Just as Emperor Yang took his whole family to watch the games, the Europeans finally ended their decade-long scuffle. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It ended from north to south.

With France, Spain, Bavaria, Cologne, and Savoy on the one hand, and England, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, and Brandenburg on the other, the Treaty of Madrid was formally signed in Madrid, Spain, and originally historically they were signed in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and according to the Treaty of Madrid, each country recognized Philip, the grandson of Louis XIV, as the king of Spain, and ruled all the lands that originally belonged to Spain, including Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, the Duchy of Milan, Sardinia, Sicily, Naples, etc......

Well, it's all Louis XIV's grandson's.

Well, it's all his, too.

As for other aspects, the inherent territory of each country has not moved much, in fact, the truce between the two sides is only because they are exhausted, and no one has the ability to continue fighting, so they also know that they can't ask for too much, and the European countries have been fighting for so many centuries, which can be bargained for and which cannot be bargained, in fact, they are also very clear. If you really want to think about those unrealistic places, it is to be endless, including Louis XIV also knew very well, for example, if he wanted to go to Austria, it would be completely with the Habsburgs, so he also knew that he would take it when he saw it, after all, he got everything he wanted, and most of the land in Western Europe was his.

Again, neither side mentioned the matter of compensation.

The main thing is that the Netherlands said, if you don't have money, you have to die, anyway, we don't have money, you Louis XIV has the ability, then continue to fight, it's a big deal that we will flood our homes again......

Anyway, it doesn't make sense to talk about this kind of scoundrel.

Well, they really don't have any money.

In short, the reparations are gone.

In short, the ten-year war for the Spanish throne ended in this way, except for Louis XIV, who was a big winner, almost all the others were losers, and Louis XIV beat the pre-war population of 21 million to less than 18 million after the war for the identity of this winner, and the treasury was so empty that rats wept, and the price paid was a bit too heavy in the end.

Of course, he still won after all.

As for the others, the Netherlands can be said to have lost the worst, with no money and no money, and there is nothing, followed by Britain, but it is not as miserable as the Netherlands, Austria again, they got nothing, but they paid for the lives of countless soldiers in vain, fortunately, they were not sucked dry by Yang Feng's blood, which is a blessing in misfortune, as for the fact that they themselves stretched their necks over and asked Yang Feng to bleed, that is another matter, and the other participating countries are basically the same.

In short, they are all losers.

At the same time, the signing of a peace treaty with Russia in Warsaw on the one hand, with Sweden and Sweden-conquered Poland as the side, also officially ended the Great Northern War, the latter ceded to Sweden all the lands it had occupied, the southern border basically retreated to the borders of modern Russia with Ukraine and Belarus, and the north had to cede to Sweden the part west of the Volkhov River, in fact, the Baltic Sea coast, including St. Petersburg, was originally part of Sweden's territory, this time only continued to retreat, Just give Charles more land, and basically retreat to the Novgorod line.

In short, Sweden won here.

Russia, which was originally aggressive and constantly expanding westward, was suddenly pulled back, and spit out teeth all over the ground, Peter not only lost his dream of seizing access to the sea, but even paid the price of almost all the core land, including Moscow, being beaten into ruins, and then lost hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land, before the war his border actually went to the east bank of the Dnieper River, including Kiev, but this time it retreated more than 200 kilometers, and also lost the most important fortress Poltava, Opened the south to the Swedes.

Charles, on the other hand, continued to maintain the position of the hegemon of the North, continued the glory of the Gustavian era, proudly standing above the head of Europe, ready to go south at any time to act as the defender of order, this result ......

Well, Charlie was actually very dissatisfied with this result.

After all, for him, only the hanging of Peter is perfect, but now he is helpless, the last almost total annihilation in Moscow caused him a heavy blow, in fact, until now he has not recovered, although his army has been replenished, the lost weapons have also been replenished, but the dead elite veterans can not be replenished, and now the Swedish army, which is almost entirely composed of new recruits, can rely on the superiority in equipment and continue to grasp the initiative on the battlefield, forcing the Russians to cede the land and admit defeat, That's pretty good.

In addition, his rear is unstable.

