Reclaiming Wasteland: Carefree Mountain Farmer

Chapter 232 Wonders
On the day before the New Year, Prime Minister Li Chengren took the initiative to request an audience with Beijiwu.

Beijiwu still met this person.

"Your Majesty! Congratulations! Following the great victory of the Western Expeditionary Army in the West, the Eastern Fleet successfully negotiated with the local natives in South America two months ago. Under the guidance of those natives, they found sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, and also exchanged horses with the locals for more than ten female prisoners of war."

Li Chengren knelt on the ground, excitedly congratulating Arctic Martial Arts.

"The fleet has now stopped in Lin'an Prefecture in Jiangnan. This time, two large ships and eight small ships have returned. The rest of the ships are still sailing eastward according to His Majesty's decree, heading to Europe to join the Western Expeditionary Army! To complete the unification of the world! To establish an everlasting achievement! To become the king of all nations!"

Arctic Martial frowned.

The Eastern fleet, which had been forgotten by the Arctic Warriors, actually arrived in the Americas more than 300 days after its disappearance, and even brought back crops that were no longer in urgent need.

In less than ten years, he has become the master of the world.

Although some small states have not yet been conquered, there is no other force in the world that can rival them.

"That's good." Beiji Wu showed no sign of happiness and casually said, "Order the south to start planting sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes. These crops are tolerant of poor soil and are perfect for planting in the mountains of the south."

Beijiwu casually dismissed Li Chengren, who wanted to curry favor with Jiangnan.

Let the South grow high-yield crops; the North should continue to develop industry and large-scale agriculture.

The absence of sea freight is indeed inconvenient, but what's needed now is secrecy.

As long as the industrial technology in the north can be kept secret, the country will continue to be stable.

While the diffusion of technology can indeed lead to human progress, it can also escalate wars and cause environmental damage.

Arctic Martial Arts is simply too lazy to bother anymore. Each generation has its own mission. He just needs to unify the languages ​​and cultures of this world and establish channels and connections.

The industrial foundation also lays a good foundation for the next generation, allowing us to maintain our leading position.

If the next generation doesn't work hard themselves, they shouldn't blame their ancestors for not working hard.

After Li Chengren left, Beijiwu picked up an official report written by a man named Nan Yanfeng.

Nan Yanfeng was from Yangzhou in the Yellow River and Huai River provinces. His family were wealthy salt merchants and he was skilled in writing.

Before the New Year, he joined the Eastern Ocean fleet with his own crew. After encountering various whales, sea monsters and storms, they passed through Guam and Hawaii, and finally arrived at the Mayan country after half a year at sea.

The Maya were at war with another tribe, and after their scouts discovered that the other tribe was eating prisoners of war, they quickly decided to help the Maya.

Relying on muskets and warhorses, the hundred-plus mountain farmers quickly killed over a thousand savages. After spending several days with the Maya, and with the help of hundreds of translators who diligently studied and communicated with them, they gradually mastered various everyday expressions.

With the help of nearly six thousand people, the Maya quickly unified the various tribes.

The mountain farmers traded horses, grain, knives, clothing, and the Maya's favorite wine for the defeated prisoners of war.

After the locals learned that these prisoners of war were to be presented to the great emperor of the Mountain Farm, they also selected healthy and beautiful young women from the Mayan tribes to offer to the great emperor.

Within a month, a Mayan tribe of a few hundred people conquered several nearby city-states, reaching a population of over 200,000.

With the help of the Maya, they found the crops needed for this mission.

Therefore, after discussion, the various supplies were divided into three portions, and three fleets set off together.

One group traveled north to avoid a dangerous storm.

One group headed east, crossing Europe ahead of schedule to return to the Mountain Farming Kingdom.

One team crossed the Pacific Ocean and returned to the Mountain Farmer Kingdom.

The rest of the group helped the Mayan tribe complete the infrastructure, and after resting the fleet and exploring the local reserves, they continued their round-the-world journey.

Many other patients and wounded stayed on the islands along the way to rest, and each island was marked and mapped.

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Arctic Martial thought the explorers had done a good job, but he didn't want to hand over the development of the Americas to businessmen.

The population will expand rapidly in the future, with the number of births quickly approaching tens of millions.

The population boom did not begin in 1 AD; people were having children before that, but most of the time some of those children did not survive.

War leads to starvation and infanticide, and adults can't even survive themselves, so they start eating children.

The emergence of the Mountain Farming Kingdom improved the living environment for some children, starting with villages, then counties, and by the time the Nine Provinces behind the mountains were established, it could already influence half of Jin Province.

In the past, many people died in major disasters, with the elderly, women and children being the first to be affected.

The existence of Arctic Wu and Shan Nong Kingdom led people to start heading west, saving their lives at the foot of Arctic Wu.

In the Qin, Jin, Ji, Qing, and You regions, several major disasters that caused widespread starvation were only prevented from saving the lives of Shan Nongguo's entire family.

A large part of the Huanghuai Province was destroyed by the Southern Dynasties, while a small part was preserved because of the presence of the Mountain Farmers.

While most of the households inside and outside Luoyang were indeed public households of Beijiwu, not all of them were from Shannong Province.

Luoyang has far more blacksmiths and craftsmen than the entire Shandong province. From the day Beijiwu entered Luoyang, these people have been working for him.

