Iron Dynasty

A hint of warm wind poured into the imperial study from the window.

Xiao Ming, who was playing with his pipe, frowned, Is this Brandon really stupid or fake?

With the painful memory of modern times, Xiao Ming is naturally very vigilant about opium, which is difficult to eradicate as long as it is addictive.

If Brandon just sent opium, which is now the so-called wuxiang in Dayu Kingdom, he would still accept it. After all, this thing is also a medicinal material, which can be used for anesthesia and analgesia.

But what is the intention of this guy who sent a big smoking gun directly? Perhaps Asian countries do not understand the dangers of smoking opium because of their low level of education, but Europeans who have been dealing with opium for more than a hundred years cannot be unaware.

Sure enough, the needle is hidden in the cotton, and the knife is hidden in the smile.

Xiao Ming sneered, if he hadn't come from the modern age, he would have been planted in Brandon's hands, and he would have lived a life of lying in bed and smoking clouds from now on.

But thinking of the trend of this era, he is a little uncertain. After all, many Asian royals like this thing at this time, maybe Brandon is doing what he likes.

Shaking his head, Xiao Ming stopped thinking about it for the time being. Whether it was Brandon's intention or not, it was normal. The exchanges between countries were originally a smile on the surface and a knife in the back.

And because he understands the dangers of this black incense, he will not smoke it, but this matter provides him with a way to control Goryeo.

Perhaps he could use casinos, opium to control officials in the Goryeo court, and even the King of Goryeo.

As far as he knows, the origin of this kind of Wuxiang is basically in Ryukyu and Southeast Asia, and you can only get this kind of thing from these places.

And now he not only controls Goryeo's maritime trade, but also cuts off Goryeo's possibility of obtaining ooh from the land.

As long as the high officials of Goryeo are addicted, they must obtain it from the Great Yu Kingdom, and then some conditions will be easy to negotiate.

Although this method is a bit disgraceful, politics is often darker than this, and it is more gentle than the massacre, and this method is only for those Goryeo officials who are not good at all.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming felt that it was necessary to expand the cultivation of Wuxiang in Ryukyu. After all, whether these things will be used as weapons to fight back against the West in the future or as medicinal materials.

At the same time, he will issue a ban in the Great Yu Kingdom, expressly prohibiting the people of the Great Yu Kingdom from getting this thing.

With a scruple in mind, Xiao Ming picked up the pen at hand, which was made by the craftsman of the equipment department he explained not long ago.

Overall, this pen has the appearance of a modern pen, the only downside is that he has to use this pen with ink.

Because there is no rubber, the craftsmen of the equipment department cannot make straws, but even so, he is very satisfied.

In recent years, with the increase in the amount of writing, he increasingly felt that the brush could not meet his requirements when dealing with government affairs, and it also affected him to turn the knowledge in his head into books.

Now that he has a pen, his work efficiency is much faster. He plans to first promote pen writing in the government system after using it for a period of time, and end the history of brush writing ruling the Great Yu Kingdom. For him, this is also a big deal. A point in Yu's transition to pragmatism.

After writing down the prohibition clauses, Xiao Ming closed his pen and got up.

Seeing this, Qian Dafu walked in and said, Your Majesty, the carriage is ready. The officials who came to Laiwu this time have also arrived. It's time to set off.

Xiao Ming nodded, he called a little eunuch and asked him to give the ban to Pang Yukun, ready to implement it in the Great Yu Kingdom, and then walked out.

After the successful operation of the steam locomotive, the reform was pushed to a climax. The magical locomotive made the scholars in Dayu Kingdom realize that a drastic change was taking place.

For those who have already participated in the reform, this is more of an incentive. Whether it is the glass workshop or the steam engine workshop, the craftsmen are enthusiastic.

Naturally, Xiao Ming couldn't sit down at this time. It was not easy for him to bring a country of Great Yu, which was far behind the West in technology.

But the success of the steam locomotive not only did not satisfy him, but he felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

Although the feudal dynasties such as the Golden Horde, Goryeo, and Tubo were threats to the Great Yu Kingdom, these countries were still in the feudal society after all, and it was relatively easy to deal with them.

But it's not so easy to deal with the West, where ideas and technology are leaping forward, and because of this, he doesn't dare to relax.

This time he went to Laiwu for one of the most important resources of the Great Yu Kingdom - steel.

The construction of the Qingzhou Railway first stretched out two lines, the first one is the route leading to Chang'an, on this route is a large open-pit coal mine.

These coal mines do not need complex mining technology, and the coal seam on the surface is enough to support the first industrial revolution.

The second route is to go south to Laiwu for the large iron mines here.

After these two routes, the railway will be extended to other places.

The main purpose of his trip to Laiwu this time was to inspect the steel workshop here. When the reform was announced, he was required to establish the Laiwu Steel Workshop.

In the future, the iron and steel of the Great Yu country will mainly rely on the Laiwu Iron and Steel Workshop and the Kaiping Iron and Steel Workshop.

Outside the door, Xiao Ming saw a four-wheeled carriage parked at the door.

Different from the two-wheeled carriage of the Great Yuguo, he specially asked the equipment company to produce this kind of four-wheeled carriage, and also installed spring shock absorbers on the wheels.

This carriage was specially ordered to be produced by him, and it was also the first four-wheeled carriage in Dayu Country. His purpose was very clear, that is, to make the people of Dayu Country familiar with four-wheeled things.

At the same time, this is also to pave the way for the birth of the car. A country that only understands two wheels will not have the idea of ​​producing four-wheeled cars.

After getting on the carriage, Xiao Ming went south under the protection of the guards. After four days of running around, he and the officials from the mine and workshop arrived in Laiwu.

Different from Qingzhou, on the way to Laiwu, Xiao Ming's eyes were full of poor people. At this moment, he suddenly felt that it would be a very difficult task to govern such a populous country like the West has always been rich. For this, he needs to Occupy more resources in the world.

Just as he was thinking, his carriage gradually stopped, when Xiao Ming got off the carriage and saw an iron ore being mined, and next to the iron ore was the Laiwu Iron and Steel Workshop.

Your Majesty, this is the Laiwu Iron and Steel Factory. It is said that it will be able to put into production soon. Qian Dafu said with a smile.

Qian Dafu used to be in charge of the mine, but now when he arrives at the mine, he suddenly has a long-lost intimacy, and he talks more.

Xiao Ming was also in a good mood after seeing the hot mine. He walked to the busy mine to see how the steam engine was used in the mine.