What are the living habits of the fighting nation, Zhang Lingyang only saw some on the Internet in his previous life, and he didn't know it.

Therefore, in order to have a specific understanding of the living habits of the fighting nations, Zhang Lingyang interrogated Pikovsky, a small Rus' nobleman who was captured in the last battle, and at the same time ordered people to go to the Royal Academy in the western suburbs of the capital to inquire about European diplomacy there.

Europeans in this era always know more than they did from the Internet in their previous lives.

The news of Rus's war with Da Zhou was actually not a secret, and Zhang Lingyang did not order anyone to deliberately conceal it, and soon the news was known throughout the capital and beyond.

Foreign teachers from Europe were not interested.

As a scientific researcher, there are not many people who are interested in war, and in addition, whether there are Rus among them, they are even less concerned about the war between the Great Zhou and the Rus.

Therefore, for the inquiries of the court officials, these experts and scholars can be said to know everything and say everything, without the slightest concealment.

Soon, information about the habits of the Rus' people was placed on the desk of the Temple of Heart Cultivation.

After a quick glance, Zhang Lingyang ordered someone to send the collected information to Sun Dingzong and Ma Jinzhong.

Regarding the commander of the next war with the Rus, in fact, it is not between Sun Dingzong and Ma Jinzhong.

That's why Zhang Lingyang ordered someone to give all this information to the two of them.

Next, naturally, it is necessary to rearm for war.

In order to defend the enemy from the country, Zhang Lingyang arranged the battlefield in the steppes northwest of Warat and the western Siberian region.

The geography is obvious, with the steppes in the north-west of Varat and the jungle in Western Siberia all year round.

How many troops should be screened? How are the troops arranged? It has become the primary issue that Zhang Lingyang is concerned about.

First of all, what Zhang Lingyang considered was that next year's war would only be protracted, and it would not be as easy as last time to settle the war in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the soldiers who will go out next year must endure the cold weather in the far north.

Naturally, those soldiers who accompanied Ma Jinzhong to quell the rebellion of the tribes in Western Xinjiang a few years ago became the target of Zhang Lingyang's first song.

The winter in the northwest is not much better than in Western Siberia, and these soldiers have the experience of fighting in the northwest, and they will definitely be able to withstand the cold weather in the far north.

If it was a southerner, even if it was an elite warrior, Zhang Lingyang would not consider it.

After all, there are times when combat effectiveness is not subject to human will.

I am afraid that when the army of the south reaches the far north, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced in the first place.

What's more, Zhang Lingyang will not pin the victory or defeat of a war on an illusory will.

There is no shortage of people in Da Zhou, so why bother?

In fact, compared with the soldiers who participated in the Western Xinjiang War, the soldiers in Liaodong are more suitable. Because, the climate of Liaodong is more similar to that of Western Siberia.

A careful analysis shows that although it is close to the western Siberian region, the western Xinjiang region is a desert, and except for the severe cold winter, the other seasons are mainly arid.

This is not the case in Liaodong, although it is far away from Western Siberia, the climate and environment are closer to Western Siberia.

But one of the things that is difficult to do is that Liaodong is sparsely populated, and it is impossible to gather so many troops at once.

What's more, the guards in Liaodong have been stationed all these years and have not participated in the war for many years. What its true combat effectiveness will be is open to debate.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhang Lingyang decided to select 50,000 elite soldiers from the soldiers who had conquered the western frontier in the past few years to train day and night to prepare for next year's war.

Of course, among them, the Royal Army and the Royal Cavalry are indispensable.

The last battle against Rus' was fought by both the Royal Army and the Cavalry, and although the battle was hasty, they had a little more experience, at least they were no strangers to the grasslands northwest of Warat.

Here, the assembled 50,000 elites are braving the cold day and night at the junction of Yanshan and the grassland in the north of the capital. Over there, the Firearms Bureau is also busy day and night.

Next year's big week will face 30,000 Rus' people, and the firearms bureau has naturally not enough guns and ammunition stored before, and now it is rushing production.

In the past, the Firearms Bureau produced mainly grenades and mines, and even firearms were very small.

Therefore, the production of guns and ammunition has to be expedited.

Of course, artillery is also indispensable.

Before, whether it was muskets or artillery, compared to Europe, the Great Zhou was much behind.

After the arrival of European experts and scholars, new muskets and artillery were developed.

It's just that because of the shortage of equipment, neither muskets nor artillery have been manufactured on a large scale, so now the Firearms Bureau has to step up production.

In the past few days, Feng Xi, the eunuch with the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor who is on the errand of the Firearms Bureau, is busy with his feet and running in various production workshops every day.

But fortunately, according to the current production, as long as there are no accidents, the Firearms Bureau can finally provide enough guns and ammunition before the army leaves.

Among them, it reflects the advantages of Dazhou's abundant human resources.

There is no shortage of people in Da Zhou, nor is there a shortage of craftsmen.

Moreover, the craftsmen of the Great Zhou are different from those in Europe, and the craftsmen in Europe are more single-minded. It's like a craftsman who makes furniture, and nine times out of ten he won't build a house.

But the craftsmen of Da Zhou are more versatile, they can make furniture, repair houses, and make other objects.

Although the technique may not be very exquisite, as long as you go through simple training, building guns and ammunition is a matter of hand.

Besides, in order to produce a sufficient number of guns and ammunition as soon as possible, Zhang Lingyang has already taken out the assembly line operation. In this way, the production speed of the Firearms Bureau is naturally incomparable.

Of course, during this period, Zhang Lingyang did not stop building the navy.

Zhang Lingyang understands that a strong navy is indispensable if it wants to become a world power in the true sense of the word.

Based on the 3,000 royal sailors, Zhang Lingyang ordered people to build a Shenzhen-Hong Kong wharf in Tianjinwei, east of the capital.

A shipyard was also built there.

Every day, there are countless horse-drawn wagons pulling iron ore mined from the western mountains of the capital to transport it.

If you want to build an all-steel battleship, in terms of the productivity of this era, it is naturally a little unrealistic.

Even England, which has the most powerful navy in the world, has not yet built even a single all-steel warship.

At present, the mainstream warships in Europe are still mainly made of wood.

Da Zhou is no exception.

Although Zhang Lingyang really wanted to build an all-steel battleship, the process was much more complex and time-consuming, and it was not something that could be built in a short period of time.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhang Lingyang still decided to build a battleship of the same level as the European battleship first, and as for the all-steel battleship, it is better to wait until the time is ripe to build it later.

Therefore, high-quality wood has become one of the indispensable ones.

Will the big week be wood?

In Liaodong, which is not far away, primeval forests are everywhere, and naturally there will be no shortage.

Every day, the timber from Liaodong is transported to Tianjin Wei in a steady stream of sea ships, where it is simply processed and then sent to the shipyard to create warships.

Although the industrialization process of the Great Zhou Dynasty was only carried out in the vicinity of the capital, the results that could be exploded were extremely amazing......