The return of Gansu also represented Su Yan's basic unification of the eighteen provinces of Han and the completion of the ultimate task of the system's release (1).

Under Su Yan's slightly expectant waiting, the voice of the system finally sounded in his ears.

[Final task (1): Occupy the eighteen provinces of the Han Dynasty and complete the founding of the emperor.

Reward: 50,000 1730 Brown-Bess Smoothbore Flintlock Rifles and complete crafting process (with the option to replace existing dog-lock muskets in the Small Arms Arsenal)]

"A new rifle craft?"

Before Su Yan could sigh at the reward of this task, the voice of the system sounded in his ears again.

[Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the ultimate mission (1), the emerging empire you built has become the most powerful country in East Asia, but this is just the beginning, please choose your next expansion target, the banner of the Great Xia Dynasty will eventually be planted in every corner of Asia!] 】

[Ultimate Mission (2): Expansion of the New Dynasty released.]

Mission Requirements:

1. Wage war with the Manchu court again, recover Liaodong and Liaoxi, destroy the Qing Dynasty, restore rule in Northeast Asia, and conquer the Mongol tribes, completely ending the Han-Mongolian War that lasted for nearly 300 years.

2. Wusizang has been under the jurisdiction of the Chinese Dynasty since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, and the direct rule of Wusizang has been completely established.

3. Annam is mired in the dispute between the North and the South, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it's time to set things right and correct the mistakes of Emperor Xuanzong of the former Ming Dynasty! Return the ancient land of Cochin to the rule of the national dynasty!

4. As the son of the Han people, how can they sit back and watch the Yi people wantonly oppress the Han people? Send troops to Nanyang to show Xiyi the power of the summer!

5. Since the establishment of the Western Regions Protectorate in the early Han Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty, the footprints of the Han regime have not returned to the Western Regions for more than 700 years.

The host can choose any task, and after completing the task, he will get different rewards, and after all five tasks are completed, he will move on to the next ultimate task. 】

It can be seen that these are the next five directions of expansion, but even if there is no need to release this so-called ultimate task (2) in the system, Su Yan's plan for the next expansion is also to move in these five directions, Li Dingguo is already eager to try in Nanping Mansion, ready to attack Annam at any time.

Considering that the land of Annan is fertile and can become the granary of the Chinese Dynasty as long as it is well managed, Su Yan decided to take Annan first, and the grain and grass can be collected by Li Dingguo in Annan, and the north will attack Shanhaiguan at the same time, and then send troops outside the pass to recover the land of Liaodong and Liaoxi.

Before that, Su Yan planned to reload the 50,000 new rifles rewarded by the system with the army, and change the production line of each arsenal to new rifles.

The 1730 Brown-Bess flintlock smoothbore rifle was the first generation of standard rifles of the British Army and an important mechanical representative of the British Army, and it also laid the foundation for the British Army rifle for the next hundred years, and its improved version of the 1777 rifle was in service until 1850, when it was replaced by a more advanced rear-loading gun.

The Marine Service Rifle used by the Royal Navy is a special model for the Navy, a shortened version of the Army version, which shows how much the British Army favors this rifle.

Although the system only rewarded 50,000, but the equipment of several system corps in the country was barely able, he summoned Liu Shixun, director of the Armaments Department of the General Governor's Office, to return to Beijing to preside over the distribution of weapons, and by changing the equipment, Su Yan also began to mobilize the army in the north.

Since the war in the north has been decided, Su Yan ordered Su Dingyuan, Wang Yi and Liu Shixun to return to Beijing to report on their work, and transferred to Hebei in the first town of Shanxi, where they followed Su Ci to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and the third town returned to Jiangning with Su Dingyuan to accept the change of clothes.

The original thirteen soldiers and horses in Kuidong were unified and reorganized into the fourth town, and Li Laiheng was the chief soldier of the fourth town, appointed as the governor of Xuanda, and led the fourth town to garrison Xuanfu Datong.

In Su Yan's concept, the new rifle will first be redressed by the forbidden army under the command of the pro-army commander, followed by the first and third towns of the main battle, and finally the second town stationed in Liangguang.

First town though

It's not a system of soldiers, but they will face the Qing army, and the new rifle can be more effective in hitting the Qing army, and the second town is composed of system soldiers, yes, but they don't have a combat mission, so the need for weapons is not high.

Before the armies changed their uniforms, Su Yan decided to give them a month or two off to relax and relax, if they couldn't rest for years of fighting, their spirits would be tense, and something would happen sooner or later.

……

Half a month later, Ganzhou Wei Gansu Town.

Gansu Town, the former Ming garrison of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, followed the Ming system after the Qing army occupied the place, and set up a Gansu governor, which was effectively controlled by Daniel Zhang after the Qing Emperor moved north to Guanwai.

After the Xia army defeated Wu Zhou and forced the Wu Zhou emperor Wu Yingqi to flee to the grasslands, Daniel Zhang realized that the Xia Dynasty was already the undoubted new unified dynasty, and in order to avoid the destruction of life in Gansu and also to keep his position, he decisively chose to submit a surrender table to the imperial court.

This trick really worked, and the court accepted his allegiance, and did not send people into Gansu for the time being, but ...... Now he received a holy message from the emperor himself, asking them to go to Jiangning to report on their work.

