Feng Qingyue left and returned to Shu as a staff member of the governor of Shu.

Pang Tong naturally stayed in Shanhai City, and he would work with Jia Xu and Chen Gong to assist Zhang Liang, the chief scholar of the Senior Governance Pavilion, in formulating the five-year strategic plan for Gaia of the Great Xia Dynasty.

This is a big topic that Ouyang Shuo handed over to the Senior Cabinet after meeting Zhang Liang.

According to the calculation of time, when Ouyang Shuo returns from his second ocean voyage, the time will enter the fifth year of Gaia, how the Great Xia Dynasty will continue to ride the wind and waves in the new year, Ouyang Shuo needs the advice of a think tank.

Ouyang Shuo was looking forward to Zhang Liang being able to give a surprising plan.

Sending Feng Qingyue away, Ouyang Shuo tore open the emperor-level summoning talisman rewarded by Gaia, only to see a flash of white light, and an old man with a gray beard, a ruddy face, and long braids appeared in the imperial study.

"Wechen meets the king!" The old man saluted.

"System prompt: Congratulations to the player for successfully recruiting the emperor-level historical figure Li Hongzhang." Ouyang Shuo was stunned, he didn't expect that he would recruit such a special talent.

[Name]: Li Hongzhang (Imperial Rank)

[Dynasty]: Qing Dynasty

[Identity]: Civil official of Great Xia

[Occupation]: Civil official

[Loyalty]: 80 points

[Commander]: 85 [Force]: 50 [Intelligence]: 75 [Politics]: 88

[Specialty]: Wen Cheng Wuzuo (Increase the industrialization efficiency of the dynasty by 15%, increase the administrative efficiency of the dynasty by 25%, and increase the combat power of the sailors of the dynasty by 20%)

【Works】: "Into the Capital"

[Evaluation]: Late Qing Famous Minister, the founder of the Huai Army and the Beiyang Naval Division, one of the main leaders of the Westernization Movement, and Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong, Zuo Zongtang and known as the "Four Famous Ministers of Zhongxing".

The evaluation of Li Hongzhang is mixed.

Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi regarded him as "the only person in the Qing Empire who had the ability to compete with the world powers," and the West even called Li Hongzhang, Bismarck, and Grant "the three great men of the world in the 19th century."

However, in modern China, Li Hongzhang, who is a very popular minister, is a "traitor" who everyone knows and everyone knows, and almost all of the many major unequal treaties in modern Chinese history were signed by Li Hongzhang. At that time, many Chinese people were eager to send Li Hongzhang to the eighteenth layer of hell and never be reborn, but such a crime was too heavy for Li Hongzhang.

The Empress Dowager Cixi regarded him as "the person who recreated Xuanhuang", and Li Hongzhang claimed to be the "paste-framer" of this thatched house in the Qing Dynasty. When the wind blows, no matter how good the plasterer is, he can't save the hut from collapsing.

Looking at Li Hongzhang and his person, through a small story, you may be able to get a glimpse of one or two.

It is rumored that at the National Games, the national flags of various countries were raised one after another along with the national anthems, but when it was China's turn, only the Yellow Dragon Flag rose in silence.

The dignified Qing Empire did not even have a national anthem, and bursts of Westerners' ridicule resounded on the field.

At this time, Li Hongzhang, an old man over seventy years old, stood up, although his steps were not very steady, but he resolutely walked to the flag of Huanglong, straightened his waist as much as possible, opened his voice that was neither crisp nor high-pitched, and sang with affection the song he had sung well since he was a child - the folk tune "Jasmine" in his hometown of Anhui.

The hustle and bustle fell silent, only Li Hongzhang's voice echoed on the sports field, and after singing a song, thunderous applause poured into this old man who did everything to defend the motherland and national dignity to the death.

If Li Hongzhang had been born a hundred years earlier, he would have become a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty like Zhang Tingyu and would go down in history.

After recruiting Zhang Tingyu, Tian Wenjing and other Qing Dynasty ministers one after another, what Ouyang Shuo looked forward to the most was the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty.

After the greetings, Ouyang Shuo considered how to place Li Hongzhang, an all-rounder, who has a set of rules for the army, the country, and diplomacy, and is open-minded and far-sighted.

As the industrialization of the dynasty was on the right track and the ocean-going trade was flourishing, a new trend of thought was quietly surging in the civil official group of the dynasty, constantly impacting the inherent god-level of the civil officials.

The arrival of Li Hongzhang can appropriately guide this trend of thought. Even Ouyang Shuo could not change the traditional thinking of the civilian clique in one fell swoop.

The trend of thought of the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty can be used as a transition.

After thinking about it, Ouyang Shuo decided to appoint Li Hongzhang as the Minister of the Navy, and his first task was to be responsible for preparing for the establishment of a Great Xia Sailor Academy in Beihai City.

Since the development of the navy, there should also be a special academy to train professional naval talents.

