Bang bang bang!
Northwest India.
The breech-loading gun in Lebao's hand fired several rapid shots.
A hundred meters away, several wooden targets were beaten into pieces of wood.
"What a gun!"
Lebao naturally knows the goods. Needless to say, this Ming Dynasty Army-standard breech-loading gun purchased from smuggling channels is well-made - this is not a firearm made by a handmade workshop common in India, but an industrial assembly line. Standardized industrial products produced.
Its quality and stability cannot be compared with that of manual workshops.
What is more critical than quality is the rate of fire!
This was Lebao's first time coming into contact with a breech-loading gun, but after he became familiar with it, he was quickly able to complete reloading, firing, and firing in just two or three breaths.
The shooting skills are five to six times faster than ordinary muzzle-loading guns!
If it is operated by skilled soldiers, it may be more than that.
"Zhengxi Dusi used this kind of firearm to defeat Rakshasa."
The person who was speaking was Zhang Hanchao, the current number two figure in the Lebao Military and Political Group.
He was originally a Han official who was the prefect of Shaanxi.
At best, he is Le Bao's brain trust.
But now, because Le Bao brought a large number of Han people when he fled west, these Han people were incorporated into the Eight Banners.
As a result, the current composition of the Eight Banners is somewhat complicated, and Zhang Hanchao is quite famous among these Han people. In Qikai City, Zhang Hanchao's status has risen to second only to Le Bao.
And with the stability of Ming Dynasty's rule.
This group of remnant soldiers also faced the problem of where to go - originally they did not need to consider this issue, because to the north of them was Pingxi Fan. Although Pingxi Fan was a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, it still had a high level of autonomy, not to mention Central Asia. The North is the Russians.
In order to consolidate its rule in the Fergana Basin, Pingxi Fan did not have a military confrontation with Lebao.
Instead, the two parties started a business - Pingxi Fan in the Fergana Basin exported grain and used the grain to purchase white female slaves from northwest India.
The relationship between the two parties is relatively harmonious.
but now.
The Ming Dynasty completely expelled the Russians from Central Asia and established the Central Asian Protectorate.
Fortunately for Pingxi Fan, they could open up the Fergana Basin and accept immigrants from the Han Dynasty. Even the children of the princes of Pingxi Fan were sent to Nandu to go to school. After a generation, Pingxi Fan was completely integrated into the Chinese system. Among them.
But what about Lebao and the people of the Eight Banners under his banner?
To the north is the Central Asia Protectorate of the Ming Dynasty.
In the south there are the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty.
Can this remnant of the Qing Dynasty still maintain its current territory safely?
When all the countries in the Eastern world surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, Lebao and his Eight Banners soldiers became very eye-catching.
Even though the Ming Dynasty seemed to have forgotten them as a remnant of the Qing Dynasty.
But now in Qikai City, many of the remaining members of the Eight Banners feel a kind of constant fear.
Some Han people who were coerced and now incorporated into the Eight Banners believed that they could gain the power to establish a vassal and establish a country in Qikaicheng by joining the Ming Dynasty - they were originally Han people from Gansu and Shaanxi.
"Actually, firearms are only part of the equation. The key is artillery! The infantry of the Ming army can defeat the elite cavalry of the Rakshasa people head-on through intensive firepower!"
Zhang Hanchao said.
"The era when the people of the grasslands could fight against the Central Plains with the help of cavalry is over. It is impossible to produce muskets and artillery on the grasslands!"
Hearing this, Le Bao could only nod silently.
"What did the British father say?"
"He proposed to go to the table and declare himself a vassal!"
"The above table. Promise me as a vassal." Le Bao pondered slightly, "Will the Ming court accept it?"
"So...we still need a certificate of nomination!"
"A certificate of nomination?"
"right!"
"Who will vote for me?"
"Calcutta!"
"Can we capture Calcutta?" LePaul frowned.
"This is difficult, but we can try." Zhang Hanchao said. "After all, we are nominally allies with the British. I have been reading classics from Western countries recently, and there is a very interesting story called The Trojan Horse Massacre!"
"Build the plank road openly and visit the old warehouse secretly," Le Bao said in a low voice.
The British were actually prepared for Lebao to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
However, they faced a sneak attack by the Eight Banners soldiers and a fierce attack by the coalition forces of the princes.
The British, who could not be replenished, finally lost their last colony in India.
The [European Alliance Treaty] and [Le Bao Please Feng Shu Shu] almost came to Emperor Zhu’s desk together.
"With the great union of Europe, the Eastern world has basically been integrated."
Emperor Zhu put these two documents on his desk, and a smile appeared on his lips.
As the power of the British Empire was completely expelled from India.
This created a clear-cut confrontation between the East and the West.
For East and West.
In the next ten years, or even twenty years, the most critical thing is internal integration!
To this.
Emperor Zhu was very confident.
Because the East has an absolute core.
And in the west
The twin giants of the British Empire and the French Empire were followed by Russia, Prussia, Austria, Hungary and other countries.
The relations between countries are complicated and their interests have been entangled for thousands of years.
How can it be so easy to integrate?
so.
For Zhu Daohua.
The so-called European Alliance.
It was a knife in his hand.
A "paper tiger" that forced all strata in the Ming Dynasty to refuse to lie down and continue to develop.
Right now.
The sound of footsteps outside the hall sounded intensively.
Zhu Daohua raised his head, stretched, and then put on a majestic expression like the founding emperor.
Tao Biquan, Peng Jun, and Gu Song, who succeeded Luo Fangbo as the president of the National Association for the Promotion of Industry and Commerce, strode in.
Zhu Daohua sat on the throne and waved.
soon.
The female officer who was waiting brought a few chairs over for the three of them to sit down and talk.
Although the authority of Emperor Zhu, the founding emperor of the country, is real.
Many media in Europe have called him "the most powerful emperor in history."
But he still wasn't used to having ministers kneel on the ground or speak from a distance.
What he prefers is to have ministers sit around and discuss things like a meeting.
The establishment of the European Alliance is a major diplomatic event, but Ming Dynasty has already dealt with it.
However, it was not a big deal for Ming Dynasty to ask for a seal.
Maybe it has a certain symbolic meaning, but that's all.
therefore.
The three important ministers of the Ming Dynasty who came together were definitely not coming because of the European Alliance and Lebao's request for a seal.
"Your Majesty, after discussions between the Cabinet, the Executive Yuan, and the Political Yuan, the [Economic Development Outline of the Greater China Customs Territory] has been formed, and your wishes have been reflected in it."
Peng Jun handed over a thick book.
Zhu Daohua flipped through the catalog at the front, then handed it to the female official next to him, and said: "Take a copy and let the prince read it carefully and write a review for me."
"yes!"
The female officer took the order and left, and the eyes of the three ministers suddenly showed sympathy.
have to.
The little fat prince has been having a headache these days. (End of chapter)
