The strongest son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty

Damn!

A governor of Lingnan has to sign so many documents a day, so it is conceivable that the prime minister is even more busy in Chang'an City.

Although there are three prime ministers, plus more deputies.

That's running an empire, and there's a lot going on.

Understood.

At this time, Du He understood why the important ministers in the court worked overtime until very late every day.

If you don't work overtime, you can't finish the official documents!

There are really many things in the army and the local government, and a lot of official documents have to be processed every day, and a lot of relevant personnel have to be interviewed.

Extremely cumbersome.

No matter how unwilling you are in your heart, you must deal with it.

Duhe had no choice.

"Master, the park needs to recruit a large number of craftsmen, and it is estimated that there will not be many in the Lingnan area. Need to recruit in Hunan and Hubei?"

The messenger said.

"Send someone to operate it! Now we can only recruit uniformly. The factory has not been built yet, and there are not enough personnel. Recruit them back first."

Doo Ho said.

"As ordered!"

"By the way, the climate in Lingnan is hot, and the trees grow fast. Tell the people to plant a large number of mulberry trees.

At that time, more silkworms will be raised to produce cocoons, which will be sold to spinning mills to be woven into silk and clothes for sale.

Then people's income will be higher.Also, it seems that there is a lot of kaolin in this place, you can consider letting people with skills,

Build a ceramics factory, produce various ceramics for sale, and give full play to the advantages of resources. "

Doo Ho said.

"As ordered!"

The messenger said.

"Young master, the purchasing power of this place is very low. Silk and ceramics are produced and sold to whom, and the transportation to the Central Plains is inconvenient."

The messenger said.

Damn!

There is really no way to produce it, but let Tianxia Shipping Company buy it and ship it to Western countries for sale.

Du He also wanted to take a trip to Western countries, but he didn't have enough time.

It seems that we must go there to open up the market, otherwise, it is also a problem that no one buys the things produced by the empire.

"Don't worry! This general knows well, and you will know when the time comes."

Doo Ho said.

"As ordered!"

In this way, nearly two months passed with tension, and it seemed that three months were coming soon.

"Master, Lu Xun is here."

Oh!

"Come in quickly."

Doo Ho said.

"I have seen the young master!"

Lu Xun saluted.

Hahaha!

Du He laughed happily.

Had a bear hug with Lu Xun.

"Bo Yan, sit down quickly, let's have a good chat."

Doo Ho said.

"Thank you, Master!"

"Bo Yan, tell me how the naval conquest is progressing, and have you discovered any new minerals?"

Doo Ho said.

Lu Xun and Du He stood up and walked to the map hanging on the wall. Lu Xun pointed to the map and said.

"Master, our army set out from the Ryukyu Islands and swept across them. There are many uninhabited islands. We erected stone monuments on the islands without stopping, and continued to advance westward to conquer the next islands."

Lawson Road.

"Master, from Ryukyu Island to the east, there seem to be many islands."

Lawson Road.

"That's right! There are islands along the way, but the distance is too far, and we don't have time to conquer them for the time being.

Wait until Lu Island, Song Island and other nearby islands are taken down, and then advance west and south to take down the Kangaroo Continent.

Turn around again and go to conquer the islands in the middle of 'our ocean', now is not the time. "

Du He gestured on the map.

"This place is called the Pearl Islands, which is also a sea area. We can consider building a base on the Pearl Islands.

As the frontier base for the future conquest of Yingjiang Continent.The Eagle Sauce Continent is too far away. From the Empire, it takes more than 2 miles to cross the sea. "

Duho added.

Ha ha!

"Let's not talk about the distance, let's talk about the conquest of Lu Island and Song Island."

Doo Ho said.

"Young Master, we have concentrated our efforts to conquer Lu Island, and some small islands nearby have been captured, but not many natives have been captured."

Lawson Road.

Du He learned from Lu Xun's narrative.

