Chapter 211, Sweeping the Eastern Provinces
After the Central Group Army got a vacation, and then supplemented the losses caused by the previous battle in the Qinggu area from the new barracks, it set off for the eastern provinces.
They move smoothly.
The links between the eastern provinces, the three central provinces, and Fuxing City are very close.
The situation there is completely different from the Qinggu area.
The grain production capacity of the eastern provinces is very weak, even inferior to the three central provinces.
That is mainly because the eastern provinces were the core metropolitan areas on the main continent of the Nuoxiao star in the pre-war era, especially the more they went to the coastal areas.In the three central provinces, the only urban ruins, the 'ruins of the tower', can be said to be everywhere in the eastern provinces.
Although there is still some flat field soil that can be used for agricultural production, the overall amount is not enough.
The main food supply of the 600 million people living in the eastern provinces also depends on the Qinggu area.
After the turmoil in the Qinggu area, it was not surprising that the famine spread in the eastern provinces, which led to turmoil.
The league is still kind.
Gu Hang has always attached great importance to population. He does not want the eastern provinces to become chaotic, starve to death a lot of people, and then kill a lot of people in order to compete with each other for food.
Severe famine may even be more terrible than the population reduction caused by war.
Under such circumstances, under the instruction of Gu Hang, Bradford, who is currently in charge of the Union's commercial department, continued to supply food to the eastern provinces according to the governor's idea.
In the beginning, according to Bradford's characteristics as a businessman, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to sell the grain at a high price, and he would definitely make a fortune.
But this kind of businessman's instinct was severely criticized by Prime Minister Ossina.
Amid the criticism, Bradford finally remembered that he was no longer a businessman.It is true that he runs the Ministry of Commerce, but he is a politician, and he has to do things according to political logic, not commercial logic.
For a long time in the past, the food supply to the eastern provinces was maintained by importing large orders from the Western Desert; recently, more grains were imported from the North Green Valley Province.
The Qinggu area had an autumn harvest a few months ago. Although there is still a certain gap in the output compared to the bumper harvest in previous years, it is not a big problem to at least feed the 400 million people in the alliance.
And a large number of cleared jungles and trees; aberration monsters that were massacred in previous wars were all put into the synthetic starch factory.
The alliance has conquered the self-developed technology of synthetic starch almost half a year ago.For the related industrial lines, every time a set is produced, a set will be sent to Beiqinggu.
At present, many large and small synthetic starch factories have been put into operation in the Beiqinggu area.
The output of these synthetic starches is increasing.
Counting these things that don't taste very good, but if you have something to eat, you will definitely not starve to death, then the food that can be exported from the Qinggu area may be even more than in the original bumper year.
That's enough.
All kinds of food exported from the alliance to the eastern provinces in large quantities are mainly exchanged for various industrial raw materials in commerce.
Industrial raw materials are the most important basic output and traditional output of the eastern provinces.
To put it bluntly, it is similar to the production mechanism in the ruins of the tower, relying on picking up garbage.
Exporting food at a low price and exchanging it for industrial raw materials is a basic business. It does not make money, or it makes normal money.
But since I said that this matter has political considerations, it is essentially a political business.
The political goal of this matter, apart from maintaining the millions of people in the eastern provinces from uncontrollable large-scale famine and war, is not to earn excess profits from business, but also to earn back from other aspects.
Through increased trade operations, the alliance has established a very deep influence in many settlements in the eastern provinces.
Only the Alliance can provide a sufficient food supply.This forced many settlements to sell raw materials to the alliance at normal prices.Of course, in the strict sense, this is not forced. After all, the price of grain is not high, and the price of raw materials is not low. It is a reasonable transaction.
But there are some conditions attached, such as publicizing the system of the alliance and reaffirming that the place where you live is a member of the alliance, this is a must.
Don't underestimate these, people's hearts will change.
