"mercenary?"

In the imperial study, Xiao Ming threw the memorial in his hand on the table.

Five days have passed since the Battle of Busan, and the Japanese forces were completely defeated by the Great Yu Kingdom. What he did not expect was that Western mercenaries appeared this time.

"According to the news in the war report, this group of mercenaries is indeed stronger than the Japanese soldiers. Fortunately, their number is not large, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with Ye Qingyun's eight thousand people." Niu Ben faced the heavy weight, "But unfortunately, some of the mercenaries escaped, and they are likely to have taken away our shells."

Xiao Ming frowned. This was a helpless thing. In the war, weapons and equipment were acquired by the enemy, unless these weapons were not used.

But he was not very worried that as long as he had his industrial capacity in Dayu Kingdom, they would soon be unable to imitate the weapons of Dayu Kingdom, because their industry would not be able to manufacture these weapons and equipment.

"Hmph, these Western robbers are beginning to be scared, and their conspiracy cannot succeed here." Xiao Ming sneered.

If it weren't for his in this country, the British's plan would have been successful long ago. The Great Yu Kingdom would probably be ruled by the barbarians and continue to decline in technology.

But now he broke all their conspiracies.

Niu Ben said after hearing this: "Master, these Western countries are really too much. They have repeatedly interfered in the war between the Great Chongqing and other countries. They will eventually think that they should teach them some lessons."

"This is naturally. The elimination of the merchant council is their biggest failure here." Xiao Ming said firmly.

According to the information provided by the Sewei, the war in the Chu State has begun. The Merchant Parliament has controlled most of the new army to attack the city controlled by Li Chuyuan. Now all the cities in Suzhou and its nearby cities have been lost.

This information surprised him a little. He was worried that it was not the successive victory achieved by the Cao family, but the amazing support of the southern merchants, wealthy families and the people for the merchant parliament.

The new army's firearms were certainly better than Li Chuyuan, but the support they received was even better than Li Chuyuan. From this we can see that the south had accepted the Merchant Parliament from top to bottom.

However, because the royal family of the Great Chongqing Kingdom rarely did anything to the south in recent years, and the south did not agree much with the imperial court, this is the real problem at the moment.

It can be said that after three hundred years of rule, the old system of the Great Yu Kingdom could no longer maintain this country, and it had reached the point where it was not destroyed or established in the late Ming Dynasty.

In recent years, he completed a thorough change in the north and regained the people, while the south also began to try under the control of the Merchant Council.

"What the emperor means is that the merchant council is not only controlled by the Cao family?" Niu Ben asked.

"Of course not. In addition to France, the British have also been involved. The Secret Guard also found that Cao Zhengyang seemed to be a member of the British Secret Society. This Secret Society also absorbed many wealthy families and tycoons from the south. They played a huge role in the establishment of the Merchant Parliament, and there seemed to be some people in Qingzhou who were bewitched by them." Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes and showed a dangerous light.

Niu Ben was a little puzzled, and he said, "Master, this is unlikely. How could they have such ability?"

Xiao Ming is from modern times and naturally has more knowledge than in this era. When the Secret Guard investigates the Secret Society, he suddenly remembers a similar contemporary society.

Legend has it that this club is extremely powerful, and the world's top talents and powerful people are their members, and the operation of the world is the confrontation and cooperation between their members.

He just listened to this rumor as fun, after all, it was too nonsense.

But it is different in this world, because this secret society was the most active in the 17th to 19th centuries, and he had to guard against it.

After all, according to the information provided by the Dutch, this secret society was found in the French Revolution.

"That's because you lack understanding of the West." Xiao Ming didn't want to strengthen this matter too much. He said: "In addition to the stationed in Kanto, Goryeo, and the garrison troops that cannot be mobilized, how many troops can we mobilize now?"

After pondering for a moment, Niu Ben said, "About 60,000 people."

"Sixty thousand people?" Xiao Ming thought about it, and he said: "This time the army's dressing was first given to these troops. If Li Chuyuan couldn't hold on, we had to send troops."

Niu Ben nodded excitedly. After returning from Kanto, he went to the military workshop to visit the new rifles. These breech-loaded rifles have fast firing speed and great power, and can shoot in any posture. Once the army is equipped, the combat method of the Great Yu army will undergo a third change.

And this change will lay the foundation for the future of the Great Yu army.

"Yes, the emperor." Niu Ben nodded excitedly.

After explaining Niu Ben's things, Xiao Ming looked at the map on the wall. Now the territory of the Great Yu Kingdom includes Bashu, north of the Yangtze River to the Great Wall, the entire Kanto and Goryeo region. In nearly eight years, he almost half of the territory of the Great Yu Kingdom.

But this is far from enough for him. Tubo is still a factor of unstable southwest. The Yunnan generation is still under the control of Annan Kingdom. The barbarians north of the Great Wall are still waiting for opportunities to attack and rob the border from time to time.

Japan, which is across the sea, is not a good man now, let alone Tsarist Russia, which is now expanding its sphere of influence to the east.

Looking around, Xiao Ming suddenly felt dizzy. The Great Yu Kingdom was really in an era of many disasters.

As if he felt Xiao Ming's doubts, Niu Ben said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, foreign enemies must be eliminated one by one. In the opinion of old ministers, the most important thing at the moment is Japan and Jiangnan. The population and land of Japan are better than Goryeo. For the Great Yu Kingdom, it is a good dumping market. If you get to the south, you will have enough treasury."

"This is what I think, so you are responsible for Jiangnan, so I will deal with this country in person." Xiao Ming pondered.

The two were talking, when Qian Dafu suddenly appeared at the door of the Imperial Study Room and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the Equipment Department has sent new things."

Xiao Ming seemed to have thought of something, and he said, "But there are two wheels?"

"That's right, there are two wheels, and there is a handle." Qian Dafu didn't understand what this was.

Xiao Ming laughed, "This is a bicycle. It seems that the improvement of the type and accuracy of the lathes has allowed Qingzhou to produce a lot of things again."

"Bicycle!" Qian Dafu and Niu Ben were both surprised, and they followed Xiao Ming out.

The three of them arrived in the square in front of Zhengda Guangming Hall. At this time, the people from the Equipment Department were waiting for them. In front of them was something that Xiao Ming was familiar with - a bicycle.

"Your Majesty, what's the use of this thing?" Niu Ben asked.

Xiao Ming smiled and didn't say anything. He took the bicycle from the craftsman and skillfully got on the bike and stepped on it, and rode it far away.
Chapter completed!