Anshan Fort is the first of many fortress towns in Liaodong. There are hundreds of small towns and fortresses like this in Liaodong.
But what makes Anshanbao different from other places is that there are iron mines in this place.
As early as the Ming Dynasty, iron ore had been mined and smelted here. Later, the Dongji people occupied this place and organized people to mine iron ore and smelt it here. The obtained iron was used to make weapons and armor. Even casting cannons.
Whether it was during the Ming Dynasty or during the period of control by the Dongji people, their development and utilization of iron ore in Anshan and even Liaodong and other areas was still in the era of handicraft workshops. It could not be said to be on a large scale, but it still left a legacy for the Chu Empire. Have a certain foundation.
For example, the people of the Dachu Empire knew that there were rich iron ore resources without any survey, and also left behind a small number of miners who had not had time to take them away.
The Dongji people's retreat was very hasty and large-scale. It was destined that they would not be able to take everyone away, otherwise it would be impossible to leave nearly a million people in Liaodong.
They only had time to take away the Dongji people themselves, some traitors who had surrendered early and attached themselves to the Dongji people, and their family records, as well as some relatively rare technical personnel, especially various craftsmen.
As for ordinary people, they don’t have time to bring them, and they can’t bring so many people...
After the delegation sent by the Ministry of Industry arrived at Anshanbao, they went straight to several iron ore areas that the Dongji people had mined in the past. After arriving at the mining area, a group of surveyors directly entered the mine for survey.
Although there is actually no surveying technology these days, and predictions are purely based on experience and actual mining, but... looking at such a large mining area, there will be no shortage of iron ore reserves.
After several days of detailed surveys, surveyors from the Ministry of Industry came up with a preliminary report. Anshan has very large iron ore reserves and there are many open-pit iron ores. These iron ores are enough to support a large steel plant.
But it is not without its shortcomings, that is, the iron content of the iron ore here is not high, and it is not considered a rich ore.
But it doesn’t matter much. Anyway, among the many iron mines being developed in the Da Chu Empire, most of them contain iron ores with low iron content. They can be considered rich ores, that is, there are iron ores on Qiongzhou Island. .
After a preliminary survey of the iron ore mines in Anshan, the delegation from the Ministry of Industry went to the surrounding areas to conduct surveys non-stop, and found many small and medium-sized iron ore mines suitable for development in the surrounding areas.
In addition to iron ore, many small and medium-sized coal mines have also been found.
But the most important thing was the delegation from the Ministry of Industry. Based on the information obtained from the local area, large-scale iron ore and coal mines were discovered in Weiningying (later Benxi) along the Taizi River in eastern Liaoyang.
The iron ore and coal mines in that area are relatively close, and there is also a Taizi River. This means that a large-scale steel plant using the hydraulic blowing method can be built directly there, and the steel produced can also directly pass through the Taizi River - The Liaohe River system carries out external transportation.
This place is naturally suitable for building a large steel plant!
The survey results of the coal and iron mines in the Weiningying area, coupled with the previous survey results in Anshan and other areas, greatly excited the delegation of the Ministry of Industry. They can basically determine that the seemingly bitter and cold land of Liaodong is a natural development of steel. A heavy industrial area with industry as its core.
Its mineral resources are so rich that it can almost support the steel needs of the entire empire.
The only question now is, how to develop it?
In this regard, some members of the Ministry of Industry delegation, mainly representatives of heavy industry departments such as the Steel Department and the Machinery Department, held many meetings with personnel from the Liaodong Governor's Yamen to discuss mineral development issues in the Liaodong region.
In response, Liaodong Governor's Yamen expressed great welcome. Liaodong Governor Ji Dehua directly stated to the delegation of the Ministry of Industry that if the Ministry of Industry invests in developing minerals and building various mining areas, steel plants, machinery plants and many other factories in Liaodong, local governments will We will provide full cooperation.
In addition to regular cooperation, the Liaodong governor's office also promised that if they invest, the Liaodong local government will exempt all heavy industry investment enterprises from local taxes for two years and give them a three-and-a-half-year tax preferential period after two years.
Of course, it is limited to fiscal taxes at the provincial level and below. As for the taxes that should be paid to the national treasury, they have no authority over this and cannot avoid it.
But they also promised that they would apply for the establishment of national-level industrial zones as much as possible to obtain the tax-free quota of national-level industrial zones.
Just like Songjiang Industrial Zone!
There are now more and more messy industrial zones in the Great Chu Empire, but most of them are so-called industrial zones created by the local governments themselves. The various preferential policies that can be provided by the various so-called industrial zones established by these local governments are also limited. Only limited to their local authority.
For example, if an industrial zone established in a county fails to pass the review of the superior, then the various discounts that the industrial zone can provide can only be within the scope of the local county, and the tax exemption can only be exempted from the county-level financial office. As for the allocated part, the taxes collected by the prefectural-level finance, provincial-level finance and the national treasury should be as much as they should be.
