"What's going on with the British? How come Wu Sangui can build everything? They've actually built a steam engine. Will they be able to build an airship tomorrow?" Li Xiao looked at Li Yongfang with an unkind expression.

Since the Xiaoyu incident, the confidentiality of the arsenal has become a top priority. Under such circumstances, the British still built a steam engine, which Li Xiao couldn't stand. The Ming Dynasty's military security department

Isn’t it all a sieve?

Sweat broke out on Li Yongfang's forehead for a moment, and he knew that Li Xiao was extremely dissatisfied.

Oh my God! I have offended many people over the years. If I lose Li Xiao's support... God knows what my end will be.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Li Yongfang bowed: "Commander Qi! The matter of the steam engine must not have been leaked by our Ming Dynasty. According to what my subordinates know, Wu Sangui hired a man named Watt in the UK.

, this is the man who invented the steam engine.

This matter has been reported in the briefing at the end of last year...!" Li Yongfang glanced at Li Xiao carefully.

Li Xiao curled his lips helplessly. When he was seriously ill at the end of last year, he was still reading a briefing by Mao Shao.

"What did you call the man who invented the steam engine?" Li Xiao suddenly grasped the key point.

"Call...Watt!"

"Hey...!" Li Xiao sighed even more helplessly. The track of the chariot of history cannot be shaken by just a mantis. No matter how hard it is, he can't figure out that the great god of history has something to do with him.

The steam engine originally belonged to him! In other words, the steam engine was originally improved by Watt. He just developed a black technology!

"Engineers who focus on monitoring power plants must never allow anyone to leak electrical secrets." Since the steam engine has been leaked, electrical secrets must not be leaked anymore. The emergence of electricity has epoch-making significance. Now there is only the capital and the foundation of the Liao Army.

Liaodong, which is stable, and Jinan, Shandong, where there are many factories, have power plants, which are relatively easy to control.

"No! Over at the Huangdao Shipyard, we found a few people cheating on others. May I ask the commander how to deal with them?" Li Yongfang asked knowingly!

In order to save some face for herself, Li Yongfang decided to throw out a few unlucky people.

"Well! What's going on?"

"A few bribed guys secretly hand-painted warship designs and sold them to a man from Shaanxi. The Shaanxi man disappeared after arriving in Guanzhong. He lost three elite men and could not find him."

"Hand-drawn warship patterns! You dare to do such a thing, not bad! They did a great job!" Li Xiao turned blue with anger.

There are still many people who don't understand why the imperial court wants to fight the Mongols and the British. This is so that the descendants of the Chinese nation have enough resources to use, and this is so that the descendants of the Chinese nation can be at the top of the world's national forest.

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Lu Xun once said that history books are full of cannibalism.

There are always those idiots who don’t know the cruelty of this world. The law of the jungle has always been the most basic law. Morality, fairness, and justice are fig leaves between countries, and between nations. The law of the jungle has always been the rule of this world!

Over the past thousands of years, how many ethnic groups have disappeared from this world. None of them were destroyed by natural disasters. For the disappearance of all known ethnic groups, the murderers were biological ancestry.

Never believe what a diplomat says, they are all bullshit. Use the most polite language and make the most shameless requests. This is the job of a diplomat.

"Kill! Blood relatives among the three clans, kill!" Li Xiao gritted his teeth.

"Destroy the three clans?" Even Li Yongfang, who was a prolific murderer, couldn't help but be shocked. Even when there was an emperor, the punishment of annihilating the three clans was second only to the annihilation of the nine clans. It is not allowed to be used for non-serious crimes! Now, Li

Xiao actually wants to use such punishment.

"Yes! Destroy the three tribes. Eat and sell out the ancestors. Kill!" Li Xiao softly said the word "kill". Hundreds of heads fell to the ground!

"No!" Li Yongfang didn't know that so many people would die after just one sentence.

"Find capable people to go to Guanzhong and find the nails that Dorgon buried." Next year, it will be the time when all armies will set out to expedition to the Western Regions. Unpredictable factors must not occur in the base camp of Guanzhong.

"promise!"

Back at the back house, Li Xiao lay on the bed feeling exhausted. Perhaps it was not physical fatigue but mental exhaustion. Only now did he realize how difficult it is to govern a country with a population of over 100 million. To govern a country with a population of over 1 billion,

It is even more difficult.

Tokugawa Chiki's little hands touched Li Xiao's temples and kneaded them gently.

"Lin'er went to bed last night and talked in her sleep and called her mother. Did she bring Mrs. Zhang back?"

Another worry!

When a woman reaches Zhang's age, her personality will be as eccentric as possible.

"Take it? Didn't Xiaoyu go and take it? She refused to come back. She is still resenting Zhu Yihai's death! What an injustice!" Li Xiao felt helpless for such a tangled and messy thing.

What Zhu Yihai did during the Meridian Gate Incident... If Li Xiao hadn't made a decisive decision at that time, I'm afraid Zhang would have to be a widow again!

