"Mr. Watt, is this a steam engine?" Wu Sangui felt that the behemoth in front of him was somewhat different from the imagined steam engine.

"Sir Wu! In fact, we have had steam engines in England before, and they were specially used to pump water in coal mines. However, because the previous steam engines did not use rubber air seals, their power was far inferior to the products I am making now. You reminded me,

Knowing how to use rubber to enhance air tightness, we built the steam engine in front of us.

I think this is unique in the world!" Watt looked at his roaring monster with a very proud expression.

"Another self-righteous idiot!" Wu Sangui muttered, of course he muttered in Chinese.

"Sir Wu, what did you say?" Watt, immersed in the joy of successful research and development, looked at Wu Sangui in confusion.

"Oh, it's nothing! I think you are very great and the Western world will change because of you." Wu Sangui's expression was solemn and he looked very respectful.

"Thank you for your compliments, Sir Wu." Watt felt delighted when he heard what Wu Sangui said.

"I heard that in the Ming Dynasty, they used this thing to drive trucks on the rails faster than the fastest horse. It can also be installed on warships. Using this thing as power, it can sail unstoppably on the ocean.

.Can this thing of yours be transformed into that?" Wu Sangui was not very satisfied when he looked at the guy in front of him who kept swallowing coal and making noise, but could only pump water.

"The truck runs on the rails! And how can this thing be installed on a ship?" Watt looked at the huge thing in front of him and thought Wu Sangui's words were a bit unbelievable. But after thinking about it, he felt that these seemed feasible. After all, steam engines can be used as propulsion

The driving force behind everything. All that is needed is a more ingenious mechanical structure.

"It seems possible, but further research and development is needed. How to convert the power of the steam engine into other power."

"Great, Mr. Watt. As long as your experiment is successful, George and I will definitely ask Her Majesty the Queen for credit. Even a title is not enough to reward your merits. You will become the greatest inventor in the Western world." Followed.

Watt had been staying for a long time, and Wu Sangui knew that Watt liked to wear high hats and was very passionate about titles. He was the kind of person who talked in his sleep and became a noble.

"Thank you Sir Wu, I will definitely work hard." Satisfied, Watt spread out the drawing and took a pencil to write and draw on it.

"Wu! Is this the steam engine you are talking about? It seems useless. I think this thing can only pump water." George looked at the steam engine and looked at Wu Sangui with some confusion. He didn't quite believe it. The "gudu" and "gudu" in front of him pumped water.

How on earth would a monster be loaded onto a ship? If so, how big would the ship need to be? According to Wu Sangui, the ship should be made of steel. How is this possible?

"It is because of the possession of this thing that the Ming Dynasty successfully built an invincible fleet on the sea. When our English fleet encounters it, we have to retreat. Now in terms of weapons, we are actually not much worse than the Ming Dynasty. But in other things, we are far behind

Not as good as Ming Dynasty.

The spies came back with news that railways are being built on a large scale in the Ming Dynasty. This mist-spraying thing can push mountains of goods packed into cargo boxes faster than horses. It is so far from New Delhi to Mumbai.

The distance only takes one day.

Also, not only I, but many people have seen their warships. They are really made of steel, and they are spitting out black smoke. They are roaming freely on the sea, and if our cannonballs hit the steel hull, they will be beaten by others.

The hull of the ship bounced back.

We have a powerful fleet, but I have never dared to cross the strait, just because of the existence of such iron-clad warships. As long as we also have iron-clad warships, we can occupy the strait. Then sweep along the strait across the South China Sea, and then go north to the soft waters of the Ming Dynasty.

Take a dip in your lower abdomen.

Believe me George, the profits from such a trip will be very huge. More than the taxes you collected in India for ten years!

Moreover, we can also open up business routes in the Ming Dynasty. We can traffic duck slices to the Ming Dynasty openly. You don’t know how much profit there is.” Wu Sangui knew that George was a profit animal and wanted to impress him.

It requires sufficient benefits. After living in India for so long, Wu Sangui has long learned how to control people's hearts. Of course, Liu Rushi played a big role in fueling the situation behind the scenes.

"Haha! If that's true, the British Empire will definitely become the world's most powerful country. The great Anglo-Saxons will definitely rule the world." George looked longingly into the distance, imagining how great the British Empire would be.

