Dominate the Country

Chen Ming's fury made all the senior officials of Shaanxi represented by Wu Xueli sweat like a pulp, and they all wanted to lower their heads to their crotches.

Seeing Wu Xueli's swaying figure when he walked, Chen Ming really felt reluctant.

But this was a plan he had already planned in his heart.

After receiving the news that the Ottoman envoys would arrive in China in early summer next year, all this was formed in his mind. Who let this news come with some things in the Ottoman Empire? The sect and the guards are really damned.

Chen Ming wanted to fight back, and he thought about the distribution of senior officials and Muslim believers in Guanzhong, Jin Province, and Central Plains. Guanzhong is obviously the best choice.

Who let Wu Xueli have a close friend named Pang Zhenkun?

When the first cabinet expires in the fifth year of Chengtian, Pang Zhenkun will enter the second cabinet as expected. Wu Xueli has done a good job in Guanzhong, so let's suppress him for a few more years.

Otherwise, Wu Xueli, as a link, will connect Pang Zhenkun and Yan Xishen more and more closely. This is not good!

Pang Zhenkun is from the Central Plains, but he served in Hunan and Xiangxi, and has close ties with many people in Hunan. Yan Xishen has been classified as a faction of former Qing officials who surrendered. The latter has a strong accumulation, but there is no outstanding "top talent". Mixing with Pang Zhenkun, who is very trusted by Chen Ming, has some bad effects on Chen Ming's court structure.

So it is a two-birds-with-one-stone attack to attack Wu Xueli.

After Wu Xueli and others retreated, Chen Ming immediately returned to the side hall, looking at the big map hanging on the wall, and with a big hand, Liu Wu took a red ink pen and personally marked Xianyang and Baotou, Inner Mongolia on the map. A straight road of 1,800 miles appeared on the map. The widest is 60 meters, and generally 20 meters, crossing mountains and ridges, flat and winding.

Nearly two thousand years ago, the First Emperor built such an ancient highway with extraordinary power.

This reminds people of the European proverb - All roads lead to Rome. The five-meter-wide Roman Avenue built by the Romans made Europeans proud for a thousand years, and the Qin Straight Road built by the First Emperor was almost not mentioned in China two years ago.

Even Chen Ming, a time traveler, had forgotten the existence of this road before. If Wu Xueli hadn't suddenly proposed to repair the Qin Straight Road, Chen Ming's eyes would always be on the traffic network he planned. And sadly, when the traffic network plan was finalized, no one mentioned the three words "Qin Straight Road" to him.

Chen Ming got the relevant information and memorials from Wu Xueli when he returned to Xi'an. Wu Xueli was well prepared. He organized a group of people to look up all the historical information about the Qin Straight Road, and sent people to visit the Qin Straight Road for centuries to see the current situation. The preparation was really detailed.

Although Chen Ming has not yet decided to repair this two thousand year old highway, saying that the Ministry of Finance will make a budget estimate, in fact, he is already prepared to repair such a road in his heart.

In the days when train technology was far from mature, rammed earth pavement was actually the main body of China's road transportation network. The output of cement was simply impossible to supply all roads. Cement could only be used for sporadic lines in the most important stage, and the latter's main function was still used for port construction and house construction.

Qinzhi Road, a thoroughfare that was still in service until the Ming Dynasty, and a major transportation route that gradually became blocked in the early Qing Dynasty, is of course necessary to revitalize it.

Although many sections of the entire Qinzhi Road have been submerged by hay and some sections have been damaged, the overall workload of this repair project is much less than building a flat road connecting Guanzhong to Mongolia.

Although since the Ming Dynasty, when it comes to exchanges with Inner Mongolia, Shanxi Province has completely surpassed Shaanxi. And the northern end of Shaanxi is more of a deserted land outside the Great Wall, rather than cattle and sheep seen in the wind blowing grass.

But Chen Ming, looking at the map, is absolutely sure that repairing the Qin Straight Road will do more harm than good, even if it is for the sake of northern Shaanxi. With the Qin Straight Road as a foundation, the impact of the Weihe River Basin on northern Shaanxi will definitely be much higher. Even if it is to revitalize the economy of northern Shaanxi, Chen Ming thinks it is worth repairing the Qin Straight Road.

Of course, all this is based on the careful exploration after the establishment of the engineering team.

