As mentioned above, Zhu Cijiong personally led a large army to attack the Chahar grassland, and finally defeated the old enemy Huang Taiji after a big battle, and pacified the northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

And Huang Taiji chose to hang himself under the hint of Zhu Cijiong to protect the safety of his people, a hero who created the foundation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than 400 years in history came to an abrupt end, and the history of the Ming Dynasty was thus continued, the Ming Dynasty only lasted for more than 300 years in history and perished, but now this posture is not a problem at all to continue for more than 400 years, and it is not impossible to continue for 500 or 600 years.

Zhu Cijiong has achieved so much, the system will naturally have a reward, when the news of Huang Taiji's death by hanging came, the long-lost voice of the system beauty sounded in his mind: "Ding Dong, congratulations on completing the fifth glorious task to defeat the old enemy, and now the reward will be issued: steamship blueprints." “

Zhu Cijiong only felt a burst of dizziness, and a bunch of drawings suddenly poured into his mind: what paddle steamer, propeller steamer, mid-mounted paddle wheel, rear-mounted paddle wheel, .......

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but be surprised, the steamship turned out to be a steamship! The problem he had been plaguing about the slow speed of the battleship was finally solved, and with the steam-powered propulsion system, the size of the hull would no longer be limited, and even the largest treasure ship would be able to sail at sea, even faster than the current battleship!

The beauty of the system then prompted: "Ding Dong, friendly reminder: the steamship has greatly increased the speed of sailing, and it will become more convenient to colonize the world. Tips are over, happy playing. ”

The empire on which the sun never sets used to be a distant dream, but now with a steamship, Zhu Cijiong feels that this dream has been infinitely closer, perhaps, in this life, in a limited period of several decades, he can really build Daming into a real empire on which the sun never sets!

Of course, the dream is to be realized step by step, not that you think that the Ming Empire can never set today, and tomorrow the whole world will become a colony of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to become a fat man in one bite, like now, although the battle of the three grasslands has ended, there are still a lot of things waiting for Zhu Cijiong to deal with.

Among them, the most troublesome is the family of Huang Taiji, they are not like Dolgon and other generals, they are stained with the blood of the people of the Ming Dynasty, just cut them all directly, and the orphans and widows of the people did not recruit you to provoke you, nor did they commit any heinous crimes, and it was a bit too cruel to kill them all.

Just as he was hesitating, there was a rumor of eunuchs outside, and Huang Taiji's eldest son, Haoge, asked to see him.

This was also sent to the door, so let's see each other, so Zhu Cijiong sat on the dragon chair with a golden knife, and then Xuan Haoge met him.

Although Haoge is nearly thirty years old, he does not have the courage of his father, Huang Taiji, and after entering the tent, he immediately knelt on the ground and said in fear: "Hauge, the guilty minister, see His Royal Highness the Ming Emperor." “

Zhu Cijiong, the Ming Emperor and the Ming Emperor, was not used to hearing this, and he couldn't help but correct: "It should be called the emperor." “

Hauge immediately changed his words and said, "Obey, Emperor." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded and asked, "You came to find me, is there anything wrong?" “

Hauge hurriedly took out a scroll from his bosom, raised his hands above his head, and said worriedly: "The criminal is here to present the map of the secret military factory and the iron ore mines. “

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but move in his heart when he heard this, he didn't understand where Huang Taiji's guns came from, because there was no place to produce weapons around the Khan Court, it turned out that there was a secret military factory, and he also needed the location of iron mines and coal mines, although the Ministry of Industry could find it, but he also had to send someone to find it, and now there were ready-made ones, wouldn't it be more convenient, so he glanced at Cao Huachun on the side and motioned for him to bring the map.

Cao Huachun comprehended, stepped forward, took the map, checked it carefully, and then turned around and respectfully handed it to Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Cijiong took the map and unfolded it to see that the secret military factory was in the northeast of the Chahar grassland, in a valley near the Horqin grassland, no wonder he couldn't find it. The iron ore and coal mines marked on the map are densely packed, dotted throughout the Monan region, it seems that Huang Taiji must have made a lot of efforts to survey the entire Monan region, saving him a lot of things.

The iron ore and coal resources in the Monan area are really rich, Zhu Cijiong has seen the map, and he is in a good mood, this Haoge should have been guided by Huang Taiji, and knew what he wanted most, this map did scratch his itch, okay, just go around them, with the current strength of the Ming army, they are not afraid of their rebellion at all, besides, most of the young and middle-aged laborers on the grassland will be transferred to mining, and no one wants them to rebel, as long as they find something to do, let them not think about revenge all day long.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help asking, "What did you do before?" “

Haoge hurriedly replied: "If you go back to the emperor, the criminal minister used to be in charge of the household department of the Qing Dynasty. “

It turned out to be a person in charge of property, just right, let him take care of logistics, so, Zhu Cijiong said generously: "In the future, the imperial court will use grain, cloth, and clothing as mining money to distribute to the miners' families, and you will take your family members to be responsible for the storage and distribution of these materials. “

This head was finally saved, and Haoge couldn't help but kowtow excitedly: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." “

Zhu Cijiong didn't have time to talk to him, so he waved his hand directly and asked him to retire.

Zhu Cijiong was very curious about what the Manchu Qing Dynasty could build the military factory, and in the end, he decided to go and see it in person, and the next morning, he took Qin Gongming and Cao Bianjiao, and set off with 100,000 cavalry.

Maybe someone reported that the building had already been empty, Zhu Cijiong looked at the Manchu secret military factory and the civilian lathe milling machine in the workshop, which were almost exactly the same as Wang Gong's factory, and couldn't help but be speechless for a while, it seems that traitors are everywhere!

But this place is quite good, there are steep slopes all around, there is only one exit connected to the prairie, as long as a fortress is built at the exit, the safety problem is solved, the most important thing is that it is big enough to build a large factory, and it is almost in the middle of the three grasslands, there are several iron mines and coal mines nearby, and the conditions are ideal in all aspects.

After a little turn in the valley, Zhu Cijiong decided to build a primary steelmaking plant here to refine the simplest steel ingots, so as to reduce the pressure on the steelmaking mill in Xicheng District, and also save the trouble of transporting the coal and iron ore dug in Monan to the capital.

Zhu Cijiong also decided to build a railway connecting the three grasslands to facilitate the transfer of coal and iron ore in the Monan area, and as for how to transport the steel ingots that have been refined, as long as the railway here is extended to Beidaying, anyway, the 500,000 captives are near the three grasslands, and it is not too late for them to go back after completing the railway.