Daming Crazy Emperor

Taichang became more and more satisfied with this section of the river.

This section of the river is not only as wide as a lake, but the water surface on both sides is also as calm as a lake, and there is no trace of the river flowing at all.

Ships don't even need to drop anchor when they are moored on both sides of the river, just stop there.

This is very beneficial to the construction of port terminals, and it is also quite convenient for ships to dock.

He turned the binoculars to scan carefully, then looked at the sky, and suddenly said on a whim: "Li Qing, it's still early, why don't we go to the Acropolis in the south, it seems that the railway has been built there. "

The emperor is addicted to shopping?

Yuan Keli had no choice but to order the fleet to lean against the middle of the river, then advance at full speed and continue to gallop south.

This section of the river has been frighteningly wide and long, the Flying Dragon battleship galloped for more than an hour, and the width of the river is still more than twenty li.

Taichang scanned both sides of the river with great interest and never stopped.

The grandson of the emperor, Zhu Cihong, was also very excited. He even had someone carry a chair on his back, put it in front of the telescope on the right side, and stood on it and kept looking back and forth, having a great time.

Yuan Keli was very nervous, because he failed to prevent the emperor from "taking risks", so he had to do his best to ensure the safety of the emperor.

The fleet galloped for more than [-] miles, and the front finally narrowed gradually. The wide river course ended here, and after traveling south for about half an hour, they arrived at the northernmost Acropolis of the Beidaying.

Just as Yuan Keli breathed a sigh of relief, Taichang suddenly pointed to the west side of the river and said excitedly: "Look, Li Qing, there is a large grassland there."

Uh, what's so good about this grassland?
There are grasslands almost everywhere in the Siberian Khanate, and it can be seen as numb.

Taichang was naturally excited for a reason.

Because the grassland on the west bank is on the bell mouth where the river begins to narrow, the location is quite good.

Moreover, the area of ​​this grassland is not small enough to build a city of 10 people.

In other words, they saved the effort of cutting down trees, and they could just build a city on this grassland.

The reason why Tsarist Russia established a stronghold here is probably because it was blocked by the continuous mountains and forests in the middle, and they never came here at all.

Now it's all right, as long as Cao Bianjiao's 10 martial arts elites and more than [-] captives are transferred here, and they start working with all their strength, a city that can accommodate [-] people and a port that can dock hundreds of ships can be built in less than a month pier.

At that time, the railway line will probably be repaired, and when the two phases meet, Daming's railway network will be connected to the Ebei River system.

In this way, it will be much more convenient to transfer personnel and materials, and the development of the entire Siberia can also kick off.

Taichang was conceiving the blueprint for the development of Siberia in his mind, but Yuan Keli was directing the fleet to gallop south, desperately moving forward.

Finally, when the sun was about to set, a standard acropolis appeared on the west side of the river, and there was a neat row of piers beside the acropolis.

At this time, the inside and outside of the Acropolis is also very lively.

Because the officials of the Ministry of Industry have brought [-] soldiers from the Southeast Battalion to repair the railway line here, and there are tents everywhere around the Acropolis.

There are also giant machines for building railways, which are parked there row after row, as tall as a city wall.

The officials of the Ministry of Industry are directing the soldiers of the Southeast Battalion to build a station and a relay station for telegraph lines on the west side of the Acropolis.

Seeing this scene, Taichang couldn't help but excitedly said: "Mr. Li, hurry up and order the warship to dock at the pier. Thank you, I'm going to arrange people to go ashore and call the officials of the Ministry of Industry who are in charge of building the railway and the general of the Southeast Camp."

Ten flying dragon battleships suddenly appeared on the river, and the guards in the Acropolis must have seen it long ago.

However, they didn't know that the emperor was coming.

Therefore, when the battleship docked, there was only a small flag officer waiting there with a dozen of his men.

