In the late autumn, Li Mingxun received two good news in succession. One was his wife, Princess Anhua, who gave birth to a baby boy safely. According to the name given by the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty, this child, who was in the two most noble bloodlines of the Chinese nation, was named Li Junhua. The birth of this legitimate son also replaced Li Mingxun's eldest son Li Jundu and became the first heir to the head of state's family.

Anhua's childbirth was full of drama. According to the plan, Anhua should return to Taipei for production. Therefore, he boarded the Zhuque battleship in Hong Kong and went to Taipei. Unfortunately, he encountered a typhoon and sheltered from the wind in Penghu, which delayed a lot of time. On the way to cross the Taiwan Strait to reach Taipei, Anhua gave birth to his child on the battleship. It was simply that Anhua was different from Zhu Ming's royal family women who did not leave their homes. She grew up in Taipei, and she was in good health, and her mother and son were safe. The good news was passed back to China. The whole country celebrated that the head of state had a legitimate son. The Navy even asked the Senate to rename the Zhuque battleship to Junhua to commemorate this great moment, but was eventually rejected by the Senate.

The Senate's plan is to name the first three-deck battleship in the United States under construction, a new type of warship with 96 artillery, with the first one named Junhua and the second one named Jundu.

The naming of the Jun-class battleship was teased by the people of the United States as urging the head of state to give birth to more children with his wife. Because these battleships were planned to be built, Li Mingxun had at least six sons to meet the needs of naming the battleship.

The second news comes from Australia. Ten years after the Australian development plan was launched, the Australian continent finally discovered the coveted gold mine. It is located more than 200 kilometers north of Longcheng, the administrative center of Australia. It instantly triggered a gold rush in the United States. Within just one month after the news reached the local area, there were more than 1,500 free immigrants to Australia via the Western Australia route. The Senate optimistically estimated that the population of the Australian administrative region will double within the next three years, and in just seven years, the population of Australia can reach the first-level administrative region standard of 500,000.

According to reports from Australian Chief Executive Ma Donglai, the gold mine exploration results in Australia are very good, with a lot of sand gold, and it is expected to reach an annual output of 200,000 taels within five years. For the United States, this will be a new leap in strength, so the whole country fully supports the development of Australian gold mines, and immigration is the first to be affected.

"Your Excellency, Ma Jixiang is here." The attendant knocked on the door and whispered.

Li Mingxun nodded slightly. Not long after, Ma Jixiang walked in and said carefully: "Hsin-Law, this is a report on the Yunnan Tea Tour. Please check it out."

Li Mingxun took it and glanced at it. He browsed the seven or eight names on it several times. After thinking about it, he circled three with a red pen and handed them to Ma Jixiang: "These three people can be allowed to invest in the name of their wife or legitimate son, or under a pseudonym. By the way, on weekdays, you have to interact with them a few less."

Ma Jixiang opened it and saw that the shares of the three people were the same. Compared with other shareholders and himself, these three people had a good reputation and were considered as the Qingliu among the officials in the court. Although some people called them treacherous officials, it was a party struggle, which was a bit different from those who were called traitorous by officials in the court.

"Yes, I'll do it now, and I'll find a few more people like you in the future." Ma Jixiang carefully collected the documents and said. He also understood what Li Mingxun meant. In the future, when the United States or Li Mingxun needed others to waving flags and shouting, a group of "Ma Jixiang" would not be allowed to go to the table. It would be good to say a few more words in the clear stream. As for these clear streams or unclear things, it doesn't matter if they are considered clear streams by the world.

"Well, pay more attention, especially those who have old friends, you should pay attention. By the way, now Qiongfan and Jinfan are all running Yixue School, recruiting down-and-out scholars and descendants of martyrs to study. You can also do such good deeds as accumulating virtue and doing good deeds. Recruiting more local children around ten years old. After learning in Yixue Middle School, you can go to the United Front School." Li Mingxun said while writing instructions.

"Yes, but now Yunnan's finances are in a tight position, and I'm afraid it will be necessary to deal with the military expenditure of the Shufan." Ma Jixiang said in embarrassment.

Li Mingxun smiled: "Don't many people call you a traitor and demand to boycott our country, let them donate money, and morally kidnapped them. By the way, you can also run a newspaper. Whoever doesn't pay the money will scold you in the newspaper. Don't worry, I will let the emperor and the Shufan pay symbolically."

