Shiwei is in September, and the age is in Wuyin.

In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, on the plain of the vast Guanzhong.

A steel dragon, spewing thick white smoke that looms in mystery over its body. The roar of the dragon was like thunder, and on both sides of the long and endless railroad tracks, there was an outpost silently guarding the dragon every dozens of miles.

On the Guanzhong Plain in Henggu, the future began to look.

This is the section of the Western Railway of the Ming Dynasty, and the latest steam train of the Ming Dynasty is sending the most powerful soldiers in the world to the west of the empire day and night.

In September, it was getting cold. The speed of the train, wrapped in the cold air of Guanzhong, smashed on people's faces with cold and piercing bones.

However, even so, it could not stop the soldiers of the Beijing army in the carriage from opening the doors on both sides to enjoy the scenery of Guanzhong.

In order to ensure the transportation capacity, the Western Railway Division has increased the number of coal carriages at the rear of each steam locomotive from one to two.

Behind are more than a dozen troop carriages.

Behind the troop carriages, there are carriages that are either loaded with artillery, or war horses, or grain, grass and ordnance.

The entire section of the Western Railroad is being built to transfer the armed forces of the empire at high speed at the rate of a train every other hour.

The Western Railway starts from Henan Province, Henan Province, crosses Tongguan into Shaanxi Road, passes through Xi'an Province, and crosses Fengxiang Province.

Today, this railway in the western part of the Ming Empire has been built to Longxi City, Gongchang Prefecture.

One train can transport two soldiers of the Thousand Households and all their horses and ordnance.

Twelve trains were dispatched every day, and the four guards and horses could be transported to the northwest.

After a five-day journey, we arrived outside Longxi City in Gongchang Prefecture from Henan Province.

The Shaanxi Provincial Command has taken over the railway station in the Longxi section of Gongchang Prefecture.

Countless officers and soldiers and civilians have already built a military transfer center around the station.

The officers and men who arrived got off the bus and went directly into the barracks that had been built in a hurry. Waiting for the Shaanxi Provincial Commander to unload the supplies on the train, they will continue to set off towards the defense area of the Kansai Seven Guards on the second day.

The rest of the road will be a long journey.

Starting from Gongchang Mansion, the army needs to pass through Lintao Mansion, Zhuanglangwei, Liangzhou Wei, Yongchang Wei, Shandanwei, Gansu Town, Gaotaisuo, Zhenyisuo, Suzhou Wei, and go out of Jiayuguan to Guanxi Qiwei.

The army rode and could gallop to it in twenty days.

However, the huge number of ordnance, especially the thousand new horse-drawn guns and ammunition, as well as various types of firearms, had to slow down the advance of the army.

In the plans of the Grand Governor's Palace.

The soldiers and horses sent from the Beijing Division can reach the Kansai Qiwei before the snow is full of snow in November and the road is closed by heavy snow, which is already the first military plan to complete the western expedition.

But in fact, according to the minimum bottom line of the Dadu Governor's Office, as long as the Beijing army can arrive at the Kansai Qiwei before the arrival of the first year of Yongsheng and enter the camp built by the Kansai Qiwei, it will be considered a success.

And it is precisely because of the comparison of the completed sections of the Western Railway that this time it is invisible, giving the most direct and profound understanding of the civil and military officials above the court.

Railways must be built vigorously.

And it's not just a Western Railroad!

This time, the western expedition transferred the military power of the empire by rail, which made it difficult for the officials above the court who had complained about waste to accept the reality for a while.

Only after all the new things have come into play can these people see the true value.

Then the men immediately reversed course.

After the recent acquisition of the Western Railroad by Ying Tianchao, these officials became the mouthpieces of the Empire's efforts to speed up the construction of more railroads.

Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department, was surrounded by the crowd every day, trying to inquire about how much the budget for the construction of the imperial railway of the household team could give.

They didn't dare to go to the Ministry of Works.

After all, the current errand of the Ministry of Industry is the responsibility of the cabinet deputy assistant and the cabinet elders.

The change in the direction of the wind above the court is always so changeable.

And this has nothing to do with Zhu Yunxi, who is already in the west.

"The Shaanxi Provincial Command Department has done a very good job this time."

Zhu Gaochi, who accompanied the westward expedition, looked at the barracks and cargo warehouses outside the station, and said a word of appreciation.

Zhu Shangbing was not far away, surrounded by a group of Shaanxi Dao Sansi and his Qin Wangfu's subordinate officials.

