Since the Year of Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty has been on a downward spiral, entering a downward spiral. First, it was beaten to the ground by its own hounds. Then it was bullied by the Mongols in the north. Even the savages in Lingnan began to make moves.

The famous Qi family army was wiped out by the regiment, and the famous white pole soldiers were wiped out by the regiment. The famous generals in the three major campaigns of Wanli, Jun Jun and Liu Ting, fell one after another. The Jurchens' Later Jin Dynasty launched a fierce attack on the Ming Dynasty.

Soon, a large area of ​​land outside Shanhaiguan was lost, and millions of Ming people became slaves.

Everything started to change in the Grassland Valley during the Xianglan Banner. They massacred a small village called Ivory Village. Nurhachi never dreamed that this massacre of the village would open a huge Pandora's box.

There is no monster in the magic box, only a person named Li Xiao.

For twelve years, Li Xiao has been fighting against all forces. The Liao army he formed went out with all its strength and defeated almost all enemies. The Jurchens of the Later Jin Dynasty were fierce for a while, but now only Dorgon and Jierharang are left to survive.

Under the wings of the Mongols.

The Donglin Party, which dominated the Ming Dynasty, has now completely moved into underground activities. It can only occasionally publish some novel-like things in tabloids to win the public's attention and achieve the purpose of advertising more in exchange for money.

North Korea is very well-behaved! Really as well-behaved as a pug. As long as Ming Dynasty coughs, the whole North Korea will tremble.

The Japanese country, which was severely beaten by the Ming Dynasty in Korea during the Wanli period, has now become the thugs and accomplices of the Ming Dynasty. Eighteen thousand of the most ferocious warriors of the Japanese country are following Li Xiu's fleet to the south.

The process of conquest is actually like a pyramid scheme. If Ming Dynasty wants to ensure that it stands at the top of the pyramid, it must have a large enough base. Under this premise, it is very necessary to raise some second devils.

In order to make the Ming Dynasty rich quickly, Li Xiao adopted almost all the countermeasures he knew. Li Xiao, who only had a military mentality, had no idea what these internal affairs measures would bring. He only knew that this is what future generations would do. If he let

If Li Xiao governs this country, it is estimated that the country will soon collapse politically, the people's livelihood will be in decline, and then there will be various peasant uprisings.

The thinking of soldiers is different from that of politicians. Soldiers prefer direct things. Politics is a soft knife, and most of the time it has the hidden attribute of killing people invisible.

Fortunately! Two thousand-year-old foxes who became spirits are helping Li Xiao. The two brothers, Sun Chengzong and Zhang Huangyan, can be said to be the mainstays of the Ming Dynasty. They organized the land reform proposed by Li Xiao, and they organized the official gentry proposed by Li Xiao.

One person collects food and one person works as a errand.

They supported the development of banks, railways, and highways. Various factories in the Ming Dynasty produced countless goods every day. These goods were quickly sold to the Ming Dynasty and even around the world through coastal ports.

Today, another major event happened to the people of the capital. To be precise, in the newly built residential buildings in Tongzhou outside the capital.

"Can you close the switch?" Zheng Sen looked at Li Xiao.

"Close!" As Li Xiao shouted, Zheng Sen immediately pushed up the switch.

The whole building and the whole Tongzhou lit up in an instant. Everyone covered their eyes. The light bulb in the darkness was so bright that there was a huge black spot in the eye, making it difficult to see clearly for a while.

Even though he had seen electric lights, Zheng Zhilong was still blinded. His eyes were blinking like Sun Wukong!

"Oh! I can see things much more clearly now, much better than under the candlestick." Sun Chengzong picked up a memorial, put on his reading glasses and read it again. He was very satisfied with his new desk lamp.

Huge cheers came from the street, and everyone rushed onto the street to watch the bright street lights on the thigh-thick telegraph poles.

As a new city outside the capital, it was the first to use electricity. The power plant is just ten miles away by the canal!

Li Xiao has considered this. There are wooden buildings everywhere in the old city of Beijing. Electric wires can catch fire if you are not careful. The capital city was built since the Yuan Dynasty. After the expansion of Emperor Yongle, and the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years,

of repairs.

The entire capital city wall is a cultural relic. Later generations demolished the capital city wall for economic development. Even the city gate tower was demolished, causing immeasurable cultural losses.

Taking this into consideration, Li Xiao simply built a new city in Tongzhou.

