"You mean that the Dzungars have the firearms of the Empire in their hands?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The news is very accurate, the Lanzhou Governor's Mansion only recovered half of the military supplies that were robbed of the empire, and about half of them were lost outside." Wang Liqian replied.

"Can Dzungar imitate it now?" Zhu Youxiao immediately asked.

"According to the spies' report, Dzungar cannot be imitated now."

"Since it can't be imitated, it's not a problem, the empire's firearms are now being imitated by Westerners, and they have all been imitated, since the Apocalypse gun has been equipped on a large scale, this secret has already been leaked out, but the secrecy work still cannot be relaxed."

"No."

"Find a way to sell another batch of firearms to Dzungaria and Yarkand to provoke a war between Dzungaria and Yarkand." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while.

"Your Majesty, these two countries have always been Your Majesty's targets." Wang Liqian said softly.

"If firearms lack ammunition, they are not as sharp as swords to kill, not to mention that even if they have firearms, they are far less skilled in using them than the empire, just like the current Kyushu, which has long started to use firearms, but in the use of artillery, the gap with the empire is still very large." Zhu Youxiao explained.

"The minister will arrange this matter immediately, but this matter still needs the assistance of the Governor's Office." Wang Liqian bowed.

"I'll arrange it."

……

The Dzungar Ministry and the Yarkand Khanate have been at war continuously, and Zhu Youxiao just wants to add some oil to the fire to make this fire burn more vigorously. The Dzungar Department is a very restless tribe, and sooner or later it will start a war with the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao's current idea is to detonate this matter as soon as possible, and now the imperial army is strong and strong to solve this scourge in one fell swoop.

"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner!" Concubine Ren said softly outside the door.

Since the number of eunuchs in the palace gradually decreased, Zhu Youxiao began to use a large number of female officials to replace the original eunuchs, Li Xiangjun used to wait by Zhu Youxiao's side, and now after Li Xiangjun was named a talented person, Li Xiangjun can not wait by Zhu Youxiao's side for a long time. In order to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics, the inner court and the outer court made arrangements for the personnel waiting for Zhu Youxiao, both openly and secretly.

Although all this made Zhu Youxiao very dissatisfied, but in the end Zhu Youxiao still compromised, he reached an agreement with the inner court and the outer court, and the people waiting around Zhu Youxiao were changed to concubines, and the concubines took turns to serve according to their ranks, the queen was three days, the concubine was two days, and the rest of the concubines were one day. But in fact, the concubines didn't need to do anything, most of the things were done by the palace maids, they just accompanied Zhu Youxiao.

"Well, I'll be right here." Zhu Youxiao replied.

"Your Majesty, Jiong'er seems to be very busy during this time, but she hasn't entered the palace for a while." Concubine Ren said softly.

"Sorting out the maladministration of the imperial court is a thankless task, and I have to be busy during this time."

"It's a good thing to be busy with political affairs, it's just ......" Concubine Ren stopped talking.

"What's the matter? But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"Your Majesty, Jiong'er's concubine has not come out, and the concubine wants to choose a few more concubines for Jiong'er."

"No matter who you are, you must act according to the "Da Ming Law", and don't exceed the provisions of the law."

"The concubine knows."

"What does Cijiong think of himself?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The emperor should make the decision on this matter."

"Let's ask Cijiong what he thinks first." The order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, in this era, even the royal family is like this, and Zhu Youxiao can't change it at once.

"No."

……

On November 14, King Charles I of England was arrested again. The bourgeois revolution in Britain came to an end, and Britain entered the fast lane. It's just that in this era, it will have to face a more powerful opponent, and that is the Ming Empire. But now Britain's main adversary was the Netherlands, and the first Anglo-Dutch war was imminent. Neither Britain nor the Netherlands now dared to engage in a head-on war with the Empire.

Now the territory of the Ming Empire covers an area of more than 40 million square kilometers, and how to govern such a vast territory is a problem. The problem of Leng Zhou is the most serious, Leng Zhou is far away from the empire, the economy is backward, most of the local residents are exiled except for the natives, as well as retired soldiers and their families, and most of the people of the empire live on the north coast, although Leng Zhou nominally belongs to the territory of the empire, but most of Leng Zhou, the empire has not even penetrated.

The discovery of gold in 1851 prompted a large number of miners and immigrants to come in, making this period the foundation period of Australia's politics, economy and culture, and the period of the fastest changes in its history.

At the court meeting, Zhu Youxiao once again mentioned the development of Leng Zhou.

"I have decided to form an exploration team and go to Leng Chau to find gold mines." Zhu Youxiao suddenly mentioned this matter.

"Your Majesty, it has been more than ten years since the empire immigrated to Leng Zhou, but no one has ever found that there is a gold mine in Leng Zhou."

"The immigrants of the empire have always been concentrated on the north coast of Leng Zhou, and there are still large areas that have not been explored, even if there are gold mines, they will not be discovered, and I know that there must be a large number of gold mines in Leng Zhou." Zhu Youxiao insisted.

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao was so insistent, everyone no longer refutated.

"This matter is the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry, which is responsible for setting up a long-term exploration team to go to Lengzhou to find gold mines. If I can find a gold mine, I will definitely give a big reward, but if I can't find a gold mine, then this team will not have to go back to the empire. And I will send a second team until we find the gold mine. Zhu Youxiao ordered.

"No."

……

In April of the 28th year of the Apocalypse, an expedition team formed by the empire set out from the port of Tianjin to Lengzhou. The number of the team involved in this survey reached more than 200 people, and this survey was brought about by Zhu Youxiao's insistence, and in order to develop Lengzhou, Zhu Youxiao had to use unconventional means.

Before the exploration team set off, Zhu Youxiao specially summoned the exploration team, and the purpose of this meeting was to tell the exploration team the approximate location of the Lengzhou gold mine, as for the specific location, Zhu Youxiao really didn't remember.

At this time, the Empire was preparing for a war against Russia, which aimed to capture Mangazea, Tomsk, and Kuznetsk, advance the Empire's front with Russia to the Ob River, and drive Russia back to its pre-1598 sphere of influence.

Zhu Youxiao's original plan was to rely on the Lanzhou Governor's Mansion to enter the Volga River north, but Zhu Youxiao and the Governor's Mansion found that if the empire launched an attack on the Volga River at the same time, it would need to mobilize about 150,000 to 200,000 troops, and a total of about 400,000 to 600,000 people, and launch such a large-scale campaign, which would take several years of preparation for the empire.

(End of chapter)