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According to the usual practice, a high-ranking official of Xiao Ming's level needs a whole ceremony to go out to the Great Song Dynasty in person, just like when Xiao Ming went out to conquer Western Xia as the king of the Southern Court of the Great Liao Kingdom, but Xiao Ming still refused this kind of behavior. Baidu search to see the latest chapters //

To be honest, Xiao Ming has not received the message from the Tiger Guards where Zhao Hao is located, although he has sent flying kites many times for this, but he has never received a recovery, and Ye Lihong in the Western Regions and Xiao Zhonggong in the Western Liao also replied that they know that they have not seen the Tiger Guards of more than 10,000 people arrive now, which can't help but make Xiao Ming even more worried about Zhao Hao's safety.

But the army of more than 10,000 people who have been heavily armed, even if it is dangerous, will not be unable to protect itself, the only explanation is that they may have been delayed by something on the road, this should be the most reasonable explanation, so after reading Ye Lihong's reply, he also felt that it should be so, so he was not in a hurry, so he went north to Liaodong according to the established plan.

Hangzhou Shipyard currently has a special pure metal ship is under construction, Xiao Ming also went to see this time, in fact, the technology of making hulls entirely from steel has been able to be realized in Hangzhou Shipyard, but from the perspective of sealing, the flexibility of steel materials has been able to die cast the steel plate at one time The equipment is not yet mature, so this new shipbuilding technology is still not fully rolled out.

But not long ago, after the Mojia machinery factory obtained a practical hydraulic workmanship technology from Ding Jianpeng, the large-scale die-casting technology and the mechanical device of metalworking plate bending were all matured, so the shipbuilding application of all-steel hull was immediately implemented.

Xiao Ming knew every time the Hangzhou shipyard built a ship, it was because basically the ships built by the Hangzhou shipyard were all for Xiao Ming's service, in addition to building large merchant ships for Richanglong, there was also Xiao Ming's private navy, and more than half of the large ships in the navy were made by Hangzhou shipbuilders.

In recent years, as the scale of Hangzhou shipyard has become larger and larger, it has also undertaken orders from outside, but its price is generally more expensive than that of other shipyards, because Hangzhou shipyard not only has strong technical strength, but also their relationship with Gu's refinery and Mojia can get the best steel materials and the best steam turbines.

The ships built this time, Xiao Ming also knew that the complete metal shell was basically the same as the steel giant ships of later generations, such ships were originally ordered by Xiao Ming through the Huai Army, but because Xiao Ming had handed over all his private navy to the Great Song Dynasty Naval Division and established the Great Song Dynasty Royal Ocean Naval Division for this purpose! So the cost of building a ship is basically divided between the Ministry of War!

But the cost of this warship was very high at the beginning, the main structure of the ship was all steel structure, and the design of the interior was the same, not only all steel shooting, but also functional and practical in the way of a large warship, due to the abandonment of the sail power structure, so that the space was expanded, and a large number of weapons were equipped on the bridge!

In addition to the two-pack and triple-mounted cannons, the caliber of the main gun has reached four hundred and fifty calibers, and it is a front and rear double-mounted, and the height of the turret is more than two people! This ship is still parked in the dock to build, Xiao Ming is excited to see it below, with such a huge ship, the world is like a toy in his hand!

But to build such a huge steel warship, it is obviously not possible to build it overnight, and Xiao Ming does not expect to be able to do it now, but the appearance of this battleship is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for him, making him more confident in the future, "Haha! With the battleship in hand, the world trembles! ”

"Xiaolong" whistle sounded, left the dock in Hangzhou, Xiao Ming sat in the cabin planning the purpose and plan of the trip, if the situation in the Western Regions is unstable, it will bring a series of chain reactions, the Great Song Dynasty is now on the road with Tianzhu and other places The trade has definitely been cut off, fortunately, now the sea is developed, but it will not affect the entire domestic trade situation.

However, this will make those merchants who have been doing business with Central Asia and other places for a long time naturally return to the Central Plains, and trade with the Western Regions and Central Asia is the driving force for promoting local population flow and economic development, and in the long run, it will definitely cause the west to fall behind again, so even if this war can be won, it is necessary to reconsider the geopolitical measures there.

After discussing with Cao Zhi, who accompanied him, Xiao Ming felt that it was still impossible to adopt the policy of closing the border, but if the bad environment in the Western Regions and other places did not improve, or the local economy did not develop, the central government would still lose control over the entire region, so the future policy should still focus on transportation and economy.

Transportation-based is naturally the need to strengthen exchanges and exchanges between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, while promoting trade, but also have a long-term strategic intention, in fact, such actions have been carried out when Xiao Ming rushed into the Great Migration Plan, and the growing population in the vast land of Xiyuan is the key to solving this problem, so Xiao Ming also has the task of inspecting the resettlement situation, and the schedule on this road is very full.

When the Xiaolong ship arrived at the Weihai base, it added water and coal, and there happened to be a newly established tiger guard army in Liaodong in the Weihai base Huwei training factory to complete the training task and prepare to return, Xiao Ming took them all together on the ship, in order to arrive at Liaoyang Mansion as soon as possible, Xiao Ming landed from the Tangkou of Dayingkou this time, and after landing, he led the team to take a train to Liaoyang Mansion quickly.

Before going, Xiao Ming had already informed Xiao Gan, so Xiao Gan summoned all the 50,000 Tiger Guard New Army he trained to Liaoyang Mansion! Just waiting for Xiao Ming to start selecting soldiers as soon as he arrived, this time Xiao Ming's requirements for selecting soldiers are a bit special, 50,000 new troops as a front-line army are not too many capable soldiers, the total number is less than 30,000, and the rest of the people are basically subordinate to logistics and artillery.

