"If I were Emperor Xuanguang, I would honestly choose to hand over the military expenses to the Ming Dynasty."

"If you do this, you will only increase the trouble, and you will get nothing, and Wang Baobao will definitely dissuade you."

Xiao Han said lightly.

"Wind and snow, how many ironclads do we have?"

Zhu Biao asked at Xiao Han.

"Five."

"A third hydroelectric blast furnace has also been commissioned, and a fourth is now being developed."

"Yao Guangxiao seems to have found a trick, and he is currently repairing faster and faster."

Xiao Han smiled.

"Now that our Daming is quite wealthy, why don't we transfer some people to Yao Guangxiao's side to speed up the construction."

Zhu Biao said.

"Well, that's exactly what I wanted."

"Now the speed of construction one by one is a little unable to keep up with the national strength of our Ming Dynasty."

Xiao Han nodded, the current Da Ming has completed the harvest of Yue Zhan and also started the harvest of Ava and Bagu, and has obtained the concessions of Beiyuan, which can be said to be a little rich.

Especially now, under the governance of Liu Bowen, Lingnan can be said to be in good order, and has begun to provide positive income for the Ming Dynasty.

Daming's own land, not a piece of it is a loss of money, and the places that lose money are all vassal countries, and these debts do not need to be paid off by Daming, it can be said that they only take money and don't do anything, don't be too happy.

Even, even the Goryeo War, in which the Ming Dynasty personally intervened, was the military expenditure of the Northern Yuan, and the Ming Dynasty ate benefits everywhere, but in fact, no money was spent.

All the money was used to improve Daming's strength.

"You say, do we want to open a second hydroelectric blast furnace project?"

Zhu Biao rubbed his hands and asked Xiao Han.

He can be regarded as seeing the steel output brought by the blast furnace, and the almost extravagant ironclad ship is built when he says it, and it does not affect the large-scale armoring of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of thing, replaced by the previous Zhu Biao, but he couldn't think of it, but now it has all come true.

"Forget it."

"Hydraulics is unstable after all, and it's not a long-term solution."

"Fix the first phase first, and then talk about it if there is not enough steel."

Xiao Han shook his head.

As the Yue Kingdom surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the products of the tropical rainforests in various Yue-occupied areas also circulated to the Ming Dynasty.

In particular, the rubber produced in the south, although it cannot be completely solved, also makes Xiao Han see a glimmer of hope to solve the problem of air tightness of the steam engine.

Perhaps, in my lifetime, I may be able to make this thing out.

However, he didn't tell Zhu Biao this, otherwise Zhu Biao would have to ask him when he would be able to take it out, who can say for sure this thing.

Xiao Han is now not so much engaged in scientific research as simply drawing a lottery.

He is completely clear about the basic principles, but whether he can figure it out or not, and where exactly went wrong, it really involves relevant professional issues, and Xiao Han himself is not as good as the craftsmen under his hands to understand it.

Whether you can get it out or not depends on pure luck.

Scratch 10 yuan a piece, one a day, what if you win?

As long as this thing is opened, Daming will make permanent progress, and no amount of investment will be worth it.

It's much more cost-effective than expecting to win the lottery and get money.

Tugruk dynasty.

In the face of Wan Shanhou's merciless fight to the death, the Tughluk coalition army, which had killed more than half of the leaders, completely collapsed, and one by one cried and shouted for his mother and fled in all directions.

And after Wan Shan, he didn't care about others at all, and chasing the butt of his descendants along the way was to chase and beat him.

"Hemp eggs! There is something wrong with this ten thousand mountains, so many people, why do they chase Lao Tzu? ”

Ben's arm was wrapped in cloth, apparently because the bone had been broken before, so it was connected.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the Queen of Ten Thousand Mountains is eyeing us."

Patrol said.

"Nonsense!"

"I can see it!"

"Hurry up, how are we going to get out!"

Ben shouted angrily.

"The reason why Queen Wan Shan is staring at us is nothing more than wanting to snatch this suzerainty from Tughluck, no matter what, we can't give this to them."

Patrol continued.

"Don't I know?"

"Less of this nonsense?"

"How are we going back?"

Ben roared.

"In front of us is Mida Mountain, we can go directly into it, and we are not familiar with the place behind the mountain, so we will not dare to rush in."

Patrol to open the mouth suggestion.

"What's the idea?"

"In Mida Mountain, there are tigers, leopards, jackals, snakes, insects, rats and ants, and besides, this is not our territory, and our people are not familiar with it, what is the difference between us and Wanshanhou?"

Ben questioned the patrol.

"Your Majesty, this is the only way."

"We definitely can't beat Wanshanhou, although we are not familiar with this Mida Mountain, but Wanshanhou most likely doesn't know."

"As long as he doesn't think we're unfamiliar, he doesn't dare to follow him and enter rashly, so we can sneak around the side."

Patrol explained to Ben.

"You mean, we have to gamble, and after betting on Wanshan, we won't know that we are not familiar with it, and we dare not enter?"

Ben said with a glare.

"So what if they get some news, or if they follow up?"

Ben asked Patrol Lane.

