behind me is the earth.

Although Emperor Chongqing had been on the throne for 18 years, he was only 31 years old. When he took the throne, he was only 13 years old. After five years of listening to the government behind the curtain, he slowly took back the power in his hands, and wasted two years in the struggle with courtiers.

Afterwards, when Emperor Chongqing had just stood firm and promoted a group of reformist courtiers, preparing to make drastic changes, implement new policies, excavate corruption in the great scene to heal injuries, and scrape poison to cure diseases, a meteorite fell from the sky in the seventh year of Chongqing.

The Dajing Dynasty, which was already in turmoil, immediately fell into chaos and became out of control in this chaos of living corpses.

Over the past 11 years, the Emperor of Chongqing has worked hard and supported it with all his might, but the world has become more chaotic every year, and rebellions in the Northland have continued one after another, and it has never been stable in the past 11 years.

Although the South is obedient in name, it secretly disobeys the imperial court's orders more and more. The aristocratic families are openly respectful and sarcastic, and have little respect for the imperial court.

There are frequent changes of alien races outside the border of the Northland, and the three guards of Wacheng are also rebellious.

Under the chaos of war, exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are unavoidable. Townships, bandits, corpses, and demons all have to collect money from the people, and they have to recruit civilian husbands, which leads to more intense peasant riots.

This has formed a vicious circle that is difficult to stop, like a hamster in a rolling cage, it can only run faster and faster, and once it stops, it will be thrown out immediately.

Now, Emperor Chongqing's sense of control over the courtiers of Dajing is getting weaker and weaker, which makes him feel powerless.

The image of chaos in the world has come into being, which makes him often feel that he has no way to recover.

"My companion is still injured, the ground is cold, get up quickly."

Emperor Chong Qing bent down and helped Li Fugui up himself.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

With a moving smile on his face, Li Fugui stood up, but still bowed slightly.

He looked at the three cabinet ministers in the Nuan Pavilion again, who were wearing scarlet civil official uniforms, cupped their hands and said, "My lords!"

The three nodded.

"Thank you for your hard work along the way."

After Emperor Chongqing returned to the table, he asked someone to move the brocade stool and let Li Fugui sit down.

Li Fugui said with a smile: "For the sake of His Majesty, to raise food and grass for the frontline soldiers, it is right to work hard."

"Eunuch Li has contributed a lot to this trip, otherwise this winter will be difficult!"

An old man with gray hair and beard, senile, sitting on a brocade lantern, still a little bit sluggish, looked at Li Fugui with cloudy eyes, and cupped his hands at him and said.

"Mr. Yuanzheng's words are correct. The 33 ships of food now really relieved my worries. At least this winter, the food and wages of the northern frontier army have been settled."

There was a rare smile on Emperor Chongqing's face.

He also said: "Next time, my grain ship will not have to go to the North Sea, but will land from the tiger's side, which will add a lot of risks for no reason."

Li Fugui nodded, and said distressedly: "Yes, this time I went to sea from Dongyang County, detoured to the East China Sea, entered Beihai and landed at Hufang Port, passed through Xinpan Province, and passed through Hudu City and Guguo County before entering the capital. There was a lot of loss along the way.

Hearing along the way, Zhongzhou rebels sent troops to push Jingzhou, and the minister was extremely worried and angry.Fortunately, General Wang Zhen repelled the Zhongzhou rebels all the way and took back the four counties of Changyun, Liyuan, Hengfeng, and Hengbin one after another. The government and the opposition were shocked! "

"Old General Wang fought this battle really well!"

Emperor Chongqing also showed a smile on his face: "This time, General Wang dispatched 20 Nanyang Guard soldiers and [-] Xiaolong Division captains to learn King Qi's three-stage army formation, and combined with [-] Youlong Sword and Feiyu Sword, the rebel army lost more than [-] people in one charge, and the rebel army collapsed directly.

General Wang took the opportunity to order Jingzhou Weifu soldiers to pursue and kill them, and regained the four counties in one fell swoop.If it weren't for Shadong County's Xiongguan Road and the dangerous mountains, it would be possible to directly recover Zhongzhou Province. "

In recent years, the great victory, which is rare in recent years, was carefully questioned by the Emperor Chongqing after the war, and he almost wrote down the steps and process of the battle. Whenever he couldn't sleep at night, he chewed it carefully and thought about it.

"By the way, how about going to Wuzhou and seeing and hearing along the way?"

Emperor Chongqing asked expectantly.

Emperor Chong Qing still had a good impression of Ren Pingsheng, although Ren Pingsheng could be regarded as an out-and-out local warlord who was not ordered by the emperor and completely out of the control of the central government.