Chen Ming has a small notebook in his hand, which records a lot of things, such as the Qin Straight Road, which suddenly broke out, has a certain meaning of existence, and gives people unexpected "surprises". This is all recorded in this small notebook.

Just like when Chen Ming first learned about the port country of Hexian Town, Chen Ming recorded it in this booklet. By now, there is no problem with the matter of Hexian Town.

Although Chen Ming did not wait in Nanjing this year, the envoys who came to Nanjing to congratulate him this year were the most complete.

Not only Siam, Guangnan, and Bac Chuan, but also Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Siam, Korea, and even Japan, Yogyakarta, and Brunei sent envoys to Nanjing.

It can be seen that China has hit Yogyakarta, forced Malaysia to surrender, and defeated Manila, which has shocked many people in the surrounding areas.

And before the Chinese New Year, according to the news sent from Nanjing, a large number of noble families were dealing with certain industries, and more than one person asked the relevant officials of the Ministry of Finance about the issuance of North American Jiazhou land bonds.

The first batch of troops marching into California has been on the march for two months, and their influence has already been concretely demonstrated. Now the war may have already begun in North America. In any case, the court's use of troops in North America has shown everyone the hope and progress of establishing a vassal state overseas.

The emperor is not just talking nonsense, but is making real efforts.

So the securities markets in Shanghai and Guangzhou have been quite unpredictable recently. Obviously, there are very promising shares, but some people are selling them at this time. This situation is not one or two, which has caused a great shock in the market.

All these things were recorded in Chen Ming's notebook, but some are important and some are not.

Intelligence shows that Chen Ming's "ambition" may have been artificially spread. Some big merchants who are closely related to the families of honorable officials have also heard the news.

Xiong Bingzhang reported that recently, within a month, the coastal ports of Shandong, northern Jiangsu and Hebei, to be precise, Tianjin, Qingdao, Yantai and Lianyungang, suddenly had a large amount of funds involved in shipbuilding and daily necessities manufacturing.

The economic development of Hebei, Shandong and northern Jiangsu was greatly boosted by this sudden wave of "accidents".

Originally, everything was settled in the twelfth lunar month, but the economic development curve in North China rose sharply.

This accident brought great changes to the economic development forecast in the next few years.

Just talking about the expansion of the logging industry caused by the development of the shipbuilding industry in the north, and all the daily necessities needed by the army of lumberjacks, it can change too much of the future.

Not to mention that there are many more ironware manufacturers such as pots, pans, spoons, kitchen knives and shovels, scissors, needles and threads, and small hardware for farm tools in these places.

For immigration, ironware is essential.

And the immigration route from China to North America, from any aspect, must be the northern route. And there are only a few big ports in the north line. If they develop industries nearby, they are likely to become golden goose in the future.

Unconsciously, the thriving business forces under Chen Ming have completed an industrial transfer. This wave of economic development in the coastal areas of North China has really accelerated his previous vision of North China by two or three years.

Chen Ming didn't know that the ups and downs of the economic field in southern China in the past month have been seen by many foreign businessmen in Nanjing. They didn't know that Chen Ming wanted to "establish a country" overseas. With the California War officially on the table and the inevitable emergence of Jiazhou land bonds, the large sums of money hoarded by Chen Han dignitaries and some big businessmen and prepared to spend on land bonds were shouted by Europeans: incredible.

They couldn't understand this phenomenon.

Obviously, the returns of land bonds are very small, and putting oneself in the rapidly developing commercial tide is the most profitable choice.

But so many Chinese nobles and state officials chose to move their limited capital from making money to not making money. This is not an order from the Chinese emperor, but a spontaneous choice of these Chinese high-ranking classes.

In the eyes of many uninformed people, this is a manifestation of the extremely close and inseparable unity between the emperor and his subjects in the Chinese dynasty.

Europeans have said that the strongest fortresses often begin to collapse from the inside.

Although they admit that China is powerful, no one will sit back and watch China erode their interests step by step. You know, after the news that China sent troops to California in North America spread thoroughly in mainland China, Watson suddenly raised the danger of China to the peak.

Before, he thought that China's threat to the Kingdom of Great Britain only existed in India, but he never thought that the Chinese emperor with a huge appetite had already set his eyes on California thousands of miles away.