In the settlement where I live, I don't have enough food to wear, I have to pick up garbage every day, I have to face the mutated beasts in the wasteland, and I have to worry about looters; as long as I go to the alliance, I become a citizen of the alliance and have a fixed rank , at least food and clothing.As for work, can it be harder than picking up trash?Not to mention, in the propaganda of the alliance, all ranks have basic medical insurance, vacation...
Comparing them, you will know what is good and what is bad.
And in conjunction with the second promotion, their own settlement is also a member of the alliance.
Then don't the bottom, or even the middle-level residents, think: Why are we all in alliances, and we don't live well?
Then if one day, the alliance comes and says that the entire settlement will be brought under the direct management of the alliance.So, how strong is the resistance of the entire settlement?
Don't talk about resistance, I'm afraid it's not the leading party everywhere.
In addition to the minimum requirements to let go of the alliance's merchants to promote the alliance, there are some other deeper cooperation.
For example, they began to gradually accept the 'guidance' of some expatriate officials from various ministries and commissions of the Union.The name is to help these settlements to build their homes and bring the advanced experience of the alliance.The dispatched officials do not directly lead and manage the various settlements, but exist like consultants, providing reasonable suggestions for the leaders of the settlements.
Saying so, but actually...
In fact it is.
But in the process, the influence of the alliance will naturally be further strengthened.
What kind of strategy will those people in power in settlements who are constantly listening to the suggestions of the alliance's dispatched officials and yearning for the alliance system adopt when the alliance's troops arrive?
In other words, the alliance's long-standing grain trade strategy and value output have brought about a strong expansion of political influence.In the past six months, a good situation has been achieved in the eastern provinces.
In fact, if Gu Hang, the governor, hadn't been in a hurry, the alliance might not even need military action. As long as the time is ripe in the future, a wave of revolution that sweeps across the entire eastern provinces will be able to wipe out this An area with millions of square kilometers and a population of 600 million has been settled safely.
Military action is a double-edged sword.
Of course, this is to speed up the process of bringing the entire eastern provinces under the rule of the alliance, without waiting for the so-called 'time is ripe'.But correspondingly, some objects that might have been won may now stand on the opposite side of the alliance.
Innocent.
At present, the Union Army has planned to reorganize the newly formed troops and has not yet completed the reorganization, and the corresponding weapons and equipment are still in production.The Central Group Army that is leaving now has only seven divisions and more than [-] people.
But they are still getting good news.
The land in the eastern provinces is too large, and because many city ruins stand on top of the waste soil, the terrain is very separated, and it is difficult for the various settlements to form a joint force. The will to resist.
Therefore, when facing the actions of the Central Army, many places simply surrendered directly.
The league also has a corresponding policy on this.
This kind of non-resistance is not considered an enemy, and everyone from the people to the original ruling class will be treated relatively well.
As for resistance...
That's the equivalent of a mantis' arm being a car.
To put it bluntly, with a population of 600 million in the entire eastern provinces, even if they all gather together, they can gather an army of hundreds of thousands, with garbage armaments, garbage logistics, and the fact that more than half of them will starve to death immediately if the food supply of the alliance is cut off. They will not be able to resist.
Not to mention, they still can't unite.
Yan Fangxu's army is making rapid progress in the east.
Often every few hours, it is said that one or two settlements have been won.
Later, Yan Fangxu himself felt embarrassed when the good news came out.
Is there anything to tell?Just send a regiment to stand next to a settlement, and without firing a single shot, they will shoot in 3 minutes; Just voted in 15 minutes.
If there is really that kind of stubbornness, kill it.
Eliminate all the rebels, arrest all the leaders, and don't have to escort them back to Fuxing City, and sentence them to execution on the spot.The local people split into other camps according to the situation.
It can also be regarded as a method of thunder.
After the whole battle is fought, even if only one regiment is divided, it usually takes less than a day to finish it.
In short, no matter what the situation is, there are corresponding and mature solutions.
