Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1776 Work Focus

Liu Qi was one of the civil servants selected to serve as administrative officials near Shengluo. He had good political achievements in Qin, so he was promoted to the mayor of a town near Shengluo.

In fact, he did not think this was a promotion, because at least in Qin, all he saw were black-haired humans, and now he could only work in the fields with a group of dwarves.

The Tang Empire had a lot of work to do. War was actually only a small part of the entire country's operation. Most other people were working hard to develop productivity.

Liu Qi is such a civil affairs official: he has to supervise farming during the spring ploughing season, develop industry on weekdays, control various pollution, and collect various taxes...

Originally, these tasks were to be divided among seven or eight officials, but now there is a shortage of manpower, and all the burdens fall on the shoulders of this young official.

The local dwarves were easy to talk to, because it was the first time they had met such a diligent and fair official, so they naturally cooperated with his work.

In fact, what Liu Qi didn't know was that the local dwarves had never seen an administrative official who was concerned about every detail. Those dwarf nobles basically knew nothing and didn't care about anything.

When it comes to farming day, the local landlords will organize people to work in the fields. Everyone farms just to pay rent to the landlords, so there is no enthusiasm at all.

But now it is different. Everyone has seen with their own eyes that the soldiers of the Tang Empire hanged those dwarf landlords who did nothing but collect rent, and all the land has become state-owned.

Collecting only one twentieth of the tax and rent for farming for the state and enjoying the state's agricultural subsidies was a good thing that the dwarves could never have imagined, but now it has become a reality.

The Tang Empire even provided farmers with better quality seeds and encouraged them to try more advanced farming and irrigation techniques to increase per-acre yields.

In the past, no one was enthusiastic because no matter how much food the land produced, it would not go into the farmers' pockets. Now it is different, everyone is farming for themselves, so naturally they are more careful and hardworking.

Now that spring has arrived, Liu Qi's biggest concern every day is to find a way to allow these farmers to farm with peace of mind and plant the corresponding crops in accordance with regulations.

This is much more important than any other task. The Tang Empire did not even implement any wartime system in the dwarf area, but only slightly increased the priority of road construction in some areas.

"Next week, I don't care what method you use, get me a generator! The town must have electricity! How can I work without electricity?" Liu Qi stood on the edge of the field and threatened his colleagues who came here to coordinate: "If you don't provide the equipment on time, I can't guarantee the progress of the work."

"I know! I know! It's difficult for us too, you should understand. Now everywhere is waiting for equipment, funds, manpower and material resources, grain seeds and all kinds of things..." The equally young official spread his hands and replied helplessly: "I can only say that I will try my best. I will do my best for you, I promise."

"What a promise! That's what you said the last time you came here! I tell you, if you don't get what I want this time, I will go to the city and lie down in front of the office of our mayor of Saint Luo!" Liu Qi continued to threaten.

"Brother, please don't embarrass me. Even if you force me to death, I can't do anything about it." The young official cried and felt that he should really resign and go home to farm. The treatment for farmers in his family was much better than that for him as an official.

"You decide what to do! This mess has affected His Majesty's great cause. How much are our heads worth?" Liu Qi brought up His Majesty the Emperor again. "Okay, okay! I'll do it for you when I get back. If I can't get a power generation device, I'll get you a bicycle to generate electricity!" The young official was cornered and had no choice but to leave after making a harsh remark.

"Hey! Hey! Don't go! I'll treat you to a meal! Eat first and then go! I'll feel uneasy if you don't eat this meal!" Liu Qi chased after him, leaving the dwarf clerks nearby looking at each other in bewilderment.

This was the first time in their lives that they had seen people discussing work like this on the ridge of a field, and it seemed that the other party was also accustomed to this way of working.

But they had certainly never seen such a scene: in the past, if a few adults wanted to discuss work, they would have to find a good place, prepare food and drinks, and arrange for the girls before they could proceed, right?

Outsiders thought that the Tang Empire was mobilizing its troops to the south with all its strength, preparing to put full pressure on the coalition forces and break through the coalition's defense line.

In fact, Tang Jun’s work focus has always been on building logistics transportation lines, maintaining local public security and stability, combating drug crimes, and assisting local officials in improving the living standards of local civilians.

Although the Tang army was also moving south, its speed was not as fast as the coalition leaders had guessed. Although a large number of troops had arrived at the border, the Tang army had no intention of launching a large-scale offensive campaign during the farming season.

In his report to Tiger, Strauss said that the best time to attack would be April, and his troops would need about a month to rest and replenish more heavy weapons and equipment.

General Hogg also set the date at the end of March in his work report. He believed that the 1st Army had been fighting continuously for a year and actually needed some rest before it could fight better.

In addition to them, Feng Kezhi and Ying An's troops also paid a certain price when besieging Ironforge. They also felt that the attack should be delayed as much as possible, and waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops would be more effective.

Marshal Tiger also pointed out in the telegram he sent to Tang Mo that due to the absolute technical advantage, it was not difficult for his troops to cut through the so-called solid defense line of the coalition forces, so he paid more attention to the logistics of the troops and the continuity of the subsequent offensive.

In short, the spring offensive of the Tang Empire that the coalition forces had been worried about did not actually exist. The Tang Empire focused more on how to govern the dwarf area.

All the wars of unification in history have unfolded in this way. There must be a clear idea, that is, once a place is occupied, it must be controlled. It is absolutely unacceptable to pursue speed.

Although it seems unstoppable when it comes and goes like the wind, it is very easy to lose its momentum after a failure. The King of Rebellion who swept across the Ming Dynasty failed because of this.

The forces that truly seek the overall situation usually take the path of steady progress, building high walls and storing up food. Although it may seem slow, it is steady.

Tang Mo naturally knew these principles, so compared to sweeping across the East Continent, he was more concerned about the governance work on the West Continent and the progress of taking over the Dwarf Region.