I’m The King Chapter 1298: : Carrying forward the past and ushering in the future (one hundred and eighty-eight) 3rd Military Region

Mengchi, the headquarters of the Third Military Region of the Han Kingdom.

This place was originally a deserted area. In order to control the vast area in the northwest, the Han Kingdom set up the third military region here, with He Lanxiong as the commander, and Zhao Xilie as the deputy commander, to manage and develop this vast area. But a sparsely populated area. Although it is called a military region, in fact, what the third military region does is more about reclamation and land reclamation. Most of the local guards cut down by the Great Han Kingdom moved to this area with their families.

The difference from the mainland is that the guards who migrated here still have the establishment of the army, and they are naturally paid, but their main job is no longer fighting, but reclamation, and one by one farms are established here , Taking companies as units, these local guards put down their weapons, picked up hoes, and started the development of the frontier.

Not only these guards, but even the family members who arrived here with you are now incorporated into the military loan, get a salary, and at the same time get a job in the farm, regardless of gender, in Here you can find a job that suits you.

With Mengchi as the center, the Third Military Region actually governs an area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers, but the total population is now only a mere half a million people, including those underage children. Zhao Xilie, who has been living in a large city in the Central Plains, finally realized it when he came here.

Right now it is mid-winter season, covered with heavy snow, all farm work has stopped, but the Third Military Region did not keep the cats in the house for the winter because of the heavy snow, but took advantage of this rare slack season to start a large farm. For large-scale road construction projects in the territory, if you want to get rich, build roads first. This slogan put forward by Han Wang Gaoyuan is now deeply rooted in the hearts of the Han people. The extensive transportation network connects all places, bringing in both goods and people. If someone consumes, money will be added to the account. This principle is understood by everyone.

He Lanxiong is now vigorously building the main road from Mengchi to Jishi County. As long as the two places are connected, Mengchi will no longer be regarded as an isolated island hanging outside. It has been more than a year. He Lanxiong put most of his energy on this road, and in the direction of Jishi County, Sun Xiao, the county guard, is also building from there to Mengchong. It is expected that by the middle of next year, this road will be able to successfully join forces Closed.

In Mengchong, the headquarters of the Third Military Region is the tallest and most magnificent building. This five-storey building is completely made of reinforced concrete structure, lying like a gray monster in this endless area. on the Great Plains. All the yamen of the third military region were installed in it. And around him, those adobe houses covered with thatched one after another, extending out from this building as the center, forming a small-scale town.

The road has not yet been repaired. Aniseed building materials cannot be brought in, and He Lanxiong paid a lot of money just for the transportation of reinforced concrete needed to build this building, but He Lanxiong insisted on building such a building, not only for himself Live comfortably. More importantly, he wants to deter some of the indigenous people who originally lived on this land.

Most of these indigenous residents are rebellious. In order to let them feel the great national power of the big man, these front work must be done.

As He Lanxiong expected, the establishment of this building really shocked and frightened some indigenous peoples. They couldn't imagine how such a magnificent building could be built so high. After being panicked, they naturally admired. Many local tribes expressed their surrender to He Lanxiong, and they were immediately rewarded by He Lanxiong, who allowed them to freely enter and leave the area controlled by the Third Military Region. The market also gave these natives who were the first to lose the city a great taste of sweetness. These newcomers need to buy everything, and they are worrying about how their things will turn into yellow gold and white silver.

In the Third Military Region, the currency issued by the Dahan Central Bank is only used internally. The indigenous residents do not recognize these colorful papers. Needed things, so gold, silver and copper coins are still used here. For this, He Lanxiong is not in a hurry. Assimilation needs a process. Slowly, the indigenous residents here will naturally accept the new things brought by the big man.

Of course, not everything went smoothly. This land is too far away from Dahan. Even the nearest Jishi County is hundreds of miles away. In this era, this is a long distance. The Third Military Region Naturally, some original vested interests were shaken by the stationing of the government, and confrontation naturally emerged as the times require.

The vast majority of the Third Military Region are local guards, and their combat effectiveness is not particularly strong. With three thousand cavalry soldiers belonging to him. As a Hun who grew up in the blood and fire of that era, he took the simplest way to deal with this situation, kill!

