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One Man's Time and Space Smuggling Empire VIP Volume Chapter 106: Westward Expansion

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    The railway line from Lanzhou to the northwest is still under construction, but along the line, the flow of people meandering all the way is endless!  Countless people followed the arrangements of the railway army along with their families and headed northwest with their beautiful vision for future life!

    "Xinjiang! What's going on? I've always heard that the frontier is hard work. Most places are deserts, Gobi snow mountains, and there are not many suitable places to live. But why does the emperor want to take us all there?" in the migration team.  Among the family, one of the young men spoke anxiously to his family.

    "Young man! Don't listen to others who are living in vain. Life in the border areas is hard. It is also true that most places are deserts and Gobi snow mountains. But you don't know that in these oases in the desert and Gobi, those little days are hard.  It¡¯s a comfortable life! It¡¯s much better than in the mainland.¡±

    "Oh? Really! Is it really that good?" The young man suddenly met a knowledgeable person and immediately wanted to catch up and ask more questions.

    "That's not only possible, it's quite comfortable!" The old man who spoke was frothing at the mouth: "In the oasis, there is enough light, and all kinds of crops are easy to grow. To be honest, some crops are better grown than those grown in the mainland.  It¡¯s even better. The local specialties, cantaloupe and grapes, are as sweet as the last! As long as you¡¯re not lazy, life here is easier than life in China. Not only do the officials not collect taxes, but they even rebate them.  Supply you!¡±

    "Oh, that's a good relationship!" After listening to the old man's words, the young man felt more at ease, but then complained: "But, the journey is too far! The road is too difficult! I think about it later.  It¡¯s not easy to go home!¡±

    "Ha! The young man has a wonderful idea, he wants to be close, and he also wants to have easy travel. If you are so old and still miss your home all day long, then you should not come out at all. Our emperor has prepared all the fields and houses for you in Xinjiang.  I¡¯m awesome!¡±

    "Ha! How can that be done! We came here because of the Emperor!"

    The young man laughed cheerfully, ignoring other people's sarcasm, and wisely shut his mouth.  Then the group of people continued to move forward, heading towards the northwest.

    This is the most common sight that happened at the beginning of the empire's westward expansion.

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    From 1912 to the end of 1913, the empire sent a total of more than 8 million laborers to the northwest region, of which more than one-third arrived in Xinjiang.  However, for the empire's western strategy, this is far from enough!

    With the organizational form of the Railway Army, these labor forces quickly took advantage in the competition for local resources and became the dominant force in the local area. Railway Army soldiers and their families constituted the main social body of border society.

    During this period, conflicts between the Han people and various ethnic groups in the border areas continued. However, the semi-military organizational form of the Railway Army and the central government¡¯s policies, materials and weapons support allowed the Han people to often have the upper hand in various social conflicts, while other ethnic groups  It had to be defeated in the competition with this semi-military group, and was gradually cannibalized and transformed, becoming a subsidiary organization of the Railway Army.

    The entire process has drastically, profoundly and permanently changed the social form of the northwest frontier.

    By the beginning of 1914, in most areas of the northwest, the authority of the central government had been implemented completely smoothly, and the implementation of various issued policies was even better than in the inland areas!  The social ecology of the empire's frontiers has completely changed, and most ethnic minorities have been conquered by this drastic social change.

    But it is undeniable that in this process, various bloody tragedies that are not suitable for appearing in history books are inevitable.  According to incomplete statistical data from later generations, during this period, while childbirth was encouraged and basic health conditions were rapidly improved throughout the Chinese Empire, the population of ethnic minorities in the border areas actually showed a downward trend!  This is in sharp contrast to the rapid increase in the population of the Han people, the core ethnic group of the Chinese nation, during the same period.  We have to let future generations imagine what happened on the border during this period.

    But no matter what future generations say, it has no impact on the current Li Zhe!  In this way, the imperial central government headed by Li Zhe completed social control of the northwest border areas in the shortest possible time. This was the most important thing to Li Zhe.  At this time, most people at home and abroad were still in the dark and did not really realize the significance of the social changes underway in the northwest.

    With this foundation, the construction of the empire in the northwest can proceed very quickly.

    The only bottleneck in industrial construction in northwest China now is the problem of sufficient industrial population and sufficient social demand for industrial machinery.  At this time, it's time for Li Zhe to appear.