This kind of county-level industrial zone is said to be an industrial zone, but in fact, except for a few places, most of them are just a piece of land randomly allocated on the outskirts of the county town. Most of them are just in appearance. In fact, most counties are not They are too lazy to do it. After all, there is nothing that is needed in the jurisdiction. Being able to be a small machinery factory and making some farm tools, kitchen utensils and the like is already the limit. Just give one-to-one policy discounts, and there is no need to create anything special. Come out of the industrial area.
If he passes the prefectural-level review, then he will be a prefectural-level industrial zone and enjoy corresponding prefectural-level preferential policies. There are more such prefectural-level industrial zones, but again, most of them are still superficial, only Only some prefectures with better conditions can establish small-scale industrial zones, but the overall impact is not great.
If it passes the provincial review, it is a provincial industrial zone and can enjoy corresponding provincial preferential policies. Basically, almost every province in the empire now has such a provincial industrial zone, such as the Xiangyang Industrial Zone in northern Chu , Changsha Industrial Zone in Chunan, Guangzhou Industrial Zone in Guangdong, Tianjin Industrial Zone in Hebei, Ningbo Industrial Zone in Zhejiang, Tongzhou Industrial Zone in Jiangbei, Fengyang Industrial Zone in Anlu... Even Gansu, which has not many people, Create a so-called Lanzhou Industrial Zone.
Each provincial industrial zone is limited by its own situation, and its scale may be large or small. However, these provincial industrial zones are also considered important industrial zones in the Chu Empire, supporting nearly half of the industrial output value of the Chu Empire.
Next are the only three national-level industrial zones so far, namely Daye Industrial Zone in Hantianfu, Dangtu Industrial Zone in Yingtianfu, and Songjiang Industrial Zone in Jiangnan Province.
These three national-level industrial zones, let alone others, have huge preferential policies. All taxes are exempted for the first two years and levied at half the rate for the next three years.
"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"
This preferential policy refers to a comprehensive preferential treatment for both national and local taxes.
In order to develop their own industries, many places are actually applying to become national-level industrial zones, but they have never been approved.
After all, the current national strength of the Da Chu Empire is limited, whether it is technical personnel or support funds, etc., what the senior leaders of the Da Chu Empire want is to first concentrate on building a number of factories, and then drive more factories to form an industry. healthy development.
The so-called national-level industrial zones or provincial-level industrial zones actually use tax incentives to stimulate capital investment in industry. They also aim to gather scattered funds and various talents and resources. The purpose is to concentrate resources. Do big things.
Rather than building a factory in the east and a hammer in the west, building a factory here and a factory there.
In today's era of backward transportation, land transportation can only rely on legs, and river and sea transportation can only rely on sails. It is unreliable to fully bloom. The transportation cost alone is an obstacle that is difficult to overcome.
Only by concentrating resources and focusing on the development of certain places can we quickly achieve breakthroughs and achieve results.
Under such circumstances, in fact, the empire's senior officials maintained an attitude of verbal support for the local industrial zones, but in fact they did not give anything.
However, Liaodong is different!
In Luo Zhixue's plan, Liaodong is to be built into a large heavy industry base for the empire, especially a steel production base, so there will be no shortage of necessary policy support.
The delegation from the Ministry of Industry gathered the results of the inspection and talks with Liaodong localities. After they were sent to Jinling City via express report, Luo Zhixue just took a brief look at it, and then issued an approval to prepare a national-level industrial zone in Liaodong to support the development of steel. The core heavy industry requires various departments to cooperate with each other to complete the construction of industrial zones as soon as possible.
After Luo Zhixue's instructions, various departments took action quickly.
The first to act was not the Ministry of Industry or other interior departments, but the military...
Because the military must first ensure the safety of the industrial zone... Although the Liaodong Great Wall and many border fortresses along the way can stop the large-scale invasion of the Dongji people.
But in the long Great Wall of Liaodong, it is not easy for the Dongjiu people to send a small force to attack and destroy.
In order to avoid subsequent factory construction and ensure the safety of agricultural production, the Third Army is preparing to launch local rapid strikes in some areas to expel the Dongjiao people as far north as possible.
Although it has already entered early winter, this kind of local small and medium-sized rapid counterattack does not require carrying a large number of heavy artillery or baggage. It is mainly based on cavalry combat. Therefore, although it is a bit troublesome to fight, it can still be fought.
As a result, war broke out again in Liaodong. The Chu army's frequent cavalry attacks made the Dongji people who had just fled to the deep mountains and old forests settled down and had not had time to breathe again. They were so frightened that they had to give up. A large number of villages and settlements close to the Great Wall continued to move away from the Liaodong Great Wall.
Some of the Eastern captives in the eastern Liaodong region even crossed the Yalu River and fled to North Korea. In order to pursue these Eastern captives, part of the Chu army also crossed the Yalu River and fought in.
As the Chu army entered the Korean Peninsula on a large scale, the Li Dynasty was also greatly panicked. They quickly sent envoys to see the Chu Empire and request surrender...
But the soldiers of the Chu army who were fighting at the front only had military glory and promotion and wealth in their eyes... There was no such thing as surrendering to the vassal state. How could they directly kill a large number of enemy troops, capture the city and seize territory, and contribute a lot to opening up hundreds of miles of territory for the empire? !