The entire Beihai Fleet was dispatched, bringing five reorganized division marines, plus two regiments from Peng Yue's 16th Division.

The warships basically took away except those who stayed on patrol.

Push horizontally along the way, accept all the islands you encounter, make signs, and erect stone monuments.

After a month of conquest, I finally saw Lu Island.

Lu Island is a huge island.

Lu Xun first sent warships to go around the island, and when he saw the ships and docks, he immediately opened fire and destroyed the indigenous boats.

Make it impossible for the aborigines to escape from Lu Island.

Under the cover of the navy, five marine divisions, plus 16 divisions, all commanded by Peng Yue, landed from four directions.

Advance step by step, conquer inch by inch.

But what?

The jungle on Lu Island is too thick and dense, and the fighting speed of several divisions cannot be raised.

In addition, when the natives on the island saw the imperial soldiers, they fought casually. If they couldn't beat them, they immediately fled into the jungle.

Let the soldiers of the imperial army have a big head.

Fortunately, on Lu Island, some people who looked like natives, after questioning, turned out to be people from the Central Plains who had fled to Lu Island.

Under the leadership of the people of the Central Plains, the soldiers of the imperial army were much faster.

But what?

The weapons in the hands of the aborigines are very backward, and there are still some primitive bows and arrows. The arrows are stained with poison, and once the soldiers hit the arrows.

Without timely treatment, there will be life-threatening at any time.

The bows and arrows in the hands of the natives brought great/trouble to the conquest of the imperial army.

Many soldiers, who didn't mind at first, were shot by darts one after another.

After two months of bloody fighting, Lu Island was captured and nearly 30 native prisoners were captured.

However, the aborigines who hid in the jungle cannot be captured temporarily, and can only be captured slowly in the future.

"Master, after expert exploration, we found that there are lead-zinc mines on the conquered islands."

Lawson Road.

Du He nodded.

I knew in my heart that the main production in that area was lead-zinc ore, and the output was huge.

"Young Master, we found a very large Jinkuang on Lu Island, other Jinkuang are smaller, and there are some copper mines."

Lawson Road.

Oh!

In Du He's memory, it seems that Lu Dao and Song Dao found a lot of gold when they were stationed in the rice army.

Later, when the devils attacked Lu Island and Song Island, the rice army fled in a hurry, and the gold was not taken away in time.

In fact, the rice army suffered a disastrous defeat. Only the officers escaped in submarines, and the soldiers became captives of the devils.

As for the gold, whose hands it fell into, I don't know.

It is likely to fall into the hands of the devil.

"Bo Yan, have you mined the gold and copper mines you discovered?"

Doo Ho said.

There is no way, the factories under Duhe are too short of copper raw materials.

The Tang Empire strictly controlled copper and needed it to cast copper coins, so how could it be handed over to Du He's factories for use.

"Master, several gold mines and copper mines have been mined, and all of them are made of native miners. We will let the logistics soldiers monitor them."

Lawson Road.

"Bo Yan, ask several parks to transfer relevant personnel to build a smelter on Lu Island, and transfer the gold mine,

Copper ore is directly refined into pure copper and pure gold.Gold was pulled into the Imperial Development Bank, and copper was handed over to factories for use.

However, it is necessary to issue corresponding bills to the conscripted soldiers, so that the soldiers can have a good life after retiring and should not be treated badly. "

Doo Ho said.

"As ordered!"

"Bo Yan, there should be gold mines and copper mines on Lu Island, which may be buried relatively deep. Let the exploration experts investigate in detail, and don't let the underground treasures go easily."

Doo Ho said.

"As ordered!"

Chapter 458

Taking this sea area will give the empire a raw material base.

There is also the Western Regions, if Xue Li advances as planned, it will also bring a large number of raw material bases to the empire.

Damn it!

The area that Xue Li conquered is not only rich in minerals, but also has a large amount of oil and natural gas reserves.

It is not needed at the moment, but the empire has developed to a later stage and is too dependent on oil and natural gas.