Chen Tingjing arrived in the Middle East and became the new Ming Dynasty Governor-General in the Middle East.

The first thing he did when he took office was to go find Zuo Liangyu. After the two discussed for a long time, groups of Marines were dispersed to various places from Egypt to Syria.

They no longer rely on local tribal chiefs and local warlords as before.

Instead, they ransacked the tribal chief's home and brutally wiped out the local warlords.

All the confiscated property and land were distributed to the local people. All the property of the warlords was also distributed to the local people.

The Marine Corps was responsible for maintaining the force, and civilian officials were responsible for distributing land and property.

At the beginning, people didn't dare to ask for it.

But when they saw the heads of usually arrogant leaders and dignitaries hanging on the trees.

They dared!

The people of the Ming Dynasty did a great job, even giving away points to the wives of these people.

Several men who had been widowed for many years knelt down and kowtowed directly to the Ming people.

Although those women were reluctant in every possible way, this was not within the scope of Daming's consideration.

After providing various benefits to the local people, Zuo Liangyu was surprised to find that the local people's attitude towards the Marine Corps had quietly changed.

In the past, when the Marine Corps was chasing guerrillas, the common people either gave out wrong intelligence or hid the guerrillas.

Now, any cat in the house is eager to report to the Marine Corps.

The people's support is equivalent to countless more informants.

The mysterious guerrillas who attacked the Ming army are no longer mysterious.

Many guerrilla groups were uprooted, and all their members were tied up and shipped to the Ming Dynasty to work as coolies.

After all, these people are young adults and are the best candidates for coolies.

Tell the developing Ming Dynasty that no matter how many people are filled into the mines, it will not be enough.

Especially coal mines. It is said that there are more than 50,000 workers working in a coal mine in Australia.

The Ming Dynasty lacked iron ore. Although there were many coal mines, Li Xiao refused to allow them to be mined.

As a result, many coal mines and coking plants were closed.

The good things under the ground should be left to future generations. Ming Dynasty’s current needs can be mined from other people’s homes.

Coal from India, iron ore from Australia, and copper from Burma and Central Asia.

All of these were continuously transported by ship to the factories in Daming for processing into various things.

Even steel plants have been moved to Australia.

After the iron ore is dug out, it goes directly to the steelmaking plant. The coal in the steelmaking plant is also transported from Australian coal mines.

After smelting, what was finally brought to Daming were pieces of steel ingots.

Sun Yuanhua supported this because he thought it would save money.

As for what Li Xiao was talking about about environmental protection, he still couldn't figure out what it was about.

The security situation in the Middle East is becoming more and more stable.

In cities like Cairo and Alexandria, gunshots are no longer heard at all.

The citizens also lived the same stable life as before.

However, it seems that making money is much easier.

The people of the Ming Dynasty always hired a lot of people, let them do less heavy work, and then paid them a living wage.

The gunfire in Damascus continued, but it was sparse.

After fighting the Ming Dynasty Marine Corps for half a year, their casualties and consumption were also huge.

Li Jiu once discovered a place where corpses were collected!

It was the basement of a building, and it was densely packed with corpses.

Some of them were already rotting, and the piles of corpses were full of rats gnawing on human flesh.

There were layers of corpses, and there was no telling how many there were.

Li Jiu ordered people to sprinkle gasoline on it and set it on fire.

Flames continued to shoot out along the vents and exits, along with billowing smoke and a disgusting burnt smell.

As the area controlled by the Ming army expanded, more such corpse accumulation sites were discovered in Damascus.

These people were so fanatical when they were alive, but after death they were discarded like garbage and allowed to be eaten by rats.

The Ming army had no choice but to burn every place they saw.

If these corpses are allowed to rot, it will definitely cause a plague. We don’t know how many people will die by then.

Many Arabs were organized to collect the bodies abandoned on the street.

In the large pit dug outside Damascus, the fire burning the corpses was never extinguished.

God knows how many bodies were burned in those big pits.

The resistance gradually became less and less, and the number of suicide bombings also gradually decreased.

Surrender instead!

At first it was just a few people surrendering, but later it became an organized surrender.

Groups of people came over with guns raised and fell to their knees on the ground without saying a word.

Li Jiu looked at the people in front of him with vigilance. He could not guarantee that these people had explosive bags hidden in their loose clothes.

"Company commander!

After checking, there is nothing. The weapons have been turned in!" Wang Shuanzhu, the platoon leader under his command, came over and reported to Li Jiu.

"There have been a lot of things like this recently. How on earth do these people want to stop making trouble?"

Another block was cleared. Li Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and lit a cigarette.

I looked at the platoon leader and threw another one to him.

"Thank you, Captain!

In fact, these people surrendered after learning about the situation at home.

Many of these people are actually not from Damascus, but from Antioch and Gaza in the north!

When our Ming Dynasty attacked Antioch, many of them worked for our Ming Dynasty army and received rewards.

But in recent years, the local leaders have imposed exorbitant taxes. Coupled with the wanton exploitation by local warlords and powerful officials, their lives have not been good.

That's why they came out to make trouble with us in the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that if you cut off the head of a Ming soldier and take it back, the reward will be enough to feed and drink for three years."

"Grandma, why are you thinking so much now?" Li Jiu cursed. Many of his men died and had their heads cut off.

"Didn't our Ming Dynasty's policy change now? We killed the local powerful warlords and confiscated the leader's property to the local people.
Chapter completed!