Chapter 867: bicycle

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In the imperial study room, Xiao Ming slammed the memorial in his hand onto the table.
Five days have passed since the Battle of Busan, and the power of the Japanese Kingdom was completely beaten back to China by the Great Yu Kingdom, but what he didn't expect was that Western mercenaries appeared this time.
"According to the news in the battle report, this group of mercenaries are indeed stronger than the soldiers of the Japanese nation. Fortunately, they are not many. Otherwise, with Ye Qingyun's 8,000 people, it would be difficult to handle it." Niu Ben faced a heavy face. But it’s a pity that some of the mercenaries escaped, and they probably took our shells."
Xiao Ming frowned. This is a very helpless thing. It is inevitable that weapons and equipment will be acquired by the enemy in a war unless they are not used.
It's just that he is not very worried. As long as his industrial capabilities in the country will continue to improve, soon they will no longer be able to imitate the weapons of the country, because their industry will not be able to manufacture these weapons and equipment.
"Hmph, these Western robbers are beginning to be scared, and their conspiracy cannot succeed here." Xiao Ming sneered.
Had it not been for him in this country, the British strategy would have been successful long ago, and the country of Da Yu would have been ruled by barbarians, and its technological decline would continue.
But now he broke all their conspiracies.
Niu Ben said after hearing this: "The emperor, these Western countries are too much. They have repeatedly interfered in the war between Great Yu and other countries. In the end, they will think that they should be taught some lessons."
"This is natural. The elimination of the merchant council is their biggest failure here." Xiao Ming said categorically.
According to the intelligence provided by the guard, the war in Chu Kingdom has now begun. The merchant council controlled most of the new army and violently attacked the city controlled by Li Chuyuan. Now Suzhou and its nearby cities have been lost.
This information surprised him a bit. He was worried that it was not the Cao family's continual victories, but the amazing support of Southern merchants, wealthy families and people to the merchant council.
The firearms of the New Army surpassed Li Chuyuan, but the support it received also surpassed Li Chuyuan. It can be seen that the South has accepted the merchant council from top to bottom.
And because the royal family of Dayu Kingdom has done little to the South in these years, and the South does not have much recognition with the court, this is the real problem at the moment.
It can be said that after three hundred years of rule, the old system of Dayu State has been unable to maintain the country, and it has reached the point where it is as unbreakable and unreliable as the late Ming Dynasty.
Over the years, he completed a thorough reform in the north and reunited the people, while the south began to experiment under the control of the merchant council.
"The emperor meant that the merchant council was not only controlled by the Cao family?" Niu Ben asked.
"Of course not. In addition to France, the British are now also coming in. The secret guard also discovered that Cao Zhengyang seems to be a member of a British secret society. This secret society also absorbed a lot of southern wealthy families and giants. The establishment of the merchant council played a huge role, and there seemed to be people in Qingzhou who were bewitched by them." Xiao Ming squinted his eyes, revealing a dangerous light.
Niu Ben was a little hard to understand. He said, "The emperor, this is unlikely, how can they have such abilities?"
Xiao Ming comes from modern times, and naturally has more knowledge than people in this era. After the secret guard investigated this secret society, he suddenly remembered a similar society in contemporary times.
Legend has it that this society is extremely powerful. The world's top talents and dignitaries are their members, and the operation of the world is the confrontation and cooperation between their members.
He just listened to this rumor as fun, after all, it was too nonsense.
But it is different in this world, because this secret society was the most active during the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, and he couldn't help but guard.
After all, according to the information provided by the Dutch, the French Revolution has this secret society.
"That's because you don't understand the West." Xiao Ming still doesn't want to strengthen this matter too much. He said: "In addition to the garrisons stationed at Kanto, Korea, and the garrison that cannot be mobilized, how many troops can we mobilize now?"
After pondering for a while, Niu Ben said: "About 60,000 people."
"Sixty thousand people?" Xiao Ming pondered, and he said: "This time the army is changed to these troops first. If Li Chuyuan can't hold on, we can only send troops."
Niu Ben nodded in excitement. After returning from Kanto, he went to the military workshop to visit the new rifles. These breech-loaded rifles have fast firing speed, great power, and can be shot in any posture. Once equipped with the army, Great Yuguo The military's combat methods will undergo a third change.
And this change will lay the foundation for the future of the army of Great Chongqing.
"Yes, the emperor." Niu Ben nodded excitedly.
After explaining Niu Ben these things, Xiao Ming looked at the map on the wall. Now the territory of the Great Yu Kingdom includes Bashu, the area from the north of the Yangtze River to the Great Wall, and the entire Kanto and Gaoli regions. In nearly eight years, he almost has the land of Great Yu Kingdom. Expanded by half.
But this is not enough for him. Tubo is still a factor of instability in the southwest. The Yunnan generation is still under the control of Annan Kingdom, and the barbarians to the north of the Great Wall are still waiting for opportunities and looting from time to time.
And the Japanese nation across the sea is not a good crop now, let alone Tsarist Russia, which is now expanding its sphere of influence eastward.
Looking around, Xiao Ming suddenly felt a little dizzy, and the country of Da Yu was really in a troubled era.
As if feeling Xiao Ming’s doubts, Niu Ben said,
The emperor shouldn’t worry. These foreign enemies have to be eliminated one by one. In the opinion of the veteran, the most important thing at present is the Wa Kingdom and Jiangnan. The population and land of this Wa country surpasses that of Gaoli. China is a good dumping market. If you get the south, you will have enough money."
"This is what I thought, so you are in charge of Jiangnan, and I will take care of this Japanese country personally." Xiao Ming said in a deep voice.
As the two were talking, Qian Dafu suddenly appeared at the entrance of the Imperial Study Room and said with a smile: "The emperor ~EbookFREE.me~The Department of Equipment has sent a novelty."
Xiao Ming seemed to have thought of something. He said, "But something with two wheels?"
"Yes, it is two wheels, and there is a handle." Qian Dafu didn't understand what this was.
Xiao Ming laughed, "This is a bicycle. It seems that the increase in the type and accuracy of lathes this time has allowed Qingzhou to produce a lot of things."
"Bicycle!" Qian Dafu and Niu Ben were a little surprised, and they followed Xiao Ming and walked out.
The three people arrived on the square in front of the Zhengda Guangming Hall. At this time, the people from the Equipment Department were waiting for them. In front of them, it was the bicycle that Xiao Ming was familiar with.
"The emperor, what's the use of this thing?" Niu Ben asked.
Xiao Ming smiled and did not speak. He took the bicycle from the craftsman and stepped on the bicycle expertly, and rode a long distance.
Niu Ben and Qian Dafu were dumbfounded.