flstandardbreds Chapter 135: The Beijing-Luzhou Railway was built smoothly. Your Majesty is truly wise.
Chapter 135: The Beijing-Luzhou Railway was built smoothly. Your Majesty is truly wise.
Li Tian was very surprised by their reaction. If he had mentioned the Northern Expedition before, they would definitely stand up and oppose it.
Why didn't you make any sound this time?
Li Tian asked the Minister of Revenue, "Are the reserves of the Ministry of Revenue sufficient?"
The Ministry of Revenue bowed and said, "Your Majesty, in the battle against Dai Viet, a large amount of Dai Viet military supplies were seized. They are now being transported to Kyoto. If we are to march north, we can just send them directly to Eastern Liao."
Dry!
It’s this brother-in-law again!
Now even the military supplies are stockpiled!
"Ministry of Industry, are the weapons ready?"
The Minister of Industry saluted and said, "The armory has transformed the old weapons and armor, and now Dong Liao has been equipped with the latest fire guns."
Wait, isn't that a musket barrel?
How come I wasn't paying attention and it turned into a fire gun again!
Li Tian quickly asked, "What's the matter with the Fire Gun?"
The Minister of Works replied, "Oh, oh. Before General Land went south, he was worried that his musket barrels would not work because they were damp in Dai Viet."
"Please ask Master Zhang Chai to improve the musket barrel and design a musket that does not require a fuse!"
Dry!
Li Tian hated Rand to the core!
This kid has really stabbed me in the back several times!
Rand must be excluded from this Northern Expedition!
Let it be the Huosui Gun, Li Tian accepted his fate.
At this time, Tang Xiaoren bowed and asked, "Your Majesty, may I ask who will be sent as the commander this time?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Tian.
After seeing the typical example of dividing the land and granting titles, all the military generals became interested.
The Northern Expedition was also a major war. If one could achieve some results, one would also be rewarded with a title of nobility.
Then the head coach this time is very important.
Li Tian said directly: "I plan to let Li Cheng, the general of the Eastern Liao army, be the commander."
The nobles' eyes darkened when they heard this.
Li Cheng is the general of Eastern Liao. He has extensive experience in fighting against Northern Mang and has been guarding Eastern Liao for six years with great diligence.
Tang Xiaoren also breathed a sigh of relief.
The battle against Beimang is a big war!
There is no shortcut in a war!
Tang Xiaoren was afraid that Li Tian would send Rand as the commander.
Rand is good at fighting, but he is young and his style of fighting is unconventional.
Rand also liked to surprise people.
But in a war like this one against Beimang, a surprise victory is clearly not enough.
We must proceed step by step!
Li Cheng, the general of Eastern Liao, fought in an average way. Although he did not have any outstanding achievements, he was steady.
Even if the battles he presided over did not result in a great victory, they would not be a great defeat either.
This kind of person is the best candidate to host the war.
Your Majesty is truly wise!
Li Tian continued, "The Eastern Liao general will be the commander-in-chief and will be in charge of the war against the Northern Mang."
Li Tian said to Tang Xiaoren: "Fighting with Beimang is a big war. Please ask the Prime Minister to go to Dongliao as an envoy."
"In charge of military and political affairs in Beijing, Liao, Luzhou, etc."
Everyone was shocked, but they soon recovered.
The war with Beimang is a national war, so it is normal to let the chief minister of the cabinet serve as the envoy.
Tang Xiaoren immediately said, "As ordered, Your Majesty!"
Li Tian added: "The cabinet's deputy minister Jia Renyi is in charge of the center. He is responsible for transporting military rations and managing logistics matters."
Jia Renyi also said immediately: "As ordered, Your Majesty!"
Li Tian added: "And Xiao Weizi, I appoint you as the military commander to supervise the troops."
Little Weizi also knelt down immediately and said, "I obey your orders."
After arranging everything, Li Tian said with satisfaction:
"My dear ministers, fighting against the Northern Mang is not something that can be done overnight."
