Chapter 392 Imperial Expansion

Although the empire has moved its capital, the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are still very happy to accept it, because they can finally spend money to buy this kind of ship that can move without the wind.

In addition to meeting the equipment of the navy, the shipyard also began to manufacture ordinary treasure ships for the use of merchants, similar to small treasure ships, but the artillery weapons were cancelled and all of them were used to place goods. With this kind of ship, it no longer needs to be driven by the wind at sea, which is also a great progress.

Relying on his good relationship with Zhang Yang, Shen Wansan took the lead in getting the supply of 20 such ships. With this batch of ships, his trade will be more extensive.

Driven by Shen Wansan, other rich merchants who wanted to expand overseas trade also began to order ships from shipyards.

As a last resort, the shipyard can only use full horsepower to produce all kinds of ships.

In addition to the shipyard in Pingjiang, the location of the second shipyard has also been selected, just in Bohai Bay in the north.

Here, hundreds of years old wood from the northeast can be used, the inexhaustible coal from Shanxi, and the iron ore near Shangdu, all of which are indispensable raw materials for the manufacture of steam engines and ships.

This time, Zu Xing knew that he was old and strong. He personally served as the director of the Northern Shipyard. Seeing his granddaughter's achievements, he also began to be jealous.

A granddaughter, a weak female stream, can build so many treasure boats. She is an old man. Although she is in her twilight years, she is still strong-minded.

The second shipyard must be watered with more warships! Moreover, the surname can be better than a large treasure ship! In Zu Xingzhi's heart, he has conceived a treasure ship bigger than a large treasure ship, called a super-large treasure ship. Only by using the centuries-old trees in the northeast forest as keel can the laying of the boat be completed.

Next to the shipyard, Zhang Yang set up several more factories, one of which is a large iron smelting factory and the other is a steam engine factory.

With the steady increase of steel production, Zhang Yang has been planning to pave several railways across the country, using steam engines as power to drive trains forward. The backward transportation should be gradually eliminated.

Now, the output and quality of steel can meet the needs.

Therefore, in addition to manufacturing large steam engines for ships, steam engine factories also need to manufacture small ones for trains and smaller ones for cars.

In the process of Changyuchun's northward journey, several steam locomotives that can be driven in the snow have played a considerable role, carrying heavy God of War cannons, attacking the city and land, which is invincible. Zhang Yang asked the technicians to improve this kind of car and gradually adapt to driving on ordinary roads.

Of course, because cement has been manufactured, in addition to the railway, several decent roads laid across the country have also been put on the road by Zhang Yang.

As Zhang Yang's traveler, the Chinese Empire needs to enter the era of industrialization in advance and go far to the precedent of the world.

What comes down is to colonize overseas.

Zhang Yang is very concerned about the movements of coastal residents. They are close to the sea and have strong water ability. As long as they are given enough profits, they can colonize overseas and occupy those continents that have not yet been discovered.

Zhang Yang has allowed the navy to expand on a large scale, divided into three fleets, the North Sea Fleet, equipped with small treasure ships, and guarding the safety of the capital.

Medium-sized treasure ship, mainly equipped with the East China Sea fleet, guarding the long coastline.

Large treasure ship, mainly equipped with the South China Sea Fleet, is used to colonize overseas.

All of this has been supported by merchants, especially Shen Wansan.

After learning that he could reach Europe by sea, Shen Wansan was very moved. His glass had completely occupied the Jiangnan market and made a lot of money. If this kind of thing was shipped to Europe, he could earn a lot of money.

And those other unclaimed lands are what they want.

The emerging empire has driven full horsepower to make large warships.

Inside, Chang Yuchun's soldiers and horses made great contributions, but Chang Yuchun was not satisfied and began his new goal: in the south, there were also some Tatar soldiers and several local separatist forces.

In this, what can be called the climate is the department of Chen Youding and Fang Guozhen.

The prestige of General Baisheng Chang Yuchun has now been spread far away. He has become the first general under Zhang Shicheng who can fight well.

Chen Youding, one is Youding, whose name is Yongqing and Anguo. His ancestral home is Fuqing County, and he was born in the second year of the Yuantian calendar. Chen Youding's parents died when he was a child. At the age of 10, he went to Luo's salt shop to help the maid. When Chen Youding grew up, he was brave, liked rangers, and was afraid of the villagers. At the age of 17, Chen Youding was appreciated by his neighbor Wang, recruited him as a live-in son-in-law, and funded Chen Youding to study art and do business. However, Chen Youding is really not a business material. He always loses money in business. Fortunately, he likes to dance guns and sticks and practice good martial arts, so he devoted himself to Mingxi Post and was promoted to a soldier in the first 12th year.

In the righteous deeds of resisting the Tatars everywhere at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Chen Youding is definitely an alien, because this person is a loyal member of the Tatars of the Yuan Dynasty.