"Another lunatic!" Wu Sangui shook his head helplessly and walked out of the laboratory.

The steam engine was very exciting just looking at it, but after being there for a long time, his ears were deafened. Wu Sangui always yelled when talking to George and Watt, and now he felt that his throat hurt.

Outside the city of Mumbai, a series of oxcarts pulling goods wind their way north. These are the oxcarts used by the Mongols to pull arms. After the arms are transported to the Ili Valley, the replenished Mongols will continue to attack the Ming army.

Wu Sangui knew George's dream, and he also knew Batur Hutaiji's dream. Break through the Ming army's defense line, conquer the Central Plains in one fell swoop, and complete the great cause of Genghis Khan. This was Batur Hutaiji's ambition!

For this ambition, he will definitely send more Mongolian warriors to attack the Ming Dynasty. He will attract more and more Ming troops to the vast northwest. As long as he delays for two or three years, he will be able to build a huge fleet.

Then he led this invincible fleet to occupy the Strait Castle. Then he went north to attack the coastal cities of the Ming Dynasty.

Fighting all the way from Guangzhou to Quanzhou and Ningbo, the Ming Dynasty collapsed in a two-front battle. Wu Sangui knew that even a behemoth like the Ming Dynasty could not cope with a two-front battle. This is how the Chongzhen Dynasty collapsed.

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"Brother Wu Sangui, you are our Mongolians' eternal friend. Welcome to the grassland, and we will entertain you with the most fragrant mare's milk." Danzila put his hand on his chest and saluted Wu Sangui.

This time Wu Sangui was very generous. Not only did he give away a lot of arms, but he also carefully drew up the drawings for making ammunition to Jierhalang. He believed that the workshops controlled by the Jurchens would soon be able to produce qualified bullets. Before that, Wu Sangui had already

Shared the recipe for gunpowder with the Mongols.

The price for the Mongols was only five beauties and a cartload of gold, silver and gems.

"I will definitely go to the grassland if I have the chance, and I will have a good drink with you then." Wu Sangui hugged Danzila very enthusiastically. Danzila smelled so bad that Wu Sangui almost fainted.

Fighting back vomiting, Wu Sangui smiled and shook hands with Jierhalang. The Jurchens were better, at least they didn't have the brain-painful smell.

"Your drawings are very important. Dorgon has learned how to prepare new gunpowder. Now that we have the drawings of ammunition, I believe that bullets and cannonballs will be produced soon. We no longer have to transport arms from distant India to the grasslands.

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You don’t know, this journey is very hard and full of dangers. Once the bumps are severe, those shells will explode. Last year, hundreds of our people died from shell explosions.”

"Don't worry this time, the ammunition has been carefully packed. As long as you don't hit it directly with a hammer, you should be fine. Remember my words, encourage the Mongols to continue attacking the northwest of the Ming Dynasty. Attract the main force of the Ming Dynasty to the northwest!

In the future, only we will succeed, or the Mongols will succeed. Liaodong will still be the Liaodong of your Jurchens. I guarantee it!"

"Thank you!" Jirhalang shook hands with Wu Sangui again, and then he, Danzila and others rode to catch up with the convoy.

"Let's go! If the people of the Rakshasa Kingdom are willing to get involved, then Ming Dynasty will be even more lively. Today is so damn busy!" Wu Sangui complained and rode back to Bombay City, where the Rakshasa Kingdom's envoy lived.

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Hong Chengchou looked at the majestic castle in front of him and felt a sense of pride in his heart. To be able to build such a castle in his lifetime would be a great achievement for the ages. The city walls made of huge stones would take a while to explode even with explosives, let alone cannonballs.

Xinjiapo City faces the sea, and the vegetation has been uprooted in places facing the sea. The beach stretches endlessly to the bottom of the city, forming an artificial desert. Anyone who wants to land and attack Xinjiapo from the sea will have to pay a huge price.

Just when Hong Chengchou was thinking about his achievements, a string of ox carts drove out of the city gate and headed towards Deep Water Bay in the distance.

This was a scene that happened every day. The bullock carts were strewn with corpses. Some committed suicide because they could not endure the abuse by Japanese supervisors. Some tried to escape and were caught and executed. Others died of exhaustion, starvation, and even thirst.