Sweden has a total population of more than 2 million, and after so many years of war, almost all the young and middle-aged people have gone to the battlefield, and there are many people in the country who oppose his reckless militarism, and Poland, Denmark, these conquered countries, are not without careful thoughts, and August, the Elector of Saxony, who also lost Poland, is also lying dormant in his nest to sharpen his minions. After the latter was defeated by him, he only had to hand over the Polish throne, but this throne was originally empty, the brain-dead system of the big bobo was well known, the king was just a representative elected by the nobles, and Auguste's status as the Duke of Saxony and the Elector of Saxony was not moved, and the strength of the people was not really damaged.

Then there is the threat of the Ottomans.

In this way, even Charlie's toughness has to accept the reality.

"Charlie, Charlie, Charlie!"

Emperor Yang sighed melancholy.

Charlie still didn't fight with Peter to the end as he expected, but it's not bad to have this result, after all, the scene of Moscow burning into ruins is still very gratifying, anyway, as long as Charlie continues to be strong, sooner or later one day he will still attack Peter, Sweden and Russia's position determines that the two families must fall down, this is their fate.

In that case, let's let the two of them bite slowly!

He just needs to build the road slowly.

"Where is the Longhai Railway?"

Yang Feng asked.

"Your Majesty, it is estimated that it will be able to repair to Qinzhou in another year."

Xiao Guizi said.

There is another year to Tianshui, and Tianshui to Lanzhou at least three years, this is the original history of the time to build this railway after the liberation, at this time no matter how fast it will not be faster than this, and Lanzhou to Luntai to ten years, this is also the time spent on the construction of the Lanxin line after the liberation, Luntai's hometown is in the south of Urumqi, basically can be regarded as a place. And from Luntai to Ili it will have to be repaired for several years, and then it will be Central Asia, and the Russians will have to build the Trans-Caspian Railway from Turkmenbashi to Andijan for a full twenty years, and the rest will have to cross the Caspian Sea by boat from Turkmenbashi, so that it will not take at least forty years for him to take a train to the Caspian Sea?

Emperor Yang was shocked.

It seems that you may not be able to take the train to Rotterdam in your lifetime!

"This is not good, this is absolutely not good!"

He said subconsciously.

Xiao Guizi looked at him in horror.

Obviously, such a speed of road construction is far from worthy of the ambition of His Majesty the Emperor, but if you think about it, he seems to have no other good way, and the work of building the railway is very slow, especially under his current technical conditions that are still very rudimentary, you must know that the Russians spent a full thirteen years to build the railway from Chelyabinsk to Vladivostok, and they are still building it at both ends.

But how can he fix it both together?

Vladivostok is a port anyway, and the Russians can ship road construction materials by sea, but at this time where does he have a place to supply railroad tracks to Central Asia?

In this way, it seems that we have to build steel mills in Shannan or Beiting provinces, get a few small converters to be transported over first, find an iron ore coal mine and build a small steel mill to produce various parts and components, and then make large open hearth furnaces, and then manufacture steel rails on a large scale, and lay them at both ends from Shannan to the outside, and also find a place in Gansu to build a steel plant, and then shop from Gansu to both ends. The same can be done on the Kazakh side, where there is no shortage of coal mines and iron mines, but such a large-scale construction requires large-scale immigration, you must know that they are all remote areas, there are almost no Han people at present, and the entire Beiting Province is only a few hundred thousand people who are classified as Han people, and the vast majority of them are herdsmen who don't know anything.

The population of Shannan Province is similar to that of Beiting, or even less than that of Beiting.

And if you build a railway from scratch in this way, you need to build not only a steel plant, but also mines, roads, and factories, which require a lot of labor, and these laborers have to bring their families, so they need to build all kinds of public facilities, schools, hospitals, government agencies, etc., all of which need to be there, so that in fact it is the construction of a city.

Then there will be more immigrants in need.

How can a steel plant that can support the construction of railways has an annual output of 100,000 tons, and the construction of railways is not just about laying two rails, all ancillary facilities must be made of steel, from bridge trusses to screw caps, all of which are piled up with steel, and 100,000 tons is the lowest. And to support the normal operation of this 100,000-ton steel plant is not less than 100,000 workers, this is not a steel plant three hundred years later, whether digging coal and iron ore most of them are manpower, a large part of the steel plant is also labor, and those who manufacture railway ancillary facilities also need a large number of workers. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were 200,000 employees in the Pingxiang coal mine alone, and the annual output of the Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant supported by it was only 100,000 tons......

