Steel Dynasty - Chapter 937

[Chapter 932 Armed Businessmen]

Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming is flipping through the historical classics in the technology crystal, all of which come from modern times.

Although the history of this world has completely changed and cannot be measured by the standards of the contemporary world, it is still possible to use this historical knowledge as a reference.

After all, no matter how history develops, its impact on some inaccessible places will still be very small, such as the Siberian snowfields.

At the same time, he also read through the history of Tsarist Russia’s invasion of the Kanto region, and found some unappetizing records in it. For example, Golovin, the governor of Tsarist Russia’s Yakutsk region, sent Boyakov to lead troops down the Lena River to invade south. After arriving in the territory governed by many Daur people, they plundered everywhere and even killed the Daur people inhumanely, so that they were called cannibal demons.

This is enough to show that this era has not completely broken away from barbarism, but is in a free zone between barbarism and civilization, with equally distinct camps of evil and good.

“Your Majesty, Zhu Sansi is a decisive general, and General Niu Ben has always admired him.” Qian Dafu understood Xiao Ming’s thoughts very well and offered words of comfort at the right time.

Xiao Ming trusted Qian Dafu very much, so the chat between the two seemed like a normal conversation. He said: “Because of this, I approved Zhu Sansi to go to Jianzhou.”

For him, he is very happy now. Promoting young generals not only prevents the solidification of the military hierarchy, but also allows some generals with modern military thinking to lead the military.

Lu Fei, Luo Xin, Qi Guangyi and others are certainly the outstanding generals of Dayu at present, but with the increase of Dayu’s military garrison at sea, he needs someone who can take charge of his own affairs in the colonies. At that time, these veteran generals are naturally not suitable. Expatriate.

“Niu Ben still has some vision, and I am very optimistic about Zhu Sansi. He is a pragmatic person who can fight.” Xiao Ming laughed.

Qian Dafu dragged his whisk and joked: “The Zhu family is quite interesting. One is Zhu Sansi and the other is Zhu Wuliu. However, the temperaments of these two brothers are completely different. One is upright and the other is slippery.” Xiao

Ming smiled. Zhu Wuliu started from scratch and now has a fortune of millions. Now the court is using him for publicity to attract more people to join industry and commerce.

After all, as the market expands, the industry and commerce of Great Yu also need fresh blood injection.

Compared with Zhu Wuliu, the imperial court also promoted Zhu Sansi and established him as a role model for the people.

“Now the court needs role models to inspire the people, so that the country can be full of vitality. However, the two of them are also very competitive and have real abilities. They are not tools for the court to deceive the people.”

Xiao Ming withdrew his gaze from the drawing. In fact, he had There are typical thoughts in the woods, and propaganda is also a means of politics.

Qian Dafu nodded, “That’s true at all. Now many people want to imitate the two of them. One joins the army and the other enters the industrial and commercial industry.” “

That’s right. After all, my efforts have not been in vain. Da Yu is still What needs guidance from the imperial court, like this time to drive away Russia, is to treat the symptoms as well as the root cause. “

Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes.

Qian Dafu was puzzled and listened attentively.

Clearing his throat, Xiao Ming said: “Do you know why the Russians are able to travel thousands of miles to reach Siberia, but they still want to occupy this place?”

“I am stupid, I hope the emperor will make it clear.”

“For fur, in Europe, Russia is fur. The major exporters rely on the fur trade to have money in exchange for European technology and weapons. The Siberian snowfields and the Guandong region of Great Chongqing are the regions with the richest furs. After tasting the benefits, they naturally refuse to leave. Because of this, the occupation of Siberia changed from a civilian behavior at the beginning to a state behavior of Tsarist Russia today. “

Based on the intelligence provided by the secret guard, he basically understood the motivation for Tsarist Russia’s eastward expansion. After all, Tsarist Russia has always been in Europe and other countries. The country plays.

“That’s it.” Qian Dafu suddenly became cheerful.

Xiao Ming continued: “The Siberian snowfield may be a fur hunting ground for Tsarist Russia, but it is a barrier for Great Chongqing. This is why I am determined to capture Siberia, but relying entirely on the army to control such a vast land will ultimately There are some difficulties. Because of this, I have the idea of letting merchants participate in Siberian affairs. However, in this case, Dayu will learn from the Europeans and open firearms to merchants. “”

Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. This firearm is dangerous. We can’t fall into the hands of businessmen. The business of the businessmen’s council has just ended,” Qian Dafu said nervously.

Xiao Ming laughed when he heard this, and he said: “I understand your worries, so now I have an idea to get the best of both worlds. This is to allow the private sector to establish mercenary companies. Mercenary companies can only be established after being reviewed by the court. If businessmen want to get Armed protection only requires spending money to hire some mercenaries, which can also solve the problem of retired soldiers who are unwilling to farm. ” “

This is a clever trick. In this way, the court only needs to supervise the mercenary companies. Instead of worrying about the establishment of merchant armies, it would be safer to let royal family members or trusted people set up a mercenary company. “Qian Dafu breathed a sigh of relief.

“It can also solve the problem of replacement firearms.” Xiao Ming added.

In this era, merchant armed groups were actually part of the country’s power, such as the notorious East India Company. At its peak, this company trained mercenaries in India and even had some of the country’s military functions.

Similarly, arming merchant ships at sea is also part of naval power. It is through armed merchant ships that Britain has obtained a steady stream of naval soldiers.

After all, the crews of these armed merchant ships live on board all year round and can drive warships with a little training, which is an important part of Britain’s maritime supremacy.

In comparison, Great Chongqing is somewhat lagging behind in this regard. Based on the current development momentum of Great Chongqing, businessmen will naturally look for where their interests lie, and where the interests of businessmen lie is where the interests of Great Chongqing lie.

The interests of Dayu are also the interests of businessmen.

Therefore, after careful consideration, he decided to relax some civilian armed control and allow businessmen to extend their tentacles overseas as the power of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

“This is another idea that kills several birds with one stone.” Qian Dafu couldn’t help laughing.

Xiao Ming nodded lightly, “What I want to do now is to attack Siberia. Don’t the Russians like the fur business? We will snatch this trade from them and let the merchants from Great Chongqing go to Siberia to hunt furs and sell them to Europe. “

I’m afraid the Russians will regret messing with our country,” Qian Dafu laughed sinisterly.

PS: There is one more chapter, it will be later.

(End of chapter)