Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1035

[Chapter 1027: One wave comes after another]

The bloody dusk reflected the land of Qingzhou, making everything covered with a bright red coat.

After a brief silence in the imperial study, Fiji asked worriedly: “If so, what should Gubat do? I thought he would not accept this condition.”

“He did not need to accept this condition in the first place, because I still need him to fight. “Lift the grassland.” Xiao Ming said lightly: “This decree is only for the barbarian captives who went to Siberia and Australia. After all, I don’t want the land that I worked so hard to conquer to become a place for them to thrive. As for Gubat, let him continue. No matter how hard it is, a broken tribe can’t make any waves. After all, the era of cavalry has passed.”

Fiji and Pang Yukun suddenly understood, and they said at the same time, “Your Majesty is wise.”

Xiao Ming said with a smile on his face. “The scourge on the steppe has been eliminated, but this does not mean that the threat from the north has been eliminated. On the contrary, we will face a more powerful enemy-Tsarist Russia. In the future, the conflict between the Empire and Tsarist Russia will be inevitable. “

Pang Yukun now gradually understood Xiao Ming’s thinking, and he said: “So the emperor kept Gubat in order to prevent Tsarist Russia from seizing the blank area of power left after the destruction of the barbarians.”

“The correct answer is that the Cossack cavalry that Qi Guangyi destroyed this time has been able to do so. It explains the problem, but even so, I am afraid that some of the forces left by the barbarians have been occupied by Tsarist Russia.”

As he said that, Xiao Ming came to the world map and drew a circle in the area between the west side of Tianshan Mountain and the Caspian Sea. It is the land of the later Kazakh state that has always been the sphere of influence of Russia in contemporary times, because it is very close to Moscow and St. Petersburg. Both the former Principality of Moscow and its successors have regarded this place as their own tradition. scope.

According to the information obtained by the secret guards, after Dorgo surrendered, Tsarist Russia took over the place and ruled the Western countries on this land on behalf of the Golden Horde.

“The emperor is preparing to compete with Tsarist Russia for this place?” Fiji realized something.

Nodding slightly, Xiao Ming said: “This is the only place that the Silk Road must pass. Now that it is occupied by Tsarist Russia, it means that they have cut off our trade routes from land to Europe. I will not let my neck be touched. Pinch.”

Pang Yukun frowned and said; “It’s just that this place is too far away from Qingzhou. Even if we defeat the Tsarist Russian army on the land, it will be difficult for us to control it, and the emperor said that it is necessary to completely control a piece of land. A large number of immigrants are needed to thrive. “

“Furthermore, through Kanto immigration, Siberian immigration, and Ryukyu immigration, seven million people have moved out of the country. According to the emperor’s plan, we will also immigrate to Australia and North America. In this way, the population in the empire will only be “We are afraid that there will be fewer and fewer people, and the resulting population shortage will seriously affect the development of industry and commerce,” Fiji echoed.

“Mr. Feige now understands the demographic dividend more and more clearly. Yes, as the empire’s industrial scale expands and the types of industries increase, a sufficient population is needed to achieve a complete industrial system. Otherwise, the empire It is impossible to break through the bottleneck of the entire system,” Xiao Ming said.

In fact, he has always attached great importance to the population issue, which is why he issued decrees to stimulate births. However, population growth cannot be achieved on a large scale in a day or two. According to the current population base of the empire of 89 million people, it will take ten years. It is estimated that the population can be increased by up to 20 million.

But even so, the population of the empire is second to none in the current world. Fiji’s worry is right, but it is a bit unnecessary, because he is not prepared to become a big fat man in one bite.

The reason why he moved so many people to Kanto was to expand the empire’s land area in Asia and actually control it, because the threat of Tsarist Russia was right in front of him. If he didn’t occupy it, he would be occupied by Tsarist Russia. This was related to territorial issues.

But the problems in Australia, North America, and Southeast Asia are different. He now has no urgent need to force the people to move and settle, because what he wants in these areas is economic benefits. He only needs the army to control the local indigenous people, and at the same time use economic benefits to guide the people to move and settle. .

In this way, it only takes a few decades for the people who come here to find a new life to form a large scale and gradually take advantage of the population advantage to actually occupy these places.

Thinking of this, he told the two of them his thoughts.

Hearing this, Fiji and Pang Yukun nodded at the same time. Pang Yukun said: “It turns out that the emperor had already planned it. It’s so wonderful.”

“The most important issue in the empire now is the development of industry and commerce. I will not destroy the Great Wall. Now that the barbarians have been destroyed, , the immediate threat is gone. Although Tsarist Russia is eyeing it, it cannot cross the empire’s defense line. Therefore, now I have created an unprecedented stable environment for you. Your cabinet must seize the current opportunity and make every effort to build the empire’s industrial system. .”

After that, Xiao Ming picked up a thick document from the table. This document was the empire development plan that he asked Yang Chengye to compile and finalize.

In this plan, he listed a series of projects that currently need to be focused on construction. In terms of energy, he approved the construction of thermal power stations in various states, large coal companies in the coal-rich Chang’an City, and also included oil exploration plans.

In terms of transportation, he approved the nationwide construction of bridges, railways, and ordinary roads in various states and counties. In terms of industry, he selected resource-rich areas to establish heavy industrial zones, while coastal areas focused on light industry.

In addition, in terms of education, he approved the construction of key universities in Jinling City, Chang’an, Jinzhou, Bozhou, Lin’an, Songjiang, Suzhou and other states, focusing on popularizing science and technology.

In terms of shipbuilding, in addition to the previous Dengzhou and Jinling Shipyards, he once again approved thirty large shipyards including Beshacheng Shipyard, Songjiang Shipyard, Lin’an Shipyard, and Guangzhou Shipyard.

These shipyards are all government-run shipyards. They can build both warships and civilian ships. After dealing with the threats on the grassland, the empire will spend more energy on the ocean in the future, so this time Xiao Ming focused on taking care of them. Get off at the shipyard.

Pang Yukun took over the development plan and just glanced at it to know that he would be busy again.

After discussing the government affairs, the two were about to go back when Qian Dafu came in from the side hall and delivered a battle report to Xiao Ming.

“Your Majesty, Luo Xin, commander of the Southwest Army, came to report that their hunting cavalry outside Songzhou City discovered that the Tibetan cavalry suddenly moved north.” Qian Dafu said.

“Tubo?” Xiao Ming frowned. This barbarian tribe had just been wiped out, and he didn’t expect the Tubo trouble to arise again. However, this time the Tubo did not attack Songzhou, but the purpose of going directly north was too obvious.

He did not expect that Tsarist Russia had not yet taken action, but Tubo was in a hurry to steal the fruits of victory from his hands.

PS: Something has been delayed, one update tonight and three updates tomorrow.

(End of chapter)