With a new mission and two marine regiments, Li Xiu bid farewell to Li Hu and returned to the track of fighting for the country.

Li Xiao's words that night rekindled Li Xiu's fighting spirit. In his heart, he was the same type of person as Li Xiao and Li Hu. Their incomparable enthusiasm for war made him feel that peace was his own grave.

Not liking the feeling of rotting like the Japanese in peaceful times, Li Xiu longed for war even more. Only war could guarantee his strong fighting spirit.

As for grief, Li Xiu felt that the better way to fight was to pay homage to his brothers in heaven. Because Li Hu also liked the joy of fighting, a new war was definitely the best way to comfort Li Hu's spirit in heaven.

Visiting the Jinzhou Research Institute and Li Xiao's words gave Li Xiu a new understanding of future wars.

Before leaving, Li Xiu made a special trip to Juehua Island and Huanglongwei to see the tank crew training bases of Zu Kuan and Cao Bianjiao.

Juehua Island is a bit smaller, but Huanglongwei is much larger. On the map, it is a small point extending into the sea next to Lushun.

It actually looks so big, with dense jungle almost covering most of the place.

The exposed area is a barren meadow. What is rare is that a small hill rises from the seaside, which becomes a natural shooting range. Even if the cannonballs fly, they will only fall into the sea.

When Li Xiu saw the tanks and armored vehicles that had just been built, happily speeding across the meadow, he was so shocked that he could hardly speak.

This steel monster covered with iron armor can definitely be called the king of land warfare.

What a pity! This thing has not yet been mass-produced, and the tank factory is still under intensive construction. In order to catch up with the progress, it is even being designed and built at the same time.

Instead of taking a boat with the two new marine regiments, Li Xiu chose to take an airship and go south from Lushun.

From the sky, he had a bird's-eye view of Jeju Island, which was lined with chemical plants. Through the thick glass, Li Xiu could smell a strange and disgusting smell.

The elder brother set up all the chemical plants on the island, which was a wise decision. Li Xiu heard that the engineers here were all from the Ming Dynasty, but the workers who lived in poisonous gas all day long were all North Koreans.

Engineers rotate every ten days, while workers rotate every three months.

Li Xiu felt that staying in this kind of air for a day was torture. He sympathized with the North Korean workers who had to live here for three consecutive months.

But there was no way. If the Koreans didn't do this kind of thing, the Ming people had to do it themselves. Between harming others and harming his own people, Li Xiu felt that it was better to harm his own people.

People accompanying him said that the Empire plans to build more chemical plants in Okinawa.

Li Xiu knew that Okinawa was now filled with Uighur immigrants from the northwest. Li Xiao did not like those Uighurs living in the northwest. The words "they must be different if they are not my race" were almost engraved in Li Xiao's bones.

Led by Li Xiao, anti-foreign trends swept across China. In particular, believers who believed in the true God were strictly prohibited in China.

The Uighur temples were demolished one after another. Now in the land of the Ming Dynasty, there are no Uighur temples that believe in the true God.

Anyway, if you dare to claim that you believe in the Uighur religion in the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyiwei will dare to give you a shot. For the staunch Uighur believers, the Jinyiwei believes in physical annihilation.

Of course, it is wrong not to leave people a way to survive.

Therefore, believers who believed in the Uighur religion were migrated to Okinawa. Guys who had been used to herding sheep for generations now had to learn how to fish from the sea.

Poor guys, even a bite of mutton has become a luxury.

But things are getting better now. If you have a chemical plant, you will have jobs, and if you have jobs, you will have wages. If you have wages, you can sell mutton!

This is good news for the Uighurs. As for the fact that doing this work will shorten their life span and make death very painful, no one will tell them. It will take them some years of exploration on their own to sum up this experience and lessons.

Li Xiu took the airship and passed by Yizhou Island. Now it is a place with a population of millions, and traces of human activities are all over the island. Even under Yushan, some people are cultivating farmland.

As for the plain, there are chimneys connected one after another.

The large chimney, which represents an important symbol of the industrialization process, rises into the sky, and the billowing smoke from it makes people feel extremely proud.

Yizhou is the place with the earliest industrialization process besides Liaodong. The Chinese cigarettes that were popular throughout the Ming Dynasty were produced here.

The output value created by the Zhonghua Tobacco Factory alone every year can support the military expenditures of the four main divisions.

Not to mention, China Tobacco's factories are expanding year by year. Now they are exploring overseas markets, and even for the taste of European customers, China Tobacco Factory has also studied new formulas.

In many countries, Chinese cigarettes have become as hard currency as currency.

As the second-largest man in the empire, the navy can get a lot of quota from the cigarette factories here every year. As long as it is sold overseas by warships, it will be a lot of money.

Of course, this money was also one of the sources of Li Xiu's military expenses.

The country needs large-scale construction, and basic education also needs large investments. The Ministry of Revenue's money is always not enough, and there is no other way. Li Xiu's military spending is always not enough.

Without some extra money, Li Xiu would have no money to build new warships. At this point, it was hard to tell which one belonged to the Li family and which belonged to the country.

Just like today's navy, warships were built by Li Xiu with money. People were also trained by Li Xiu. Of course, the navy will be loyal to Li Xiao, but if Li Xiu speaks in the navy, he will definitely stick to his word.

Hainan has now become an important military port.

Except for some tourist areas and resorts in Tianya Haijiao, the remaining ports are all military ports. The navy has an extremely powerful voice here!

After resting for one night in Hainan Island, Li Xiu flew directly to Singapore.

