Chapter 156, North American Waterway, Tsarist Russia heading south, French Mission

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Just as the Governor of the new British Empire's Indian colonies and the Commander of the Eastern Intervention Fleet arrived in Calcutta.

Zhongying is in Tianfu.

The newly renovated Daming Palace, the Qinzheng Hall of the restored Emperor Zhu Daohua of the Ming Dynasty.

Outside the hall is the white steaming hot spring water, which flows through the rockery, flower garden and lotus leaf pond.

Pavilions, pavilions, pavilions and pavilions.

The steaming hot springs also raised the temperature outside the temple to as warm as winter.

The corners of the hall are also surrounded by heating pipes. Even in the cold winter of December, Chang Yinghu was sweating as she hurried past with a pile of documents.

As secretary to the restored emperor.

Chang Yinghu's daily work basically involves traveling between the Qinzheng Palace and the cabinet.

Although Zhu Daohua is not a very diligent emperor.

At least compared to his workaholic ancestor.

The Emperor of Guangfu had a very regular schedule. He got up at six quarters (eight o'clock in the morning) in the morning, usually rode horses or jogged in the palace for three-quarters of an hour, and then read books and newspapers in his imperial study, or met with two prime ministers.

At the end of the afternoon, I will come to Qinzheng Hall and start working.

However, there were usually no major events, and Emperor Zhu would often go out to inspect the army, factories, farmland, etc.

Coming back from the cabinet next to Qinzheng Hall with a pile of memorials in her arms, Chang Yinghu heard His Majesty the Emperor's hearty laughter before she even entered.

"If we find a route to Hawaii, we are not far away from finding a route to the North American continent!"

After walking in, I saw that His Majesty the Emperor was meeting with the commander of the North American Route Exploration Department. Xie Guifang, a descendant of the Xie family in Jiaying Prefecture, was sitting in front of His Majesty. It seemed that the mission of exploring the North American Route had made new progress.

Chang Yinghu hurriedly walked in, put all the documents on Zhu Daohua's desk in categories, organized them, and wrote labels on them so that Zhu Daohua could check them at any time.

After completing these.

Chang Yinghu began to place some documents that Zhu Daohua had marked with red pen on the other side of the desk.

Chang Yinghu needs to classify the documents according to their content and send them to different departments.

The paperwork can be said to be very tedious.

However, many of Chang Yinghu's Hunan fellows are very envious, because this is the emperor's secretary and a close official of the emperor. What an honor it is.

Chang Yinghu didn't listen to what Zhu Daohua and Xie Guifang were saying, and just did her job honestly.

This was one of the reasons why he was able to work as Zhu Daohua's secretary for more than a year.

But even if Chang Yinghu didn't listen, he still knew why His Majesty the Emperor was so happy.

More than a year ago, before the move to Yingtian Mansion and before His Majesty the Emperor proclaimed himself emperor, the North American Division was established to send an expedition from the ports of Japan to find routes to the American continent and Hawaii Island.

Now it seems to have paid off.

"Your Majesty, the fleet docked in Hawaii, but there are already many European immigrants there, and each island is ruled by indigenous chiefs."

Xie Guifang said.

Zhu Daohua nodded.

He spread out the map, pointed to the location of Hawaii and said: "This island will have a very important strategic location in the future. This is a key node for China to seize North America, and it is also a key springboard for future immigrants to the Americas!"

"The members of this expedition will have a great achievement. In addition, they will start sending caravans to the Hawaiian Islands for trade and thoroughly understand the situation on the islands."

The reason why Zhu Daohua is so concerned about the Hawaiian Islands is of course based on his consideration of the future naval combat model.

The era of fully ironclad ships is coming.

The future fleet is limited by fuel and has limited range, so some key strategic nodes are very important.

For Ming Dynasty.

The islands in Southeast Asia must be mastered, especially the Strait of Malacca.

And in the Pacific.

At this time, the so-called island chain in later generations was a natural defense circle after it was controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

Hawaii will be the transfer station for Ming Dynasty to America in the future, and it is also the most important port for Ming Dynasty Pacific Fleet.

