On the roaring airship, Li Xiao looked out the hanging window. The sun hung brightly in the sky, and there were continuous white clouds under his feet.

The white clouds form various shapes and are spread under the airship like cotton. This scene gives people a strong illusion, as if the airship is sailing in an unknown world. It even makes people want to take a few steps down!

Perhaps this is the origin of the legend of the Heavenly Palace, but the question is: How did people know about the world in the sky before they invented hot air balloons and airships?

No one can answer Li Xiao's question, not even Li Xiao himself.

Without a parachute, a person will fall like a weight. The current height is 4,500 meters, and you will die if you fall. Whether you fall on land or water, based on the person's weight plus the acceleration of the fall, the person will fall when photographed.

There is no difference between shooting on the water and shooting on the concrete floor.

Shunzi found a deck chair so that Li Xiao could lie down and enjoy the scenery in the sky.

The clouds have blocked the sun. It must be cloudy below, maybe it's still raining. But I can lazily bask in the sun. This is the advantage of standing at a high place. Maybe the gods in the sky are lying down at this time, watching themselves and the ants.

No difference.

Who knows!

There is probably no one but myself who can live the war happily. Oh! By the way! Ao Canghai should be counted as one, and Man Gui should be counted as one. Like them, I am the kind of person who lives and fights endlessly.

Counting from the day he came into this world, it seems that he is either at war or on the way to war. Anyway, for Li Xiao, war is the norm, and peacetime is the exception.

The most incredible thing is that in the state of war, the population of Ming Dynasty increased year by year. The national power became stronger and stronger every year, and there were more and more factories every year. There were fewer and fewer hungry farmers every year.

It is said that war is cruel and extremely damaging to the progress of human civilization and productivity. But Li Xiao does not think so. On the contrary, Li Xiao feels that war has a very good promotion effect on human civilization.

For example, based on Li Xiao's formula, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty tinkered with more powerful explosives. Used on the battlefield, they are weapons for killing enemies and scythes for robbing human lives. They can be used for mining, building tunnels, and demolishing old buildings.

Explosives play a very active role.

In this world, everything is a double-edged sword. The same thing, if it falls into the hands of evil-minded people, is a murderous weapon that can harm people.

But in the hands of people who are kind-hearted and willing to help others, it is a good thing that is the beauty of adulthood.

The same war is also a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it destroys faith, degrades morality, and annihilates humanity. But on the other hand, both sides of the war desperately accumulate technology and develop productivity to cope with the consumption caused by the war. This has a negative impact on productivity.

The promotion is very obvious!

The reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to maintain a high degree of economic growth even in a state of war. In addition to the fact that the Ming Empire was too weak at the time, it was also a very important reason to cope with the needs of the war.

Of course, Li Xiao exercised restraint and maintained the minimum number of troops, which also played a role in fueling the flames.

Seven years ago, after the Liao Army formed the Fourth Division for the last time, the Liao Army has not expanded its army on a large scale. In recent years, it has only expanded two Marine Corps divisions into organic units.

All in all, the total number of regular troops in the Ming Empire, which had a population of hundreds of millions, was only 730,000! The garrison forces in various places were basically at the level of joint security forces. Even many small counties with a population of hundreds of thousands only had a hundred or so.

The garrison was stationed with muskets in hand.

And as the Ming Empire became increasingly stable, the garrison troops were constantly being disbanded. For example, in Jinan, the majestic capital of Shandong, the number of garrison troops totaled only more than 500 people. Today, the population of Jinan City has exceeded 3 million.

The Jinyiwei, who had been transformed by Xiao Zhan, have now gradually taken over the task of maintaining local security. This situation is becoming a common phenomenon in the northern region.

This shows that the people in the north of the Ming Dynasty now live a prosperous and prosperous life. They have no interest in engaging in rebellion at all.

It is true that the Ming Dynasty has always been in a state of war, but the war is far, far away from the Ming Empire!

The soldiers were fighting in distant India. If Li Xiao's previous strategy was followed, the soldiers might just stay in the barracks and train. Those who fought with the Indians were either Japanese, Cochins or Mongolians. If the Koreans were not

If they were such weaklings, there might still be them.

Now, the Mongolians can graze sheep on the grasslands with peace of mind. The money from selling their livestock every year is enough for them to live a prosperous life.

The people of Cochin are still fighting a civil war, and the Ruan brothers are engaged in the bloodiest war to unify Cochin. They have been fighting for five or six years, and many people have died, but no results have been achieved. It looks like there will be another five years of war.

It will take six hundred years.

The people of the Japanese country are now farming in the country. Some of them are smart and have participated in the vigorous commercial activities of the Ming Dynasty. Others are fishing and fishing in boats on the sea. Some people are immersed in gold and silver mines, quietly making a fortune.

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Anyway, the whole Japanese country is a prosperous Japanese country. Children do not have to go to school, they run around naked on the streets and spend the happiest time of their childhood.

Men enjoy hanging out in erotic places, while women, apart from waiting on men, spend most of their time choosing clothes, pants and shoes. Of course, there are also traditional kimonos.

To a certain extent, they live a happier life than the North Koreans. The entire country is almost unarmed. Even the professional samurai now wear more ceremonial swords than family swords.

The incident of drawing a sword in the street after a disagreement seems to have become a distant legend.

In short, this is a happy island country, an island country full of strong commercial atmosphere, an island country in Li Xiao's mind.

India is already dying of turmoil. All it takes is Li Xiao and a division to kick open the rotting door of Mumbai, and the whole house will collapse.

Li Xiao has already imagined that India in the future will be composed of many small states. From now on, the word India can only appear in history books. Because as far as Li Xiao knows, Indians have never relied on themselves in history.

power to complete the reunification of the country.

Now it is more in the interests of Ming Dynasty to break up India into many small countries. An elephant is surrounded by a large group of monkeys.

Of course, elephants are not afraid of monkeys. They will eat the rubber from the monkey's hands and then throw the monkey into the sky. Usually at this time, everyone's gambling begins.

Li Xiao feels that after gaining a foothold in the Middle East, Ming Dynasty will suspend its expansion process. With warships, there will be oil, and with oil, it can control the future of mankind.
Chapter completed!