However, the other party has already occupied Wuzhou, and the imperial court is unable to regain it, so it can only let it go.

Moreover, Ren Pingsheng was willing to give up the grain road and let the court transport grain back from the south. This is a great kindness.

If the Dajing court had the strength, Emperor Chongqing would definitely send troops to suppress it.But now that he has no strength, he can only pretend to be a snake and seek skin from a tiger.

At least, Ren Pingsheng didn't officially raise the flag to rebel, and the two sides could get along on the surface.

"Wuzhou Province is indeed a bit unusual, and it is quite different from other places."

Li Fugui looked around and saw that His Majesty and the three cabinet ministers were all curious and expectant.Knowing the development of Wuzhou is of great reference value to them.

Therefore, I dare not say a few words, but talk about what I have seen and heard all the way in detail.

"This time I went south to Wuzhou, it was different from the last time. When I landed from Dongyang County, the port of Dongyang was so big that I had never seen it before. I don't know how big a ship is to berth in such a port!
Moreover, although several berths have been built in that port, it is still under construction.After landing, after my inquiry, there is a shipyard not far from the port, and the construction of the port is to dock the ships built by the shipyard...

Afterwards, the minister led the mission and changed to a horse-drawn carriage. The road they traveled turned out to be an extremely flat stone, more than six meters wide, and could accommodate four carriages!
After Chen Xun asked, I learned that the cement road was actually paved with a kind of cement slurry, which only needs to be applied on the ground, and after a few hours of solidification, a road that is smoother and stronger than the stone road is formed!

The cost is lower, the labor is less, and the road is easier to walk.

Moreover, the minister inquired about the counties in northern Wu, and they were all connected by 'cement roads'.The concrete road is so smooth that it would be very easy for a large army to rush for a hundred miles in a day! "

Li Fugui was talking about everything in detail, and Emperor Chongqing listened carefully, and couldn't help asking: "Is it so amazing?

Can we get this grout? "

The three cabinet ministers also stared at Li Fugui, obviously they were also very concerned about the cement road.

Li Fugui shook his head: "I have asked, the production is very difficult, and the transportation is not easy."

"Oh, what a pity."

Emperor Chongqing said regretfully.

He could feel that the role of this cement road in the military has greatly reduced the pressure on the army's logistics and accelerated the deployment of troops.

Next, when Li Fugui talked about the train, Emperor Chongqing and the three cabinet ministers widened their eyes and became short of breath.

"A car can pull nearly a thousand people?"

"Really travel thousands of miles a day?"

"How is it possible, the old man is like listening to the scriptures, it is really hard to imagine such a scene!"

"That's really the case. Isn't it true that tens of thousands of troops can arrive in no time, and logistics and food can be supplied in time by train without recruiting civilians at all!"

"Then there are no living corpses in Wuzhou Province? Are there no monsters? How can the traffic be so smooth!"

"You said that train is like a black dragon descending into the world?"

"Then Ren Pingsheng is really a banished immortal?"

The cabinet ministers discussed one after another, and Emperor Chongqing was inexplicably shocked, but he didn't know how serious it was.

Under the questioning of the three cabinet ministers and Emperor Chongqing, Li Fugui kept answering the details.Based on what I saw and heard along the way, I answered their questions.

"Take the train, and within about half an hour, we have traveled hundreds of kilometers from Hukou Town to Qingcheng Town.

When I arrived at Qingcheng Town, I was in a trance for a moment, and there was a sense of strangeness, as if I had been in another world, as if I had been shocked in another world! "

Li Fugui recalled that when he had just arrived in Qingcheng Town, when he saw the 80-[-]-meter-high chimney, when he saw the ten-meter-high building facing the street, and under the lights of the night, the people in the luxurious city were wearing colorful clothes, and when they were confident and high-spirited.

There is also the most prosperous place outside Qingcheng Town, a building that is more than 46 meters high although it is not yet completed. It is said that it will eventually be built into a 46-story building, and the final height will reach [-] meters.
"correct!"

As Li Fugui was speaking, he suddenly remembered something, took out a stack of photos from his cuff, handed them to the eunuch who was serving beside him, and presented them to Emperor Chongqing and the three cabinet ministers.

"what is this?"

"Who painted this? How can it be so real and clear?"

Qunfu Zhan Yifu held the photo in his hand, looked at the street scene of Qingcheng in the photo, and couldn't help asking in amazement.

"This is a photograph, made of a magical object of this size, not drawn by a human being.

On the return trip, King Qi sent a commissioner from the Propaganda Department to accompany him to take some photos. "

Li Fugui explained with gestures with his hands.

