Chapter 1311 Three Years
Three years is a short time. In the past, it often took a hundred years for a dynasty to end, from the signs to the chaos, and then to the establishment of a new dynasty.
And in those hundred years, there were only heroes and heroes, one after another, and for the common people, human life was worth less than a dog. In a chaotic era, it was common for the world's population to be reduced by half.
Compared with the long hundred years, three years is just a flash of light.
But in these three years, the changes in the world are beyond the previous thirty years, three hundred years, or even thirty thousand years.
The Wu Kingdom, located in the southern wilderness, carried out large-scale construction. In the second year, it turned on the steam engine, which greatly liberated manpower. As for how it was turned on, it was naturally cheating by Taoist magic. Some of the precision parts were impossible for other Taoists to make by hand. Zhao Cheng even went out to make the relevant parts himself, and then used machines to copy the machines.
In the third year, the first steam locomotive was manufactured, and the first section of railroad was laid, even though the length of the railroad was only 300 meters.
But the biggest change was the army of the new country. With all the people being soldiers, many people who were hiding in the civilian world and had very strong talents in shooting were also discovered and incorporated into the army.
The Taiping Battalion of the new country was also renamed the Taiping Army. All of them used rifles with magazines, and the number was as high as 10,000. There were five battalions under the Taiping Army, with 2,000 people in each battalion. In addition, the permanent logistics personnel serving the Taiping Army also reached 20,000.
This is equivalent to every two logistics personnel serving one soldier.
Such a system is not to treat the Taiping Army as a young master, but to facilitate the forced march when necessary, that is, all the loads are carried by the logistics personnel, including guns, bullets, howitzers, food, medicine, etc., to preserve the combat effectiveness of the Taiping Army to the greatest extent. If there is an accident in the Taiping Army, the logistics personnel can directly take over.
These people are called logistics personnel, but in fact they are the reserve of the Taiping Army.
It can be said that after three years of precipitation, Zhao Cheng's sharp blade for conquering the world has been completely built.
With just these 10,000 people, if Liu Guangzheng didn't cheat, it would be enough to beat all the forces of the remaining 11 states, even if they were completely united.
As for now, there are some variables. After three years of development, the Da Cang side has increased the range of guns to 100 meters and has also produced magazines, although the capacity is only five rounds.
Apart from firearms, the development of gunpowder in Da Cang was also very rapid. Although Liu Guangzheng did not know the chemical formula of nitroglycerin, the Buddhist and Taoist sects had been studying thunder magic for many years. Although there were not many Taoists who really studied it in depth because of its danger, there were always a few who were obsessed with it in the past few hundred years. Although most of these people were blown to death and their bodies were gone, some of their research notes were preserved.
After knowing the power of guns and cannons, the Taoists who served the court worked together to study this, and even seven human immortals participated in it.
The human immortals' bodies and spirits have undergone a second transformation, and their minds are extremely agile. They can be said to be geniuses among geniuses, but they are a little behind in terms of inspiration. However, they do not need to innovate much. They only need to read, summarize and refine the research notes accumulated and passed down over a long period of time.
Although this is a huge project, it is not only them who are involved in this, but also those Taoists who have undergone a transformation of their spirit and body, and the smart people gathered from the eleven states of the world in the court.
Nearly 10,000 people participated in this huge project, and with the ideas provided by Liu Guangzheng, the progress was very rapid.
As for the cost, it was not very large. It was just some ores. The court had control over the world, so it was easy to mine some ores.
In order to get the funds for training the army, Liu Guangzheng also came up with a routine that was not available in this era, that is, auctioning the court's assets, such as mines, rivers, and forests. In the past, only the court could mine these things, but now, it is a ten- to twenty-year mining qualification, open auction, whoever gives the most money can win.
At the same time, after the auction, they will be protected by the court. If someone dares to do something dirty, they will be punished for treason.
Think of his father, and his father's father, who only sold some officials without real power, which is equivalent to honorary professors of some famous schools in modern times.
But Liu Guangzheng directly sold the land.
It is a case of the disciple surpassing the master.
When he first started doing this, there were many voices of opposition in the court, but when a lot of money flowed into the treasury, everyone shut up.
However, Liu Guangzheng did not encounter any problems when selling land. That is, someone cheated in the auction, relying on bribes and various means to make his opponent withdraw from the auction directly, and he finally won it at a very low price.
Liu Guangzheng was not accommodating to this. Either the money taken by the subordinates was directly divided into 50% for him, or he would kill all nine clans and directly confiscate the property.
In a few years, he also developed a barely usable intelligence system. At the same time, he also had an estimate of the value of those lands. If it was too low, he would arrest and torture them first, regardless of whether there was a problem or not.
In this case, although corruption still continued, it was not so severe that the final money was directly divided by the officials below, and the court could not get 10%.
And this was already the first year.
In the second year, the imperial court built dozens of iron mills in succession. After the steel issue was resolved, Liu Guangzheng began to vigorously manufacture guns. He used the money from selling land to raise a Canglong Guard with 6,000 people. All of them were descendants of poor people with clean backgrounds.
In addition, there was a Cangyu Army, which had 20,000 people, but most of them were descendants of the great families in the Divine Capital and the royal family.
The national fortune of Da Cang has lasted for so many years. In the Divine Capital alone, there are all kinds of relationships. Walking on the street, even beating someone up casually, it is possible that they are related to the royal family.
Liu Guangzheng was in the middle of the situation and had to rely on the power of these people to do things. Naturally, it was impossible to eliminate these people. So he simply formed two armies, one for fighting and the other for appeasing people.
The so-called tail is too big to be cut off, which is probably his situation. Even though he knew that these were all termites and were dragging his feet, he could not give them up at all.