Iron Dynasty

Shut up, there are no rules at all. What kind of occasion is this, and it is also a place where you are willful? From now on, you will be banned for half a month. If you violate it, I will see how I will deal with you!

Xiao Ming said sharply to Xiao Tong.

This Xiao Tong was created by him and Cui Xue'er. Unlike Xiao Yi's gentleness, Xiao Tong's character was bold.

On the other hand, Xiao Xuan is from Luluo, who is very similar to his mother's character. She has always been timid and thoughtless, and has become Xiao Tong's follower.

Half a month is too long, and I hope the father is kind. Xiao Tong grimaced.

One month!

Xiao Ming's face was cold. He was a scholar at his age, so he disliked Xiao Tong's character of some second-generation ancestors, so he was more strict with Xiao Tong.

Xiao Tong immediately said: My son is wrong, the father is still half a month, and next time my son will not dare.

That's not honest enough to go back and study behind closed doors! Xiao Ming glared at Xiao Tong.

When Xiao Tong heard the words, it was as if he had been granted amnesty, and he ran away with Xiao Xiao.

Looking at the backs of the two, Xiao Ming shook his head.

Time flies, and in the war between the East and the West, it has been eighteen or nine years since he came to this world unknowingly.

Just from his heirs is enough to see the speed of the passage of time.

However, although the time is gone, he has lived a full life in these years. In nearly twenty years, a poor and weak country has become the world's leading empire in his hands, and he is already very satisfied.

Now his remaining wish is to let the Chinese Empire continue to flourish, to relocate the people of the Empire to the colonies, and to make the people of the Empire the most widely distributed people in the world.

Of course, if he can really find immortality, the technology spar can help him make the world go further on the road of technology, and even let human beings get rid of unnecessary struggles on earth and go to space.

However, all this is unknown, and he can only obey the arrangement of fate.

After thinking quietly for a while, Xiao Ming returned to the imperial study to rest, because when he returned to the inner hall, Fei Yue'er and others were not there.

As he instilled more and more knowledge in Fei Yue'er, the already intelligent Fei Yue'er was no longer willing to deal with trivial matters in the harem all day long.

In addition to participating in the construction of the Imperial Women's College, now Fei Yue'er and Cui Xue'er have also organized propaganda to improve the status of women in the empire, so that more people can let go of the previous idea that women are virtuous, so that more women can study and go to school.

As a man, Xiao Ming naturally likes women who are virtuous and housekeepers, but as an emperor, he knows very well that the status of women in the empire must be improved.

It's not that his Virgin's heart is overflowing, but that the empire now needs everyone to participate in the construction of the empire. The experience of contemporary society has proved that it is beneficial to the development of the country to let women invest in scientific research and work.

It is an extremely wasteful act to let all women stay at home with their husbands and children, and never leave the door.

Just look at the women workers in the Qingzhou textile factory to see what value they are creating?

As for Aster and Luluo, the two were as busy as before, and they focused on the cultural system of the empire.

Shine brilliantly in drama, poetry, lyrics and music.

He didn't bother to care about the lifestyle of the four of them, after all, they had changed from being glued together to an old husband and wife.

Emotionally, they are husband and wife, and they are also relatives, and he is happy to help him more.

Thinking of this, he smiled and then drew up treaties with various countries. These treaties were the goals he planned to achieve this time.

In the afternoon, Pang Yukun, who smelled of alcohol, went to the imperial study.

The banquet at noon was not ineffective, and he still found some useful news from the envoy.

Your Majesty, Europe is now frightened by us, and there is a strong tendency to unite. If Europe is no longer in civil strife but unites, it will be a lot of trouble for us. The population of Europe is no less than ours. Pang Yukun Said, this is the news revealed by his envoys.

Xiao Ming asked, Is there any other news?

Queen Victoria of England is going to choose the youngest son of the King of Prussia as her husband, and she is also going to help Prussia unify the German Confederation. Your Majesty, I am afraid that the relationship between Prussia and us will also be unreliable.

Xiao Ming stopped writing and laughed, This Queen Victoria has the courage to trade her marriage for the sake of Britain.

Pang Yukun sneered and said, Looking at the old minister, it would be better for her to marry that Prussian prince than to marry the emperor and be a concubine.

Good idea! Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun gave the old man a knowing smile.

It's just that the two quickly regained their true colors. Of course, this is a joke. Even if that Victoria Mia is willing, he is not willing.

When such a strong woman came to him, it was the British version of Wu Zetian, and he didn't want to lose his life.

Moreover, the United Kingdom will not agree, because the Queen of England never marries.

All this is not good news for the Empire. We are about to stop. I thought that this time we would draw a truce and try to keep Europe in chaos. Xiao Ming said.

Although it has become its own ironclad fleet, the empire currently has the ability to control the sea routes, but it is still unrealistic to reach Europe.

Just one Nanyang invested more than 40,000 troops, and he mobilized thousands of ships in addition to warships to transport soldiers, ammunition, weapons, and food.

If at least 300,000 troops are needed to attack Europe, the logistics required for such troops is terrifying.

Once caught in the quagmire of war with Europe, the empire's economy is likely to go bankrupt.

And even if it occupied Europe, the empire could not rule Europe the way it ruled the feudal states of Nanyang.

After all, Europeans already have the concept of a country and a nation, they will not submit to the rule of the empire, and rebels will continue to appear.

The most important point is that the difference in skin color cannot give the European empire a cultural identity, which means that Europe cannot integrate into the imperial management system. Once the empire has problems, it will immediately get rid of the imperial control.

So instead of laboring to get an enclave that is thousands of miles away, it is better to extract the wealth of Europe through this negotiation.

The ultimate purpose of war is to serve the economy, and it is the economy that maintains national stability and long-term stability.

When everyone has enough food and clothing, everyone will live in peace and stability. The economy will collapse, the people will be impoverished, and civil strife will occur.

Because of this, Xiao Ming's purpose of this negotiation is very clear, that is, to continue to accumulate wealth for the empire and improve the living standards of the people of the empire.

And at the same time, he can't get Europe to unite just like that, so for whatever purpose he can't kill it with a single stick.

Selling arms while watching other people's wars is his most desired model.