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Xiao Ming was flipping through the historical classics in the technological spar, all of which were from modern times.

Although the history of this world has completely changed and cannot be measured by the standards of the contemporary world, it is still possible to use this historical knowledge to refer to it.

After all, no matter how history develops, the impact on history is still very small in some inaccessible places, such as the Siberian snowfield.

At the same time, he also looked through the history of Tsarist Russia's invasion of the Kwantung region, and found some unappetizing records in it, such as the Yakutsk governor of Tsarist Russia Golovin sent Boyakov to lead his troops down the Lena River to invade south, and after arriving at the Daur head man's territory, he plundered everywhere, and even killed and preyed on the Daur people in a dehumanizing manner, so that he was called a cannibal demon.

And this is enough to see that this era has not completely departed from barbarism, but only from a free zone of barbarism and civilization, and the camps of evil and good are equally distinct.

"Your Majesty, Zhu Sansi is an assertive general, and General Niu Ben has always appreciated it." Qian Dafu knew Xiao Ming's mind very well, and spoke out at the right time to persuade him.

Xiao Ming is very trusting of Qian Dafu, so the two chatted like they were chatting about family life, he said: "Because of this, I approved Zhu Sansi to go to Jianzhou. ”

As far as he is concerned, he is now happy to promote young generals, in addition to preventing the solidification of the military hierarchy, but also to allow some generals with modern military combat thinking to lead the army.

Lu Fei, Luo Xin, Qi Guangyi and others are certainly the current excellent generals of the Great Yu State, but with the increase of the garrison of the Great Yu State at sea, he needs to have a person in charge of the colony, and at that time, these veterans are naturally not suitable for foreign assignment.

"Niu Ben still has some vision, and I am also very optimistic about Zhu Sansi, this is a pragmatic person who can fight." Xiao Ming laughed.

Qian Dafu dragged the dust and joked: "This Zhu family is interesting, one Zhu Sansi and the other Zhu Wuliu, but the temperament of these two brothers is completely different, one is upright and the other is slippery." “

Xiao Ming smiled, this Zhu Wuliu started from scratch and now has millions of family assets, and now the imperial court is using him to publicize him to the outside world, so that more people can devote themselves to industry and commerce.

After all, with the expansion of the market, the industry and commerce of Dayu also need fresh blood injection.

Compared with Zhu Wuliu, the imperial court is also promoting Zhu Sansi and setting him up as a role model for the people.

"Now the imperial court needs a model to inspire the people, so that the country can be full of vitality, but the two are also very competitive, they have real skills, and they are not tools for the court to deceive the people."

Xiao Ming retracted his gaze on the drawings, in fact, he had the idea of a typical forest from the beginning, and propaganda was also a means of politics.

Qian Dafu nodded, "That's not wrong at all, now many people want to follow the example of the two, one to join the army, and the other to enter the industrial and commercial industry." “

"That's right, I didn't work in vain after all, the Great Chongqing Kingdom still needs the imperial court to guide, just like this time to drive Russia north, and at the same time to treat the symptoms and the root cause."

Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes.

Qian Dafu was puzzled and listened attentively.

Clearing his throat, Xiao Ming said, "Do you know why the Russians were able to reach Siberia thousands of miles away and occupy it?" ”

"The old slave is stupid, and I hope the emperor will make it clear."

"For the sake of fur, in Europe, Russia is a big exporter of fur, it is by relying on the fur trade, they can have money in exchange for European technology and weapons, and the Siberian snowfield and the Kwantung of the Great Chongqing Country are the most fur-rich areas, they naturally refused to leave, and because of this, the occupation of Siberia has changed from the beginning of the civil behavior to the current state behavior of Tsarist Russia."

According to the intelligence provided by the secret guards, he basically figured out the motivation for the eastward expansion of Tsarist Russia, after all, Tsarist Russia has always played in Europe and other countries.

"I see." Qian Dafu suddenly became cheerful.

Xiao Ming continued: "The Siberian snowfield may be a fur hunting ground for Tsarist Russia, but it is a barrier for the Great Chongqing Kingdom, which is also the reason why I am determined to take Siberia, but it is difficult to control such a vast land completely by relying on the army, because of this, I have the idea of letting the merchants participate in the affairs of Siberia, but in this way, the Great Chongqing Kingdom will learn from the Europeans to open firearms to the merchants. “

"Your Majesty, this must not be, this firearm must not fall into the hands of merchants, the matter of this merchant council has just ended." Qian Dafu said nervously.

Xiao Ming laughed when he heard this, and he said: "I understand your worries, so I now have the best of both worlds, which is to allow the people to establish mercenary companies, which can only be established after the review of the imperial court, and businessmen only need to spend money to hire some mercenaries if they want to be armed and protected, so that they can also solve the problem of some retired soldiers who are unwilling to farm." “

"This is a clever trick, so that the imperial court only needs to supervise mercenary companies, and does not have to worry about the establishment of merchant armies, and it is more secure to let the royal family or people who can be trusted set up mercenary companies." Qian Dafu breathed a sigh of relief.

"It can also solve the problem of replacement firearms." Xiao Ming added a point.

In those days, merchant armed groups were also part of the state's power, such as the infamous East India Company, which at its peak trained mercenaries in India and even had some military functions.

Similarly, arming merchant ships at sea was part of the naval power, and it was through arming merchant ships that Britain acquired a steady stream of naval soldiers.

After all, the crews of these armed merchant ships lived on board all year round, and with a little training they were able to steer warships, as an important part of Britain's supremacy at sea.

In contrast, the Great Chongqing State is a little backward in this regard, according to the current development momentum of the Great Chongqing State, the businessmen will look for where the interests are, and the interests of the merchants are where the interests of the Great Chongqing Country lie.

Where the interests of the Great Chongqing State lie, it is also where the interests of businessmen lie.

Therefore, after careful consideration, he decided to relax some civilian armed controls, and let the merchants extend overseas as the tentacles of the power of the Great Chongqing State.

"It's another one-size-fits-all idea." Qian Dafu couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Ming nodded lightly, "What I'm thinking about now is to take Siberia, don't Russians like the fur business?" We snatched this trade from them, and let the merchants of the Great Chongqing Kingdom go to Siberia to hunt for furs and sell them to Europe. ”

"I'm afraid that the Russians will regret provoking our Dayu country now." Qian Dafu laughed suspiciously.