After Xiao Ming returned to Xuzhou, he inspected the progress of railway construction, and the construction progress of the section from Xuzhou to Yangzhou was not fast, because the bridge had to be built on the Surabaya River, and it was a very troublesome thing to build bridges at present, because the Chinese had been adhering to the principle of building arched bridges since the Tang Dynasty, but arched bridges were suitable for pedestrians and horses but were not suitable for train operation.

There was no way, Xiao Ming continued to draw a kind of bridge with dense piers for the project, but the people who organized the progress of the project complained to Xiao Ming, saying that there was a shortage of manpower, and Xiao Ming also felt that there was indeed a shortage of manpower.

Now the railway line from Bianjing to Yingtianfu to Xuzhou and then to Yanzhou has been opened, and the Niu has carried out preliminary trial operation to the outside world, but the total amount of passenger transport is not much, most of them have formed a convention of cargo transportation, although each run takes five to ten days a cycle, but there are still a lot of merchants who are waiting in line to transport goods!

So Xiao Ming again ordered the locomotives of three locomotives from the Mojia craftsmen in Hangzhou, and Ai Qili found a large number of people to continue to work on his railway bond sales, while Xiao Ming took all the golden legions of Xuzhou to the Weihai City base and asked them to start training immediately.

It is not so simple for the heavy cavalry to completely change the equipment, unless it is to completely change the overall combat mode, which Xiao Ming has already made a full set of preparations, that is, all infantry equipment but horses and carriages for transportation, when the steam and alcohol diesel locomotives have not yet met the requirements, horses and carriages are the best way to realize the motorization of the army.

The construction of the army still has to be divided into two steps, first of all, the new guard has been redressed for most of the time, and the weapons have become rifles and crossbow arrows, but according to Xiao Ming's requirements, this training needs to be aimed at landing operations, which can be said to be Xiao Ming's attempt to form a marine corps.

The selection of the sailor Buyong has always been carried out, generally a strong person who is familiar with the water, and can shoot guns and guns in the bumpy travel, after Xiao Ming came to Weihai, he immediately carried out the army reorganization that had been planned for a long time, this is still the plan that Xiao Ming decided when he fought in the Golden Vulture Technique, because Xiao Ming felt that the overall offensive ability of his army was insufficient.

The reorganization is faced with the armed forces of the entire Xiao Ming private army, all the troops of the Golden Legion and the Xinfeng Army and all the armies in Weihai are all reorganized into the Guards, everyone unifies the clothing and equipment, and combines them according to the latest three-three system, a total of eighteen regiments of troops plus two regiments of artillery, a total of more than 21,000 people!

After a long period of Tiger Guard training, yes, the training of the overall Guards is now very systematic, Xiao Ming in accordance with the rules of the three-three system, these troops were formed into a total of three divisions, which were named "Tiger Division, Leopard Division, and Wolf Division" led by Han Shizhong, Yelusha and Zhang Bofen respectively.

With the docking of cargo ships in Weihai Port, nearly 8,000 rifles were transported from the Hangzhou Arsenal at one time, so the three guards divisions could slowly change their equipment, plus the rifles that were sent one after another before, they were basically able to meet the requirements of the entire Guards to change their equipment.

In order to train the new army of these three divisions, the Weihai base was expanded again, and now the only missing weapon is the production of artillery, Xiao Ming has been considering whether to build another branch of the arsenal in Weihai and other places, because the construction of the arsenal was only experimental at the beginning, and now the scale is still not up.

But this idea cannot be implemented now, because the arsenal has to rely on the science and technology research and development center of the Hangzhou base, and the production of the latest steel, the latest chemical explosives, cannons and rifles also depends on the manufacture of exquisite machine books provided by Mohist craftsmen.

The Weihai base is obviously a bit overwhelmed by the training of nearly 20,000 soldiers, Xiao Ming has set his eyes on the Port Arthur base, for such a long time, Weihai and Hangzhou's support for Lushun has not been broken, it has not only become a fortress, but has even developed into a small military city.

Yelu Yungu, who was stationed in Port Arthur, had been sick and his health was getting worse and worse, so Ma Haishu was sent to Lushun to take over the position of Yelu Yungu, and Yelu Yungu was arranged to recuperate in Weihai, and Huwei always had to be stationed in Port Arthur for a month after his rotation training in Weihai to ensure the safety of the entire fortress.

Jin Guo didn't seem to be interested in this Xiao Ming's only remaining base at all, and never sent troops to attack it, but let the scale of Lushun Steel continue to expand, and a steady stream of steel and cement was transported to Lushun, where a tall city that was not inferior to Weihai City had been built, and the medicinal resources and timber resources of Liaodong were continuously transported out through special commercial pipelines.

In view of the special status of Lushun, Yelusha was ordered to lead more than 8,000 people of the "Leopard Division to enter Port Arthur, and stationed in Weihai Port together with Ma Haishu, and to carry out the training of soldiers on the spot, Han Shizhong was ordered to lead more than 8,000 people of the "Tiger Division" to the north to the front line of Qingzhou and Dezhou, which is the area that the Song army has abandoned, and is currently completely occupied by Xiao Ming, which is the best position to defend the Jin soldiers on the south bank of the Yellow River.

At the end of the year, Xiao Ming returned to Hangzhou, and he needed to do some research with Ai Qili on some issues related to the construction of the railway, because he wanted to build a direct railway to Jiangning Province, but because he had to cross the Yangtze River, it was an impossible task at this stage, so the plan was modified, and the place from Yangzhou to Luzhou in Anhui, that is, Jiangzhou and Guangzhou on the Huainan West Road, was selected as a generation.