When Ma Jixiang heard this, he immediately said, "That villain will do this."

Li Mingxun replied, and after finishing writing the instructions, he saw that Ma Jixiang had not left, and seemed to be hesitant when he stood there. Li Mingxun asked, "Do you have anything else?"

"Yes, it's about the Shufan, Chuxiong copper mine case, do you know?" Ma Jixiang asked.

Li Mingxun thought about it and seemed to have heard some. After the establishment of the Shu vassal state, the so-called central court of the Shu vassal state was managed by Ma Jixiang, the so-called central court, but the income tax was distributed to the Shu vassal state for military purposes. However, unlike the Jin vassal states that received the Han vassal states, most of the land in Yunnan was dominated by the Jin vassal states, and gentry and chieftains accounted for the majority. In order to stabilize the Qin vassal states in Guizhou, the Qin vassal states in Yunnan were not moved. As a result, although Yunnan was a vassal state in Shu vassal state, the Shu vassal state had little profit here and was no longer considered a vassal state. Therefore, after discussing with Liu Wenxiu, Li Mingxun handed over the most profitable copper mine in Yunnan to the Shu vassal state monopoly. The Shu vassal state established the Yunnan Copper Mine Bureau, which not only started mining and practiced copper, but also merged other mines, but also managed all the copper mines in Yunnan.

The privileges of Shufan in the copper mine field naturally affected the interests of local gentry, and conflicts were not uncommon. Li Mingxun seemed to have heard that Shufan discovered large copper mines in Chuxiong and had conflicts with local gentry in terms of land acquisition, but it seemed that things had gone and he had not heard anything since then.

"What happened?" Li Mingxun asked.

Ma Jixiang said: "I heard that in name, Shufan used a low price to seize land from the Xu and Wu families in Chuxiong, but in fact, he stopped after letting him enter the Copper Mining Bureau."

"Bastard!" After hearing the news, Li Mingxun threw the teacup on the table to the ground!

The servant guards outside heard the sound and kicked the door in. The long sword lit up. Ma Jixiang was so scared that he knelt on the ground and called him damn. Li Mingxun calmed down a little and said, "This has nothing to do with you. Go and do it. I will take care of the matter of the Copper Mining Bureau myself."

Li Mingxun was no longer in the mood to deal with the matter at hand. After packing up his luggage, he went to the camp outside the city. Now the camp outside the capital of Yunnan was mostly stationed by the Shufan troops. The coalition forces of the Jinfan and Qiongfan were stationed on the border between the Yunnan and Guizhou to guard against the Qinfan. Originally, Li Mingxun assigned the Southern Ming faction to the Shufan several troops, with about 50,000 people. Later, many non-Qinfan troops on the border between the Guizhou and Shufan also came to surrender and entered the Shufan. The Shufan streamlined the troops, from 70,000 to 28,000 people, and those who remained were elite soldiers. Not only are they trained in the camp, but they also rely on the support from the United States to change the firearms to the elite troops under the vassal.

The army expanded its troops extensively, but the equipment itself was not enough, so the aid and sold to the Shufan were mostly old combs. Therefore, the tactics of the Shufan were also European-style square formations. Unlike the Qing Dynasty, the Shufan further increased the proportion of firearms and cancelled the types of troops such as rattan soldiers. In the square formation, 70% of the combs were combsmen, and 30% were armored spearmen.

Li Mingxun was not so stupid that he went directly to Liu Wenxiu to seek punishment, but there was some news when he was in the Jinfufu government. Sure enough, when he arrived at the camp outside the city, Li Mingxun not only met Liu Wenxiu, but also Li Dingguo who hurriedly appeared in the military camp.

Li Mingxun entered the commander's tent and asked directly: "How did the Copper Mining Bureau solve the problem in Chuxiong?"

Liu Wenxiu had a long time ago: "It is the record room of the vassal prince's mansion and the local family."

Bang!

Before Liu Wenxiu could finish speaking, Li Mingxun slapped the table and shouted: "Liu Wenxiu, you have thought about it before you talk. Touch your conscience and ask yourself if what you said is the truth!"

Li Dingguo had known that Li Mingxun had gotten angry at the Jin Palace. Now that he entered the camp, he was still angry. He knew that there was something wrong with this matter. He asked: "Wenxiu, what's wrong? This time I am the only brother and I are here, so what else can't tell the truth."

