Iron Dynasty

Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming is looking through the historical books in the technology spar, and these books are all 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 refer to some of these historical knowledge.

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

At the same time, he also looked through the history of Russian aggression against the Kanto region, and found some unappetizing records. After arriving at the Daur headman's multi-jurisdictional land, they looted everywhere, and even killed and devoured the Daur people inhumanely, so that they were called cannibal demons.

And this is enough to see that this era has not completely separated from barbarism, but only out of a free zone of barbarism and civilization, and the camps of evil and good are equally clear.

Your Majesty, Zhu Sansi is an opinionated general, and General Niu Ben has always admired him. Qian Dafu knew Xiao Ming's thoughts very well, and he gave his words to comfort him at the right time.

He trusted Qian Dafu and Xiao Ming very much, so the two of them chatted as if they were talking at home. He said, That's why I approved Zhu Sansi to go to Jianzhou.

For him, now he is very happy to promote young generals. In addition to preventing the solidification of the military hierarchy, it is also to let some generals with modern military combat thinking lead the army.

Lu Fei, Luo Xin, Qi Guangyi and others are of course the outstanding generals of the Great Yu Kingdom at the moment, but with the increase of the Great Yu Kingdom's garrison at sea, he needs to have a leader in the colony. At that time, these veteran generals are naturally unsuitable. expatriate.

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

Qian Dafu dragged his whisk and teased: This Zhu family is interesting, one is Zhu Sansi and the other is Zhu Wuliu, but the two brothers have completely different temperaments, one is upright and the other is slick.

Xiao Ming smiled. This Zhu Wuliu started from scratch and now has a million-dollar family. Now the court is using him to publicize him so that more people can join the business.

After all, with the expansion of the market, the industry and commerce of Dayu country also needs fresh blood injection.

In contrast to Zhu Wuliu, the imperial court was also promoting Zhu Sansi, setting him up as a role model for the people.

Now the court needs a model to inspire the people, so that the country can be full of vitality, but the two are also very high-spirited. They have real skills, not a tool for the court to deceive the people.

Xiao Ming retracted his gaze from the drawing. In fact, from the beginning, he had the typical idea of ​​​​the woods, and propaganda was also a means of politics.

Qian Dafu nodded, That's not wrong at all. Now many people want to follow the example of the two. One joins the army and the other joins the industrial and commercial industry.

That's right. After all, I didn't waste my efforts. The Great Yu country still needs the guidance of the court. Just like this time to drive Russia north, it is necessary to treat the symptoms as well as the root causes.

Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes.

Qian Dafu was puzzled and listened carefully.

After clearing his throat, Xiao Ming said, Do you know why the Russians can travel thousands of miles to Siberia and still occupy it?

The old slave is stupid, and I hope the emperor will make it clear.

For fur, in Europe, Russia is a big exporter of fur. It is only by relying on fur trade that they can have money in exchange for European technology and weapons, and the Siberian snowfields and the Kanto region of Dayu are the areas with the most furs. When it came to the sweet spot, they naturally refused to leave, and because of this, the occupation of Siberia changed from a civil act at the beginning to a state act of Tsarist Russia today.”

According to the information provided by the Secret Guard, he basically figured out the motivation of Tsarist Russia's eastward expansion. After all, Tsarist Russia has always been playing in Europe and other countries.

I see. Qian Dafu suddenly became cheerful.

Xiao Ming continued: The Siberian snowfield may be a fur hunting ground for the Tsarist Russia, but it is a barrier for the Great Yu Kingdom, which is why I am determined to take Siberia, but relying solely on the army to control such a vast land will eventually It is a little difficult, and because of this, I have the idea of ​​letting businessmen participate in Siberian affairs, but in this way, the Great Yu Kingdom will learn from the Europeans to open firearms to businessmen.

Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. This firearm must not fall into the hands of the merchants. The matter of the merchants' council has just ended. Qian Dafu said nervously.

Xiao Ming laughed when he heard the words, and he said, I understand your worries, so I now have the best of both worlds, which is to allow the private sector to establish mercenary companies, which can only be established after the imperial court has reviewed the mercenary companies. Armed protection only needs to spend money to hire some mercenaries, which can also solve the problem of some retired soldiers who are unwilling to farm.”

This is a coup. In this way, the imperial court only needs to supervise mercenary companies without worrying about the establishment of businessmen's armies, and it is more secure to let royal clansmen or trusted people set up mercenary companies. Qian Da Fu breathed a sigh of relief.

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

In this era, in fact, the armed groups of merchants were also a part of the national power, such as the notorious East India Company, which trained mercenaries in India at its peak and even had some military functions in the country.

Likewise, arming merchant ships at sea was part of the naval power, and it was through arming the merchant ships that Britain gained a steady stream of naval soldiers.

After all, the crews of these armed merchant ships live on board all year round, and with a little training, they can pilot warships as an important part of Britain's maritime supremacy.

In contrast, the Great Yu Kingdom is a bit backward in this respect. According to the current development momentum of the Great Yu Kingdom, the merchants will find their own interests, and the interests of the merchants are the interests of the Great Yu Kingdom.

The interests of the Great Yu Kingdom are also the interests of businessmen.

Therefore, after careful consideration, he decided to relax some civilian armed controls and let the merchants extend overseas as the tentacles of the Great Yu Kingdom.

This is another idea that kills multiple birds with one stone. Qian Dafu couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Ming nodded lightly, What I'm thinking of right now is to use Siberia for the operation, don't the Russians like the fur business? We will snatch this trade from them and let the merchants from the Great Yu Kingdom go to Siberia to hunt furs and sell them to Europe. .

I'm afraid that the Russians will regret provoking our country of Great Yu now. Qian Dafu laughed sinisterly.

PS: There is one more chapter, which is a little later.