Iron Dynasty

"Eighty kilometers in an hour, this will have to catch up with the steam locomotive, which is really remarkable."

Qian Dafu just rushed over and said with a smile.

During the empire's civil strife, Xiao Ming's mood was depressed for a while, but now he has gradually recovered, which made him feel relieved.

Xiao Ming patted the black metal body of the car again, raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist. Following the pocket watch, this kind of more suitable timepiece quickly became popular in the empire.

Many people with status are proud to wear a watch.

"It's past ten o'clock, didn't Song Changping say to give me the revolver?" Xiao Ming asked after looking at the time.

After the execution of the rebellious rebellion of the Merchant Council and Ge Yiren, the empire became unprecedentedly quiet.

Both the old and new officials in Chang'an are much more honest.

Because they saw the emperor who might use iron and blood at any time, no one was sure whether the next bullet would come in from behind their heads.

And the criticism of the newspapers for more than half a year also reduced the tolerance of the rebellion within the empire to zero. At the same time, under the sharp eyes of the people, it is difficult for malicious people to escape trial.

"Song Changping has always been punctual, and he can't be on time, but the old slave has to report to the emperor if he has something to do. Just now, the old slave received a telegram at the side hall. The mission from Europe has already arrived in Guangzhou. You can reach Qingzhou."

"Oh? Coming?" Xiao Ming smiled, and it has been a year since the Battle of India.

The speed in Europe is too slow, and what he waited is a bit boring, and now these European envoys finally arrived slowly.

"In that case, you should now inform the Foreign Affairs Department to prepare for the reception. I am afraid that there will be a lot to talk about this time." Xiao Ming said.

Qian Dafu answered that after occupying the British colony in India, the imperial military operations ceased.

After all, the land occupied by the empire is too large now, which takes time to digest. At the same time, the soldiers have been war-weary in the army for years. In order to let the army relax, it is necessary to suspend military operations.

The most important thing is that the major military regions are changing equipment and doing adaptive training.

In the past, only a part of the soldiers were equipped with Han-style rifles. Most of the soldiers still held eagle-style rifles, and the machine guns and mortars were unreasonably equipped.

In order to enhance the overall combat effectiveness of the empire as a whole, it is also necessary to use this period of time to upgrade equipment.

However, the army is resting, but the navy is not idle. Now the imperial navy has controlled the route from Nanyang to the Cape of Good Hope.

Any warship that breaks into this route without permission will be driven or even sunk, and maritime hegemony is gradually shifting to the east.

Just after Qian Dafu turned and left, Song Changping arrived on time.

Xiao Ming said that he was helpless. For Song Changping and others, time is very important, and they don't want to waste even a second.

"The emperor, this is a revolver." Song Changping held a silver revolver in his hand.

This is a melee firearm developed according to the plan after the metal bullet is developed. This firearm will allow soldiers and officers to have effective lethality at short distances.

Picking up the revolver, Xiao Ming looked at it. This revolver was equipped with a rotating drum magazine with six magazines.

"Emperor, this is a bullet." Song Changping delivered the bullet at the right time.

After the appearance of the metal bullets, Xiao Ming had always longed for a self-defense revolver. After all, the previous short-barreled muskets were really unsightly.

With this revolver, if he faces the assassin, he will have the power to protect himself. The only regret is that the current industrial level of the empire can only manufacture revolvers.

However, the revolver was developed in the nineteenth century and has been used until World War II, even in contemporary countries.

Because the revolver has advantages in handling blind fire bullets.

Putting the bullet in the bullet nest, Xiao Ming turned the wheel and aimed the bullet at the barrel.

Raising the revolver, Xiao Ming ordered the guard to move a wooden board to a distance of 20 meters, and then pulled the trigger.

With the sound of a gun, an additional bullet hole appeared in the wooden board, and Xiao Ming immediately shifted the hammer back, at which time another bullet hole was aimed at the barrel.

Pulling the trigger, another bullet hole appeared in the board.

Song Changping said: "If you can skillfully dial back the hammer, this revolver can almost achieve the same effect as continuous shooting."

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, the effect of this revolver made him very satisfied.

He said to Song Changping: "Yes, but the research and development of automatic weapons should be done as soon as possible. The war in India is enough to see the advantages of advanced weapons from the effects of the war."

"Yes, the emperor." Speaking of automatic weapons, Song Changping was a little excited, and his expression became a bit richer.

Let Song Changping go back, Xiao Ming took the revolver back to the imperial study room alone.

Then he moved the chair to the front of the world map and sat on the chair silently watching the empire map above.

Three months ago, he received news that Zhu Sansi had already established a foothold in Alaska, and the Syracuse he named had been built under the slaves of soldiers.

This means that the empire has its own stronghold in Alaska. In the next step, Zhu Sansi will expand to North America with Syracuse as the center, occupying lands other than the 13 North American states.

In Siberia, Luo Xin and Ye Qingyun were also actively preparing to capture the area east of the Ural Mountains.

As for Ye Qingyun, after taking office in the Southwest Military Region, he took over Luo Xin's previous mission, preparing to go south to capture East Indochina in France after the equipment reform.

His eyes swept over the marked positions, and Xiao Ming felt relieved. Although this was another time and space, under his rule, his empire had achieved an achievement that no one had achieved before.

Today the empire’s territory spans from the extreme north to the extreme south, and it is not without vastness.

Just while excited ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ he also felt a wave of anxiety, because the powerful empires in the history of mankind have all collapsed in the long river of history.

From ancient Rome to the immortal Britain, from the vast man to the Soviet Union that spanned Asia, the powers that were once were finally vanished, leaving only mottled fragments.

How long can the vast territory he has laid down after he is gone?

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming's mood became chaotic. He didn't want to fight for himself, but ended up making a wedding dress for others.

With this kind of worry, he asked Huang Tingzhi to secretly set up a mysterious laboratory and invest a lot of money to research genetic technology, hoping to break through the cell repair and regeneration technology in the technology spar in his lifetime, so that he can continue his life. .

Sometimes he would laugh at himself and hold this extravagant desire like the emperors who have sought longevity in the past, but after thinking about it, he is also a human and has his own desires, so why bother.

What's more, he is unwilling to give the technology spar to others, because once these technologies fall into the hands of people with wrong intentions, they are no less powerful than a global nuclear explosion, and it is more appropriate for him to control them.