When we arrived at Xinjiapo, this was Li Xiu's place. Here, Li Xiu was definitely a man of his word.

"This year, all the rifle stocks in the arsenal will be put forward and sent by ship to Nicosia." Seeing Sun Yuanhua, Li Xiu immediately made the request without any politeness.

"Send to Nicosia? Will there be another war in the west?" Sun Yuanhua knew that the Nicosia indigenous people had been completely expelled. Now it is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. As a strategic support point in the Mediterranean, it is being fully armed by the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty is already invincible in the world. Now it suddenly sends so many arms. Could it be that there is another war?

The war was standard good news for Sun Yuanhua.

Westerners are making continuous industrial progress. The weapons produced in the West are almost the same as those of the Ming Dynasty. Especially for rifles, the gap has been shortened to very small.

The only advantage the Ming Dynasty has now is that the gunpowder in the bullets is more advanced than that in the West, that's all.

Coupled with the prolonged peace, the Singapore arms factory has suffered serious losses. A large number of rifles and ammunition are unsaleable. If there is no war and the weapons cannot be sold, they will have to lay off employees and close down.

They are all skilled workers, and layoffs may lead to technology leakage. Sun Yuanhua really didn't want this to happen. When Li Xiu said this, he was immediately happy to see it.

"You old guy, the imperial court sent you back, but you didn't go to serve as governor of Jiangnan. Why are you afraid of Yang Sichang's fate?" Li Xiu did not answer Sun Yuanhua's words, but laughed at Sun Yuanhua.

"Second Master! It's a lie to say that you don't want to take the position of Governor of Jiangnan. After all, the beautiful land of Jiangnan and the Second Mansion of Susong are the land of plenty and wealth. Although they are both called governors, the governors there are much better than those in Xinjiapo.

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But Erye, you know how good the little old man is. Do you think the current situation in Jiangnan can be controlled by the little old man?

I know your fourth master is there, but it is the fourth master, and he has a murder knife in his hand. And the backing behind him is strong enough. No matter how he kills or how much he kills, there are people to support him.

Do you think that if the little old man comes to Jiangnan and kills him like this... he will not be pulled out for liquidation in the future?

Just do it well, and since I'm quite diligent in running my errands, I'll give him some slack."

Sun Yuanhua's bowing was so funny that Li Xiu also couldn't laugh or cry at this live treasure.

"You old man, as expected, you are as good as big brother. Big brother asked me to give you a message. Forget it this year.

When you return to China next year, you will serve as Brother Hao's assistant. Get acquainted with him. After Brother Hao returns to Beijing, you will be the new Governor of Jiangnan.

At that time, Brother Hao has killed all the people who should be killed for you. The only thing left for you is to run Jiangnan like you run Xinjiapo.

After all, it is the land of the Ming Dynasty, and it must be appeased after the killing." Regarding this old fox, Li Xiu only had to tell the truth.

Sun Yuanhua is not afraid of doing errands, he is afraid of being pushed out of the tank in the end. As an official, he has seen many such things.

"The commander-in-chief gives me face, so I will naturally take care of it. Just do as the commander-in-chief says, next year I will go to Jiangnan to take up my new job. This new home slope...!"

"You don't need to worry about Singapore's affairs. This is a strategic point guarding the two oceans. It is more suitable as a fortress, rather than blindly developing commerce like it is now.

In the future, this will become a base for the Marine Corps. In addition, there will also be many warships stationed in the port.

As a gate to the empire, this place can keep enemies from the west away thousands of miles away. In the next year, many factories and other things will be relocated to Malaysia across the strait.

The land there is much richer and cheaper than in Singapore."

"promise!"

Sun Yuanhua knew that this involved the Ming Dynasty's global layout, so he naturally did not dare to interrupt.

After staying in Singapore for one night, Li Xiu flew to Ceylon Island by airship early the next morning. After a short stay, he went to Bombay for inspection. Similarly, the rifles in the Bombay Arsenal were also piled up.

As usual, the weapons in the Bombay Arsenal were also shipped to Nicosia.

At the same time, Li Xiu also mobilized a regiment of Marine Corps to prepare to enter the Ottoman Empire to train the Ottoman Army.

The Ming Dynasty was preparing for war against Russia, but at this time Russia had no knowledge of it.

Dorgon and Zilhalang, as the most distinguished guests of Empress Catherine, are sitting at the banquet and eating stag meat.

It is said that the meat of stag is the most nourishing to men, especially Dorgon and Zirharang who are entangled with Russian women all day long.

It’s a rare opportunity to taste fresh stag meat. Don’t miss this opportunity.

The banquet was an open-air banquet, and the stag was shot by Empress Catherine herself. This is even more rare!

"Dorgon, the new rifle is really good. Even I can hit prey from a hundred meters away. Even though this stag is so big, it is so big from a hundred meters away." Yekaterin

Na stretched out her thumb and index finger to measure it. Its length was enough to arouse people's imagination.

"The effective range is only 240 meters. Isn't this a little too close?" Kutuzov was a little dissatisfied with the newly developed rifle. In his opinion, a person can hit the target from a hundred meters away.

A buck weighing several hundred pounds.

If you can't even hit the stag, that kind of soldier is only suitable for being dragged out to feed the dogs.

"Haha! Her Majesty's marksmanship is indeed excellent, but the range requirement of the Ming Dynasty's Generalissimo Li Xiao is actually more than 200 meters."

"The range of the Ming Dynasty rifle is only two hundred meters?" Duke Peter looked at Dorgon in disbelief. After all, he didn't know much about the Ming Dynasty.

"To be precise, the effective range is two hundred meters.
To be continued...