Shun lì divided the Anglo-French army, and saw the Royal Academy of Sciences, which symbolized the glory of the future, rise from the ground, which was also an extremely smooth thing for Yang Meng, there was no need for anyone who wanted to wade through the sea of corpses and blood to fight for their lives?

It's a pity that Britain and Russia just don't give him such an opportunity to develop safely and steadily, and he has to do it, since everyone wants to start with robbery, Yang Meng is simply not polite, it is not interesting to rob the poor ghosts, and it is also a good choice to rob a big European family like Britain, France and Russia.

In addition to the Royal Academy of Sciences, Yang Meng still has a lot of things to do, the porcelain factory, jade workshop, weaving office, etc., can be bigger and stronger and make a lot of money.

The combination of traditional technology and machinery, the production of low-cost products, sold all over the world at the price of luxury, is what Yang Meng wants to do, printing, casting molds can be used on porcelain, if there is such a combination of technology, fine porcelain can be produced on a large scale, all kinds of chemical pigments, can also make porcelain more bright and dazzling.

Jade, a perfect jade, often requires a top jade craftsman to ponder for several years or even a lifetime, and steam-powered cutting tools and grinding tools are also things that Yang Meng needs to solve.

As for the knowledge in the manufacture is greater, if you can use a textile machine to manufacture silk brocade, then the output is not estimated, the export of raw silk, although the profit is not expensive, but the profit of exporting silk brocade is probably greater, right?

The first step is to manufacture these products with the aesthetics of the Western world, the second step is to add Chinese elements, and the third step is to export these luxury goods according to the aesthetics of the East. Interrogation aggression in the Western world. It's too straightforward. It's easy to be resisted.

They should learn the methods of Confucianism, and in today's Qing Dynasty, from farming to handicrafts, there is no shadow of Confucianism? Through guò commerce to promote the spread of culture, this is called moisturizing things silently, this is the royal way, no harm to stop the invasion.

Of course, the handicraft industry of the Qing Dynasty is not without its shortcomings. And there are many of these deficiencies, the first and most important one, that is, most of the practical tools are rough workmanship, and there are not many fine folk things, compared with the things produced in the office, the folk craftsmanship is rough and outrageous.

The office does the work, regardless of the cost; Folk work, practical; Not to mention anything else, just talk about the leather goods that are widely used today, the leather goods of the British and French forces. That's quite delicate, even with a lot of equipped leather goods. The workmanship is also quite meticulous, and in the Qing Dynasty, such leather goods are not so many meticulous processes, as long as they are practical, not beautiful.

If you want to turn these skills into a money-making industry, the commodity must first be exquisite, and the Western world in the fine workmanship, it is definitely worth learning from the beneficiaries of the Qing Dynasty, the primary factor that determines the value of the commodity is the appearance, which is a very real problem.

The rough handicraft industry of the Qing Dynasty also had a lot to do with the subsistence agrarian economy, although there were many wealthy people in the Qing Dynasty, they often did the buying and selling of primary products, especially in the export category, too many commercial interests, occupied by the Western world with a strong commercial atmosphere.

The reform of the land system, the Yang family is already doing, a large amount of animal power or the machine that will be popularized in the future, will make more and more people off the land, how to feed them, is what Yang Meng has to worry about.

Nowadays, the problem of land is not visible, because it is thought that the large-scale war and the infrastructure projects throughout the country, as these projects stop, more and more people will be left without livelihoods, and it can be said that it is time to develop these now.

The war with Tsarist Russia, Yang Meng estimated that it should last for a long time, three or five years should be the shortest, the war occupies a part of the population, infrastructure occupies a part of the population, immigrants occupy a part of the population, within three or five years, Yang Meng has no crisis at all.

But after three or five years, it will be different, as soon as the large-scale war stops, it will not only affect the soldiers on the front line, the transportation and supply personnel on the way, the military industry in the rear, etc., I am afraid that they will have to shrink on a large scale, and the number of strong laborers who will retire will be millions of them.

