The Undead Empire That Travels Through the Multiverse

Three years passed quickly, and Egypt ushered in a new era under Chen Mo's rule.

The widening project of the Suez Canal relied on the efforts of nearly a million undead laborers, and was announced to be completed a year later. After the widening, the navigable capacity of the Suez Canal has more than doubled compared to the original one. Chen Mo holds 35% of the shares. It brought him a huge income equivalent to 70% of the original Suez Canal.

Chen Mo did not take this money into his own pocket, but handed it over to the Egyptian government as fiscal revenue and used it for national construction.

With the injection of this capital, coupled with the investment of the DuPont Group, the Egyptian government quickly established a small petrochemical plant and an arsenal in the Aswan area, and built a small shipyard in Alexandria.

The reason why it is not the large-scale factory envisioned at the beginning is that Egypt's own environment and conditions cannot keep up, and it needs to develop slowly step by step.

In the past three years, it has been very difficult to build a factory and set up a shelf. After all, a country under colonial rule like Egypt really lacks available talents and high-quality labor.

However, among them, although the petrochemical plant and the arsenal were built with the support of the DuPont family, the technology used came from Chen Mo.

In the last world, a base in Umbrella was swallowed up, and it was still a base for weapons production and research. Chen Mo had obtained a lot of technology no matter what.

Among them, there are relatively few technologies in the chemical industry, which are basically related to some chemical products used in military production, and are limited by the current level of technology. Most of them are difficult to manufacture or can only rely on laboratories, but some are relatively basic. Chemical products can be produced, and these have become the main output of chemical factories.

As for the military industry, there are quite a few weapons researchers in the base Chen Motun took over. They synthesized several relatively successful weapons in history and designed a good semi-automatic rifle as the main product of the military factory.

At present, the Egyptian army has begun to install it, and the main production orders of the military factory also come from this.

This is not because Chen Mo is unwilling to equip his army with automatic weapons, but for the current Egyptian army, it is not the time to deploy automatic weapons on a large scale.

In other words, the Egyptian government is still unable to bear the logistical pressure brought about by a full replacement of automatic weapons, so it can only use semi-automatic rifles to top it first.

However, even so, the combat effectiveness of the Egyptian army has improved considerably. In particular, the military factory does not only produce equipment such as semi-automatic rifles. Chen Mo actually has the technology for artillery, armored vehicles, tanks, and even aircraft.

It's just that the current Aswan arsenal is limited in scale and can only produce semi-automatic rifles, small-caliber infantry guns and mortars.

The second dam that the British promised to build was also completed under the hard work of the undead laborers, and the supporting hydropower station was also completed. It is precisely because of this that the factory was chosen to be built in the Aswan area.

As I said before, power supply is the foundation of industrial development. The Aswan region has the largest dam in Egypt. After the completion of the hydropower station, it can provide abundant power for industrial development. Naturally, this is the most suitable place to build industrial facilities. .

Chen Mo's plan is to build an industrial city around the Aswan area, and the current chemical plant and arsenal are just the foundation of this industrial city.

As for the shipyard in Alexandria, Chen Mo chose a civilian shipyard very rationally, and did not involve in the construction of warships.

The main reason for doing this is that Egypt’s industrial strength is weak. The steel for shipbuilding is currently unable to produce independently, and it is still barely enough to build civilian ships. Want to build warships? It's not even close.

And there is another point that the two largest ports in Egypt, Alexandria and Port Said, are under the control of the British. Chen Mo has not taken back these two ports from the British for the time being.

In the absence of a military port, the development of the navy is naturally out of the question.

However, Chen Mo still knew the importance of coastal defense, so he bought the battlecruiser Renown, two city-class cruisers and five destroyers from the UK.

Although the city-class cruisers are old warships from World War I, most of them have only served for more than ten years. After modernization and refitting, they are not far behind the current level of warships.

It may be outdated for a maritime hegemonic country like the United Kingdom, but for a country like Egypt, a fleet composed of two city-class cruisers and five destroyers, plus the "Nelson of Twenty-nine Knots" is enough to satisfy the current situation. stage of coastal defense needs.

Although Chen Mo still wanted to buy the war-weary old lady who fought in World War I and World War II, the Egyptian government couldn't afford that much money.

Although a large amount of gold and treasures were extracted from the ground of Hamna Tower, this batch of treasures may be enough for an individual to eat and drink for ten lifetimes, but for a country, this amount of money is enough to support one or two fortunes. Years of expenditure, especially since Chen Mo is still engaged in construction, and the purchase of warships is a big spender, which naturally leads to spending money like water.

But even so, relying on the benefits of the Suez Canal, the current Egyptian government is still in a good financial position, and there is no sign of a fiscal deficit, and even a slight fiscal surplus.

Moreover, because of the construction of the Aswan Dam, the environment in the lower reaches of the Nile has been improved, and food production has been effectively increased with the increase in arable land. The current situation in Egypt can be said to be booming, and the people's living standards have also improved. improvement and enhancement.

Because of such visible achievements, the Egyptians did not dislike Chen Mo's rule. On the contrary, his support was pretty good.

Although it was only three years ago, the people did not love him much, but at least they respected and supported him. Even Chen Mo promulgated the corpse tax and resurrection law, which did not arouse the reaction of the Egyptian National People's Congress.

Although a large number of religious people jumped out to oppose it, thinking that it was blasphemy, but in the face of actual interests, they did not cause too much trouble.

On the contrary, after Chen Mo proved that it is indeed possible to resurrect the dead, quite a few dignitaries from various countries became very interested in it.

This is resurrection after death. Although it is not eternal life, it still has a fatal attraction for those who cherish their lives.

Just ask, who doesn't want to live longer? Even if it's just resurrection after death, not real enjoyment of eternal life, and even there will be a big gap between life and death, but as long as they can live, who would be willing to lie in a coffin, be buried in the soil, and then rot?