All the streets in the new city are cement roads, and the houses on both sides are all brick houses. Every ten meters away, there is a streetlight to illuminate. There are no courtyard houses in the capital, and some are just three-story or four-story buildings.

A small building with several floors.

These small buildings are no longer the kind of tube buildings that can accommodate many people, but are serious residential communities. Each community has a property management company that is responsible for taking care of the green space and public facilities of the community.

There is a guard at the door, but he is not an old man, but a handsome young man in a neat uniform. He holds a rubber stick in his hand and wanders around the community all day long.

Zheng Zhilong noticed that many of these people had tattoos on their bodies. After careful inquiry, he found out that most of these people were gangsters in the capital. This made Zheng Zhilong greatly worried about the safety of his new villa. They were all wealthy families with real money in their homes.

It would be terrible if it was stolen.

After a period of observation, Zheng Zhilong found that these gangsters were very well-behaved. If there was any strenuous work at home, they would greet the patrolmen and they would roll up their arms and sleeves to help. What surprised Zheng Zhilong was that they picked up wallets, jewelry and other things.

, actually posted a list to find the owner.

"No one can rest assured to be a bad guy all his life! Some of the gangsters have good endings. Gangsters actually cherish having a decent job more than ordinary people." It is hard to imagine that these words came from Master Wu.

What came out of your mouth.

Among the people who first got together with Li Xiao, Master Wu was undoubtedly the first to fall behind. He is now the big owner of Wuzhou Construction Company, and he has bought almost half of the land in Tongzhou.

Following Ai Husheng's example of building the Tsinghua Garden, he hired some of Li Xiao's old associates to build houses in Tongzhou.

Because the business philosophy is far more advanced than others, the community built by Wuye sells very well. In Tongzhou, where housing prices change three times a day, it is definitely the most expensive. There is a garden in the community, and there are several simple wooden poles hanging on it.

The swing allows the children to swing around.

There are also small gravel paths on the green ground, and in the grand square at the entrance of the community, there are fountains gush out in summer. No matter how hot the weather is, you will feel cool when you walk to the entrance of the community.

Zheng Zhilong's house was bought in Jinghua Garden built by Master Wu. Although the name sounds like a brothel, it is really comfortable to live here. In the summer, he would go fishing in the small pond with a fishing rod, which was Zheng Zhilong's favorite thing to do.

Things. For a while, Zheng Zhilong even thought about retiring and living a comfortable life here for a few days to take care of himself.

Li Xiao does not live in Jinghua Garden. Although the fifth master strongly requested to give Li Xiao a house, Li Xiao still refused. As a commander, how can he be short of a house and a half? Although he doesn’t know how much money he has, but look at it

The way Tokugawa Chihime is busy every day shows that she is definitely worth a lot of money.

Li Xiao lived with Sun Chengzong and Zhang Huangyan in three separate villas, with guard battalions standing guard around them. Shunzi wanted to build gun towers at the four corners so that he could rely on these gun towers to defend the house in case of an accident.

The drawings were given to Li Xiao for review. When Li Xiao saw the drawings, he immediately tore them up and sent them back. Damn it, do I live in a villa or a prison?

"Commander! This is the latest intelligence from the northwest." Li Yongfang has replaced old Chen Fu as the new generation of intelligence chief. Old Chen Fu has retired honorably and lives in the building behind Li Xiao, doing Tai Chi in the yard all day long.

.When I have nothing to do, I take my guard with me to Baiyangdian to hunt ducks and fish. It’s such a happy time.

The children and grandchildren are also sensible, and several of them graduated from Shanhaiguan Military Academy. The most powerful one has become a battalion commander under Ao Canghai, and two others learned their trade from Yu Lao, and are now senior managers in the shipyard.

Zhiyuan and Laiyuan were created by them.

Li Xiao unfolded the information and frowned after reading it.

"There are so many English, Rakshasas and Mongols. They seem to have formed an alliance?"

"There are also Tibetans. Mongolians believe in Tibetan Buddhism. Batur Hutaiji's son Galdan studied in the Potala Palace for several years."

"Ha! You really have an undying desire to destroy me!" The territory of the Ming Dynasty in this era did not include Tibetan areas. In fact, the roof of the world has never been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Even as powerful as the Tang Dynasty, Tubo was not included in the territory.

territory.

