The time was in the ninth month, and the year was in Wuyin.

In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, on the vast Guanzhong Plain.

A giant steel dragon exhales thick white smoke, making the dragon's body looming in mystery. The dragon's roar is like thunder. On both sides of the long and endless railway track, there is a silent outpost every dozens of miles.

guarding the dragon as it moves forward.

On the ancient Guanzhong Plain, the future began to look like.

This is the section of the Ming Dynasty's Western Railway that was completed. The Ming Dynasty's latest steam trains are transporting the most powerful soldiers in the world to the west of the empire day and night.

In September in Guanzhong, it has gradually become colder. The speed of the train carries the cold air in Guanzhong, hitting people's faces with freezing coldness.

However, even so, it could not stop the Beijing soldiers in the carriage from opening the doors on both sides and enjoying the scenery of Guanzhong.

In order to ensure transportation capacity, the Western Railway Company increased the number of coal carriages at the rear of each steam locomotive from one to two.

Behind them are dozens of troop carriages.

Behind the troop transport carriages, there were carriages containing artillery, war horses, or supplies of grain and ordnance.

The entire western railway section is being completed and is transporting the empire's armed forces at a speed of one train every hour.

The Western Railway starts from Henan Prefecture on Henan Road, passes through Tongguan, enters Shaanxi Road, passes through Xi'an Prefecture, and passes through Fengxiang Prefecture.

Today, this railway in the western part of the Ming Empire has been built to Longxi City, Gongchang Prefecture.

One train can transport two soldiers from Qianhusuo and all their horses and ordnance.

Twelve trains are shipped every day, which can transport the soldiers and horses of the Four Guards to the northwest.

After five days of journey, we arrived from Henan Prefecture outside Longxi City of Gongchang Prefecture.

The Shaanxi Daodu Commandery Department has taken over the railway station in the Longxi city section of Gongchang Prefecture.

Countless officers, soldiers and civilians have already built a military transfer center around the station.

The arriving officers and soldiers got off the bus and went directly into the barracks that were being built in a hurry. They were waiting for the people from the Shaanxi Daodu Commandery Division to unload the supplies on the train, and then they would continue to set off towards the defense area of ​​the Seven Guards in Kansai on the next day.

The next part of the road will be a long journey.

Starting from Gongchang Prefecture, the army needs to pass through Lintao Prefecture, Zhuanglangwei, Liangzhouwei, Yongchangwei, Shandanwei, Gansu Town, Gaotaishuo, Zhenyisuo, Suzhouwei, and exit Jiayuguan to Guanxi Qiwei.

A large army riding on horseback can arrive at a gallop within twenty days.

However, the huge amount of ordnance, especially the thousands of new horse-drawn cannons and their ammunition, as well as various types of muskets, had to slow down the advance of the army.

In the plan of the Metropolitan Government.

If the troops and horses sent from the capital can reach the Seventh Guards of Kansai in November before the sky is filled with ice and snow and the road is blocked by heavy snow, it will be regarded as the completion of the first step of the military plan for the Western Expedition.

But in fact, according to the lowest bottom line of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, as long as the Beijing army can reach the Kansai Seven Guards before the arrival of the first year of Yongsheng and enter the camp built by the Kansai Seven Guards, it will be considered a success.

And it is precisely because of the comparison of the completed sections of the Western Railway that this time it was invisible, giving the civil and military officials above the court the most direct and profound understanding.

Railways must be built vigorously.

And not just a western railway!

This time, the Western Expedition transferred the empire's military power through railways, making it difficult for the officials in the court who originally complained about waste to accept the reality.

Only after all new things come into play can these people understand their true value.

Then these people immediately changed direction.

After Ying Tianchaotang recently obtained the transfer information of the western railway, these officials have become the mouthpieces of strong support for the empire to speed up the construction of more railways.

Xia Yuanji, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, is surrounded by people every day, trying to find out how much budget the Ministry of Revenue team can give for the construction of the imperial railway.

They don't dare to go to the Ministry of Industry.

After all, the errands of the Ministry of Industry are currently being handled by the Cabinet's Deputy Assistant, Xie Ge Lao.

The change of wind direction above the court is always so changeable.

And this has nothing to do with Zhu Yunxi, who is already in the west.

"The Shaanxi Daodu Command and Envoy Department did a great job this time."

Zhu Gaochi, who was accompanying the Western Expedition, looked at the continuous barracks and cargo warehouses outside the station and said something in appreciation.

Zhu Shangbing was not far away, surrounded by a group of Shaanxi Dao Sansi and officials from his family's Qin Prince's Palace.

