On the city wall of Datong Prefecture in Shanxi Province, a group of soldiers were muttering softly.
"Captain, are we really going to war with the Chinese Empire?”A soldier asked softly.
"The higher-ups have ordered us to defend. What can we do?”The captain said unhappily.
"But Captain, let's not talk about whether we can beat them or not, but thinking about what the Chinese Empire has done in the past year, I don't have the face to fight them.”
"Who isn't? But I'm just a small captain.”
"Captain, why don't we surrender?”
"Don't talk nonsense. The Chinese Empire's army hasn't arrived yet, and you want to surrender?”
Not only that, all the soldiers in Datong Prefecture were in no mood to fight.
Two hours later, when the army of the Chinese Empire arrived in front of the city wall of Datong Prefecture, all the soldiers felt the pressure.
They had never seen such a scene before.
"Where is Lord Qianhu?"
Seeing that the Chinese army had arrived, the military officials guarding the city had disappeared.
The group of people searched for a long time but could not find it.
The war hadn't even started, and their boss had already disappeared. What was going on?
"Why don't we surrender? We won't lose face if we surrender to the Chinese Empire.”
“……”
The group of people looked at each other and nodded in unison.
Kakaka…
On the other side, before the soldiers of the Chinese Empire could get into formation, the city gates of Da Tong Prefecture opened.
"Don't shoot. We surrender. We're all family.”
A soldier raised a white flag and walked out of the city gate, shouting at the Chinese army.
"Put down your weapons and squat down against the wall.”
The high-ranking commander saw this and immediately shouted.
When the Chinese army entered the city, the civilians were a little scared when they saw the flood of steel, but they were more excited.
Don't think that the commoners were not well-informed. How could they not know what kind of life the commoners under the rule of the Chinese Empire lived?
Therefore, the people in Shanxi had long been waiting for the Chinese Empire to attack.
After that, everyone would be able to divide the land. With their own land, wouldn't there be hope for the future?
The next day, the military situation reports from Shanxi and Shandong were sent to Chen Ling.
"As expected, the commoners are the greatest help.”
In Shansi and Shantung, where the Chinese Empire's army passed, it could not be said that they did not encounter any resistance at all. At most, there was a little bit of resistance. It could not even be considered a battle.
It was just a bunch of stubborn old fogeys with a bunch of idiots who wanted to continue their days of oppressing the people.
Chen Ling's order for these people was to capture them all and dig them up.
According to this progress, in less than a week, Shandong and Shanxi would be recovered, and he did not have to worry about it.
The only pity was that those landowners had all run away, causing him to lose a sum of income.
Five days later, Shantung and Shansi were recovered by the Chinese Empire.
All the officials at all levels took office and began to reform the two places.
The personnel from the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Railroads also rushed to the two places and began to plan the road traffic situation in the two places.
Of course, the highest priority was still Great Harmony.
This was because it had the largest coal mine in the country and the best quality coal mine.
These coal mines played an irreplaceable role in industrial development. They could even solve the problem of heating in the northeast in winter.
Therefore, after recovering the two places, the various departments began to recruit workers and build roads.
How to increase the gross national product?
The answer was infrastructure.
Compared to the western countries, Chen Ling's infrastructure cost was much lower.
At the very least, the high-grade cement was bought by Chen Ling from the system without spending money.
The cement was used to build military airfields, military bases, and even nuclear fortifications. It was used to build bridges and paves, and the effect was not too good.
As for the cement produced by the cement factory, of course, it would be used by the people.
Under Chen Ling's control, everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. The strength of the Chinese Empire was also growing day by day.
Soon, more than a month passed.
It was the 20th century, which was 1900.
After New Year's Day, Chen Ling called for a meeting with the officials of the various departments to summarize the results of last year and arrange the main work for this year.
Chen Ling was sitting on a chair in Taihe Palace, listening to the reports of the past year's results from each department. He was in a good mood.
In the past year, the development of the Chinese Empire could only be described as rapid.
"Is there anything else? If there's nothing else, go back and get busy."
After Chen Ling finished arranging the main tasks for this year, he said to a group of officials who were ministers and above.
At this moment, the group of people looked at each other and finally looked at Wu Pingquan.
Wu Pingquan took a deep breath and stepped forward."Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to choose a concubine.”
What?
Chen Ling was a little dumbfounded after hearing this. Consort selection?
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