When a company in the Third Military Region was attacked by local forces, was killed, and robbed, He Lanxiong personally went out to uproot the largest force in the area with the momentum of a thunderbolt, killing heads rolling, Blood flowed like a river, and it really didn't leave any chickens or dogs behind. This battle shocked the remaining forces. After He Lanxiong showed his iron-blooded side in front of the local natives, these people finally calmed down.

The farm with the company as the basic unit bloomed everywhere on this land, burned it, and cultivated it. After a year, they finally stabilized.

This year's harvest is not good enough to meet the self-sufficiency of hundreds of thousands of people, but all the people who arrived here with He Lanxiong are full of confidence. As far as the first-year harvest is concerned, they are already very satisfied.

Now this vast area is showing a rare state of peace, local forces are bowing their heads, and the horse thieves who used to roam around this area have suffered a catastrophe. The construction of a large farm directly compressed their living space, and the sweep of the Han army's iron cavalry made them have no way to go to the sky and nowhere to go to the ground. Be an honest man.

It took He Lanxiong only one year to get Xibeipu to fall under his feet. By the time Zhao Xilie took office, this area was already under the absolute control of the Third Military Region.

Zhao Xilie did not take office alone. He went to the Northwest with him, and there were tens of thousands of former Zhao troops who were reorganized and dismissed. Nearly 200,000 troops surrendered to the Han Kingdom, these soldiers were carefully selected and only 20,000 people were left to form an army led by Li Mingjun. The rest were given two ways out, one was to retire, and the local government The land will be allocated to them, and all treatment will be the same as that of the original people in Han. The other way is to retain the military loan, but you need to follow Zhao Xilie to the Northwest Third Military Region.

The last tens of thousands of people chose to go to the northwest border region with Zhao Xilie. Although their future is uncertain, they still have a military salary, at least they don't have to worry about food and clothing.

Zhao Xilie's arrival has greatly enriched the population of the Third Military Region, and allowed more farms to be built on this land. For these eliminated Zhao Jun, it is also a good opportunity. Destination, before they joined the army, they were basically farmers, but now they just practice their old profession, put down their weapons, and pick up hoes again. Farming with military pay, although it feels a bit weird, is better than going to the battlefield and desperately.

Outside the building, there was snow fluttering, and the temperature was extremely low. There is a joke that goes out to pee in the middle of the night, and the urine has turned into ice before it hits the ground. Inside the building, it was as warm as spring. Iron pipes are spread all over the building, and the ends are connected with small square boxes. At the end of the iron pipes is a bungalow behind the building. There is a huge steam oven inside. But it was boiled water. A large amount of steaming hot water vapor flowed along these iron pipes all the way to the top of the building, bringing warmth to each room, and then flowed back into the pot along another pipe. On the open field outside the bungalow, there are mountains of coal. In the northwest, there are not many other things, but these things are really everywhere.

The people outside the house were wrapped up like bears, but the people inside were only wearing thin jackets.

Zhao Xilie held a cup of steaming tea, leaned contentedly in front of the window, looked at the snowflakes flying outside through the glass, and sighed to He Lanxiong behind him: "Brother He~IndoMTL.com~ I think I came to the northwest When I was here, I made sufficient preparations, all kinds of things to deal with the severe winter, and I prepared a big car, never thought that it would be such a scene here, but those good things were all in vain.”

He Lanxiong leaned over the table and was staring at the map in front of him. Hearing Zhao Xilie's sigh, he couldn't help laughing, "I didn't think of it. This steam heating technology can't be promoted in Dahan at present, and it will cost a lot of money." It’s too big, and most people can’t afford it, but in our place, it’s really practical. Speaking of it, I have to thank Brother Zhao, I only heard sister Sister mention this glass in the letter, you actually paid for it yourself , All of these have been brought here from a long distance, so that we can enjoy the snow and the scenery in this way, and the vision is bright and wide, and we can look far from the heights, but that’s all.”

"This glass is really good. It is warmer than window paper. Commander, I suggest that next year we will install glass on all the windows in this building."

"I would like to, but this thing is too expensive, it is very delicate, it has been transported for thousands of miles, if it is shipped, it will be a pile of debris."

"The road will be repaired next year, just in time for the winter. As for the price, I heard that Mingbo Company is owned by the king. The commander told Princess Helan that the price is not high. Did you come down?" Zhao Xilie laughed slyly. (to be continued...)