"Would you like me to go to the island and give you some advice...!"

"I just ordered that no one else is allowed to land on Changxing Island at will. People on the island are also not allowed to leave at will! You go to the island with so many people and there are so many people talking. If something goes wrong, you can't explain it. Wait a minute.

!

I'm going to inspect the northwest in a few days. You prepare something for Lin'er. I'll take him there then. I'll also let him see what the vast northwest is like. This vast place can broaden people's minds.

If you want to do big things in this life, your heart is very important. His father and I are starting to feel tired now." Li Xiao hugged Tokugawa Chiki's soft body and closed his eyes.

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Li Xiu held Li Xiao's letter in his hand. It only took thirteen days for the letter to arrive in his hands from the capital of the Ming Dynasty. It has been a month since the last battle in Singapore. The sea breeze in Singapore is still so warm. But

My mood is completely different from what it was a month ago!

A month ago, he led the Ming Dynasty Navy to come here with great vigor. At that time, he believed that his fleet could not have any rival in this world. But reality taught him a hard lesson!

The British fleet made rapid progress. Not only did they have steam-engined ironclads and accurate artillery fire, but they could also maintain a good formation when mixing stations. The Prince of Wales did not hang out the white flag to surrender at the last moment.

All this impressed Li Xiu deeply. This is an extremely difficult opponent. The eldest brother said that Britain is the top naval power in the West. He used to despise it, but now it seems that the eldest brother is right. The performance of the British Navy

, worthy of the title of strong army.

Zhenyuan was basically disabled, half of the front main turret was left, and all the rear main turrets were overturned. Laiyuan and Jingyuan were all seriously injured. Jiyuan and Dingyuan were slightly injured, and only Zhiyuan, who was guarding the landing fleet, was not injured.

However, Zhiyuan belongs to the first generation of ironclads, with only two boilers in its belly. Its speed, armor and front main gun cannot be compared with the next three new ironclads.

Zhenyuan, Laiyuan, and Jiyuan have returned. I don’t know how long it will take for the ship repairs this time. Lushunkou and Huangdao are too far from Xinjiapo.

"Commander, please call me...!" Sun Yuanhua was a little nervous, but Li Xiu called him over but stared at the sea in a daze.

"Oh! I was thinking about something and almost forgot about you. My eldest brother wrote a letter. A shipyard is going to be built in Singapore. I only have soldiers fighting here, not craftsmen working. So I came to see you and bump the wooden clock.

Can you be accommodating and help build shipyards and dry docks?" Although the tone was polite, there was a strong tone that left no room for doubt.

"Commander, you are joking. If you have any needs, just tell me. Manpower! I still have two thousand prisoners of war in my hand, which can be used by Commander. If they are not enough, you can also ask Tagawa Nanemon to take them.

Let the Japanese arrest them. In the past, when Hong Chengchou was here, this was how the labor problem was solved.

As for materials, if you want wood, Malaysia has a lot of forests. Just let the workers chop what kind of wood you want. We have a stone factory not far from Singapore, so stone is not a problem. As for cement...!

"Bricks, the cement produced by the cement factory is indeed somewhat insufficient now. Can I allocate half of the daily output to you?" Sun Yuanhua said in a completely negotiating tone.

This commander is none other than the younger brother of Marshal Li Xiao. I have gained a lot of courage and dare to show off my official power with this man.

"That's not bad! Those prisoners of war are fine, but the natives are always not strong enough." Li Xiu frowned when he saw those monkey-like Southeast Asian natives. Their arms and legs were as thin as monkeys, and they looked like

What needs to be done?

"Uh...! Yesterday, a man named Joseph came to see me. He said he was a Frenchman. His brother was a French commander in Egypt. He had a group of strong Egyptians to betray.

I've seen it below, and it turns out they are indeed strong people.

Commander, if you want, I can get that Joseph. However, you have to pay for the money yourself. Xinjiapo has been building a city these years, and there is really no money in the treasury. Please be considerate of me."

"You old fritter! You're playing hardcore with me. Everyone knows how much Hong Chengchou's family is. What? Do you want to take it all for yourself?"

"Oh! Speaking of Hong Chengchou's family background, I have something to report to the Commander. Guess who I found among the female members of the Hong family?"

"Stop talking nonsense, let it go quickly!"

"Xiaoguan discovered Liu Rushi among the female relatives of the Hong family. When Xiaguan was a Jinshi, he once paid a visit to Qian Qianyi. By chance, he met Liu Rushi."

"Liu Rushi?" Li Xiu suddenly became energetic.

"That's right! I can guarantee that I'm not mistaken. Now the Hong family has been put under guard. If the commander wants someone, I will send someone right away."

"You old guy, when did you start working as a prostitute? But this woman is indeed very useful, Scar! Bring some good hands to bring this person back. I think my brother will be interested in this woman."

"No!" Dao Scar responded, leading Li Xiu's guard company straight to Xinjiapo City.
Chapter completed!