Time flows slowly in the long river of history, only moving forward, never stopping, and no one knows where the end of time is. And history is just a piece of pebbles washed out in the river of time, the Great Sui Dynasty has been thrown into memory and history, and the rise of the Chinese Empire is no longer something that anyone can stop.

When the Chinese Empire's railway connecting Jiaozhi was completed, wagons of brass and iron were transported to Chang'an, the imperial capital of the Chinese Empire. Looking at the precious metals that were almost piled up in the warehouse, the ministers couldn't keep their mouths shut.

“…… Two and a half years of inventory, less than a third of which have arrived. In addition, two-thirds of it is still being delivered, and it is expected that all of them will arrive at the national strategic reserve in Chang'an within half a month. The samurai pointed in the storehouse with a red face, and the color of the yellow nene was dazzling.

"Well, this warehouse, I'm afraid there are at least three or five hundred thousand catties, right?" Wei Yunqi smacked his tongue, and his pupils were also reflected in the yellow of this warehouse.

"A warehouse is 500 tons, which is one million catties." The samurai shook his head and explained. "Today, Luzon produces 5,700 tons of refined copper and more than 18,000 tons of steel ingots per year. It is estimated that by the time the more than 10,000 Japanese laborers arrive in Luzon, Luzon's copper mine output will increase by 15 percent, and the output of steel ingots will increase by about 30 percent. ”

"Obediently, a heavy artillery gun consumes 300 kilograms of refined copper and 250 kilograms of steel, and the refined copper in this warehouse alone is enough to cast more than 1,600 artillery pieces." Li Shimin pinched his fingers and counted, and smashed his tongue again and again.

Since seeing the power of artillery, this guy has been obsessed with gunpowder weapons, and in the court, he is a staunch weaponist, and strongly demands to speed up the replacement of various units in order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Imperial army.

Fortunately, now, the Chinese Empire is still surrounded by enemies, and in the south, Cheng Yanjin continued to lazily squat in Jiaozhi and nap, opening his eyes from time to time to slap the Cham King and Funanguo, and then continued to nap.

And Yang Gongren is now simply the emperor of the Wa Kingdom, and his words are more effective than Suga Mazi, Emperor Tuigu and Prince Shotoku combined. Those Japanese people were very in awe of these outrageously tall and strong soldiers of the Chinese Empire, whose armor and weapons were about to be armed to their assholes.

Compared with those Wadao who are about 1.4 meters tall, these strong and strong Guanzhong men who are at least close to 1.7 meters are simply giants who can no longer be majestic.

An elite soldier of the Chinese Empire, after being fully armed, was more than enough to deal with ten Japanese soldiers who were even dressed in tatters and holding bamboo spears.

After the 100,000-strong army arrived in the Wa Kingdom, the strength of the two armies that actually participated in the battle was not enough, but it was the navy that ruthlessly turned several coastal cities into ruins along the coast of Wajima, which made the arrogance of the rebels in the north of Wajima much weaker.

And these soldiers also obtained the right to obtain Xuntian on this island, which made the soldiers excited and a little worried, after all, this is outside the territory and overseas, and it is a colony, if their Xuntian is here, then won't they say that they will be far away from their hometown in the future?

However, thanks to the efforts of political instructors and governors at all levels, more than 30,000 soldiers were persuaded to retire early. They will become the landlords of the island, and each soldier will receive 100 acres of land, and if they are willing to retire here, they will also add 400 acres of land, and each soldier will be provided with the means of production provided by the government, and the government will build them houses and gardens, so that they can live as comfortably as possible in this foreign land.

For those who are unwilling to stay, they can hand over the fields they have obtained to their comrades-in-arms to take care of, and then the comrades-in-arms will sell the grain they have obtained into money and remit it to themselves.

Well, the bank's exchange business is not carried out much, but the bank exchange business for the military is extremely smooth, and the important thing is that the soldiers are far away from home, so most of them need to rely on the bank's exchange system to deposit their own military salaries. The family can withdraw money from the bank.

Most of the remaining soldiers who are unwilling to stay have handed over Xuntian to their comrades-in-arms to take care of, while some soldiers have left their Xuntian to their brothers at home, and it is also a good choice to let those brothers who have no land come to Wajima to start a family.

This group of 30,000 elite soldiers will be discharged here, and after that, their families will be brought here, and at that time, there will not only be more than 100,000 Chinese people here, but more than 30,000 veterans, as long as there is something, they can suppress all the rebel forces on the island at any time.

And now, Li Zitong, who stayed on the Ryukyu Islands, after thinking for a long time, saw with his own eyes that the Wajima, which was further north than the Ryukyu Islands, was easily conquered and suppressed by the Chinese Empire.

