After entering 1849, the situation in the world became stable. The war between Russia and the Ottoman Turkish Empire was over. After redeeming prisoners of war from the Chinese Empire, Russia began to launch a counterattack against the Ottoman Turkish Empire. However, the dilemma of the Russian army lacking weapons was still not resolved. They suffered heavy casualties before winning.

In the end, Russia and the Ottoman Turkish Empire could only shake hands and make peace. No matter which side, they had no strength to continue the war. Years of war have put the finances of the two countries on the verge of collapse. Especially Russia, after paying a large amount of war reparations and prisoner-of-war ransoms to the Chinese Empire, the wealth of the Russian royal family shrank by most. Russia's finances had long been in high debt. If the British had not wanted to win over Russia against the Chinese Empire and provided Russia with several huge loans, Russia would have probably been unable to support it.

Britain and Russia hit it off completely. Both countries have hatred with China, especially Russia, which not only lost millions of square kilometers of land, but also paid huge amounts of money. In addition, Nicholas I, the father of the current Tsar Alexander II, also died indirectly at the hands of the Chinese Empire, which made Alexander II full of resentment towards the Chinese Empire. Even though he knew that the British were treating Russia as a pawn against the Chinese Empire, he was willing to do so. Because, without the help of Britain, it would be very difficult for Russia to quickly restore its strength.

The losses and gains paid by the Ottoman Turkish Empire in this war were completely disproportionate. They lost more than 200,000 troops in the war. Of course, the number of Russian troops annihilated by them was more than that of the Russians. However, after the Russian army recovered, the Ottoman Turkish Empire was still no match for the Russians. They were driven out of Russian territory in shame. This made the Ottoman Turkish Empire a little dissatisfied with the Chinese Empire. If the Chinese Empire had not put the Russian prisoners of war back, the Russians would not have enough military strength to fight back against the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

However, he had no way to take revenge. The Ottoman Turkish Empire was too far away from the Chinese Empire. The Chinese Empire was still one of the most powerful countries in the world. If the Ottoman Turkish Empire wanted to take revenge, it would be even more of a death. If the Chinese Empire did not cause trouble for them, they should thank Allah for his blessing.

In 1849, although the large-scale war ended, the contradictions between the major powers did not disappear, but became increasingly prominent. However, everyone seemed to be not ready to start a large-scale war. Therefore, they were relatively restrained and wanted to continue to accumulate strength. After completing the preparations, a new round of war was launched to fight for future interests.

The imperial emperor Long Yufei started a nationwide private visit from the spring of 1849 under the protection of the chief guard Li Hu. In fact, he was not just asking for mistakes to go on. He just wanted to see the real situation at the bottom of the empire. If he stayed in the palace, he heard only the content reported by the ministers. If he continued like this for a long time, he would be blinded and watched. Long Yufei did not want him to become such an emperor. Although he knew that he was not a wise ruler, he did not want to be a fool.

During this private visit, Long Yufei saw a lot of real things. In the vast rural areas, due to large-scale immigration to overseas and the government free of charge, the agricultural tax revenue was also very low, which made the farmers' lives change dramatically compared with the Qing Dynasty. Although they were not very rich, they could at least eat enough and wear warm clothes. The empire's free education system also allowed rural children to go to schools and learn knowledge.

The industry and commerce of the empire were extremely prosperous. In the past, the landlords, after their landlords were forced to redeem their land by the imperial government, could only invest their funds in industry and commerce in order not to waste their lives. Some of them lost all their money, but many of them successfully supplied the landlords to transform into merchants. Now, the merchants of the empire were not in the Qing Dynasty, and their status was undoubtedly much higher. Commercial taxes have become the main source of tax revenue for the empire.

Greedy and power suppression of people still exist. For a country that has been ruled for more than two thousand years, it is almost impossible to completely eradicate it. Long Yufei implemented a policy of high salaries and integrity. The annual salary and bonuses of civil servants in the imperial government are very considerable, and there is no problem in supporting a family and young family. However, even so, there are still people who take risks. The empire will severely punish these people. Long Yufei will never tolerate the existence of those borers. How can the country that has been built with hard work be destroyed in the hands of these borers? There are as many as thousands of officials executed for borers and other reasons every year.

