New Ming Empire mixed in America

Sitting outside the Royal Academy, Li Mingqi and Liu Youcai discussed the future of the Xinming Empire.

"Now we are no longer the empire that no one knew where we were even if we named it, so we need professional diplomats."

Li Mingqi sighed. Now the Xinming Empire has gained a wave of international popularity by relying on the reputation of Tsarist Russia.

Finally, it has gained a reputation on the west coast, but if it wants to gain recognition from other countries, it still needs the fist of the Xinming Empire to hit them in the face.

But before that happens, a tough diplomat is needed.

The previous candidate was Cui Jianguo, Duke of Wei, but now the old man has lived a retired life with the young widow, which makes Li Mingqi feel a little sad.

Although Cui Jianguo is dead, diplomats still have to take care of things.

"Long live my lord, in my humble opinion, why do we have to establish diplomats?"

But Liu Youcai put forward his own opinion and said: "Diplomats undermine the dignity of our empire. Just like doing business, how can we do door-to-door business?"

After listening to Liu Youcai's words, Li Mingqi smiled and shook his head.

He knew what Liu Youcai was thinking, because during the Puppet Qing Dynasty, the position of diplomat was a job for cowards, and they were always frustrated in front of the great powers.

This situation will not get better until the puppet Qing Dynasty is destroyed, but the Xinming Empire does not need to do so. The Xinming Empire will not kowtow to foreigners.

"The diplomats I'm talking about are not the kind of wimps who pretend to be Qing Dynasties and foreigners say what they are. What I want is an envoy like Wang Xuance of the Tang Dynasty!"

"He represents the majesty of the New Ming Empire. He is the kind of envoy who can be called daddy by India with eight thousand cavalry!"

Li Mingqi's words made Liu Youcai confused. After thinking carefully for a while, Liu Youcai hesitated and said: "Long live my Lord, I remember... remember... Wang Xuance's mission is... to the Kingdom of Magadha..."

Several black lines immediately appeared on Li Mingqi's face, and he said: "The country of Magadha is the country that once dominated the Central India region. Why do I think it is India?"

After finishing speaking, Li Mingqi stood up, not wanting to continue talking to the old man.

This old Mrs. Liu has lost her sight. She has not yet settled the accounts with him regarding the Queen and the Imperial Mausoleum, and now she is here to cause trouble...Old Liu, you have lost the emperor's heart.

After walking a few steps, Li Mingqi stopped and asked, "Has there been any progress on the immigration issue recently? Is there anything wrong with the Qing Dynasty?"

Li Mingqi asked this because he was afraid that the affairs of the Xinming Empire would be spread to the Puppet Qing Dynasty. If the Puppet Qing Dynasty, which was afraid of foreigners and foreigners, interfered with it, it would be really troublesome.

"No news has come back yet, the time is too short, but the immigration matter is still going very smoothly."

Liu Youcai's words made Li Mingqi feel relieved, so he took the Imperial Guard to the Royal Battleship Design Bureau to supervise the work.

The battleship matter must be speeded up. With battleships, we have the ability to conduct expeditions.

As long as there is a supply point along the way, the Xinming Empire will not have to be so cautious if it wants to immigrate.

The gallows outside the Royal Battleship Design Bureau has been doing very well recently because Li Mingqi personally supervised the construction.

From time to time, some spies or workers who cut corners are hung up for reflection.

The workers from Tsarist Russia have not yet arrived, so the work here now is to build a larger and more professional shipyard.

It is also equipped with mining plants, steel plants, wood processing plants, coal selection plants, etc.

Looking at the huge experimental cement ship parked on the sea, Li Mingqi was very satisfied. Gu

Ironclad ships in the world are still in the period of mixing sail power and steam power. The "Warrior" ironclad that led the British army in 1860 and the "Glory" that won the third place in 1859 are all such warships.

But now what Li Mingqi requested was a fully steam-powered battleship, and the drawings were based on the design of the "Dingyuan" of later generations.

Therefore, the middle part of the hull of this kind of battleship is surrounded by 365 mm of armor to form an armored belt that accounts for two-thirds of the hull.

The turret is on the deck in the middle of the ship. The Royal Academy designed a new turret specifically for it.

It is different from the design of the open-air turret of the Dingyuan. The turret can be driven by a generator to rotate as a whole.

The initial design was to use steam to drive the turret to rotate, but in that case the speed would be very slow.

Although it was sufficient in this era, Li Mingqi was very dissatisfied. If it were driven by steam, the pipes of the steam engine would occupy a very large space, so he went directly to the generator.

Moreover, the turrets are not as thick as later ones. Most battleships now still use iron ball solid bullets, and do not need too thick armor.

The four main guns are divided into two turrets arranged at an angle on the middle deck, and there are two small turrets for secondary guns at the front and rear.

The main gun of the battleship uses a 305mm breech-loaded gun with a diameter of 25 times. This gun was designed by the Royal Research Institute directly based on the drawings given by Li Mingqi.

It's not that it can't be replaced with a more reasonable caliber, but in that case the length of the gun body will be too long. With the current shipbuilding capabilities, no battleship can install this kind of gun. Of course, this is just an excessive product now.

In addition to four main guns and four auxiliary guns, there are also multi-tube retractable open-air turret guns on the side of the ship.

These naval guns modified from field guns are also very useful in close combat.

Not only are there these rapid-fire cannons, but there are also large rotating machine guns and two rocket launchers.

In order to improve its ocean-going capabilities, the hull was elongated and enlarged so that it could carry more coal.

Just when the Xin Ming Empire was going all out for the warships, the capital of Mexico also welcomed the tuxedo who was tricked by Li Mingqi.

At this time, the Mexican port city of Veracruz had been occupied by the British, Spanish and Nazis.

The three countries deployed 8,700 troops here and held negotiations with Mexico on the return of arrears in February.

Under the threat of bayonets and battleships, Lao Lai Mexico tearfully chose to continue repaying the loan.

But now, the British and Spanish troops are preparing to evacuate, but Nasan's army still has no intention of leaving, and has even begun to build a defense line.

This situation made Mexico's commander-in-chief Juarez unable to sit still.

I originally thought that I would just give up and continue to repay the loan, but who knew that taking three means not only wanting to pay back the debt, but also trying to take over the land. How could this be possible?

But Juarez, who was too anxious to jump to his feet, had no choice. Didn't he know what the Mexican army was like?

The artillery and muzzle-loading guns purchased from the Xinming Empire have been shipped here for half a year, but now the army has just gained some combat effectiveness.

Now he can only keep this elite force stationed near Mexico City to defend the capital.

It's not that he doesn't want the army to go to war, it's because conditions don't allow it.

Now Mexico is not only facing the invasion of foreign enemies, but also the counterattack of the domestic conservative party. (I found that during the civil wars in various countries, the parties were called this name)

So when the tuxedo appeared in Mexico City, Juarez felt that his chance had come!