Of course, Yangfeng's steel factory will not raise so many idlers.

But 100,000 is the lowest number in the whole system.

100,000 workers, then at least 50,000 people need to serve them, these 100,000 people do not produce food, and it is impossible to transport them from the interior, so they still need farm support, so how much is the agricultural population? And how much do the families of these people get? In other words, at least 400,000 to 500,000 immigrants must be prepared at the center of each railway extension, which is almost as large as the current population of Shannan Province.

Emperor Yang felt a pain in his head.

At this time, the border area was really not attractive to the common people of the Ming Dynasty.

"Spread the decree, I want to go to court!"

Emperor Yang suddenly stood up and said.

"Huh?!"

Xiao Guizi was dazed for a moment.

Obviously, this word was a little unfamiliar to him, but soon he reacted, and hurriedly ran out to deliver the decree, and soon the news that His Majesty the Emperor, who had not been to the court for two years, eight months and fourteen days, finally went to the court, immediately caused a sensation in the entire city of Nanjing, and for a time the cabinet, the general staff of the navy and army, the inspectorate and other institutions were in a hurry, and all the ministers in charge hurriedly put down all their work, and the carriages and steam cars quickly converged towards the palace.

"All here?"

Emperor Yang wore twelve crowns and twelve chapters of robes, sat on the dragon chair of the Fengtian Palace, looked at the civil and military ministers kneeling below with satisfaction, and said: "The content of today's court discussion is very simple, I want to build Xijing. ”

"Your Majesty, where is Xijing located?"

Shao Tingcai, who has officially taken over the prime minister's class, asked.

At present, the Ming Dynasty only has two capitals in the north and south, and the original capital Fengyang was abolished, after all, this capital actually has no meaning, but a separate management agency has been set up for Zhu Yuanzhang's father's mausoleum, and Beijing and Nanjing are both legal capitals, Emperor Yang can live wherever he wants, but the cabinet is stationed in Nanjing, but the establishment of Xijing and Tokyo has long been in the civil discussion, after all, there is Nanjing Beijing, of course, there should be Tokyo Xijing, but where are these two capitals, this has to be studied separately.

Taking Xijing as an example, Chang'an is of course the one that everyone is looking forward to.

"North Garden."

Yang Feng said casually.

"Beiting?"

Shao Tingcai was stunned for a moment, and then exclaimed with an expression of his chin smashing on the ground: "Beiting? ”

"That's right, Beiting!"

Yang Feng repeated with certainty.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is unacceptable, the Beiting is far away, almost thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, and there is no railway communication, no waterway connection, starting from Nanjing, even if it takes several months to reach the fastest, and the population is even more scarce, the Beiting Province is only 660,000 people, less than a large county in the Central Plains, how to build the capital?"

A cabinet minister immediately argued.

"I have made up my mind, don't say more, this summoning you is just to inform."

Yang Feng said with imperial majesty.

"Then Your Majesty, where will the new capital be built?"

Shao Tingcai asked with the last glimmer of hope, since Emperor Yang said so, then it is determined that Xijing will be built in Beiting, and he will be the emperor of the natural golden mouth, but the Beiting place is very large, and the range of thousands of miles out of Yumen Pass is Beiting Province, if it is built in the east, it is not very far, and the Longhai Railway will be repaired to Yumen Pass in six or seven years, and the construction of Xijing will also take time, and the railway will be repaired after almost completion, as long as the distance of the railway is not worth mentioning.

Then Emperor Yang popped out of his mouth with a name that made him desperate.

"Broken Leaves!"

Yang Feng patted a position on the map behind him and said excitedly: "I want to emulate Emperor Chengzu, the Son of Heaven guards the country, I am now in the Ming Dynasty, the east, the north, and the south are invincible, only the western Kou still exists, and the broken leaf is the end of the western border of the Ming Dynasty, since I am the place where the people resist the enemy, my Xijing will be located in the broken leaf, located here, I want to build a big city comparable to Nanjing and Beijing here, Yongzhen Xizhui!" ”

Well, the place he photographed was Almaty. (To be continued.) )