“…… Zhang Shuye, the commander of the Imperial Imperial Eighth Army, injured the innocent local people during the attack on Zhenla, violating Article 7 of military discipline, so he was punished!

The Imperial Ministry of Defense decided: cancel Zhang Shuye's rank of colonel, demote him to captain, and whip twenty to see the aftermath! ”

After discussion, after the handling of Zhang Shuye's violation of discipline came out, it was directly published in the newspaper with the details of the incident, and the matter was heard by the people in just a few days.

The people also have their own opinions on this matter, and the people of the empire, who have been cultivated into the arrogance of a great power, have maintained their recognition and sympathy for Zhang Shuye's actions.

Everyone thinks that after all, it is the period of conquest, and it is in the territory of Zhenla, the enemy country, and it is inevitable that Zhang Shuye, the commander, will make some outrageous moves in order to protect the lives of his subordinates.

In fact, for the life and death of the people of Zhenla, Emperor Li Nan and the domestic ministers did not care, in their hearts, the people of the empire were their own people, and the people of the enemy country were outsiders.

This punishment of Zhang Shuye is just to convey the attitude of the emperor and the defense department, that is, no matter what the reason, military discipline must not be violated!

Zhang Shuye, who became a colonel, also became the lowest-ranking commander among the eight army groups of the empire this time.

The so-called fault is punished, meritorious service is rewarded, Zhang Shuye made a mistake and also made a meritorious service, so he not only continued to command the Eighth Legion, but was also crowned a first-class baron by the empire.

Zhang Shuye did not have the slightest complaint about the punishments and rewards sent down by the empire, he was also a person who had been in the army for a long time, so he naturally knew the importance of military discipline, and this thunderous rain and small punishment also let him know the true attitude of the empire.

The Seventh and Eighth Legions of the Empire temporarily stayed in the Zhenla area to exterminate all kinds of resistance forces here, and a large number of grassroots officials of the empire also set out from Jiaozhi and Dali provinces to Zhenla to carry out construction.

The first to be established was the labor camp, and more than 100,000 Chenla soldiers were incorporated into it, and they will become the main force in the construction of Chenla in the next few years.

The land environment of Chenla was not new to the empire, and in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were similar experiences in Jiaozhi, Dali and Champang.

In fact, not only in the Indochina Peninsula, but also in the world there are nearly 10 million square kilometers of tropical rainforests, these places are growing dense tropical forests, because of frequent precipitation, the forest is relatively wet, so it is called tropical rainforest.

The terrain of the rainforest region is diverse, ranging from mountains to plains. This region of Indochina has many tropical rainforests and mountains, but few plains, and the area that can actually be cultivated is not large.

After years of research and experimentation, the agronomists of the empire have found that the mountainous terrain in these areas is rugged and the soil layer is thin, although dense forests can grow for a long time, but it is difficult to develop them into cultivated land, because if the mountains are developed into cultivated land, it will lead to soil erosion, and the more precipitation, the more serious the soil erosion, therefore, the mountainous terrain with more precipitation is more difficult to be developed into cultivated land.

Secondly, because the soil layer in the mountains is relatively thin, the soil will be relatively poor, which leads to the fact that even if the mountainous terrain area is developed into cultivated land, it will not become a good cultivated land.

To put it simply, in tropical rainforest areas, mountainous terrain, farming is basically useless, while in plain areas, farming is not as effective as in northern areas.

It doesn't matter that the arable land in the Chenla region is small, anyway, the empire now has a large area of land suitable for farming, and there is no shortage of food.

Existence is reasonable, everything has its own use, and tropical rainforests are no exception.

Although Indochina is covered with tropical rainforests, it also has its value, and the benefits of growing rubber trees, sugarcane, bananas, pineapples and other fruits in this area are also enormous.

Under the command of the imperial officials, the first thing the Chenla Labor Camp had to do was to destroy the forest and build roads.

In this day and age, the protection of forest resources is not on the agenda, and the most important thing is to destroy more than 30% of the tropical rainforest in the Chenla area and build roads in all directions.

The current situation of Zhenla is like that of Jiaozhi in the past, although the area is not small, but the place that the person in power can actually control is not large, and many Zhenla people still live in remote places as tribal groups.

The transportation department of the empire had already designed the relevant planning map, and when the first step of the highway construction was completed, the area could be connected with Dali and Jiaozhi, so that it could be considered integrated into the empire's territory.

Yue Fei and Zhang Shuye were not idle, in addition to sending troops to clear out the bandits in various places, they also had to sum up the gains and losses of the last war, continue to temper the two newly established legions, and at the same time set their sights on the next target.

Most of the Indochina Peninsula has now been taken by the empire, but there are still three forces, as the so-called side of the couch, how can others sleep soundly, and they have long had the intention of attacking their empire.

The southernmost part of the Indochina Peninsula extends outward, which is later known as the Malaysian region, which is connected to the Chenla Empire and belongs to the island nation of Sri Buddha, also known as the Sriwijaya Kingdom.

Li Nan and the Imperial Ministers did not take it seriously, because most of the country's land was on the Greater Sunda Islands, and the Empire's three naval fleets crisscrossed the coast of China, and such a sea force was enough to destroy it.

In addition to the southernmost kingdom of Sriwijaya, there is also the kingdom of Bagan, which borders Chenla to the northwest.

This country is not in a big deal at the moment, because the current lord of the Bagan Kingdom, Jiang Xituo, has a special throne.

At that time, Yemangan of Bagan led the Mon people to rebel against the rule of the Burmese, so the country's master Shura ordered the general Jiang Xituo to lead an army to conquer, and he also personally commanded the army to attack Meng.

Unexpectedly, in the end, the Bagan army was defeated, the lord Shura was defeated and captured, and was later executed, Jiang Xituo fled back to Bagan City, and then became the king of Bagan.

A general of a defeated army, who also gave away the life of the lord of the country, and established himself as the king after returning home, such a lord of the country naturally did not get the approval of the people, plus the imperial intelligence army Varys, who had long been plotting against Bagan, bought and sent secret spies to provoke it, so the current situation in Bagan is very unstable.

Neither of these two countries is a big threat to the empire, and the one that needs the most attention now is the Jinglong Golden Palace.

Located between the empire's Dali, Jiaozhi and Chenla, as well as Bagan, the territory of this country is not large, only the Lancang River, the middle reaches of the Mekong River.

The lord of this country, Paya Zhen, was originally the leader of the Dai people in the territory of Yinsheng Jiedu in Dali, and later established himself as the king here.

Paya, the ruler of the Jinglong Golden Palace, was very clever, and he knew that he could not provoke the powerful Chinese Empire, so he moved to Bagan in the west and Chenla in the south, and snatched a lot of land and a large number of people from both countries.

According to the latest news from the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, the current population of Jinglong Golden Palace Kingdom is eight million and there are more than 9,000 war elephants, which is really beyond everyone's expectations.