This strategic point must be held in hand no matter what.

After meeting with Xie Guifang and arranging the plan for the Hawaii trade route.

Zhu Daohua sat back at his desk.

"Your Majesty, this is news from the Central Plains and Manchuria..."

Chang Yinghu hurriedly handed several documents about the Central Plains War and Manchurian reclamation to Zhu Daohua.

This is also the issue that His Majesty the Ming Emperor is most concerned about right now.

Of course, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to not care about the confrontation between the Qing court and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Henan.

This war was also the best window for the Ming Dynasty to observe how much combat power the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's soldiers had after the feudal reforms.

The other thing is the news about the settlement of Manchuria.

Now the Ming Dynasty has built bastions on Changshan Island in eastern Liaoning and the Vladivostok area in northern Liaoning, and stationed troops respectively.

According to the information received from the advance team.

Nowadays, northern Liaoning is basically covered by virgin forest. There has been no land for farming for a long time. To develop it, the forest must be burned. It is best to carbonize the tree roots too, so that oxen or horses can be used to plow the land. It is difficult to develop cultivated land, but in the dense forest, there are winding rivers, swamps, wetlands, and grasslands are also distributed from time to time, which greatly reduces the difficulty of early development and is not a big problem.

The Songhua River Basin in Liaodong is a fertile soil. Most of them are swamps, lakes, and rivers scattered evenly throughout the vast Songhua River and Nenjiang plains. Development is not difficult.

More importantly.

From Liaodong to Northern Liaoning, this vast area, which is comparable to the size of the Central Plains, is full of black soil.

This news made the officials of the Ming Dynasty cabinet quite excited.

Compared with the distant America, compared with the miasma-filled tropical rainforest-covered Southeast Asian islands.

This land in northern Liaoning was the most coveted fertile land for the Han farming race.

Therefore, many officials have written letters, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor will reduce his interest in North America and instead fully support immigrants and settle in northern Liaoning.

Of course, Zhu Daohua had no objection to this. He had long thought about supporting the development of Northeast China.

However, we cannot relax our exploration of North American routes in this regard.

Both hands must be grasped and both hands must be strong.

“Traces of Cossacks discovered in Vladivostok?”

Zhu Daohua frowned.

Sure enough, the Russians have already begun exploring south.

If they found out, the Ming Dynasty built a bastion and port in Vladivostok.

It is easy to guess that this is a port that can be used in winter.

To be honest, the current core of Ming Dynasty's rule is quite far from Vladivostok.

But it will always be smoother than Tsarist Russia coming to this area.

That little Cossack cavalry was not enough to support Tsarist Russia in provoking a war in the Vladivostok area.

In fact, Tsarist Russia did not have many troops to occupy the vast Siberia.

Before there was rail transportation.

The power Russia can invest in Eastern Siberia is quite limited.

Therefore, Zhu Daohua is not worried about what Tsarist Russia can do in this region.

He thought for a while and gave instructions: Pay close attention to the movements of the Russians, and if you find the enemy's stronghold, resolutely remove it!

Relying on the military garrison, the Ming Dynasty can use much greater power in the Vladivostok area than the Russians, and there is no need to be afraid at all.

Then the second document was about how to stabilize the military settlements. The Reclamation Department requested that women of suitable age be purchased from North Korea and Japan to be wives of the colonization soldiers in the military settlements to reassure the soldiers.

Zhu Daohua thought for a while and then wrote the word "can".

Want to start a family and start a business? Only by arranging a mother-in-law can you farm in northern Liaoning with peace of mind.

After completing this, Zhu Daohua began to care about the battle in the Central Plains.

The armies of both sides were facing each other at Tongguan. The Qing court drove all the people of Shaanxi Province to Henan Prefecture. In the process, a group of Green Flag soldiers who made a fortune were inevitable.

Due to the sudden drop in temperature in the past half month or so, the two sides have not yet started fighting, but the confrontation between the small-scale scouts has become more and more intense.