He probably wanted to ask what these flying dragon warships were here for.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the first Flying Dragon battleship lowered the hanging ladder, an eunuch hurried down and said in a loud voice: "The emperor ordered the officials of the Ministry of Industry who are in charge of building the railway and the generals of the Southeast Battalion to come and have an audience."

Emperor, emperor, emperor!

The little flag officer was stunned for a moment, then bowed his hands and said: "Observe the order."

After finishing speaking, he called his men to run to the stables next to the pier, pull out more than a dozen war horses, and galloped towards the west of the Acropolis.

Not long after, the head of the Ministry of Industry who was in charge of building the railway and the general of the Southeast Battalion galloped over, walked quickly onto the battleship, bowed their hands and said, "See you, Your Majesty."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked: "How is it? When will the station here be completed? Has the telegraph line been pulled over?"

The head of the Ministry of Industry hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Return to the emperor, the station here is planned to be completed the day after tomorrow.

The telegraph line has been pulled over, but the telegraph room has just been repaired, and Wei Chen has not had time to install the generator and telegraph components. "

Taichang continued to ask: "I want to send a report to the capital tomorrow, is there any problem?"

The head of the Ministry of Industry quickly replied: "No problem, Your Majesty, I will take someone to work overtime tonight, and the report will be sent early tomorrow morning."

well.

Taichang said to the southeast battalion officer again: "How many troops did you bring?"

The southeast battalion general hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Back to the emperor, the final general brought 5 people, [-] horses and [-] wooden chariots."

Well, he forgot about the wooden chariot.

Because the Siberian Khanate is really vulnerable, there is no need for wooden chariots at all.

It seems that the soldiers of the Southeast Camp used the wooden chariots equipped by the Beida Camp.

This wooden chariot is actually quite good. Not only can it pull things, but it can also quickly besiege a city-like chariot formation in the wild to resist the charge of cavalry.

Taichang nodded slightly, thought for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, you guys go to work first."

He didn't expect such a coincidence that he happened to meet the team building the railway here.

Therefore, he hasn't figured out how to arrange the following things.

At this moment, there is no problem in building railways, including building cities and ports.

Because there are [-] soldiers of the Southeast Battalion here, and there are still [-] elite soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion and more than [-] prisoners in Cao Bianjiao's place, which adds up to more than [-] soldiers.

It may not take a month for so many people to build cities and ports.

The question now is who will preside over the development of Siberia.

It seems that only the officials of the Ministry of Industry are responsible for this. Other officials are definitely not familiar with the officials of the Ministry of Industry for building railways, digging canals, building cities, building bridges, and even developing mineral deposits.

Among the officials of the Ministry of Industry, the ones he is familiar with are basically either dragged to America by him or responsible for the research work of various research institutes. Except for Bi Maokang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Deputy Assistant to the Cabinet, he really can't think of anyone who is competent for such an important job. 's working now.

The problem is that he still can't recruit Bi Maokang.

After all, Xu Guangqi is old and has limited energy, and Bi Maokang has to assist in the specific affairs of the cabinet. If he transfers his right and left men, the cabinet will probably have problems.

Peng Bin, Du Linzheng and others in the Americas are quite suitable for development. The problem is that the distance is too far. When they come over, it is estimated that this place will almost be frozen.

It seems that I can only temporarily transfer someone from the research institute to come over and do it.

Who is suitable for the research institute to transfer?

In fact, there are not many people in the research institute who can be transferred, because apart from Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing, Sun Yuanhua, and Zhang Jimeng, the others are all top students in the new department and have no management experience at all.

The specialty of these new champions is to engage in research, and to develop such a big thing as the whole of Siberia, they will definitely not be able to control it.

Calculated in this way, Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing, Sun Yuanhua and Zhang Jimeng could barely transfer over to help.

Wang Zheng is developing a new type of chariot, this one must not move.

Sun Yuanhua is developing a new type of artillery, and this one must not be moved.

Zhang Jimeng was studying the all-metal-hulled Flying Dragon battleship, which couldn't move either.

