Chapter 674: 674 New Rookie
Chapter 674 674 The New Rookie
The common people of Tang State like to call themselves Tang people. They love this country and also love His Majesty the King Tang Mo who brought them hope.
When they heard that a country was sending telegrams to persuade their beloved King to proclaim himself emperor, they rejoiced and immediately became excited.
The thing that workers and farmers have been discussing the most when they get together recently is the matter of His Majesty the King proclaiming himself emperor.
Everyone was very excited, and many people felt that if they lived in the Tang Empire, they would be happier than in the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty.
The sale of aircraft technology went very smoothly, bringing huge wealth to this country. For a time, the Tang Kingdom seemed to have endless food, endless steel, and countless slaves.
Not just goblin slaves, many countries use slaves to make up the numbers and offset part of the purchase price of aircraft.
That’s 100 million gold coins! If all were paid with gold coins, few countries would be able to spend so much money at once.
Even if they can spend so much money, not every monarch is willing to spend so much money.
The cost of capturing slaves is very low. Just arrest some refugees and bankrupt farmers and charge them with random charges. It is much cheaper than mining.
Not to mention gold coins - the monarch has to pay for it himself, and catching slaves is a worthless business for them. It is obvious which one is more cost-effective.
So, in recent months, countless slaves from various countries have been sent to the Tang Kingdom, including many dwarves and elves.
The largest number were still goblins. A total of 400,000 goblin slaves were sent to Linshui and then distributed to various parts of the Tang Kingdom to be used as consumables.
Even if these goblin slaves are provided with good water and food, the death rate of these goblins is still very alarming.
It has only been about three months, and almost all of the first batch of goblin slaves arriving in Copper City have died.
Goblins do not regard humans as human beings, and people in the Tang Dynasty do not regard goblins as human beings. The hatred between the two countries has reached an irreconcilable level.
The docks of Beiyuan City are full of goblins who are like animals. They have to engage in the most arduous physical labor and use their own lives to rebuild the city they destroyed.
After such a long period of construction, Beiyuan City, which was full of rubble and ruins, has changed its appearance. The streets here have gradually become smoother, and some areas have begun to return to normal.
The people responsible for managing these goblin slaves are the slaves of elves and dwarves. They are directly responsible to the Tang people. Only by constantly squeezing the productivity of the goblins can they ensure their own status.
In a sense, the rich and advanced Tang Kingdom was actually so barbaric that it was outrageous: there were still slaves here, it was still a slave society, and slaves were still used in large numbers, and they did not care about the lives of these slaves...
In other words, from a humane perspective, Tang Mo is actually not a good person. He cruelly exploits people other than the Tang people to develop his country.
Batch after batch of gold was sent to the Tang Dynasty, disembarked from Linshui, loaded into trucks, and then escorted by the army to Chang'an.
With the continuous development of the Tang Dynasty, it is obviously no longer so convenient to put gold on Dragon Island. So Chang'an became a new gold reserve base, and a new financial center was being established.
It seems that a city like Bunas will never appear again, because Bunas is a special case. Back then, Tang Mo didn't have that much space for development, so it had to cram everything into a city like Bunas.
Now, Tang Mo has a vast country, so he doesn't have to cram all the functions into one city.
Hence, even if there is a city with excellent geographical environment like Linshui, Tang Mo has no intention of building it into a second Bunas.
Burnas’ financial functions were placed in Chang’an by Tang Mo, while Bunas’ entertainment properties were dispersed to many cities.
Similarly, the industrial attributes of Bunas were placed in Tongcheng and Linshui, and were even distributed to Longgang and Dongwan.
Linshui, Dongwan and Longgang have become very busy, with countless cargo ships transporting various ores produced on the Eastern Continent to these ports.
Sailboats have been almost eliminated by various countries, and the white sails that can be seen in the port now are almost all fishing boats sailing out to sea.
Countries are building a large number of modern transport ships, both wooden and steel, but they are generally using steam power.
These ships have improved the transportation efficiency of the Endless Sea route, and have also made qualitative progress in the ship design of various countries.
Generally, major countries with shipbuilding experience began to build their own navies, but they also purchased Tang's battleship drawings and used them as a reference to design their own main battleships.