The grandeur of the future is in the palm of today's fingers, and after it is done, it is a smooth road, and if it is not done well, there are many problems!

Dealing with these things is also easy for Yang Meng, with the things in his stomach, Yang Meng plans these industries, very relaxed, looking at the eyes of craftsmen and technicians, Yang Meng feels very comfortable.

"Third master, Northwest Military Affairs!"

Just when Yang Meng was enjoying this comfort, the herald of Jianwei brought a not very good news, the military affairs in the northwest had reached Jinkou, and I was afraid that Xu Ziwei, the capital division, would be in big trouble.

"What's the problem?"

"Food!"

"Back to Beijing!"

The food problem in the northwest is not a trivial matter, the northwest is not like the many rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, the canal repair project in the northwest is difficult to achieve results within a few years, and now the northwest is the time when the green and yellow are not connected, if Yang Meng remembers well, the drought in the northwest has not stopped in the past few years, the front line is short of grain, and the situation in the rear is afraid that it is even worse.

On the way back to Beijing, Yang Meng has been thinking about how to solve the food problem in the northwest, and in a few months, the Yellow River will be closed again, and the northwest will be the main battlefield against Tsarist Russia, and to the north is the densely populated area of Tsarist Russia.

For the sake of today's plan, mobilizing a large amount of grain from the southwest is the only way to save the emergency, and the grain and grass of hundreds of thousands of troops is not very difficult for Yunnan and barges, if it is for a period of time to focus on transporting grain to the northwest to ensure the supply of the army, and at the same time taking into account the people in the northwest, it should not be a problem, but the grain stocks in Yunnan and Jiangnan will probably be consumed in large quantities.

It is absolutely impossible to use the grain in the stock until it is absolutely impossible to do so, and now at this time, it should be the time of last resort, and the war in the northwest has a bearing on the overall situation. It must not end with food. It is really not possible to use the most ruthless method. Let the army eat human flesh!

After arriving at the signing room, I looked at the expressions of Xu Ziwei and the others, but they were a little worried, not too anxious, it seems that the food problem in the northwest is not so strict.

"Commander, what is the food gap in the Northwest Army? How much grain do the people in the northwest need, sort out a number, and let the five major commercial ports and Yunnan. In the next period of time, we will focus on the food problem in the northwest. ”

Yang Meng thought a lot of solutions, but many of them could not be implemented in the near future, the best way is to transport grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the northwest, although this method is a little reluctant, but helpless! There are many things that cannot be solved in a year or two, such as the construction of irrigation canals in the northwest.

"In the army? Commoners? Third master, the food problem this time is not in the northwest, we have built a lot of granaries in the northwest two years ago. The military rations are sufficient, and the common people can also ensure that they will not starve to death. This time it happened in the Kokand Khanate!

The rebels in the northwest have been slaughtered by Zuo Jigao, and now half of the territory of the Kokand Khanate is also under the control of the Northwest Army, and most of the people involved have been killed. ”

"There is no food problem in the northwest, so why play Jinkou to send an emergency? Aren't you idle and teasing Lao Tzu? ”

Without waiting for Xu Ziwei to finish speaking, Yang Meng's brows stood up, since there is no shortage of food in the northwest, it is fine, although the income from Kokand is not much, but there is still some surplus, after sweeping away the four khanates of Central Asia, maybe the ordnance cost of the Northwest Army will also be settled.

In Yang Meng's view, this is the means by which Xu Ziwei and others tricked him into returning to Beijing, because he had made it clear to Xu Ziwei, a living monkey, that although he was a little slack in Jinkou, he was also doing big things.

"Third master, the key is the people of Kokand! They still welcome our army, and some nobles who have not been involved also support the Qing army's entry into Kokand, but ......

It's just that Kokand's grain harvest has failed in recent years, and most of the people can't eat enough, this time Zuo Jigao's army swept away most of the big nobles in Kokand, and the people of Kokand want to get food from us!

