Urban Sims

Zhou Ming, who became the earl of the Earl of Rhodes and the chairman of the United States of Iron Fortress, has been implementing his "coal-steel rail economic integration" plan for the next period of time.

The core of this plan is to prepare to transport coal and iron ore resources through raw material transportation tracks to places with abundant water resources, large surrounding population, and relatively developed economy, to create several "coal and steel capitals", and then through the well-connected personnel The material transportation track transports steel products to various markets, and strives to make the Iron Fort United States a steel center that accounts for more than 90% of the world's steel production.

Therefore...the location selection of the steel plant, the recruitment of miners in the coal mine, and the route planning of the track construction all required Zhou Ming's personal planning and leadership.

There are also matters related to the Free Trade Union, the Mercenary Union, and all kinds of matters... Such a huge workload will make even an iron-clad body feel weak.

To this end, Zhou Ming held the "Civil Service Examination" twice a year to select capable government personnel, regardless of background, age, or appearance. Whether you are a knowledgeable bachelor or a calculating businessman, As long as you have talent and pass the civil service examination, Zhou Ming will appoint you without any restrictions.

It was through this method that after recruiting several groups of people, Zhou Ming's burden was reduced.

In addition, in the New World, in order to obtain the extensive and easy-to-exploit sulfur and saltpeter resources behind the Ural Snow Mountains, Zhou Ming asked the thief Jie Luo to recruit a mercenary group of 3,000 people who can adapt to the high-altitude living environment. Go to the Dafeng pass, bring tools, and first dig out an "S"-shaped trench channel to reduce the difficulty of passing the pass, and then send a large number of people to bring back a batch of urgently needed sulfur and saltpeter from the New World.

In addition, many of the hundreds of crop seeds that Zhou Ming brought from the New World have germinated under the right environment, including the corn seeds, breadfruit seeds, cotton tree seeds he is most looking forward to, and others. The most anticipated rubber seeds.

Zhou Ming's [Steam Engine] scientific research team has also developed the experimental product of the steam engine to the fifth type in the past ten years. Except for the lower output power and higher coal consumption, the rest basically meet the actual needs. So Zhou Ming issued an order to mass-produce "five-type steam engines", and strive to produce more than 100 steam engines within two years.

When the rubber tree is mature, rubber raw materials can be collected in batches, and the vulcanized rubber can be used to replace the sealing material in the Type 5 or Type 6 steam engine. After the air tightness is improved, the thermal efficiency and output power of the steam engine will undoubtedly be improved. Big improvement.

Everything is moving forward in an orderly manner.

However, two letters from the capital of Woz made Zhou Ming, who has been busy with various government affairs for more than a year, immediately gather an elite army of 10,000 people and rush to the capital of Woz Go to the city.

These two letters were actually letters asking for help. One was written by King Helian himself, saying that his king had been besieged by the barbarians from the west for half a year, and begged him to send some troops and horses to save his kingdom and In the letter, he put forward two favorable conditions: if Zhou Ming agreed to send troops, he would not only pardon him for all previous crimes of disrespect, but also make him the Grand Duke of Rhodes within the authority of his king... In addition , will also marry his beautiful princess—Princess Irene, to him, and form a royal marriage with him...

"It seems that Helian was really worried by the group of barbarians in the west. Otherwise, he would not have been so sick that he sought medical treatment. He sent me a letter asking for help, and he also pardoned all my crimes..."

Zhou Ming laughed sarcastically, he didn't expect Helian, who was stingy, to have such a magnanimous side.

but……

After seeing the two substantive conditions proposed by Helian and mentioning a familiar name at the end of the letter, Zhou Ming couldn't help but sigh: "She is really a rare infatuated woman in the world."

Yes, the whole matter is related to this Princess Elena.

After the Battle of Eti Valley, King Helian, who had already lost and almost pawned his pants, lost four more of the six counties in the south to the "Yankees". The only three territories left in his hands could be taken away at any time. Under the desperate predicament that he might become a mere fish in the mouth of others, Helian set his last hope on the Kingdom of Qiulin, known as the "Barbarian of the West."

The Kingdom of Qiulin is a kingdom established by nomadic people. Its national power is similar to that of the Kingdom of Voris. This kingdom has many pastures and is home to a group of nomadic barbarians. These barbarians (the great thief Jero is such a barbarian) mostly look like Yellow hair, brown eyes, sturdy physique, wild nature, proficient in riding, all of them are born cavalry.

