C325 Xiao Letian died? (1/2)

The mid-century leaf was the era of the scientific and technological major change. The technology of the ship had undergone a tremendous change during this period. This was the era where sail battleship technology had reached its peak, the era where steam turbines and Iron-armored battleship had begun to sprout, and the era where new explosives were used to replace old granules of gunpowder …

Countless new technologies were invented and popularized during this period, the advances in technology directly propelling the Second Industrial Revolution's wheels, as well as reshaping a new map of the strong.

The United States, Germany, Japan and even the later red Soviet Union all took advantage of the momentum created by the Second Industrial Revolution, eventually replacing the two established powers.

With the help of new technology, it could indeed change the balance of power in the human world. However, this change was not something that could be accomplished overnight. It would take a long time for any new technology to be popularized.

For example, telegraphic technique s that had changed the pattern of human communication were now very mature, but it would not be easy for telegraph network s that covered the entire world to be popularized. It would take at least ten years to build a communication cable across the ocean.

Now that they were exchanging information, they could only use the telegraphic technique's advantage in limited areas, and most of the time, they still needed ships to take advantage of the winds and waves to send the message far away.

The time difference was very scary, because many schemes and tricks were hidden inside the time difference. What Molière said about speed competition was not empty words, sometimes a piece of information could already determine the outcome of a battle.

”Xiao Letian, I admit that my abilities are far inferior to yours, but the pity is that there's only one Xiao Letian in the entire Eastern World, and you can never become two … ”More importantly, the people of East Asia are ignorant and backward. Without the encouragement of a hero, they are nothing more than a bunch of sheep …”

”Just you wait. When you return to Asia and see the Ryukyu being razed to the ground, I think you will definitely regret offending the powerful France … ”Long live His Majesty the Emperor!”

The fanatical Knight Molière stood on the deck, praying to God all night long to show his determination to the Emperor. Under this kind of self-brainwashing, his will to fight grew stronger and stronger.

The fleet that Molière was leading was made up of a battleship, s, seven frigate s, and two cruisers. Among them, only the Glory had three levels of cannons to shoot at the deck, and the number of cannons reached to 140.

As for the two fast cruisers, they only had a single-decked shooting deck and only had 20 cannons. Their main purpose was to use their speed advantage to protect the battlefield.

According to General Bruce's thoughts, nothing unexpected would happen during this punishment battle with the special task force. A total of six hundred cannons, most likely all they needed were two to three shots from the Naha Harbor s to turn the whole place into a sea of fire. Even against the entire Great Qing, the advantage of having six hundred cannons was obvious.

As long as they had sufficient supplies, this expedition team would be able to bombard all the cities along the coast of China once, and then knock over one million and eight hundred thousand taels of silver from Qing Government. That way, everyone would be able to earn enough to retire.

Although General Bruce had good thoughts, he was unable to assimilate Special Envoy Molière. This knight from Paris seemed to always have a worry in his heart, and continuously muttered calculations of the time. There were a few times when General Bruce tried to ask others about it, but he failed to find anything out.

However, all the officers of the fleet knew that this special envoy must have a secret plan in mind.

Just as the French Special Forces were about to pass through the Malacca, in the Great Qing Empire and Ryukyu Kingdom in the north, no one knew that such a fleet was heading towards them.

North of the Forbidden City, at the edge of the North Sea where the Royal Gardens were, the willow trees swayed in the wind, and the cool wind blew gently. Although the Manchu nobles didn't have the Yuan Ming Yuan as a good place to rest in the summer, their needs would still be met by the Shashi Sea's water system.

Although the coal mountain of the North Sea had hanged an emperor, the brave Baji outside wouldn't care. Even when she was alive, she wasn't afraid of the emperor. Not only that, the coal mountain was repaired many times by the Qing Dynasty, and the pavilions and pavilions were even more luxurious than the Ming Dynasty.

The two empress dowager had been in a very good mood these past six months. Although Tongzhi had an overseas student who had popped out of the sky every four years and struggled hard for a year, thanks to their ancestors' blessing, he was still able to calm down in the end.

At the beginning of the year, he had also gotten married. Manchuria's aunt had become his wife, and he had also happily accepted the beauties' group given to him by the royal family. In this half a year, he actually used the Qing San Ye's hands to pay thirty thousand silver taels as tax to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Even though there wasn't much money, but since the imperial family had accepted his kind intentions, with Xiao Letian's current strength, even if he didn't pay for it, the Department of Revenue and the Ministry of Internal Affairs wouldn't dare come knocking on his door. That Monkey Sun really dared to kill people, the Great Qing couldn't stop him from messing around.

But now, when no one urged him, he actually took the initiative to hand it over. Even the Imperial Family could clearly see this strong political signal. Wasn't this just taking the initiative to soften the situation? This matter made the Imperial Family feel extremely proud.

Not only that, Ceng Guofan's suppression of the long-haired remnant evil in the south, as well as Li Hongzhang's suppression of the Twisted Army in Shandong and Henan were going smoothly.