But the Holy Alliance is strong, and it is naturally impossible for the Holy Alliance to suffer too much loss due to the casualties of such a small population, but in the face of the hard bone of the Black Iron City, shrunk in the mountains, if it is hard, it is bound to suffer very large losses, and now the Holy Alliance does not only have one Black Iron City as an enemy, and now to the west of them, there has been a country whose power is no less than that of the Holy Alliance, and now the two countries are at war, and a lot of manpower and material resources of the Holy Alliance are concentrated on that side, for the Black Iron City, Naturally, it is impossible to use the same manpower to deal with it.

However, the Black Iron City came to loot every once in a while, and this kind of raid, the Holy Alliance could not stand it, and within them, some people proposed to simply implement a scorched earth policy, evacuate all the people in the entire land south of the Yangtze River, and then turn it into a fortress, and build hundreds of fortresses on this land, so that the Black Iron City could not be occupied.

But in the end, only half of the proposal was agreed, and the remaining half was rejected, of which the former was agreed, the Black Iron City is closer to the land south of the Yangtze River, and if the Holy Alliance wants to support, it will have to cross the river to fight, and at the same time, the Black Iron City has a forest as a defense line, and it is very difficult to attack, and it is easy to attack and difficult to defend, in this case, it is better to give up this area.

As for why they don't fortress, it's very simple, their enemy at the moment is not only Black Iron City, if they want to turn the entire southern fortress, then it will inevitably require a lot of manpower and material resources to invest, it is possible to completely militarize this land, and the number of soldiers needed is at least more than 20,000 people to be able to fortress the entire land, which is a huge expense for the Holy Alliance, and now they can't afford such an expense, so they simply give up the land of Yangcheng and move all the population, Then arrange the troops on the Yangtze River defense line, relying on the Yangtze River natural hazards, and temporarily strive for a geographical location that is easy to defend.

This idea eventually became the policy of the Holy Alliance, so after launching a symbolic attack, the army of the Holy Alliance completely left the land of Black Iron City, and then the remaining 20,000 or 30,000 people near Yangcheng also moved away, and by the time Liu Sanyi and others found out, the entire Yangcheng was already empty.

In the face of such a scene, Liu Sanyi naturally would not let such a fertile land be vacant, he immediately mobilized 30,000 people from the rear and re-established Yangcheng, but the name was changed to Anbei City, which means the stability of the north, and at the same time garrisoned 6,000 troops here, and re-established the fortress destroyed by the Holy Alliance along the Yangtze River to ensure that the territory belonging to his side of the Yangtze River can be safe.

In this way, the city of Black Iron City has increased by one more, and at the same time, the land area has expanded again, and now the land under the jurisdiction of Black Iron City has exceeded 40,000 square kilometers, which is already a large piece of land, a total of six cities, more than 600,000 people, compared with the Black Iron City two years ago, there have been huge changes.

Liu Sanyi's war has also come to an end for the time being, the war with the Holy Alliance seems to be very easy, everything is in order, but fighting against such a powerful enemy, the pressure in this, only Liu Sanyi can be clear and understand, pretending to be in front of others as if he has everything under control, but deep down, Liu Sanyi is not easier than anyone else, and it is precisely because of this that after this battle, he also knows that Black Iron City needs to recuperate, and crossing the river to fight, for the land city-state of Black Iron City, Obviously, it's not that simple, the width of the Yangtze River is hundreds of meters, and the current is turbulent, which is not at all something that they can cope with in a small boat running on a small river in Yeyu City, and to build a big ship, it will not work at all in a few years, and it is impossible for them to take a few wooden sailing boats to fight the enemy.

