Iron Dynasty

"You are right. The enemy's enemy is our friend. We should go to the Ottoman Empire."

Yekarina also faintly meant this.

After pondering for a while, she continued: "Not only that, we have to contact Persia. Gambis will not always be willing to submit to the Eastern Empire. He is also an ambitious person. Don’t forget that in the age of Persia , They have peeped into the territory of the Eastern Empire more than once."

Ivanov said: "Your Majesty’s beauty and intelligence are unmatched. It is said that Persia can now get the support of the Eastern Empire and all depends on the free provision of a thing called oil, but oil is extremely important in the Eastern Empire. Will understand."

Igor said: "Central Asia is the back garden of our Tsarist Russia. The Eastern Empire must not be allowed to intervene. Your Majesty, the current situation in the UK may also be the dilemma that Tsarist Russia will face in the future. We must make preparations in advance. It is hard to guarantee that France is faltering, maybe we can lead Europe."

Ekalina was a little excited. This was what she had been expecting, but the Europeans had been wary of Tsarist Russia from beginning to end. Now there is a bigger threat in Europe, perhaps this is an opportunity.

She said: "We need to send envoys to Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, Prussia and other countries, Ivanov, to arrange this as soon as possible."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Ivanov replied.

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Qingzhou.

After reviewing Liu Chen's battle report, Xiao Ming sent Xiao Yi to Australia. After the second prince Xiao Tong sent to Canada, he reinvested in the busy government affairs of the empire.

"The emperor, this Tangier is a little difficult to be self-sufficient. It is a little difficult to become a bridgehead for the Empire to attack Europe. After all, the army is out and the daily consumption is huge, and the number of steam merchant ships is insufficient, and the sailing merchant ships do not carry much cargo and the speed is slow. ." Cui Shangan and Xiao Ming had a headache facing the map research report.

Xiao Ming put down the battle report. He was psychologically prepared for the situation facing the imperial navy. Even such a long-distance war in the contemporary era would be extremely expensive, let alone now.

So he didn't even want to send soldiers to the British mainland to fight in trenches. It was too impatient and irrational.

What he really needs to do now is to use the power of the navy to defeat the British navy and block the British island nations.

Once this happens, a country like the United Kingdom with a small country and poor resources will soon collapse.

From then on, this country will become an influential country.

During the blockade, he could use Britain's internal contradictions to find ways to further weaken Britain and split it into four independent small countries.

In this way, the main force of this expedition to Europe is only the navy. The army is only a supporting role and does not require much supplies. Furthermore, he does not need to transport all supplies from the country. Some supplies can be purchased directly from Europe. With the European urinary nature, there must be countries willing to trade with him.

So he said: "The problem of supply is easy to solve. First, find ways to buy from European countries. Second, British African colonies are under the control of the empire. You can find solutions from these places. Don’t forget, the empire’s minerals The company is exploring in these places. Third, although Africans do not like farming, the land is very fertile. It is possible to send some agricultural technicians here. The empire does not allow black slaves to be sold in China, but this does not mean that they cannot be used. The black slaves in Africa can definitely catch some to build plantations under the guidance of technicians.

Cui Shangan was stunned. For a long time, he sighed and said: "The emperor is still wise. It takes time to block Britain. Don't say that Tangier can be self-sufficient during this time, and there may even be a lot of surplus food shipped back to the country."

"That's the truth, don't forget, we are a big farming country, as long as we have land, we can make it abundant." Xiao Ming said.

"Yes, the final will understand." Cui Shangan looked excited.

Sending away Cui Shangan, Xiao Ming called Pang Yukun and asked him to arrange technicians to go to Africa.

This time Liu Chen made a circle around Africa, and the colonies that were captured need time to consolidate.

Hearing this, Pang Yukun said: "Emperor, this is no problem. Except for the technicians, do you want to use this farming machinery? Now the machinery factory has just released some agricultural machinery and construction machinery, and the lower officials are preparing to distribute them."

Upon hearing this news, Xiao Ming smiled. Needless to say, these machines are naturally internal combustion engine-powered machines.

He was also very interested in this. After all, this represents the improvement of the empire’s productivity, so he said: "In this case, I will go and see with you.

After all, he asked Qian Dafu to prepare the motorcade, picked up Pang Yukun at the Outer Palace, and the group headed for the industrial zone.

When they arrived at the machinery factory, Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun entered the factory area accompanied by factory personnel.

In the first five-year plan, the imperial machinery factories have blossomed everywhere in the imperial empire. Outside Qingzhou, Guandong, Youzhou, Jinling, Lin'an, Guangzhou and other places have their own heavy industries.

Limited by the population of the empire, Xiao Ming can only hope to make up for the current shortcomings of manpower by improving productivity. After all, it is not easy to develop the vast territory of the empire with more than 100 million people.

Because of this, he now eagerly hopes that the empire will be mechanized as soon as possible, whether it is industry or agriculture.

"The emperor ~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ This is the latest batch of improved harvesters, rice transplanters, and planters." Lin Wentao pointed to the rows of agricultural machinery parked on the open space of the factory.

Xiao Ming's hand touched the past on the machine one by one, and he was a little excited. These farming machines are basically indistinguishable from contemporary machines. Once they are put into agricultural production, they will greatly improve the empire's agriculture.

Especially now that the empire belongs to manor farming, a family of three often owns hundreds of acres of land.

With these machines, the peasants of the empire will be able to cultivate more land, and the land of the colony will be more developed.

"Have these machines been used in farmland?" Xiao Ming asked.

"I have used it, such as this harvester. In a flat area, it can harvest 10 mu of land in an hour, and there is no problem with 70 or 80 mu in a day." Lin Wentao believes.

Pang Yukun said with a smile: "70 or 80 mu a day is not bad, a small manor is enough. It is said that after this news appeared in the newspaper, the farmer who came to the machinery factory to inquire about the purchase almost had to cross the threshold." This is good news. The profit of the machinery factory seems to have risen a lot."