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Li Mao did not force him, he waved his hand and asked people to take him back to the camp, in the hesitation and fear of the slaves, the curtain opened, and a team of young and beautiful young female soldiers came out, each holding a set of simple and clean clothes in their hands, Sugar Rainbow, there are you all the way

These clothes were tailor-made for them by the female soldiers of the women's barracks, and they fit perfectly, although they are far from being called the conditions of the gorgeous Donggao Town, and they are still very difficult, and now they can only meet the most basic needs such as food and clothing.

The female soldiers handed over their clothes to the new people, stepped aside, and smiled at them.

Two elementary school schools showed up to demonstrate and teach them how to dress, many of them only have one set of "clothes" in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and this so-called "clothes" are nothing more than animal skins and tree bark to cover up their shame.

Although Huaxia's clothes are good, they are not easy to wear, and there are many jokes in the dressing section, which makes the female soldiers on the sidelines giggle and laugh non-stop, and the two colonels who are busy guiding the dressing are sweating profusely.

If it weren't for Li Mao watching from the sidelines, Mo said that he would have the heart to scold and kill.

After a long period of tossing, the one hundred and sixty Xinmin finally put on the most beautiful clothes of their lives, and the embarrassment and urgency of Fang Cai were completely replaced by excitement at this moment.

The female soldiers were once again dispatched to arrange their clothes and tie their belts one-on-one.

They are young and beautiful, generous, close to the body, ears and temples grinding, sweet and compelling, they don't feel anything, but these rough men are scared enough, buried in the depths of their hearts The desire is to hold the beauty in front of them, but under this coercion, they don't dare, they are entangled in their hearts, stupid.

The female soldiers retreated deftly like flowers and butterflies, and Li Mao appeared and announced to them: "I officially declare as the envoy of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to Liaodong: Pardon is a good citizen, and from now on you are all my subjects of the Tang Dynasty." ”

The interpreter translated Li Mao's words in Murowei, Silla, and Tata.

After a short silence, more than 160 men knelt down in unison, tearfully thanking Li Mao for his kindness, Li Mao took a step, pointed to the southwest and said: "It is the Tang Dynasty who has given you a new life, please bow in the direction of Chang'an." ”

At noon, the sun was shining, and the western sky was blue and distant, beautiful and mysterious.

One hundred and sixty new subjects of the Tang Dynasty turned to the southwest and bowed three times and nine times to their new kingdom and emperor.

This is the first time that Li Mao has shown the world as an envoy of Liaodong Economic Strategy that he has done a good deed and is in a good mood.

After the service, Qin Mo took everyone to the meal first, and after the meal, a division came over to ask everyone about their wishes, whether they were willing to do business, farm, herd or be warriors. To see the latest chapter of this book, please go to Sugar Hua

The liberated people were ignorant, and it took a long time to figure out that since this moment they had broken away from the old tribe and officially became subjects of the Tang Dynasty, bidding farewell to the unbearable past and bathing in the sunshine of civilization like the people of Donggao Town.

In Li Mao's plan, the new vassals first set up camp separately, called the new private enterprises, and carried out civilized education, specifically to pass the language barrier, and the second to pass the military training pass.

Language carries culture, and Datang is widely embraced, not based on blood, but must obtain cultural and psychological identity.

Military training is intended to strengthen their discipline and obedience and to strengthen their physique.

The new vassals are in the new private camp, but the treatment they enjoy is not much different from the old people, they are scattered everywhere on weekdays to work, graze, or act as guards, working and studying, and their experience in the new private camp is recorded and counted as seniority.

There has been a debate about whether to admit them as new residents of Donggao Township, with some refusing to admit them on the grounds that they are not pure. Some people advocate that as long as they convert to Chinese etiquette, they will be Chinese, and as for the bloodline, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty still has the blood of the Xianbei people, who can guarantee that his blood is completely pure Chinese blood inherited from the Yanhuang era and not contaminated with any foreign blood

The greatness of the Chinese family lies in the fact that his sea embraces all rivers and his true colors are unswerving, accepting thousands of rivers, the sea is still the sea, China is still China, the great, beautiful background color is not the slightest more.

The Huaxia sect of the Rites sect finally gained the upper hand, and Li Mao finally agreed with the view of the Rites of Religion in China, as long as they converted to the Chinese Rites and Religion culturally and psychologically, they were Chinese people, and as for the color of their skin and surname, they were only a commemoration of their ancestors, and could not be used as a characteristic to distinguish Yixia.

As a result of this policy, not only were the 160 new people quickly integrated, but also the weak tribes in the forests near Donggao Town also came out of the wilderness and defected to civilization, claiming that they wanted to convert to China.

They should be treated as equal and fraternal gifts, all should be equal before the law, they should be supported in policy, they should be integrated culturally, they should complete integration and control economically, and they should not relax their vigilance militarily for the time being.

With this mentality as the driving force for expansion, Donggao Town is like the sea absorbing all rivers, and it has grown rapidly, and the rapid rise of the person in charge often surprises and even catches him off guard.

After the human resources gradually became abundant, Li Mao decided to do a big thing that he had always wanted to do but could not do, find a coal mine, and repair an iron factory.

