"You're right, the enemy of our enemies is our friends, and we should go and get in touch with the Ottoman Empire."

Ekarina also had a vague meaning.

After a pause, she continued: "Not only that, but we also have to contact Persia, Gambis will not always be willing to submit to the Eastern Empire, he is also an ambitious man, do not forget, in the era of Persia's power, they can peep into the territory of the Eastern Empire more than once. ”

Ivanov said: "Your Majesty's beauty and intelligence are unparalleled, and it is said that now Persia is able to get the support of the Eastern Empire all by providing it free of charge a thing called oil, but oil is extremely important in the Eastern Empire, and Persia will always understand this." ”

Igor said: "Central Asia is the backyard of our Tsarist Russia, and the Eastern Empire must not be allowed to intervene, Your Majesty, the current situation of Britain may also be the dilemma that Tsarist Russia will face in the future, we must prepare in advance, now Britain itself is difficult to protect, France is crumbling, maybe we can lead Europe." “

Ekarina was a little excited, which she had always looked forward to, but the Europeans had always been wary of Tsarist Russia, and now there was a greater threat in Europe, maybe this was an opportunity.

"We need to send envoys to Spain, Holland, Austria, Hungary, Prussia and other countries, Ivanov, to arrange this as soon as possible," she said. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Ivanov responded.

……

Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming reviewed Liu Chen's war report, and successively sent Xiao Yi to Australia, and after the second prince Xiao Tong was sent to Canada, he redevoted himself to the busy government affairs of the empire.

"Your Majesty, it is a little difficult for this Tangier to be self-sufficient, and it is a little difficult to become a bridgehead for the empire to attack Europe, after all, the army is outside, and the daily consumption is huge, and the number of steam merchant ships is insufficient, and the sail merchant ships do not carry much cargo, and the speed is slow." Cui Shangan and Xiao Ming had a headache studying the battle report on the map.

Xiao Ming put down the battle report, he was mentally prepared for the situation facing the Imperial Navy now, even in contemporary times, such a long-distance war is extremely expensive, let alone now.

So he didn't want to send his soldiers to the British mainland to fight trench warfare, which was too impatient and irrational.

What he really wants to do now is to use the power of the navy to crush the British navy and blockade an island country like Britain.

Once this happens, a country like the United Kingdom, which is small and has little resources, will soon collapse.

From then on, the country will be reduced to a non-streamed country.

During the blockade, he could have taken advantage of Britain's inherent contradictions to find a way to further weaken Britain and split it into four small independent states.

In this way, the main force of this expedition to Europe is only the navy, the army is only a supporting role, and it does not need too many supplies, and besides, he does not need to transport all the supplies from the country, and some supplies can be purchased directly from Europe.

So he said: "The problem of supply is easy to solve, first, find a way to buy from European countries, second, the colonies of British Africa are under the control of the Empire, you can find a way from these places, don't forget, the Empire's Mineral Department is exploring in these places, third, although Africans do not like farming, but the land is very fertile, it is completely possible to send some agricultural technicians here, the Empire does not allow the sale of black slaves to the country, but this does not mean that you cannot use the black slaves in Africa itself, It is perfectly possible to catch some to build a plantation under the instruction of a technician. “

Cui Shangan was dumbfounded when he heard this, and after a long time, he sighed: "The emperor is still wise, it will take time to blockade Britain, and within this time, don't say that Tangier can be self-sufficient, and there may even be a large amount of surplus grain shipped back to China." ”

"That's the truth, don't forget, we are a big farming country, as long as we have land, we can make its crops abundant." Xiao Ming said.

"Yes, the Admiral understands." Cui Shangan looked excited.

After sending Cui Shangan away, Xiao Ming called Pang Yukun and asked him to arrange for technicians to go to Africa.

This time, Liu Chen made a circle along Africa, and these captured colonies needed time to consolidate.

Hearing this, Pang Yukun said: "Your Majesty, this is no problem, except for the technical personnel, should this farming machinery go over, now the machinery factory has just come out of some agricultural machinery and construction machinery, and the lower officials are preparing to distribute it." “

Hearing this news, Xiao Ming smiled, needless to say, this batch of machinery is naturally internal combustion engine-powered machinery.

He was also very interested in this, after all, it represented an increase in the productivity of the empire, so he said, "In that case, I will go with you to see it." ”

After that, he asked Qian Dafu to prepare a convoy, picked up Pang Yukun in the outer palace, and the group headed towards the industrial zone.

When they arrived at the machinery factory, Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun entered the factory accompanied by the factory personnel.

During the first five-year plan, the machinery factories of the empire had blossomed all over the empire, and outside of Qingzhou, Kanto, Youzhou, Jinling, Lin'an, Guangzhou and other places had their own heavy industries.

Constrained by the size of the empire's population, Xiao Ming can only hope to make up for the current manpower shortcomings by increasing productivity, after all, it is not easy to use more than 100 million people to develop the empire's current vast territory.

Because of this, he is now desperate to have the empire mechanized as soon as possible, both in industry and agriculture.

"Your Majesty, this is the latest batch of improved harvesters, rice transplanters, and seeders." Lin Wentao pointed to the rows of agricultural machinery parked in the open space of the factory.

Xiao Ming's hand touched the machinery one by one, and his heart was a little excited, these farming machinery are basically the same as contemporary machinery, once they are put into agricultural production, the agriculture of the empire will be greatly improved.

Especially now that the empire belongs to manor agriculture, a family of three often owns hundreds or thousands of acres of land.

With these machines, the peasants of the empire will be able to cultivate more land, and the land of the colonies will be more developed.

"Have these machines been used in the field?" Xiao Ming asked.

"After using it, for example, this harvester, in flat areas, you can harvest ten acres of land in an hour, and there is no problem with seventy or eighty acres a day." Lin Wentao said confidently.

Pang Yukun said with a smile: "Seventy or eighty acres a day is good, a small manor is enough to have one, it is said that after the news was published in the newspaper, the farmers who came to the machinery factory to inquire about the purchase almost broke the threshold." “

"This is good news, and it seems that the profits of the machinery factory will rise a lot."