Even so, the Chinese have always believed that being an official is superior to others. Therefore, those who hope to enter the government are still like crucian carp in the river. In this regard, Long Yufei can only find ways to strengthen the control of imperial officials in the system. Once an illegal thing is done, these officials will be severely punished. Long Yufei hopes that by increasing the cost of illegality, those officials can be self-disciplined and avoid such things happening again.

Long Yufei was generally satisfied with this trip. In almost three months, he took a train from Huaxia City to Beijing, then set out from Beijing, and headed north to Kulun deep in the grassland. Now, the railway built by the Empire has been built from Beijing to the city of trade and sales. It is extending to Irkutsk. The goal is to build the West Siberian Plain. In addition, the transportation capacity of a single-line railway is limited, and once the war begins, the consumption of the front line cannot be guaranteed. Long Yufei proposed to the Ministry of Transportation who accompanied him on a private visit to build a duplex as soon as possible to ensure the supply of logistics supplies to the front line during the war.

After returning from the grassland, Long Yufei took a train to the west and arrived at the ancient city of Xi'an. The current Loess Plateau has undergone significant changes under the construction of the country's water and soil maintenance. A large number of people moved out of the Loess Plateau, which ensured the ecology of this area. In addition, the Empire specially used prisoners of war and slaves captured from the Southeast Asian Sea to plant trees and afforestation. Long Yufei believed that in a few years, soil erosion on the Loess Plateau would be fundamentally changed.

The imperial plan to build the northwest railway was also very fast. On this railway, at least 100,000 empire workers were working. In addition, hundreds of thousands of slaves captured from Nanyang worked day and night. Now, the railway has passed Lanzhou and entered Xinjiang. It is expected that in another two years, the railway should be able to be built to Yili. At that time, with the completion of the railway, the empire's control over the northwest will be strengthened.

Like the railway leading to the Western Siberian Plain, Long Yufei asked the railway to the northwest to build a double line. In this way, the capacity of the train can be greatly improved and ensure that once the war begins, the imperial army can be quickly transferred to the northwest to fight. The northwest region will be a major strategic direction for the empire in the future. The next step is that the empire will infiltrate Central Asia. There will be a main battlefield for the empire and Russia. It is very important to ensure the logistics supply of the imperial army on the northwest battlefield.

Long Yufei did not go northwest. After arriving in Xi'an, he began to enter the Sichuan Basin along the railway line, and then to Yunnan. Later, he passed through Guangxi and Guangdong, and returned to Huaxia City by sea.

After more than three hours, Long Yufei was working non-stop. He walked around the road, although he was just a quick look. However, Long Yufei asked not to disturb the place along the way, and what he saw was basically the real situation.

After returning to Huaxia City, Long Yufei summoned the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and other ministers in the Cabinet to exchange opinions with them on the situation found during this inspection. He also put forward his own rectification opinions.

Cabinet Prime Minister Lin Zihao assured Long Yufei that the Cabinet would spend a lot of effort to rectify these problems.

During this private visit, what satisfied Long Yufei the most was probably the industrial construction of the empire. In the coastal and riverside areas, the empire established industrial zones one by one, especially the heavy industrial zones in the Pearl River Delta and the heavy industrial zones along the Yangtze River. These places are the main gathering places for the empire's heavy industry. There are several steel plants with an annual output of more than 500,000 tons. Now, the empire's annual steel output has far exceeded that of the United Kingdom and has become the world's number one.

The raw materials for the Imperial steel industry are mainly derived from the iron ore in Australia. Although there are many iron ore in China, most of the iron ore in the Imperial steel ore are not of high quality, and the cost will be too high if used for smelting. In addition, iron ore is a non-renewable resource. It is better to use less iron ore in the Imperial country. Therefore, except for a very small number of iron ore that have begun to be developed, almost all iron ore comes from Australia.

After several years of construction, the Australian mining area has been very complete. After the iron ore was mined by slaves, it was transported to the port by railway in the mining area, and then transported back to the country by ships to ensure the consumption of various steel plants in China. To this end, an infantry army deployed by the Empire in Australia was the main force to defend the western mining area of ​​Australia. In addition, one of the main responsibilities of the Imperial Navy's 5th Fleet was to ensure the safety of this maritime transportation line. If this transportation line was cut off, it would cause a huge blow to the Empire's heavy industry! (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!

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