Out of the palace, Zhu Sansi looked up at the blue sky.

For him, everything that is happening now is like a dream, although he, the commander of the Eastern Military Region, is still equivalent to the commander of the light pole, and his subordinates are only the foundation of the Northern Expedition, but he is already grateful to the emperor.

In the imperial study, the emperor has made it very clear that whether he, the commander of the eastern region, can finally sit on an equal footing with the other five military regions depends on himself.

Outside the palace gate, Gao Yingfeng and other generals were waiting for him, and when they saw him come out, they all looked excited, and Gao Yingfeng shouted excitedly: "Commander, congratulations!" Congratulations! “

"Congratulations, congratulations!" The other generals also frowned.

Zhu Sansi smiled bitterly, the holy decree has been issued, and the appointment of this military region is not a secret, and it is not surprising that Gao Yingfeng and others learned about this matter from other generals.

He said: "Don't be too happy one by one, the hard days are still to come, now you go back and prepare to receive a batch of machine guns, in a short time, we will go to Alaska, whether our Eastern Military Region can become bigger depends on whether it can take root in North America." ”

"North America!" Gao Yingfeng and the others looked confused.

Zhu Sansi nodded, and told his subordinates what Xiao Ming said to him, these people are his family background, and they will also be the backbone of the Eastern Military Region.

When he finished speaking, everyone was relieved.

Gao Yingfeng said: "It's no wonder that the commander of the Eastern Military Region can fall on the head of the division commander, this is a chore, but this Yaksa has gone, and we don't care what Alaska we go to." “

"That is, we all crawled out of the same pile of dead people, suffering together, and sharing blessings."

"Commander, wherever you go, we will go with you."

“……”

The generals shouted one by one, and the battle of Yaksa brought them closer together.

Zhu Sansi nodded movingly, with such a group of brothers, he was not afraid of anything.

As everyone was talking, at this time, a luxurious carriage slowly came to the front, and a person with some similar eyebrows to Zhu Sansi jumped out of the carriage.

Zhu Sansi looked at the person who came and showed a smile, this person was his younger brother Zhu Wuliu.

"Brother, I've been waiting for you for a while, my father and mother are waiting for you to go back to dinner at home." Zhu Wuliu said that he now reminded that he was slightly fat, and his thin appearance had changed a lot compared to before.

Zhu Sansi hasn't been home for more than a year, and he misses home very much, he said to Gao Yingfeng; "When you come back this time, you will also go back to gather with your families, and we will gather in the army in two days."

Gao Yingfeng glanced at Zhu Wuliu, this Zhu Wuliu is now famous in Qingzhou, from building roads in Qingzhou City to forming his own Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce, now Zhu Wuliu is already one of the top businessmen.

glanced at Zhu Sansi and the two brothers enviously, and Gao Yingfeng led a group of generals to leave.

Zhu Wuliu smiled at this time: "Brother, congratulations on your promotion to commander of the Eastern Military Region, it seems that I can't compare to you in my life." ”

"That's how you know." Zhu Sansi was stunned for a moment and frowned.

"Hahaha...... There is a saying that money can make ghosts grind, don't hide it from you, my chamber of commerce has a military food factory, and a lot of canned food for this northern expedition is produced by this military food factory, naturally, your brother and I have a little contact with the quartermaster of the General Staff, just now he came out of the palace, and told me the good news when he passed by. Zhu Wuliu looked smug.

Zhu Sansi's brows furrowed even deeper, he looked at his younger brother and felt that the person in front of him was suddenly a little strange, but he who was once simple and unpretentious now seemed sophisticated and scheming.

"Five or six, you forgot what I used to say to you, the bigger your business is now, the more you have to be restrained, why are you not obedient at all." Zhu Sansi reprimanded.

Zhu Wuliu laughed, he said: "Brother, why are you so nervous, we are just a business relationship, just chat casually, and you are now the commander, he took the initiative to talk to our Zhu family, and I didn't ask it." ”

Zhu Sansi's expression softened a little, and he couldn't see that Zhu Wuliu's words were true and those words were false.

With a sigh, he got into the carriage and went home with Zhu Wuliu.

After resting at home for two days, Zhu Sansi returned to the army to formally establish the Eastern Military Region, and at the same time, the vigorous military reform was also implemented.

On the third day of the military reform meeting, the commander of the military region and the chief historian each returned to their respective military regions to carry out reforms of the army under their command in accordance with the rules and regulations.

At the same time, the military industrial system was gradually improved under the supervision of Yang Chengye, and military factories worked overtime to produce weapons for the major military regions.

In half a year, 3,000 machine guns and 2,000 guards artillery pieces were distributed to the six major military regions, and Qi Guangyi's lancers also completed the renewal of equipment.

Xiao Ming is naturally very satisfied with such results, for him, the military reform is perfect, and the next step for the empire is to expand externally.

However, just as he was about to beat the drums of war, news came from Dengzhou that the British and French missions had arrived in Dengzhou, and they asked to come to Qingzhou for a visit.

"They still have the face to come to Qingzhou to meet them, they are extremely brazen, the emperor, according to the old ministers, it is better not to see them." Pang Yukun blew his beard angrily and glared.

It had been more than a year since the Combined Fleet was wiped out, but the effects of the war remained in the hearts of every Imperialist.

Xiao Ming shook his head, "You can't be rash between countries, it's easy to drive the mission away, but some problems can't be solved at the negotiation table, and the war costs the people and money, and slows down the economic development, so you don't need to use it." “

After the three major barbarian tribes were wiped out, the ministers' great power psychology swelled a lot, and they often clamed for war, which is quite a model of contemporary American imperialism, but at least he was not confused.

Although the country is large, he has always kept in mind the truth that warlike will perish.

"Is the emperor going to talk to them?"

Pang Yukun was a little surprised, he sometimes couldn't understand Xiao Ming's thoughts, after all, sometimes Xiao Ming seemed to be a war maniac, and sometimes he was surprisingly calm, and he couldn't guess his mind more and more.

Ten years ago, he was still a little contemptuous of Xiao Ming, always thinking that he could control him with his talents, but now he is often worried about Xiao Ming.

"It's not too late to talk about it, and I want to take advantage of this opportunity to let the secret guards enter Europe and get real information, and we can't trust all the words of the Dutch." Xiao Ming said.

Pang Yukun nodded, "If this is the case, the old minister will ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare and take them to Qingzhou." ”

Xiao Ming nodded, his eyes rolled, and he continued: "In addition, let Lu Fei dispatch a thousand elites from the Central Army to line up at the gate of the city tomorrow to show the powerful military power of the empire!" “8)