"Two months ago, the arsenal headed by Dorgon began to test-fire fixed-charge bullets. Xiaozuo risked his life to steal one, which is the same as the formula we use. In addition, the English also gave the Mongols some artillery pieces

.It is said to be produced in India and is almost the same as our mortars.

in addition……!"

"What else?" Li Xiao sat behind the chair. Such bad things have happened. There can't be anything worse.

"They have developed rockets and conducted secret test firings. The time and power are unknown. As soon as news of our detailed work came back, the Mongols discovered and killed them."

"Just tell me, apart from the steam engine, they haven't figured out anything yet." Li Xiao shook his head helplessly. Xiaoyu, a kid, never dreamed of what kind of secrets he leaked. What a pity! To a dead man, Li Xiao

The owl can't do anything.

"Except for steam engines and electricity, there is not much difference between them and our army in terms of weapons. However, because the test launch has just been successful, it may take about a year to form large-scale production. Should we use this year...!"

"It's impossible! When fighting in the northwest, the most important thing is money and food. Nowadays, the whole country is undergoing large-scale construction, and money is being used everywhere. We need to build dams, railways, and roads. The Ministry of Household Affairs is already stretched thin.

Moreover, do you think that after we deal with the Mongols, the English will not produce in India, and the Rakshasa people will not produce in Europe? Now, we do not have the power to attack India and the Rakshasa people. The only way is to speed up the construction of Guanzhong

With the progress of the railway, as long as the country's money and food can be quickly sent to Guanzhong by train, then Guanzhong can be defended and then the Western Region can be planned.

To put it bluntly! After so many years of turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, all the money in the family has been wiped out. This mess needs to be cleaned up, and it will take many years to clean up. As for the Mongols in the northwest, at least for now, we can't do anything."

"Brother Xiao is right! The most important thing for the Ming Dynasty is to cultivate one's health and recuperate. It is not suitable for large-scale wars. The navy has already spent more than half of this year's military expenditure. If there is really no money, let the army continue to advance westward." Sun Chengzong

He also shook his head helplessly.

He also wants to go to the Western Regions now, but unfortunately the Ming Dynasty has just been settled. There are occasional rebellions in various places, so it is really not a good time to mobilize troops.

"Can we also arm the Khalkha Mongols? We are both Mongolians, and their combat effectiveness should not be much different. Part of the reason for the failure last time was due to the surprise attack of the Jungar Mongols. Another part of the reason is that the Jungar Mongols were equipped

Advanced muskets. Even though they are just flintlock guns, they are much better than bows and arrows." Zhang Huangyan carefully proposed after thinking for a moment.

"They are not from my race! Their minds must be different! Mongolians are all wolves that have not been raised well. What if that guy Geritu comes back and bites us?" Sun Chengzong asked with a frown.

"We can control them economically. The Mongolians live by raising cattle and sheep, and their only property is cattle and sheep. But they also need cloth, cotton, and various daily necessities. They also need some food and tea, after all

People cannot always eat food.

The Ming Dynasty could exchange tea and grain for Mongolian cattle and sheep, and those cattle and sheep could be slaughtered for meat. Wool could be spun into wool thread to make sweaters or woolen materials. Cow and sheep skins could also be made into various things.

, we sell these things to the Mongols, and the money we pay will return to the Ming Dynasty again.

As time goes by, Khalkha Mongolia cannot live without us.

Besides, the Khalkha Mongols and the Dzhungar Mongols are feuding. The hatred has existed in previous years, and it is almost impossible to resolve it. Not to mention, the war between the Dzhungar Mongols and the Khalkha Mongols in the past two years

The surprise attack severely damaged Geritu's vitality, and left old grudges filled with new ones. Even if Geritu wanted to unite with the Zhungeer tribe, his subordinates would not agree.

Moreover! If you are not a member of our race, you must not say it in front of Mangui. Most of the officers and soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division are Mongolians. They fought on the battlefield for the Ming Dynasty, and they have long been no different from Han soldiers. What you said

, will break their hearts.”

"...!" Sun Chengzong didn't expect Zhang Huangyan to say this, and he couldn't think of how to say it for a moment.

"I also think it's a good idea to arm the Khalkha Mongols. Mobei Mongolia is really too big. We Han people don't like to live on the grasslands. Such a large area of ​​land is unguarded, which puts a lot of pressure on my Ming Dynasty. Nothing else
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