Zhao Wenting was the first group of officials in the country, and the first group to be hired for the new imperial examination after the empire restoration of Fujian. Time flies, and he has already occupied a high position. Such young and promising officials finally entered the cabinet at least. Moreover, Li Junwei had stopped his name with the emperor more than once. Such a person still had to go to America, which shows that America is no longer a place where grandma did not love his uncle and did not love him in the past, but has become the strategic focus of the empire.

Li Junwei knew very well what these meant to him, but he had no choice but to fight them.

Zhao Mingdao originally didn't want to pay attention to Zhao Wenting, but Zhao Wenting mainly asked to see Thomas. Li Junwei fulfilled his wish, and he valued Suez affairs more.

"Although the imperial railway technology is unique in the world, it still has not been rolled out on a large scale. Currently, there are only a few railways that can be used, such as Beijing, Tianjin, Sushenhang, etc. I asked colleagues from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Domestic and Overseas Affairs to specifically contact the Railway Bureau and the Academy of Engineering to obtain information. At present, there are no big rivers in the Suez area, and the project is less difficult, but it is a desert Gobi, and it is also a field that the Railway Bureau has not covered. Therefore, it is necessary to raise technical forces from multiple parties. The Imperial Steam Power Research Institute also said that the Suez area is hot, and the locomotives required are not the same, and it also needs......" Zhao Mingde reported on the various difficulties in the construction of the Suez railway in front of Li Junwei.

Li Junwei listened carefully and asked, "I don't need to know the difficulties you mentioned. You just need to list them and contact Pei Yuanqi. His Xijin area is the primary support of the country. If there are any difficulties, you can ask him to solve them. If he can't solve them, please ask me to solve them. But now I want your attitude, what are your attitudes towards the Suez Railway."

Zhao Mingde immediately said: "Railways are the future, and it is inevitable to build railways, but the railway technology is still not mature enough. In the Suez region, the road construction project will definitely not go smoothly and may not be able to achieve revenue balance."

"You don't have to think about revenue balance. Nowadays, the railways operating in China are all losing money. Railways are our way to control the Suez region? The extension of the railway is the sphere of influence of the empire. The launch of a large project must require people and funds. This will lead to various relationships, and Suez is different from that of the country? You only need to ensure that the cost of transporting goods on this railway is lower than that of camels." Li Junwei reminded.

Zhao Mingde nodded: "I think so too? It's just the officials in Suez now..."

"Don't worry? The railway has been built, you are a great achievement!" Li Junwei knew what to worry about as an official, so he gave Zhao Mingde the answer he wanted to hear the most, and he reminded: "Will this railway be invested by the cabinet? Is there definitely no shortage of money? The Ottomans have no understanding of the railway at all, so they don't want to intervene, they only want one-quarter of the profit.

But have you found that from the Suez Canal to the railways being raised? Finally, the negotiations to the Suez Canal, the Ottoman central government did not give any sharing opportunities for people in the Egyptian region? They even deliberately excluded them. They would rather let foreigners like Jews and the Venetian Republic participate? They are not allowed to participate in the local Egyptians."

Zhao Mingde focused on the key points. He has been in Suez for many years. He already has a very good understanding of the Egyptian region. Although the Ottoman has only appointed one Pasha locally for a long time? The two thousand to three thousand troops stationed in Cairo, he pursued the strategy of dividing and governing. Egypt, from Mamluk to the poor, did not like the Ottoman, but he was unable to resist.

Especially in the World War Vienna, the Ottomans raised all over the country and the Egyptian provinces also needed to provide troops. Fazo, who was still in Pasha at that time, took this opportunity to send Mamluks who were second-minded or too strong to the battlefield. Most of them did not come back, and those who came back also found that things had changed.

"I understand what you mean. Ottomans are evil people, right? You want to use the railway project to have interests with Mamluk, right?" Zhao Mingde asked.

Li Junwei nodded. Although Zhao Mingde was born in the navy, his sense of politics was still very sensitive. Li Junwei said: "It is not only Mamluk, but also various local power forces. In fact, Mamluks are already at the end of their journey and are not worth investing too much."

The Ottoman Empire destroyed the Mamluk Dynasty and turned Mamluk into a hawk and dog minion. But in fact, the one who really covered Mamluk with a coffin board was the empire. Mamluk survived in Egypt by its armed forces. How could these forces replenish blood? They were not local Egyptians, but white slaves from the north coast of the Black Sea. Now this area has been dominated by the empire and no longer exported slaves to the outside world. Mamluk will inevitably decline slowly.

"You mean ethnic minorities, such as Coptics who believe in Christianity?" Zhao Mingde asked.

Li Junwei shook his head, "I don't understand here. I only know that if you want to safeguard the interests of the empire here, you must have a firm grasp. When our power is weak, the big and small may not be a good way."

Zhao Mingde also agreed with this, but he also had his own opinions, because this is Suez. As soon as the railway started construction, the world's eyes would be projected here. The Ottoman Empire was also a powerful country. As an imperial official supporting local affairs, he undoubtedly danced on the tip of the knife and had to be cautious, especially some practices that aroused the unhappiness of the Ottomans. After all, the Ottoman now has the ability to drive the empire out of Suez, and there would be no problem in the future when the empire took root here.

Li Junwei asked, "How is Mahmoud like? Is it still suitable for use?"

Zhao Mingde said happily: "This person is good. He has helped me a lot, especially when dealing with various people from the Ottoman Empire. He is easy to deal with. Moreover, this guy is simply a natural actor. He can go deep into various places with various identities, disguised as believers of various religions, and disguised as believers of various sects. If those charlatans know his true state, they may be treated as the biggest blasphemer.

By the way, he has bought a lot of things recently and sent them here, saying that it was to help you purchase. Is it true or false?"