Liu Wenxiu looked at Li Dingguo and knew that he could not deceive him. So he gritted his teeth and said, "Several generals under the vassal state and the aides of the royal palace said that Xu and Wu families would invest in the Copper Mine Bureau with their land, and they said that they were the land they bought so that the copper mine would be mined and smelted as soon as possible."

Li Mingxun shouted: "You are such a fool. Zhu Ming's general and Zhu Ming's gentry colluded with each other. What do you want you, the King of Shu, to do? Is this Shu vassal belonging to your Shu king or his Zhu Ming?"

"The left just has just entered a few strands, and it is less than half a percent together. What is it?" Liu Wenxiu said unfairly.

"You start this in Chuxiong, and the Copper and Mining Bureau will have to handle this in the future. Today is only half a percent. In the last year and a half, it will take 50% or 70%." Li Mingxun scolded, and his words were full of regret. He asked loudly: "Have I ever informed you? Have Li Dingguo warned you that civil servants are not allowed to intervene in all matters of the vassal states, including the Copper and Mining Bureau. Civil officials are not allowed to intervene or gentry."

Liu Wenxiu argued: "Your Excellency, although that's the case, our Shu vassal state has not many people, and even fewer people can manage and govern. It is a last resort to find a few staff members."

After hearing this, Li Dingguo's face changed drastically and said angrily: "Bastard, let alone Mr. Lin and I have seconded many people to you. Just one-third of the students who graduated from the United Front School last year and this year have given you one-third. How come there is not enough staff? Let's leave your own people alone, but use those people, Wenxiu, are you the same as us or the same as those literati and officials!"

Liu Wenxiu did lack a direct line of trustworthy people, so before the Shu vassal was established, a large number of children from the vassals were transferred to the United Front School. Because of the training and supply, he also seconded people from the Qiongjin two vassals. When the Shu vassals were finished, these people still had to return to the second vassals, which did not affect the interests of the Shu vassals' children.

"Of course, I am in the same heart as the United States and the Qiongfan of the Jin vassal." Liu Wenxiu said.

Li Dingguodao: "Then did I have made peace with the gentry secretly? How did Mr. Lin from Qiongfan do it?"

To deal with the gentry class, the United States had only one policy and eliminated! Although the two Qiong and Jin vassals were not so determined, they also restricted and weakened and merged the gentry. For a long time, the important trade and resources of Guangdong and Guangxi were monopolized and distributed by the vassal states, and they were widely annexed the assets of the gentry in these industries. Now, Guangdong and Guangxi, when they boiled frogs in warm water, they had to go to two roads. They either followed the market, and by marrying the vassal states or cooperating with the merchants of the United States, they embarked on the path of enlightened gentry, and gradually integrated into the system dominated by the United States, or they gave up all economic and political privileges, and returned to their hometown in the countryside to become a landlord who relied on rent.

Liu Wenxiu said: "The Head of State, King of Jin, Yunnan is different from Guangdong and Guangxi. Yunnan has never fallen for a long time. The gentry is in a mixed relationship in Yunnan and it is really impossible to avoid it. If you don't share part of the benefits of this group of people, you will cause trouble. When the Copper and Mining Bureau was in Chuxiong, it insisted on seizing land. The resistance was too great, so you had to."

Lee Mingxun pulled out his pistol and smashed it on the table, shouting, "What is this?"

Liu Wenxiu did not answer, and Li Mingxun said: "This is a gun. I have a gun. You Liu Wenxiu have one too. You have nearly 30,000 soldiers, more than 20,000 guns, and tens of thousands of murderous men. You still need to reason with those gentry. Whether they agree or disagree, what Shufan wants, they have to give it to you!

Wen Xiu, I also tell you that you don’t have any illusions, thinking that the Qin vassal states and assets of the Qin vassal states and assets in Yunnan will be inherited by your Shu vassal states. I tell you, it is impossible! These Qin vassal assets will still be owned by the Qin vassal soldiers and then joined the various vassals, rather than distributed by you. If you want the interests and assets, you either go to Sichuan to grab the full-time people with real swords or rob the gentry and chieftains with real swords. If you want to transfer profits and divide, it is impossible. You should never forget that the United States’ purpose of supporting the various vassals is not just to resist the Qing Dynasty!

At this stage, if you want profits, you either go to the deep mountains and forests to fight for your life, or grab the gentry's and Wenxiu. If you can't do these, Shufan will choose one that can do."
Chapter completed!