Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1118

[Chapter 1107]

“Eighty kilometers in one hour, it’s almost as fast as a steam locomotive. It’s really amazing.”

Qian Dafu, who had just arrived, said with a smile.

Xiao Ming’s mood was depressed for a while during the civil strife in the empire, but now he is gradually recovering, which makes him feel relieved.

Xiao Ming patted the black metal body of the car heavily, raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist. After the pocket watch, this kind of more suitable for wearing timepieces quickly became popular in the empire.

Many people with status are proud to wear a watch.

“It’s past ten o’clock. Didn’t Song Changping say he would give me the revolver?” Xiao Ming asked after looking at the time.

After executing the remnants of the Merchant Council and Ge Yiren and other rebels, the empire was shaken by this and became unprecedentedly peaceful.

Both the old and new officials in Chang’an have become much more honest.

Because they saw the emperor who might use iron-blooded methods at any time, no one could be sure whether the next bullet would be shot from behind their heads.

The criticism in newspapers for more than half a year has also reduced the tolerance of rebellion within the empire to zero. At the same time, under the sharp eyes of the people, it is difficult for those with malicious intentions to escape justice.

“Song Changping has always been punctual and will not be late on time. However, I have something to report to the emperor. I just received a telegram in the side hall. The mission from Europe has arrived in Guangzhou. It is estimated that it will only take three days. We can arrive in Qingzhou.

“Oh? You’re here?” Xiao Ming smiled. It has been a year since the war in India.

The speed in Europe was so slow that he was getting tired of waiting. Now this group of European envoys finally arrived slowly.

“In this case, you should go and inform the Foreign Affairs Department to prepare for the reception. I’m afraid there will be a lot to talk about this time.” Xiao Ming said.

Qian Dafu responded that after occupying the British colonies in India, the empire’s military operations stopped.

After all, the empire now occupies too much territory, which will take time to digest. At the same time, the soldiers are a little war-weary after years of fighting. In order to allow the army to relax, it is necessary to suspend military operations.

The most important thing is that all major military regions are replacing equipment and conducting adaptive training.

In the past, only some soldiers were equipped with Han-style rifles, and most of the soldiers still held Eagle rifles, and the configuration of machine guns and mortars was even more unreasonable.

In order to enhance the overall combat effectiveness of the empire as a whole, it is also necessary to use this period of time to upgrade equipment.

However, while the army is resting, the navy is not idle. Now the imperial navy has controlled the route from Nanyang to the Cape of Good Hope.

Any warship that intrudes into this route without permission will be driven away or even sunk. Maritime hegemony is gradually shifting to the East.

Just as Qian Dafu turned around and left, Song Changping arrived on time.

Xiao Ming expressed his helplessness about this. Time is very important to people like Song Changping, and they don’t want to waste even a second.

“Your Majesty, this is the revolver.” Song Changping held a silver revolver in his hand.

This is a close-combat firearm developed according to the plan after the development of metal bullets. This firearm will allow soldiers and officers to have effective lethality at short distances.

Xiao Ming picked up the revolver and looked at it. The revolver was equipped with a rotating drum magazine with six bullet chambers.

“Your Majesty, this is a bullet.” Song Changping delivered the bullet at the right time.

After the appearance of metal bullets, Xiao Ming has always longed for a self-defense revolver. After all, the previous short-barreled muskets were really unsightly.

With this revolver, he would have the power to protect himself if he faced an assassin. The only regret was that the current industrial level of the empire could only produce revolvers.

However, revolvers were developed in the 19th century and were used until World War II, and are still used by some countries even today.

Because revolvers have great advantages in handling blind fire bullets.

After placing the bullet in the cylinder, Xiao Ming turned the wheel and aimed the bullet at the barrel.

Lifting the revolver, Xiao Ming ordered the guards to move a wooden board twenty meters away and then pulled the trigger.

With the sound of a gunshot, a bullet hole appeared in the wooden board. Xiao Ming immediately turned the cocking hammer back, and at this time, another bullet nest was aimed at the barrel of the gun.

Pulling the trigger, another bullet hole appeared in the board.

Song Changping said: “If you can skillfully turn back the cocking hammer, this revolver can almost achieve the same effect as continuous shooting.”

Xiao Ming nodded slightly. He was very satisfied with the effect of this revolver.

He said to Song Changping: “Yes, but the research and development of automatic weapons must be done as quickly as possible. This battle in India is enough to show the advantages of advanced weapons in terms of war effects.” “

Yes, Your Majesty.” At the mention of automatic weapons, Song Changping suddenly He was a little excited and his expression became a little rich.

After letting Song Changping go back, Xiao Ming took the revolver and returned to the imperial study alone.

Then he moved the chair in front of the world map, sat on the chair and quietly stared at the empire map above.

Three months ago he received news that Zhu Sansi had established a foothold in Alaska, and the Snow City he named had been built with the efforts of the soldiers.

This means that the empire has its own stronghold in Alaska. In the next step, Zhu Sansi will expand to North America with Syracuse as the center and occupy the land except for the thirteen North American states.

In Siberia, after Luo Xin and Ye Qingyun were exchanged, they were also actively preparing to seize the area east of the Ural Mountains.

As for Ye Qingyun, after taking office in the Southwest Military Region, he took over Luo Xin’s previous mission and prepared to go south to seize French East Indochina after the equipment innovation.

As his eyes swept over the marked positions one by one, Xiao Ming felt a sense of relief. Although this was another time and space, under his rule, his empire had achieved achievements that had never been achieved by its predecessors.

Nowadays, the territory of the empire spans from the extreme north to the extreme south, which is very vast.

But while he was excited, he also felt a sense of worry, because the most powerful imperial capital in human history had disintegrated in the long river of history.

From ancient Rome, to Britain where the sun never sets, from the vast Han Dynasty to the Soviet Union across Asia, the former power has finally disappeared, leaving only mottled fragments.

How long can the vast territory he has conquered be maintained after his death?

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming’s mind became confused. He didn’t want everything he had worked hard to end up making a wedding dress for others.

With this kind of worry in mind, he asked Huang Tingzhi to set up a mysterious laboratory and invest a lot of money in researching genetic technology, hoping to break through the cell repair and regeneration technology in technological crystals during his lifetime, so that he could continue his life. .

Sometimes he would laugh at himself for having such an extravagant desire like the emperors who had sought immortality throughout the ages, but after thinking about it, he was also a human being and had his own desires, so why bother.

What’s more, he is unwilling to hand over technological crystals to others, because once these technologies fall into the hands of people with evil intentions, they will be no less powerful than a global nuclear explosion, so it is more appropriate for him to control them himself.

PS: Make the changes until tomorrow. Sorry, something delayed me.

(End of chapter)