Zhu Yunxi said silently: "Spread the message to the heavens and give commendations to the divisions of Shaanxi Province." ”

Zhu Gaochi nodded, this is what should be done.

The Western Expedition had begun, and the Ming Dynasty wanted to recover the Western Regions, conquer Tibet, and then turn the plateau into a rockery in the empire's back garden.

All this is inseparable from the Shaanxi Province as the rear, and fully carry out the heavy burden of logistics transfer and supply.

In the plan of the imperial court, Shaanxi Province and Henan Province will also jointly undertake the plan of relocating the people of Henan Province and Shandong Province.

After the start of the Western Expedition, a large number of people from Henan Province and Shandong Province will be relocated to the Guanxi Qiwei and the subsequent recovered Western Regions.

With the lessons learned from the loss of Anxi in the former Tang Dynasty, the current imperial court has a mature plan for how to govern the Western Regions.

Among all the plans, the most important thing is to move a large number of people from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, fill the number of Han people in the Western Regions, and eventually transform the Western Regions into an empire dominated by Han Chinese.

Once the plan began, the current Daming change began to operate intensively and closely.

Zhu Gaochi followed Zhu Yunxi and stood on the side of the railway, accompanied by several officials from the Third Division of Shaanxi Province.

Zhu Yunxi looked at Xiao Han, who was surrounded by many Shaanxi officials, with a smile on his face.

Although the Qin Palace, which was only in Xi'an, as the second son of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Qin Palace, had huge potential political influence over the entire clan and court.

Especially in the whole country, only King Qin can kill for the royal family without any scruples.

Everyone is afraid of killing people and cutting off their heads.

But Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, who has the power to kill people and cut off his head without any scruples, as long as he is willing to say a word in the royal family.

Even if it's just a small county order, it can be promoted immediately tomorrow.

It is naturally understandable for the officials of Shaanxi Province to curry favor with Zhu Shangbing, the prince of Qin.

On the other hand, Chang Jizu, who finally received the errand after a long time of graduation, was next to the train directing the officers and soldiers to unload the goods.

Originally, this matter was not handled by him, the staff officer of the Central Army of the Staff Department of the Western Expeditionary Army, but there were still many firearms that the Western Expeditionary Army relied on the most and was pinned on high hopes.

Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Gaochi did not move.

It wasn't until the officers and soldiers on the train got down that the door slowly opened in a carriage in the middle.

Alia, a little orchid from Timur, walked out of the carriage under the care of several female officials of the Eastern Palace.

This woman is now learning to be obedient.

With that exotic and charming good-looking cheeks, she was wearing a Ming woman's cardigan jacket, an indigo blue horse-faced skirt on her lower body, and a pair of Ruyi lotus embroidered shoes, and walked off the train lightly.

Around Alia, in addition to the female officers, there was also a team of strongmen from Jinyi Weinan Zhenfu Division to follow.

One is to protect this little orchid, and the other is to strictly guard it.

Since Timur intended to go eastward, he didn't know that he wanted to set foot in the Central Plains like his father, so it was impossible to send only Alia and this team.

True.

Before the army set out on this expedition, the Jinyi Guard and the secret guard found several groups of spies sent by Timur in Yingtian City.

In the war with Timur, the Ming Dynasty actually did not make any endless plans.

Treat the people of the Western Regions and the Middle East.

Da Ming only made one plan.

With cross-era military power, it will push the entire Western Regions.

Thanks to Zhu Yunxi's vigorous promotion over the years.

Jinyiwei, the royal minion who was originally inward, began to unite with the secret guard and expand outward.

Money buys, beauty seduces.

Do whatever it takes.

The result is that Daming began to have a clearer understanding of the external environment.

This is a world where only the Ming stands proudly.

When the Jinyi guards had a kingdom called Timur in the far west, they were preparing to conquer the Ming Dynasty. The Ming dynasty and the opposition just laughed and passed.

Note.

At the official level of the Ming Dynasty, Timur was not an empire, but just a small country located in the Western Regions and the Middle East.

"How much of a role can this woman really have? We don't know now, but we still have to prevent her from harboring evil intentions and passing on news to the outside world during wartime. ”

Zhu Gaochi stared at the little orchid Alia who walked down from the train with deep eyes, and said in an unkind tone.

According to his idea, such a little orchid would be thrown directly into the East Palace.

It can't do anything, but at least it can make the royal family have a little more face in the Western Regions.

In this way, it is an empire.

Zhu Yunxi's face was calm: "The imperial court wants to govern the Western Regions, naturalize the Middle East, and transform the Ganges Plain into another lake, Guangzhou, and the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, which requires infinite energy in the future." With a woman with a local face coming forward, maybe our plans would have gone more smoothly. ”

"Queen Alia?"

