Valley Emperor

Li Xuan wants the Europeans to hold back the Tatars!

Just drag, not say beat the Tatars!

Neither can the Tatars win Europe too smoothly, but they also cannot let the Tatars fail in Europe. In case the Tatars fail in Europe, they will turn around and stick to the Western Regions in order to keep Central Asia. If the Tang Empire had to face hundreds of thousands of Tatar troops.

Although the Tang Army is not afraid of the Tartars, more things are worse than less things.

If you can win the Western Regions and even Central Asia in the easiest and easiest way, why do you have to fight with the Tatars!

What's more, the high-level officials of the Datang Empire can also guess why the Tartars are so obsessed with playing the Western Expedition, isn't it just to avoid the Western expansion of the Tang Dynasty?

The current state of mind of the Tatars is that they can't provoke me and can't hide?

The Tang Empire could not break the Tatars' mentality. The Tatars wanted to go west, and the Empire supported them. When they left, the Empire could easily take over the entire Western Regions and even Central Asia.

However, the Empire is also unwilling to allow the Tatars to completely occupy Europe, which will further expand the strength of the Tatars.

When the ministers held a meeting to discuss this matter, although Li Xuan did not find any opinions on the surface, the direction of the meeting naturally followed the path set by Li Xuan.

In the end, after discussion and discussion, it was decided to send a mission to Europe!

Why go to Europe, of course, to help Europeans.

The main purpose of the mission is to get Europeans, especially several big countries in Europe, to unite against the Tatars. Otherwise, Li Xuan suspects that the Europeans will be swept across Europe by the Tatars within three years.

Ununited Europe, it is almost impossible to stop the attack of the Tatars!

In addition, it is preparing to launch military aid to Europe.

To put it bluntly, it is the export of various weapons.

Just like what the Tang Dynasty did in northern India and Persia.

Military aid is something that the current Tang Dynasty particularly likes to do.

On the one hand, you can achieve your desired political goals through the arms trade, and on the other hand, this arms trade is very profitable, a real huge profit!

Within the Datang Empire, the industrialized export-type plate armor has a simple process and low cost. It can be produced by any small workshop in China, and the cost is less than ten yuan at most, not to mention the large-scale production of a specialized arsenal.

However, this kind of ordinary export-type full-body plate armor can be transported to South Africa, and can be sold for a minimum of hundreds of dollars. As for those European businessmen who sell it in the European market, the price is more expensive, and the price is often doubled.

Although this plate armor is not as profitable as silk and porcelain, it is not too small.

Plate armor and other cold weapons have always been the fist export commodities of Datang. Those indigenous people from Southeast Asia to India, Africa, Europe and even the Americas are loyal users of Datang plate armor!

As for arquebuses and artillery, although Europeans also have these things, they are all hand-made and the output is too low.

But the Datang Empire is different. When the factory starts up, it can produce 200,000 to 300,000 arquebuses per year. After a few more years of production, it is enough to arm the whole of Europe!

Datang's response to the Tatars entering Europe and conquering Moscow was to send embassies to Europe. As for more, sorry, no more.

The Tatars beat their own, and the Tang Dynasty beat their own, which is not very good.

On the contrary, the Tang Dynasty was quite happy to see the Tartars invade Europe and fight to death with a group of European countries, and the Tang Dynasty, of course, followed the Tartars, first robbed the Western Regions, and then Central Asia was recovered, and finally West Asia and Europe were liberated by the way.

After deciding to send the mission, Li Xuan just left the Tatars and Europeans behind.

But whether they are Tartars or Europeans, in the eyes of today's Datang Empire, they are nothing more than clowns who can't make waves.

The current Datang Empire is undergoing an industrial revolution, and the wave of industrialization has swept the entire empire. In this case, the Datang Empire should focus more on its own development, and there are some external clowns that are not a cause for concern.

Datang is now barely regarded as an industrial country. After a few years of development, it is estimated that the first industrial revolution will be completely completed, that is, the steam engine will be thoroughly applied to all walks of life, and production and transportation will enter the era of mechanization.

The Datang Empire, which has completed its industrialization, is almost irresistible.

What about the sharp cavalry of the Tatars?

Not to mention that the railway will be spread all the way to Central Asia and even West Asia in the future, but the strength of the current Datang Army cavalry is not much worse than that of the Tatars.

The cavalry divisions, independent cavalry regiments, divisional cavalry regiments and other light and heavy cavalry of the Datang Army added up to more than 150,000 cavalry.

Even in terms of number, it was no less than the number of cavalry of the Tartars.

The Tartars are destined to be impossible to pose any actual threat to the Tang Empire. Therefore, although the Tang Empire also paid attention to the actions of the Tartars, it was not to the extent that they would go to war. The garrison in the northwest would not even be able to. conduct targeted military operations.

We'll wait until the fall of the Northwest Railway when it's fully completed.

On the first day of arriving in Shanghai, Li Xuan did not go out to inspect, but stayed in the Shanghai Palace. In addition to handling daily affairs, he also summoned local officials in Shanghai, including officials from the Yamen of Jiangnan Road, officials from Songjiang Prefecture, and others. There are special counties in Shanghai, along with important officials from Huating, Qingpu and Jiading counties.

