Chapter 864

"Mercenaries?"

In the imperial study, Xiao Ming slams the memorial on the table.

Five days after the battle of Busan, the Japanese forces were completely defeated by Dayu. What he didn't expect was the emergence of Western mercenaries.

"According to the war report, these mercenaries are indeed more effective than the Japanese soldiers. Fortunately, their number is small. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for ye Qingyun, the 8000 soldiers." Facing the heaviness, Niu Zhen said, "unfortunately, some of the mercenaries escaped and probably took our shells."

Xiao Ming frowned. This is a very helpless thing. It is inevitable that weapons and equipment will be acquired by the enemy in the war unless they are not used.

But he is not very worried. As long as he is in Dayu, his industrial capacity will continue to improve. Soon, they will be unable to imitate the weapons of Dayu, because their industry will not be able to manufacture these weapons and equipment.

"Well, these Western bandits are beginning to be afraid, and their plot can't succeed here." Xiao Ming sneered.

If he had not been in this country, the British strategy would have been successful long ago. It is estimated that Dayu would have been ruled by barbarians, so that it would continue to decline in science and technology.

But now he has broken all their intrigues.

Niu Zhen said: "emperor, these western countries are too much. They have repeatedly interfered in the wars between Dayu and other countries. They think that we should teach them some lessons."

"This is nature, and the elimination of the merchant Council is their biggest failure here." Xiao Ming said firmly.

According to the information provided by the secret guards, now the war in Chu has begun, and the merchant Council has controlled most of the new army's fierce attacks on the cities controlled by Li Chuyuan. Now Suzhou and its nearby cities have all been lost.

He was a little surprised by this information. He was worried that it was not the victory of the Cao family, but the amazing support of the merchants, the rich and the common people in the south for the merchant Council.

Although the firearms of the new army were better than that of Li Chuyuan, the support they got was better than that of Li Chuyuan. It can be seen that the South had accepted the merchant Council from top to bottom.

Because the royal family of the state of Dayu has done little to the south in recent years, and the South has little recognition of the imperial court, this is the real problem at present.

It can be said that after three hundred years of rule, the old system of Dayu state has been unable to maintain the country, and it has reached the same level of unbroken and unbroken in the late Ming Dynasty.

Over the years, he completed a thorough reform in the north and reunited the people, while the South began to try under the control of the merchant Council.

"Does the emperor mean that the merchant Council is not only controlled by the Cao family?" Asked Niu Zhen.

"Of course not. In addition to France, now the British have joined in. Moreover, the secret guards also found that Cao Zhengyang seems to be a member of a British secret society. This secret society also absorbed many southern aristocrats and tycoons. They played a great role in the establishment of the merchant Council, and some people in Qingzhou seem to be bewitched by them." Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes, showing a dangerous light.

Niu Zhen was hard to understand. He said, "emperor, it's impossible. How can they have such ability?"

Xiao Ming comes from modern times. He has more knowledge than people of this era. When the secret guards investigated the secret society, he suddenly thought of a similar modern society.

It is said that this community is powerful, and the world's top talents and dignitaries are all their members. The operation of the world is the confrontation and cooperation among their members.

He just listened to this rumor for fun. After all, it was too ridiculous.

But it's different in this world, because this secret society was the most active in the 17th and 19th centuries, and he had to guard against it.

After all, according to the Dutch, the French Revolution had this secret society.

"That's because you don't know much about the West." Xiao Ming doesn't want to strengthen this issue too much. He said, "apart from the garrison in Kanto, Koryo and the garrison that can't be mobilized, how many troops can we mobilize now?"

after pondering for a while, Niu Zhen said, "about 60000."

"60000 people?" Xiao Ming pondered, he said: "this time the army's change of clothes first to these troops, if Li Chuyuan can't hold on, we can only send troops."

Niu Zhen nodded excitedly. After he came back from Guandong, he went to the military workshop to visit the new rifles. These rifles loaded in the back of the barrel have fast firing speed, great power, and can shoot in any position. Once equipped with the army, the combat mode of the army of the great Chongqing will change for the third time.

This change will lay the foundation for the future of the army of Chongqing.

"Yes, Emperor." Niu Zhen nodded excitedly.

After explaining Niu Zhen's affairs, Xiao Ming looks at the map on the wall. Today, the territory of Dayu includes Bashu, the area from the north of the Yangtze River to the Great Wall, the whole area of Kanto and Koryo. In almost eight years, he has almost expanded the territory of Dayu by half.

However, this is not enough for him. Tubo is still an unstable factor in Southwest China. The Yunnan generation is still under the control of Annam state, and the barbarians to the north of the great wall are still waiting for an opportunity to plunder from time to time.And across the sea, Japan is not a good country, let alone tsarist Russia, which is expanding its sphere of influence to the East.

Looking around, Xiao Ming suddenly felt a little dizzy, and the state of Dayu was really in an era of disasters.

As if feeling Xiao Ming's misgivings, Niu Zhen said, "don't worry, Emperor. The foreign enemies must be eliminated one by one. In my opinion, the most important thing is Japan and Jiangnan. The population and land of Japan are better than Korea. It's a good dumping market for Dayu. If you get the south, you'll have plenty of money."

"That's what I think, so if you are in charge of Jiangnan, I will deal with the Japanese nation myself." Xiao Ming pondered.

As they were saying this, Qian Dafu suddenly appeared at the door of the imperial study and said with a smile, "emperor, the instrument department has sent us something new."

Xiao Ming seems to have thought of something, he said: "but something with two wheels?"

"Yes, there are two wheels and a handle." Qian Dafu didn't know what it was.

Xiao Ming laughed, "this is a bicycle. It seems that the improvement of lathe type and accuracy has enabled Qingzhou to produce a lot of things."

"Bicycle!" Both Qian Dafu and Niu Zhen were surprised. They followed Xiao Ming out.

When the three arrived at the square in front of the hall of justice, the people of the equipment department were waiting for them. In front of them was something Xiao Ming was familiar with - bicycles.

"Emperor, what's the use of this?" Niu Zhen asked.

Xiao Ming smiles and doesn't speak. He takes the bicycle from the craftsman and skillfully steps on it. He rides far away.

Niu Yu and Qian Dafu were foolish when they were in the middle of the world.

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