Daming Crazy Emperor

On the city wall of Zaisang City, Taichang frowned and sighed slightly as he looked at the city that was about to be completed.

When everyone saw this, their faces changed slightly.

Everyone thought that the emperor should be happy. In order to finish the project before the end of the year, they had been busy with more than [-] soldiers for more than a month.

Why did the emperor look like this when he saw the city that was about to be completed?
Sun Chengzong thought for a while, and then asked carefully: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

Taichang sighed helplessly: "I forgot a very important thing."

When Sun Chengzong heard this, his face changed slightly and he said: "Your Majesty, what important matter, you say, we can find a way to solve it."

When everyone heard the words, they also nodded solemnly.

The emperor said that important things are not small things, and there might be big problems.

Taichang shook his head slightly and said: "It seems that there is no other way now.

I forgot that there is no telegraph line here, and we have lost contact with the outside world for more than a month.

We don't know anything about how the talks at Bianjiao went, whether Chang Geng encountered any problems digging the canal, what happened to the capital, how the battle in West Africa went, etc. "

Uh, this seems really impossible.

Because the Xibo Province is already covered with ice and snow, and the frozen surface of the Irtysh River is less than a thousand miles away, they have no way to get out by water.

And if you go east by land, you have to go through the entire Yilibali and Hami, and Jiayuguan is still thousands of miles away.

If it's summer or autumn, that's all. It's not a problem to send people to beat the horses.

It's winter now, even Zhaisangbo is already below zero, other places may be tens of degrees or even tens of degrees below zero, and they send people to drive thousands of miles to Jiayuguan, which is to send people to death.

Sun Chengzong frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly he had an idea: "Your Majesty, the city of Altai seems to be more than a thousand miles away from here. We can send people to see the city of Altai. There is also a telegraph line there!"

Taichang still shook his head and sighed: "Zhisheng, you should also know that more than a thousand miles is only the distance on the map, and it is almost impossible for us to send people there.

The Altai Mountains are two to three hundred miles wide, and the mountains are high and densely forested. Can the soldiers pass through? "

Sun Chengzong said to himself: "High mountains and dense forests are only for ordinary people, and our soldiers are not ordinary people.

Opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water are essential skills for soldiers. Besides, we are not a little bit of people.

Anyway, Zaisang City is almost finished at this moment, we can send [-] soldiers or even [-] soldiers to open a road in the Altai Mountains.

In this way, the emperor does not need to be in a hurry. We have been able to get in touch with the outside world through the telegraph line in Altai City in the past few months. "

Taichang was quite skeptical and said: "Can the Altai Mountain really pass through? You can't order the soldiers to die just to make me feel at ease."

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he couldn't help asking carefully: "Your Majesty, haven't you heard the rumors about Mount Altai?"

Taichang was rather curious: "What rumor?"

Sun Chengzong quickly explained: "There is a proverb circulating here, there are 72 ditches in the Altai Mountains, and there is gold in the ditches.

This proves that there are many ravines in the Altai Mountains, but because of the dense jungle, most people cannot get through them.

We send [-] to [-] soldiers and equip them with more large telescopes to carry with them. There must be no problem in exploring the past all the way. "

Taichang couldn't help being surprised: "There is still gold in this Altai Mountain?"

He has never heard of this.

Sun Chengzong nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, there is no doubt that there is gold in the Altai Mountains.

Because the Altai Mountain comes from the Mongolian language, the translation is Jinshan, and the translation of the Irtysh River is Yinshui. "

Uh, well, for a long time, Altai Mountain means Jinshan.

It seems that there must be a lot of gold here.

However, now Taichang seems to be less interested in gold than before. Even if he heard that this is the Jinshan Mountain, he doesn't feel any disturbance in his heart. Instead, he is more concerned about whether the Altai Mountain can be crossed.

Taichang thought for a while, then said decisively: "Let's go, let's look at the map."

Soon, everyone came to the flagship.

As for the map, there is no need to look for it at all, the map here has always been placed on the table in front of it.

Sun Chengzong pointed to the map and introduced: "Your Majesty, you see, the city of Altai is not far from the city of Zaisang, and we don't need to build roads thousands of miles away.

At this moment, the upper reaches of the Irtysh River have not been frozen, so we can use the Spike warships to send the elite of Weichen and their horses to the southern foot of the Altai Mountains.

In this way, they are only about three hundred miles away from Altai City.