"Then it's just going to be a fight."

"There are more cavalry than us in the back of the mountains, and we will definitely not be able to run."

Xunli spread his hands, looking helpless.

"Okay!"

"That's it, if they follow up, we haven't beaten Wanshan, and I will cut you first."

"If you succeed in escaping back, I'll remember it."

Ben gritted his teeth and said.

He had no other way.

Although the patrol method is to bet on the dog.

But some bets are better than waiting to die on the spot.

What if the queen of ten thousand mountains doesn't know?

What if the queen of ten thousand mountains does not dare to come in?

What if you win inexplicably in this Mida Mountain?

Ben told himself three things in a row in his heart to cheer himself up.

"Your Majesty, Ben led the troops into the front of Mida Mountain, should we chase it in?"

Xiao Wu rode his horse to the front of Wanshan.

"Mida Mountain?"

"Isn't this still quite far from Ben's territory?"

"Is Ben familiar with the Generation?"

Wan Shanhou's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked Xiao Wu.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, Ben conquered this place even by relying on his generals, and he himself has never been here before."

Xiao Wu said.

"And are there any generals under his command who participated in that battle?"

Wan Shanhou asked Xiao Wu.

"This should be there, after all, many years have passed since that war, and many young generals have grown into important generals under Ben's command."

"Its personnel are scattered to various units, and in this case, 50,000 people will be transferred, and it is impossible that there will not be a single general back then."

Xiao Wu said.

"That is."

"It is possible that he was in a panic, or maybe someone was really familiar with it and chose to enter?"

Wan Shanhou's eyes narrowed slightly.

"This..."

Xiao Wu was silent for a while, how could anyone ask that?

"In that case, we don't need to take any risks."

"The order is that the cavalry will surround Mituo Mountain first, block all exits, and trap Ben here as much as possible."

"Then a small team of people who understand Tughluk and Tugruk will go to Tugruk City to spread the news."

"Let's just say that Ben is dead, and especially, this matter must be known to Prince Filzsha of Tugruk."

Wan Shanhou spoke.

According to the information he received, this Fields Shah had been a prince for decades.

I am afraid that he has coveted the throne of the Sultan for a long time, and if there is news in the city that Ben has been killed in battle, Fields Shah is likely to stand up for Ben and take the throne.

If Ben had returned in a few months, Fields Shah would have replaced a large number of important officials with his own people, and it would not have been so easy to return to power.

If the two sides are deadlocked, it will be a good show for the throne of father and son.

And this is undoubtedly great news for Wanshanhou.

Even the Tughluk royal family is mired in civil strife, and there is no one left to quell the chaos in Tughluk.

At that time, the soldiers will go out and swallow fifty states, if he can really hold it in his hands, perhaps, he will have the qualifications to fight with Daming and Xiao Han.

"Whoa!"

Xiao Wu responded and went down to make arrangements.

Funiu Mountain.

Fuso Barracks.

"Isn't Lan Yu ready to attack yet?"

Ashikaga Yoshikyo asked at Li Wujing.

Now Ashikaga Yoshikyo is also quite anxious, half of Goryeo is new, the granary has been burned again, and the supplies are all from Fusang, and Fusang's transshipment capacity is not at the same level as Daming.

Especially in the north where the Ming Dynasty is located, the people of Goryeo have taken the initiative to help the Ming Dynasty transport in order to restore the country's homeland.

On Fusang's side, he has to go down to arrest people by himself, and if he can't stand it, he may run away with supplies.

Don't look at the fearlessness I said before, but when I really saw the appearance of the blue jade army, Ashikaga Yoshikyo's urine was scared out of two drops.

I'm already ready to run away, but a big battle and a retreat, and running away without a fight are not the same concept, Ashikaga Yoshikyo's last backbone is that as long as Lan Yu attacks the camp, he symbolically runs away with two hits.

It's a pity that Lan Yu didn't have any intention of attacking at all, as if he really wanted to play a war of attrition.

This is really ridiculous.

Ashikaga Yoshikyo simply wants to scold his mother.

"Back to Major General, no."

"Lan Yu has brought a large amount of military rations from Daming, and it seems that he is ready to fight a long war."

Li Wujing opened his mouth and said.

"Lan Yu, is he sick?"

"Obviously, I can call directly, but I just don't fight."

"Isn't it more cost-effective to lose a little less people than to spend military rations here for nothing?"

"Or is this Baga actually in vain, and he is not a strong general who can fight well at all?"

Ashikaga Yoshikyo said angrily.

"Major General."

"That blue jade is famous, and the shocked Meng Yuan can't fight back, he must have his ability, so I'm afraid that he has tricks in his heart, and he can't act rashly."

Seeing that Ashikaga Yoshikyo opened his mouth like this, Ikkyu Junzong couldn't help but open his mouth to persuade.

"Yaga!"

"Don't talk nonsense here, if you don't have a plan to break Lan Yu's fame, shut up for me!"

"Li Wujing, tell me, is there any way to break the blue jade?"

Ashikaga Yoshikyo was furious and asked Li Wujing.

(End of chapter)