It was rare to spend a few idle days with Liu Yiyi, and after that, Yi Xingchen turned his energy to state affairs.

Although all production has been scaled and programmed in the primary industrial zone of Xinghua City, there is still a problem that needs to be improved - limited production capacity.

For this reason, the amount of arms produced in the primary industrial zones cannot meet the arms requirements of several regions at the same time in a short period of time. If there is a need to dispatch arms in several places at the same time, there will be an embarrassing situation of being overstretched.

Previously, in order to alleviate this crampedness, Yi Xingchen ordered the establishment of a new industrial zone in the Xinghua Empire. However, it has not yet been able to really alleviate the shortage of supply, because heavy industry is still under construction, and more importantly, the "software" conditions have not been met -- in this new industrial zone, the number of skilled workers is not enough to cope with large-scale arms production, let alone skilled workers.

This issue is what Yi Xingchen is most concerned about at present. Because he knows very well that the arsenal of the Empire, if it is to deal with ordinary battles, is basically enough. However, the Xinghua Empire is far more than just facing an ordinary battle, in fact, it needs to satisfy the ******** of the Mountain Eagle Special Combat Team in the Western Regions, Nanyun City, the Land of the Hundred Barbarians, and Yunzhou in the Xia Kingdom!

These three wars are imperative, and each of them needs to be fully prepared to deal with, so the Xinghua Empire cannot afford to lose on the problem of insufficient arms supply.

Compared with these three battles, Yi Xingchen wants to go to the Western Regions, and he must give priority to the battlefield of Yunzhou in the Xia Kingdom. However, it is clear that the munitions factory in the primary industrial zone of Xinghua City alone will not be able to meet this campaign.

In order to obtain enough liquidity to raise arms and supplies, Xinghua Mall sold a large number of potions, smart device exclusive space rings, Xinghua wine, and magician-related items. These items can be regarded as having fulfilled their mission, and they have indeed exchanged a large amount of money for Xinghua Mall.

This large amount of money immediately flowed to Rénia, Madagascar, and China.

The reason for the flow to these three countries was determined by the objective factor of the types of materials that the Xinghua Empire needed to procure -- the first two countries were agricultural countries, from which the Xinghua Empire mainly procured sufficient quantities of grain, while from the last country, Huaguo, mainly purchased industrial machinery and equipment, as well as military supplies such as weapons, ammunition, and canned food.

The amount of these purchases is quite a lot, and it is enough to keep Yi Xingchen busy.

A week later, in Nanyun City, Neo led a group of civil and military officials to greet him.

Yi Xingchen's travel team numbered about five hundred people, and all of them were knights. Because the space passage is carried with him, Yi Xingchen only needs to arrive in the Western Regions in person.

These five hundred Xinghua soldiers were not ordinary soldiers, in fact, they were all Yi Xingchen's royal guards. They followed Yi Xingchen, and their main task was actually only one, which was to protect Yi Xingchen closely.

More than 500 horses arrived at Nanyun City. Yi Xingchen, who was about to arrive at the gate of Nanyun City, saw a group of people waiting at the city gate from a distance.

"Welcome to Mr. Welcome!" As soon as Neo saw Yi Xingchen approaching the city gate, he immediately saluted Yi Xingchen with a very respectful attitude. Neo called Yi Xingchen "sir" instead of His Majesty, and the reason why he did this was actually to conceal Yi Xingchen's identity. This is also Yi Xingchen's usual style. Whenever he traveled far away, he warned his subordinate officials that his identity must be kept secret, because that would make it easier for him to act, otherwise, if the emperor of the Xinghua Empire traveled and was discovered, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not be ambushed. Therefore, Yi Xingchen has been hiding his identity all the way, pretending to be an imperial nobleman.

Seeing Neo, who was saluting respectfully, Yi Xingchen nodded with satisfaction and motioned for him to get up. Then, Yi Xingchen glanced up at the walls of Nanyun City, smiled slightly, and said, "Nanyun City looks pretty good, you have worked hard!"

When Neo heard Yi Xingchen's praise, he was naturally secretly excited and proud in his heart, and the joy on his face couldn't be hidden, but he didn't forget to respectfully tell Yi Xingchen that this was his duty as his subordinate, so Neo humbly replied: "This is all thanks to the blessing of His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Alright, you lead the way, let's go into the city, and then rest in your castle guard for the rest of the day, so that we can continue on our way. Yi Xingchen said.

"Yes, sir, please come with me. Neo mounted his horse and led the way.

After turning around the commercial streets and residential areas in Nanyun City, Yi Xingchen entered the city to guard the mansion.

