Iron Dynasty

Qingzhou.

After the high-priced acquisition of Siberian fur in the newspapers caused a sensation, another news from the newspapers caused a sensation among the people the next day.

An article by Xiao Ming himself about the sins of the Golden Horde declared that the Great Yu Kingdom officially declared war on the Golden Horde.

Great, we've been waiting for this day for a long time. How arrogant the Golden Horde was and how they bullied us, now it's time for revenge.

In the restaurant, a middle-aged man wearing a short jacket and trousers shouted after reading the newspaper.

There were three people at the same table as him, all of them wearing the same grey clothes and of different ages.

Hearing the words of the middle-aged man, a young man among the other three quickly grabbed the newspaper, and he was immediately excited after reading the article written by the emperor himself.

Hey, if it wasn't for my poor eyesight, I could be a soldier now to fight barbarians.

The young man helped his eyes. When he was sixteen years old, he suddenly found that what he saw in the distance was a little blurry. For this reason, his family took him to seek medical treatment for several years, but there was no way.

It was not until the glass industry in Qingzhou developed greatly and the glasses were born that he understood what myopia was. At this time, he was saved. Although it was not very comfortable to wear eyes, he could always see things clearly.

But the only regret is that because of vision problems can not join the army.

It's a pity not to be a soldier, but it's not only a soldier to be loyal to the emperor. We work hard in the machinery factory as well. The sleigh and the steam locomotive also have our credit in it, right? The middle-aged man said loudly.

The other two laughed, and one of them touched their clothes and said, No, now wearing this clothes from the machinery factory, many matchmakers want to match me! It can be seen that our machinery factory is the first one.

After all, the four of them laughed together.

Your machinery factory is great, and our rubber factory is not bad. Without the tires we produce, can you make bicycles and tricycles?

That's right, really, didn't our steel factory assemble machinery out of wood for you?

Our chemical factory is also not convinced!

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There are workers from other factories sitting in twos and threes in the tavern. Now, with the normalization of factories, the workers of each factory wear special work clothes, and it is easy to distinguish which factory they come from.

The shopkeeper at the counter smiled and looked at these workers. His restaurant was relatively close to the workshop area because of the large quantity of food and cheap, and it should not be called the industrial area now.

There are always a large number of workers coming here to eat during the lunch break every day.

The monthly salary of these workers is not low, at least 30 silver dragons per month, and they live very well. It is normal to drink a little wine and eat some small dishes.

It is precisely because of these wealthy workers that his tavern can bring him twenty gold dragons of income every month.

And he is used to the rivalry between these workers. After all, there are many factories here, and the workers in each factory are very proud.

While the crowd was making a fuss, suddenly there was the sound of neatly hooves on the road outside the tavern. When everyone looked out, they saw a large number of cavalry wearing silver breastplates passing by. The leader, Jianmei Xingmu, Wearing a red cloak, there is a sturdy aura on his body.

This is Qi Guangyi, the commander of the cavalry regiment, right? A worker recognized the leading general.

It seems that this time there is really going to be a war. To deal with the barbarians, we have to rely on cavalry. These infantry have short legs and can't catch up with four-legged horses.

Another worker said.

Outside the restaurant, Qi Guangyi was also looking at the industrial zone and the workers along the road. Since he was stationed in Raozhou, he has not come back for a year, and this time he came back to Qingzhou with some changes.

On his way back, he basically walked on a wide concrete road. Over the years, the imperial court has not stopped building roads, and the road network extending in all directions in Qingzhou Prefecture has basically taken shape.

And with the improvement of roads, there are more horse-drawn carriages on the road. These are all businessmen who transport goods to their destinations through horse-drawn carriages. Occasionally, he can see some people riding bicycles on the road.

In addition, the most obvious is the clothing of the people. Although many people still wear patched clothes, more people wear clean and beautiful clothes.

While admiring the sight of prosperity, Qi Guangyi urged his horse to go towards Qingzhou City, and this time he was ordered to return to the dynasty.

Departing from Raozhou to Cangzhou by steam locomotive, but at this time the steam locomotive broke down and needed to be repaired. In order to hurry, he rode directly along the former post station to Qingzhou.

After entering the city, Qi Guangyi's eyes narrowed again. Compared with a year ago, there are more and more people riding bicycles in Qingzhou City, almost all the streets.

Once again, he sighed about the prosperity of Qingzhou's industry. He did not dare to delay any more time and went directly to the palace.

In the imperial study, Xiao Ming was already waiting for Qi Guangyi.

The northward crusade against the barbarians was imminent. Niu Ben and Luo Quan had assembled 80,000 infantrymen, and together with the 60,000 cavalry led by Qi Guangyi, they would attack the Golden Horde with 140,000 troops.

However, in this battle, he believed that cavalry still had to play an important role. Although his Han-style rifles and guard artillery were good enough, they did not have the mobility advantage of cavalry in the grasslands. These two-legged infantry could not catch up with the barbarian cavalry. of.

Because of this, he specially summoned Qi Guangyi this time.

In fact, this Northern Expedition was not because of the wish of the barbarians Niuben and Luo Quan, but a war that he had planned for a long time, otherwise he would be too playful about war.

In order to weaken the threat from the north, he needs to take the initiative to attack. A Tsarist Russia is enough for him to have a headache. Now with the addition of the Golden Horde, the northern part of the Great Yu Kingdom cannot be stable. The most important point is that these threats are close at hand, not As far away as Britain and France.

Long live my emperor, Qi Guangyi, the last general, sees the emperor.

Seeing Xiao Ming, Qi Guangyi bowed and said.

Standing up from the chair, Xiao Ming walked up to Qi Guangyi and asked Qi Guangyi to excuse himself, This time I called you from thousands of miles away to Qingzhou for the next Northern Expedition, but before the Northern Expedition, I have something that belongs to me. The weapons of the cavalry need to be handed over to you, you will surely like it very much.

Weapons! Qi Guangyi heard the words, his pupils shrank, and now his subordinates demanded to be equipped with Han-style rifles.

This time he was about to mention this to the court.

Exactly. At this time, Xiao Ming picked up a rifle with a slightly shorter barrel from the table and said, This is a carbine made by the military factory based on the Han-style rifle!