Therefore, Liu Sanyi will no longer continue to fight after this war, but hope that the focus will be on development, especially on the issue of population, it is difficult for Black Iron City to rely on plundering the population to increase the number of people in a short period of time, and can only rely on their own fertility, for which Black Iron City has formulated a series of welfare policies for pregnant women to encourage family births, which has indeed achieved certain results, coupled with the progress of the medical system and the improvement of the efficiency of agricultural production, in the next two years, The population of Black Iron City grows by more than 60,000 almost every year, which is an extremely frightening growth number, comparable to the baby boom after World War II.

At this time, in the face of the victory of the war, as well as the newly seized land, the people of Black Iron City are naturally immersed in joy, especially the original residents of Yangcheng, they can now finally return to their original hometown, which originally Black Iron City had different opinions, thinking that the people of Yangcheng should not be allowed to return to Yangcheng, which will cultivate localism, thus stripping Black Iron City, but later this point was not recognized by the family meeting, and people still chose to let them return to their homeland.

This is not how benevolent the family is, but to do so to collect the love of the people of Yangcheng, which is very important, and the second is that the people of Yangcheng are only 100,000 people together, compared with more than 300,000 people at the peak, it has been reduced by more than half.

And it turns out that this is undoubtedly the right thing to do, the people of Yangcheng originally had a little rejection of the rule of Black Iron City in their hearts, but now it is completely gone, which makes everyone very happy, Shu Han was also pouted to drink together, and when he returned home, he saw that Wu Zhang was taking care of his two younger brothers, as an adopted son, Shu Han did not ignore him after his biological son was born, and still gave him good education and care, and Fu Erlan was the same, for Wu Zhang, everyone had already regarded him as a member of the family, Therefore, he also let him get in touch with his younger brother.

"Wu Zhang, haven't you thought about going back to Yangcheng to have a look?" Shu Han asked him with a smile, Wu Zhang nodded and said: "My home is long gone, and going back there is just sad, which is also the reason why many Yangcheng people are reluctant to go back." Shu Han nodded after listening, it is true, for many Yangcheng people, Yangcheng is undoubtedly a sad place, where their relatives have been buried in their homeland, and they don't want to touch the scene, so they choose to stay in other cities, Wu Zhang is obviously the same, Shu Han holds Wu Zhang's little head, after two years, Wu Zhang has grown up a lot at this time, his height of 1.74 meters is almost the same as himself, he is taller than he used to be, and at the same time he is handsome, Now Shu Han has received many people who want to book Wu Zhang's son-in-law. Online eBooks

Shu Han also told Wu Zhang about this matter, this child is quite generous in other places, but he is very shy in the matter of marriage, Shu Han does not make his own decisions, but gives this matter to Wu Zhang and lets him choose for himself

Although Shu Han and Wu Zhang have never talked about this issue, Shu Han knows very well that the demons of the Holy Alliance have left a very deep impression on what he sat down on, and Shu Han has never doubted this, because if the person who has experienced those is himself, Shu Han does not dare to guarantee whether he still has the courage to live, Wu Zhang is still sunny on the surface, and he is a lively young man who is loved by everyone, but in his heart, he has not been affected by the life he once had, So when it comes to this aspect, Shu Han basically keeps his mouth shut, so as not to stimulate Wu Zhang, even if he mentions it occasionally, it is also a side knock, with Wu Zhang's cleverness, he obviously understands Shu Han's meaning, but it will also not stimulate Wu Zhang, which is also Shu Han's concern for Wu Zhang.

What's more, Wu Zhang, who is now fourteen years old, may be just a junior high school student in modern times, and he is the age of playing, but in this world, he is already the pillar of the family, and Wu Zhang is the same.

At the same time, there is also good news on Wu Zhang's body, that is, according to the physical examination done by Zhao Qingtian for him, it is determined that the energy in Wu Zhang's body is increasing rapidly, and the heart rate and blood flow rate are increasing, which is undoubtedly a precursor to the awakening of talent.

And Wu Zhang is indeed a very good young man, and he was not depressed because of what happened to him, but he faced life positively, he once told Shu Han that when he grew up, he wanted to be a soldier, like his father, to kill the enemy on the battlefield and protect his people, and Shu Han also supported this, although he also knew that it was very dangerous on the battlefield, and Shu Han was unwilling to let his children go to the battlefield.