Even if we calculate by the most difficult road to repair, it is definitely no problem for [-] soldiers plus the support of war horses to build a road of [-] to [-] miles a day, and there is no problem for [-] soldiers and the support of war horses to build a road of [-] or [-] miles a day. question.

If the emperor is in a hurry, we can send all the [-] elite subordinates of Weichen over there, and let them open the way with all their strength.

In this way, they can repair the road to Altai City in a maximum of ten days. "

Is it that fast?
Taichang thought for a while and then asked: "What kind of road are you talking about? Can I pass a carriage?"

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong said in embarrassment: "Wei Chen said that the road is the simplest road. It is definitely no problem to ride a horse and run. It may be a bit difficult to cross a carriage. After all, some places have ups and downs. If you want to fill in , that would take a long time."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help murmuring: "In fact, we have plenty of time, we have to stay here for at least four or five months before we can go out.

However, the Chinese New Year is only twenty days away, so we should send [-] soldiers there first, and let them build a simple road first.

After the Chinese New Year, we will let them bring cement and steel bars to the road, expand the road, and try to make it possible to pass a horse-drawn carriage.

After all, the Altai Mountains are gold mines, and it would be a pity not to dig them there. We should first repair the roads, and it will be much more convenient to mine gold mines in the future. "

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "The emperor is wise."

Early the next morning, Sun Chengzong's Nan Daying elite set off on a Spike warship.

At this moment, the number of spiked warships gathered in Zhaisangbo is not ordinary. The spiked warships that went to send Cao Bianjiao and Song Yingxing had already rushed back, and there were [-] spiked warships gathered on the lake near Zaisang City. Spike warship.

And most of the sailors are still busy in the city. There are only a few boiler burners and ship operators on the Spike warship. There are no twenty soldiers from the Southern Army and twenty war horses on a Spike warship. question.

In two days, [-] elite soldiers from the Southern Camp and [-] war horses were sent to the southern foot of the Altai Mountains.

Their ability to build roads is really not built. The generals who led the army just climbed up the nearby mountain tops to have a look. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers swarmed up and entered a valley.

The valleys and dense forests that are daunting in the eyes of ordinary people, they rush in and cut them down. The cut trees are directly placed on the deep pits on the road, and there are stones of all sizes. If they are useful, they will leave them to fill the roadbed, and if they are useless, they will be pushed directly to the road. aside.

With [-] soldiers and [-] horses, the speed of road construction is really fast.

Fifty or sixty miles may sound very long, but in fact it is only about [-] meters. With [-] soldiers spread out, three or four people only need to build a one-meter-long road a day.

Calculated in this way, it is really not difficult. If the mountain road is not difficult, they will not have a problem building a road of hundreds of miles a day.

In six days, they really opened a road to Altai City.

Although the road they drove was only about ten feet wide, and some places had ups and downs like riding a roller coaster, but there was no problem at all with riding horses.

Soon, they sent news from all directions to Zaisan City through the telegraph line in Altai City.

There is no problem at all in the capital, and the news that comes over is all good news.

For example, the Weapons Research Institute produced another [-] Daizi rifles, and the Ministry of War asked where to send them.

For another example, the Steam Power Research Institute has produced hundreds of new tanks, but they don't know where to send them.

Also, the Aeronautical Research Institute has made a helicopter with four sets of blades, and the speed has reached a hundred miles an hour. Cheng Jiashuo even wanted to order someone to drive it over!

There is no problem with Song Yingxing, he has already reported many times through the telegraph line of the Mughal province.

The construction of the canal went quite smoothly, and the sand and soil were easy to dig. He estimated that it would take four months to dig out the bed of the canal from the Irtysh River to the Aral Sea.

He even wanted to dig out the bed of the canal from the Aral Sea to the Caspian Sea.

It's not very clear about West Africa, because what Sun Chuanting set up for Zuma and Atlanta was to lure the enemy deep.

That is to say, first put the armies of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire into the West African Empire, then use the terrain to encircle them layer by layer, and finally encircle and annihilate them.

The battle of these two 300 million people will definitely not be able to produce results in a day or two. If the area of ​​​​the West African Empire is counted, it will probably take several months for the armies of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire to fully enter the encirclement.

As for Cao Bianjiao's side, there was no telegraph line, and the Xibo province was still frozen, so he couldn't order someone to send the news back.