Later generations did not give him much knowledge to use, but Li Mao was still able to see deeper and farther than the vast majority of the wise people in the world, and he concluded that there were coal mines and iron ore in Liaodong, and the reserves were extremely rich and of good quality.

But where is the iron, Li Mao is also at a loss, he sent people to look around, and on the other hand, he asked the copper tiger head for help, to see if there was a miracle in them.

Although Li Mao, the envoy of Liaodong, has not been officially recognized by the Tang Emperor so far, the identity of the lord of Liaodong has been revealed, and the copper tiger head, who has close economic ties with Liaodong, is keenly aware of this, and if they want to get some benefits from the land of Liaodong in the future, they should work closely with Li Mao.

As for the rights and wrongs of the past, grievances and grievances, those are all in the past, let him go in the past, and look forward to being a man. In order to test the sincerity of the copper tiger head, Li Mao offered to ask them to copy a map of the geology and mining of Liaodong to him.

When Li Huaiyu was an envoy to the festival in Liaodong, a stranger contributed this map to him, which recorded in detail the distribution location of coal and iron mines in Liaodong. Li Huaiyu was overjoyed, rewarded the visitor with 10,000 yuan, hired him as a staff officer of the shogunate, and prepared to do a big job. If it weren't for the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion the following year, the iron ore in Liaodong would have been developed long ago.

Or the historical course of Datang will also be changed by the development of these coal and iron mines.

The sincerity of the copper tiger head was quickly delivered, and this precious thing in Li Mao's opinion was a chicken rib for the Ziqing people, looking good-looking, but useless.

When Li Mao entered Liao, there were talents in mining and steelmaking, and Zheng Pei had served as a supervisor for a long time, and he was one of the few metallurgical and weapons experts in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Mao ordered him to be in charge of the Metallurgical and Mining Bureau, which was in charge of mining and smelting iron and steel, and Zheng Pei's work began rapidly, and soon there was definite news: in a place called Turtle Shell Mountain, coal and iron ore were discovered at the same time, not only rich in reserves but also of high quality coal and iron, with the existing mining technology, mining for two or three hundred years is not a problem.

Li Mao ordered the establishment of the town of Turtle Shell Mountain, ordered the First Division to send a battalion of men and horses to station, and sent secretary Hu Nanxiang to sit in the town to pass on the latest progress from time to time.

In this era, there is no special technology for mining, simply put, it is a crowd of tactics, some people have everything, the formation of the first division is modeled after the construction corps of later generations, holding a knife in one hand and a hoe in the other, the efficiency of doing things is not high, but after all, manpower is limited, a battalion of 500 people want to run the coal and iron ore in a short time, it is obviously not an easy task.

In order to solve the labor problem and also for the safety of Kikkoyama Town, Li Mao launched a large-scale clearance campaign before the winter of Yuanhe 5 years after detailed planning, with the goal of cleaning up all small and medium-sized forces that might threaten the existence of coal and iron mines within 500 miles of Kikkosan Town.

The code name of this military operation was "Cattle Knife", and Li Mao regarded the Second and Third Divisions as sharp blades for slaughtering cattle, and regarded the small and medium-sized forces in the forest as cattle to be slaughtered, but the facts profoundly taught Li Mao that he could strategically despise the enemy, but he could not be sloppy in tactics.

After the operation began, the two armies suffered many defeats, more than 200 people were killed and wounded, countless ordnance was lost, and six of the leaders were killed in the forest encounter, two of whom were captured by the enemy. The forest barbarians tied them to trees, smeared them with honey, and left them to be eaten by insects and ants

The tragic deaths of the two leaders greatly aroused the hatred of the officers and men of the two armies, who woke up from their blind arrogance, quickly adjusted their tactics, and took seriously those "calves" to be slaughtered.

The balance of the war slowly tilted, this time in favor of Li Mao.

Li Mao urgently issued an order to the two armies not to kill prisoners, but the results were not ideal, the forest battle was difficult, and no one was willing to carry prisoners and increase their burden. It is customary for a captives to cut off their hands and feet, then strip them naked, tie them to a tree, and coat them with honey

Zheng Xiaozhang understood that the reason for Li Mao's strict order not to kill prisoners was not because of the overflow of sympathy, but because of the shortage of labor in the coal and iron mines.

Li Mao approved this suggestion, and a special army called the "Slave Binding Team" was quickly formed within the secret service system, and immediately went to the front to move with the officers and men of the two armies, receiving prisoners, identifying prisoners, and escorting them to Mount Tortoiseshell.

The abundant labor force has greatly promoted the development of coal and iron mines.

During the Dragon Boat Festival in the sixth year of Yuanhe, the first steel ingot produced by the Tortoiseshell Mountain Smelter was sent to Dongzhou Jingluo Mansion with red silk, and Li Mao led all his subordinates to dress up to welcome them, such as receiving VIPs.

After strict identification, this steel ingot is a first-class product, and the quality fully meets the material requirements of the armory workshop in Chang'an.

The inner armory workshop is designed to create weapons for the royal family, and the exquisite materials used are famous all over the world.

Li Mao stroked this cold, glowing blue steel ingot, smiled so much that his mouth couldn't close it, and immediately ordered to make twenty daggers from this piece of steel and give them to senior generals in the army, calling them "Yuan Daggers".

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