Chapter 554 Building a city and opening up wasteland

Author: Feng Xiaomu

Chapter 554 Building a city and opening up wasteland

The three princes worked together and hundreds of thousands of people worked together.

Materials from Dahua are continuously supplied to Jinlan City.

A medium-sized industrial city was built from scratch.

The three princes each perform their own duties, and each one is responsible for one aspect of things.

The king of Fujian Zhang Yuliang was responsible for training the army. The army under his command was stronger and the officers were of higher quality.

The subordinates of King Zhang Yuliang of Fujian, together with the subordinates of King Jin and King Zheng, annihilated the natives around Jinlan City.

In this way, an army stronger than the natives can be trained.

Jin Wang Li Fengming was responsible for education and industrial development. He organized the men of the three princes to build a basic industrial and primary school education system in Jinlan City from scratch.

Prince Zheng and Wang Zhongce were responsible for establishing the government system and selecting officials.

He established three relatively independent national governance systems in this small town with a population of more than 400,000.

The three princes agreed to go to the Jinlan City Steel Plant to celebrate the completion of the city's most basic industrial construction.

King Zheng's carriage was traveling on a muddy road, which was very crowded with pedestrians.

When King Zheng and Wang Zhongce saw this situation, he was not surprised.

The scale of Jinlan City is still too small. It is just a spark that brought Chinese civilization to all parts of Africa.

This city is a training place for new immigrants and will provide talents to various places in the future.

Cam Ranh City is not suitable for construction on a large scale.

What's more, the ownership of this city is still a bit vague.

The King of Fujian Zhang Yuliang only invested some manpower, and most of the materials he brought were still left in the cargo ships at the port.

Neither he nor Jin Wang Li Fengming was willing to invest too much.

The construction of Jinlan City is so good that people don’t want to leave, which is also very troublesome.

When Prince Zheng and Wang Zhongce came to the steel factory, Prince Jin Li Fengming was already waiting here.

Shortly after his arrival, the Fujian king Zhang Yuliang also came to the steel factory.

After Jin Wang Li Fengming saw their arrival, he turned around to greet them.

"Brother Wang, Brother Zhang. The first batch of pig iron we smelt here is about to come out."

Prince Zheng and Wang Zhongce knew the situation of the steel plant relatively well.

The King of Fujian Zhang Yuliang only paid attention occasionally. He heard that the steel plant produced pig iron instead of steel.

He asked doubtfully: "Why is it iron? This can only make flintlock guns and muzzleloader guns with a shorter range."

Jin Wang Li Fengming spread his hands and said helplessly: "There is really nothing we can do about this matter. Our prospecting team has already penetrated 50 kilometers outside Jinlan City.

Only some iron ores with low reserves have been found, but no coal mines have been found.

The time to go out for prospecting is too short, and the surrounding area is not safe, so we can only explore open-pit mines.

Without coking coal, charcoal can only be used to make iron.

Flintlock muskets and muzzle-loading artillery are also excellent weapons here."

When the King of Fujian Zhang Yuliang heard what the King of Jin Li Fengming said, he could only accept the status quo.

The main purpose of Jinlan Iron and Steel Plant is to cultivate talents.

In the future, if we have the talent and equipment, we can replicate this steel plant at any location.

The three princes watched the process of tapping iron from the steel-making furnace.

The red molten iron flows into the mold and turns into iron pillars and iron ingots.

The Three Kings visited other factories, which processed iron pillars into gun barrels and cannon barrels, forged iron blocks into various parts, and processed them into machinery.

The steam engines needed by the machinery factory can only be imported from Dahua because there is no qualified steel.

The King of Fujian Zhang Yuliang saw the newly assembled flintlock gun.

This is the first musket they assembled using African materials.

This gun is of great significance. It means that they no longer rely on Dahua and can produce a large number of weapons.

It is completely possible to issue a gun to every immigrant.

This means that as long as a village established by immigrants has one or two hundred young men with guns, it will not be afraid of the local indigenous tribes.

Zhang Yuliang, the king of Fujian, picked up the flintlock gun and said excitedly: "Good, very good.

Holding a musket in hand can strengthen the immigrants' confidence and make them fearless of the natives here.

The army can only guarantee the elimination of large-scale indigenous tribes.

A small tribe with dozens to hundreds of people is not worthy of dispatching a large army, and must rely on the bravery of the immigrants themselves."

Zhang Yuliang, the king of Fujian, remembered something important.

He asked: "Will we have guns without ammunition? The technology of black powder is simple, but it also requires saltpeter, sulfur and other materials.

I checked the relevant information a few days ago and found that we have not found any saltpeter or sulfur mines.

There is no way to produce black powder, so if you make these flintlock guns, they are just fake."

Prince Zheng and Wang Zhongce explained: "Africa is so big, there will be no shortage of various minerals.

However, no important minerals have been discovered around Jinlan City.

Our place is very close to the Governor's Palace of Nanyang.

There are many active volcanoes there, rich in sulfur.

We have purchased a large amount of sulfur, and the nitrate is composted, which is enough for us."

When the King of Fujian Zhang Yuliang learned about this situation, he decided that in addition to conquering Cairo, it must be built in a resource-rich place.

Such important minerals have to rely on the outside world, and his country cannot go far.

The factory in Jinlan City can produce a large number of muskets and various mechanical agricultural tools.

The three princes began to guide the immigrants and accompanied the army to explore the surrounding areas.

King Zheng and Wang Zhongce began to explore the Cam Ranh Peninsula and the southwest area of ​​Cam Ranh City.

The king of Fujian Zhang Yuliang and the king of Jin Li Fengming joined forces and began to explore the Nile River Basin.

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A large river, slightly less direct than the Yangtze River, flows from south to north.

Zhang Jingfang looked at Bian Yuhe who was leading the team down the river.

They led 50,000 people each to leave Jinlan City.

They traveled through the tropical rainforest, directing slaves and immigrants to open a road to the north through the dense rainforest.

When you meet mountains, you build mountains; when you meet rivers, you build bridges.

Create a passable road in a deserted place.

Let the people and materials in Jinlan City flow along this road.

They paid the price with thousands of lives.

Zhang Jingfang found the Nile River that Arab traders said.

He chose suitable places to build cities and villages on the upper reaches of the Nile River.

The process of cooperation between Zhang Jingfang and Bian Yuhe ends here.

Bian Yuhe continued to lead the team, took the wooden boat they built nearby, and headed south to find a suitable place for construction.

Zhang Jingfang learned from Bian Yuhe that the Fujian king Zhang Yuliang asked him to build a new city in the middle reaches of the Nile River.

The King of Fujian, Zhang Yuliang, wanted to use this city as a foundation to conquer Cairo, which was controlled by the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

Regarding this matter, Zhang Jingfang firmly supports it.

He was escorted by the army along the way and also encountered some large local indigenous tribes.

He could clearly see that there was a huge difference between the army under their command and the army under the King of Fujian.

The King of Fujian Zhang Yuliang fought with the Ottoman Empire so that they could develop here safely without worrying about these two behemoths.

Zhang Jingfang came back to his senses and continued to look at the city that was gradually taking shape.

He led more than 5,000 immigrants and 20,000 slaves to build this city on the banks of the Nile.

The other immigrants he led were all scattered around the city, reclaiming their own land.
To be continued...