If this situation continues, as long as the weather warms up a little, the two sides will probably start a war.

After giving these instructions, Zhu Daohua turned over the pages and frowned slightly.

“Where are the returned embassies in Europe?”

The Clippers came to report two days ago.

Grand Duke Lin has already set off from Batam Island. Counting the days, he should be able to reach Yingtian Mansion in just two days.

Chang Yinghu said hurriedly: "There was no fast boat returning yesterday, maybe it is still on the way."

The words just fell.

Someone came in a hurry.

"Your Majesty! Lin Shangshu has passed Songjiang Mansion! He is about to arrive at Yingtian!" Read the full content on Aiyue App

Zhu Daohua stood up with a roar.

"Go, send the Jiang Defense Fleet to greet you, call the prime ministers on your left and right, I will set up Jiangning Port!"

"According to the order!"

...........

Finally home.

Grand Duke Lin stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the general on both sides of the bank.

When he left, the world was still occupied by Qing Tatars.

And now.

Half of the world has been recovered, and half of the task of restoring China has been completed.

Louis de Saint-Just looked at this strange country curiously.

The steamer rumbled across the river.

Factories puffing out black smoke are on both sides of the river.

Dense factories, busy waterways.

The capital of the Eastern Empire, which seemed to be more prosperous and full of power than London and Paris, was about to appear in front of him.

"I have to say... Before arriving here, all Europeans could not imagine the power contained in this country..."

de Saint-Just whispered.

Grand Duke Lin was also observing, in his eyes.

This is a country he is very familiar with.

Now it has become both strange and familiar.

Strange because this country was different from what he remembered.

At least...

Before this, there were no factories or ships emitting black smoke.

Is this the power of industrialization that the emperor said?

Grand Duke Lin looked into the depths of the river.

"It's so full of life, sir."

Louis de Saint-Just said.

When Grand Duke Lin heard this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Yes, it is really full of life.

"Perhaps the Qinhuai River will become like the Thames River in the future... and become black water flowing across the river, right?"

Grand Duke Lin said.

After the endless coma, Shi Yu suddenly stood up from the bed. If you want to read the latest chapters, please download the Star Reading app and read the latest chapters for free without ads. The website has not updated the latest chapter content, but the Xingxing Reading APP has updated the latest chapter content.

He took a big breath of fresh air, his chest trembling.

Confused, confused, and all kinds of emotions came to my mind.

Where is this?

Afterwards, Shi Yu subconsciously observed his surroundings, and then became even more confused.

A single dormitory?

Even if he was successfully rescued, he should be in the ward now.

And my body...how could I not have any injuries at all?

With doubts, Shi Yu's eyes quickly swept across the room, and finally his eyes rested on a mirror beside the bed.

The mirror showed his current appearance. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he looked very handsome.

But the problem is, this is not him! Download the Star Reading app and read the latest chapters for free without ads.

My previous self was a handsome young man in his twenties who had been working for a while.

And now, no matter how you look, this appearance is that of a high school student...

This change made Shi Yu stunned for a long time.

Don't tell him that the operation was successful...

The body and appearance have changed. This is not a matter of surgery or not, but magic.

He turned into a completely different person!

Could it be...that he traveled through time?

In addition to the mirror placed by the bedside, which was obviously not feng shui-friendly, Shi Yu also found three books next to it.

Shi Yu picked it up and took a look. The title of the book instantly silenced him.

"Essential Animal Breeding Manual for Beginner Breeders"

"Postpartum Care of Pet Pets"

"Evaluation Guide for Interracial Beast-Eared Girls"

Shi Yu:? ? ?

The names of the first two books are pretty normal, but what happened to the last one?

"cough."

Shi Yu looked solemnly and stretched out his hand, but his arm soon stiffened.

Just when he was about to open the third book and see what it was about, his brain suddenly felt a sharp pain, and a large number of memories came flooding back.

Icefield City.

Pet animal breeding base.

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Beastmaster?