Chapter 335 Liu Xia's Dream

The land of China is full of smoke.

Zheng Zhilong from Fujian supported Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty, as the emperor, and his name was Longwu. However, except for the local officials in Fujian, people in other places do not recognize him as emperor. Liu Xia, who controlled Sichuan, Shaanxi and Henan, also issued a document that he did not admit it and said that he was only loyal to Emperor Hongguang, but everyone knew that Emperor Hongguang had already been captured by Wu Sangui and died inexplicably a few months ago.

As a result, many ministers of the Ming Dynasty went to Fujian one after another, and Liu Xia was still very happy about it. It's better to leave. These people are not single-minded with Liu Xia at all, and it is useless. Even Liu Xia was worried that these people would cause him trouble for no reason, and it would be convenient to leave.

"The railway built from Luoyang to Yanshi has now been extended to Hulao guan, passing through Gong County and other places. The road continues to be built outside the Hu prison. In addition, the railway from Luoyang to Tongguan has now been built to Shaanxi, passing through Xin'an County, Mianchi County and other places. Trains are also being built at an accelerated pace. At present, a total of eight locomotives and six carriages have been built, which can be equivalent to four trains. Now there are two trains in operation, going back and forth between Luoyang and Yanshi.

"Eight freight trains have been built, six of which belong to the Logistics Department to transport military resources. The other two trains are responsible for transporting civilian goods. According to the next plan, our railway department plans to open a train from Luoyang to Shanzhou through Xin'an and Mianchi. In this way, the people of Shaanxi, Mianchi and even Shanxi can quickly reach Luoyang.

Luo Chengxian, director of the Railway Department, reported on the situation of the Railway Department during this period. The development of the railway is booming. Because it is a new thing and has not lost too many people's interests, the construction is very smooth. Of course, some of them are corrupt.

After all, where there is food, there are inevitably rats.

Under the governance of the Pingbei Army, as long as it is suspected of embezzlement, its property, whether it is the income from embezzlement or the income from its own labor, will be confiscated. That is to say, you embezzle some money, although you look comfortable. But you will soon become a poor man squatting in prison. Such a policy makes there are few corrupt officials under the Pingbei Army.

Liu Xia feels that the construction speed of the railway is still too slow. How long has it been since he has not repaired such a small place around Luoyang, Henan Province. How long will it take to build a railway across the country?

Thinking of this, Liu Xia felt that the speed of railway construction must be accelerated. After the railway built from Luoyang to Hulao, one went north to Beijing, and the other went east to Jiaozhou, so that it would be convenient to transport naval supplies in the future.

In addition, the railway will continue to be built from Luoyang to the west, all the way to Gansu. If the territory continues to expand in the future, it will continue to be built to the west.

However, it will also cost a lot of money and manpower. After all, the terrain in the western region is bad. It is the plateau, the Gobi, and the endless desert. High-tech technology is needed, but Liu Xia did not master it at this time.

"It seems that some places can only be built after the development of science and technology. Then leave the difficulties to my children and grandchildren, and I will first repair all the railways that can be built.

"Your process of repairing the railway is still too slow. By the end of next year, you must repair the railway to Jiaozhou!"

It is not too difficult to build to Jiaozhou. The road is basically flat land. Only on the other side of the Shandong Peninsula will there be hilly and mountainous areas. As for the area of Xuzhou, Henan and Anhui is full of vast plains. The difficulty of construction is relatively low. The most difficult thing is the Yellow River. The Yellow River at the end of the Ming Dynasty is not the same as the Yellow River we see on our map now. At this moment, the Yellow River seizes the mouth of the Huai River and enters the sea. Therefore, when entering Shandong, you must build a bridge to reach Jiaozhou.

The main reason why Liu Xia is so urgent for Luo Chengxian to go to Jiaozhou is to transport soldiers. At this moment, Liu Xia has gradually secretly withdrawn the White Tiger Legion from Beijing to Jinan. It is planned to use the navy to transport the White Tiger Corps to Liaodong and directly insert it into the base camp behind the Qing Dynasty.

And to do so, there must be sufficient logistical preparation. After all, once more than 20,000 people of the White Tiger Army are sent to Liaodong, which has no store in front of the village, if there is no food, these people can only wait to die.