After Xiao Ming arrived, he immediately began the selection process, and his request turned out to be whether he could ride a horse? After all, this was once the territory of the Great Liao and Jin Empires, and the entire region belonged to the nomadic area, but since Xiao Ming arrived here, due to the increasing proportion of agriculture, a large number of nomadic tribes who were originally engaged in nomadism got off their horses and engaged in agricultural production, so now it is not so simple to find people who can ride horses.

Xiao Gan was very strange, he asked, "Does the king need cavalry?" If that's the case, it's better to bring back the tens of thousands of people who left Ma Haishu in Goryeo Road, most of them used to be able to ride horses. ”

"How could I do that to make a soldier with a firearm and a rifle a cavalry?" Xiao Ming replied.

"What does the king mean?" Xiao Gan asked.

Xiao Ming said: "The Western Turkic soldiers in the Western Regions are all lightly armed cavalry, and they come and go quickly, and I want to use infantry to fight the enemy, so it is a helpless move for the soldiers to ride horses, and the marching is expensive and fast, the traffic there is not developed, and riding horses is a last resort, and we still have artillery!" ”

Xiao Gan nodded and understood, the limit of selection was relaxed this time, as long as those who had ridden horses before, and those who had no experience in riding horses were a different matter, the 50,000 Tiger Guards finally picked out less than 20,000, and the money was actually more than those soldiers who mainly carried heavy logistics!

Xiao Gan was a little embarrassed this time, but Xiao Ming was very satisfied, it was not hard to fight in the Western Regions, but the hard thing was the marching and dragging artillery on the road, and the baggage and logistics soldiers could bear hardships and stand hard work, which was the best! So it's best to have such a result.

But then the second question came, Xiao Gan asked: "Is it to recruit war horses in Liaodong?" ”

Xiao Ming shook his head and said: "Lord Cao has already gone to Xingqing Mansion, the war horse of the horses is to be solved in the west, we must leave immediately to take the train to Xingqing Mansion, so we can't stay here for long!" ”

"Now that the middle of winter has not passed, and the climate is cold, can't we start in spring?"

Xiao Ming explained: "This battle is not only related to the battle situation in the Western Regions, but also the Great Song Emperor has also participated in it as a warrior, and they may be in trouble in the Western Regions at the moment, so I must speed up the progress of the operation."

"Emperor Xiaozong of the Great Song Dynasty is actually ......!" Xiao Gan was so shocked that he opened his mouth! How could the current Great Song Dynasty be like this? Xiao Gan was indeed a little puzzled, how could the value of the emperor's existence as the Ninth Five-Year Emperor do such dangerous and unreliable things, Xiao Gan's surprise and doubts fell into Xiao Ming's eyes, and he explained again.

"Although he is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, he is also a person of the Great Song Dynasty of China, and everyone is responsible for the affairs of the country, which is called the responsibility of the husband, and any citizen of the Great Song Dynasty of China must have the obligation to take responsibility, why can't His Majesty the Emperor serve in the army?"

Xiao Gan bowed down and said: "The king does things unexpectedly, but he is very reasonable, this is the way of the Datong system that you have always said, right?" ”

Xiao Ming scratched the back of his head and said, "You can also say that, let the soldiers prepare, we will set off the day after tomorrow!" ”

Qian Baguang and the others, who arrived in the early stage, naturally didn't need Xiao Ming's orders anymore, the train from Liaoyang to Yanjing Mansion had already been prepared, and the special train, the ammunition, weapons and new equipment carried by them were all on the train, and these materials were enough to load more than a dozen wagons.

Three days later, the morning of the train, the train departed, it is the middle of winter in the north, according to the progress of the train is to cross the Yellow River twice, and the Yellow River is now all frozen upstream, and the iron bridge built on the Yellow River a few days ago has been completed, and now it is the final stage, but the train is no longer a problem.

The military train drove all the way to the southwest, crossed the Yellow River in Hezhong Mansion, continued westward, and turned north in Yan'an Mansion to directly arrive at Ningxia Autonomous Road in Xingqing Prefecture.

This is very different from the original Xingqing Mansion, Cao is a good civil affairs hand, Ningxia Autonomous Province was built in his hands is very prosperous and rich, a large number of mountain shops and factories exist, so that the population here continues to grow, coupled with Xiao Ming's great immigration plan, the population of the entire Xixia Autonomous Province can basically support the large number of labor needs for industrial production.

And Xiao Ming also gave Cao Zhi an important task, that is, to recruit the good breed military horses of Ningxia Dao, a total of this military quartermaster, and also to build some carriages and vehicles, which are used to use horses to pull cannons, after Cao Ju arrived in Xingqing Mansion, he greeted the supervisor of the local government autonomous province, so everything was in order, just waiting for Xiao Ming's army to arrive.

Xiao Ming is still very relieved about this, Cao Ji has connections and authority that others can hardly match in this regard, so he is not worried at all, since he has arrived in Xingqing Mansion, then the next step is Shazhou, Xiao Ming has not seen Alima for a long time, so he naturally needs to arrive in Shazhou to meet his old friends after resting.

The preparation of the military horses has been basically completed, but this part is all going to be transported to Shazhou, and the Tiger Guards need these horses after getting off the train in Shazhou, so they are not needed in Xingqing Mansion, but the commissioner who specializes in transporting military horses came to report: "Something happened to the military horses!" ”

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