The last topic is the Anshan Yi Coal and Iron Complex, which Feng Ziying attaches most importance to.
The Anshan Yi Coal and Iron Complex was completed and put into operation in June this year. Because the infrastructure in Liaodong is far inferior to that in Gyeonggi and Xuzhou, the construction progress is slower than expected.
It took a total of one and a half years before the first blast furnace was completed and put into operation. However, as the first blast furnace was put into operation, the subsequent blast furnaces were also put into production in July and August.
As long as they can smelt iron materials of acceptable quality normally, the merchants will be very satisfied. With this mining area and complex that can continue to produce for at least thirty to fifty years, all the efforts are worth it.
Moreover, Anshanyi is rich in various resources. The construction of the cement factory started in April last year and was completed and put into operation in October. It was quickly used in the construction of the post roads from Anshanyi to Niuzhuang and Liaoyang, and it also played a role. Huge effect.
Now the production of Anshan Yimei Iron Complex is on the right track, and the output is still rising. The second round of expansion plans has been released and will be implemented soon, and the cast rails will be used to build the railway track from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang to Shenyang. It became possible.
If you want to use expensive iron materials to make rails laid on the ground now, the businessmen are still a little bleeding in their hearts.
This kind of iron material can be easily exchanged for a lot of money by hauling it out in a boat, but now it has to be laid on the ground as a road. No matter how you look at it, it feels a bit like a waste.
But Feng Ziying still patiently persuaded these businessmen, especially the section from Anshan Station to Liaoyang was first paved, and after completing the ten-mile track paving, she used a special track carriage with four draft horses to easily move the four tracks. It took less than half an hour to pull the carts, and these four carts were loaded with eighty shi of grain. This kind of transportation capacity shocked all the merchants.
According to Feng Ziying's estimate, six draft horses can actually pull eight carts, which means that one hundred and sixty shi, or 24,000 kilograms of grain, can be transported.
If the distance from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang is 280 miles, that is to say that eight draft horses can easily transport 160 shi of grain from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang in two days, or they can transport 200 fully equipped soldiers. The armed soldiers arrived within two days, but if you take the post road, you can't do it without six days of arduous trekking. This shows the huge gap between them.
Not to mention the commercial value, just the military application is exciting, and the commercial value is even more immeasurable.
Especially for this mode of transportation, the wear and tear on horse carriages is also quite small, far less than the wear and tear of traveling on post roads, and the demand for post stations along the road can also be greatly reduced.
Therefore, after experimenting with the effect of the horse-drawn train over this ten-mile stretch, the businessmen all accepted Feng Ziying's attempt on the section from Niuzhuang to Shenyang. Of course, this also required shareholders like them to accept that the more than three hundred miles would be used. The crazy move of laying local railroad tracks on the road.
But as the population continues to pour into Liaodong, the line from Niuzhuang to Shenyang will be the focus of development, so it is all worth it.
According to Feng Ziying's idea, the current production capacity of the Anshan Yimei Iron Complex can basically meet the need to lay rail tracks from Liaoyang to Shenyang and Niuzhuang. In the later stage, it can further pave rail tracks from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang to speed up the progress.
If the plan goes smoothly, Feng Ziying estimates that the construction of these 300 miles of railway tracks can be completed within three years, and the section from Liaoyang to Shenyang can even be completed next year.
The completion of this section of railway can greatly promote the migration and gathering of people from Niuzhuang to Shenyang. It can also make this line a lifeline of economic development in Liaodong in the future. According to Feng Ziying's vision, this line can also be used in the future. The rails will be laid all the way through Tieling to Anlezhou, from Shenyang eastward to Hetuala, from Jiulian City to Liaoyang via Phoenix City, and also from Shanhaiguan to Yizhouwei (Yixian). The rails will be laid initially. A backbone rail network with Shenyang, Liaoyang and the center.
It sounds like laying a rail network in this era is quite high-end, but to be honest, the technological content of this thing is not very good. It is not driven by steam locomotives, but has to rely on draft horses. The rules of the rails are also narrow, and transportation The ability is not satisfactory, of course, it is indeed different from road transportation.
When the steel production capacity in Gyeonggi and Liaodong begins to explode, Feng Ziying can really do whatever she wants. Now Liaodong is starting to build a rail network.
Of course, this must be a very long process. Except for the lifeline from Niuzhuang to Shenyang, which must be completed with all-out efforts because of the needs of relocation, material supply transportation and steel trade, the other lines are all a kind of The planning assumes that Feng Ziying will start it only if it is indeed valuable.
And by then it will be unknown whether he will still be in Liaodong or not, and it will depend more on the wishes of the businessmen.
The construction of a shipyard in Jiuliancheng has also become a matter of study.
This place is located at the mouth of the Yalu River. Large trees in Liaodong can be harvested and flowed down the Yalu River. Moreover, North Korea and Japan are now closed to the outside world. It is a good time for the Great Zhou Dynasty to vigorously develop maritime trade.