In the port of Longgang, a transport ship full of people docked at the pier, and the gangway was slowly lowered. A group of young people curiously looked at the huge crane and the cargo piled in the port, and walked down one after another. Got the ship. They were so curious about everything here because they had never seen such a prosperous and huge port.
The lines of oil pipelines in the distance cut through the mountains, giving the entire port a unique steampunk feel.
“This place is so prosperous!” A young man excitedly slapped his companion on the back, reminding him to see the two brand-new Dongwan-class battleships docked at Longgang Pier.
The construction of these two battleships started before the Tang-Qi War broke out. They were not able to catch up with the outbreak of the war, but they were launched after the war ended.
No matter from any perspective, the performance indicators of these two battleships are actually not advanced. They are expected to be sold soon. The buyer may be the Poplar Kingdom or the Dorne Empire.
"Look, look at that battleship! It's too big!" The young people who were attracted by the Dongwan-class battleship shouted in surprise, pointing to the canvas-covered turret on the battleship and exclaiming.
"Hey! Hey! Quick! Look! Over there! In the sky! In the sky!" Another young man seemed to have discovered a new world, and suddenly raised his voice again.
All the young people raised their heads and looked at the sky. There were two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers that had returned from patrol and were lowering their altitude in preparation for landing at the military airport near Longcheng.
“Are we here to learn how to fly? Great...” They looked at the two planes soaring in the sky, with envy in their eyes.
That's right, they are the pilots carefully selected by the Cyric Consortium and come to Dragon Island for training. They will complete three months of study here and then take their aircraft piloting skills back to Cyrek.
This is part of the service and is charged separately. Each time a pilot was sent to Dragon Island for training, a large sum of money would be paid. Although it was a headache for Cyric, he had to pay for it.
Soon, the hugeness and prosperity of the entire Dragon City conquered these young people who came to learn aircraft driving skills.
They sat in the truck that came to pick them up, observing everything on the street: in fact, they also had a secret mission, which was to record everything on Dragon Island and bring it back to Cyric.
Pedestrians riding bicycles can be seen everywhere on the streets. There are too many cars on the road to speed up. There are traffic jams everywhere and the sound of horns honking everywhere.
There are rows of shops on the roadside, and in the floor-to-ceiling glass windows are dummies wearing fashionable clothes. Although the business here is not as prosperous as Bunas in the past, it is much better than other cities.
Because the income level of people here is very high, various entertainment venues can be seen on the streets. There are cinemas, bars and dance halls, as well as casinos and nightclubs, with neon lights flashing during the day.
Just take a look at these streets and you will know that there is no shortage of electricity in Dragon City. Those cities that have just emerged do not dare to waste precious electricity like this!
When you get outside the city and see those chimneys that are as dense as a forest, you know that the industrialization level of Long Island is quite high.
As long as you take a breath of the choking air, you can probably guess that production is going on here every day, and the production capacity is terrifying.
By the time the truck loaded with these young people who came to learn to fly drove to the airport in the middle of the island, these young people finally saw what it means to be rich and wealthy.
Two-seater, two-wing aircraft were parked in a row beside the runway. There were hundreds of them at a rough count. You know, the finished product of this thing is sold to other countries, and each one is priced astronomically.
When entering the airport gate, everyone saw a warning sign about mines posted in the open space next to them. They also saw the corpse of a wild rabbit that was blackened by electricity and hung on the barbed wire.
Then, the truck slowly stopped, and these rookies from Cyric who had come from afar met their instructors.
At dinner, they saw the dwarves and elves who came to learn how to fly, as well as their classmates from the Lions Empire and the Dorne Empire.
The Tang Kingdom was an innocent man, and after seeing the exquisite food in the canteen, these new Cyric pilots actually felt a little bit happy that they were worth their money.
At least, the food here is worthy of the sky-high tuition fees they pay...
Then, the nightmare of these young people who are about to become pilots begins. They thought they would be able to touch the plane the next day, but what awaited them was endless laps and various experiments to survive dizziness.
Although each of them was carefully selected, half of them were eliminated within three days!
The half of the people who were left behind now finally know why they must eat so well! If you don't eat well and sleep well, you will be tortured to death by the training subjects in three days.
They finally knew why all kinds of vomit could often be seen on the roadside of this base.
(End of this chapter)