Qingzhou.

After the high-priced acquisition of Siberian fur in the newspaper caused a sensation, another news from the newspaper caused a sensation the next day.

In an article by Xiao Ming personally stated the crimes of the Golden Horde, announcing that the Great Yu Kingdom officially declared war on the Golden Horde.

"It's great. We have been waiting for this day for a long time. How arrogant the Golden Horde was back then? How did it bully us? It's time to take revenge now."

In the restaurant, a middle-aged man wearing a short shirt on the upper body and pants on the lower body was cheering loudly after reading the newspaper.

There were three people at the same table as him, all wearing the same gray clothes and varying ages.

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, one of the other three young men quickly snatched the newspaper. After reading the articles written by the emperor himself, he was immediately excited.

"Hey, if I hadn't had my eyesight, I could have joined the army to fight the barbarians now."

The young man helped him with his eyes. When he was still sixteen years old, he suddenly found that he was looking at something blurry in the distance. For this reason, his family took him to seek medical treatment for several years, but there was no way.

It was not until Qingzhou's glass industry developed greatly and glasses emerged that he understood what myopia is. At this time, he was rescued. Although it was not very comfortable to wear eyes, he could always see things clearly.

But the only regret is that I cannot join the army due to my vision problems.

"It's a pity that you can't join the army, but it's not only that you can be loyal to the emperor. It's the same with our hard work in the machinery factory. This sled and this steam engine motorcycle have our contributions, right?" the middle-aged man said loudly.

The other two laughed and touched their clothes alone and said, "No, now wearing this outfit sent by the machinery factory, many matchmakers are going to match me! It can be seen that our machinery factory is the first."

After saying that, the four of them laughed together.

"Your machinery factory is great, our rubber factory is not bad either. Without the tires we produce, do you make bicycles and tricycles?"

"That's right, I'm really proud. Didn't our steel factory use wood to assemble machinery for you?"

"Our chemical factory is not convinced!"

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In the tavern, workers from other factories were sitting in groups of three or three. Now, with the regularization of factories, workers in each factory were wearing special work clothes, and it was easy to distinguish which factory they came from.

The shopkeeper at the counter smiled and looked at the workers. His restaurant was very large and cheap, and it was not close to the workshop area now.

Every day during lunch break, a large number of workers come here to have dinner.

These workers have a monthly salary of not low, and they are at least thirty silver dragons every month. They live a very comfortable life, so it is normal to drink some wine and eat some side dishes.

It is precisely because of these wealthy workers that his tavern can bring him twenty golden dragons income every month.

He was used to the mutual competition between these workers. After all, there are many factories here, and the workers in each factory are very proud.

While everyone was making noise, suddenly there were neat sounds of horse hooves on the road outside the tavern. Everyone looked out and saw a large number of cavalry wearing silver breastplates passing by. A general led by the leader was wearing a red cloak and a fierce aura.

"This is Qi Guangyi, the commander of the cavalry corps? "A worker recognized the general in charge.

"It seems that there is really a war this time. I have to rely on cavalry to deal with the barbarians. The infantry has short legs and cannot catch up with the four-legged horse."

Another worker said.

Outside the restaurant, Qi Guangyi was also looking at the workers in the industrial zone and along the road. Since he was stationed in Raozhou, he has not come back for a year, and there have been more changes in his return to Qingzhou this time.

He basically walked on a wide concrete road on his way back. In recent years, the imperial court has not stopped building roads, and the well-connected road network of Qingzhou Prefecture has basically been formed.

As the road is improved, there are more carriages passing through the road. These are merchants who transport goods to their destinations through carriages. Occasionally, he can see some people riding bicycles.

In addition, the most obvious thing is the clothing on the people. Although many people still wear patched clothes, more people wear clean and beautiful clothes.

While enjoying the prosperous scene, Qi Guangyi urged his war horses to go to Qingzhou City. This time he was ordered to return to the court.

Starting from Raozhou, he took a steam locomotive to Cangzhou. However, the steam locomotive broke down and needed repairs. In order to hurry, he rode directly along the former post station to Qingzhou.

After entering the city, Qi Guangyi's eyes shrank again. Compared to a year ago, there are more and more people riding bicycles in Qingzhou City, almost all over the streets.

He sighed at the prosperity of Qingzhou's industry again. He did not dare to waste any more time and went directly to the palace.

In the imperial study room, Xiao Ming was already waiting for Qi Guangyi.

The northward attack on the barbarians is about to reach the forefront. Niu Ben and Luo Quan have summoned 80,000 infantry, plus the 60,000 cavalry led by Qi Guangyi, they will attack the Khanate of the Golden Horde with 140,000 troops.

However, in this battle, he believed that the cavalry would still play an important role. Although his Han-style rifles and guard artillery were excellent enough, he did not have the maneuverability of the cavalry in the grassland, and these infantry walking on both legs could not catch up with the barbarian cavalry.

Because of this, he specially summoned Qi Guangyi to come this time.

In fact, this Northern Expedition was not because of the wishes of the barbarians Niu Ben and Luo Quan, but because of a long-planned war act, otherwise he would have been too sarcastic about the war.

In order to weaken the threats from the north, he needed to take the initiative. A Tsarist Russia was enough for him to have a headache. Now, with a Golden Horde, the Great Chongqing Kingdom could not be stable in the north. The most important thing is that these threats are close, not as far away as Britain and France.

"Long live my emperor, I will finally meet with the emperor."

When he saw Xiao Ming and Qi Guangyi bowed and said.

Standing up from the chair, Xiao Ming walked to Qi Guangyi and helped Qi Guangyi with his hands to avoid courtesy. "This time I called you from thousands of miles away to Qingzhou for the next Northern Expedition, but before the Northern Expedition, I had a weapon that belonged to the cavalry and needed to hand it over to you, and I believe you would like it very much."

"Weapon!" Qi Guangyi's pupils contracted after hearing this. Now his commanders' calls for equipping with Han-style rifles are getting louder and louder.

This time he was about to mention this matter to the court.
Chapter completed!