"I don't ask for an outstanding performance this time. As long as I can shock the Northern Mang, that will be enough."
"I will also issue an order to Li Cheng. The most important thing in this battle is to protect the Great Zhou's troops!"
"If he is greedy and reckless, I will never let him go!"
The ministers immediately said: "Your Majesty loves his soldiers like his own sons!"
Dong Liao, the general's office.
The Eastern Liao General's Control Office was a very large government office.
Li Cheng was sitting in the main hall of the yamen reading a book when his son ran in holding a new imperial newspaper.
"Father! Dayue won a great victory, and His Majesty has granted him a title of nobility!"
Li Cheng took the new official report, read it and sighed, "General Rand is indeed a famous general in the world!"
Li Cheng's son asked worriedly, "Dad, will the court allow General Lander to be the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Liao army?"
Li Cheng said calmly: "If your majesty has an order, I will definitely obey it."
"Dad, we have worked diligently to defend Dong Liao for so many years, are we just going to let others pick our fruits?"
Li Cheng said: "Those who are good at fighting do not have outstanding achievements. Your Majesty will understand my hard work."
Li Cheng's son was anxious: "Dad, how could His Majesty know! Don't you want to be granted a title of nobility?"
Li Cheng stopped talking, and his son had to leave.
Beijing-Luzhou Railway.
Relying on a large number of Beimang slaves, the construction of the Beijing-Luzhou Railway made alarming progress.
Zhang Yuchai built iron smelting towers and steam forging factories along the way, and now the Beijing-Luzhou Railway is almost reaching Guangping City.
"Sir, I didn't expect the construction to go so smoothly."
Zhang Yingchai held up the blueprint and said, "This is all thanks to Taoist Minghui's thunder elixir, which blasted away a lot of mountains and greatly reduced the amount of construction work."
The subordinates also nodded repeatedly.
With the help of Lei Dan's mountain blasting, many tunnels were built on the Beijing-Luzhou Railway.
These tunnels greatly saved the time required to build roads along the mountain, and the construction time was also greatly shortened.
Before the construction of the Beijing-Luoyang Railway, no one thought this route was important.
Everyone felt that His Majesty had given the order at random.
But soon, everyone realized that Luzhou was too important!
The construction of railways will create a huge demand for coal. If Luzhou’s coal is to be shipped out, it must be transported by rail.
As long as this railway is opened, coal from Luzhou can be transported directly to Kyoto.
The steam-powered forging factories along the way to Kyoto, which had a demand for coal, were able to forge ironware continuously.
In addition, trade in Mobei is now developed, and large quantities of goods are transported to Kyoto by land every day.
As long as the Beijing-Luoyang Railway is opened, transportation by rail is possible.
Zhang Yuchai calculated that as long as the Beijing-Luzhou Railway was opened to traffic, the cost of building the railway could be recovered in less than three years!
Your Majesty is indeed wise!
When the railway was being built, merchants in Luzhou raised funds.
Merchants from Luzhou sold many slaves from the Northern Mang region, and some even hired workers at their own expense.
They just want to open this railway as soon as possible!
Building a useless railway would never be so smooth.
Your Majesty's decision was indeed correct.
Zhang Yingchai admired Li Tian to the utmost.
As long as the Beijing-Luzhou railway is open to traffic, it will only take two days to travel from Kyoto to Luzhou.
Supplies from Luzhou can also be continuously sent to Kyoto.
Now the imperial court is going to war against Beimang. Zhang Yuchai said to his men:
"Complete the Beijing-Luzhou Railway as soon as possible!"
"As you command, my lord!"
The project was in full swing, and the news that the court was planning to go to war spread throughout the Great Zhou.
This war is not an ordinary battle, and this kind of war cannot be launched by surprise.
The war is a test of the comprehensive strength of the two countries.
So the court had no intention of keeping it secret.
A war requires the mobilization of all forces, and the mobilization cannot be hidden from everyone.