Prince Su Shu walked out of the Qianqing Palace. He was usually stern but had a smile on his face.
The Royal Army is progressing smoothly, and the overlord of the Arab region, Ottoman Turkey, and the empire's old enemy, Russia, have been completely destroyed.
One of the first European powers that the empire came into contact with, the Habsburg dynasty, this old European power has also been destroyed.
The royal families of these three countries have all been detained and the armies have been disbanded.
Even if there were some rebels who resisted, they could not make any waves under the suppression of the army.
The Royal Army performed extremely well, which was expected by the empire's top brass.
A rifled gun with metal fixed bullets would be completely crushed on the battlefield against a percussion gun with paper bullets.
Not to mention that the empire sent all two initially developed tank regiments to the European battlefield.
This kind of enemy is impossible for bullets to penetrate, and it is difficult for artillery shells to hit, and it is a tank that moves at high speed.
In the field battle on the plains, no force can be the opponent of the Royal Army. They can only choose to defend it with fortified cities.
The number and power of artillery installed by the Royal Army far exceeds that of any other country in the world.
The Royal Army's ability to attack tough targets is definitely the strongest in the world.
A strong fortress cannot stop the current artillery.
It is precisely because the Dahua Empire has strong firepower that it knows this situation.
In domestic cities, backward fortifications such as city walls have been eliminated.
The Dahua Empire only maintained and built fortresses in strategic locations.
These fortresses relied on powerful artillery defense rather than solid walls.
What even surprised Prince Su Shu was that the Royal Navy unexpectedly forced England to surrender.
The Royal Navy discovered that as long as the route of an island country is cut off for a little longer, the island country will inevitably collapse.
What's more, England has a fatal weakness, that is, its local agriculture is extremely backward.
They grew a lot of food in the colonies and were able to buy a lot of food from the European continent.
The local agriculture in England is even more desolate, even in order to produce more wool and spin wool to sell money.
The phenomenon of sheep cannibalism has appeared in England, and a large amount of farmland has been destroyed and turned into pastures for raising sheep.
The English lost their colonies and their navy was destroyed by the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.
England also found that its agriculture was weak, but if it wanted to recover, it would not be possible in a short time.
The commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy discovered this weak point in England.
The Royal Navy chose to destroy the English navy and blockade it.
Relying on a naval blockade alone and with no Marines ashore, England was defeated without attack.
The Great China Empire's European offensive is progressing smoothly, and the Royal Navy has achieved outstanding results.
This is why Prince Su Shu smiles.
The Royal Navy has been his strongest supporter.
The Great China Empire's European offensive is progressing smoothly, and the father will choose to entrust the prince.
The princes who posed a certain threat to Prince Su Shu were enfeoffed and sent overseas to establish their country.
Prince Su Shu has confidence in himself. He will never be able to compete with the princes who have been entrusted to overseas.
What made him even more happy was that his father gave him an important task, to inspect the army's logistics support.
When the army goes on an expedition to Europe, the most important thing is logistical support.
As long as the logistics support can meet the needs of the army, with the combat power displayed by the Royal Army and Royal Navy, they will definitely be able to push all European forces equally.
Once there is a problem with logistical military supplies, the military's combat capabilities, which rely heavily on logistics, will drop sharply.
European countries will then have hope of counterattack.
The decline of the empire was probably due to the failure of a war.
Prince Su Shu estimates that no one would dare to touch military supplies.
The senior officials of the Metropolitan Governor's Office all hoped that the war would end as soon as possible so that they could go to the local area and establish a vassal state.
These people are eager to deliver more supplies to the front line.
The thing that Prince Su Shu is more concerned about is the quality of military supplies shipped to the front line.
He has never forgotten that the army is the foundation of the royal family.
Low-quality military supplies were shipped to the front line, which had a huge impact on the royal family's prestige.
When Prince Su Shu returned to the East Palace, he saw Crown Princess Zhao Qingxue playing with her child.
When Prince Su Shu saw him coming back, he made babbling noises and wanted to ask his eldest son Su Youmin for a hug.
It was this son who made his status as prince more stable.
In order to prevent the risk of heirloom, the royal family will definitely not choose a prince without an heir to ascend to the throne.
If the throne cannot be handed over smoothly, the turmoil caused to the empire will be far greater than any single incident.
Prince Su Shu washed his hands with alcohol at the door, and then reached out to tease his eldest son Su Youmin.
He cares about his son's health more than anyone else.
Before his second son was born, Su Youmin must not have any health problems.
Prince Su Shu teased his son for a while, then he went to the study and looked at the world map in a daze.
