Munitions Empire

Compared to the tumultuous eastern continent, the interior of the Great Tang Kingdom can now indeed be described as a peaceful haven, even akin to an idyllic paradise.

After various countries sold their surplus, or even not-so-surplus, food to Tang Mo, the Great Tang Kingdom managed to get through the toughest times. The people here, supported by the availability of food, lived peacefully and resumed production.

With this year’s bountiful harvest and the yield brought about by the new types of seeds, the entire Great Tang Kingdom was engulfed in joy.

The farmers who tilled the land realized that their hard days had finally come to an end. The state reduced the servitude and taxes of the farmers, and even provided some subsidies, leading to an unprecedented improvement in their quality of life.

With surplus food in hand and extra money in their pockets, these farmers now possessed the most basic purchasing power. And, in the economic understanding of Great Tang Group, purchasing power represents the formation of a complete consumption chain.

With the promotion of tractors and other agricultural machinery, along with the construction of roads that significantly reduced the cost of transporting grain, farmers began to take an interest in vehicles and other production equipment.

The Great Tang Group, well versed in this field, immediately introduced the concept of production cooperatives and made a wide range of farming machinery available nationwide through rentals.

In doing so, it not only addressed the shortage of professional drivers but also solved the employment issues of the graduates of fast-track courses offered by schools.

As strong as Great Tang’s educational department might be, it was impossible to guarantee that every citizen across the country could become a university graduate, learn profound knowledge, and become pillars of society.

In fact, there were indeed people who naturally disliked studying; some would rather do physically demanding jobs than sit down and honestly write a test paper.

So, to address the employment of this group, Great Tang Group introduced fast-track courses, providing technical training to them. This system, similar to technical schools, taught only one skill, and once mastered, they could start working.

Thanks to this training system, Great Tang Kingdom was sending a steady stream of skilled workers to areas in need of labor.

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For instance, excavator operators, tractor drivers, cement workers, bricklayers, carpenters...

They needed only seven or eight days to start working on construction sites under the guidance of their mentors.

After learning on the job for another two months, they could become qualified professionals, start their own work, and in the future, train their own apprentices.

The entire system was free; everyone who came for training only needed to help Great Tang Group train 20 qualified workers with the same skill in the future.

Tang Mo invested a small amount of money and immediately maxed out the speed of Great Tang Group’s technical training work. In just half a year, Great Tang Kingdom had acquired a large group of "migrant workers."

Compared to those countries that sent their labor force to the front lines, the common people living in the Great Tang Kingdom were obviously much happier.

They had never experienced such a fulfilling life: working at sunrise, resting at sunset, with new accomplishments every day, and always bathed in peace and harmony.

Everyone could profoundly feel that the Great Tang Kingdom was quietly changing, and everyone could see that everything around them was developing.

The dirt road at the edge of the village had been covertly paved with stones, and the diligent road workers had firmed every inch of it with heavy wooden stakes.

This road was quite different from the old one that would get muddy and nearly indistinguishable from a mountain path most of the time, especially after the rain.

It was now raised considerably, with drainage ditches dug on both sides, the roadbed had been leveled, and the surface was slightly inclined to ensure efficient drainage.

Only with the emergence of this road did the villagers understand what a road was—their previous path was merely a wasteland that had been trodden bare of any grass.

The sides of the river had been tidied up and trees planted. It was said to prevent soil erosion, though no one knew exactly what soil erosion was.

An old man, who had lived here his entire life, saw people repairing the river embankments for the first time. Floods used to break out every few years, yet he had never seen the local officials or masters show any concern for the levees.

What was more surprising was that, far upstream, it was said that a dam was being constructed. It would hold back most of the river water and regulate the downstream flow during floods or drought.

No one knew the amount of immense force needed to hold back a river. They only remembered that the last flood had toppled the high and stout walls of the prefectural city...

Curious people who had gone to see the dam came back reporting that the structure had already taken shape. It was so vast that they couldn’t find a word to describe it. Ultimately, they pointed to a distant mountain peak and said it was even larger than that.

Everyone thought they were exaggerating, and no one seemed to take further interest in the giant dam that appeared to be still under construction.

The people only cared whether there was water in the irrigation channels of their fields, only concerned about the crops in front of them...

In a town further away, a high platform with a rain shelter made of frighteningly thick steel had been built, looking extravagantly expensive.

The townspeople said they called it a platform, leading to a special road that stretched out of sight.

That road was lined with parallel beams, reminiscent of a ladder. On top of the beams, I-shaped steel rails were erected, extending into the distance as if they were endless.

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