However, Taichang is not very worried.

At this time, Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire combined have a maximum of 20 horses. Even if Cao Bianjiao is not defending the city but fighting against others, he will not lose.

What's more, in the south, there are 30 elite soldiers of the Western Army led by Lu Xiangsheng, watching there. If Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire dare to do something, it is really in danger of subjugation.

Taichang is relieved to get through the connection with the outside world, and the next step is to celebrate the new year with joy.

They had already brought a lot of dry and frozen goods, and when Prince Zhu Youxiao heard that they had built a road to Altai City, he even ordered several provinces in the northwest to send New Year's goods here frantically.

Therefore, although they spent this New Year's Eve in the valley, they didn't lack for anything. The soldiers had twelve dishes for each meal, and they ate with great joy.

However, with the arrival of the New Year's Eve, it's getting colder and colder here, and even icicles have formed on the wide lake of Zhaisangpo.

Early in the morning, when Taichang received the news, he held up his binoculars and scanned the surface of the lake, with a serious look on his face.

He originally thought that this side would not be frozen, so what happened?
There is no way, he doesn't know much about this, so he can only ask Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli for advice.

Soon, Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli came to the flagship.

Taichang couldn't help pointing at the lake and said worriedly: "Zhisheng, Li Qing, the lake is covered with ice now, won't this place be frozen in a few days?"

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he couldn't help smiling and said: "Don't worry, the emperor, the icicles are only caused by the low temperature at night, and the icicles will naturally melt slowly during the day.

The temperature here is the lowest in January, and it will be fine after this period of time. "

Taichang thought for a while and asked again: "Will the upper reaches of the Irtysh River be frozen during this period?"

This is related to his connection with the outside world. If the river is frozen, it will be troublesome.

Even if the soldiers could ride horses and travel by land, it would take about ten days to go back and forth, and it would be freezing all the way.

Sun Chengzong still smiled slightly: "The upper reaches of the Irtysh River are even less likely to freeze, because the water flow over there is relatively turbulent, and the ice will be washed away before it freezes.

The soldiers also kept begging me to ask you, can't you go to find gold mines after the New Year's Eve, because they heard that there will be great rewards for finding gold mines. "

Uh, well, idleness is idleness anyway, and it doesn't take much time for more than [-] naval officers and soldiers plus [-] elite troops from the Southern Day Camp to widen a distance of [-] miles or so.

In the past three or four months, I have to find something for people to do. I believe everyone will be interested in things like treasure hunting.

In fact, he also intends to reward the soldiers.

The problem is that there are too many people. If he rewarded each person with 100 taels, that would be more than 2000 million taels.

This happened to be a good time to give them rewards in the name of finding gold mines. Not only did he not need to spend money, but he could also earn a lot of money, and the soldiers could also get more rewards. Everyone was happy.

Taichang thought for a while, then asked with a smile, "Will they still explore gold mines?"

Sun Chengzong nodded repeatedly and said: "There are quite a few people who can touch fur, besides, if you can't, you can dig around with a hoe and shovel to try your luck.

There are not 72 ditches here. Is there gold in the ditches? With so many people looking for it, you can always find a few. "

Hearing this, Taichang nodded slightly and said: "That's the way, anyone who is free can look for it. For every small gold mine I find, I will reward them with 10 taels, and for every large gold mine I find, I will reward them with 100 million taels.

However, everyone has a share of this money, so you can make an agreement with them not to hurt your peace by snatching it around.

In addition, after finding the gold mine, they can't just dig and smelt it indiscriminately. The rewards are all given to them, so they don't want to mine and smelt the gold mine. When the time comes, I will send people to mine and smelt it. "

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

When the soldiers received the news, they were all very excited. If they found a small gold mine, the price would be 10 taels, and if they found a large gold mine, it would be even more terrible, and the price would be 100 million taels.

Although everyone doesn't get much, finding a few more of them can make a lot of money!
Taichang originally thought that these people would not be able to find many gold mines, but unexpectedly, the rumors here turned out to be true, and there were indeed gold mines in every valley.

Once the New Year's Day is over, the good news keeps coming. Two 10,000+ soldiers take turns to find gold mines, and even find several in a day!
This is really not fake, because it was developed here in the Qing Dynasty in history.

According to historical records, here is "the ten districts of listed factories, tens of thousands of miners, more than ten thousand gold workers, and more than ten thousand gold per day."!