Become a feudal king from today

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that I, Liu Fu, would finally set foot on the land of Ningjin Dusi in my lifetime!"

Yanguan, North Gate.

After two days of trekking, Zhao Xu led the officials to Yanguan.

Arriving outside the north gate, Liu Fu suddenly picked up a handful of loess from the ground. Tears flashed in his eyes when he laughed.

The other officials looked moved and kept sighing with emotion about the lost territory.

Zhao Xu stepped on the ground under his feet. Wherever he looked, there were black and red mottled marks, which were the blood of Beidi soldiers left in Yanguan.

It reminded him and his officers of the brutality of the battle.

"Fu Liu, where are you now? When we get to Ningcheng and Ningjin, I will dig a bag of soil for you to plant flowers to commemorate the victory of Ningjin." Chang Wei put his hands on his hips and joked with Liu Fu.

Liu Fu was startled for a moment, scattered the soil in his hands, clapped his hands and said: "Hey, General Chang, although you are stubborn, this is a good idea. Don't forget it when the time comes. The flowers will bloom every year in the future. It’s to commemorate the great victory of Ningjin.”

After hearing this, everyone gave Chang Wei a thumbs up and asked for some dirt, making Chang Wei dumbfounded.

Zhao Xu smiled and let them play around.

Now that the war is won, it's time to make them feel more relaxed and comfortable.

After a commotion at the city gate, the group continued walking north.

Chang Wei came here specifically to greet them.

Beidi withdrew to the north of Jincheng, and then he landed on the land of Ningjin Dusi, first going to Jincheng and then to Ningcheng.

Knowing that he was coming, he waited at Yanguan in advance.

"The current population of Ningjin Dusi is about one million, mainly concentrated near Ningcheng and Jincheng." Chang Wei introduced to Zhao Xu on the way to Ningcheng.

Originally, there were about 500,000 Dasong slaves in Ningjin Dusi.

Later, nearly two million people migrated to Beidi.

Half of the two hundred people are Dasong people.

After the defeat of Beidi, both Beidi and Xiliang people fled north, and at the same time they raised their butcher knives at the Dasong slaves.

But thanks to Zhongli and others' timely rescue, most of the slaves survived.

From now on, they will live in the land of Ningjindusi.

"In addition, we also captured 120,000 people, including Beidi people and Xiliang people." Chang Wei continued.

Zhao Xu nodded, "Let these prisoners stay in Ningjin Dusi. Let them feel like slaves. Let them dig mines, dig ditches, build roads and bridges, and even railway tracks in the future."

"Railway?" Chang Wei couldn't help but be startled when he heard this. He had never heard of this thing.

Hearing this, Zhao Xu realized that he had let slip, "This thing can't be realized yet, but it won't be too far away."

The rails are naturally prepared for steam locomotives.

Now that Yanzhou's steam engine technology is gradually maturing, he will ask Wang Chong to challenge the manufacturing of steam engines and locomotives.

But this is just a plan, after all, building rails requires a lot of steel.

Before that, he had to upgrade the steel industry.

Moreover, the steam engine car needs a high-pressure steam engine, not the ordinary steam engine that the workshop needs, which also needs to be developed by the science and technology school.

"When this thing is built, we can advance step by step and firmly control Ningjin Dusi, and even control the grassland forever." Zhao Xu looked fascinated.

Since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasties have been extremely weak in controlling the grasslands.

The reason is that the borders are far away and transportation costs are too high.

Even if it can be defeated, it will still cost a lot of money to defend.

If the enemy continues to harass and attack, the cost will continue to rise.

Therefore, when he first fought this battle, he hesitated for a long time.

Just to defend Yanguan, the cost he paid was very low.

But he would have to pay a high price to defend Ning Jin Dusi, who had no chance of defending.

This cost may even drag down Yanzhou's finances.

It wasn't until Beidi's poisoning completely angered him that he made up his mind.

After all, the high cost of governance is better than letting Beidi stick to Yanzhou, suppress the border with troops, and constantly use conspiracy and tricks.

Of course, another thing is the advent of the steam engine.

As soon as a steam locomotive was developed, he would drive the Beidi prisoners to repair the railway tracks.

Let the railway track extend from Yanzhou to Ningjindusi.

In this way, he could quickly mobilize troops and transport grain and grass between Yanzhou and Ningjin Dusi.

At that time, the mobility advantage of the Beidi cavalry would be gone to him.

Everywhere the railway extends will be his territory.

Ningjindusi's defense and governance costs will also be reduced to normal levels.

"Since His Highness has said it, the general is looking forward to it." Chang Wei looked happy.

Although Ningjin's victory was exciting, Beidi was still alive, which always made him feel like he was in trouble.

When Dasong was at its strongest, its territory stopped at Ningjindusi, and it could not even think about the black mountains and black soil further north, or the land to the west.

If what King Yan said is true, the future of Yanzhou will be unimaginable.

After chatting all the way, Zhao Xu arrived in Ningcheng at noon the next day.

At this time, Qin Shan and Guantong, who had learned the news in advance, were already waiting outside the city gate.

In addition to them, Zhao Xu also saw a group of people who were incompatible with Ningjin Dusi soldiers.

These people were as skinny as firewood and wore Beidi armor.

When he saw him coming, he tried to straighten his body, as if to prove to him that he was a useful talent.

"I will see you at last, Your Highness."

As soon as he arrived at the city gate, Qin Shan and Guan Tong all saluted him.

Zhao Xu waved his hand and motioned for them to get up.

Patting the two of them on the shoulders, Zhao Xu said: "This battle, the battle in Ningcheng is the most dangerous, I'll help you."

"As a member of the royal family, this is our duty." Qin Shan and Guan Tong said at the same time.

Zhao Xu nodded.

Since the establishment of the military academy, he not only taught generals how to fight, but also influenced them on the ideological level.

Let them know why they are fighting, not just for high-ranking officials, generous salaries and salaries.

Otherwise, they will just be like the generals of the powerful army, focusing more on flattering and forming cliques.

To put it simply, he is actually shaping the military soul that belongs to the royal family.

Let this army know its mission.

At present, he has set the expulsion of Beidi as one of the goals of the royal family.

In the future, he will also aim to eliminate powerful tribes, drive away colonists, etc.

Then he looked at the skinny soldiers and said with a smile: "I heard that during the Battle of Ningcheng, many Dasong people who were unwilling to be enslaved by Beidi raised their troops to resist. It should be you, right?"

Standing behind Qin Shan and Guantong was none other than Yan Wang. He stammered: "Back to... His Highness King Yan, that's right."

He seemed to be unable to hold on any longer, and suddenly knelt down in front of Zhao Xu, "His Royal Highness, King Yan, you are truly our reborn parents. Without His Highness, King Yan, we would have died at the hands of the Beidi people sooner or later."

Yan Wan's crying seemed to have started a chain reaction.

Stretching from the city gate all the way in, there was a lot of whimpering.