is, the soldiers on this ship rushed to other people's ships when the ships approached. This kind of combat method has long since disappeared on the earth, but it is still very popular here. Many people feel that this is not a good thing. In the end, they can only accept this. There are also some naval officers in the Eastern Empire on the airship. This is what Li Cong meant. Although many of them I have fought against the navies of several great empires, but I have never had a close look at how they fight. The principle of knowing yourself and the enemy is absolutely correct. Just like now, they all have to watch carefully. , Otherwise, there may be a lot of jokes in the future. Only by understanding them can we do better. When everyone heard Li Wei say that, they all laughed. If they used this method of combat to fight against the people of Cao's House, they would definitely lose. Just now, they had already seen the range of the war crossbows and trebuchets below, and the farthest was 3,000 Meters or so, it is impossible to cause harm to them, as for close combat? That's even more impossible, unless the people in Cao's House are all mentally ill, otherwise no one is willing to go over and play any so-called close combat with you. When they were discussing, the following has already been carried out It's been half an hour of war. The sea is full of warships at war. They are already approaching, the commander of the Eastern Empire Navy must be an idiot.

The navy of the Eastern Empire is much more powerful than the navy of the Northern Empire, especially their attack power and speed. If they do not engage in melee combat, their chances of winning are very high. Who knew that these people rushed forward out of stupidity. This is definitely an honor among their navy. The behavior of hitting while walking is simply too embarrassing, they will not do such a thing. Although the navy of the Cao's Commercial Bank is very powerful, in their eyes, they don't think much of the navy of the Cao's Commercial Bank. In their view, the navy of the Cao's Commercial Bank is of no kind at all. As long as they get close, they will run away. , and he ran so fast, why didn't he dare to fight in a dignified way? If the people accusing Cao's Commercial Bank of them heard about it, they would definitely not say anything, and they would even hide their identities and go up and scold the people of Cao's Commercial Bank vigorously? Why? It is necessary to let them feel that their way of fighting is very correct. Cao's House of Commerce is the behavior of fleeing, and let them despise such things from the bottom of their hearts, so they will not do it. Cao's House of Commerce Only the navy of the Eastern Empire can win. The navy of the Eastern Empire will never do such a thing. If you don’t do it, you will probably suffer a loss. The battle just now seems to be that the people of the Northern Empire are not very good, but You can really see it when it comes to close combat. The soldiers of the Northern Empire are very strong in individual combat, and they soon boarded the warships of the Eastern Empire. The navy of the Eastern Empire learned something from the past They don't know how to fight at such a close distance, so it is certain that they will suffer a loss. Just like now, they can't support it anymore and are a little tired.

Looking at the Northern Empire, they have already successfully occupied seven warships of the Eastern Empire. If the people of the empire adopt the so-called roaming tactics, the people of the northern empire will really have a headache. Compared with the warships of Cao's firm, the warships of the eastern empire don't run very fast, and they can be said to be slow. Yes, but a big problem is that the warships of the Eastern Empire can’t catch up with the warships of Cao’s House, but they are still faster than yours. I think you are also very depressed about such a thing. At this time, the naval commander of the Eastern Empire It can also be seen that if they don't retreat, their navy may really fail. After losing dozens of warships, the navy of the Eastern Empire began to withdraw its troops. You can leave if you want? Even if the Northern Empire is willing, some soldiers in our Eastern Empire are also unwilling. If you leave now, don’t say it so nicely, call it a transfer or something, this is fleeing, it is losing the honor of our navy, you know We are not fools. The result of this is to make the navy of the Eastern Empire look down upon by others in the world. This is absolutely not acceptable. Some of these soldiers are purely to protect their honor, but there are some The happiest ones are those who were bought by the people of Cao’s House of Commerce. They all want the war to continue. What we need to know is that if we take their money, we must let this matter continue, and we must wait until they want to surrender. This is a transaction, a transaction.

