Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1157

[Chapter 1144 Machinery]

“You are right, the enemy of our enemy is our friend, we should contact the Ottoman Empire.”

Yekarina also had this vague intention.

After pondering for a moment, she continued: “Not only that, we also have to contact Persia. Gambis will not always be willing to surrender to the Eastern Empire. He is also an ambitious person. Don’t forget that in the era when Persia was powerful , They have peeked into the territory of the Eastern Empire more than once,”

Ivanov said: “Your Majesty’s beauty and intelligence are unparalleled. It is said that Persia’s support from the Eastern Empire depends entirely on the free provision of something called oil, but. Oil is extremely important in the Eastern Empire, and Persia will always understand this.”

Igor said: “Central Asia is our back garden of Tsarist Russia, and the Eastern Empire must not be allowed to interfere. Your Majesty, the current situation in Britain may also be the future of Tsarist Russia. We must prepare in advance for the difficulties we will face. Now that Britain cannot protect itself and France is crumbling, maybe we can lead Europe. “

Ekarina is a little excited. This has always been what she expected, but Europeans have always harbored feelings for Tsarist Russia. Be alert, now there is a bigger threat in Europe, maybe this is an opportunity.

She said: “We need to send envoys to Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, Prussia and other countries. Ivanov, arrange this as soon as possible.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Ivanov responded.

…

Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming was reviewing Liu Chen’s battle report, and after sending Xiao Yi to Australia and the second prince Xiao Tong to Canada, he returned to the busy government affairs of the empire.

“Your Majesty, it is difficult for Tangier to be self-sufficient. It is difficult to become a bridgehead for the empire to attack Europe. After all, the army is outside and consumes a lot of money every day. The number of steam merchant ships is insufficient, and the sail merchant ships do not carry much cargo and are slow. “Cui Shangan and Xiao Ming had a headache studying the battle report on the map.

Xiao Ming put down the battle report. He was mentally prepared for the situation the Imperial Navy was facing now. Even in the contemporary era, such a long-distance war would be extremely costly, let alone now.

Therefore, he did not want to send soldiers to the British mainland to fight trench warfare at all. This was too impatient and irrational.

What he really wants to do now is to use the power of the navy to defeat the British navy and blockade island countries like Britain.

Once this happens, a country like Britain, which is small and has limited resources, will soon collapse.

From now on, this country will become an inferior country.

During the blockade, he could take advantage of Britain’s internal contradictions and find ways to further weaken Britain and split it into four independent small countries.

In this way, the main force of this expedition to Europe is just the navy, and the army is just a supporting role, and it does not need too many supplies. Furthermore, he does not need to transport all the supplies from the country. Some supplies can be purchased directly from Europe. , with Europe’s piss-taking behavior, there must be countries willing to trade with it.

So he said: “The supply problem is easy to solve. First, find a way to buy it from European countries. Second, the colonies in British Africa are all under the control of the empire. You can find a way from these places. Don’t forget, the empire’s minerals The company is exploring these places. Thirdly, although Africans do not like farming, the land is very fertile. It is possible to send some agricultural technicians here. The empire does not allow the sale of black slaves into the country, but this does not mean that it cannot be used. It is possible to capture some of the native black slaves in Africa and build plantations under the guidance of technical personnel. “

Cui Shangan was dumbfounded. After a long time, he admired: “The emperor is still wise. Blocking Britain will take time, and don’t say anything during this time. Gill can be self-sufficient and may even have a large amount of surplus food shipped back to the country.

“That’s the truth. Don’t forget that we are a big farming country. As long as we have land, we can make it abundant.” Xiao Ming said.

“Yes, I understand.” Cui Shangan looked excited.

After sending Cui Shangan away, Xiao Ming called Pang Yukun and asked him to arrange for technicians to go to Africa.

This time Liu Chen made a circle along Africa, and these captured colonies needed time to consolidate.

Hearing this

, Pang Yukun said: “Your Majesty, this is no problem. In addition to technical personnel, do you want to go over with this farming machinery? Now the machinery factory has just come out with some agricultural machinery and engineering machinery, and the official is preparing to distribute them.” After hearing the news,

Xiao Ming smiled. Needless to say, these machines were naturally powered by internal combustion engines.

He was also very interested in this, after all, it represented the improvement of the empire’s productivity, so he said: “In that case, I will go and take a look with you.”

After that, he asked Qian Dafu to prepare the motorcade and picked up Pang Yukun in the outer palace. The group of people headed towards the industrial area.

Arriving at the machinery factory, Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun entered the factory area accompanied by factory personnel.

During the first five-year plan, the empire’s machinery factories had blossomed all over the empire. Outside of Qingzhou, Guandong, Youzhou, Jinling, Lin’an, Guangzhou and other places had their own heavy industries.

Constrained by the empire’s population, Xiao Ming can only hope to make up for the current manpower shortage by increasing productivity. After all, it is not easy to develop the empire’s vast territory with more than 100 million people.

Because of this, he is now eager to mechanize both industry and agriculture in the empire as quickly as possible.

“Your Majesty, these are the latest batch of improved harvesters, rice transplanters, and seeders.” Lin Wentao pointed to the rows of agricultural machinery parked on the factory grounds.

Xiao Ming’s hands touched the machines one by one, and he felt a little excited. These farming machines were basically the same as contemporary machines. Once put into agricultural production, they would greatly improve the empire’s agriculture.

Especially now that the empire belongs to manor agriculture, a family of three often owns hundreds or thousands of acres of land.

With these machines, farmers in the empire would be able to cultivate more land, and lands in the colonies would be more developed.

“Have these machines been used in practice in farmland?” Xiao Ming asked.

“After using it, for example, this harvester can harvest ten acres of land in a flat area in an hour, and it is no problem to harvest seven or eight acres in one day.” Lin Wentao said confidently.

Pang Yukun laughed when he heard this: “Seventy or eighty acres a day is not bad. One machine is enough for a small manor. It is said that after the news appeared in the newspapers, the farmers who came to the machinery factory to inquire about purchasing almost broke the threshold.” “

This This is good news. It seems that the profits of the machinery factory will increase a lot.”

(End of this chapter)