The sea breeze blows, waving a part of the sea.

After patrolling the Jingtao battleship with the generals, Xiao Ming led a group of generals to the Beisha City.

Standing at the top of the mountain, Beisha City, you can see through the entire Beisha City area, shipyards, mines, factories, and roads. This mountain city that once belonged to Goryeo has now become a part of the empire.

Facing the sea, Xiao Ming pointed to Dongfang and said, "Liu Chen, there is an enemy in the east of the empire. As the commander of the Pacific Navy, do you know who it is?"

Liu Chen looked serious and said, "America."

Xiao Ming nodded, "Yes, it's America. The conflict between the two major European camps is almost inevitable, but at this time, others cannot take this opportunity to profit from it, otherwise everything the empire does will become someone else's wedding dress."

Liu Chen nodded and said, "What the emperor said is that when he was in Europe, he often found American merchant ships coming and going to France. Many of these merchant ships were selling supplies to France."

"It's not surprising that America is independent with the support of France, and their relationship with France is naturally good." Xiao Ming said: "This country has unique geographical conditions. Once there is an opportunity for development, it will inevitably become a threat to the empire in the future. Therefore, from now on, you have to make arrangements for this."

After saying that, Xiao Ming took out a nautical chart from Qian Dafu, pointed to several islands in the Pacific Ocean and said, "Build naval bases on these three islands to cooperate with Zhu Sansi to seize the west coast of North America."

The three places Xiao Ming mentioned are the contemporary Guam, Midway Island and Hawaii. If you occupy these three places in the vast Pacific Ocean, the imperial navy will be able to control the entire Pacific Ocean, which is also very beneficial to Zhu Sansi's control of the west coast.

After pausing, he said, "As for European affairs, please call Xie Yuan, the commander of the Atlantic Navy."

"Yes, the emperor." Liu Chen responded. Now, he, the Pacific Commander, is finally going to realize his dream of controlling the Pacific.

After deciding the next strategy for the navy, Xiao Ming and the generals arrived in Youzhou by steam locomotive.

Since the barbarians were driven out of this land, the Youzhou area has once again been full of vitality. Many merchants have settled in Youzhou now.

Most of these merchants do business selling cattle, sheep and horses, because Youzhou was developed as a ranch at the beginning.

However, with the development of the industrialization of the empire, the pastures around Youzhou City are shrinking, and many pastures have been turned into factories by merchants. At first, they were meat processing plants, and soon more factories were born here.

The increase in factories attracted the empire's migrant population. In more than ten years, Youzhou has flourished unprecedentedly.

Now Youzhou City, like Qingzhou, there is no complete city wall, and the only remaining city wall also exists as a landscape.

The special steam locomotive stopped in Youzhou City, and Xiao Ming and a group of generals got off the car. Outside the station, the Youzhou officials who received the notice in advance were already waiting for everyone to arrive.

Thinking of some rumors, Liu Chen couldn't help asking: "The emperor seemed to be very interested in Youzhou City. There are many rumors in the court that the emperor was preparing to move the capital, but he didn't know whether it was true or false."

Xiao Ming smiled and said, "Some people in the court are not focused on doing their own things. They always like to guess my thoughts when they are fine, but this time they are right. I do have the idea of ​​moving the capital to Youzhou."

"Why?" Liu Chen was confused. "It's not your turn to Youzhou when it comes to prosperity. Why did the emperor choose the imperial capital in this place?"

Xiao Ming showed a helpless look. After all, this world is different from the local area. Here, Youzhou is just an inconspicuous place.

But for Xiao Ming, Youzhou has different meanings, but there is another reason why he chose to come here.

That is, after the industrial outbreak in Qingzhou over the years, environmental pollution has become very serious, and fog is the norm in Qingzhou City.

Although Xiao Ming knew the importance of environmental protection from the modern era, this seemed to be just a luxury idea for an era where coal could only burn.

Moreover, environmental protection technology has high requirements, and some technologies are not something that can be achieved in this era.

So, for two reasons, he had the idea of ​​moving the capital.

After briefly speaking his thoughts, Liu Chen smiled and said, "So that's it. I want to be more foggy than Qingzhou's sky, but there are blue sky and white clouds. And I always thought that the palace in Qingzhou was too small and was not worthy of the emperor's identity. This time the emperor must build a larger palace."

Xiao Ming laughed when he heard this. He also wanted to leave something special to the world, so he said, "I have had this intention long ago. It is better to call this palace built by the Forbidden City."

While talking, Xiao Ming and Liu Chen took a car to the outskirts of Youzhou. Only then did Liu Chen realize that the emperor came to Youzhou was not for the imperial capital.

Noting Liu Chen's expression, he said, "I have seen this battleship. I have to let you see a special weapon of the battleship."

Liu Chen knew that he was in a military factory specializing in the development and production of naval weapons in Youzhou. He said: "Isn't the main gun the main weapon of the battleship?"

"Of course, but this one is even more hidden." Xiao Ming smiled. In fact, this thing is not very mysterious, it is just a torpedo used on the battleship, but for Liu Chen, this thing is amazing.

When he arrived at the military factory, all the military factory staff responsible for receiving Xiao Ming arrived. Xiao Ming did not go around the corner. He said, "I received a call saying that you have made breakthroughs in weapons here, so I came here to take a look."

The official in charge of Youzhou military industry said excitedly: "Prince, this Youzhou military industry is divided into two parts, one is the army and the other is the navy. Among them, the torpedoes of the navy are complete. We have successfully used the compressed air engine to drive the single propeller propulsion, and control the depth of the torpedo's boat through the hydraulic valve to control the horizontal rudder plate at the tail of the torpedo. Now our torpedo can be fully on board."

Liu Chen was stunned when he heard this. As a combat force, they were responsible for fighting only and knew very little about the military industry.

So he could understand the cannons and the like, and they were completely confused about the principle of the torpedo.

Seeing the expressions of Liu Chen and the generals, Xiao Ming said: "The purpose of bringing you here this time is to understand all the equipment of your navy. Take this opportunity to get to know you quickly. After you go back, you will accept a brand new warship. Then you will sink the warship yourself, and I will not let you go."

The generals shivered when they heard this. They all stepped forward to grab the military technicians and asked carefully.
Chapter completed!