But the railway in the south of the Yangtze River also has to be built, and the railway from Jiangning Mansion to Suzhou, Xiuzhou, and Hangzhou must be built, which involves many problems that Xiao Ming needs to solve, plus Xiao Ming needs to adjust the industrial structure of the entire Hangzhou base accordingly, and he will be a very busy stage in Hangzhou.

The Spring Festival of 1131 A.D. is, Xiao Ming came to the tenth Spring Festival of the Song Dynasty, these years are busy, going north to the west, always can not accompany his wife and children at home, Xiao Ming is also unhappy in his heart, this Spring Festival he decided to spend a Spring Festival at home, the family reunion is everyone's pursuit, Xiao Ming is no exception.

Son Yunwu is almost two years old, is learning to walk, although he stumbles, but his mother Bottler never helps him, even if he falls on the ground, he has to get up by himself, Cai'er is distressed to see, always the first time to hold Yun'er in his arms, Bottle'er said that Cai'er is always too accustomed to children are not good, but Bing'er is next to help Cai'er hold the child, always give him the best snacks, love Yun'er, Shen Bottler shook his head helplessly.

During this time, Xiao Ming was the happiest, he spoiled his son even more, since he went home, in addition to sleeping, he always hugged his son, and let him sit on his lap when he ate, which made Cai'er and Bing'er have a lot of opinions about him, the reason is that they also want to hold the child, the bottle laughed at them, saying that they like the child so much why they don't give birth to one, the second daughter looked at Xiao Ming with resentment, Xiao Ming knew that he was at a loss, and this time was indeed a little cold to the two ladies.

So during this time, Xiao Ming always scooped up more time to accompany Cai'er and Bing'er, and the children were also enjoying themselves, Cai'er often said that Xiao Ming's identity is getting heavier and heavier now, but he can't always be thin, if he and Bing'er can't give Xiao Ming a son and a half daughter, they feel that they have not fulfilled their responsibilities as a wife!

The three ladies are very sensible, Bing'er is the youngest, and her identity is also the most noble, but she is the most reasonable and humble one, and she has always treated Cai'er and Bottler as a sister, Cai'er has been sick, a little squeamish, but she is smart and scheming, and she is the main one in the management of the entire Xiao Mansion, only Shen Bottler has a playful and atmospheric personality, but she is an extremely smart person, and Richanglong's current largest account office is still her part-time.

When the three daughters were at home, they all called Xiao Ming as "Master Hou!" Xiao Ming is very unaccustomed to this, but Cai'er said that the Xiao family is already everyone, there are many servants and servants in the family, there are no rules, there is no circle, and you must insist on this at will, Xiao Ming doesn't think so, he treats the wife and maid in the family equally, and has never been aware of being a parent.

"I don't want to become a feudal patriarch, when I enter a family, everyone is not very good, and there is no need to distinguish between dignity and humility! But no dignity is not necessarily no etiquette, our family will focus on etiquette in the future, and never focus on respect and humility."

Xiao Yunwu was pulling his beard in Xiao Ming's arms, which made Xiao Ming laugh: "When it comes to etiquette, I have to learn first, I am the least big or small!" Ha ha......! ”

Bottle said: "Master Hou, now that the Holy Lord has agreed with you to build the Marquis Mansion in Hangzhou, we naturally can't take this place as the Xiao Mansion anymore, do you buy a plot of land outside the Yongjin Gate to build the Hou Mansion?" ”

Xiao Ming said: "It's good, it's good to go out to the West Lake, but do you like to be in the city center, or do you prefer to be in the suburbs?" I think it's better to choose a site at the foot of Mogan Mountain! ”

The three ladies all agreed, so Xiao Ming decided to choose a place to build the Marquis' Mansion at the foot of Mogan Mountain, but it was not his idea if the house was built in the traditional Chinese garden style, his idea was the kind of castle-like villa in Europe, fortunately, it was still early to draw the drawings.

After a period of hard work, Cai'er and Bing'er are both pregnant! This unexpected surprise shocked everyone in the Xiao Mansion at the same time! Xiao Ming was also surrounded by great happiness, and even a little proud, feeling that he was still quite powerful, and even hit the target with the cannons, this time he actually hit the double lights! It's no wonder that I don't have children running around like this!

Su Caier has suddenly become very sticky Xiao Ming since she became pregnant, she is the most talented of the three ladies, and she often writes some poems for Xiao Ming to read, although Xiao Ming doesn't understand much, but she is still quite proud in her heart, and she feels that it is very good to have a talented woman as a wife.

But since Su Cai'er was pregnant, her temper suddenly became very strange, and she always hoped that Xiao Ming could accompany her, even if Xiao Ming sat aside and let her see her, she was very happy, once she couldn't see Xiao Ming, she would lose her temper for no reason, Xiao Ming always tried to accompany her as much as possible, coaxing her, he knew that Cai'er actually felt very lonely, since her father's death, Cai'er has always felt very lonely, this is a psychological suggestion, and she needs family affection to slowly recover.

But Xiao Ming really didn't have much time to accompany her, and soon Ai Qili found Xiao Ming, and the construction of the railway on the fifth southeast road was imminent, because it was a way for many large customers to promote railway transportation in the southeast region first, so as to facilitate the turnover and transportation of goods.

This involved Taizhou, Wenzhou, Quanzhou, Fuzhou on Fujian Road, and Shezhou and Wuzhou, Quzhou, Hongzhou, Jizhou and other places on the Jiangnan Road.

But at this time, the situation in the north changed again......