In the hall of the city guard's mansion, Yi Xingchen summoned the government officials of Nanyun City and the main officers of the Xinghua Legion and commended them for their merits. Then, Yi Xingchen also asked about the status of the four mercenaries of Blue Mercury.

Neo told Yi Xingchen that the Blue Mercury mercenaries were very competent. The two mercenaries of the fire dragon and the forest take turns to guard the strongholds of the mountains and seas to expand the power of the empire. The two mercenaries, Thunder Dragon and Wolf Warrior, are a little restless. Since completing the Earth Dragon mission, their people have been divided. Some people want to go back to Blue Mercury, and some people want to stay and make money, waiting for the two mercenaries of the Fire Dragon and the Forest to expire before returning together.

After listening to Neo's report, Yi Xingchen nodded and said, "You gather those mercenary members who want to return to China, those in Nanyun City, first." Tomorrow, I'll send them back to Blue Mercury. The rest of the people, if they don't have time to return, let them go back to Xinghua City. For those who are willing to stay in the Xinghua Empire, I can give them a new contract or national status. Now the war in Xia Guoyunzhou will not stop in a short period of time, and they can take on some war tasks. ”

Neo said, "Yes, Your Majesty." I'll let them know as much as possible. ”

In the land of the hundred barbarians, there will be no more wars in Nanyun City in the short term. In the following days, the main thing was to promote the Xinghua Empire, expand the influence of the Xinghua Empire, and carry out economic construction.

Yi Xingchen was happy when he saw Neo's cousin in Nanyun City.

However, the opinion of the Imperial Cabinet is to transfer Neo and replace a general or in the Nagumo Legion, to promote an officer to be the commander of the legion. The city guard of Nanyun City is assigned a civil official.

Yi Xingchen asked Neo what he thought.

Neo told Yi Xingchen that he wanted to go to Yunzhou, the Xia Kingdom, and participate in the Battle of Yunzhou.

Yi Xingchen shook his head and refused, Neo had just made a great achievement, and it was not appropriate to continue the battle.

The main reason is that Neo has a lot of credit, and the cabinet has discussed how to reward Neo. According to the Cabinet, Neo should be knighted. In addition to this, Neo will be a candidate for Minister of War for the next cabinet. The next cabinet will be elected two years from now. Neo needs to return to the capital and familiarize himself with how to handle official duties, instead of being the commander of the front-line troops all the time.

The next day, Ruan Da Long of the Thunder Dragon mercenary army, as well as more than fifty mercenary soldiers, chose to return to Blue Mercury.

Yi Xingchen sent someone to give them amnesia potion, open the light door, and send them away.

Nguyen Da Long of the Thunder Dragon Mercenary Army, they need to recuperate for a while on Xinghua Island to familiarize themselves with the situation. The pharmacist strictly controlled the dosage, and tried his best to reset the memories of Ruan Dalong and the others to the moment when they received the mission of the Xinghua Empire and had not yet gone to another world. Then, it was handed over to James of the Xinghua Island Intelligence Bureau.

After sending off the Thunder Dragon mercenaries, Yi Xingchen and the others set off again and embarked on the road to the Western Regions.

Under Neo's construction, Yi Xingchen's team disguised itself as an armed caravan. Neo told Yi Xingchen that on the way to the Western Regions, they would encounter many nomads or cities. The people of these peoples or cities are often tolerant of caravans, and they are strictly guarded against armed men.

In order to reduce trouble, Yi Xingchen's team had to change and dress up as a caravan.

Yi Xingchen thought about it and felt that he still had to investigate the terrain and choose a site to build a city, so he accepted Neo's construction.

In fact, pretending to be a caravan did not slow down Yi Xingchen's team. Because they chose to add horses, not vehicles.

Although there was not a single carriage, there were more than thirty horses. The main task of these horses was to carry more than fifty large boxes. Most of the items in these large boxes are some silk and porcelain from the Xia Kingdom, as well as some daily necessities and jewelry produced by the Blue Mercury Factory, such as scissors, needlework, kitchen knives, necklaces, rings, etc. Yi Xingchen The food supplies and arms supplies that they were going to transport to the Western Regions were left in the passage space. Only when he arrives at his destination, Yi Xingchen will open the space passage and move things out.

A month later, Yi Xingchen and the others arrived at the telegraph relay station built by the Mountain Eagle Special Combat Team.

This telegraph relay station was secretly built on a mountain peak.

Yi Xingchen and the others also searched for three days before they found a place.

"See Your Majesty, welcome your Majesty!" the twelve members of the telegraph station excitedly paid homage to Yi Xingchen.

