Steel Dynasty - Chapter 992

[Chapter 985 Carbine]

Qingzhou.

After the high-priced purchase of Siberian furs published in the newspapers caused a sensation, another news from the newspapers the next day caused a sensation among the people.

In an article in which Xiao Ming personally stated the sins of the Golden Horde, he announced that the Great Yu Kingdom had officially declared war on the Golden Horde.

“Great, we have been waiting for this day for a long time. The Golden Horde was so arrogant back then and how they bullied us. Now it’s time to take revenge.”

In the restaurant, a middle-aged man wearing a short coat and trousers. The man cheered loudly after reading the newspaper.

There were three people at the same table with him, all wearing the same gray clothes and of different ages.

After hearing the middle-aged man’s words, a young man among the other three quickly grabbed the newspaper and became excited after reading the entire article written by the emperor himself.

“Hey, if it weren’t for my poor eyesight, I would be able to serve as a soldier and fight against the barbarians now.”

The young man held on to his eyes. When he was still sixteen years old, one day he suddenly found that he could see things in the distance. It was a bit unclear. For this reason, his family took him to seek medical treatment for several years, but there was no solution.

It wasn’t until Qingzhou’s glass industry developed greatly and glasses came into being that he understood what myopia was, and it was only then that he was saved. Although it was not very comfortable to wear his eyes, he could always see things clearly.

But my only regret was that I couldn’t join the army because of my eyesight problem.

“It’s a pity that you can’t be a soldier, but you can’t be loyal to the emperor only by being a soldier. It’s the same with us working hard in the machinery factory. This sled and this steam engine locomotive are all due to us, right?” the middle-aged man said loudly.

The other two laughed, and one of them touched his own clothes and said, “No, now that I’m wearing the clothes issued by the machinery factory, many matchmakers want to match me! It can be seen that our machinery factory is the first.” 1. “

After that, the four of them laughed together.

“Your machinery factory is great, and our rubber factory is not bad either. Without the tires we produce, would you be able to build bicycles and tricycles?”

“That’s really shameful. Wouldn’t it be possible for you to assemble machinery out of wood without our steel factory?”

” Our chemical factory is not convinced either! “

“…”

Workers from other factories were sitting in twos and threes in the tavern. Now with the formalization of factories, workers in each factory wear special work clothes, and it is easy to distinguish which factory they come from.

The shopkeeper at the counter looked at these workers with a smile. His restaurant was relatively close to the workshop area because the food was large and cheap, and should not be called the industrial area now.

There are always a large number of workers coming here to eat during the lunch break every day.

The monthly salary of these workers is not low, at least thirty silver dragons per month, and they live a very comfortable life. It is normal to drink some wine and eat some side dishes.

It is precisely because of these wealthy workers that his tavern can bring him an income of twenty gold dragons every month.

And he is used to the competition between these workers. After all, there are many factories here, and the workers in each factory are very proud.

When everyone was noisy, suddenly the sound of horse hooves came from the road outside the tavern. Everyone looked out and saw a large number of cavalry wearing silver breastplates passing by. The leader, a general with sword eyebrows and star eyes, Wearing a red cloak, he has a tough aura.

“Is this Qi Guangyi, the commander of the cavalry corps?” A worker recognized the leading general.

“It seems that there is really going to be a war this time. To deal with the barbarians, we have to rely on cavalry. The infantry has short legs and cannot catch up with the four-legged horses.”

Another worker said.

Outside the restaurant, Qi Guangyi was also looking at the workers in the industrial area and along the road. He had not been back for a year since he was stationed in Raozhou, and there were some changes when he returned to Qingzhou this time.

On his way back, he basically walked on a wide cement road. Over the years, the imperial court has not stopped building roads, and Qingzhou Prefecture’s road network extending in all directions has basically taken shape.

With the improvement of roads, more and more horse-drawn carriages were traveling on the roads. These were merchants who used horse-drawn carriages to transport goods to their destinations. Occasionally, he could see some people riding bicycles on their way.

In addition, the most obvious thing is the clothes on the people. Although many people still wear patched clothes, more people wear clean and beautiful clothes.

While admiring the prosperous scene, Qi Guangyi urged his war horses to head towards Qingzhou City. This time he was ordered to return to the court.

He took a steam locomotive from Raozhou to Cangzhou. However, the steam locomotive broke down and needed repairs. In order to rush for time, he rode directly to Qingzhou along the former inn.

After entering the city, Qi Guangyi’s eyes narrowed again. Compared with a year ago, there are more and more cyclists in Qingzhou City, almost all over the streets.

After feeling once again the prosperity of Qingzhou’s industry, he did not dare to waste any more time and went directly to the palace.

In the imperial study, Xiao Ming was already waiting for Qi Guangyi.

The crusade against the barbarians in the north was imminent. Niu Ben and Luo Quan had already summoned 80,000 infantry. Together with the 60,000 cavalry led by Qi Guangyi, they would attack the Golden Horde with 140,000 troops.

However, in this battle, he believed that cavalry still had to play an important role. Although his Chinese rifles and guard artillery were excellent enough, without the mobility advantage of cavalry on the grasslands, these two-legged infantry could not catch up with the barbarian cavalry. of.

Because of this, he specially summoned Qi Guangyi this time.

In fact, this Northern Expedition was not due to the wishes of the barbarians Niu Ben and Luo Quan, but an act of war that he had planned for a long time. Otherwise, he would be too childish about war.

In order to weaken the threat from the north, he needs to take the initiative. A Tsarist Russia is enough for him to have a headache. Now with the addition of the Golden Horde, the north of the Great Chongqing cannot be stable. The most important thing is that these threats are close at hand, not Like England and France, thousands of miles away.

“Long live my emperor, General Qi Guangyi will see you at last.”

When Qi Guangyi saw Xiao Ming, he bowed and said.

Standing up from the chair, Xiao Ming walked up to Qi Guangyi and supported Qi Guangyi with both hands, “This time I called you from thousands of miles away to Qingzhou for the next Northern Expedition. But before the Northern Expedition, I have something that belongs to me.” The weapons of the cavalry need to be handed over to you. I think you will like them very much.”

“Weapons!” Qi Guangyi’s pupils shrank when he heard this. Now his subordinates are increasingly demanding to be equipped with Han-style rifles.

This time he wanted to mention the matter to the court.

“Exactly.” Xiao Ming picked up a rifle with a slightly shorter barrel from the table and said, “This is a carbine made by a military factory based on a Chinese rifle!”

(End of Chapter)