Chapter 206: A New Empire
The heaven-sent land is huge, not only in the area of his land, but also in the number of humans living within him.
The Heaven-Sent Land had a population of nearly 100 million in its heyday, and if you add the population on the periphery of the Heaven-Sent Land, the Terran Empire in its heyday had nearly 200 million people, which is an incredible number, you must know that the total attack of Germany during World War II was only about 80 million people.
It's just that the defeat a hundred years ago brought extinction to mankind, and the number of people in the periphery is not clear to Lelouch, even the church is not clear, but after the first census was completed, Lelouch got the population of the Heaven-given Land, and the total population of the entire Heaven-Sent Land is now about 50 million! Compared with a hundred years ago, the total number of people under the direct control of the empire has shrunk by three-quarters.
Although the population plummeted, this did not prevent Lelouch from large-scale construction, 50 million people, for the first time in the real sense of the word, were twisted into a rope, in one direction, and when 50 million people were mobilized at the same time, the entire heaven-given land is undergoing drastic changes at an unprecedented speed.
And these changes are concentrated in one place, that is, arable land.
I don't know why Lelouch has a perverted version of the pursuit of the word '10,000 acres of fertile land', so the first phase of Leluxiu's construction, except for the construction of a light industrial zone in the early stage, is all else, clearing wasteland and farming.
In Leluxiu's view, only when the green land of the entire God-given land becomes a longitudinal and horizontal farmland scenery, he can be regarded as the first step to complete the construction of the God-given land, before the large-scale advent of the industrial age, Lelouch plans to rely on endless fields to strengthen his own power, not to mention, each family must have more than a dozen acres of land, in fact, if there is a family to join the army, you can also get more land, but these lands are still implemented in accordance with the rules formulated by Leluxiu, that is, the ownership of land always belongs to the state, and the farmers only have the right to use。
This is not unreasonable, the reason for this is to avoid land annexation, but the right to use the land given by Lelouch is calculated according to the period of 100 years, that is to say, at most 100 years, the government has the right to redivide and rectify the land, to ensure the distribution of land in the whole country to the greatest extent.
After the completion of the migration and redivision of the population, the peasants who owned their own land began an unprecedented reclamation frenzy with the farm tools rented by Lelouch without interest, and the entire originally monotonous land, that is, countless land fields quickly appeared, these fields also showed different colors because of the different crops planted, and when they were all connected, it was completely presented a different kind of beauty.
The vast land is a series of fields, the scene of one piece after another brings people the expectation of endless harvest, the trail winds in the field, a small village built in the distance has a small smoke, barking slightly, the noon sun shines on the field, reflecting a bright reflection, the children on vacation are holding small wooden toys in groups to catch knowledge, and the little faces are full of happiness.
The boundless fields may only be beautiful in the eyes of the peasants, and only represent the ability to pay off the government's loans effortlessly next year, but in the eyes of Lelouch, it is the foundation of the strength of his own system, and the fields that are extremely small for the heaven-sent land are the most fundamental foundation that supports his entire empire.
Farmer!
Can a farmer who has no farmland still be called a farmer?
Without the technological innovation of heavy industry, it is impossible for the low productive forces to support large-scale workers, and without workers, what heavy industry can be engaged in? Therefore, Lelouch not only has to farm, but also has to farm on a large scale.
To paraphrase the tone set by Lelouch for the first two-year development plan:
"I'm going to turn the entire heaven-sent land into farmland!"
This project, which seemed to the minister to be called a miracle, was now being stimulated by Lelouch's advanced political system, and in fact, when the potential of man was fully discovered, these nobles once looked down on the peasants the most, and with their rickety backbones, they created a great miracle for the whole of the heaven-sent land and all those who paid attention to it.
When Declan burst out the results of the previous three months of construction with that trembling voice, the ministers of the entire White City were shocked!
"In the first quarter, we reclaimed a total of 300,000 acres of farmland!"
What is this concept? De Crees's next sentence is enough to explain it all:
"This means that in these three months, we have reclaimed nearly one-third of the land of the entire Heavenly Gift Land in the past hundred years! At the current rate, it will only take us less than a year to get the land we have acquired in the past hundred years!"
Why tremble? Why shock? Because all this is too shocking, the results of one year are worth the anger of the previous hundred years, if there is still a certain amount of food shortage in the current heaven-sent land, then after the summer harvest will solve the problem of food shortage on a large scale, and after the winter harvest, it will accumulate a large amount of food for the official beginning of the empire, and these crops will be turned into the most basic material units, in exchange for countless wealth and basic funds, and finally become the blood to feed the industrialization.
The land of Qianmo brings endless visual shock, and the vast cultivated fields under the sunset exude a different kind of beauty, no king can resist such a view, especially the fanatical farmer like Leluxiu.
Farming is a vital part of all links in Lelouch, but not all, the newly built three light industrial zones have a lot of experience in front of them, the construction is more reasonable and perfect, and there is no internal threat, the location of the industrial zone has also been optimally selected, the construction of the three light industries is completely in accordance with the Soviet model of construction, that is, first repair the roof, then lay the machine, and finally while producing, while repairing the wall, the construction period of the first two is actually very short, it can almost be said that the front foot began to lay, the back foot began to produce, and it is with these three industrial zones distributed in the three realms, to meet the needs of Lu Luxiu in the early stage of reclamation。
Farming tools are needed to plough the fields, tools are needed to build water conservancy, tools are needed to renovate villages, tools are needed to build roads, no matter what Lu Lu Xiu wants to do, he needs a large amount of logistical support to ensure it, the ministers may only see the great results achieved in these three months, but they can't see the massive materials that have been consumed, although the construction frenzy of the heaven-sent land is far from reaching Chengdu, which later China turned the whole country into a huge construction site, but Lu Lu Xiu can frankly say that where there are people, there is definitely a construction site.