"You've worked hard!" Yi Xingchen stepped forward and patted everyone's shoulders. Yi Xingchen thinks that these people who can endure loneliness should be rewarded by the empire.

"For the Empire!" replied.

"Alright, all of you, get up, I have something to ask you. Yi Xingchen said.

"Please ask, we know everything. Wei Siming, the stationmaster of the telegraph station, said.

"Yan En, you build a camp, and we will camp here. Yi Xingchen turned his head and told Yan En and them to set up camp.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Yan En replied.

The telegraph station was not large, with a three-meter-high wooden wall with three houses inside. A telegraph room, a bedroom, and a kitchen.

Wei Siming led Yi Xingchen into the telegraph station.

"Mountain Eagle Special Operations Base, is there any new news?" Yi Xingchen asked.

"We just received a piece of good news, and we haven't had time to forward it yet. More than 2,000 remnants of the old country have arrived at the Shanying base. Wei Zhouquan, the captain of the Mountain Eagle Special Combat Team, asked for instructions on how to deal with the two thousand remnants of the old country. Wei Siming said.

"I'm here to deal with this. Yi Xingchen said with a smile. He thought for a moment, and then continued to ask, "Which country's sphere of influence does this neighborhood belong to?"

"This place, the nearest city building Blue City, is at least fifty kilometers away. In the mountains, it is rare to find people. According to the division of spheres of influence, it does not belong to any Western Regions country. Wei Siming replied.

Yi Xingchen thought about the scene he saw along the way, and said, "Do you think this place is suitable for settling? The empire wants to build a city to control the trade routes in the Western Regions. ”

"Build a city!" Wei Siming said excitedly, "There is a flat land under this mountain, which is very suitable for building a city. There is a small river passing by there, and there is a lake, and the soil near the lake is suitable for cultivating cash crops. There is a large grassland not far from the flat land, which is also very suitable for nomadic herding, and there is no need to worry about food problems when building a city here, and it should be self-sufficient. The only problem is that Lou Languo will not want a city to appear nearby and rob him of the geographical location of the east-west trade transit station. Then there are some nomads, and the threat of wolves. ”

"At that time, we set up a telegraph station on the mountain peak, not only to consider the convenience of receiving and sending telegrams, but also to avoid the attack of wild beasts...... Wei Siming hoped that the emperor could build a city under the mountain peak, but he was also worried that there would be problems in building the city, so he tried his best to tell Yi Xingchen what he knew.

Yi Xingchen listened while thinking about the feasibility of building a city nearby. However, Yi Xingchen will not just listen to Wei Siming's words and build a city here. After a while, he will find some talents, come over and investigate, and then make a decision.

Yi Xingchen instructed the telegraph operator to send a telegram to the Mountain Eagle Special Combat Team, asking them to temporarily place the two thousand remnants of the old country in the Mountain Eagle base. Later, the emperor would give them advice on how to resettle the remnants of the old country.

Because of the storage of the space channel, it was very convenient for Yi Xingchen to send the city-building talents of the empire to the Western Regions telegraph transfer station to investigate the flat land under the mountain.

After three days and three nights of investigation, the city-building professionals of the empire agreed that a city could be built by the lake. When the time comes, the lake can also be used as a moat.

Yi Xingchen needed to build a city and resettle the remnants of the old country.

The city-building professionals of the empire gave a construction yì, that is, to build residential houses first, and then build city walls.

Yi Xingchen agreed with the opinions of the professionals and decided to build the city at the foot of the mountain, about a kilometer from the lake.

With a decision, Yi Xingchen sent a telegram to the Shanying base, asking them to escort the remnants of the old country back.

In Yi Xingchen's mind, he already had a plan to resettle the remnants of the old country.

The remnants of the old country are not a small number, and what the Xinghua Empire needs most are professionals. These professionals can be placed in Xinghua City or Xinghua New Town. However, some people are not professionals, and the capital is not suitable for placement. Rehousing them in other cities in the country is likely to breed conflicts, so it is better to build a city for them.

Yi Xingchen decided to name the nameless mountain where the Western Regions Telegraph Station was located Anhua Mountain. The city he was going to build was also named "Anhua City". Anhua City is too far away from the Xinghua Empire and is destined to be left alone and difficult to support at home.

However, the geographical location of Anhua City is also very important, as it was the fortress of the Xinghua Empire looking west to the Roman Empire. Of course, the development of the Xinghua Empire may not be unable to invade the Western Regions. However, Yi Xingchen couldn't think about it so much for the time being. (To be continued.) )