Chapter 846: World Landscape

He suddenly looked up, meeting Liu Zheng's smiling gaze in the air.

It felt like an electric current surged through his entire body!

This

What does this mean?

He didn't come to punish him?

No!

For a moment, Niu Chaofeng was so excited he didn't know what to say.

"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"

He kowtowed on the ground: "I dare not forget your decree, my lord! I will certainly be able to catch up with the first wave of planting this year!"

Liu Zheng laughed heartily: "Get up quickly. Come, take me to see your territory."

The others were also incredibly excited.

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Does this mean everything is fine?

Niu Chaofeng scrambled up in excitement.

He followed cautiously behind Liu Zheng, taking him around.

Three thousand mu of land is truly not a small amount.

Then there were the places where the many people under his command lived, which were surprisingly all solid houses made of stone and loess.

In other words, the living conditions for these people were actually quite good.

Even in modern society, this would be a large-scale farm owner.

What surprised Liu Zheng was that he knew Niu Chaofeng's background—just a hoodlum from a village. But what he displayed was eye-opening. The entire three thousand mu of land was planned in an orderly fashion, with even watchtowers, defensive fortifications, and tunnels.

There were dedicated places for storing farm tools and machinery; everything looked methodical.

Looking at the people following Niu Chaofeng, most were young, with the oldest being no more than forty.

Looking at Niu Chaofeng again, the place where he lived was similar to theirs, just located in the most suitable spot for management.

Liu Zheng nodded repeatedly as he watched.

They yearned for a better life.

When Liu Zheng left, he solemnly left a Yellow Dragon Medal for Niu Chaofeng.

This was a young team, a vigorous team.

They represented the backbone of the Empire.

A single medal frightened quite a few people.

"Open up the magnificent scenery of the frontier, guard the glory of the national gate."

Everyone was completely stunned.

Niu Chaofeng, full of heroic spirit, had already come to regard Vice Minister Liu as a soulmate for whom he could die!

On the way back.

Niu Chaofeng was almost floating, moved to tears. He had originally thought Vice Minister Liu was coming to punish him, but he never expected to receive such a great reward!

A scholar dies for his soulmate!

Liu Zheng took a deep breath and smiled bitterly: "If you want others to risk their lives for you, you have to offer them something."

"Risking one's life?"

Prince Yong was a bit puzzled: "He's just a rustic villager, is it worth giving him a Yellow Dragon Medal?"

The Yellow Dragon Medal was the highest-level medal a Protectorate could issue!

This was something Liu Zheng had been considering recently.

War.

Prince Yong was somewhat confused.

Liu Zheng nodded and said wearily: "Prince Yong, our front lines are a bit too long. At least in Liaodong, we cannot have a major conflict with Tsarist Russia in the short term."

The Southern Barbarian Lands.

Huobu Quli's side could be self-sufficient, and there was also the support of Bashu behind them.

It was a massive machine that burned money and sucked blood.

No matter how rich Yintan City was, it couldn't afford such spending. Now, his troops' front lines were stretched too thin. In Central Asia and India, development was still burning money, with Yintan City continuously providing blood transfusions. Ling Chen was a person who couldn't stay idle; this time, launching a war against the Safavid Dynasty would consume a massive amount of Weaponry and Equipment, as well as supplies and grain, which was no small sum.

As for Wa, Liu Zheng was determined to fight them, and there were also the remnants of the Great Tang lurking like tigers.

He had to take Southeast Asia. Because that was the true holy land of Spice. He clearly remembered that in his previous life, the Dutch Empire had long since expanded its colonial map to Southeast Asia, Java—that is, Batavia, later Jakarta—Sumatra, and the Spice Islands.

But Weaponry and Equipment still needed to be supplied by Yintan City.

Looking at Liaodong again.

And they had established the Cape of Good Hope in Africa long ago.

There were too many front lines, and they were too long.

But perhaps in this world, the existence of the remnants of the Great Tang had changed this landscape.

The Dutch Spice colonies had gone to Africa.

Liaodong could no longer afford any major battles that would damage its foundations.

Tsarist Russia.

If a real conflict were to break out with the Ottoman in Central Asia, then Yintan City and the Western Regions must concentrate their supplies on Ling Chen's side.

Therefore.

Because.

At this time in Europe, a powerful Empire had already begun to reveal its edge.

He could not afford to provoke it for the time being.

Nor did he want to provoke it.

The Dutch tea merchant Davis had been rebuffed by Liu Zheng, but the Netherlands could do nothing about it; it was evident that the Netherlands, once the maritime hegemon, had already begun its decline.

Because just a few years prior, during the First Anglo-Dutch War in the Mediterranean Sea, Britain had emerged victorious; in this war, Britain showed the whole world how important robust industrial strength, military strength, naval equipment, quantity, firepower, and tactical level truly were.

That was.

Great Britain.

Louis XIV had already been on the throne for many years, and a powerful kingdom of Centralization of Power had profited from the Anglo-Dutch Wars.

This was a very important point in time.

And at the same time.

Another powerful Empire in Europe was also in the midst of rising.

France had achieved a total victory, because France's formidable diplomatic means had played Sweden, Britain, and other European countries for fools.

And it had precipitated the Glorious Revolution in Britain.

Liu Zheng clearly remembered that after the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Third Anglo-Dutch War was instigated by France.

This time.

It was very clear that it had already happened.

Coupled with the Vienna War and the First Russo-Turkish War, looking at it comprehensively.

Last time.

Liu Zheng asked Rhodes, has the Glorious Revolution happened?

That is to say.

Liu Zheng, at this moment, had to face Peter the Great, Louis XIV, Britain, and the Ottoman, these several great enemies, all at once.

At this point in time, the Third Anglo-Dutch War had already ended.

Britain and France had become the two greatest protagonists of Europe.

Controlling Spice and tea.

And then.

Time was tight and the task was heavy.

What Liu Zheng needed to do first was still to develop Liaodong and take down Wa, and Nanyang.

Take down the Suez Canal.

And Suez was currently under the rule of the Ottoman.

His goal was very clear.

He wanted to, within five years.

Especially this kind of overwhelming war.

The Cannon of Yintan City was an improved Red Barbarian Cannon, with a range that could reach three kilometers! This was double the range of the most advanced Red Barbarian Cannon in the world today!

War was simply burning money.

It was too advanced.

So advanced that he even wanted to throw away the weapon in his own hand and take this Musket to charge into the fray.

And at this time, the Musket just sent from Yintan City also shocked Ling Chen greatly.

Because.

They had already improved the Flintlock "imported" from abroad into a Rifled Musket, and this time, they had sent Percussion Cap Musket directly.

Although.

In just a few short years.

Yintan City, including the Research Lab in Liangshan.

The proportion of Musket in war had been taking up more and more space.

But he could feel.

Even the Percussion Cap Musket was not as convenient or fast as the bows and Crossbow that they were accustomed to.

And.

The cost required to invest in a war was also getting higher and higher.

Two months after Ling Chen's overwhelming advance, the first large-scale resistance from the Safavid Dynasty finally occurred.