Zhu Gaochi's eyes locked on the little orchid who was walking over, and he glanced at Zhu Yunxi out of the corner of his eye.

If he heard it correctly, he was planning to let this little orchid be the spokesperson of the Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions and the Middle East.

A smile appeared on Zhu Yunxi's face: "If she can do what we want, I don't mind erecting a huge statue for her locally in the future." ”

"Miss Alia, it's still so beautiful."

Zhu Gaochi rushed to Alia who walked in front of the two of them and paid his highest respect.

The little orchid Alia is well-behaved, and according to the court etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, she salutes Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Gaochi.

This little orchid, who no longer exudes the charm of nature all the time, pinched the orchid fingers with those slender jade hands, pinched a silk handkerchief, except for her face, everything is more like a Ming little girl than a Ming woman.

"Alia sees His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"I've seen Yan Shizi."

The corners of Zhu Gaochi's eyes twitched, and he waved his hand: "It's polite." ”

Alia didn't get up, but her big watery eyes looked at Zhu Yunxi quietly.

Ever since she saw the young crown prince in the large school field outside Yingtian City, as soon as she gave the order, the countless elite soldiers began to rush to the Western Regions.

Alia decided that only this person could realize her and her sister's hopes.

Accompanied the army all the way to the west.

Alia even intuitively and profoundly realized the power of this mysterious empire in the East.

They have warships like mountains, and they have steel dragons that can travel thousands of miles a day.

It is said that the artillery they carry with the army can easily turn a city into ruins.

Alia couldn't think of what Timur, who should have been in the eighteenth layer of purgatory, could use to resist the attack of this powerful empire.

Zhu Yunxi's face was calm, and he nodded: "Get up, rest early tonight, tomorrow we will ride to Kansai Qiwei." It's not easy to walk on the road, so take care of your spirits. ”

These are the words of one of the three most powerful people in this Eastern Empire.

According to the news that Aliya learned in Yingtian, the old emperor of the Ming Dynasty has abdicated and no longer deals with imperial affairs.

The new emperor is the father of the young prince in front of him, and he is extremely sympathetic and supportive of the new imperial policy proposed by him.

And this young prince was pinned on by the entire empire.

In a sense, what he said is even more important.

Alia bowed obediently again.

Then he took the female officer beside him, slowly took a few steps back, and then turned around, and walked towards the camp under the leadership of the officials of the big camp here.

Sent Alia away.

Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Gaochi were still waiting by the railway.

Since the end of the Northern Expedition, the imperial court began to successively reduce the soldiers and horses of the nine sides.

Most of the Nine-Sided Border Army, which later moved south one after another, became the main military force of the Gongwei Jing Division.

This time in the west, the soldiers and horses drawn were mainly the soldiers who were stationed in the nine sides.

In today's Yingtian City, there is such a joking.

It is said that these Beijing troops, which were reorganized mainly with the soldiers of the nine sides going south, were the Central Field Army.

In the lecture hall, most of the martial arts students who graduated were also the first to be enriched into the Beijing army.

The Metropolitan Governor's Office is planning to expand and reorganize the officers and soldiers of the local guard station with the newly reorganized Beijing Army as a link.

In the end, there is a high probability that the military household system that has been implemented in the Ming Dynasty for more than 30 years will be completely ended.

The ordnance and supplies on the train have all been unloaded.

The train also began to move under the direction of the railway instructor into the stops inside the station.

These trains need to be overhauled before they can continue to return to Henan Station along the same route to continue loading and transporting tasks.

Not much.

In the distance of the railway, the roar of another steam engine was heard.

A new train, loaded with officers and soldiers of the Western Expedition and all kinds of ordnance, grain and grass, arrived at the station outside Longxi City.

A new round of unloading tasks is about to begin.

On the long Western Railroad, countless trains were running at full speed, bringing a new mode of warfare to the Empire.

And to the west of Longxi City, people can't see it.

There are many more road builders who have just stopped work and returned to the camp to eat and rest.

The directive from the Vice-Auxiliary of the Imperial Cabinet has long been issued.

The Empire is now unable to send everyone directly by rail to Kansai Shichiei. However, the second assistant had already made a military order, and when the army returned to the DPRK in the future, it was necessary to board the train on the territory of the Kansai Qiwei and take the train all the way to the other side of the Beijing division.

Even, it was directly by train to cross the Yangtze River and arrive at the Beijing Division.

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