The land of China is full of gunsmoke.

Zheng Zhilong of Fujian supported Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, as emperor, and the era name was Longwu. But apart from the local officials in Fujian, people in other places did not recognize him as emperor. Liu Xia, who controls Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Henan, also issued a document not to 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.

Therefore, many Ming Dynasty relics went to Fujian, and Liu Xia was very happy about it. It's good that they're all gone. These people are not with Liu Xia at all, and it is useless to ask for them. Even Liu Xia was worried that these people would cause him trouble for no reason, and it would be easy to leave him.

"The railway built from Luoyang to Yanshi has now extended to the Tiger Prison Pass, passing through Gongxian and other places. Roads continue to be built outside the Tiger Pass. In addition, the railway from Luoyang to Tongguan has been repaired to Shaanzhou at the moment, passing through Xin'an County, Mianchi County and other places. The construction of trains is also accelerating, and the passenger train for people is currently built with a total of eight locomotives and six carriages, which is equivalent to four trains. There are now two trains in operation, which run back and forth between Luoyang and Yanshi. ”

"Eight freight trains have now been built, six of which are under the responsibility of the Logistics Division for the transportation of military supplies. 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 Shaanzhou, passing through Xin'an and Mianchi. In this way, the people of Shaanzhou, Mianchi and even Shanxi can quickly reach Luoyang. ”

Luo Chengxian, chief of the railway department, reported on the situation of the railway department during this period. The development of the railway was thriving, and because it was a new thing and did not lose too many people's interests, the construction went smoothly. Of course, some of them are embezzlement.

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

Under the governance of the Pingbei Army, as long as they are suspected of corruption, their property, whether it is the income of corruption or the income of their own labor, will be confiscated. That means you're embezzling some money, even though you look comfortable. But you'll soon be a pauper in prison. As a result of this policy, there were very few corrupt officials under the rule of the Pingbei Army.

Liu Xia felt that the construction speed of the railway was still too slow, and it had been a long time, and he had not yet built such a small place around Luoyang, Henan Province. How long will it take to build a railway for the whole country?

Thinking of this, Liu Xia felt that the speed of building the railway must be accelerated, and after the railway built from Luoyang arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, 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 to Gansu, and if the territory continues to expand in the future, it will continue to be built westward.

However, the financial and human resources involved in this will also be very large. After all, the terrain in the western region is harsh. There are plateaus and Gobi deserts, and endless deserts. High-tech technology is needed, but Liu Xia does not master it at this time.

"Some places seem to have to wait until technology is developed later. Then leave the difficulties to the children and grandchildren, and the king will first repair all the railways that can be built. ”

"The process of building the railway is still too slow, and by the end of next year, the railway must be repaired to Jiaozhou!"

It is not too difficult to repair to Jiaozhou, this road is basically flat land, only to the Shandong Peninsula there are hills and mountains, as for Henan, Anhui and Xuzhou are vast plains, the difficulty of construction is relatively low, the most difficult should be said to be the Yellow River, the Yellow River in the last years of the Ming Dynasty is not the same as the Yellow River that we see on the map now. At this moment, the Yellow River seized the mouth of the Huai River into the sea. So when entering Shandong, you have to build a bridge to get to Jiaozhou.

The main reason why Liu Xia was so eager to let Luo Chengxian go to Jiaozhou first was to transport soldiers. At this moment, Liu Xia had gradually secretly withdrawn the White Tiger Legion from the direction of Beijing to Jinan. It was planned to use the navy to transport the White Tiger Legion to Liaodong and directly into the Manchu rear base camp.

After all, once the more than 20,000 people of the White Tiger Legion are sent to Liaodong, where there is no village in front of the village and no store in the back, if there is no food, these people can only wait for death.

The construction of the navy is still in its infancy at the moment, and Liu Xia does not expect these navy to help him win the battle, but now he only wants to be able to help transport troops. Once the railway from Luoyang to Jiaozhou is opened, then it will be possible to continuously transport armaments from the Longmen Arsenal, and then transport them to the Liaodong base by sea, so that there is no need to worry about the blockade of the Qing army causing the White Tiger Army to be trapped.

After all, the Manchus did not have the ability to blockade the Bohai Sea, and with the current scientific and technological strength of the Manchus, if they dared to send ships to intercept Liu Xia's army, they would definitely be defeated. Possibly against the maritime powers of the West, Liu Xia has no confidence at the moment, but against the Manchus. Liu Xia definitely has full confidence.

A secret plan has been floating in Liu Xia's mind for a long time, if it succeeds. Then the Manchus will be completely wiped out by Liu Xia. Since then there has been no enemy in the north. Except, of course, the Russians who appeared afterward. Liu Xia will solve the Russians in advance.

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

However, once the strength of the North Sea Fleet is greatly increased, Liu Xia can also project troops from the sea to the south, and even enter the Yangtze River waterway from the mouth of the Yangtze River to the mainland. At that time, no matter how powerful Wu Sangui's navy was, 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 the land of China is far from so simple. In 1553, the Portuguese were entrenched in Macao, and Taiwan was occupied by the Spaniards, and then by the Dutch in 1642. As for Japan in the east, it was also unstable, and the domestic chaos led to a large number of people who began to come to China to rob everywhere. Disaster. Of course, more of them are Chinese, but the Japanese are clearly dominant.

Liu Xia was considering whether to destroy Japan and incorporate it into China. Imagine the Nanjing Massacre in the future, the East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere. Liu Xia felt that these terms should disappear completely.

Of course, this has to make the navy stronger.

Although the Tartars of the north are now in decline, their strength should not be underestimated. It's not as simple as Liu Xia saying that if it is to be destroyed, it will be destroyed.

At this time, an urgent report from Jiaozhou arrived in Liu Xia's hands.

"The commander-in-chief of the navy envoy Yu Mingjun visited the prince:

On 3 July, the General Headquarters of the Navy Army collected the gathering of pirates in the surrounding area, so his subordinates immediately ordered the reorganization of troops and horses to wipe out these pirates and pirates. In the afternoon, all 30 warships, including the [Zhenyuan], were put into use (most of them were pirate ships from the original Hammer Island), and Bai Menghu, the commander of the White Shark Guard, was ordered to serve as the commander of the first combat formation, and the new commander of the Nu Haiwei, Li Dazhui, served as the commander of the provisional vanguard army, and led more than ten large and small warships to secretly sail towards the 'Treasure Island', the gathering place of pirates and pirates, and the rest of the army followed.

On the afternoon of the 4th of July, Nu Haiwei commanded Li Dazhui to encounter an enemy army with five pirate ships, and after a bitter battle. Annihilate all enemy forces. 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 Dazhui successfully entered the waters around Treasure Island and was not discovered. Eventually, he managed to infiltrate the harbor and bombard the ships in the harbor with artillery. Most of them were blown up, and most of them were burned to ashes. The pirates were shocked, but now they were turtles in the urn. Flying south, Treasure Island is surrounded by vast seas, and if you don't have a boat, you can't swim to the shore at all.

Next, the army followed. On the morning of July 5, 5,000 soldiers and horses of the White Shark Guard landed on the beach and fought with the pirates. Before sunset, take full control of Treasure Island. ”