But he also knows that this is not an era of peace, in such an era of war, not only soldiers will be exposed to danger, civilians will also be exposed to danger, in the wars of the past dynasties, the most deaths are never soldiers, but civilians, rather than being unarmed and oppressed by the enemy at that time, it is better to take up their own weapons at this time and prepare in advance for the future defense of their families and homes.

So for Wu Zhang's intention to join the army, Shu Han is happy and worried, but after all, this is his life, Shu Han, as an adoptive father, doesn't want to interfere too much, and followed Wu Zhang to look at Xia Langqing, Xia Lang is pregnant with two children, compared to when he was born, these two children have become much older now, especially his younger brother Xia Langhuai, who looks like the elder brother's one, is very energetic every day, and I don't know where the strength comes from.

Playing with Wu Zhang, everyone will sleep in their own rooms, Fu Erlan is not at home, since the child was born, Fu Erlan is not a person who likes to stay at home, I heard that Hua Jincheng has established a library, so I want to go there to work, Shu Han of course supports his wife's decision, and at the same time he doesn't want his wife to be just a housewife, taking care of a family's affairs every day, so for a long time, the other party will form a dependence on himself, and this is not what Shu Han wants, He has a lot of work every year, and he has very little time to accompany the family, if Fu Erlan thinks about himself all day long, then he has no intention of not being able to meet her expectations, and when the time comes, Fu Erlan will be sad, Shu Han will not be able to go, and if there is a job, Fu Erlan can have friends other than himself, and at the same time, he can also have new things to do, not limited to the direction of the family.

So Shu Han simply let Fu Erlan serve as the director of the library, responsible for the collection and preservation of all books, and at the same time Shu Han also gave Fu Erlan a task, that is, to arrange for someone to copy a book from the Black Iron City and store it in the library, so as to increase the collection of books in Huajin City, for this work, Fu Erlan is obviously very interested and very devoted, this time it is Shu Han's turn to be uncomfortable, every time he goes home in the past, he can see his wife, but now he is home, and Fu Erlan is going to the Black Iron City on a business trip, It took a week to come back after discussing the reproduction of books, which made it difficult for Shu Han, who was young and energetic, to spend this lonely time, and he could only drink with his relatives and friends.

But helplessly, the few bad friends who used to drink with him now also have their own families, and the few who were originally discordant in the family are now living a very nourishing life, almost every night, Shu Han stays there, and often can see the melancholy eyes of their wives, which makes Shu Han really embarrassed to stay for a long time.

are all young people in the prime of life, Zhang Ruoming is only twenty years old, people of this age, which one can endure the temptation from love, this time Shu Han has become a lonely person, he can only drink and chat with Fu Erdong, Fu Erdong is seventeen this year, and he has not yet reached the last age of marriage, so he has been single, and now there is nothing to do at night, and he can accompany Shu Han, otherwise he can really stay alone.

And in this period of time, the steel production plant has finally been built, through Zhang Ruoming's influence, more than half of the smelting talents of the Zhang family are almost all gathered in Huajin City, to participate in the manufacturing of the steel plant to make suggestions, and compared to the design and manufacture of power plants, the smelter is obviously much easier, after all, there are many places where experience can be learned, and the other is that the amount of work is relatively simple, not so difficult, according to Dürr's new design report, if the design is completed according to the plan, So this steel plant will provide more than 300,000 tons of steel output for Huajin City every year, this figure makes Shu Han very satisfied, although the gap with modern steel production is very large, and the quality of steel must not be as good as modern, but you must know that the steel output of Black Iron City is only more than 20,000 tons a year, which is still the result of tens of thousands of people working together, and now the entire steel plant only needs more than 800 people to complete the production work, which is undoubtedly a huge production progress.