Steel Dynasty - Chapter 820

[Chapter 819 Global Perspective]

Royal Study Room.

After hanging a map of Great Yu on the east wall, Xiao Ming hung a map of the world on the west wall.

Both maps are brand new and were painted by the best painters in Qingzhou City.

Compared with my own graffiti works, these two paintings are of extremely high quality, and can be said to be almost indistinguishable from contemporary sophisticated maps.

Minerals, mountains, and rivers are all on the map. On the world map, Xiao Ming also marked the information on the world’s colonies that he currently has.

Generally speaking, almost all of Southeast Asia is currently occupied by Western powers. Among them, the Netherlands occupies Luzon, which is the contemporary Philippines. However, due to the decline of national power, the Dutch only own a small part of Luzon, and most of the area is still occupied by Spain. Occupy, generally Spain is the ruler of Luzon.

The southwest of Luzon, that is, Indonesia, is the largest colony of the Dutch in Southeast Asia. The Dutch occupied Jakarta two centuries ago.

Malaysia to the west of Indonesia was once a Dutch colony, but after losing the maritime war, it was ceded to the British.

In addition, Britain also owns two colonies in India and Myanmar, while France owns the so-called Indochina, which is the three places of contemporary Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The current Great Chongqing Kingdom is called Annan, Vientiane, and Chenla respectively. .

Looking at the map, Xiao Ming looked at Australia. According to the information provided by the Dutch, this place also belonged to the United Kingdom. Similar to history, it was also a place where prisoners were exiled.

Moving his gaze from the southeast corner of Dayu to the north, Xiao Ming looked at the three cities still in the hands of the barbarians.

For him, after losing Jinzhou, the barbarians had been severely weakened and could no longer afford to fight a large-scale war with him.

The reason is simple. The barbarians have lost their supply of food and grass. At this time, it would be idiotic to send cavalry to attack the occupied city.

At present, the smartest thing for the barbarians to do is to return to the grassland and once again live a life of raiding by the Kou border after recovery, but he obviously will not give the barbarians this chance.

He will not give the barbarians any more breathing room if he kills the snake but suffers from it. Now he has issued a ban and no businessman is allowed to sell any goods to the barbarians.

He would rather lose some money to make it impossible for the barbarians to live on the grassland. At the same time, Qi Guangyi will also be stationed in Raozhou and lead the cavalry to continuously compress the barbarians’ living area.

After scanning Raozhou City, Xiao Ming looked towards Yingzhou, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Compared with Raozhou, Xiao Ming valued Yingzhou this time because this place has always been a pain for the family and the country in later generations. Maybe many people don’t know where Yingzhou is, but they will definitely understand what the mouth of the Tumen River means.

It can be said that in the northern part of Kanto, this location is the only outlet to the sea. Starting from Yingzhou and following the Tumen River for fifteen miles, you can reach the Sea of Japan in later generations.

As long as a military port is established here, he can use the navy to attack the Japanese mainland at any time.

In contemporary times, the “Sino-Russian Aihun Treaty” signed in 1858 and the “Beijing Treaty” signed in 1860 by the Qing Dynasty ceded the adjacent territory between Northeastern Kanto and the Sea of Japan to Tsarist Russia, which was not taken back until after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. return.

After World War II, in order to restrict his country’s use of the sea, Russia even collaborated with North Korea to build a so-called Russia-North Korea Friendship Bridge on the Tumen River.

This bridge spans the Tumen River. The piers are so low that it can be said that no large freighter can pass through it, thus completely cutting off his country’s access to the sea from the Tumen River.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming picked up a pen and drew a circle in Yingzhou.

After the Northern Expeditionary Army takes over, he will carefully manage the city. Now the east of Yingzhou is the land of Goryeo. After the war is over, he will forcefully occupy the land from Yingzhou to the sea and build a large city here. The second navy of Chongqing.

Looking further up, Xiao Ming saw Jianzhou. Jianzhou in the Great Chongqing Kingdom was equivalent to the contemporary Harbin. To the north of Jianzhou was the Heilongjiang area in later generations, and further north was the Siberian snowfield.

The information provided by the Dutch stated that the Principality of Moscow in Europe now established the monarchical Tsarist Russian Empire forty-seven years ago. After the first generation of Tsarist Emperor Alexander the Great, the current ruler of Tsarist Russia is the first-generation empress Ekarina.

It is said that the Queen of Tsarist Russia and the Queen of England are about the same age. They took over the country when they were eighteen and twenty years old respectively, and have now ruled the country for four or five years.

Although these two monarchs are both girls, Xiao Ming does not mean to look down upon them at all, because modern history has proved that European queens are very powerful, and the country’s expansion is often the most powerful when the queen is in power.

Needless to say, Elizabeth and Victoria of England, and Catherine the Great of Tsarist Russia were in power during the period when they were seizing Siberia and Alaska.

Although the difference between Ekaterina the Great and Ekaterina the Great in this era is only one word, her ability seems to be no weaker than that of the contemporary Ekaterina the Great.

Now she has extended Tsarist Russia’s tentacles to Siberia and Alaska, but fortunately, Tsarist Russia is still focusing on Europe.

The conquest of Siberia and Alaska was nothing more than a spontaneous act by the people. Just like Britain used armed merchant ships to expand its sphere of influence at sea, Tsarist Russia pursued the use of civilian power to expand on land.

“We can’t give polar bears a chance to grow.” Xiao Ming folded his arms and muttered.

Whether in this era or in contemporary times, this country is extremely dangerous and capricious. Once it is allowed to grow, it will be a nightmare for the Great Chongqing State, so it is impossible for him to let Tsarist Russia take over the land around him.

But even though he thought so, Xiao Ming understood that he was not yet able to extend his sphere of influence to Siberia. Guandong was still a wasteland, and he had no way to provide food and grass for the army from Qingzhou to Siberia. This route was too long.

Before marching into Siberia, he must at least stabilize Kanto.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming looked at Central Asia, then at Europe, Africa and America. On this huge world map, the area he currently controls is only a small area, while Europe has expanded its sphere of influence to the entire world. world.

“We must step up.”

Xiao Ming turned around. How could he be absent in this most glorious era of navigation? Steam battleships are now under construction, and shipyards are also undergoing industrial transformation.

His ultimate goal was to build ironclads, so that his navy would roam the seas with a generational advantage. At that time, no matter how experienced the British warships were, his fleet would be able to bury them in the sea.

(End of chapter)