The Empire's European offensive will soon end.
The father will entrust the heroes and the princes to each other. He doesn't care at all where the meritorious officials are.
Prince Su Shu looked at the terrain and location of each region, and he wanted to consider the location of the prince's enfeoffment.
It is best for these princes to choose places that are wealthy but have low development potential. Only these places will dampen their ambitions.
The place of the Fourth War is not safe either. Even if it is protected by the empire, there is still the possibility of accidents.
As the elder brother, Prince Su Shu must choose a safe place for his brothers.
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Prince Su Shu put on his regular clothes and arranged for the guards to follow him.
Prince Zhanshi Zhou Baixin knocked on the door and reported: "Your Royal Highness, Lord Qi Zizhangqi, the commander of the Young Master's Office, and Lord Wen Qingwen, the left minister of the logistics department of the Governor's Mansion, are already waiting in front of the door."
Prince Su Shu nodded and said, "I'm ready. Let's set off now."
After he finished speaking, he took the guards and Prince Zhan Shizhou Baixin out of the East Palace.
Jiang Zhiyu, Minister of the Logistics Department of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, went to Obsidian Province in Persia to supervise the supply of diesel.
The military's logistics transportation and mechanized army operations are inseparable from the supply of diesel.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! My father paid great attention to the production of diesel and sent the Minister of Logistics to personally supervise this matter.
The current person in charge of the Logistics Department of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is Wen Qing, the Zuo Shilang, so he came here.
Prince Su Shu has participated in the imperial meeting and has a certain right to make suggestions.
He is equivalent to the prince in the Ming Dynasty who gained the power to supervise the country, not a prince without any real power.
Prince Su Shu has always had a selfless side. He was ordered to be responsible for inspecting logistics, and the Young Mansion Order and the Logistics Department would never dare to disobey him.
Outside the gate of the East Palace, Qi Zizhang, the Young Master's order, and Wen Qing, the left minister of the Logistics Department, saw Prince Su Shu leading someone out.
The two of them bowed slightly and said, "I have met His Highness the Crown Prince in this humble position."
Prince Su Shu showed a kind smile. He stepped forward to help the two of them up and said gently: "Master Qi, Master Wen, the task assigned to me by my father requires close cooperation from the two adults."
Without finding any problems, he showed full respect to these two important ministers of the country.
Prince Su Shu has always maintained a gentle and elegant attitude, and he does not want to leave a reputation of being domineering.
Qi Zizhang and Wen Qing relaxed a lot when they saw Prince Su Shu's attitude.
The reason why they came to the East Palace was that they were most afraid that Prince Su Shu had obtained evidence of some people's illegal acts.
Prince Su Shu chose to attack suddenly, leaving them with no reaction at all.
Once a major case is discovered, it is impossible to escape unscathed when everyone from the emperor to the ministers is extremely concerned.
The Shaofu ordered Qi Zizhang to ask: "Your Highness, where should we start the investigation first?"
Prince Su Shu said in a cold tone: "No need to make arrangements in advance, you two adults will get on the bus, and I will go to certain places randomly.
Only surprise inspections can detect the real problems."
Prince Su Shu saw clearly that his father and the military were all paying attention to his actions on this matter.
When he took on this task, he had to get to the bottom of it.
It is impossible for innocent people to accuse them unjustly.
But people who really have problems must not be let go.
Otherwise, if he didn't find out the problem, he would be in trouble in the future.
This had a great impact on Prince Su Shu.
The Shaofu ordered Qi Zizhang to test him just to find out his attitude.
Prince Su Shu immediately made his attitude clear. He would conduct a serious investigation and would not just go through the motions.
Qi Zizhang and Wen Qing looked at each other, with a hint of helplessness in their eyes.
Prince Su Shu wants to conduct a thorough investigation, but since they are in the third rank of officialdom, they can only continue to cooperate.
Qi Zizhang sighed in his heart: "Some things seem to weigh three to two, but when weighed on a scale, even a thousand pounds cannot stop them.
It is simply impossible that there are no problems at all with the government-run companies under the Shaofu.
This situation was not in line with human nature at all. He just hoped that these people would not go too far in this matter.
It would be best for the Logistics Department to do something more sinister and attract most of the imperial court's anger."
They got into the car with Prince Su Shu.
Qi Zizhang lowered his head and stopped talking.
Wen Qing asked: "Your Highness, where should we go as our first stop?"
Prince Su Shu replied: "Go to Financial Street.
The empire's military expenditures for this European conquest basically depended on the issuance of special bonds.