Brigadier General Feng Yushu, the deputy commander of the 11th Division who was responsible for military affairs in this direction and led more than 5,000 mixed troops to fight, did not see these so-called envoys of the Li Dynasty at all, and directly led his troops to attack Yizhou.
After capturing Uiju, he captured Teesan Fortress within a few days and successfully joined forces with the Marine Corps on Phi Island.
Then Brigadier General Feng Yushu reported the good news to the back, saying that he had chased the Dong kidnappers into the Korean Peninsula. The local Korean barbarians were willing to kidnap the Dong kidnappers. They were stubborn and stubborn. The captives rebelled against my master Wang.
Now, our troops have captured Yizhou, Tieshan and other cities, annihilated thousands of Dongji and their lackeys, and opened up and expanded the empire's territory by hundreds of miles.
Brigadier General Feng Yushu had a hunch that if he operated well on the Korean Peninsula, after this battle, his newly promoted brigadier general would become a major general.
Because he believes that His Majesty and other elders would be more willing to hear the name of Korea Province than to hear that the empire belongs to the Kingdom of Korea!
Because he thinks so too!
Feng Yushu led more than 5,000 troops into the Korean Peninsula, successively captured many cities such as Yiju and Tieshan, and then joined forces with the 3rd Marine Regiment that had previously landed and garrisoned on Pi Island.
Feng Yushu had a brief discussion with the people from the Marine Corps and talked about the prospects of promotion and wealth after conquering cities and territories on the Korean Peninsula, which attracted the Marine Corps to follow them southward.
Once these two mixed regiment-sized Chu armies merged, they directly became an army of ten thousand people!
And he’s still a first-class division master!
With such a huge force, not to mention the scumbag armies of the Li Dynasty that were still in the era of cold weapons and early firearms, not even the main force of the Dongluo people could handle it!
Feng Yushu led an army of tens of thousands without even using any tactics. He just fought hard all the way step by step. He successfully captured Xuanchuan, Guoshan, Dingzhou and other places, and successfully reached Anzhou, the important place in northern North Korea. .
In the whole process, there was actually not much fighting... When they attacked Yizhou and Tieshan, the Chu army did not even bring up a large number of artillery. They only used light weapons and two and a half kilograms of artillery to capture these places, and on their own The loss is minimal.
When attacking Yizhou, the Chu army only suffered about 20 casualties in total. However, the more than 10,000 Korean defenders and hundreds of Japanese captives on the opposite side suffered more than 1,000 casualties on the spot, and the rest surrendered.
Not to mention the other cities, there was not much fighting at all... When they attacked Dingzhou, the Chu army had not even started to fight. The other side opened the city gate and surrendered. What did the Korean officials in the city say since Dongzhou? Since the invasion of Korea, their Korean vassal country has been waiting for the king of the Central Plains for a long time...
This makes Brigadier General Feng Yushu a little embarrassed... I'm not here to save you from misery, I'm here to destroy the country.
However, the embarrassment ended with embarrassment, and what had to be done had to be done, so we continued to attack the city and the territory. The governor's office of Liaodong Province was also very cooperative... As soon as the army moved south, they established Jiangdong Prefecture, which was probably the Ping'an Dao Palace in the Joseon Dynasty. partial area.
This Jiangdong Mansion is also taken from Jiangdong Town during the Ming Dynasty.
As a result, those North Korean officials who took the initiative to surrender and thought that the Great Chu Empire's war against North Korea was to restore the traditional vassal relationship between the Central Plains Dynasty and the Korean Peninsula, and to combat the strength of the Eastern captives, were dumbfounded...
Damn it, local administrative agencies have even been set up.
These Chu troops are not here to drive away the captives. These Chu people... no, these damn Chu barbarians, they are here to destroy the country!
It is a pity that whether they know it or not, whether they oppose it or submit to it, it actually cannot affect this war.
When Feng Yushu's troops joined forces with the Third Marine Regiment to fight to Anzhou, the Third Army also responded to Feng Yushu's previous battle report.
Zuo Yingzhe, the commander of the Third Army, wrote it in his own handwriting. The general meaning is: Since the North Koreans won't give you face, then Lao Feng, go ahead and fight and teach them a painful lesson... Of course, Feng Yushu, don't expect any support from the Army. You can hit it as far as you can.
After receiving the warrant, Feng Yushu smiled when he looked at Anding City in front of him. Zuo Yingzhe said that he wanted to teach them a lesson. There was no support, but he didn't say that he would not let them go all the way to Seoul!
At this time, even Zuo Yingzhe actually didn't know that Feng Yushu on the front line was planning to directly destroy the Korean Kingdom and gain a huge credit... If Zuo Yingzhe had this idea, he would have sent reinforcements long ago, and he wouldn't If you want to act without authorization, you have to ask the Jinling authorities for instructions first.
As for Zuo Yingzhe, he has no intention of destroying the country now, but he still supports the governor of Liaodong in sending officials across the Yalu River to establish Jiangdong Prefecture!
There is a saying that goes well: It’s time to come…
