Chapter 2847

Judging from the intensity of wars in this era, hundreds of casualties were incurred during the attack on the Gaizhou Acropolis, which is actually a pretty good performance. After all, the total number of troops put into the battlefield by both sides in the Gaizhou Battle exceeded 10,000, and the Haihan Army

The casualties caused to the opponent are more than ten times the battle losses to oneself. This ratio is basically in line with the gap in military strength between the two sides.

Fortunately, the generals of the Haihan Army boldly adopted a leapfrog offensive, bypassing the large areas controlled by the Qing Dynasty in the south, and directly attacking Gaizhou, a land transportation pass. Otherwise, they would have to push hard all the way from Jinzhou.

If we come here and conquer all the enemy strongholds along the way, the number of casualties suffered by the Haihan Army will probably increase several times.

Gaizhou Acropolis is not lively, it can even be said to be a bit depressed. There are no bustling commercial streets here, there are only some shops selling daily necessities in the city, and there are not even a few decent restaurants, which shows the consumption power of the local people.

Very average.

However, perhaps it is because the local people moved in from other places after the war. From the beginning of naturalization and resettlement, they have always accepted the arrangements of the Haihan government. Management is relatively smooth, and the local security situation is also excellent. The official even only symbolically

An infantry company is stationed here as a guard force, and there are very few civil disputes on weekdays. The local government office cannot hear a few lawsuits in a year.

On the night of settling in Gaizhou, Chen Yixin asked Bai Kesi and others for advice on the upcoming itinerary.

"There are two routes available at the moment. One is to take the water route and go directly to Shenyang along the Liaohe River. The other is to take the land route, passing through Haizhou and Liaoyang to Shenyang. Taking the water route will be faster, but there will be no inspection sites on the way. Taking the land route will

Passing through several major mining locations in Liaodong, you can take a look at the local mining development, but the journey will take more time."

Chen Yixin used the map to explain the differences between the two routes to Bai Kesi and others.

Bai Kesi had obviously made up his mind a long time ago and said without thinking: "This is easy to do. Let's take the land route to Shenyang and inspect the mining projects along the way. We will then take the waterway when we return. By then we will go down the river from Shenyang and the journey will be long.

It will be faster."

Baix paused and then added: "When I return, I will also take a look at the situation in the lower reaches of the Liaohe River. The oil wells there should be put into production soon!"

The focus of Bai Kesi's trip is to inspect the development status of industrial projects in the Liaodong region. As for commerce, diplomacy, military and other matters, they are secondary tasks for him. Therefore, he must personally visit these mining locations along the way.

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Liaodong is rich in mineral resources, especially the coal and iron needed for industrial development. The reserves are very huge, and it is fully qualified to build a coal-iron composite industrial center. This is also one of the key projects that Baikes will inspect when he comes to Liaodong. And the lower reaches of the Liaohe River

The oil resources in the region have been a treasure that the Executive Committee has long been eyeing. If they can be successfully exploited, there is a high probability that Liaodong will build a petrochemical industry base in the future.

Whether it is a coal-iron complex or a petrochemical base, it is of extremely great significance to the long-term development of the Liaodong region. The executive committee also needs to rely on Bai Kesi's inspection conclusions to decide whether to invest industrial resources in Liaodong and turn it into a

The emerging industrial center of the empire.

So Bai Kesi and his party only stayed in Gaizhou Acropolis for one day, and then changed to a carriage to continue their journey north the next day.

Traveling a hundred miles northeast from Gaizhou, you will arrive at Haicheng, where the seat of Haizhou Guard is located. Haizhou Guard was established during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. It has jurisdiction over five thousand households and is affiliated with the Liaodong Dusi. The city is about 120 miles away.

During the Ming Dynasty, North Korean envoys took the overland route to Beijing for an audience. Haicheng was a must-stop stop, and a special custom was formed - when North Korean envoys passed through Haizhou, most of them would stop here by saying "Haicheng". Write a poem about the state.

During the Hongwu period, the North Korean envoy Li Qiang wrote in a poem: The winds and winds left by the Bohai Sea are all misty, and the lonely city is full of horses looking at the setting sun.

During the Jianwen period, Li Zhan wrote in a poem: Where is the Gaoli Pavilion now? It is still illuminated by the setting sun on the sand.

During the Wanli period, Huang Shiyou wrote a poem when he passed by this place and said: The vast wilderness in the northwest ends, and the mountains in the southeast end without Haizhou.

The building scale of Haicheng is larger than that of Gaizhou Acropolis. The city wall is made of adobe and bricks, with a circumference of more than six miles and a height of three feet and four feet. There are Zhenwu, Guangwei, Linqing and Laiyuan cities in the southeast and northwest respectively. Door.

To the south of the city is the Haicheng River, which is nearly a hundred feet wide, and to the north is a hill called Yuhuang Mountain. From a long distance away, you can see the tower on Guangwei Gate.

A stone bridge is currently being built on the Haicheng River, but it has not yet been completed. The group can only reach the north bank by ferry. Although it is quite inconvenient, everyone who has been walking along can't help but be quite excited to see such a big city. We should go to the city quickly to find out.

However, there was not the lively scene they expected in the city. Although the city was not small, the local population seemed to be not much different from that of Gaizhou Acropolis. There were many shops in the streets of the city, but most of them were closed and not open. Obviously, the local businesses were not open. Not too developed.

Liu Shang explained various reasons to everyone. Haicheng was still a very prosperous place during the Ming Dynasty, but after the Manchus occupied the place, they moved most of the Han people away as slaves, which greatly affected the local people's livelihood. Later, Haihan When the Qing army marched northward and captured this place, the Qing army also moved the local population away first in an attempt to eliminate the possibility of the Haihan army obtaining supplies here. Therefore, when the Haihan army captured this place, they almost only got a building. Empty city.

Although some immigrants moved here after the war, the prosperity was difficult to recover in a short period of time, so it became what everyone sees now, and this is also the norm in the Liaodong region.

"The development of Liaodong requires the introduction of a large number of people. The current labor gap is expected to be around 150,000 to 200,000 people. My biggest headache now is where to find so many immigrants." Chen Yixin said unabashedly. difficulties.

The most scarce thing for the Northern Region to develop Liaodong is not funds, but labor. Industrial production facilities such as mines or factories require a large amount of labor to start construction, but the total population of Haihan's ruling area in Liaodong is currently only less than When there are more than 100,000 people, a city like Haicheng inevitably looks empty.

Manchus and Mongols from the north and west of Liaodong are not the first choice for immigrants. Of course, Chen Yixin still hopes to introduce Han immigrants from the south, or from the direction of the Ming Dynasty. But this is not easy to do, and the south is more suitable than Liaodong. Even if the northern region generously provides land as a settlement benefit, the scale of immigrants it can attract is still far from the expected value.
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