Enter the Tang Dynasty with space

Chapter 222 Byzantine Construction

Heraclius did what he said, and quickly summoned the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

"Ministers, I have an important announcement today. As we all know, the position of Crown Prince of Byzantium has been vacant so far. Unfortunately, several of my princes were killed in the war. However, the saint who descended from heaven has become my beloved son-in-law. You have heard about it a long time ago. Yes, he is Yang Zheng, who led the Tang army to defeat the old enemy Turkic people to pacify the desert and the Western Regions; it was he who easily defeated the big cannibals and made me regain the territory of Byzantium; Can shrink the defense. Such a genius is fully capable of being the Byzantine crown prince, revitalizing the Byzantine economy, expanding the Byzantine territory, and continuing the glory of the Roman Empire. Ministers, what are you waiting for?"

Heraclius gave a passionate speech, and all the ministers knelt down one after another: "See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Yang Zheng said with a smile: "Ministers, you are welcome, I am new here, so please give me your advice!"

"Your Highness is too modest, how dare you wait!" Everyone's favor for Yang Zheng rose sharply. Such a great talent, unexpectedly humble and polite, is really the best candidate for a king.

Even Russell, the candidate for the crown prince, was convinced by Yang Zheng. The reputation of the Great Marshal of the Tang Dynasty has long been spread all over the world. Russell admires Yang Zheng very much, and has long hoped to fight side by side with Yang Zheng.

Another candidate, Clark, was unwilling. In the battle for crown prince, he had an advantage, but when Yang Zheng came, everything he had done before was for nothing. Clark was insidious and cunning, and Yang Zheng had long since secretly Knocking in his eyes, he thought to himself that this guy was dead, so that he would not become a stumbling block to him in the future.

Yang Zheng immediately took the initiative to invite Ying: "Your Majesty, I have requested an order to supervise the construction of agriculture, animal husbandry and water conservancy in Byzantium. If we can seize the time, we can have a bumper harvest of grain within this year."

Heraclius had no objection: "Quick! All ministers, please do your best to assist the crown prince. The future of Byzantium is up to you!"

"Follow Your Majesty's will!" All the ministers replied one after another. Now that there is such a wise and powerful crown prince, everyone feels that the future is bright. Byzantium has fallen. If they can rise again now, their names will appear in history. This is what they want.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Chirac went back to play with Sanya and Wuya's two granddaughters. The two girls were clever and clever, and they made Heraclius very comfortable. Such a family relationship is what Heraclius is happy to enjoy.

In the palace, Yang Zheng has already started to perform the duties of the crown prince. Yang Zheng is not familiar with Byzantine officials, but with Constantine's introduction, Yang Zheng soon became familiar with them.

"General Russell, I ordered you to be the director of water conservancy construction, responsible for the construction of rivers across the country. All rivers must be connected, and the rivers that flow to the sea are blocked. Don't ask why. I have a reason. I don't know about Russell. Can General Er complete this mission?" Yang Zheng issued the first order, and for Russell, Yang Zheng also felt that he was a loyal general, perhaps not very capable, but now Yang Zheng needs someone who is loyal to him. people.

Russell said loudly: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the final general will definitely fulfill his mission!"

Yang Zheng said: "Okay! This palace wants your words. The 100 million civilians that I brought from the Tang Dynasty have already been stationed outside the city of Constantinople. You take my oral order and bring 50 civilians." To develop water conservancy, we must complete 90% of the country's water conservancy within one month!"

"The last general takes orders!" Russell was extremely happy. He never thought that there were so many people outside the city waiting to be dispatched by him.

Russell has since gone to Ashina Sheer to handle the handover procedures of the civilian husbands. These civilian husbands are all from Tang Dynasty. They are strong and strong, and they are definitely good at work.

Yang Zheng added: "General Clark, I have appointed you as the general manager of agricultural construction. After following General Russell, you will immediately start land reclamation as soon as the water conservancy is connected. I will then send people to send seeds, and the people outside the city will , you go and pick 30, how about it, can it be done?"

Clark hurriedly said: "Thank you for your highness, I will definitely try my best to complete the task!"

Yang Zheng's arrangement of such an important task for Clark naturally depends on how he is going to do it. If he has a different intention, he will definitely show his feet. At that time, Yang Zheng will definitely catch him and cut him down.

Clark also went out of the city to find Ashinasheer's important person.

Yang Zheng continued: "Uncle Konstantin, the remaining 20 people and those livestock will be handed over to you. Remember to open up a prairie in a wide area beside the river. These livestock carry too much hope, uncle can't be careless. How about this, I will send Zanetti to lead an accompanying army of [-], if there is any change, I will shoot and kill!"

"The old minister obeys!"

"The last general takes orders!"

Constantine readily accepted that Byzantium's livestock plus the current batch would definitely be very optimistic when the time came. Although he didn't know how Yang Zheng would develop, Constantine had confidence in Yang Zheng.

Zanetti also has a kind of blind admiration for Yang Zheng. Seeing Yang Zheng's maneuverability and confidence, Zanetti is lucky to have met Mingzhu.

In view of Heracle's performance of throwing away the shopkeeper, Yang Zheng didn't mind, and quickly took over the job of presiding over the government.The old man is getting old, and it's time to rest. Maybe it won't be long before the old man will abdicate as the Supreme Emperor and hand over Byzantium to Yang Zheng.

Byzantium was waiting for prosperity, so it had to seize the time to straighten out the situation in various places.Fortunately, Byzantium's administrative system is very complete and is functioning normally. What information Yang Zheng wants, he can get it quickly through the dedicated staff.