Moreover, in order to control Ezo and Kuwu after the Great Zhou, Liaodong shipping must be developed, and at the same time, trade must be deepened into North Korea and Japan, forcing these two countries to accept the trade standards of the Great Zhou and incorporate them into the Great Zhou trade system. Prevent the Xiyi people from infiltrating into this area first.
Feng Ziying already has a draft of the plan to build Liaodong Province, and will submit it to the imperial cabinet after further refinement.
According to his idea, two prefectures, Ningyuan Prefecture and Guangning Prefecture, were established in western Liaoning, three prefectures of Jinzhou, Fuzhou, and Haizhou were established in southern Liaoning, Fenghuang Prefecture and Zhenjiang Prefecture (Jiulian City) were established in southeastern Liaoning, and Liaoyang Prefecture was established in central Liaoning. , Shenyang Prefecture, Anle Prefecture, and Tieling Prefecture. In addition, Jianzhou Prefecture was established in Hetuala, and Yizhou was restored in the northern area of Liaohetao. This was also the original location of Liaoyang Province in the Yuan Dynasty, and is probably the modern Fuxin, Zhangwu, and Kulun Banner, Horqin Left Back Banner, and Naiman Banner are a large area. At present, this is the jurisdiction of Yehe tribe and Horqin people. Feng Ziying directly designated the area of Yizhou.
Of course, this plan can only be a rough idea. The two plans of Jianzhou Prefecture and Yizhou are obviously to strengthen the control of Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen and Horqin people, and completely integrate them into the two areas governed by the Zhou Dynasty. The structure of each prefecture has not yet been formed. It is still far from realizing the prefecture envisioned by Feng Ziying in the future. Without ten or twenty years of construction and integration, it is impossible to even think about it.
A large number of immigrants are still needed here to guard the border, and landless farmers from the interior will be continuously moved to this area, and development and ethnic integration will be intensified, so that this area will truly become a fertile land for the Great Zhou Dynasty, and at the same time, it will also become a land that continues to move eastwards in the future. The North will lay the foundation for bringing the entire original Nurgandusi area into its substantive jurisdiction.
It makes no sense that a hundred or two hundred years later, Tsarist Russia could extend its clutches to this area thousands of miles away, while China, which is so close at hand, can only watch helplessly as the Tsar annexes the Siberian Khanate and annexes the entire Siberian region to the sea. Feng Ziying would never tolerate it becoming their land.
Now that I am here, I naturally have to take the lead and do many things first. Only by building Liaodong into a new Shandong can it serve as a bridgehead for expansion eastward and northward. If Liaodong is not stable, nothing can be done.
Without a population of seven to eight million, how can you support the continuous expansion to the north and east?
While Feng Ziying was sitting in the rear conceiving the future development pattern of Greater Liaodong, Liu Dongyang, He Renlong, You Shilu and others in the front did not stop and continued to attack north and east.
After recapturing Anle Prefecture, You Shilu and Liu Dongyang led their armies out of Qingyang Fort and Zhenbeiguan all the way north to attack the Argan Mountain. Although there were still hundreds of miles to go, the current Zhou army was full of fighting spirit. High-spirited and determined to completely annihilate the Jurchens in Jianzhou.
According to what the Governor said, as long as the verified Jianzhou soldiers are captured, one prisoner will be worth twenty taels of silver, and one killed will be halved. There are at least 20,000 Jianzhou soldiers fleeing north. For the soldiers, As long as one or two are captured, the hard work of this trip will be worth it, and this does not include the more senior Jianzhou leaders.
The reward for capturing Nurhaci is as high as 100,000 taels. Among Nurhaci's sons, Huang Taiji has the highest reward, which is as high as 30,000 taels. The other sons also range from 5,000 to 10,000 taels, and He Heli, Fei Yingdong, Anfei Yanggu, Hu Erhan The prices for the five of them, Li Yongfang, and Li Yongfang were all the same at 20,000 taels. If all of these people were killed or only got their heads, the price would be half, which greatly stimulated the interest of the Zhou army soldiers.
Some people within the Zhou army even objected to passing the reward order to the Jurchens in the East China Sea. However, Liu Dongyang and You Shilu discussed the situation and passed it on to Sajiala, so that it could be widely spread among the Jurchens in the East China Sea. Now let's see who can get it first.
Jianzhou's group of troops fleeing north received bad news on their way to Argan Mountain.
The Warka Tribe and the Hurha Tribe of the East China Sea Jurchens have fallen out. There are rumors in both tribes about the bounty of 100,000 taels of silver for Nurhaci. The bounties of other people have also been posted on Algan. In the villages and tribes around the mountain.
The only thing now is that the situation at the Woji Department is still unclear, but the Algan Mountain is the territory of the Warkha Department. If you can't go to the Algan Mountain and want to go to the Woji Department, then you can only turn to the east, but The pursuers of He Renlong and Mao Chenglu had already gone north from Hetuala and headed straight for Wojibu. If they fled to Wojibu, would they meet the pursuers of Denglai Town and Dongjiang Town?
(End of chapter)