In the twelfth year of the twelfth year, the Tianwan regime of the Southern Red Turban Army sent troops to fight everywhere, calling on people to rise up and overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. People from all over Fujian also responded. Cao Liushun, a citizen of Caofang Township in Ninghua, raised an army and gathered tens of thousands of horses to occupy Caofang. Cao Liushun's uprising army sent more than 80 people to Mingxi to ask for money, food and horses.

Unexpectedly, he thought that they were all Han people, and it was right to fight the tars. However, as a soldier, Chen Youding pretended to drink and treat him warmly, but after these volunteers were drunk, he killed all the soldiers. Knowing this, Cao Liushun was furious and led more than a thousand soldiers and horses to attack Mingxiyi.

Chen Youding did not panic and recruited more than 500 people, including Lai Zheng, Sun Tong and Hu Li, to fight against them. He made full use of the advantage of being familiar with the terrain, introduced the local old and old people into the cottage, and killed Cao Liushun's righteous army. Chen Youding took advantage of the victory to chase Cao Fang and captured Cao Liushun.

It coincides with the Tingzhou court's judgment that Cai Public Security went to Qingliu to recruit troops. Seeing that Chen Youding had the courage, he promoted him to patrol the Huangtu Village, and ordered the militia he summoned to follow the marshal of the capital to suppress the Shaowu peasant uprising. Chen Youding followed Wu Pingtan, the marshal of Fujian Province, to wipe out the rebel army of Ting, Yan, Shao, Jian and other cottages. With military achievements, he was successively promoted to Qingliu County Lieutenant, Main Book, and County Yin. In the 14th year of Yuan Zhizheng, he was promoted to the general manager of Yanping Road.

And Fang Guozhen, also known as Gu Zhen, is a native of Yangyu, the leader of the peasant uprising army in eastern Zhejiang. Born with a long black face, he ran on a horse. He made a living with his brother Guoxin, Guozhang, brother Guoying and Guomin. He made a living by peasants and selling private salt, which is somewhat similar to Zhang Yang. He was the leader of the earliest uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, two or three years earlier than Liu Futong and Xu Shouhui.

What is more similar to Zhang Yang is that Fang Guozhen made a big head on the sea and has a relatively large navy. Although the scale cannot be compared with Chen Youliang, it is also a powerful force in this chaotic world.

In order to calm down the turbulence in the south and unify the whole Central Plains, Chang Yuchun waved his troops to the south. At this time, the East China Sea Fleet, which had been adapted, also went south to support.

Chen Youding, like history, is a stubborn person who is loyal to the Tatars of the Yuan Dynasty. Although the Tatars of the Yuan Dynasty have been destroyed at this time, he still has illusions in his heart. He hopes that the Tatars can unify the Central Plains again. At that time, he will try his best to turn the tide and guard Fujian and other places, which can be reused by the imperial court and promoted to more. A big official.

In the face of such a molecule, Chang Yuchun has no other way to use what he is best at. Since he can't destroy the thought, then destroy the carrier of this thought, that is, the body.

In half a month, Chang Yuchun's army killed Chen Youding's army and surrounded Chen Youding in a small valley.

At this time, Chen Youding still did not surrender.

Chang Yuchun did not hesitate and used scattered fireworks to completely flatten them.

Finally, when cleaning the battlefield, he found the body that was blown up with flesh and blood. Chen Youding, as a generation of heroes, finally disappeared.

And Fang Guozhen's end is better.

In history, Fang Guozhen was a very knowledgeable person of current affairs. He first surrendered to the tars, and finally surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang, and came to a good end in the Ming Dynasty.

Now, Fang Guozhen saw the general trend of the world, and his fate surrendered very quickly, and contributed his manpower.

At this time, it is just in time for the expansion of the navy into three major fleets, which requires a lot of sailors and Fang Guozhen's manpower, which can be supplemented.

However, Bian Yuanheng was very cautious and scattered the newly surrendered people to each ship, with no more than five people per ship. In this way, in case the other party has any plans, the remaining hundreds can also smash their conspiracy. Although in fact, it proves that he is over-concerned, but to prevent problems before they happen, this is as a navy. Leaders should see.

With the global map drawn by the emperor, the South China Sea Fleet began to set sail to conquer those unknown worlds.

At this time, the capital has been renamed Yanjing, which is the capital of the Chinese Empire.

Compared with the original, Yanjing is more prosperous, especially after the establishment of cement roads and north-south railways, the transportation of goods is very convenient. Fruits in the south, such as lychee, are no longer the kind of rare items that can be eaten by a few powerful people by the rapid delivery of post stations. It is often sold on the street.

The number of people engaged in agricultural production has also begun to gradually decrease. The people already know that they can not only farm, but also go out to work, and earn a lot of money. All kinds of factories have developed.

Zhang Yang did not prevent fertility. The empire needs a huge population, because the land of the empire will be available all over the world, and a huge population is needed to rule them.

The new school has long been established. All the children of the empire need to go to school. However, few people have learned those things. The technical engineering school opened by the shipyard is the dream of most people, and it is also their dream to work in a state-owned shipyard.

The Chinese Empire has become the most powerful country in this era! It entered the industrial revolution very early and left other countries far behind.

[The whole book is finished]