In this way, when they regained the 200 million population in the central province, they were playing with the rest, nothing more than doing it again in the larger and more dispersed eastern provinces.
This kind of good news does not mean to pass it on.
In the end, Yan Fangxu just made a summary battle report every other week and it was over.
...
Gu Hang was also too lazy to read Yan Fangxu's various reports.
It is nothing more than laying down a city today and a town tomorrow, which is meaningless.
To be honest, he didn't have any doubts about the Central Army's easy liquidation of the entire eastern provinces.
The only thing to worry about is that there should be no ghosts and monsters popping up in the east.
It's just the local survivors, that doesn't pose any threat.
He is still tossing the gift points left in his hand.
The new blood of the phoenix, the construction of the [-]th special warfare brigade, the expansion of the alliance army... In these aspects, Gu Hang has spent about [-] gift points in total.
He still has more than 1 points left in his hand.
And these gift points, he intends to invest all of them in the construction of the territory in one go.
This is further divided into two sections: Technology and Architecture.
Let's talk about construction first.
After the war in the Qinggu area was settled, Gu Hang discovered that three new buildings appeared in the [Building] interface.
They are [Farm I], [State Church], and [Judgment House].
Gu Hang estimated that the [Farm] building was because after he captured the Qinggu area, the area of agricultural production land increased significantly, and reached a certain goal built into the system, thus achieving the achievement of unlocking the [Farm] building.
The [Farm I] building is the same as the [Civilian Factory I] and [Military Factory I] that Gu Hang had unlocked before.Spend 100 gift points and load it on a farm that has been built and put into production, which can increase production to a certain extent.
Before, there were no extra gift points to toss these production-increasing buildings, but now he has quite a lot of gift points, so he can use them.
After thinking about it, he didn't exchange any of the farm buildings.
no need.
According to a rough report recently sent back by Beiqinggu Province, it mentioned the production plan for the coming year.
According to optimistic estimates, for the whole of next year, the food production in Beiqinggu area, from agricultural products to synthetic starch, can reach a total value of about 600 million tax coins.
In addition to the imports from the Western Desert and some grain output from the three central provinces, there will be food worth about 300 million tax coins.
This batch of food is enough to meet the standard of a well-off society with enough food, which is the standard of food supply of the Alliance E9, and can feed more than 1800 million people; pay attention to food rationing and supply, and meet the standard of food and clothing, which is the standard of the Alliance E5. That can feed a population of more than 2700 million; if it is more harsh, with the standard of starvation, which is the E3 level of the alliance, it is enough to feed a population of 4500 million.
Even if the 600 million people in the entire eastern provinces are included, the total population of the alliance is only 2000 million.
Anything is enough.
On the contrary, industrial production is never enough.
Especially the military industry.
The production of civilian factories is mainly in various consumer goods.These things are used to pay taxes, and the empire also recognizes them; when they go out to do interstellar commerce, others want them too.But in general, there is relatively little demand.If you engage in commerce and trade, you can't sell the price, and the tax credit for the empire is generally lower than its real production value.
But on the contrary, arms are the hard currency in the interstellar world, and they are a hot spot for trade. If they are used to pay taxes, the empire will give enough tax currency.
In this case, Gu Hang exchanged 16 military factories and 4 civilian factories in one go.
The former were all added to various military industries in Weixing City.
The latter will also be put into the metal smelting industry of basic heavy industries such as ceramic steel and plastic steel, as well as the metal processing industry.
Needless to say, the alliance's production of Wind Falcons in a month has risen to ten.
After exchanging these 40 factory bonus cards, it is estimated that the annual industrial output value of Weixing City has increased by [-] tax coins.
And the price is only 2000 gift points.
He still has [-] points.
And these [-] gift points, Gu Hang did not use them for other purposes, but used them all to draw technology cards!
It's time for the exciting lottery draw again, Gu Hang is gearing up!
(End of this chapter)