Rubber trees are native to the Americas, and historically were smuggled out of Brazil by the British and sent to England to grow as seedlings.

Later, the British sent the seedlings to Sri Lanka and Malaysia, where they gradually multiplied into rubber forests.

In the thirties of the twentieth century, the yellow leaf disease broke out, South America lost its dominant position, and the production focus of natural rubber shifted to Spain.

For the application of rubber, the history was until the thirties and forties of the eighteenth century.

Therefore, in the thirties of the seventeenth century, natural rubber has not yet shown its true value.

Spain was in control of the Americas at this time, and there was no need to sneak it out.

The poor and crazy Spain only regarded it as a lucrative business, and it was continuously shipped to Chicken Coop Island.

Yang Chengying has a rubber factory on Jilong Island, where he makes raincoats, rain boots and tarpaulins from rubber.

As for the rubber vulcanization technology, Yang Chengying plans to develop it when his rubber forest can be used.

In addition to rubber forests, Yang Chengying is also concerned about another issue:

"What is the condition of the army trained by Li Dingguo?"

"I've been training for more than a year and I've been doing a bit decent. Li Dingguo led them deep into the jungle of Chicken Coop Island to attack the Big Belly Kingdom that attacked us."

"You will go to the sea to Chicken Coop Island this winter, and convey my intention to Shang Kexi on my behalf, so that he must hurry up and train. At the same time, I would like to send me a list of officials worthy of appointment in Jiangnan."

"Yes." Shi Lang clenched his fists in response, and then asked curiously, "Your Highness, has Guan Nei reached that step?"

"I'll just tell you that the Central Plains has lost Kaifeng and Luoyang, Sun Chuanting was released from prison, and then suffered a big defeat."

Yang Chengying said meaningfully: "Maybe it won't be long before we will launch a decisive battle that will determine the fate of the world."

Shi Lang was thoughtful.

On the other side, Batur Huntaiji set out from Jining with a large army and arrived in Chaoyang.

But before they reached Chaoyang County, they were stopped by a group of cavalry.

The cavalry captain who stopped them, Li Guoying knew, was the commander of the reconnaissance company, Ma Degong.

Li Guoying lifted the reins and knocked the stirrups lightly, and his mount took a few steps forward to meet Ma Degong.

Ma Degong hugged his fists on horseback and said, "General Li, don't come unharmed. I am commanded to greet you here."

"General Thoma's blessing, all is well." After Li Guoying's greetings, he asked, "Shall we go directly to the station, or do we rest here for the night?"

Ma Degong glanced up at the sky and replied, "It's still early, you can take the car to Shenyang in batches."

"Okay." Li Guoying nodded.

Ma Degong's eyes signaled to his subordinates, and his subordinates took out small flags and sent flags to the mountain.

Seeing this, Batur Huntaiji whispered to the fierce tiger beside him, "What is this doing?"

"Chaoyang is a military town, so there are beacon towers on the nearby mountains to warn."

Fierce as a tiger introduced: "Once there is a wind and grass, Chaoyang is stationed in the Liaodong Army, and it will be dispatched to destroy the enemy."

"I see." Batur Huntaiji nodded.

The team moved on.

To everyone's surprise, instead of going directly to the city, they turned to the south.

After walking some way, the Mongols were alarmed by a loud roar.

People looked up and saw a house they had never seen before.

At the same time, there are also rows of steam-spewing locomotives, carrying supplies and people into the distance.

Most of the Mongols were stunned.

Yin Wehu Tuketu whispered to ***: "This is the power that Yang Chengying said in his mouth that can match the Dharma, and the power is infinite."

Silence, perhaps he had been so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Li Guoying had already dismounted and had a brief exchange with the guards at the station.

Then, back at the front of the line, Li Guoying said aloud: "Please dismount, there will be horses and luggage

Special carriages are transported to Shenyang, so you don't have to worry."

After speaking, he came to *** and invited *** to enter the station together.

was panicked, but with Yin Hutuketu by his side, he was not so afraid.

Accepting Li Guoying's invitation, *** got off the horse, and under the escort of the monks, he walked into the station with Li Guoying.

Batur Huntaiji also dismounted and entered the station with the fierce tiger.

They all looked around curiously, watching the rows of locomotives entering and leaving the station.

They could only look because there was a barbed wire fence separating the rails from the people.

Walk into a place called the waiting hall.

Everyone stopped again, and they needed to wait for Li Guoying to complete the handover with the station dispatch room.

took the opportunity to whisper to Yin Hutuketu, "How fast is this monster?"

"One hundred and ten miles in half an hour, if it goes well, you can reach Shenyang before dark." Yin Hu Tuketu replied.

Sonam Qunpei listened and said with a smile, "This kind of monster can only drive on flat places, and the snowy plateau is full of mountains and rivers, so it doesn't pose a threat to us."

"But it is constantly transporting the materials needed to make guns, and you haven't found any guns in the hands of the Liaodong soldiers along the way. Important fortresses, and amazing cannons."

"Even if this monster can't reach the snowy plateau, it can transport enough guns to the vicinity."

Sonam Qunpei was silent.

Li Guoying walked back and came to ***: "Two living Buddhas, please follow me to the car and go to Shenyang before dark."

"Oh, good." A little scared, he simply nodded.

But he is a living Buddha, and he must maintain his apparent composure, and follow Li Guoying step by step towards the entrance of the station.

Coming to the first-class compartment of a passenger steam locomotive, Li Guoying asked *** to get on the train first.

Nodding, he cautiously boarded the train and entered the carriage. Everywhere you look, there are empty seats.

"Living Buddha, please." Li Guoying pointed to a position against the window.

Sit down cautiously, holding the posture of pinching the rosary with both hands, to hide the panic in your heart.

Compared with him, Yin Wehu Tuketu is already familiar with the road, and naturally sits down opposite ***.

Sonam Qunpei looked puzzled.

He didn't dare to sit next to the Living Buddha, which symbolized sitting on an equal footing, so he sat down next to Yin Wehu Tuketu.

Li Guoying sat next to the living Buddha.

The entourage got into the car one after another, but they didn't dare to sit down.

The conductor came over and asked them to sit down.

They look at ***.

Thinking that this was Yang Chengying's territory, he had to nod.

Only then did the entourage take their seats.

Batur Huntaiji sat in the first-class cabin, looking curiously at the surrounding scenery.

Just in time to see a train entering the station, it stopped at another platform, unloading a brand new cannon from the car.

He was startled.

"How many cannons do you have?" Batur Huntaiji asked Hu Dawei.

"I don't know." Hu Dawei replied very simply, "However, our regiment has its own artillery battalion, and one battalion has eighteen cannons."

"Good...... That's a lot!"