And this level of construction is enough to make the human rulers who are fortunate enough to witness all this sigh sincerely, and at the same time sincerely convince Lelouch, who may not be very talented in military affairs, but in internal affairs, Lelouch can be said to be a complete leader.
After turning the entire God-given land into a construction site, Lelouch then began to organize the army again, and the advantage of unifying the God-given land is that Lelouch no longer needs so many troops to defend the long border, and now Lelouch needs to defend the Dragon River Estuary and the Horn Fort, and according to the current friendly relationship between the human race and the elves, Lelouch even only needs to put a symbolic army in the Dragon River Estuary, and now Lelouch can finally defend the Horn Fort wholeheartedly, and his original somewhat nervous troops are actually a little rich in an instant, at least in defense, Lelouch's current strength is indeed rich。
However, Lu Lu Xiu has no intention of withdrawing the army, no matter how many troops there are in this troubled world, it is not an exaggeration, and to be honest, Lu Lu Xiu really doesn't care about such a small number of troops, although he is a little stretched thin on funds and materials for national construction, but in these less than 200,000 troops, Lu Lu Xiu can still meet at least a year's expenses.
After all, 50 million people to raise 200,000 people, no matter how low the productivity, it will not be too difficult, not to mention the God-given land that is undergoing productivity innovation, although there is no military pressure for the time being, but Lelouch still did not let the army be idle, Lelouch began to reform and upgrade the army again, and this time the core of the upgrade revolves around a newly added military unit: the priest!
Priests are priests, priests are priests and not armed priests, these priests are not directly engaged in combat, but a kind of officer similar to the logistics civilian officer, they will also go to the front, but similar to the officer, their identity is very clear Lelouch, that is: political & ap; ap; Send!
Lelouch began to install priests (political commissars) on a large scale on the army, these priests are no longer priests trained by the church, but Lelouch's fanatical believers, or the fanatical believers of the human emperor, they only have the great Son of God in their eyes, and there is no theoretical God's spokesman in the world, the existence of the church, they are the core existence of Lelouxiu's control of the army, it can be said that after these priests, Lelouch no longer has to worry about the army.
Although this situation is a bit of a cliché, there is no such thing as a monarch who can guarantee that his army will be loyal to him forever, which not even Mordor in the Black Land can do, and Lelouch does not have such self-confidence, even if he does not have such a problem when he is alive, what about after his death?
No matter how bastard his descendants are, at least they can barely maintain a unified empire, if they are replaced by careerists, it will be a complete civil war, a civil war with no room for talk, and Lelouch doesn't want such a thing to happen.
In addition to adding the configuration of the priests, the army has also carried out a new round of large-scale training, entering the firearms factory in full production can finally meet the huge needs of the army, all the replacement of firearms is unrealistic for Lelouch, and it is not realistic for Middle-earth, unless the rifle of World War I is developed, it is absolutely impossible for Lelouch to rely on this gunpowder weapon to form an army alone, because no matter how fierce the musket suppression, it can not suppress the surging melee army of Middle-earth, Lelouch will never change muskets before the development of the level of science and technology in World War I。
The meaning of the existence of the current musket is to make up for the huge long-range firepower of the Leluxiu Terran army, the crossbow arrows are too small, and they can't keep up with the current demand, and the crossbow machine and trebuchet that restrain the mammoth are too backward, Leluxiu will definitely develop artillery, in this case, then the muskets naturally came into being, and their role was also reflected in the battle of the Elven Imperial City, the powerful firepower can even be a threat to the dragon, after Lelouch has artillery, he really has the power to fight against the Mammoth of Mordor, and it is no longer the previous unilateral hanging situation。
And if Lelouch wants to fight out, the method of defeating the mammoth in the field is very important, if it were not for the tall Horn Fort wall last time, Lelouch would never have survived the attack of the mammoth colossus, so the role of artillery is highlighted.
The last time the firearms had just taken shape, and there was no time for a large-scale exercise, this time Lelouch wanted to make the entire Terran army familiar with the coordination and combat of firearms, and Lelouch was even developing short-barreled muskets as the standard equipment of officers to strengthen their melee combat capabilities.
The entire heaven-sent land is making great strides in terms of internal affairs and economy, military and science and technology, and almost every day the power of the human race is getting stronger, and the Terran Templar Empire led by Lelouch has even regained the recognition of the elves and dwarves, recognizing his current military status, and even recognizing him as the leader of the three-race alliance that may be re-established in the future, there is no way, who calls the relationship between the elves and the dwarves is too tense?
In fact, the elves' current comprehensive ability is still stronger than that of the human race, at least two years before Lelouch can hope to lead the elves in an all-round way, and this is only the surface strength, the elves are known for their mystery, Lelouch does not believe that the elves will have no hidden combat power, if he really faces the elves who meet the enemy with all his might, I believe that the elves who are serious will surprise any of his enemies.
Lelouch is familiar with these internal affairs, and the rest of the work is just to slowly continue to work step by step, and Lelouch also pays a little attention to one thing, that is, a small army of 1,000 people sent to the east, they go with a direct order from Lelouch, and the source of this order is a folk tale from the east:
"A dragon vulture that can carry people!"