"The people in Qingcheng Town live and work in peace and contentment. They have a place to live, children to take care of, and old people to rely on. The people's life is rich and full of three tableware. There are schools to teach children the truth, and there are hospitals to treat the wounded. There are tall buildings with five or six floors outside the city, more than 20 meters high..."

Listening to Li Fugui's description, Emperor Chongqing sketched the image of Qingcheng Town in his mind while flipping through the photos.

"This is the great sage who governs the world! If it can be used by me, why is the great scene here, why is it here! What a pity! What a pity! What a pity!"

Emperor Chongqing couldn't help but stood up from behind the table, his face was full of annoyance, but he also had envy for Ren Pingsheng.

Isn't this prosperous and peaceful Wuzhou exactly what he is after?

Li Fugui said: "The king of Qi presented several bicycles produced by those factories to His Majesty, and I brought them back together this time."

"Bring it up."

Soon, a brand new bicycle was pushed onto the main hall.

"Go on, talk about it carefully, and talk about everything in detail. Tell me more about Wuzhou, and talk about Ren Pingsheng."

The bicycle attracted the attention of Emperor Chongqing and the three cabinet ministers. They continued to listen to Li Fugui's narration while looking at the bicycle.

When it comes to guns, cannons, and even airplanes, Emperor Chongqing and his cabinet ministers have been shocked and numb.

Li Fugui would never dare to make up such a story to deceive them, the things he said were beyond doubt.

"Wuzhou in the future will definitely become a serious trouble!"

Zhan Yifu was worried and couldn't help but said.

"It's better to get through the immediate difficulties first, and then let's talk about the future! Your Majesty, the imperial court's illness is now in the north, in Gyeonggi, not in the south.

According to what the veterans saw, Wuzhou's firearms were ferocious, and their quality far surpassed that of the military bureau of the Ministry of Industry.

The veteran suggested that we can buy some firearms from Wuzhou and install them in the Nanyang Forbidden Army to deal with the rebellion around Gyeonggi. "

Yu Yuanzheng was old and deaf, but his thinking was very clear.

"Old Yu Ge said exactly what he said."

Second assistant Li Guangyi spoke in support.

Li Guangyi looked to be in his 50s, with gray hair and a beard that was half black and half white, hanging down to his chest.

Regarding the discussion on Wuzhou Province, the monarch and his subjects continued to discuss until noon. According to the news brought back by Li Fugui, they made a decision to maintain their attitude towards Wuzhou Province in the future, and confirmed the decision to buy firearms from Wuzhou Province.

At this time, outside the main hall, the snow had already fallen very thickly.

After the three cabinet ministers came out of the gate, the wind mixed with heavy snow blew straight into their necks.

"Under the management of His Royal Highness King Qi, Wuzhou Province is probably already like an iron bucket, and water can't be poured into it."

Zhan Yifu sighed.

"Yisuke doesn't need to worry too much. The most important thing right now is the land of Yanzhao. The rebellion is becoming more and more fierce. The consumption of food and grass by hundreds of thousands of soldiers to suppress the rebels can drag down the household department and the court.

Although Wuzhou Province is strong, it is far away after all. "

Li Guangyi shook his head.

Now that the imperial court is surrounded by enemies, it looks like the end of the dynasty. Who can really care about the threat of Wuzhou Province?

The three of them stepped on the snow and walked in the snow.

He didn't go far, but saw a red-clothed captain running from the university, holding a booklet in his hand, and ran towards the direction of Nuan Pavilion: "Letter from Wacheng, hurry up at [-] li!"

"Who is that?"

Yu Yuanzheng squinted his eyes, his eyesight was poor, he couldn't see the captain's appearance clearly, and he couldn't hear what he was shouting, but he could only faintly hear Wacheng, so he couldn't help frowning.Now when he heard a letter from Beidi, he couldn't help but get a headache.

"Back to Grand Master, that's the captain of Nanyang Wei."

The little eunuch who was supporting Yu Yuanzheng replied.

"It's an eventful autumn, hurry up for eight hundred miles, it seems that there is another war in the Northland!"

"It's bitterly cold in the north, and it's been extraordinarily cold this year. The foreign races are determined to block the border. We must do a good job of defense, otherwise the people on the border will suffer again."

"I'll wait here, maybe His Majesty will call me back again."

Sure enough, not long after, the Emperor Chongqing summoned them back to the Nuan Pavilion, and sent someone to summon the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of the Ministry of Household to discuss matters together.

"Wacheng's three guards rebelled?"

After re-entering the Nuan Pavilion, he saw Emperor Chongqing's face was troubled and his brows were tightly furrowed.

This news made the three pavilion elders couldn't help but be surprised. They thought that the foreign race would hold the edge, but they didn't realize that the three guards of Nawa City surrendered and rebelled at this time! (end of this chapter)