Obviously, the entire west coast of North America will be plundered by the Chinese, and after seizing the west coast, the Chinese will definitely move towards the inland of North America. A Rocky Mountain cannot stop the Chinese!

This trend of the Chinese has already threatened the interests of the Kingdom of Great Britain in North America. They are not only beating up the big duck, but also taking a meaningful step towards the North American continent. California is completely different from Alaska.

Although the Spaniards have only been there for a few years, if you look at the east coast at the same latitude, that is the thirteen states of North America, which is the most important interest of the Kingdom of Great Britain in North America. You can imagine how superior the natural conditions in California are.

The British regard the thirteen states of North America as their own "New England". In addition to population and various basic industries, the thirteen states of North America have all the conditions for independent nation-building. So if the same piece of superior land is occupied by the Chinese, it will be an enemy more powerful than the French.

Everyone will make a wishful thinking, but that must be backed by absolute strength.

The most favorable situation for China now is that China's comprehensive strength is definitely much stronger than that of the British.

There is no country around China that can cause trouble for it, let alone challenge it. So after China ends the battle with Russia, it can have enough energy to devote itself to the engulfment of Spanish interests.

It is now an invincible dragon. Once the food in its stomach is digested, it will open its mouth and bite everything in front of it unscrupulously. No rules or systems can stop its rampage.

In the end, China will realize Chen Ming's great idea - to devour the Americas, split the Eurasian continent, and dominate the world.

But while he was carrying out his plan step by step, Westerners did not stop their brains, and the British were also making their own wishful thinking. Although Watson's level is not yet at the top, including Bronte and Robert, their levels are not too high. But that doesn't mean their brains are any worse than those of the big guys at the top of London.

"The Chinese must fight the war at home, and must mobilize China's homeland." Otherwise, a China with domestic stability and rapid development will have too much power to use externally.

"We must let the Russians and the Chinese go to war. Let these two land powers have a century-old war."

"The Russians are not that stupid? Mr. Count, do you think Her Majesty Catherine II is ready for war now?"

Bronte shook her finger towards Robert. The consul general in front of her was a qualified deputy in Bronte's eyes. He was more capable than herself in many business matters, but Robert's biggest flaw was his political vision. , which limits his growth height.

"Russia will not be defeated. That is an opponent that the Chinese cannot defeat." The smile on Bronte's face was very relaxed and charming. "Moscow and Petersburg are too far away from Beijing. It is impossible for the Chinese to break into the heart of Russia." . What the Mongols could do in the distant 13th century, the more powerful Chinese today absolutely cannot do. "

"But they have an ally in the Ottoman Empire."

"Then Russia also has a whole monotheistic world standing behind it." Bronte said firmly. "As long as the Russians can hold China's attention, London can use every last penny of its treasury to support the Slavs."

"But it is impossible for the Russians to invest all their power in the East. Their interests in Europe are Russia's core wealth."

The leaders of China and Russia are not fools, so how can they continue to fight a bad war?

"So if Russia no longer has any benefits to its west, do you think it will turn its eyes to the east?"

"The trigger between China and Russia is the failed Tatars. I don't know how many of these bannermen are left now. But I know that the Chinese will never let such an enemy survive under their noses for a long time. . And the great Her Majesty Catherine II will never admit defeat. The biggest reason for this failure is not China. "

"Then the next war will break out in the vast and desolate Siberia, on the Kazakh steppe with no industrial foundation. The Russian Cossack cavalry will not make it easy for the Chinese."

"If this war breaks out, it must have an extremely painful outcome for the loser. Either the Russians are willing to lose tens of millions of square kilometers of land, or the Chinese watch the dead Manchu Empire resurrect, otherwise If so, let them continue fighting.”

"Perhaps in three to five years, a Hundred Years' War will break out that China and Russia will have to grit their teeth to fight!"

The Russians cannot accept the bitter fruit of losing the entire Siberia, even if it is a barren land that produces nothing but fur; and the dignity of the Chinese people will never be able to see the Manchu dynasty come back to life...

Bronte and Watson had a tacit understanding. They laughed happily. They felt that this was China's biggest crisis. The British only needed to stand behind the Russians in a timely manner when the next Sino-Russian war broke out. Give it a hard push. The Chinese, whose energy is greatly attracted by the war on land, will minimize the threat in North America.

Robert frowned.