Chapter 970 Dawson Dynasty

Feng Qingyue left and returned to Shu as an aide to the Governor of Shu.

Pang Tong naturally stayed in Shanhai City. Together with Jia Xu and Chen Gong, he would assist Zhang Liang, the chief academician of the Zizheng Pavilion, to formulate the five-year strategic plan for Gaia of the Great Xia Dynasty.

This was a big topic that Ouyang Shuo handed over to the Zizheng Pavilion after meeting Zhang Liang.

Calculated according to time, when Ouyang Shuo returns from his second ocean voyage, it will be five years into Gaia. How the Great Xia Dynasty will continue to ride the wind and waves in the new year, Ouyang Shuo needs advice from the think tank.

Ouyang Shuo was looking forward to Zhang Liangneng's surprise plan.

After sending Feng Qingyue away, Ouyang Shuo tore open the imperial summoning talisman rewarded by Gaia, and saw a flash of white light, and an old man with gray beard, ruddy face and long braids appeared in the imperial study room.

"My humble minister pays homage to the king!" The old man saluted.

"System prompt: Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi, who successfully recruited Li Hongzhang, an imperial historical figure." Ouyang Shuo was taken aback, he did not expect to recruit such a special talent.

[Name]: Li Hongzhang (imperial class)

【Dynasty】: Qing Dynasty

[Identity]: Daxia civil servant

[Occupation]: civil servant

[Loyalty]: 80 points

[Commander]: 85 [Force]: 50 [Intelligence]: 75 [Politics]: 88

[Specialty]: Wen Chengwu Achievement (Increase the efficiency of the dynasty's industrialization by 15%, increase the efficiency of the dynasty's administration by 25%, and increase the combat power of the dynasty's navy by 20%)

【Work】: "Entering the Capital"

[Comment]: Famous official in the late Qing Dynasty, founder of the Huai Army and the Beiyang Navy, one of the main leaders of the Westernization Movement, together with Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong, and Zuo Zongtang, he is also known as the "Four Famous Officials of ZTE".

The evaluation of Li Hongzhang is mixed.

Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito regarded him as "the only person in the Qing Empire capable of competing with the world's powers". The West even called Li Hongzhang, Bismarck and Grant the "Three Great Men of the Nineteenth Century World".

However, in modern China, Li Hongzhang, who was an extremely powerful minister, was a "traitor" known to everyone. Almost all of the major unequal treaties signed in modern Chinese history came from Li Hongzhang. At that time, many Chinese wished to consign Li Hongzhang to the 18th hell and never be reborn, but such a crime was too heavy for Li Hongzhang.

The Empress Dowager Cixi regarded him as "the person who recreated Xuanhuang", while Li Hongzhang claimed to be the "pasting craftsman" of the thatched cottage in the Qing Dynasty. When the wind blows, no matter how capable the paper backer is, he cannot save the hut from collapsing.

Looking at Li Hongzhang, one can get a glimpse of one or two through a short story.

It is rumored that at the World Games, the national flags of various countries were raised one by one along with the national anthem, but when it was China's turn, only the yellow dragon flag was raised in silence.

The majestic Qing Empire didn't even have a national anthem, and there were bursts of ridicule from the West.

At this time, Li Hongzhang, an old man over seventy years old, stood up. Although his steps were not very steady, he walked resolutely to the banner of Huanglong, straightened his back as much as possible, and opened his voice that was neither clear nor high-pitched, and spoke affectionately. He sang a song he has sung so well since he was a child—the folk tune "Jasmine Flower" in his hometown of Anhui.

The hustle and bustle turned into silence, and only Li Hongzhang's voice echoed on the sports field. After singing a song, thunderous applause poured in from all directions to this old man who spared no effort to defend the dignity of the motherland and the nation.

If Li Hongzhang had been born a hundred years earlier, he would have become a famous official of the Qing Dynasty like Zhang Tingyu, and his name will go down in history.

After recruiting Zhang Tingyu, Tian Wenjing and other civil servants of the Qing Dynasty one after another, what Ouyang Shuo looked forward to the most was the four famous ZTE officials in the late Qing Dynasty. If the four can be gathered together, it will undoubtedly become a good story.

After exchanging pleasantries, Ouyang Shuo considered how to place Li Hongzhang. He is an all-rounder, capable of running the army, the country, and diplomacy. He also has an open mind and a far-sighted vision.

With the dynasty's industrialization on the right track and the prosperity of ocean trade, a new trend of thought is quietly surging in the dynasty's civil official group, constantly impacting the inherent nerves of the civil servants.

The arrival of Li Hongzhang can properly guide this trend of thought. Even Ouyang Shuo couldn't change the traditional thinking of civil servants in one fell swoop.

The ideological trend of the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty can be used as a transition.

After much deliberation, Ouyang Shuo decided to appoint Li Hongzhang as Minister of the Navy, and his first task was to be in charge of building a Great Xia Naval Academy in Beihai City.

Since the development of the navy, there should also be a special school to train professional naval personnel.

To set up a modern Naval Academy, Li Hongzhang is undoubtedly a suitable choice. Ouyang Shuo directly allocated a million gold coins for the establishment of the Great Xia Naval Academy.

