Daming Military Empire

Chapter 289 Steamship
As mentioned above, Zhu Cijiong personally led an army to attack the Chahar Grassland. After a great battle, he finally defeated his old enemy Huang Taiji and pacified the northern border of the Ming Dynasty. So far, there are no strong enemies around the Ming Dynasty.

However, Huang Taiji chose to hang himself under the hint of Zhu Cijiong to protect the safety of the people. A hero who created the foundation of the Qing Dynasty for more than 400 years ended sadly, and the history of the Ming Dynasty continued because of this. The Ming Dynasty only lasted for more than 300 years before it perished, but with the current situation, it is not a problem at all to last for more than 400 years, and it is not impossible for it to last for 600 years.

Zhu Cijiong has achieved such a great achievement, the system will naturally reward him. When the news of Huang Taiji's suicide came, the long-lost voice from the system's beautiful woman sounded again in his mind: "Ding Dong, congratulations on completing the fifth glory mission to defeat Enemy, reward now: steamship blueprint."

Zhu Cijiong only felt dizzy for a while, and a bunch of blueprints suddenly poured into his mind: what kind of paddle steamer, propeller steamer, middle-mounted paddle wheel, rear-mounted paddle wheel.

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help being surprised, the steam ship turned out to be a steam ship!The problem that he has been plagued by the slow speed of the battleship has finally been solved, and with the steam propulsion system, the size of the hull will no longer be limited. Even the largest treasure ship can go to sea, and the speed is even faster than the current battleship. quick!

The beauty of the system then prompted: "Ding dong, friendly reminder: steam ships have greatly increased the speed of navigation, and colonizing the world will become more convenient. Sao Nian, come on and start a colony, and strive to create a real empire on which the sun never sets! End of reminder , I wish you a happy game."

The empire on which the sun never sets used to be a distant dream, but now with steam ships, Zhu Cijiong feels that this dream has been infinitely drawn closer. Perhaps, in this life, within a limited few decades, he can really build Daming into a real The empire on which the sun never sets!
Of course, dreams have to be realized step by step. It doesn’t mean that if you think today that the Ming Empire will never set, tomorrow the whole world will become a colony of Ming. Although the battle on the prairie is over, there are still a lot of things waiting for Zhu Cijiong to deal with.

The most troublesome ones are Huang Taiji's family members. They are not like Dorgon and other generals, they are covered with the blood of the people of Ming Dynasty, just cut them all down, and they didn't provoke you. He didn't commit any heinous crimes, and it was a bit too cruel to kill them all.

Just when he was hesitating, there was a voice from the eunuch outside, Hauge, the eldest son of Huang Taiji, begged to see him.

This is also delivered to the door, so let's meet again, so Zhu Cijiong sat on the dragon chair with a golden knife, and then Xuan Haoge had an audience.

Although Hauge was nearly thirty years old, he didn't have the guts of his father Huang Taiji. After entering the tent, he immediately knelt down on the ground and said in fear: "The guilty minister, Hauge, see His Highness Emperor Ming."

Zhu Cijiong of Minghuang Minghuang couldn't get used to hearing it, so he couldn't help correcting him: "It should be called the emperor."

Hauge immediately changed his words: "Follow the order, Your Majesty."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and asked: "You came to see me, what's the matter?"

Hauge hurriedly took out a scroll from his arms, raised his hands above his head, and said anxiously: "The guilty minister is here to present the secret military factory and maps of various iron ore and coal mines."

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help being moved when he heard the words. He has never understood where the guns of Huang Taiji came from, because there is no place for producing weapons around Khan Court. It turns out that there are secret military factories, and he happened to know where the iron and coal mines are located Need, although the Ministry of Industry can find it, but it still has to send someone to find it, isn't it more convenient to have a ready-made one now, so he winked at Cao Huachun who was at the side, signaling him to bring the map.

Cao Huachun understood, stepped forward, took the map, checked it carefully, and then turned around and handed it to Zhu Cijiong respectfully.

Zhu Cijiong took the map and unfolded it. It turned out that the secret military factory was in a valley near the Horqin Grassland in the northeast of the Chahar Grassland. No wonder he couldn't find it.However, the iron mines and coal mines marked on the map are densely packed and dotted all over the entire Monan area. It seems that Huang Taiji must have put in a lot of effort to survey the entire Monan area, which saved him a lot of work.

The iron ore and coal mine resources in the Monan area are really rich. Zhu Cijiong looked at the map and was in a good mood. This Hauge should have got advice from Huang Taiji to know what he wants most. This map really scratched his itching spot. Well, let’s go around them. With the strength of the Ming army now, they are not afraid of their rebellion at all. Besides, most of the young and middle-aged laborers on the grassland will be transferred to mines. Just find something to do, so that they don't think about revenge all day long.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help asking: "What did you do before?"

Haoge hurriedly replied: "If you go back to the emperor, the guilty minister used to be in charge of the household department of the Qing Dynasty."

It turned out that he was in charge of property, so it happened that he was in charge of logistics, so Zhu Cijiong said generously: "In the future, the imperial court will use food, cloth, and clothing as salaries for mining to distribute to the miners' families, and you will take your family to take care of it." For the storage and distribution of these materials, I will give you the title of salary chief in the Ministry of Households, Monan Qing Officials Department, so that you can do things more conveniently."

The head was finally saved, and Hauge couldn't help but kowtowed excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Zhu Cijiong didn't have time to talk to him, so he just waved his hand and told him to leave.

Zhu Cijiong was very curious about what the Qing Dynasty could build the military factory. In the end, he decided to go and see for himself. Early the next morning, he took Qin Gongming and Cao Bianjiao and set off with [-] cavalry. In order to hurry , This time he didn't take the dragon chariot, but directly hit the horse and ran with the cavalry. It took almost a day to get to the location of the secret military factory.

Perhaps someone had tipped off the news that the building had already been empty. Zhu Cijiong was speechless when he looked at the secret military factory in Manchu Qing Dynasty that was almost exactly the same as Wang Gong’s factory and the workshop was full of civilian lathes and milling machines. It seemed that traitors were everywhere!

But this place is pretty good, surrounded by steep hillsides, only one exit is connected to the prairie, as long as a bastion is built at the exit, the safety problem will be solved, and the most important thing is that the inside is large enough to build a very It is a large factory, and it is almost in the middle of the three major grasslands. There are also several iron ore and coal mines nearby, and the conditions in all aspects are ideal.

After walking around the valley, Zhu Cijiong decided to build a primary steelmaking plant here to refine the simplest steel ingots, so as to relieve the pressure on the steelmaking plant in Xicheng District, and at the same time save the coal and iron mines dug out in Monan. The trouble of transporting mines to the capital.

Zhu Cijiong also decided to build a railway connecting the three major grasslands to facilitate the transshipment of coal and iron ore in the Monan area. As for how to transport the refined steel ingots, it is enough to extend the railway here to Beidaying. Near the three major grasslands, it would not be too late for them to go back after building the railway.

(End of this chapter)