Most of these people were skinny and skinny, which was the result of the Japanese people depriving them of their rations. The Japanese people were very good at supervising work. They divided the people into two teams. The two teams worked in competition, and naturally the winner was rewarded with rations.

The team that works more and faster will always get enough rations. The team that works slowly will always not get enough rations. Finally, the team that works slowly will be eliminated.

Hard labor and malnutrition left only a few people alive.

However, the Japanese did not worry about this. Maori Kogoro could always collect enough indigenous people from all corners of the South China Sea. Of course, his work would not be in vain. Hong Chengchou would give him enough money to purchase these indigenous people.

Some strong natives would be transported to the Ming Dynasty and sold to the Ming Dynasty people at high prices as coolies or slaves.

In this way, Hong Chengchou could offset the funds for the construction of Xinjiapo City. As for the offset part, except what was handed over to the court, only God knows how much is left. Hong Chengchou's accounts have always been confusing.

The corpses of the natives were transported to Deep Water Bay, where huge crocodiles were already waiting. The corpses were thrown down one by one, and the crocodiles grabbed the arms or legs of the corpses. Then the whole body kept turning over and forcefully

Twist the arms or legs from the human body. Then, these crocodiles will swallow the arms and legs directly.

Obviously, this kind of thing happens every day. The crocodiles have learned to divide work and cooperate, and will not fight for food. The corpses of the natives were quickly dismembered and swallowed. There were many corpses, and the crocodiles were obviously not enough. When

After the crocodiles felt full, they ran to the beach and basked in the sun with their mouths wide open. Their huge fangs made people shudder in the sun.

The Japanese people are no longer afraid of this thing, because this thing never attacks the Japanese people. These beasts seem to know that the Japanese people are here to bring them food. Even though the Japanese people secretly hunted two crocodiles, peeled off the crocodile skins and sold them

Ming people, these crocodiles still won't attack them.

The corpses drifted with the waves, and soon strange ocean currents would take them to the sea. Triangular shark fins appeared on the sea one after another, and then these corpses were eaten by sharks. There were obviously more sharks than crocodiles in the sea, and no corpses floated there.

In the open sea, it will disappear in the bay.

It is as if these indigenous people have never appeared in this world. They disappear without a trace. Finally, they turn into the excrement of crocodiles or sharks, nourishing the sea or palm trees on the beach.

Hong Chengchou looked at the castle across the strait. Compared to the Strait Castle, that castle was much smaller. The city walls were not high enough and were made of sand and stone. It is estimated that in the event of a larger typhoon, the fate of these walls would be worrying.

It was a castle built by the Japanese people in return for sending troops. Li Xiao promised to allocate land to the Japanese people so that they could live in the South China Sea. The Japanese people also built a port there, and the draft was not as deep as that of the Ming Dynasty. However, those who docked in the Japanese country

There are more than enough sea ships. These sea ships can transport the Western items purchased by the Japanese to Japan or the Ming Dynasty for sale.

Of course, they would also sell the things acquired by the Ming Dynasty to Westerners through the docks.

Since the Ming Dynasty occupied the Strait Castle, Western cargo ships could only go so far. No matter what kind of goods they were transporting, they could not cross the Strait, otherwise they would be sunk by cannons without hesitation.

After sinking several merchant ships, Western and Arab merchants all accepted this harsh terms. As a last resort, they sold their goods to the Ming Dynasty or the Japanese, and then sailed back.

After a few times, they discovered that the profits they made were actually not that big. They were happy to transship the goods like this, and some wealthy Arab businessmen even thought about buying a piece of land in Singapore to use as a warehouse to store goods.

Of course, buying land requires the approval of the governor, Hong Chengchou, and this is also the case with the Japanese. What used to be a drudgery job has now become a fat job. Unknowingly, Hong Chengchou felt that he was in love

Here, it doesn't matter if I don't go back to the Central Plains in this life. Singapore is just a little warmer and there are just two extra ice cubes in the room. It's not a big deal.

"Your Majesty the Governor, there is an urgent report from the court."

Hong Chengchou opened the brown paper envelope and took out the letterhead. After reading it, he narrowed his eyes.
Chapter completed!