Li Hongzhang gladly took the order.

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Just when Ouyang Shuo was meeting Li Hongzhang, a system announcement suddenly sounded.

"World Announcement: Congratulations to Jack Dawson, a player in the United States, for successfully establishing the Dawson Dynasty and becoming the second lord in the world to be enthroned as king. Special rewards include 120,000 merit points, 250,000 prestige points, and hidden buildings One [Statue of Liberty], one special reward, as a reward!"

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As soon as the announcement came out, the whole world was shocked.

After the Great Xia Dynasty, a second dynasty was finally born on a global scale. The establishment of the Dawson dynasty undoubtedly announced that the prelude to the global hegemony has begun. In the next period of time, I am afraid that more dynasties will be born.

One by one global hegemons are about to emerge.

Even Ouyang Shuo felt a sense of urgency that Daxia's global layout had to be accelerated.

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Russian Quarter, St. Petersburg.

When the Great Xia Dynasty spread across the world and Liberty City was shining in the Americas, Russia, located in the northern part of Eurasia, was silent and never appeared in the field of vision of global players.

As the country with the largest territory in the world, Russia straddles Europe and Asia, bordering the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland to the northwest.

This silent country is actually undergoing earth-shaking changes every day.

A lord named Pushkin rose from the plains of Eastern Europe like a scorching sun, sweeping across the world, and constantly expanding the territory of St. Petersburg.

Today, the entire Eastern European Plain has been returned to St. Petersburg.

This is really a remarkable achievement, because Russia's population distribution is extremely uneven, with an average of 52-77 people per square kilometer in the developed western regions, 261 people in some places, and less than 1 person in the tundra in the northeast.

Winning the Eastern European Plain is basically equivalent to Russia occupying more than 90%.

St. Petersburg is very close to the founding of the country and the establishment of the dynasty. Pushkin is trying his best, just wanting to step onto the world stage in one fell swoop and shine globally as the world's first dynasty.

However, there was such a freak as Ouyang Shuo in China.

It's nothing more than the sudden emergence of the Daxia Dynasty. After all, it won too many firsts and lost to Daxia, and Pushkin could accept it in his heart. Unexpectedly, when Pushkin was promoted to duke and St. Petersburg was also promoted to the capital, and the task of building a country was underway, the Dawson Dynasty was suddenly established.

This really made Pushkin very depressed.

"The third place, how can we not miss it." Pushkin secretly made up his mind.

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British Quarter, Castle Avek.

In reality, William and Jack Dawson are friends. In the game, Fort Avek is also the first European territory to conduct ocean trade with Liberty City, and the two have a close relationship.

When Jack held the enthronement ceremony, William was one of the guests present.

The two are not without differences, for example, their attitudes towards the Great Xia Dynasty are very inconsistent. William had dealt with Ouyang Shuo before, and what he pursued was the principle of business is business.

In terms of overall strategy, Fort Avek follows the unified layout of the [Silver Hand], but this does not hinder the ocean trade between Fort Avek and Great Xia, which is flourishing.

Jack is different, he is a staunch organization theorist, he would rather do business with the weaker [Yanhuang League] than deal with the Great Xia Dynasty.

Ouyang Shuo was regarded as the only opponent by Jack.

Since it is an opponent, it is natural to "defeat" as the ultimate goal. As soon as the Dawson Dynasty was established, it had captured more than 80% of the territory in the United States.

In terms of territorial area alone, the Dawson Dynasty is not behind the Daxia Dynasty. Jack is ambitious, and has already set his sights beyond the headquarters of the United States to the Canadian area in the north and the Mexican area in the south.

In Jack's words, "First set a small goal, such as unifying South America."

This is of course Jack's big talk, not to mention other districts, the Canadian district alone is larger than the entire American district, and it is the second largest country in the world in terms of territory, second only to Russia.

Fortunately, Canada is vast and sparsely populated, and its population density is even less than half that of Russia. The total number of players is only three million. Compared with China, which has a similar area, the number of players is less than one-thirtieth of that of China.

Therefore, although what Jack said was a lie, it was not without the possibility of success.

The population in the game is also a bonus. It not only determines the number of troops in the royal city, but also determines the number of NPCs in the entire country. To a certain extent, it also determines the overall strength of a country.

It's ironic, but it's true.

In this regard, the Asian region has an absolute advantage, with a total of 600 million players, and the number of players in China alone exceeds that of any continent in Europe, America, and Africa.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages, and the Asian region will also be the most tragic region for hegemony.

The only one comparable to the Asian region is probably the European region. The European area is small, but it is the continent with the largest population density in the world, and there are many countries. It is basically wishful thinking to want to unify Europe.

On the contrary, because of the sparse population, it is easier for the Americas to determine a regional hegemon, so Jack's ambition to unify North America is really not wishful thinking.

Although the African region has similar conditions to the American region, it is destined not to become a global protagonist.

At this point, William is really envious of Jack. The current Fort Avek has yet to unify the United Kingdom, let alone Europe.

After all his efforts, William had just unified England, and there was still a long way to go if he wanted to establish a dynasty.