People from the Northern Empire will also not let go of this fleet of the Eastern Empire. You are stronger than us, and your weapons are very good, but the current result is that you are not as good as us. Although we are not as good as you in everything, but We can drive you away. If you also have that ability, you might as well show it to us to see if you have that ability. If not, you don’t have to continue living this day. With so much salary and such a good boat, it turns out that this is the attitude after going to the battlefield. At this time, the fleet commander of the Northern Empire also hesitated. The front is the border of the Eastern Empire. If they chase after it, they will not get support. If the people there encounter the support fleet of the Eastern Empire, they will suffer in the end. Well, I am still so powerful in other people's territory, and I will definitely be killed by the people of the Eastern Empire in the end. At that time, I will have nothing, but I feel very good if I have to give up these benefits in my hand pity. Although the warships of the Eastern Empire were all about to flee. But their main force basically exists, so let them go back like this, and they will be threatened by us in the future, so it's better to kill them all at once this time. If so. We can still solve a lot of trouble. Moreover, things like sending troops without authorization are not a joke. Conflict and war are also two different concepts. Some people don't worry about this. But some people are thinking whether there will be themselves in this list"? But in the end, the warships of the Northern Empire still made a decision, just kill them directly. The nearest base of the Eastern Empire is hundreds of miles away. Want to come to support? Impossible.

"It seems that the people of the Northern Empire will not let the people of the Eastern Empire go so easily. Their war will not end until tomorrow, and our people should also act." Li Wei looked at the people below The person who started the pursuit said that the failure of the Eastern Empire is certain, but they also gained a lot. Their failure this time was mainly caused by the different opinions of the people inside the army. That’s what they said, they didn’t understand what was going on, so what happened was caused by the uselessness of these people. If they could be unified earlier, there would be no need for this. Now the fleet of the Eastern Empire Half of the people inside are not willing to stay any longer. They are all cowards, but they just carry out the orders given by the commander of the fleet. The rest are disobedient ones. None of them want to When they go back, they want to defend the honor of the navy, and they want to teach the navy of the Northern Empire a good lesson, but they are all in a very good mood. Unfortunately, their approach must not be successful, because their people are useless , Their brothers have already started to run away, and the remaining people are not as many as those in the Northern Empire. If the fight continues, they will only be the most depressed in the end, seeing one by one running away Brothers, I can't wait to go up and kill them. The Eastern Empire has invested so much in the navy. I didn't expect it to be like this in the first battle. How can I face those people in the future? But they can also see that if these people don't run away and follow the tactics of Cao's House, they may win, but it's too late now.

"Master, our people in the capitals of the Eastern Empire and the Northern Empire have already started to lobby their high-level officials, and we have also sent a lot of money to them. After talking about this incident, they actually wanted to vigorously develop themselves. For the navy, this time I estimate that the Eastern Empire will lose hundreds of ships, and the number of people will be around 20,000. Although the loss of people in the Northern Empire will not reach this level, the difference will not be too much. Such a war That's how it is. Killing 10,000 enemies and losing 8,000 will not make a big difference. If both countries start to vigorously develop their navies, their comprehensive national strength will be involved a lot. Some of our shipbuilding The factory is almost ready. This time we made export-oriented warships of the Jusha type, which are more suitable for them. Our cost is about 45,000 taels of silver, and we can definitely sell them for 30 taels. They probably won’t care about the price if it costs ten thousand taels of silver, because our production is all done on the rty planet, and the production there is already mechanized, while the production here is all manual.” Li Wei’s There is still a secretary from the earth by his side. If people on this planet are to be his secretary, many things cannot be told to them. This is not very good. The secretary is not very familiar with some things, so how can Know everything so clearly? It is for this reason that Li Wei asked a guy on earth to be his secretary. This guy was originally a front-line civilian officer. He made a fuss when he heard that he could be Li Wei's secretary. Some of the things Li Wei did before have also come to pass, and he may think that Li Wei is a wise master.