"Yes, he helped me with some private affairs. I will go to India once after I return home from sea to sea." Li Junwei said with a smile.

Zhao Mingde remembered that the person in front of him was not only the empire's King Yu, but also had more identities.

The first stop of Li Junwei's arrival in India was Goa. He did not make people make a big fuss, but merchants who received the news gathered here, not only the imperial merchants but also the merchants from the West. They all asked to see Li Junwei, but Li Junwei was sick and disappeared. The reason was that Li Junwei understood the intentions of these people. They wanted to use themselves to change the diplomatic and trade policies of the Hindustan State, just because they were the brothers of the Emperor of Hindustan State.

Li Jundu established a new powerful country in the subcontinent, but it was not smooth in the following years. He launched two large-scale eastern expeditions, trying to capture the Ganges basin that the Mughals are now occupied, but they suffered two consecutive defeats. These defeats were not lost to the Mughals, but to God. The first time it encountered heavy rainstorms, the humid and hot weather made the entire army unacceptable. He chose to go out in the dry season for the second time, but encountered an epidemic.

The two failures caused great damage to the national strength. Now the military operations have turned south, competing with the Mughal dynasty for the Deccan Plateau.

From the perspective of the people of the empire, Li Jundu strengthened centralization in India, but in Li Junwei's view, his brother only strengthened the imperial power, and all policies were for conquest. In the core areas, he implemented the imperial examination, selected officials, and implemented the county system. Not only were the local princes and princes under suppression, but even the ten thousand households who conquered the world with him were no longer the lords of real power.

In remote areas, he enthroned and divided the feudals on a large scale, especially in the southern part of Deccan, where he once surrendered to the Mughal Empire and surrendered to the new Hindustan. These were not considered by merchants. What the merchants couldn't accept the most was Li Jundu's policy of closing the country.

Li Jundu only chose four locations to trade abroad. All foreign forces in the territory, even merchants from the empire, were not allowed to engage in colonial activities. Everyone was restricted to four trading ports and was not allowed to hold any weapons. What's more, they didn't even have the freedom to trade.

Li Jundu used his wife's family to establish a completely monopoly trade policy. All foreign merchants had to purchase from merchants designated by Hindustan, and the price was decided by these privileged merchants. Other trades were considered smuggling. For this reason, Li Jundu even established a light fleet to deal with smuggling, which was very bloody.

Although all the merchants were not satisfied, so what? Who is the opponent of the army of Hindustan? Unless the empire launches a full-scale war, it is completely impossible. Now the two strong forces in the subcontinent are in a cohesion and the southern part is split, which is already a very favorable situation.

Li Junwei knew that his brother just wanted to use the simplest and most effective method of monopoly to control maritime trade to serve his huge army and his ambition that had never fallen cold. His imperial government was not satisfied with collecting taxes, but took away the profits.

After pretending to be sick for a few days, Li Junwei went to Surat, where there was a small shopping mall in the empire, where Li Junwei also chose to meet his son and nephew.

Lee Zhaogui is two years older and is already a handsome and charming young man. On the contrary, Lee Zhaoyi is still a child and can only hold the toys bought by the uncle. He is very well raised, and has a strong body. If this child has anything very similar to his father, he is just brave, not afraid of anything or is timid.

"My father likes Zhao Yi very much and said that he is exactly the same as you when you were a child and has a very same personality." Lee Zhao Gui said.

Li Junwei smiled and said, "He is much better than me. At least he is polite. When I was as old as him, I relied on my parents' love and identity, and made things uneasy around me. I still remember that when your grandfather was in Shandong and the Qing Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty, I stood at the top of the city to watch the fun, used guns, rockets and fireworks as fireworks, and took people to sneak the clothes of the female reporter interviewed by the army, and blamed his lustful companion. Fortunately, Zhaoyi has a good brother like you, who loves him and educates him, and you are the one I can really rest assured."

Li Zhaogui is a gentle and elegant boy. He has been well educated since he was a child. His personality and behavior are more like his second uncle Li Junhua. He is gentle and generous, and he is good at studying. However, such a good boy is cruel because of Li Zhaoyi. He just took care of Li Zhaoyi's palace maid who was taking care of Li Zhaoyi, causing Li Zhaoyi to be stung and be killed by his orders.

"Don't you really take Zhao Yi away?" Li Zhaogui asked, and then said, "Mother said, if you want to take it away, it's best to take it away this time."

Of course, Li Junwei knew that his brother didn't want to do this himself, but he didn't have these preparations: "For him, I'd better raise it here. In Shenjing, I have two sons. This time I came to Xijin, and another woman was pregnant. Zhao Yi didn't get so much favor by my side. He would become the only child in Prince Yu's mansion without a biological mother."

Lee Zhaogui was also grateful for this. He said, "Okay, I will take good care of Zhaoyi. In fact, my father likes him very much. I think he has received more love than me."

Li Junwei smiled: "That's because you are his only son who is qualified to inherit the throne. Father and son are a very wonderful relationship, which is even more wonderful than many relationships. As a man, especially a man in a high position like you and me, he is unwilling to accept that others are better than himself, even if that is reality, he will not accept it in his heart. The only thing he can accept is his own son.

But the emperor is the most special existence among fathers. Most emperors cannot accept that their son is better than themselves. Even if they accept it, they dare not reveal it. In the face of supreme imperial power, family affection cannot stand the test. And in your position, don’t expect too much family affection, and don’t show too much desire for power.

From my perspective, what you have to do now is to obey and not do things that rebel against your father, even if it is a small thing. All your ideals and pursuits should be taken into action after you become emperor."

"Just as you told me before, my father was too obsessed with conquest. He has now reached the point of not caring about the lives and death of the people..." Li Zhaogui was obviously here to ask for advice.
Chapter completed!