After figuring it out, Li Zitong sent a messenger to Chang'an, with a very simple request, hoping to be able to annex the Chinese Empire and recognize the Chinese Empire as his ancestor, which means that he hopes to be able to become the king of the Ryukyus and establish himself as a country at ease.

For his wishful thinking, Ben Gongzi directly refused sternly, and directly wrote a personal letter to tell him that he would either surrender unconditionally, or, take up arms and continue to resist, I believe that even if he wants to resist, his subordinates, at most one or two of the ten dead eyes are willing to die with him.

As for the unconditional surrender, Ben Gongzi promised to ⊥ this guy to be a rich man with no worries about food and clothing in the future, or if he wants to be an official, there is no problem. But this needs to be done according to his own ability.

In addition, I can help him resolve his personal grudge with Duvoway, so that he will not have lingering feelings after surrendering.

The envoys kept coming and going, and after sending two messengers in a row, Li Zitong finally understood that it was impossible for me, the warlike and powerful emperor of the Chinese Empire, to watch him Li Zitong establish an independent country under his nose.

Finally, the original tough attitude softened, but this guy is still hesitating. It doesn't matter, anyway, for my Chinese Empire, if you want to seize the Ryukyu Islands, it is a matter of 100,000 soldiers and horses and a charge with the fleet.

It's just that the soldiers and horses and the people under Li Zitong are all the people of my Huaxia Empire, and I don't want their casualties to be too big.

At the beginning of the new year, my eldest son, Tie Dan, was finally able to utter complete words, and it can be seen that the stinky boy is very clever, similar to his two sisters, and he is also alive and kicking, and there is almost no quiet time.

Every day, he follows the butts of his eldest sister and second sister and plays in circles in the house.

Sister Qingxia's second child is also pregnant, and they are twins, and now they are close to giving birth. And Yaoguang's sister is also pregnant, not long after she was pregnant, she was not born until the end of the year, and her mother was already happy and crazy. Well, in the past, I was worried that our family's blood was not prosperous.

Now, there are three births, and there are still a couple in the belly, how to make the mother unhappy. And the fifth child also sent a letter, saying that he was going home to visit relatives, and he was expected to arrive home in half a month.

After receiving this good news, Wu hugged the baby and cried with joy, after all, it has been nearly two years since his husband left, and the little guy has not even called his father.

Now the railway from Chang'an to Jiaozhi has been repaired, and Lao Wu Wuyi only needs to arrive at Jiaozhi by boat, change to train, and arrive in Chang'an in about a day. There is no need to either take a horse-drawn carriage for nearly ten days or take a boat north and then enter the inland from the Yellow River, as in the past.

Compared with those two roads, the convenience of the railway is indeed staggering.

After many negotiations with Silla, a regiment of the Chinese Empire was now stationed in the port of Pusan, south of Silla, which was now a supply port for the Chinese Empire, in order to facilitate the expansion of the Chinese Empire's influence among the northern states. Of course, on the surface, after the garrison of our Huaxia Empire, it can shock those countries that have ulterior motives for Silla.

At the same time, it is also to increase the adaptability of voyages to the Silla Peninsula. Nowadays, not only Wajima, but also in Hokkaido Island and Sakhalin Island further north, military stations and mineral survey stations of the Chinese Empire have also been set up.

In the past year, the Turks have tried to recapture the Hetao region several times in a row, but the problem is that the Turks, who have no sailors and can't even build boats, can only watch the sailors of the Chinese Empire wander the Yellow River again and again.

In addition, Jieli Khan also realized that the possibility of retaking the Hetao region was getting lower and lower, and instead set his eyes on Li Mi and increased his support for him.

There is no way, after the Hetao Plain was occupied by the Chinese Empire, it was equivalent to an extremely thick barrier for Guanzhong. Now, only the northern part of Shanxi is still under Li Mi's hands, and the possibility of attacking the Central Plains from here is much higher than recapturing the Hetao area and then marching into Guanzhong.

But the problem is that Li Xiaogong really lived up to the reputation of the first good general of the Li clan in Longxi, and stubbornly blocked Li Mi and the Turks in the area north of Jinyang.

Regarding Li Xiaogong's ability, Li Shimin himself sighed to himself in private. Relatively speaking, Li Shimin is definitely both civil and military, and they are both extremely prominent, but in terms of combat strategy, Li Xiaogong is more prominent than him, and Li Daozong is not bad, and now he is guarding the northern area of the Hetao, and the local and military are well organized.

There are really a lot of talents in the old Li family, at least after this son took over, he was happy, there were good ministers such as Liu Wenjing and Pei Ju, and there were a group of people from the Li family.