After testing the samples, Zhu Yijun happily approved the money to Xu Guangqi. At the same time, Zhu Yijun also transferred other groups from the RAS to Xu Guangqi. It should be known that Xu Guangqi was not the only one of the three heroes of the RAS.
Among them, there was a group that specialized in buoyancy. They focused on the steam engine and Daming. Time passed.
While they were busy with the steam engine in the capital, other matters of the Daming were not delayed.
The Western Frontier began a great purge. Originally, Zhu Yijun thought that Ma Bai of Ningxia would rebel, but in the end, he was terrified. He did not have the domineering air he had in his previous life. Ma Gui led the cavalry and began to clean up the entire Western Frontier. Those who were disobedient and troublemakers were cleared out. At the same time, they opened up a path for the Daming to go west. Everything was carried out in an orderly manner.
In the Southern Frontier, the Daming's advance was also smooth. Zhang Weixian led the Ming Army to advance steadily. They finally captured Mang Yingli and fought all the way to the border with the Mugho Empire.
Together with Ma Gui in the west, they formed a pincer attack on the Qinghai and Tibet. However, Zhu Yijun did not give the order to continue the attack.
The Daming's territory was now large enough. Before there were no trains, continuing to send troops would not be of much use other than wasting the country's strength. The gains from the conquered territories were not great either. Whether it was to attack Khalkha (later known as Outer Mongolia) in the north, Tibet in the west, or Central Asia in the west, it was not of much significance to the Daming.
As for the Southern Frontier, occupying the southeast peninsula was already the limit. The merchants would need some time to develop and integrate. In the Northern Frontier, there was still North Korea and the Japanese Empire. All of these required time to manage.
There were also many things to do in the country. Zhu Yijun began to adjust the country's policies. This took a lot of time and effort.
Time flowed like water. In the blink of an eye, it was the summer of the 21st year of Wanli. The Armament Department's first production line of mortars had also come off the production line. This meant that the Daming could mass-produce mortars and mortar shells.
At the same time, the application of the steam engine had also been completed. At least steam engines were used in the steel mill and also in the mining industry.
At the same time, Daming's rear-loading gun was officially finalized, and the production line was ready for mass production. Zhu Yijun named this gun as the Hanyang style.
No one knew why Zhu Yijun named this gun Hanyang style, but only Zhu Yijun himself knew how famous this gun would be in the future. Only Zhu Yijun knew what this gun meant to the nation. Zhu Yijun named this gun Hanyang style, which represented Zhu Yijun's hope.
The flow of history rolled forward, and many things could not be stopped.
The next three years were three years of rapid development for the Daming. Although the land area did not increase, the national strength of the Daming grew exponentially.
During this period, the three new shipyards in the Daming were officially put into production. Armed merchant ships were continuously built. The maritime merchants of the Daming rushed to the sea with the armed merchant ships, and the real Great Navigation Era of Daming began.
The Great Colonization Era had begun!
At the same time, the development of Daming's steam engine was also very fast. In more than two years, Xu Guangqi and his public relations team worked day and night, and finally realized the miniaturization of the steam engine. For this goal, the Daming invested countless manpower and material resources.
In the next year, the public relations team turned to ironclad ships and trains.
In these three years, the steel production of the Capital Steel Plant increased rapidly. Zhu Yijun invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and constantly expanded the scale. At the same time, he built a steel plant in Liaodong. The steel industry of the Daming developed rapidly. This was the foundation that Zhu Yijun was building for the future railway.
At the same time, the military industry of the Daming also developed rapidly. Mortars, rear-loading guns, and rear-loading rifled cannons became the mainstream.
The Godly Arms Battalion was the first to be reorganized and expanded. The army of 20,000 soldiers were all rear-loading guns, equipped with mortars and rear-loading rifled cannons.
Zhu Yijun knew that a new round of military reform in the Daming was about to be carried out. This time, the Daming would undergo a disarmament, reducing expenditure, and at the same time, liberating a group of labor. At the moment, the labor force in the Daming was quite tight.
The next research direction of the Armament Department was machine guns and submachine guns, as well as automatic rifles and sniper rifles. With a certain foundation, these things would not be so difficult to make.
On the top of the Forbidden City, Zhu Yijun took Empress Wang's hand and looked at the sunset. Zhu Yijun said with a smile, "I will take the Empress here to watch the sunset. Someone, bring a few chairs over."
Although Empress Wang did not know what Zhu Yijun was going to do, she was willing to accompany Zhu Yijun to do what he wanted to do. After the chairs were brought over, Empress Wang sat down with Zhu Yijun. The two of them drank tea, looked at the clouds, and ate snacks.
The cool wind blew, driving away a trace of heat, which made people feel very comfortable.
Reaching out to hold Empress Wang's hand, Zhu Yijun slowly said, "The Empress has been in the palace for so many years, but she has not gone out for a walk. In the future, I will take the Empress to Jiangnan."
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"The last time I went to Nanjing, I originally wanted to look around, but people said that they had a hundred thousand strings of coins on their waists and rode a crane down to Yangzhou. They also said that there was heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below, but I didn't see any of them.
Zhen also wanted to go, but thinking that the Empress had never been there before, zhen felt that it was pointless.
Next time, zhen will bring the Empress along, and we will also be a pair of immortal companions.
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Empress Wang looked at Zhu Yijun and said with a smile, "I didn't expect Your Majesty to have such a Jianghu spirit."
"Who doesn't have some Jianghu spirit? When I was young, I often fantasized about roaming the world with a sword in hand, wearing fresh clothes and riding a horse. I would find a few good friends, listen to songs, drink wine, and find a confidante. This life is enough!"
As he spoke, Zhu Yijun looked at Empress Wang passionately, "Although I haven't achieved anything else, having the Empress by my side is enough to comfort me!
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"Your Majesty!" Empress Wang looked at Zhu Yijun and called out softly.
Before Empress Wang could continue, there was a sudden sound not far away. "Beep, beep, beep, beep!"
Then there was the sound of "Lexicon Lexicon Lexicon Lexicon".
Hearing this sound, Zhu Yijun suddenly jumped up from his chair, ran excitedly to the battlement of the city wall, and hit the battlement hard. Zhu Yijun laughed and said, "It's done, it's done, it's finally done. I've waited for 25 years, and finally this day!"
Everyone looked at Zhu Yijun in shock. What was wrong with the Emperor?
No one knew what this sound meant, but Zhu Yijun knew that it meant that the Daming's research on the train was successful, and the building of the train meant that the Daming finally had wings to take off. What Zhu Yijun wanted to do was finally done. The Daming would be unstoppable and invincible.