"Hehe, this is really well done. In fact, especially the people of the Eastern Empire, they have developed very well. It can be said that they have recovered from the damage caused to them by our war a long time ago. Linghu The family is really becoming more and more useless now. The royal family of the Eastern Empire is more united than before. It was not like this before. I didn't expect the rebellion of the Linghu family to help them. That emperor is a Talent, we didn’t stop them when he implemented so many policies, which was our biggest mistake. But now it’s unnecessary. Now give me some general situation of the Eastern Empire’s navy, which should be more detailed A little bit, the Northern Empire also needs it. Let me analyze them. Of course I know that the war potential of the Northern Empire is not as good as that of the Eastern Empire. But we should not expect that the conflict in front of us will allow them to wage war on the entire empire. Basically, the land is not very bordered, only one province is bordered, but it is on the edge of the Warcraft Mountains. There are still a lot of Warcraft there, and it is absolutely impossible for someone to go to that place to fight in a foolish way." Li Wei Knowing that Li Cong took the initiative to hand over some things to him after he came, this is also an assessment for him, and it is also teaching him how to do things. Now some of the business of Cao's Commercial Bank is basically this kid. Now that he is in charge, Li Cong certainly has his own affairs. At least now, it seems that this kid is doing very well. Many people feel that their young master can do things well. Someone stood up to oppose this kid. The interior of Cao's House is like this. Although it is not the same as on the earth, it is also very democratic.

The secretary quickly opened the information he had prepared. The Eastern Empire used to have its own navy, which can be divided into three major fleets. However, during the last war, the Eastern Empire’s navy was basically wiped out. Now their navy is newly established. Although they are all new things, their combat effectiveness is very powerful. This is a question of their background. They have developed the ocean for tens of thousands of years. So in this regard, they have done very well. It took twelve years to form the navy and they have already formed two major fleets, namely the first fleet and the second fleet. The defense zones of these two fleets are It is separated by a big river in the Eastern Empire. The First Fleet is in charge of the southern area, while the Second Fleet is in charge of the northern area. What is fighting now is a squadron of the Second Fleet belonging to the Eastern Empire. Their structure is like this Yes, the Eastern Empire consisted of ten large and small ships organized into a squadron, which can be said to be the smallest combat unit. A naval squadron has two squadrons, a brigade has four squadrons, and a brigade has a command post. 100 large and small ships, five brigades are a detachment, about 600 ships of various types, five detachments are a squadron, about 4,000 warships, at present, there are about 1,000 squadrons along the coast of the Eastern Empire, and their ships The total number has reached an astonishing 5 million, all of which have been developed in the past twelve years, especially in such an era of pure handicrafts. It is already very good for them to have such skills, at least on this earth There is no such ability in the era, and there will never be such a large fleet, because the oceans on the earth are not as big as here.

Compared with the navy of the Eastern Empire, the navy of the Northern Empire has some serious shortcomings. This is also directly related to the terrain of the Northern Empire. Although they have a large sea area, they are basically not that big. It is quite cold, and there is a frozen forest in the north, which is full of dangers, so most of the army is still in the army. Why do you want the navy to do it? We don't have any rights and interests in the sea, but after the rise of Cao's House, they can be regarded as seeing the importance of the navy, but there are not many people in their country who can swim. This is the case, if they want to form a navy , it is not so easy. It is for this reason that the navy of the Northern Empire can be said to be developing extremely slowly. In the last two years, the Northern Empire has increased its investment in the navy. The empire has only one fleet, and their number of ships is less than 500,000, which is only one tenth of that of the Eastern Empire. If they really fought a naval battle with the people of the Eastern Empire, they would really be There is not much chance of winning, because the gap between them is too far in terms of numbers. Of course, it also depends on where the fight starts, if it is on the territory of the Northern Empire. The Eastern Empire is basically of no benefit, the distance is too far, it would be very laborious for the people of the Cao Family Firm to fight such a war, let alone the Eastern Empire, they can even transport airships None, and it is impossible for them to support such a big war. They can only send some expeditionary troops over one after another. The people of Cao's House of Commerce will count it for them. In the end, they will regret it both ways. this matter.