In the name of forming a marriage between the two countries, Helian invited the barbarian king of the Chulin Kingdom to the palace of Wards City. After seeing the astonishing Princess Elena through a veil, this The middle-aged barbarian king with straight eyes and dry mouth agreed to Helian's request almost without thinking. As long as he could get this beauty, not to mention borrowing 10,000 soldiers and horses, he would work hard to get even 100,000. This number.

but……

Helian still seriously underestimated the strength of his royal sister. As early as the age of 16, he used extreme means such as hunger strikes, hanging, drinking medicine, etc. to reject the first royal marriage that was proposed to her. In ten years, in order to wait for someone, the person she has been waiting for, she used similar methods to reject countless marriages related to her. The methods were so fierce that there were even suitors. Am I right? Does it feel like forcing the princess to commit suicide?

After Elena's request for marriage with the barbarian king was flatly rejected, Helian was furious and ordered the royal sister who dared to disobey him to be placed under house arrest! This younger sister cannot be allowed to make any mistakes before marrying the barbarian king.

As a result, only half a day passed when someone hurriedly reported to him that Princess Elena, whose hands and feet were tied, did not breathe for a quarter of an hour and suffocated herself to death.

"...?"

At this time, King Helian's heart was full of rage. In the face of this indifference to life and death and his decisive persistence, it was like a small flame that was extinguished in an instant.

After the marriage failed and he found out that he had been tricked, the barbarian king was angry and sent 30,000 troops to make Helian's head into a vessel for drinking. After raping the woman who rejected him a hundred times, Give it to the meanest horse slave to play with.

Seeing that the Qiulin Kingdom sent 30,000 troops, and the Alino Kingdom, which had already tasted some of the benefits of its successful border expansion, also sent 5,000 troops with great joy, hoping to take a bite of the Voris Kingdom's body.

…

After reading the letter written by Helian, Zhou Ming opened another elegant envelope with patterns, and a deep sadness welled up in his heart.

But I saw a piece of letter paper covered with wet marks, written a paragraph of words that even a hard-hearted heart must be softened and dissolved:

"My frog prince, I have been waiting for you in the high castle for a long time. When will you come to pick me up? Your princess is getting old and losing her beauty. When you come to pick her up again, you will no longer be able to pick her up. I won't like her anymore... my frog prince, can you come and pick me up soon?"

…

"Kill me!"

After marching rapidly for half a month, Zhou Ming led an army of 10,000 to arrive outside the city of Woz. He saw countless barbarian soldiers who had climbed onto the city wall and were beating up the defensive force composed of recruits and civilians on the city wall. When there was a revelry after the festival, he gave an order, and the cavalry troops with shiny silver armor formed a "∧" formation and slammed into the barbarian army that had dismounted and turned into infantry in order to attack the city. middle.

It was a service, killing 10,000 people and taking 5,000 prisoners. The barbarian king fled with the remnants of his defeated generals.

…

ten days later.

A grand wedding was held in the palace castle of Woz City.

At the gate of the castle, a tall white horse came stamping. A white helmet with red feathers on his head, silver boots on his feet, and a white tuxedo with gold trim and gold cuffs decorated with gems. A knight with blond hair, a handsome face, and a vigorous knight pressed his hand. Reins, reining in the horse and stopping at the end of the red carpet.

Among the two rows of people watching, the knight on the white horse faced the woman in a white dress standing on the steps. He lowered his head and caressed her chest in salute. He leaned over and stretched out his slender right hand to the woman with a smile and a warm voice. He said softly: "Your Highness the Princess, your frog prince has come to greet you. May I ask, Your Highness the Princess, if you are willing to ride on a horse with me and go on an adventure together?"

"What frog prince, it's clearly a frog..."

The woman in the white skirt frowned, leaned back, and looked disgusted.

"However, seeing that you are so sincere, I will reluctantly agree to you!" The woman in the white dress made a face, put her slender hands on it, lifted her skirt, raised her feet, stepped on the saddle, swayed her body on the horse, and mouthed He muttered dissatisfiedly: "Be careful, my frog prince..."

Clap clap clap clap.

Turning the horse's head, the knight on the white horse, holding the princess with her eyes closed and her body trembling slightly in his arms, rode past, and the walls of people on both sides of the red carpet burst into thunderous applause.

When she walked out of the castle and arrived at a secluded place within the city wall, the delicate woman in her arms was already sobbing.

This chapter is not in the plan, it was written to fill in the previous pit, and there is another chapter to fill in the pit...