    At the beginning of 1914, wireless broadcasting was already completely popular at the grassroots level in most parts of the empire.A new voice came out. His Majesty the Imperial Emperor Li Zhe delivered a passionate speech entitled "Go West to Protect the Empire's Frontiers" at the Chinese Palace in Nanjing, giving a thorough explanation of the important strategic role of the northwest frontier in the empire's national security.  explanation!  In his speech, he summarized the achievements that have been made in the process of large-scale development in the northwest and looked forward to the next step of the northwest development strategy.

    Next, Li Zhe repeatedly emphasized the importance of developing the northwest for the security and development of the empire, and enthusiastically called on the citizens of the empire to go to the border areas to support border construction, and encouraged farmers and workers in the empire to migrate to the west.

    After the speech, the imperial propaganda department and other government departments launched a vigorous cultural propaganda campaign throughout the empire.  Movies, propaganda posters, folk propaganda teams, storytelling, drama, all kinds of situations were used in a multi-pronged manner, and even went directly to the schools of the empire to seduce the graduates of various schools.

    After using a series of methods, it successfully aroused the yearning for the northwest frontier of the empire among quite a number of people in this era.  For these people, the most important thing is that the imperial government also provides various preferential conditions for those who migrate to the northwest.  For example, national policies such as land, housing, childbirth, and family subsidies and wage subsidies.

    The simple people in the empire were affected by Li Zhe's passionate speech. On the other hand, they were also moved by the preferential policies provided by the state. From workers to farmers, from scientists to engineers and college students, tens of thousands of people responded enthusiastically to the central government's policies.  The call was made to move toward the northwest, which set off the westward movement in the early days of the empire that was written down in the history books of later generations.

    After finishing his speech, His Majesty the Emperor put aside all matters in the empire and personally traveled to northwest Xinjiang and visited Xinjiang for nearly three months.

    During this period, reports from foreign countries were almost completely stunned by what was happening in the empire!  These people were extremely surprised that the mass movement called by the government in China could reach such a large scale!  They are completely unable to understand the almost blind obedience of the Chinese people to the guidance of national policies.

    When the news spread to the north, although Russia could imagine the pertinence of China's move, it was difficult for them to imagine how effective this social movement would be.

    Unconsciously, under the cover of the vigorous mass movement on the surface, the expeditionary force's actions have already begun!

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    First of all, it is the expansion of roads, the construction of basic transportation conditions, and the local cement and steel industry in Xinjiang, directly launched!  Local materials are used to build a systematic transportation foundation, including railways, highways, airports, gas stations, and several main roads in Xinjiang. Hundreds of thousands of people work hard every day. Every day, the roads are lengthening.

    Then, a series of basic education and vocational education schools were built in the empire and transplanted to the northwest region. They spoke Chinese and wrote Chinese characters. Everything from them, books, Chinese characters, machinery, and all kinds of novelty things, were unknown.  Unconsciously changing the cultural traditions of various ethnic groups in the border areas.  Because in this era, productivity is still low, and only by relying on the construction army as the main body can those ethnic minority groups survive better, so they have to passively accept this change.

    Next came the construction of the petroleum, petrochemical and automobile industries. The giant oil deposits in the Jungar Basin in Xinjiang were developed early by the expeditionary force, and a petrochemical processing base was built on the spot. On the other hand, the Northwest Machinery Manufacturing Company was officially established.  From the beginning, its product production was oriented towards heavy industrial machinery, including heavy military trucks, heavy tractors, and various construction machinery.  In addition, a series of heavy industrial enterprises such as Northwest Mining Machinery Factory and Imperial Northwest Aerospace Machinery Manufacturing Company were established successively, laying the foundation for the next step of building Northwest into a sustainably developed heavy industry cluster.

    This posture is not at all the scale of construction that should be expected in a remote border area, but from the beginning, it opened its greedy eyes towards the wider land beyond the western border!

    It¡¯s just that foreigners can¡¯t figure out the specific situation of this kind of domestic construction. Even if they use common sense, they can¡¯t imagine that the empire¡¯s northwest construction can be so fast and the empire¡¯s appetite can be so big!

    During the three months Li Zhe visited Xinjiang, through time and space transportation, he left millions of tons of industrial machinery and dozens of sets of various industrial production lines to the northwest. This is the core of this leaping development across the ages.  secret!

    In March 1914, the Empire¡¯s first light armored vehicle produced locally in the northwest specifically for use in the terrain of the northwest region was freshly released at the Northwest Machinery Manufacturing Company, codenamed Camel!  And quickly completed preparations for product assembly line production!  The supporting petrochemical industry also quickly began to take shape.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???In the northwest, the time is finally ripe to launch a strategic offensive.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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