Seven hours later, the war was essentially over. A batch of warships from the Eastern Empire left because of that. They were not the opponents of the remaining Beidi warships at all. They captured 32 ships, sank 80 ships, and fled back about 50 ships. There are more than 70 ships in the Northern Empire. Anyway. In the future, the place of Lihu will be regarded as belonging to the Northern Empire, and the Eastern Empire has hoarded a lot of war materials on it, and now there is nothing left. The people of the Northern Empire have achieved great victories, but after the war, there is still a problem that the people in the navy have not found the few people the governor is looking for, but now the governor does not need this matter anymore, he There is no need for the money, because he has won a big victory now. Although he did not fight this, it has a lot to do with him. It can be said that such a thing was done by himself, and the high-level people of the Northern Empire did not expect it. Their navy will defeat the navy of the Eastern Empire. If there is contact between the Northern Empire and the Eastern Empire on the ground, it is estimated that the governor will be dragged to take the blame immediately. They are not the opponents of the Eastern Empire. Back then The three empires plus one Cao's firm can stop the people from the Eastern Empire, and now they rely on their own abilities? Don't be kidding, such a thing is absolutely impossible, but now there is no territory, a war at sea? It doesn't matter, it takes a few months to get from us to the Eastern Empire. What do you think you can do to us in these few months? We won't be afraid of you either, because of this kind of thing, the top management started to praise this guy, he knew that he would definitely be promoted, but there is another problem that people in the Northern Empire began to pay attention to the navy.

The battle report was also quickly sent to the Eastern Empire. In the past, the Eastern Empire was the boss. The Northern Empire can be said to be the most useless one. I really didn’t expect to ride on the boss’s head now. This is It’s the opposite of you, they know that the Cao’s House of Commerce has its own investigations on the armies of the major empires, and they immediately sent people to contact the people of the Cao’s House of Commerce, hoping to get some specific information about the Northern Empire’s navy. News, this kind of news has been bought and sold Cao's Commercial Bank many times, but basically they are all deals that are beneficial to themselves, which will help them get some news and make them a lot of profits. Things must be done. The people in the Eastern Empire are still very sensible, and they didn't ask to go out and do anything to them, and they didn't say anything about destroying the Northern Empire. This is Li Cong's admiration for the Eastern Empire. Even if they have suffered a huge loss, these guys will not mess around. Such people make Li Cong feel that it is good to cooperate with them, but now they should meet their requirements. Li Cong directly let people After passing this news to them, the people of the Eastern Empire did not make any further moves. This made the people of the Cao Family Firm feel a little strange. Recently, the merchants of the Eastern Empire on the side of the Northern Empire have always been robbed and killed. Yes, they have already raised this issue with the people of the Northern Empire several times, but the local official power of the Northern Empire is not very strong at all, and it is still a bit difficult to ask them to do this, so it can only be I endured it, but I didn't expect such a relatively large-scale conflict to occur. This was something that no one on both sides had thought of. It seemed that neither of them could restrain themselves.

Li Cong didn't say anything after knowing that the Eastern Empire hadn't made any moves. The people in the Eastern Empire were not fools. He had already received the news. The navy of the Eastern Empire wanted to fight with the Northern Empire, because they knew for sure It was victorious, but the Hubu Shangshu of the Eastern Empire can say that if you go to fight on other people’s territory, the possibility of winning is very small. Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just say that the war of Cao’s House in the Western Empire It's okay, the transportation capacity of Cao's House is many times stronger than ours, but what can we do at the end? Have we gained anything? There was nothing, and in the end, the people from Cao's House of Commerce left. Although the shock to the Western Empire was relatively large, there were not many results. No one would be happy about such a thing, we can't learn from them, and the people of Cao's House did not expect that some of the things they did would be regarded as negative examples. Li Cong doesn't bother to care about it now, anyway. As long as it is your small-scale hostiles, what Li Cong has to do now is the traffic planning in the occupied area. Li Cong took a look from the inside to the outside after this period of time, and his occupied area has already There are 135 provinces, but the traffic problems within these more than 100 provinces are too bad, which has already affected many things. So road construction is now something Li Cong has to do. It is something that the entire Cao's Commercial Bank must do. Now let's see how this road should be repaired. It is obviously not very realistic to make cement from the earth, but will it be too expensive to make cement from here? What about vibration? But after thinking for a while. Li Cong still decided to produce locally.