It is understandable that Daniel Zhang, who is the chief soldier of Gansu, should go to Jiangning to report on his work, but what he does not understand is why there is a small garrison and a high platform guerrilla behind his name? And the emperor is thousands of miles away, how does he know about the two of them.

The garrison Wang Jinbao was single-handedly promoted by Meng Qiaofang, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and later subordinated to Daniel Zhang, who was good at riding and archery, and Daniel Zhang had also seen it, but there were many brave people in the army, and a small garrison did not enter Daniel Zhang's eyes.

As for the high-platform guerrilla Zhao Liangdong, he had made meritorious contributions in the war to quell the Milayin and Ding Guodong uprisings, and Daniel Zhang had heard of his good name, and if the emperor had heard of his good name before letting him go to Jiangning together, this would make sense.

In any case, Daniel Zhang was actually not very willing to go to Jiangning, he could not understand the emperor's attitude, and the way to Jiangning was far away, if the imperial court took the opportunity to cut off his military power while he was not there, then he would completely become a lamb to the slaughter.

However, if he refused the emperor's summons and continued to stay in Gansu, it was also very likely to annoy the imperial court, which was located on the border and had no ability to be self-sufficient, and once the imperial court cut off all ties between Gansu and the interior in a fit of rage, the soldiers and civilians of Gansu would definitely fall into famine.

Thinking about it, Daniel Zhang still did not dare to offend this new top boss, the Xia Dynasty is now in full swing, and the national strength is still rising, offending this imperial court is really a narrow road.

Therefore, Daniel Zhang finally chose to go to Jiangning to report on his work, and after he packed his bags, he also left instructions for his cronies, and then embarked on a long journey to Jiangning with Wang Jinbao and Zhao Liangdong with a confused face.

As it turned out, Daniel Zhang's worries were not unfounded.

Su Yan was willing to use the famous Hexi Four Han generals, but this did not mean that he would allow Gansu to maintain a high degree of independence, and after issuing an edict announcing that Daniel Zhang and the three would enter Beijing, Su Yan also announced at the court meeting that he would send officials into Gansu to establish the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court over Gansu.

At the same time, in order to facilitate management, Su Yan also decided to abolish the Shaanxi Xingdu Division inherited from the Qing Dynasty, and set up the Gansu Political Envoy Division, and put Shaanxi's Lintao Mansion, Taozhou Wei, Minzhou Wei, Gongchang Mansion, Pingliang Mansion, Qingyang Mansion, Jingyuwei, and Ningxia Sanwei into the jurisdiction of the Gansu Political Envoy Division, and moved the residence of the Political Envoy Department to Lanzhou in Lintao Prefecture.

The relocation of the political envoy from Ganzhou to Lanzhou was mainly to understand the influence of the Gansu military head, and the provincial capital was located in the interior to help the imperial court control Gansu, even if the Gansu army mutinied, it could not threaten the provincial government, on the contrary, the provincial government could quickly mobilize the Ningxia army to suppress it.

As for the candidate for the first governor of Gansu, Su Yan took a fancy to a person who joined the team soon after he started his business - who? That is Li Daotai, a fellow villager in Dehua.

Li Daotai was rated as excellent in the first year of Wu'an, and was transferred from the county magistrate of Yongchun County to the prefect of Kangfu in southwest Jiangxi, although he had only been in office for a few months, but he still won a lot of support among the local people, but Su Yan still transferred him to Gansu and appointed him as the first governor of Gansu.

"Bong

Day carrier

emperor

Emperor Edict, said: Peng with June rest and gone, Fang Zhishang Qingyun, Qi Ji saw the gift of Bole, Fang is famous all over the world, so there are those who are treated to the grand plan, everywhere is to show good ability, Nankang prefect Li Daotai is an official upright, diligent and loving the people, I have heard the name of the virtuous, now Gansu is initially determined, it is necessary to govern with virtuous people, enlighten the people of the borderlands, and transfer Li Daotai to be the governor of Gansu, and Wangqing eats the king and divides the worries for the king, and admires this.

Edict.

March 20 of the second year of Wu'an."

When the imperial court holy purpose was clearly read out by the pedestrians, Li Daotai, a middle-aged official, suddenly burst into tears, shouted long live in his mouth, and was grateful to Su Yan for his reuse, he knelt deeply on the ground, and only stood up for a long time and respectfully accepted the holy decree.

Subsequently, Li Daotai packed his bags, took his salute and his cronies, and left Fucheng and went to Gansu under the reluctant gaze of the people of Nankang.

Li Daotai's rapid promotion is not only the result of his outstanding ability and character, but also the reward of his Li family for joining Su Yan's hands first after Su Yanju.

In addition to Li Daotai, Liu Wenmin, a system civil official who had been serving as the governor of Dehua County and followed Su Yan at the beginning, was also rated excellent after the plan and was transferred to Hanzhong Mansion as the prefect, and Lai Zheng, the younger brother of Lai Xun, Marquis of Meihu, was also promoted from Nan'an Zhixian to Hejian Governor.

There is also the Quanzhou prefect Chen Qiao and the Quanzhou prefect Xie Kan, the two also successfully passed the plan, the former was transferred to the Fuzhou prefect, and the latter filled the vacancy left by the boss and became the new Quanzhou prefect.