Zou Xingwen is nervously watching the part of the Suez Canal that connects to the Red Sea.

Now the construction crew is planting explosives at the bottom of the canal, once the explosives explode, the only remaining soil between the canal and the Mediterranean Sea will be blown open, and the Suez Canal will be officially opened, which means that the imperial warships will no longer have to go around Europe, and can directly enter the Mediterranean Sea through the canal from the Red Sea, reducing the voyage by 10,000 kilometers.

Moreover, there are numerous European countries on the Mediterranean coast, Portugal, Spain, France, Austria, Greece, the Ottoman Empire.

Once the empire controlled the canal, it was equivalent to controlling the Mediterranean, and European countries had to look at the face of the empire if they wanted to pass through the canal.

"Zou Shilang, all the explosives have been planted, and they can be blasted at any time now." When Zou Xingwen was thinking, a general in military uniform walked towards him.

This time, the demolition army provided a lot of explosives, and the low-level construction personnel were also from the army.

"Thank you Master Lu for your help this time, after the canal is completed, I will definitely ask the emperor for credit on behalf of the Ministry of Industry." Zou Xingwen said with a smile.

"Zou Shilang is polite, you and I are all for the empire, how can I say thank you, if you want to say thank you, we should also thank you, now that the canal is through, the empire's army can save a lot of distance." Lu Jun said.

After Persia gave the Suez Canal and the surrounding 100 miles of land to the empire, he was ordered to lead 10,000 soldiers under his command to Suez to protect the smooth progress of the canal construction.

After all, although the Ottomans lost the land to Persia, there are still many people in this land who still miss the Ottoman Empire.

During the implementation of the project, a number of roving bandits tried to disrupt the implementation of the project, but were thwarted by his soldiers.

Although the canal is now about to be completed, he knows that the task ahead will be even more daunting.

Now that the order from the Reich has come down, the Reich is to set up military bases along the Suez Canal to protect the Reich's interests abroad.

"Master Lu is really righteous." Zou Xingwen said with a smile, he has a very good sense of Lu Jun and is a conscientious soldier.

Bringing high hats to each other, Zou Xingwen said: "Since the explosives have been planted, please also ask Division Commander Lu to give an order!"

Lu Jun nodded, and he immediately asked the excavators and construction workers in the canal to evacuate, once the blasting is carried out, the sea water of the Mediterranean Sea will be poured directly into the canal, and the water of the Red Sea will meet in the middle of the canal.

When all the personnel were evacuated, Lu Jun gave an order to the soldiers at this time, and with a shocking sound, the soil layer was blown into the air by explosives, and the last barrier blocking the Mediterranean Sea water collapsed, and at this moment, the sea water of the Mediterranean Sea poured into the galaxy fiercely.

Zou Xingwen's eyes moistened, he was sent here by the Ministry of Industry when the canal was built, and after more than a year of arduous construction, they spanned 175 kilometers, used thousands of excavators, and nearly 80,000 workers from the empire and local finally dug through this artificial canal.

Now he finally doesn't have to worry about the progress anymore, and he doesn't have to worry about being attacked by the local tribe, but a strong feeling of reluctance rises in his heart at this time.

Lu Jun was equally excited, and he continued to achieve military victories in empires all over the world, but here, the victories of imperial engineering were equally great.

For him, the passage of the canal was no less than winning a war, and even more important, because from then on the time it would take almost half to reach Europe from the Empire......

A month later, the news of the Suez Canal arrived in Qingzhou, and as soon as the news was published in the newspapers, it immediately caused a shock throughout the empire.

Naturally, the merchants with a keen sense of smell knew the significance of the canal, and soon there were calls for the empire to dump industrial goods into Europe.

With the addition of steamships and the passage of the Suez Canal, it would take only forty days for the imperial fleet to reach Europe.

For the merchants of the empire, such a short voyage meant a huge business opportunity.

"Your Majesty, the emotions of the merchants are very excited, and it is urgent to open the European market, after all, Europe is currently the largest market in the world for the empire."

After the Suez Canal was opened, the first person to come to him was not Pang Yukun, nor Cui Shangan, but Li Kaiyuan.

Merchants had already crowded his office, and everyone was asking about trade with Europe.

"What's the hurry, it's not the time yet, Europe is fighting hot, and it's not the time to intervene." Xiao Ming said lightly.

He naturally knew that Europe was the largest market today, after all, European countries had colonized the world for more than 200 years and plundered a lot of wealth from all over the world.

This wealth has greatly improved the standard of living of Europeans, which is not comparable to that of countries such as the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo.

Because of this, in contemporary history, Europe and the West have been able to recover very quickly, no matter how terrible the wars they have experienced.

Because no matter how hard they fight, the wealth they have stolen is still in Europe.

So, now he wants to do everything he can to transfer gold, silver and all sorts of expensive wealth from Europe to the empire.

The agreement he had the British sign was to loot wealth from Europe.

"Still waiting?" Li Kaiyuan was a little disappointed, "How long do you have to wait?" “

Xiao Ming pondered for a while, and in three months, he inspected the important military bases in the country, and had a detailed understanding of the construction progress of each base.

He said: "In three years, in only three years, I will be able to build a European expeditionary force that will be able to fight the Europeans who have conquered South America in the same way that Europe has conquered South America. “

Li Kaiyuan nodded, "With the emperor's words, the whole empire will feel at ease, just waiting for this day to come." ”

Xiao Ming smiled: "Even if you are not in a hurry, I am also in a hurry, the high welfare benefits of the empire are waiting to rob Europe?" Otherwise, where will I get the money to carry out universal education and free medical care? ”

Li Kaiyuan was even more excited when he heard this, and he said sincerely: "It is a blessing for the emperor to have an emperor in the empire, and it is also a blessing for the people, and the emperor's name will go down in history forever." “

Xiao Ming shook his head slightly, he didn't care what would go down in history, as the owner of the technology spar, it was his ultimate goal to let the empire reach eternity with the help of technology.

"Okay, after so many years, I still can't change your sycophancy, go back and send those merchants away, tell them that the empire has food, naturally they have food, and the empire doesn't give it to them, they are looking for death!" Speaking of the last sentence, Xiao Ming's tone became stern.

His meaning is very clear, if anyone dares to smuggle into Europe during this time, sell materials, and resell technology, do not blame him for being polite.