Because the whole plan needs to use too much cement. This is if it is all transported and produced on the earth. This may clear up all the mountains on the earth. After all, the area of ​​this planet is many times that of the earth, and the roads built here are also many times that of the earth. What we need to do now is to build a cement factory here. Cement does not have much technology. Li Cong first asked the earth to transport a cement production equipment from the teleportation array. There are 3,000 people here, and one hundred of them are cement workers. The people sent here on the earth are basically elites from various industries. They are very willing to come here to have a look, but there is one thing, it is more difficult to go back after you get here, because the technical reasons have not been resolved, and they can only transport some dead things back , the living ones have basically never been back, but these people seem to like this place very much, and things like using cement to pave the road are not very technical, but there are more people who need it , now Li Cong mainly builds the roads of the hundred and ten provinces located in the southern part of the Southern Empire, the most important one is the roads along the border. If there is a real war, they can be quickly contacted Come to think of it, this road is 40,000 kilometers long, which is definitely a terrible number. According to Li Cong's request, the road is pruned to a width of 15 meters. In fact, this is not very wide. Roads should be like this. It is best to start building about 50 kilometers away from the border. The original principles can be connected in series.

The problem of materials can basically be solved within a month. Another thing to be solved is the reason of people. The Yue people have all gathered together. They are the main force in road construction. None of these guys have Thinking that someone will pay them, logically speaking, they are all slaves, and they don’t need to be paid at all, as long as they are allowed to eat and not let them starve to death, but Li Cong is not such a person. I have done a good job in things like people's hearts. Li Cong has already asked them to start the first phase of work. Although there is no cement yet, they can also let them level the road, except for the 20 million yuan. In addition to the tribe, Li Cong also found a lot of local laborers, and these people were sent to the cement factory to do work. Although everything there would surprise them, the most important thing that they were not allowed to see was Well, after seeing the cement, the insiders of Cao's House even wanted to trim a city wall in the border area. Isn't this just another Great City? Such a thing would definitely not be agreed immediately. If you have such a thing, you will seal your heart. As long as there is no such thing, it can be said that your own army will be strong. Instead of spending so much money to prune such a thing, it is better to As for building a powerful army, building roads is not a small matter. Li Cong asked Gu Xinlai to take full responsibility. It can be said that the money invested is also huge. It is estimated that 30 million people will take three years to complete. The 40,000km of roads have been built. They are very clear about such things, and it didn't happen overnight.

This project also requires a huge amount of investment. For now, these 30 million workers are paid 100 yuan a day, and they have to eat three meals. It is impossible for Li Cong to give them the same money as in the army. The remuneration is just to feed them enough. This is 20 Wen per day, 120 Wen per day for a laborer, and 3.6 taels of silver a month. All of this is more than 100 million. The one-year construction period is definitely not a small amount. For things like cement, it is enough to find a mountain to mine. Li Cong roughly estimated that hundreds of millions of tons of cement are needed for a 40,000-km road. In some places, there is no such thing. It is easy to get water, this thing is not easy to handle, besides, these workers are all new to this kind of thing, there will inevitably be some problems, because of these problems, these guys may appear in the end There are quite a few problems, maybe they need to be reworked, and such things may happen, these people are very aware of this matter, they are very clear, these people can't do anything about it, they are all slaves, In the past, they knew almost nothing, so they could only learn a little bit. However, Li Cong still has plans, and road construction cannot be completed in a day. The cement factory has chosen about ten places. In the future, civilian cement can continue to be produced, but at that time those people didn't know if they could make those things well. The Yue people are very grateful to Li Cong, and Li Cong also has his own. Thinking about it, the Yue people can get along well here, and more Yue people will come here in the future. At that time, this place will be the home of the Yue people. They will like this place very much, and they will buy from outside in the future. For some Vietnamese people, they will not have such a strong resistance. Of course, they can’t be kept as slaves. Li Cong also said that after ten years of work, they can become a free man. There is no such thing on the whole continent. These people are all very happy. They didn't expect such a thing to happen. They can not be slaves without slaves for a while. This is the first time they have encountered such a thing here. The thing is, very good. (To be continued..)