Of course, there are also military generals stationed in Songjiang. Among them, many admirals of the First Fleet and Third Fleet of the Datang Navy are in Shanghai at this time.

Summoned the admiral, this is also to go to Jiangnan Shipyard tomorrow to visit the commissioning ceremony of the new-generation battleship Malacca.

After dealing with many affairs in the afternoon, Li Xuan naturally couldn't be idle in the evening. Wang Wenhua, a loyal minister, had already prepared many women with Shanghai characteristics in advance, and presented a wonderful song and dance performance for the Son of Heaven.

Well, don't get me wrong, it's not the vulgar performances, but the most serious court dances, that is, they wear a little less, and then they don't wear them...

However, this is still a serious court dance!

As the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuan, the Son of Heaven, has always worked hard for the cultural development of the Tang Dynasty, and coming to Shanghai is no exception.

Of course, as an emperor, he couldn't go to the brothel to find a group of courtesans to play like those arrogant scholars. Li Xuan, apart from going there secretly in his early years, has not gone much now. No reason, just for fear of getting sick.

However, Wang Wenhua has always been a good courtier who understands the emperor's will. This experienced courtier can't be sent to the dragon bed, but the Qing Dynasty can still be, especially the traditional cultural heritage of Yangzhou, the thin horse of Yangzhou, these years Wang Wenhua has been looking for a lot.

The dance troupe prepared in Shanghai this time is naturally an innocent woman.

Li Xuan, the Son of Heaven, worked tirelessly to appreciate and instruct some of their dance skills, and Li Xuan fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, Li Xuan went out with a large number of civil and military officials and guards after finishing his breakfast. Today, he has to inspect many places, and the time cannot be delayed.

Li Xuan's itinerary is relatively tight. After all, he needs to tour many places, and he can't stay outside for too long. Although the estimated total tour time is more than three months, he needs to travel along the railway line to the north and south of the river. Time is still tight.

Therefore, in an important industrial and commercial city like Shanghai, Li Xuan's inspection time was only five days.

It is naturally impossible to see all of Shanghai in five days, and Li Xuan can only choose some of the important ones to watch.

First of all, I simply inspected the urban area of ​​Shanghai. Shengjia walked around along the Yangtze River to see the prosperity of Shanghai. Then in the morning, I went to Shanghai, and even the first department store in the entire empire for a shopping experience.

This department store is not a royal industry, nor is it an industry of the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises, but a private company.

Of course, even if it is a private company, it is not so simple to welcome the emperor's inspection, because this is the Bai family property.

The so-called Bai family is naturally the maiden family of the Empress Dowager Bai, and the marquis Bai Yunqi is the head of the family. Bai Yunqi has now retired from the political front line, and has not gone to the Datang Western Trading Company to be the general manager, but has started. retirement life.

As the first foreign relative family of the Tang Empire, the Bai family has many children who are engaged in politics and military, and their overall strength is better than other foreign relatives' families.

In addition to the Bai family, the Dong family was relatively comfortable among the relatives of the Tang Empire. As for the relatives of Li Xuan's other concubines, they were all suppressed by Li Xuan himself.

This is for the stability of the political arena~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Bai Yunqi is the uncle of the country, so he has been reused.

As for the Dong family, that's because the prince Li was born to Empress Dong. The Dong family was actually brought up to protect the prince. As for the uncles of other princes, they were basically crushed by Li Xuan.

As the first foreign relative's family, the Bai family naturally has a lot of industries, and this Shanghai department store is one of them. Speaking of which, this department store was proposed by Li Xuan.

When he was chatting with Empress Dowager Bai, he talked about the department store model. Empress Dowager Bai thought it was a way to make money. Originally, he was going to let the Royal Family Assets Department do it, but it happened to be known by Bai Yunqi.

Then, before the department store opened by the Royal Assets Section in Jinling City opened for business, the Bai family set up a department store in Shanghai, which made the Queen Mother Bai very dissatisfied.

Thinking that the younger brother Bai Yunqi did not have her sister in his eyes, he even stole the emperor's creativity and opened the door first.

But Bai Yunqi doesn't care. It's not a military or political event. It's nothing more than a business idea. Your old Li family can open a department store, but my Bai family can't?

Also, sister, your surname is Bai, so it's okay to ignore the life and death of our Bai family on weekdays.

In all these years, Empress Dowager Bai has never cared about the life and death of the Bai family. She has never given anything from the Li family to the Bai family. They all talk about the water splashed by the married daughter. This is reflected in the Empress Dowager Bai. Especially obvious.

In the eyes of Empress Dowager Bai, apart from her emperor's son, um, and a few princes and grandsons, there is basically no one else. She doesn't even care about her own daughter, Princess Huichen, let alone her family.

This is also the reason why the Empress Dowager Bai is unhappy with the Bai family's preemptive opening of a Shanghai department store. She thinks her parents' family has dug up the corner of her old Li family...