The terrible situation in Liaodong was beyond Zhu Heng's expectations.
He really only replied with one sentence,'I don't have anything I want.'
Firstly, in terms of population.
The main population of Liaodong was concentrated in the Guanning Jin defense line.
The rest of the place could no longer be described as sparsely populated.
It was basically uninhabited for thousands of miles.
Because once Slave Jian attacked, apart from the Han people in Guan Ningjin's defense line, they would be killed.
The rest were either captured or slaughtered.
Excluding the Guang Ning Guards, the total population of the Guan Ning Jin defense line was around 200,000.
This included the 20,000 Guanning Army and 30,000 Wei Suo Army.
In other words, including the hundreds of thousands in Guangning, the population of Liaodong Town was only about 300,000.
Zhu Heng was indeed stunned by this population.
What could they do with so few people?
How could he rule over the entire Liaodong with so few people?
How could he develop his industry?
This was in terms of population, and it was even more tragic in terms of agriculture.
The entire agriculture and economy of Liaodong served the military.
Along with the annexation of land, the enslavement of soldiers, the exploitation of land, and the plundering of wealth.
In addition, Liaodong was constantly harassed by Menggu and Houjin.
Agriculture was almost non-existent, and the army could not even continue.
Needless to say, the economy and the important handicraft industry during the feudal period.
It was not an exaggeration to describe it as tragic.
With a population of 300,000, there was basically no agriculture, and the economy and handicraft industry were deformed. This constituted the current situation in Liaodong.
No wonder the entire Liaodong was suppressed by Houjin. It would be strange if they could still win.
If they did not rely on blood transfusions, hundreds of thousands of people in Liaodong would not be able to survive at all.
At this moment, Zhu Heng finally understood why the paranoid Emperor Chongzhen would entrust the entire Liaodong to him so easily.
Because he knew that once Liaodong lost the supply from the imperial court, it would be finished in two to three months.
If Liaodong didn't have a golden finger, how could it be divided?
To the west was Menggu, to the east was Houjin, and to the south was the Ming Empire.
Under the three-way pincer attack, it was simply difficult to survive.
Therefore, Liaodong had to rely on the Ming Empire to compete with the enemies on both sides.
Thinking of this, Zhu Heng couldn't help but reveal an unfathomable smile.
Sure, this was very challenging, and he liked it.
However, from the current situation, he could not fall out with Ming Dynasty.
"For the current Liaodong, the most important thing is the population. It needs to be at least three million.”
Currently, there were only 50 to 60 million people in the entire Ming Dynasty. Three million was barely enough for Liaodong.
One had to know that the current Liaodong was not the Liaodong Town of the past.
Currently, Liaodong only had Guangning, Jinzhou, Guanning, and Shanhaiguan.
"There are more than 200,000 people in Dongjiang Town. They are basically all refugees from Liaodong over the years.”
Sun Chuanting provided Zhu Heng with a very important piece of information.
At this moment, Zhu Heng also set his sights on Dongjiang Town.
Speaking of Dongjiang Town, there was an important person, Mao Wenlong.
With Mao Wenlong's death, Dongjiang Town had completely lost its threat to Houjin.
Currently, Dongjiang Town had a total of 20,000 soldiers and a population of 200,000.
Other than population, Zhu Heng also took a fancy to the strategic location of Dongjiang Town.
Dongjiang Town was located behind Houjin. As long as they sent troops from Pi Island, they could threaten the hinterland of Houjin at any time.
At the same time, this place served as the communication channel between the Ming Dynasty, the Goguryeo Peninsula, and the Wei Nation.
Therefore, the small Dongjiang Town's boat trade was relatively developed. After all, it was on an important sea route.
Not only could Zhu Heng trade with the outside world by taking down this place, but he could also trade with the outside world.
They could also amass a large army and pose a huge threat to the Houjin.
They would not have the ability to threaten the development of Liaodong.
Furthermore, Zhu Heng could use this opportunity to absorb people from the Great Ming Dynasty.
After all, there were quite a number of fleeing Han on the Goguryeo Peninsula.
Finally, Zhu Heng could start developing his own naval force from Dongjiang Town.
A naval force that was outside the eyes of the Ming Dynasty.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Zhu Heng immediately clapped his hands and said,"Let Zhu Wu lead a regiment to Dongjiang Town, and at the same time organize the entire army of Dongjiang Town.”
Dongjiang Town was under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office.
There was no problem with Zhu Heng's arrangement.
If the people of Dongjiang Town still dared to blow up.
Zhu Heng didn't mind taking care of them directly.
The reason why he sent Zhu Wu was because of this idea.
An elite line formation infantry regiment was enough to subdue this disloyal Ming army.
Unless they dared to resist him at the risk of the death penalty.
However, before taking down Dongjiang Town, he still had to deal with the various problems that Liaodong was currently facing.
The lack of population was the biggest problem they were facing at the moment.
However, Zhu Heng still decided to focus on developing the western part of Liaoning first.
Firstly, this place was at the edge of the plains, which was suitable for reclamation and agricultural development.
Secondly, there was coal and iron needed for industrial development.
Although the scale of these mines was not very large.
However, it was enough for the initial development.
As for the area around Guan Ningjin, they could only wait for the population crisis to be alleviated before developing.
Therefore, a strategic plan for the development of western Liaoning with Guangning City as the core was launched.
The first piece of good news came from the brick-making workshop in Guangning.
The full name of this brick-making workshop was Guangning Brick Making Workshop.
It was an official business under the Overseer.
After the previous trial production, the stone bricks produced by the innovative brick-making process were much better than the well-made green bricks in terms of hardness and corrosion resistance.
After all, it was a product made with modern technology. It was normal for it to surpass others in various aspects.
Of course, the most important thing was that this kind of stone brick was easy to produce. It was also easier to obtain raw materials, and the cost could be said to have been greatly reduced.
At present, the first batch of production lines for the stone brick weaving workshop in Guangning had been completed.
The next step was to carry out mass smelting according to the process on the blueprint.
According to preliminary calculations, after the first phase of the production line was put into production, the monthly production could reach 50,000 pieces.
As long as they continued to invest manpower and material resources to expand.
It would not be a problem for the monthly production to reach 500,000.
It would be even better if there was a steam engine.
If he were to carry out industrial production, a monthly output of millions would not be too big of a problem.
As the brick factory began to get on the right track.
Zhu Heng signed in for a new technological product.
That side was the most important and very basic industrial development in modern times-cement!
[PS: After these basic things are solved, the industrial development will be natural. It can't be too fast in the early stages.]
There was also a question that he asked meekly. The data hadn't changed much these days. Did everyone not like to watch farming and find it too boring?
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