The logistics support of the army is inseparable from sufficient silver coins.
As long as money is provided in sufficient quantity, other things are trivial."
When Qi Zizhang and Wen Qing heard Prince Su Shu's answer, they immediately felt relieved.
The stocks and bonds related to the Financial Street have nothing to do with the Shaofu and the Logistics Department.
When His Royal Highness the Prince went to Financial Street, and he really found out financial problems, they would clap their hands and celebrate.
Prince Su Shu's car has been replaced by a gasoline engine car.
This kind of car is more convenient to ignite and the vehicle is running more smoothly.
It is not as powerful as a diesel engine, but it is more suitable for travel.
Prince Su Shu and his party got off the bus at Financial Street.
After development, this place has become bustling with people, and it is one of the liveliest places in Beijing.
There are a lot of cardboard on both sides of the road in Financial Street.
On it are written in red or green chalk the trends of stocks and bonds.
Businessmen wearing silk and satin look at the content on the blackboard, showing various aspects of life.
Some people were laughing wildly, some were howling, and even crazy people were running on the street.
Prince Su Shu listened to the discussions of these merchants, and he was able to analyze the most real situation from the words of these market people.
Officials' memorials can deceive, but these merchants invested real money, and their performance will never deceive.
"When the empire achieves a great victory, whether it is the consumption of troops or the reconstruction of new territories, a large amount of steel must be consumed.
The stocks of Tangshan Iron and Steel and Anshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. have skyrocketed. After the good news came out, the stocks have risen by 15%, which is really crazy."
"War bonds have gone up even more, prices have gone up thirty percent.
War bonds were pledged against land and tax revenues in occupied territories.
The situation was still unclear before, and war bonds all fell below the issue price.
Now that the imperial army has achieved success one after another, the price of war bonds has risen sharply.
I really regret selling the war bonds in my hand, these are one hundred thousand taels of silver coins, one hundred thousand taels!"
"Mawei Shipyard's stock has been at the daily limit for three consecutive days. Who is buying Mawei Shipyard's stock?"
“If you are still speculating in stocks when you are ill-informed, you deserve to lose your money.
The Royal Navy blocked the British Isles and forced the European power England to surrender.
This means that the Empire will not cut military spending for the Royal Navy.
The Navy will increase the number of battleships in accordance with the established plan.
The Emperor-class battleships produced by Mawei Shipyard will not be canceled by the military.
The stock price fell continuously before, and now it is just rising again."
"Why did rice and wheat futures prices rise so much?
The empire does not occupy more territory and produce more food. How can food prices rise?"
"The sufficient supply of food on the market will inevitably prevent food prices from rising.
But this is what will happen in the future. Now spring plowing has been destroyed due to war in the Arab region and Europe.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This year’s grain harvest will definitely be bad, and the empire will definitely transport grain to these places. How can the price of grain continue to fall?"
Prince Su Shu walked around Financial Street.
Good news from the military spread frequently, businessmen had good expectations for the future of the empire, and related stocks rose sharply.
Prince Su Shu knew that the empire's military expenditures were basically raised directly through the bond market and indirectly through the stock market.
As long as categories related to the stock market and bond market are sought after by the market, raising military spending will not be a problem.
Prince Su Shu admired his father's method of using financial means to raise an army.
This method is much smarter than apportionment. When these merchants contribute money, they don't feel any pain at all and happily contribute money.
This is equivalent to using future profits from the war to obtain military expenses from merchants in advance.
As long as the military progresses smoothly and the expected benefits from the war are stable, military spending will not be a problem.
Through this visit, Prince Su Shu confirmed that there will be no problems with the army's future military expenditures.
If there are no problems with military spending, there will be no setbacks in the procurement of military supplies.
The court's original plan did not need to be changed midway.
They walked out of Financial Street and the motorcade set off slowly.
The young man ordered Qi Zizhang to see the direction of the car.
He said in surprise: "Your Highness, this is the direction to Tongzhou.
The most important military supplies are ammunition, and this is not the steel factory and ammunition factory that should go to Tangshan."
Prince Su Shu waved his hand and said: "No matter how stupid a person is, he will not tamper with ammunition.
The ammunition is all engraved with serial numbers. If there is a problem with the ammunition, it will be very obvious and there is no way to avoid the court's investigation.
Military representatives from the Metropolitan Government are responsible for stationed at the factory to inspect the quality of ammunition.
They also won't let problematic ammunition leave the factory."
Prince Su Shu was not worried at all about the factory, which usually had strong supervision.
Logistical material supply problems usually occur in inconspicuous corners.