On the official road from Yanjing City to Jin Wei, the carriage that the Emperor of Guang Dong and Li Shaoquan were in slowly moved forward under the protection of the palace guards and the new army soldiers.
The Emperor trusted the new army very much. The military arms purchased from the Germanic Empire had also arrived. The new army began to strengthen their training, and their combat strength began to gradually take shape.
Whenever the Emperor of Guang Dong needed to go out, he would usually transfer troops from the Xin Army to defend himself.
Emperor Guang Cheng had even planned to form a special force from the elites of the new army to be responsible for special operations and security.
Even though the Emperor of Guang Zhou was not a special forces soldier, he had never eaten pork before.
There were so many television dramas and novels that introduced the special forces in the future, and Emperor Guang Chen had a train of thought on how to train them. After this period of time was over, he planned to start building the special forces.
Other than that, there were also many extraordinary people in the martial arts world. If they were willing to pledge loyalty to the imperial court, they could also be recruited into special institutions.
"Minister Li, we need to build a railway between Yanjing and Jinwei to strengthen the connection between the two places. It would be best if our own people were responsible for the design and construction. The railway was the main artery of the country and could not be controlled by foreigners!”said the emperor of Guang Dong.
Li Shaoquan nodded. He knew that after the Emperor of Guang Cheng had disturbed the family of Yi Xin, the Qing Prince, he had earned hundreds of millions of taels of silver. He did not lack money to build the railway.
The distance between Yanjing City and Jin Wei was not too far. With the current construction cost of the railway, it would only cost two to three million taels of silver. To the Emperor of Guang Dong, it was just a small amount of money.
Take the Jing-Zhang railway that would be built in 20 years as an example. The cost of building a 200-kilometer railway line was only five million taels of silver. One kilometer only cost 25,000 taels of silver.
"Emperor, this minister will send someone to take charge.”Li Shaoquan replied.
"I remember that there is a student named Zhan Tianyou who has returned from America. He is extremely talented in railway design and can be in charge of this railway. If this railway can be repaired, I will make him the Minister of Transportation and be in charge of the construction of the country's railway and roads!”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Shaoquan replied.
He knew very well that this young man called Zhan Tianyou was going to soar! Once he was appreciated by the Emperor of Guang Dong, it could be described as being in the Emperor's heart.
The construction of the country's railway and highway was a huge project! The profits were naturally imaginable.
"In addition, I plan to establish the Imperial Navy Department and set up a Minister of the Navy to be in charge of managing the few navies of the Ming Empire. The Beiyang Navy, Nanyang Navy, and Guangdong Navy were all modeled after the West, renamed fleets, and set up a fleet commander to take charge. The Minister of the Navy is directly responsible for me!”The emperor suggested again.
"I fully support it!" Li Shaoquan replied immediately.
Even though he was the one who founded the Northern Navy, it was his team.
Now that he was under the jurisdiction of the First Lord of the Navy, it was weakening his power.
But after witnessing the Emperor of Guang Dong's ruthless methods, could Li Shaoquan still object?
He was already the emperor's man, so there was no need for him to have an army. If he caused the emperor to dislike him, it would not be worth it.
"Zhen will appoint Ding Ruchang as the minister of the navy. The commander of the Northern Fleet will be Liu Buchan, and the chief of staff will be Lin Taizeng.”The emperor continued.
Li Shaoquan did not object to the reorganization of the navy. Instead, he expressed his support, which made the emperor very satisfied.
In his opinion, Li Shaoquan was still very tactful.
Although such a person was a little greedy, his talent and ability were unquestionable.
If he could control his hands and not reach out recklessly, it would not be a problem for him to be the prime minister of the Imperium after the reform of the official system.
In the 11th year of the Ming Dynasty, on the 29th of October, 1885, the Emperor of Guangping, the Minister of Military Affairs, the Governor of Zhili, and the Minister of Beiyang, Li Shaoquan, arrived at Jinwei.
Northern Navy Admiral Ding Ruchang and the generals were already waiting.
"Greetings, Emperor. Long live our Emperor!”
"Everyone, rise!" The emperor looked at these generals excitedly.
These people were all heroes in the future!
He secretly swore that in this spacetime, he would never let history repeat itself and let these heroes lose their lives in future wars.
After that, the emperor announced his new appointment to the Northern Navy.
"From now on, I appoint Ding Ruchang as the Minister of the Navy, in charge of managing the various fleets of the Ming Empire. The Northern Navy was renamed the Northern Navy, with Liu Buchan as the commander and Lin Taizeng as the chief of staff. The Nanyang Navy and the Guangdong Navy would also be changed!”The Emperor of Guang Dong announced the new appointment.
This made Ding Ruchang and the generals of the Northern Fleet overjoyed.
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