Zhu Yunxi said silently: "Send a letter to the sky and give awards to all departments of Shaanxi Province."

Zhu Gaochi nodded, this is what should be done.

The Western Expedition has begun. The Ming Dynasty will regain the Western Regions, conquer Tubo, and then turn the plateau into a rockery in the empire's back garden.

All of this is inseparable from the fact that Shaanxi Road serves as the rear and fully carries out the heavy task of logistical transportation and supplies.

In the imperial court's plan, Shaanxi Province and Henan Province will also jointly undertake the plan to relocate people from Henan Province and Shandong Province.

After the Western Expedition begins, a large number of people from Henan Province and Shandong Province will be moved to the Kansai Seven Guards and the subsequently recovered lands in the Western Regions.

Based on the experience and lessons learned from the loss of Anxi in the former Tang Dynasty, the current imperial court already has a mature plan for how to govern the Western Regions.

Among all plans, the most important one is to move a large number of Central Plains people to the Western Regions to increase the number of Han people in the Western Regions, and ultimately transform the Western Regions into an imperial territory dominated by Han people.

Once the plan started, today's Daming Dynasty began to operate intensively and closely.

Zhu Gaochi followed Zhu Yunxi and stood beside the railway. Several officials from the Third Division of Shaanxi Road accompanied them behind them.

Zhu Yunxi looked at Xiaohan who was surrounded by many Shaanxi officials with a smile on his face.

Although the Qin Palace is only in Xi'an, as the second son of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Qin Palace has huge potential political influence on the entire clan and court.

Especially among the whole country, only the King of Qin could kill people for the royal family without any scruples.

Everyone is afraid of murder and beheading.

But Qin King Zhu Xiang had the power to kill and behead without any scruples, as long as he was willing to say a word in the royal family.

Even if he is just a small county magistrate, he can be promoted immediately tomorrow.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It is naturally understandable for officials of Shaanxi Province to please Zhu Shangbing, the crown prince of the Qin Dynasty.

On the other side, Chang Jizu, who finally received his errand after graduating for a long time, was directing the officers and soldiers to unload the goods beside the train.

This matter did not need to be handled by him, the Central Military Staff of the Western Expedition Army Staff Headquarters, but there were many firearms that the Western Expedition Army relied on most and had high hopes for. Chang Jizu did not trust others to handle it, so he led his team to unload the goods.

Neither Zhu Yunxi nor Zhu Gaochi moved.

It wasn't until all the officers and soldiers on the train got off the train that the door of a car in the middle was slowly opened.

Alia, the little Hu Ji from Timur, walked out of the carriage under the supervision of several female officials from the East Palace.

This woman has learned well now.

With her beautiful face full of exotic charm, she was wearing a Ming Dynasty woman's double-breasted coat, an indigo horse-faced skirt, and a pair of Ruyi lotus embroidered shoes, and she walked down from the train with a light body.

Surrounding Aaliya, in addition to the female officers, there was also a group of strong men from Nanzhen Fusi in Jinyi Guards.

One is to protect this little Orchid, and the other is to keep it under strict supervision.

Since Timur wanted to march eastward, and he wanted to be like his fathers and march across the Central Plains, it was impossible to send only Aaliya and his team.

True.

Before the army set out for this expedition, Jin Yiwei and secret guards uncovered several groups of spies sent by Timur in Yingtian City.

In the war with Timur, Ming Dynasty actually did not make any endless plans.

Treat people from the Western Regions and the Middle East.

Ming Dynasty only made one plan.

With military power that spanned the ages, he conquered the entire Western Region.

Thanks to Zhu Yunxi’s vigorous promotion over the years.

The Jinyiwei, who were originally the royal minions internally, began to unite with the secret guards and expand outward.

Money buys, beauty seduces.

Use every possible means.

The result was that Ming Dynasty began to have a clearer understanding of the external environment.

This is a world where only Ming Dynasty stands proudly.

When the Jin Yiwei generals were in the distant west, there was a kingdom called Timur, which was preparing to conquer the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty's government and the public just laughed it off.

Notice.

At the official level of the Ming Dynasty, Timur was not an empire, but just a small country located in the Western Region and the Middle East.

"How useful can this woman be? We don't know yet, but we still need to prevent her from hiding evil intentions and passing on information to the outside world during the war."

Zhu Gaochi stared deeply at the little Hu Ji Alia who came down from the train, and said in a bad tone.

According to his idea, such a little Hu Ji should be thrown directly into the East Palace.

Even if it doesn't have any effect, it can at least make the royal family look more like the Western Regions.
To be continued...