Zuo Jigao inquired in Kokand, except for the grain of Tsarist Russia in the Kazakh Khanate, the rest of the Khiva Khanate, the Bukhar Khanate and even Afghanistan are all strictly short of grain, our people have entered, in order to show the majesty and grace of the suzerain, it is necessary to help the people of these countries, and hit the four countries of Central Asia, we are equal to half of the population of the northwest, and the food in the northwest is still too busy to take care of itself, plus these oil bottles, I am afraid of ......"

After listening to Xu Ziwei's meaning, Yang Meng also understood, the four countries in Central Asia are all poor ghosts, but think about it, the climate in Central Asia is not much different from the northwest frontier, and the northwest has been dry for many years, and it is not much stronger over there.

Moreover, one of the targets this time, Afghanistan, is a new tobacco cultivation area opened up by England since India, and the grain production is not high, and it is reasonable that the tobacco soil will take up a lot of fertile land.

As for the Kazakh Khanate, which has the grain supply of Tsarist Russia, it is also a controversial place, this Kazakh Khanate has been destroyed by Tsarist Russia several decades ago, this Kazakh Khanate is not a strong country in the first place, the border is just grass, whichever is stronger, he will be close to whichever one, it seems that his Central Asian policy should also be slowed down, to give Tsarist Russia a chance to make a move.

"! So, Lao Tzu worked in the northwest for a few months, and in the end he robbed a poor ghost?

These bastards are waiting for Lao Tzu to rob in Baba, and then these bastards will go back and eat Lao Tzu! ”

The affairs of Central Asia are a little unlucky, looking for this way, I am afraid that the other two khanates around Kokand will also fall to the Qing Dynasty, this stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, people will come up, you can't kill it with a knife, right?

At this time, the suzerainty should also have the bearing of the suzerain, and when it is time to give, it must be charitable!

"Hmmm! It's almost like what the third master said, the result of my discussion with Yan Qing and Xiucheng is that after occupying Kokand, I will directly attack Kazakhstan, regardless of Khiva, Bukhar and Afghanistan, and directly start a war with Tsarist Russia! ”

Kokand, Khiva, and Bukhar are all small khanates that do not have the size of a province combined, and Central Asia is a sparsely populated country, and it doesn't matter if these three countries join the gang or not, the most important thing is Afghanistan, if the Northwest Army fights Afghanistan, it will not only have to fight with the British army, but also help Afghanistan's huge population, and the gains outweigh the losses!

"Nope! Don't move Kazakhstan first, let Zuo Jigao directly sweep away the remaining non-cooperative nobles in Kokand, and then attack Khiva and Bukhar, follow Kokand, turn these three countries into our northwest land, and directly incorporate them under the rule of General Ili, sue Zuo Jigao, if the surrounding small countries are also like these three kingdoms, directly sweep away their nobles, and deal with them according to the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

After dealing with these small countries, they will directly attack Afghanistan, and the nobles who are close to England will be punished, and the English people in Afghanistan will be exterminated by the Afghans.

How many people are there in the Northwest Army now? ”

In a small border country like Kokand, there are frequent regime changes, and the so-called rise and fall is useless here.

To put it bluntly, Yang Meng is still a businessman, and it is impossible to provide food to the people of Central Asia plainly, it is nothing more than to immigrate in the future, so it is not impossible to sort it out first.

"The new army and Chu Yong have set up 300,000 Northwest Army, Du Wenxiu and Ma Qinghu have gathered about 100,000 people, and now there are about 400,000 people and horses in the Northwest, if the army is expanded, two months, the number of millions is still okay, but this training ......"

"The expansion of the army is carried out in Central Asia, we will provide food, they will work hard, there is no food in the world, let Du Wenxiu and Ma Qinghu preach in Central Asia with soldiers, horses and food, those who do not join the religion will be killed, and those who join the religion will be given food!" (To be continued......)