Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1010

[Chapter 1003 British and French Envoys]

After leaving the palace, Zhu Sansi looked up at the blue sky.

To him, everything happening now is like a dream. Although he, the commander of the Eastern Military Region, is still equivalent to a bare commander, and his subordinates are only the foundation of the Northern Expedition, he is already grateful to the emperor.

In the imperial study, the emperor had made it very clear that whether he, the eastern commander, could ultimately be on an equal footing with the other five military regions would depend on him.

Outside the palace gate, Gao Yingfeng and a group of generals were waiting for him. Seeing him come out, they all looked excited. Gao Yingfeng shouted excitedly: “Commander, congratulations! Congratulations!”

“Congratulations, congratulations!” The other generals were also beaming.

Zhu Sansi gave a wry smile. The imperial edict has been issued, and the appointment of this military region is no secret. It is not surprising that Gao Yingfeng and others learned about this from other generals.

He said: “Don’t be too happy one by one. The hard times are still to come. Now you go back and prepare to receive a batch of machine guns. Soon, we will go to Alaska. Whether our Eastern Military District can expand depends on whether it can be expanded in North America.” “

Take root.”

“North America!” Gao Yingfeng and others looked confused.

Zhu Sansi nodded and told his subordinates what Xiao Ming said to him. These people were his family and would be the backbone of the Eastern Military Region.

After he finished speaking, everyone was relieved.

Gao Yingfeng said: “It’s no wonder that the commander of the Eastern Military Region can fall on the head of the division commander. This is a hard job, but since Yaksa has gone, we don’t care about Alaska.” “

That’s right, we all are. Those who crawled out of the same pile of dead people will share hardships and share blessings. “

Sir, wherever you go, we will go with you.”

“…”

the generals shouted one by one. The war made the relationship between them even closer.

Zhu Sansi nodded movedly. With such a group of brothers, he was not afraid of anything.

While everyone was talking, a luxurious carriage slowly arrived in front of them, and a man with a similar look to Zhu Sansi jumped out of the carriage.

Zhu Sansi smiled when he looked at the person who came to him. This person was his younger brother Zhu Wuliu.

“Brother, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. My father and mother are waiting for you to go back for dinner at home.” Zhu Wuliu said, he reminded Wei Pang now that his appearance has changed a lot compared to the skinny appearance before.

Zhu Sansi has not been home for more than a year, and he misses his family very much. He said to Gao Yingfeng, “When you come back this time, you will also go back to get together with your family. We will gather in the military in two days.” Gao Yingfeng

looked at it.

Eyes on Zhu Wuliu, this Zhu Wuliu is now famous in Qingzhou. From building roads in Qingzhou City to forming his own Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce, Zhu Wuliu is now one of the top businessmen.

After looking at the three and four brothers Zhu with envy, Gao Yingfeng led a group of generals to leave.

Zhu Wuliu smiled at this time and said: “Brother, congratulations on your promotion to the Commander of the Eastern Military Region. It seems that I will never be as good as you in this life.”

“That’s how you know.” Zhu Sansi was startled and frowned. .

“Hahaha… There is a saying that money can make all the difference. To tell you the truth, my chamber of commerce owns a military food factory. Many of the canned goods for the Northern Expedition were produced by this military food factory. , Naturally, your brother and I have some contacts with the quartermaster of the general staff. He told me the good news when he came out of the palace just now and passed by. “Zhu Wuliu looked smug.

Zhu Sansi’s frown deepened. He looked at his younger brother and felt that the man in front of him suddenly seemed strange. He was once simple and unpretentious, but now he seemed sophisticated and thoughtful.

“Wu Liu, you have forgotten what I told you before. The bigger your business is, the more you have to restrain yourself. Why are you not obedient at all?” Zhu Sansi scolded.

Zhu Wuliu laughed and said: “Brother, why are you so nervous? We are just a business relationship, just chatting casually, and you are the commander now. It is he who takes the initiative to curry favor with our Zhu family, not me. Asked.”

Zhu Sansi’s expression softened a little, and he couldn’t tell whether Zhu Wuliu’s words were true or false.

Sighing, he got on the carriage and went home with Zhu Wuliu.

After resting at home for two days, Zhu Sansi returned to the army and formally established the Eastern Military Region. At the same time, vigorous military reforms also began to be implemented.

On the third day of the military reform meeting, the military region commanders and commanders returned to their respective military regions to reform their armies in accordance with regulations.

At the same time, the military industry system was gradually improved under Yang Chengye’s supervision, and military factories worked overtime to produce weapons to supply major military regions.

Within half a year, 3,000 machine guns and 2,000 Guards artillery pieces were assigned to the six military regions. At the same time, Qi Guangyi’s Lancers also completed the equipment update.

Xiao Ming was naturally very satisfied with such results. For him, the military reform was progressing perfectly. The next step for the empire was to expand externally.

But just when he was about to beat the war drum, news came from Dengzhou that the British and French missions had arrived in Dengzhou, and they requested to enter Qingzhou to visit.

“They still have the nerve to come to Qingzhou for an audience. They are extremely shameless. Your Majesty, in my opinion, it is better not to see them.” Pang Yukun blew his beard and glared angrily.

It has been more than a year since the Combined Fleet was wiped out, but the impact of the war remains in the hearts of every Imperial citizen.

Xiao Ming shook his head, “Countries should not act on their whims. It is easy to drive away the delegation, but some problems cannot be solved at the negotiation table. War wastes people and money and slows down economic development. If you can’t use it, don’t use it.”

Barbarian After the three major tribes were destroyed, the ministers’ great-power mentality expanded a lot, and they often clamored for war, which was quite a model of contemporary American imperialism, but at least he was not confused yet.

Although the country is large, he always keeps in mind the truth that war will lead to destruction.

“Is the emperor ready to talk to them?”

Pang Yukun was a little surprised. Sometimes he couldn’t understand Xiao Ming’s thoughts. After all, sometimes Xiao Ming seemed to be a war maniac, and sometimes he was surprisingly calm. He could not guess his thoughts even more.

Ten years ago, he had some contempt for Xiao Ming, always thinking that he could control him with his talents, but now he is always wary when facing Xiao Ming.

“Let’s talk. If we can’t reach an agreement, it won’t be too late to fight. Moreover, I want to take this opportunity to let the secret guards break into Europe and obtain real intelligence. We can’t believe everything the Dutch say.” Xiao Ming said.

Pang Yukun nodded, “If this is the case, I will ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare and take them to Qingzhou.”

Xiao Ming nodded, rolled his eyes, and continued: “In addition, let Lu Fei dispatch a group of troops from the Central Army. Thousands of elites will line up at the city gate tomorrow to show off the powerful military power of the empire! “

(End of this chapter)