The construction of the navy is still in the early stage. Liu Xia doesn't expect these navy to help him win the battle. Now he only wants to help transport troops. Once the railway from Luoyang to Jiaozhou is opened, it can continue to transport armaments from the Longmen Arsenal, and then ship them to the Liaodong Base by sea, so that there is no need to worry about the White Tiger Corps being trapped by the Qing army's blockade.

After all, the Qing Dynasty did not have the ability to block the Bohai Sea, so with the current scientific and technological strength of the Qing Dynasty, if they dare to send ships to intercept Liu Xia's navy, they will definitely be defeated. Liu Xia may not have confidence in the Western maritime powers at present, but she will deal with the Qing Dynasty. Liu Xia absolutely has enough confidence.

A secret plan has emerged in Liu Xia's heart for a long time, if it succeeds. Then the Qing Dynasty will be completely destroyed by Liu Xia. Since then, the north has been invincible. Of course, except for the Russians who appeared later. Liu Xia will solve the Russians in advance.

After the stability of the north, Liu Xia had time to solve the problem of the south. Previously, because Wu Sangui blocked the Yangtze River waterway, Liu Xia's soldiers and horses could not step into the south of the Yangtze River. Now the fall of Sichuan means that the blockade of the Yangtze River is almost useless. Liu Xia can completely enter Guizhou, Yunnan and other places from Sichuan.

However, once the strength of the North Sea Fleet is greatly increased, Liu Xia can also send troops from the sea to the south, and even send ships from the Yangtze River into the mouth of the Yangtze River waterway and directly into the inland. At that time, even if Wu Sangui's navy was so powerful, it could not stop the attack of Liu Xia's steel steam warship.

It seems that the unification of the world is not far away, but in fact, these are just Liu Xia's beautiful dreams at present.

In fact, the pattern on Chinese land is far from so simple. Not only internal strife continued, but external forces also began to infiltrate the chaotic China. In 1553, the Portuguese were occupied in Macao, and Taiwan was first occupied by the Spaniards, and then by the Dutch in 1642. As for Japan in the east, it is also uneasy. The domestic chaos has caused a large number of people to come to China to grab it. Robbery. Of course, more of them are Chinese, but the Japanese obviously dominate.

Liu Xia is considering whether to destroy Japan and integrate it into China. Imagine the Nanjing Massacre and the East Asian Co-Prosperity Circle. Liu Xia felt that these nouns should be completely eliminated.

Of course, this must make the navy stronger.

Although the northern tartars have declined now, their strength should not be underestimated. It's not as simple as Liu Xia saying that it will be destroyed.

At this time, an urgent report from Jiaozhou was sent to Liu Xia.

"The commander-in-chief of the navy, Yu Mingjun, met the prince:

On July 3, the general command of the navy gathered the surrounding pirates, so his subordinates immediately ordered to rectify the soldiers and horses and catch all these pirates and Japanese pirates. In the afternoon, all 30 warships, including [Zhenyuan], were put into use (most of which were pirate ships on the original Hammer Island). White Shark Guard commander Bai Menghu was ordered to serve as the commander of the first combat formation, and Li Dachui, the new commander of the Nu Haiwei, served as the commander of the temporary vanguard army, leading more than a dozen large and small warships to gather at the pirates. The 'Gold and Silver Island' sailed secretly, and the rest of the army followed.

On the afternoon of July 4, Li Dachui, the commander of Nu Haiwei, encountered an enemy with five pirate ships after a hard battle. Destroy all the enemy. Hundreds of people were killed in the battle. The bones of five soldiers were buried in the sea, and their whereabouts are unknown.

On the evening of July 4, Li Dachui successfully entered the waters around Treasure Island and was not found. Finally, he successfully sneaked into the harbor and bombed the ships in the harbor with artillery. Most of them were blown up, and most of them burned to ashes. The pirates were shocked, but at this moment they were already turtles in the urn. Flying south with wings, there is a vast sea around Treasure Island. If there is no ship that wants to rely on physical strength, it can't swim to the shore at all.

Next, the army came. Five thousand soldiers and horses of White Shark Guard landed on the beach on the morning of July 5th and fought with the pirates. Before sunset, take full control of Treasure Island.