There are over 100,000 artisans of all kinds, including goldsmiths, silversmiths, coppersmiths, blacksmiths, stonemasons, carpenters, and tile setters, and they are all very well preserved.

These people were in charge of the arsenals and research institutes in Huanghuai Province. Like the Jinzhou people who surrendered a year or two earlier, they were all public servants of the Arctic Army.

In the early years, more than half of the artisan households under Beijiwu's command were located in Luoyang.

However, with the development and subsequent additions over the years, Shan Nong Province and Pingyuan Province have surpassed Huang Huai Province.

What craftsmen need is not bloodline inheritance, but a professional system.

However, providing security for their children is something most parents want to do.

There are too many places in the Arctic to develop now, and there is no capacity for large-scale development of the Americas until there are enough steamships and craftsmen.

In another thirty or forty years, the empire will face a population problem, and at that time, there will be a need to release the bloated population.

Moreover, the Americas are far from Eurasia, and communication was only possible once a year. Whoever went there to be the leader would rebel and establish their own independent state.

In the future, those who immigrate to the public household and those who perform well will be chosen to be emperors here, and those who are suitable to be princes will go there to be princes.

The people of Shan Nong Kingdom have no shortage of food and drink, and the emperor of Shan Nong Kingdom has no shortage of women.

Therefore, although the Eastern fleet conquered the savage tribe and sent back savage tribe women, its achievements were far less than those of the Western Expeditionary Army.

The Western Expeditionary Army defeated the last great power in Europe, and the complete conquest of Europe was presented to King Wu.

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"Shannong Daily! Shannong Daily! King Wu demands that France erect a statue of the victorious god of war in the capital!!"

Xiao Gua sat alone in the newsstand, calling out, hoping business would improve.

However, this news did not attract much attention, as most people do not pay attention to things happening abroad.

Foreigners like to buy newspapers from reputable large stores, and they often buy a lot at a time.

Women also like to buy newspapers in stores, but small stalls like Xiaogua's are gradually becoming dominated by children selling newspapers.

Every day, Xiaogua has to sell a large number of unsold newspapers to 498 at a low price. Business is much worse than a year ago, but better than two or three years ago.

Arctic Warriors walked down the street and seemed to notice that no one seemed to care much about his plan to erect a statue of the victorious god of war in the Frankish Kingdom.

"What's going on? Why isn't there any discussion at all?"

Beijiwu was like someone who posted a message but didn't get a reply. He sat in teahouses, restaurants, and with storytellers, but still didn't get a response.

Although he didn't conquer Europe, the Hu people who had risked their lives to raid the region for three or four years felt it was the right thing to do.

No one can have made greater contributions than Arctic Wu.

To deny that Europe was indeed conquered by King Wu is simply nitpicking.

The Western Expeditionary Army was a small part of the military force of one of the provinces under King Wu's rule.

The three major departments may seem powerful, but in reality, they can't even defeat a single prefecture like Kitahara.

Two of the three characters fought in Kitahara Prefecture, both of them crashed into steel plates, and were so terrified by the beatings that they were scared out of their wits.

Although Yunzhongbu did not directly fight Beiyuan County, it was still humiliated in the street by Beiji Wudang, who treated it like a grandson, and it only managed to escape by paying compensation and apologizing.

Even when the three major tribes joined forces to besiege Beiyuan County, they were still defeated. War is not about capturing a city; it's about when the Arctic Warriors decide to stop fighting.

Even when Beijiwu was not present, Kitahara Prefecture was never captured.

The naturalized forces were attacked several times but failed to be defeated. They were finally defeated after the Arctic Army arrived.

The eastern part of Liaoning was also impossible to conquer, and after the Arctic Wu arrived, it left a psychological scar.

Even if they conquer and massacre the city, do you really think they can escape the fate of their entire family being wiped out after the Arctic Martial arrives?
Ever since Beiji Wu almost single-handedly wiped out 50,000 Khitan cavalry and then almost single-handedly destroyed the Western Xia Kingdom, a group of nearby tribes had been terrified.

If anything happens, the mountain farmers will definitely retaliate!

The Western Xia, Tibetan, Khitan, Mongol, and Lin-yi Kingdoms—whoever provokes the Northern Warlord will suffer the consequences.

Nanzhao, Goryeo, and Fusang didn't provoke him, but they all knelt down at lightning speed.

The former Beiyuan County, now Wuzhoukou, could suppress the entire steppe tribe on its own, and the steppe tribe only needed to send some people to the west to conquer the whole of Europe.

Therefore, it was quite normal for King Wu to erect a statue of the victorious god of war in the capital of the Frankish kingdom he had conquered.

No one thought the title "God of War" was an exaggeration; in fact, the Khitans and Mongols who conquered Europe didn't see any problem with it.

In the tenth year of the reign of Emperor Wu of the North Pole, a major event was launched at the beginning of the year.

"Choose a treasure mountain in Mount Tai, and carve my divine image on the cliff face. From now on, emperors who have reigned for more than ten years and have made great achievements will have their images carved on this mountain for the world to admire! This is called Emperor Mountain!"

This year will see a surge in the production of steam engines, trains, and ships, as well as the mass production of combine harvesters and textile machinery. Various military and civilian technologies will also see explosive growth, and the three major pioneering armies in the east, west, and south will bring back numerous victories.

However, Arctic Martial Arts' focus has long since shifted away from these areas...

(End of this chapter)