Chapter 965: Questioning the Government

In the quiet meeting hall, Zhao Xu's voice was clear and passionate.

The ministers were moved when they heard it.

Wang Ying bowed and said, "Yes, Your Highness, I will send someone to deliver the bullets when I return."

Zhao Xu nodded and calmed down the excitement caused by the metal bullets and hand-cranked machine guns.

After talking about some military affairs, Zhao Xu turned his eyes to Liu Fu and asked about the progress of various projects in Dasong.

"Your Highness, the Yanjin Railway has just been completed. After testing, it will be open to traffic. The Yanjin Railway is extending south to Sizhou and Qinzhou. In addition, the railway to Songcheng in the south is also under construction. It has arrived in Yicheng..." Liu Fu dragged a booklet and talked about it.

When the King of Yan came back, he would definitely ask about internal affairs, so he naturally prepared in advance.

"In terms of water transportation, after the civil shipyard was put into production, I ordered the Ministry of Commerce to purchase the first batch of 500 transport steamships from the shipyard, and to prepare for the establishment of government-run inland and sea transport companies to enhance the domestic transportation efficiency of Dasong and promote overseas trade."

"In terms of industry, this month, the workshop areas reported by nine counties and eighteen counties were officially completed and put into production, including the characteristic industries of each state and county. For example, four new coal mines were added in the three counties of Jinzhou, and one new gold mine was added in Lai County of Qizhou..." Liu Fu continued to read like a treasure.

Zhao Xu listened carefully. The so-called characteristic industries are industries established based on the different resource advantages of different regions.

Areas rich in coal resources are naturally coal mines, and places with more iron ore are naturally iron mines.

Places with more quartz sand will build large glass factories, etc.

In this way, the manpower and material resources consumed in the transportation of resources can be reduced.

"For the construction of Jiangnan industry, I order the northern states to help the southern states one-on-one to rebuild Jiangnan as soon as possible." At this point, Liu Fu stopped and looked at Zhao Xu.

Since it was his own decision, he didn't know whether the King of Yan agreed or not.

"Very good." Zhao Xu said two words.

When he took over the counties of Yanzhou, he wanted other counties to follow the model of Yan County.

Liu Fu carried forward this model.

Hearing this, Liu Fu exhaled and continued to report other matters, "In terms of education, according to statistics, the number of students in Dasong entering Gongshu has reached 1.6 million, but due to the large number of Gongshu, there is a shortage of teachers."

"In order to make up for the shortage, according to your Highness's wishes, I have instructed the Education Department to urgently set up normal night schools in various counties to train a group of teachers who master mathematics, chemistry, physics and other subjects. Regular normal universities are also under construction, and the key universities in various counties requested by your Highness are also under construction. Some campuses will be completed next summer."

Zhao Xu nodded gently and signaled Liu Fu to continue.

"In terms of agriculture, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and peppers have been promoted smoothly in Jiangbei. Many counties have cooperated with local people to establish planting demonstration areas, with a considerable overall scale. As for traditional rice and wheat, due to the use of steam shovels to dig ditches and water, poor fields have become good fields, and tomorrow's income increase is a foregone conclusion."

"Also, with the assistance of steam tractors, the number of cultivated farmlands has increased by 30% this year. If this continues, the fields in Dasong will be very abundant." Liu Fu's face was full of joy when he read this.

Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and he is most happy to see the increase in fields.

Next, Liu Fu talked about the construction of the cable power station and other matters.

This introduction lasted for half an hour.

However, Zhao Xu and the ministers did not feel bored, but were all excited.

Because this is the Dasong that they are fascinated by.

"Everything is developing in a good direction. Therefore, we must resolutely protect the hard-won development results and cannot let the war reignite on the land of Dasong. The army must take on the heavy responsibility in this regard!" Zhao Xu clenched his fist and looked at Chang Wei and other generals.

One fact that is beyond doubt is that the premise of development must be guaranteed by military force.

Otherwise, no matter how brilliant the construction is, it will be smashed to pieces by the enemy.

What he meant was naturally the current siege of Dasong by foreign enemies.

"Your Highness, I request to go to Yongzhou in person and will never let the enemy cause chaos in Dasong and destroy the development of Dasong." Chang Wei said solemnly.

For him, the only place where things might go wrong is Yongzhou.

He had wanted to go there a long time ago, but the King of Yan did not come back, and he needed to preside over the overall situation in Yanzhou.

Now that the King of Yan has returned, he can go there with peace of mind.

The King of Yan can be dispatched in Yancheng.

The wired power station in the palace is connected to various places.

Except for the south, which cannot directly reach Jiaozhou and Yunzhou, the northern border can basically be commanded directly through the wired power station.

"Okay." Zhao Xu agreed to this.

Although Dasong was superior to the other side in terms of muskets and artillery.

But the troops mobilized by the other side this time were far greater than those of Dasong.

According to the current intelligence they have.

Jiaozhi gathered 200,000 troops, Piaoman gathered 300,000 troops, Nanzhang and Funan were weak, but they also gathered 50,000 and 80,000 troops respectively.

There were 630,000 troops in the south alone, not including the troops of Tianzhu and the Western Land Allied Forces that could be supported at any time.

As for the line from Tubo to Ningjindusi, the most important ones were naturally the troops of Ashur and Mulehongzhen.

In order to destroy Dasong in this siege, Ashur and Mulehongzhen fell into madness.

During Ashur's injury, he recruited a large number of Tubo serfs, and Mulehongzhen sent all the children and women of the Beidi people to the battlefield.

This also allowed Beidi to immediately rebuild the four royal tents that he had destroyed.

Together with the Ashur tribe, they have the ability to invest at least fourteen more troops in the Hetao Plain.

In addition, there is the Russian expeditionary force hidden behind them.

This army of 30,000 people will inevitably participate in this war.

Therefore, this war must not be neglected.

I also chatted with the ministers about some military and government affairs, and it was noon.

Zhao Xu and his ministers went to Wuji Palace and held a banquet with Zhao Heng.

In the afternoon, he returned to the palace again.

When they arrived at the dormitory, Yang Susu was coming out of the house and almost bumped into him.

Seeing that it was Zhao Xu, Yang Susu said angrily, "I have prepared lunch for Your Highness to come. I never thought that His Highness went to Wuji Palace again. The dishes are now cold."

Hearing this, Zhao Xu smiled playfully and said, "It doesn't matter, I'm not full, I can still eat more."

Yang Susu believed it, shook her head, and said to Feng'er, who was standing by, "Feng'er, please heat up some food for His Highness."

Feng'er heard this and was about to leave, but Zhao Xu suddenly stopped him and Fu'er said to Yang Susu, "I don't want to eat these vulgar things. I want to eat something beautiful and delicious."

For more than a month, he had been living like a monk.

"Yeah." Yang Susu suddenly blushed from her face to her neck.

Before she could react, she was picked up by Zhao Xu...

Half an hour later, Yang Susu's tired voice came from inside, "His Royal Highness is so fierce that I can't handle it anymore. It's better to go find Feng'er and Luan'er. It can be considered as rain and dew."

Zhao Xu's laughter suddenly came from the dormitory.

There was a sound of footsteps, and the delicate voices of Feng'er and Luan'er came from the side hall connected to the bedroom...