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Chapter 404 Timur and the Steam Engine

But the current situation there is not very good. To be precise, it should be the flames of war.Moreover, a prestigious figure should have risen there.What Fang Qiang cares about is this person's information.

Sure enough, the Persian businessman's next words confirmed Fang Qiang's thoughts.

"My dear friend, thank you for your good wishes, but now the Mesopotamia is raging with flames of war, and the people in my hometown are suffering like never before. The Huns like wolves are raging on that fertile land. The evil post Mu'er treats the people under his rule as cattle and sheep, and the heavy taxes make us breathless..."

Hearing this, Fang Qiang nodded knowingly. The Persian businessman's narration confirmed the information in his mind. It seems that the world structure of Wulin Continent has not changed because of his arrival.

"Give him a customs certificate, [-]% off!"

After Fang Qiang said this, he left without looking back, and the servant of the Daming Bank bowed in response.

At this time, the Persian businessman was also in a daze. He never thought that this young man would have such great power.But no matter what, it is very lucky to be able to get a customs certificate, not to mention a [-]% discount!

wrong!The Persian businessman recalled Fang Qiang's face again, and he found that he seemed to have seen this person somewhere.But if you think about it carefully, it's not so clear.

Where did you see it?
By the way, gold coins!
The Persian merchant took out the gold coin he had just exchanged, and the portrait on it was very similar to Fang Qiang, it was almost carved out of the same mold!
At this moment, the servant of Daming Bank said to the bewildered Persian businessman: "Dear guest, you are lucky, the man just now is Wu Guogong from our territory, he personally ordered you to apply for a [-]% off tariff Evidence, this is a great honor..."

After Fang Qiang left the bank, he stopped shopping in the market. He went straight to the Marshal's Mansion, thinking about Timur all the way.

Timur is Uzbek. He was born in Jieshi, south of Samarkand. His mother was Takyina Khatong, who was from Bukhara. His father was a Turkic Mongolian nobleman. His ancestors were ministers of Chagatai.After the death of his father, he became a feudal city lord of Jieshi.It is worth mentioning that this Timur was also a member of the Golden Family, believed in Christianity, and accepted many cultures from his very close neighbor Persia.In terms of cultural awareness, he tends to Persian culture.

Interestingly, Timur's fortune history is very similar to that of Zhu Yuanzhang:
In 1353, the 25-year-old Zhu Yuanzhang defected to Guo Zizhi and launched an army to rebel against the Yuan Dynasty.

In 1362, Timur led an uprising against the Chagatai Mongolian nobles at the age of 26.

In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and established the Ming Dynasty.

In 1370, Timur established his own empire through successive years of campaigns.

Even more interesting is that the two are still connected!
From the 20th year of Ming Hongwu (1388), Timur hoped to establish a military alliance with the Ming Dynasty to jointly resist the Mongol rule.He sent envoys many times to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty and established diplomatic relations with the Ming Empire.

Zhu Yuanzhang also hated those Mongolian and Yuan Tatars, so the two sides established a simple offensive and defensive alliance.

However, with the rise of the Timurid Empire, this alliance became a dead letter.

In 1371, Timur officially became Khan of Chagatai in Hezhong.

Conquered Khwarazm (Central Asia) in 1388

Conquered Afghanistan in 1389.

Conquered the Eastern Chagatai Khanate (including parts of present-day Uzbekistan and XJ) in 1390
Conquered Persia in 1393.

In 1396, Timur seized envoys from various countries, including the envoys of the Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire, declared war, and began the second stage of territorial expansion.

At this time, he has already set his sights on the Ming Empire, and is preparing to march eastward to bring this rich empire into his territory...

Fang Qiang carefully recalled Timur's life trajectory, and he found that he was a powerful and ambitious person.Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Wang Baobao and others are nothing compared to this person!
Fang Qiang's goal is not just to unify China, his ultimate goal is to conquer the world, so this Timur is a very powerful opponent, so it should be arranged now!
Fortunately, Timur has not yet reached the peak of his life, and Fang Qiang still has a lot of time to prepare!

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In October, Fang Qiang's territory has been developing vigorously. During this period of time, the Daming Military Academy has graduated three batches of students. These are real high-quality military personnel. Fang Qiang has arranged them all in the army Act as a junior officer.As long as they go through a period of experience, they will definitely become the backbone of the army.

Daming College is the highest institution of higher education in the entire territory. It has three branches, namely the Military Academy, the Academy of Arts and the Academy of Engineering.Every citizen in the territory can apply for the exam, admission is based on merit, and they will have a pretty good future after graduation.

Those who graduate from the military academy will basically become generals in the future, those who graduate from the liberal arts academy will basically become officials, and those who graduate from the engineering academy will of course become craftsmen!

Don't underestimate the craftsmen, these are real technological talents, so their status in the territory is very high, and those who have made special contributions can even be evenly divided with those civil servants and generals!
Science and technology are primary productive forces!Fang Qiang unswervingly implements this line, encourages production and scientific and technological innovation.So the crazy people in the engineering school come up with some wonderful ideas every day!
Some of these whimsical ideas are very absurd, and some are very practical. Fang Qiang did not judge these with the eyes of a modern person, but let them do their own experiments and conclude by themselves. Only God knows what they will develop in the end. !
Just a few days ago, Du Lu came to Fang Qiang to discuss with him a simple steam engine drawing. This made Fang Qiang ecstatic!

He knew very well what a steam engine was, and it was this thing that drove the first industrial revolution.It is also it that made the Western powers gradually become stronger!
So Fang Qiang did not hesitate to reward the person who proposed the idea of ​​the steam engine, and allocated 1 gold coins for the research of the steam engine, every year!
1 gold coins per year is not a small amount!This accounts for almost 1% of the fiscal revenue of the territory, but it is worth the money, and the epoch-making significance of the steam engine will be reflected soon!

In addition to technology, Fang Qiang's military power has also made great progress. The most noteworthy one is the navy.

The ten large ships jointly manufactured by the Quarry Shipyard and the Jinling Shipyard have officially entered service, and the standard configuration of each ship is 1000 people!
The entire Jinling Navy is already fully staffed, and the 1-man naval force is definitely a force that cannot be ignored!

(End of this chapter)