To set up a modern Sailor School, Li Hongzhang is undoubtedly a suitable choice, Ouyang Shuo directly allocated millions of gold coins for the preparation of the Great Xia Sailor School.

Li Hongzhang happily accepted the order.

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Just when Ouyang Shuo met with Li Hongzhang, a system announcement suddenly sounded.

"World Announcement: Congratulations to American player Jack Dawson, who successfully established the Dawson dynasty and became the second lord in the world to ascend the throne, with a special reward of 120,000 merit points, 250,000 prestige points, a hidden building [Statue of Liberty], and a special reward!"

……

As soon as the announcement came out, the world was shocked.

After the Great Xia Dynasty, a second dynasty was finally born on a global scale. The establishment of the Dawson dynasty undoubtedly announced that the prelude to global hegemony has begun, and in the next period of time, I am afraid that more dynasties will be born.

One global hegemon after another is about to emerge.

Even Ouyang Shuo felt a trace of urgency, and the global layout of Great Xia had to be accelerated.

…………

Russian Quarter, St. Petersburg.

While the Great Xia Dynasty was rampant and Liberty City was shining in the Americas, Russia, located in the northern part of Eurasia, was silent and never appeared in the eyes of global players.

As the largest country in the world, Russia straddles Europe and Asia, bordering the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland to the northwest.

This silent country is actually changing dramatically every day.

A lord named Pushkin, like a scorching sun, rose from the East European Plain to sweep the world and expand the territory of St. Petersburg.

Today, the entire Eastern European Plain is part of St. Petersburg.

This is a remarkable achievement, as the population of Guy Russia is extremely uneven, with an average of 52-77 people per square kilometer in the developed western regions, 261 in some places, and less than one in the tundra belt in the northeast.

Taking the Eastern European Plain is basically equivalent to Russia, which owns more than ninety percent.

St. Petersburg is already a stone's throw away from the founding of the dynasty, and Pushkin wants to be the first dynasty in the world to shine on the world stage in one fell swoop.

However, there is such a freak as Ouyang Shuo in China.

It's just that the Great Xia Dynasty has sprung up, after all, he has won too many firsts, and if he loses to Great Xia, Pushkin can still accept it in his heart. Where did you think that when Pushkin was promoted to duke, St. Petersburg was also promoted to the capital, and the task of statehood was underway, the Dawson dynasty was suddenly formed.

This really made Pushkin depressed.

"Third place, you can't miss it." Pushkin secretly made up his mind.

…………

English Quarter, Fort Ivek.

In reality, William and Jack Dawson are friends, and in the game, Fort Ivek is also the first European territory to engage in ocean trade with Freetown, and the two are closely related.

When Jack held the throne ceremony, William was one of the guests.

The two are not without differences, for example, their attitudes towards the Great Xia Dynasty are very inconsistent. William had dealings with Ouyang Shuo and pursued the principle of business.

In terms of overall strategy, Fort Avik follows the unified arrangement of the [Silver Hand], but this does not prevent the ocean-going trade between Fort Avik and Great Xia, which is doing well.

Jack is different, this is a staunch organizationist, and would rather do business with the weaker [Yanhuang League] than deal with the Great Xia Dynasty.

Ouyang Shuo is regarded as the only opponent by Jack.

Since it is an opponent, it is natural to "defeat" as the ultimate goal. As soon as the Dawson Dynasty was established, it had already conquered more than eighty percent of the territory of the United States.

In terms of territorial area alone, the Dawson dynasty did not lag behind the Bactrian dynasty. Jack was ambitious, and he had already looked beyond the United States to Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.

In Jack's words, "Set a small goal, like dominating South America." ”

Of course, this is Jack's big words, not to mention other districts, one Canadian district alone is larger than the entire United States, and is the second largest country in the world in terms of land area, after Russia.

Fortunately, Canada is a vast and sparsely populated country, with a population density of less than half that of Russia, and a total of only 3 million players, which is less than one-thirtieth of the number of players in China.

Therefore, although Jack said big words, it is not impossible to succeed.

The population in the game is also a kind of dividend, which not only determines the number of royal city troops, but also determines the number of NPCs in the entire country, and to some extent, the overall strength of a country.

It's ironic, but it's the truth.

With 600 million players, China alone has more players than any other continent in Europe, the Americas and Africa.

Of course, there are pros and cons, and the Asian region will also be the most tragic region in the struggle for hegemony.

The only comparable to the Asian zone is probably the European zone. Europe is a small region, but it is the most densely populated continent in the world, and there are many countries, and it is basically wishful thinking to unify Europe.

On the contrary, because of the sparse population, it is easier for the Americas to decide the regional hegemon, so Jack's ambition to dominate North America is really not wishful thinking.

Although the African region has similar conditions to the Americas region, it is not destined to become a global protagonist.

At this point, William is really very envious of Jack, the current Ivik Castle has not yet achieved the unification of Europe, even the unification of the British zone.

With all his efforts, William was able to dominate England, and there was still a long way to go if he wanted to start a dynasty.