After all the calculations, only Song Yingxing was left.

Song Yingxing is currently developing a new type of aluminum alloy, which is also quite important.

However, this kind of thing is quite time-consuming. The fusion and ratio of various alloy materials will take several months at every turn.

Of course, this kind of thing is not impossible without Song Yingxing.

Anyway, it is non-stop integration and non-stop testing. Song Yingxing only needs to explain it carefully, and his disciples should be able to do this kind of repetitive thing.

Moreover, Song Yingxing is familiar with various mineral deposits and has dabbled in various technologies. It is quite appropriate to come here to preside over the development of Siberia.

Thinking of this, he directly said loudly: "Cheng En, draw up an order, and order Song Yingxing to quickly bring the officials of the Ministry of Industry to explore mineral deposits and the chiefs of the Ministry of Industry in charge of farmland water conservancy, canals and bridges, etc., and bring more. Bring it here and take the train directly."

The content of this telegram can't be too long. It's almost the limit if it's so long.

At this moment, the telegram can only be sent thousands of miles away through the relay station. The longer the telegram line, the longer the delay at the relay station. If you add a few words, it is estimated that the relay proofreading will have to waste most of the day. time.

Early the next morning, the telegram was sent back to the capital.

Song Yingxing replied very quickly. About an hour later, an official from the Ministry of Industry hurried onto the ship with a telegram, raised the telegram above his head with both hands, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Song Yingxing, Mr. Song, return."

Taichang took the telegram and looked at it, and couldn't help crying and laughing.

Song Yingxing just replied, Weichen will leave today.

Well, the guy knew he was in a hurry.

Taichang waved his hand slightly, looked down at the map, and then ordered: "Your Honor, quickly send a Flying Dragon Warship to lead the [-] Spike Warships behind to the grassland, and check the water depth. See if you can dock an armed merchant ship.

If it doesn't work, we have to find a way to clean up the bottom of the river. "

Yuan Keli hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

After that, he turned around to make arrangements.

But Taichang raised his hand again and said: "Wait, Li Qing, send another flying dragon warship to Jinglu City to convey my will.

He ordered the sailors to quickly clear the [-] armed merchant ships and rush back to Wubei City to fetch food.

In addition, another 100 armed merchant ships were sent to bring materials for the construction of cities and ports, as well as [-] million shi of grain. "

He had just finished making arrangements when the Ministry of Industry official hurried onto the boat with a telegram, raised the telegram above his head with both hands, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the cabinet has sent an urgent report."

Ah!
What happened?

Taichang took a look at the telegram and couldn't help but have a serious look on his face.

The cabinet turned around, and the East Day Camp urgently reported that the European Union army had already attacked the vicinity of the West African Kingdom.

It seems that the war in Africa is about to kick off.

He thought about it carefully, and then solemnly said: "I will pass on my will, and order Zhang Mingshi to go to the northern border of the West African Kingdom to sit in command. You must be steady, defend first, and don't counterattack if you are not sure of victory."

Immediately afterwards, the telegrams were sent one by one.

The Ministry of War came to report that Sun Chengzong had already led the elite troops of the South Camp to defeat the main force of Gushi Khan and was on the way to suppress them.

The Ministry of Industry reported that in the first half of the year, [-] Flying Dragon battleships, [-] Dreadnought ships and [-] Aegis ships have been completed. What is the emperor's plan?

The Ministry of War reported that Lu Xiangsheng had signed an agreement with the Persian Empire, and the two sides had drawn up a border line, and the Persian Empire had retreated four to five hundred miles.

The Ministry of Households reported that 3000 million shi of grain had been prepared and had been pulled to the wharf of Wubei City.

The Ministry of War reported that the families of the Southeast Camp had begun to gather. When will they send a boat to pick them up?

On this day, Taichang was left to read and reply to telegrams.

Fortunately, the station here has not been completed yet, and the materials for building the city and the port have not been brought in yet, so he doesn't need to be in a hurry.