Two consecutive wars ended in victory, and the prestige of Yejiazhuang's army has become well-known, and no one dares to hit the idea of Xiangjiang at will.

And Xiangjiang has calmed down since then, but Ye Shaolong does not dare to relax in the slightest, temporary comfort does not mean that there is no threat. The training of the Yejiazhuang army has never been relaxed, and in order to train the actual combat ability of the navy, Ye Shaolong directly asked Lin Biao and Wang Dashan to lead troops to the sea to fight pirates from time to time.

This is undoubtedly the best choice for exercising the actual combat experience of the navy, Lin Biao and Wang Dashan obeyed Ye Shaolong's orders, and would take the navy out to fight pirates twice a month.

To their surprise, there was a lot of harvest every time, especially some of the larger pirate dens, and after each victory, they always captured a lot of loot.

Lin Biao and Wang Dashan also tasted the sweetness, and the speed of the change from the previous negative snubbing to the later positive change was jaw-dropping.

In addition to the training of the navy, Ye Shaolong did not fall behind the training of the army, and Su Can has been promoted to the general of the governor's military power. The entire army was under his command.

Soldiers and horses need training to maintain their combat strength, but Ye Shaolong is not satisfied with this, he feels that after Xiangjiang settles down, he begins to introduce the technology of foreigners on a large scale.

In order to improve Xiangjiang's scientific and technological capabilities, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to hire talents from all over the world. As long as anyone can invent new things, Ye Shaolong will give them a generous reward.

After the news spread overseas, some people with dreams of making a fortune began to come to Xiangjiang to join Ye Shaolong.

In order to facilitate the management of these talents, Ye Shaolong spent a lot of money to build a luxurious college. Then according to the talents who came to defect, their different abilities were classified.

Ye Shaolong consciously guided these talents with some knowledge of his later generations and let them shine in their respective fields.

Within a month of its establishment, the institute began to produce research results, and some advanced technologies of foreigners under the guidance of Ye Shaolong soon built steam engines, and then cars and trains.

What satisfied Ye Shaolong the most was that the hot air balloon was studied, which was a leap forward.

A month later, countless hot air balloons began to float over the Xiangjiang River, which could not only be used for short-distance transportation, but also as a sentry post. And there are many more uses waiting to be developed.

But obviously, Ye Shaolong didn't stop there, what he needed was an airplane, and only an airplane was a weapon to control the sky.

It's a pity that he wants to make an airplane now, obviously Ye Shaolong is talking in a dream, after all, industry needs a foundation, and everything is empty talk without a foundation.

Scientific research is a costly, laborious, and time-consuming thing, and it takes perseverance to see results, so Ye Shaolong is not in a hurry.

In short, it is much better for him to be prepared now than to do nothing, and when the West enters the industrial competition, he will still be destitute.

The development of Xiangjiang has entered the orbit, and it has begun to change with each passing day, and the Yejiazhuang army has also begun to grow stronger, and now Ye Shaolong is fully confident to meet any challenge.

The British Empire still didn't say anything, it seemed that they had just given up Xiangjiang and were not ready to take it back from Ye Shaolong's hands.

The disappeared Peter still did not come forward, as if he had never appeared in Xiangjiang, and there was no news.

Ye Shaolong had almost forgotten about him now, but he still received a telegram from Peter. In it, Peter hopes to be able to cooperate with Ye Shaolong again, and the British Empire has given Peter an order to completely abandon Xiangjiang, and their goal is the Wa Kingdom.

A Xiangjiang is naturally incomparable with the Wa Kingdom, and obviously, the appetite of the British Empire has grown. Or it is inextricably linked to the recovery of the provincial capital by the Beiyang regime.

But these are not what Ye Shaolong needs to care about, he is now very interested in Peter's invitation. With his current strength, there is no problem at all, but if he sends troops alone, it is not worth it.

Peter's news came very well, and it was in Ye Shaolong's mind. He sent Peter a telegram back expressing his intention to cooperate, and then asked Peter to come to Xiangjiang to meet and discuss.

Peter readily agreed to Ye Shaolong, and three days later, before the imperial navy arrived in Asia, he rushed to Xiangjiang with two of his retinues to meet Ye Shaolong.

Ye Shaolong asked Peter to meet in Yejiazhuang in Xiangjiang, which has become a bustling city after two years of construction.

Yejiazhuang has also been changed from the former manor to the power center of the entire Xiangjiang, which has become a bustling city with high-rise buildings.

Peter was personally received by Su Can at the dock, and when he sat in a car made by Xiangjiang himself, driving on a flat and wide cement road, he felt that the change was too great.

Su Can just smiled and didn't respond to him, but when Peter arrived at Yejiazhuang, he didn't recognize that this was the former Yejiazhuang at all.

To say that the only thing that has not changed in the entire Yejiazhuang is the original three-story small western-style building in Yefu. This is a building that Ye Shaolong deliberately left, he and his family are used to living here, and he is reluctant to destroy and rebuild.

Ye Shaolong did enough courtesy, after all, Peter represented the British Empire, and now it seems to have become a country-to-country exchange, rather than a small fight before.

When Peter saw Ye Shaolong, he found that he was no longer the hot-blooded young man he was two years ago, and now he seemed to have become the existence of a founding emperor.

And he also turned a backward Xiangjiang into the capital of the American and British empires in just two years, and this ability is worthy of Peter's respect.

After Peter got out of the car, he paid a national salute to Ye Shaolong, and Ye Shaolong responded one by one. The two met outside the gate and did a good job of salutation, and then they entered the tall and magnificent council hall together.

In Ye Shaolong's office, only the two of them sat facing each other, Ye Shaolong took out the wine that Peter used to entertain him, and after filling it for each other, he smiled and said: "Peter, I got my wish, now I invite you to drink grape wine as the host." ”

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Peter's face, but he quickly became indifferent, he replied with a sincere smile, and then said: "Ye, I lost, you are the real lord of Xiangjiang." ”

Ye Shaolong immediately burst out laughing, and Peter then laughed the same, and the laughter echoed in the spacious office for a long time.

Peter remembered that Ye Shaolong had said that one day he would invite himself back to drink grape wine, and Peter used to take this as a joke, but the current situation did happen, making Peter suddenly seem to have returned to the past.