Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"It's finished. This is the first version of the train route map we planned. Some of the more hidden branch railways have been recorded on it."

Yan Ziqiong took out a drawing from the drawer and unfolded it to reveal a large size.

There are railway lines drawn on it.

The hidden fork in the road she mentioned was something Qin Ming had specifically requested.

This can serve as a backup for the enemy during reconnaissance or attacks.

Even if the enemy investigated the main road, they might not be able to find these branch roads extending outward.

"Ask the Ouyang family to help transport the supplies back from the rear."

"Has Ouyang Qing started building the factory these days?"

Speaking of the Ouyang family, Qin Ming suddenly asked about Ouyang Qing's situation.

When this person left, Qin Ming asked the army to issue a note allowing him to take a telegraph machine with him before leaving.

This makes it easier for him to communicate with me in daily life.

But after Ouyang Qing returned, he seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth.

It has been more than half a month from beginning to end, and there has been no telegram communication with Qin Ming.

This made Qin Ming very strange.

"It seems that the Ouyang family has been in turmoil these days."

Yan Ziqiong looked embarrassed and spoke in a low voice.

"What!?"

Qin Ming was stunned.

This time, he traveled all the way north from the Ouyang family's port to the capital.

No one stopped him along the way, which meant that the agreement between the Ouyang family and him was still valid.

But if there is internal strife in the Ouyang family, whether what Ouyang Qing said before will still hold true will be a big question mark in everyone's mind.

"I have already contacted them according to your arrangement."

"The Ouyang family did indeed send 70,000 people to participate in the basic factory construction. However, during the construction process, Ouyang Yuanlang, who was responsible for the personnel transfer here, suddenly returned."

"Before he left, he told me it might take a few days for him to come back. I saw that there was plenty of time and the factory construction was not underway, so I didn't let the people he brought with him continue working. I wanted to wait until the Ouyang family arrived before doing anything."

"But Ouyang Yuanlang just passed away like that. He left without a trace for half a month. Later, I arranged for people to investigate and found out that there was an internal conflict in the Ouyang family."

It is definitely a good thing that the Ouyang family is willing to serve as the rear base for the battlefield, but unfortunately, things are not so peaceful over there.

There are even disputes within the family.

When Qin Ming learned this, he also thought of what Yan Ziqiong had told him before.

It is said that the Ouyang family is divided into two factions.

One faction advocated protecting the imperial city and going to war with Qin Ming.

They argued that it was absolutely impossible for Qin Ming to defeat the Yan Dynasty imperial court.

Even if they could win on the battlefield, it would be impossible to occupy the entire territory of Yan Dynasty.

If you rashly follow Qin Ming to conquer the world at this time.

After the war is over, the Ouyang family will inevitably be liquidated by the court.

The other faction is the cooperative faction whose main ideas are like Ouyang Qing's.

Seeing that they had already made contact with Qin Ming, they even established Ouyang Qingshao's position as the head of the family.

The old stubborn people who were protecting the imperial city were angry!

Dozens of troops within the Ouyang family's territory began to move out and fight against each other.

As for the conditions that Ouyang Qing had agreed upon with Qin Ming before, as well as the industrial base planned to be built here, they all had to be put on hold temporarily.

"How is the battle situation now?"

"I'm not very optimistic. Ouyang Qing seems to be losing ground. After all, he's still a young man, and he's still far behind those stubborn old forces."

Yan Ziqiong said seriously.

After thinking about it, she asked Qin Ming:

"or……"

"I won't send anyone."

Qin Ming knew what she wanted to say, but he quickly refused.

"why?"

Yan Ziqiong was very strange.

Logically speaking, the Ouyang family is very important to them.

After all, with the Ouyang family, resources can be transported quickly, and an industrial base can be built out of thin air in the territory.

It's a good deal as you don't have to spend any money or manpower.

"If you can't even handle these things, there will definitely be more things that will drag you and me down in the future."

"If Ouyang Qing dies in this fight, it means he is not qualified to cooperate with us. Why should we help him?"

Qin Ming only needs to negotiate with the person in charge of the Ouyang family.

As for whether the person in charge is Ouyang Qing, it doesn’t matter at all.

Even if Ouyang Hong and Ouyang Huang came, as long as they could finalize the terms with him and avoid wasting time again and again, they could still cooperate.

What Qin Ming needs is the Ouyang family, not Ouyang Qing himself.

"That makes sense. Should we continue to use them, or should we send them back?"

Yan Ziqiong was referring to the construction personnel left here by the Ouyang family.

"Of course I'll use it. It's free, so I'd rather not use it."

"Detain all their people, money, and supplies. When the Ouyang family's civil strife ends, give them back to them."

"Row."

Qin Ming and his friends now have an advantage, which is that the Ouyang family will definitely not interfere.

The reason is very simple: they lack the courage.

Just like the civil strife in the Ouyang family this time, everyone knows that it was because of Qin Ming.

But when Qin Ming entered from the southern port and put the goods on the train, and transported them to Yan Ziqiong's territory via the railway they had built long ago, no one dared to stop him.

The two sides maintained a tacit understanding and did not interfere with each other.

This is undoubtedly a very good result for Qin Ming.

After settling a batch of supplies coming from the rear, Qin Ming arrived at the border with the Yan Dynasty royal family two days later.

"Your Majesty, the Fire Camp has been severely damaged and is expected to arrive soon. The Yun family is requesting assistance."

As soon as he landed, Wu Qingye came to him with some bad news.

"Didn't General Ye and his men go to support them?"

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows and spoke in surprise.

Although it will take some time for Ye Shoujiang and his men to get past, with Liu Chuang and the Fire Camp, it shouldn't be a problem for them to hold out for half a month.

It shouldn't have been so badly damaged when I just came back.

"The Yan Dynasty royal family has sent more troops."

Wu Qingye spoke slowly and stretched out two fingers.

"Two hundred thousand troops?"

"Ah."

"You really think highly of us. Let the Yun family retreat. The troops ambushing them don't have to come back. They can protect Liu Chuang and retreat to the Yun family together."

Qin Ming smiled bitterly and picked up the front-line map to observe it.

"But Your Majesty, if this is the case, we may also suffer heavy losses on the front line."

Wu Qingye frowned slightly.

Now that the Yan Dynasty has increased its troops again, it has posed a difficult problem for Qin Ming.

To protect the Yun family behind Liu Chuang, or to protect the territory they had just taken and was not yet warm.

Qin Ming had been fighting for many years, so he naturally saw what the Emperor of Yan was thinking.

Children may follow the rules and make choices.

Qin Ming is already an adult.

He wants them all!

"Don't worry, even if the imperial guards come, I will kill them all!"