After a few days of understanding, Yang Zheng had a general understanding of the situation in Byzantium.Byzantium occupied the Greek Islands, the Balkans, Asia Minor, Syria, Sicily, and Constantinople.Many places that belonged to Byzantium were occupied by the Great Eater and the Frankish Empire, such as Carthage and Gaul.Yang Zheng is confident that one day, these places will be completely returned to Zhao.

The better development is the Greek Islands, which are far away from wars, protected by Byzantium’s powerful navy, and the mysterious "Greek Fire" weapon, so the Greek Islands can develop quietly. Now many materials in Constantinople come from Greece Islands, so Yang Zheng ordered the Greek governor Materazzi to report to Constantinople as soon as possible in order to learn more about the situation.

The Balkan Islands have experienced the baptism of war and are now dilapidated and in urgent need of recuperation.However, Yang Zheng believed that as long as the space spirit spring came out, it would soon be back to life.

Asia Minor and Syria are barely considered the developed areas of Byzantium, while Syria aims to develop commerce, and it will become a developed area of ​​Byzantium in the future. Sicily is far away from Constantinople and sparsely populated. If it is not for the dream of restoring the Roman Empire , it is estimated that it was abandoned by Heraclius long ago, because the Lombards continued to attack here, and it was only maintained by the powerful Byzantine navy.

The most troublesome place is actually the Constantinople area, where most of Byzantium's population is concentrated. Constantinople alone has a population of 150 million, and the entire Constantinople area has a population of more than 800 million. Under the current situation, the burden on the empire is very heavy. Among these people, there are a large number of refugees from various places. They are idle and have brought great troubles to local management.The decline of agriculture has also caused food shortage in the Constantinople area, and the social order has also become chaotic. If the problem of refugees is not resolved immediately, Constantinople will be impacted.

Yang Zheng has nothing to say about this, since it is chaotic, let's make it right.

The Byzantine army was soon dismissed by Yang Zheng. Now the threat of war is not great, so the troops don’t need so many troops. Veterans can return to their hometowns to participate in the construction. Of course, Yang Zheng gave each person 50 pennies. These soldiers They all went home happily.

Among the remaining soldiers, the Byzantine People's Police Force was separated and distributed to various places to maintain local order.The chief of the police force is directly responsible to Yang Zheng to ensure the strict implementation of the order.The first task of the police force is to clear and register the number and identities of the refugees, and distribute the food that Yang Zheng took out from the space to each refugee to appease their emotions.

Afterwards, the refugees were distributed to various regions by Yang Zheng to make the Constantinople area slim down. For example, the distant Sicily was resettled by Yang Zheng at one time with 80 people through space transportation, making this place all of a sudden. It became lively.The diverted refugees were given land, food and seeds, and began to grow crops under the guidance of local officials.Fortunately, there was enough food in Yang Zheng's space, which could be used to stabilize people's hearts. This diversion was carried out smoothly, and it took only a short month to reduce the population of Constantinople by half.

During this period, the governors of various regions came to Constantinople to report on their duties one after another, and Yang Zheng assigned them tasks to cooperate with Russell, Clark and Constantine in organizing production, and let them take back a lot of food, appease the local famine.This policy naturally stabilized the hearts of the people everywhere, and production began to develop smoothly.

Russell did not live up to Yang Zheng's expectations. With the hard work of the Tang folks, the water conservancy in the Constantinople area was the first to be dredged, and it was rewarded. Yang Zheng immediately injected the space spirit spring and took the lead in giving Constantinople The area is infused with aura and vitality.

As soon as the spiritual spring entered, the rivers in the Constantinople area were full of cheers, the fish were jumping endlessly, and various birds flew in one after another, opening up habitats on the banks of the rivers, and the vegetation on the banks was quickly moistened and green. .

Afterwards, Clark didn't dare to neglect. This kid was very cunning. He probably guessed that Yang Zheng was testing him. He actually led the team and did a great job. The land was quickly developed and handed over to the local residents, and then the seeds were sown by everyone. , A month later, the Constantinople area became a green ocean, and various crops began to emerge, bringing great hope to people.

Constantine was not far behind, and opened up more than a dozen large pastures. Yang Zheng then moved out the turf from the space. Under the nourishment of the river, the turf quickly became alive, and the pasture was quickly occupied by livestock. Fresh green shoots for pleasant walks in the Constantinople region.

Other places in Byzantium also received the patronage of the Space Spirit Spring. With the continuous penetration of water conservancy, Byzantium was surrounded by the Space Spirit Spring, injecting infinite vigor and vitality into this ancient empire.

In fact, the bigger gain is that the emotional exchanges between these Tang folk husbands and local residents have been greatly developed. Tang people are strong and very popular with Byzantine women. Many civilian husbands simply marry into their wives. Of course, they put their own The family members in Datang also reported to Yang Zheng, and Yang Zheng took their family members over without any effort and placed them in various places in Byzantium.Li Shimin didn't have any objections to this. Since he had agreed to let Yang Zheng come to Byzantium to become the crown prince, he should support him now. Now that the population of the Tang Dynasty was not under so much pressure, Byzantium was in urgent need of men.

In just a few months, Byzantium has undergone earth-shaking changes. Agriculture and animal husbandry have been greatly developed. The people's hearts are stable, the population is increasing, and the social order is orderly. Now everyone is looking forward to the harvest season coming soon.

Naturally, Yang Zheng is no exception. Through space, Yang Zheng has a clear understanding of the situation of the entire Byzantium, and constantly points out the shortcomings in the development of various places, so that they can improve immediately. Now, Yang Zheng is also full of confidence, waiting for the Byzantine food. a bumper harvest.

(End of this chapter)