"Sir, shall we do it?" a South Korean Marine Corps soldier with a straw hat made of flowers and grass asked in a low voice.

"What's the hurry?" Zhang Rang put down the telescope in his hand and said.

"Wait for them to go far. Let's do it again, now they have not gone far. Don't worry." Zhang Rang said. Then he continued to observe and monitor the departure of the Chu army.

"Oh. Got it. Sir." The soldier nodded, then carefully climbed back to his position.

Zhang Rang looked at his men, they were all hidden in the low-lying ditches. This is very conducive to concealment. But his men looked very relaxed. Some of them slept, some ate canned food, but more of them were wiping their rifles. There is no way, who makes his troops a sharpshooter company, because it is equipped with a fixed-load bullet rifle. This rifle is more powerful than the valve rifle and has a long range. The Marine Corps deployed specialized shooters to form such a company, and their main task was to shoot and kill opponents remotely.

"Sir, this class is too annoyed." Private Zheng Zhong said annoyedly. His rifle has been disassembled several times, and none of the wipes can be wiped.

"Be patient, you kid, the marksmanship is very good, but the temper is a little impatient." Second platoon leader Zhai He said.

"Yes, sir." Zheng Zhong said at this time to suppress his inner dissatisfaction. He was born as an Orion. Perhaps because of the long-term use of bows and arrows, his marksmanship is very accurate, especially in fast shooting, no one can keep up with them, but in static shooting, after a long wait, his probability of hitting has dropped a lot, the second row It took a long time to learn that this kid had a very impatient temperament, which was also the reason for his fast shooting speed. Although the second platoon leader deliberately trains him, this kid has changed very little.

"Sir, when we can start, I can't wait." Zheng Zhong said.

"It is estimated that it will be after dark at the earliest." Zhai Ping said.

"Ah, it's been a long time. My **** hurts when I sit here," Zheng Zhong said.

"It's okay, you just eat canned food, didn't you give you a lot of canned fruit? Your kid is willing to eat this, why? I don't want to eat it anymore." Zhai He asked.

"No, it's meaningless to just eat all the time." Zheng Zhong took out a can of food from his rucksack and opened it.

"Sir, you eat, this is canned oranges. It's very sweet." Zheng Zhong said with a smile.

"I'm not going to eat it, you can eat it, I'm willing to eat this biscuit." Zhai said, taking out the compressed biscuit and said.

"Sir, this thing is very dry. It's okay to eat some canned food or drink some sweet water." Zheng Zhong poured the sweet water in the can to his chief. Zhai pays special attention to Zheng Zhong, so Zheng Zhong also respects his own chief. In his opinion, this is his brother.

"Okay." Zhai Ping took the cup and said.

"Sir. For this mission, can we fight alone? I think there are a lot of Chu army, and there are more than 5,000 people. Is this all our food?" Zheng Zhong said excitedly. Because, under normal circumstances, they have only one base number of bullets, which is one hundred and twenty rounds. Ordinary soldiers sometimes have only sixty shots. But this time, they got about two hundred rounds of ammunition. Especially Zheng Zhong, who received special attention from his platoon leader, actually had three hundred rounds. He was carrying two hundred rounds, and there was one in his rucksack. A hundred bullets, these three hundred bullets, really excited him all night, he knew. With so many bullets, there must be a big battle. And can hit so many bullets at once. Zheng Zhong couldn't fall asleep with excitement.

"Yeah. Your kid is smart enough." Zhai Hing said.

"Kid, listen, this time, we are the 5,000 people from the Chu army who have eaten him." Zhai Bing lowered his body and said to Zheng Zhong in a low voice.

"Us." Zheng Zhong was a little erratic, he couldn't believe it, and they were allowed to fight.

"How is it?" Zhai Ping asked with a smile.

"Don't worry about the war, take a good rest, and prepare to see it this night." Zhai Ping said.

"It's just." Zheng Zhong calmed down at this time. Looking at Zhai Bing with some embarrassment.

"What's wrong?" Zhai Ping asked.

"It's just that, I think there are a few bullets, only 300 rounds. Why, you have to give me 500 rounds. In this way, I have the confidence to hit them." Zheng Zhong said in a low voice.

"Fuck you." Zhai Ping could not help cursing him when he heard such a reason.

"Three hundred bullets are sinking enough. Five hundred bullets, you still have to move your position. That's it, about bullets, you can talk about the three hundred bullets." Zhai Ping said, giving Zheng Zhong a head. Son, got up so angry and went to Cha Gang. Zheng Zhong said with a smile at this time. In his opinion, five hundred bullets are indeed not enough.

Western Regions and Northern Xinjiang. Inside Li Xin's headquarters.

"Really, we take care of everything. The people in Dawan need a lot of sugar and tea. The merchants also send us a telegram for us to solve." Li Xin said annoyedly. These material reserves are businessmen's business, not Li Xin's management at all.

"The telegram is forwarded to the prime minister's house for them to solve it. We are in charge of the military or handed over to the local state government. Anyway, don't give it to me." Li Xin threw the telegram to his own. chief of staff.

"Sir. I think we should take care of this matter." At this time, the chief of staff picked up the telegram and said.

"Why?" Li Xin asked.

"We can also participate in the business with Dawan people, but we are short of goods, and our current material reserves are not enough. A large amount of materials are stored in various railway stations, but they just can't reach us. This situation is right. We are also very disadvantaged," the chief of staff said.

"You mean, Wang Ben's exercise stopped the train?" Li Xin asked.

"It's not exactly the case, it's mainly because of the chaos of the Western Regions over there. However, I heard that this time a large number of cavalry were mobilized for search. I think the problem is not very big after all." The Chief of Staff said.

"That's right. The problem will be resolved quickly. There is no need to worry about this matter. Sugar and tea, these are not strategic materials, and they are not things that our soldiers can manage." Li Xin said.

"It's just that these two businesses are very profitable. I hope the general can participate." The Chief of Staff suggested at this time.

"Furthermore, they are not strategic materials, which is exactly the case. I think we should participate, or participate in the name of the army." The Chief of Staff suggested. In fact, this is also the meaning of the chief of staff. A large number of troops stay in the northern Xinjiang region. Although they have a wealth of trophies to harvest, the number of wars is getting less and less, and many soldiers are starting to lack money. Compared with the scale of combat, the Qin Army's income at this time has been reduced a lot. In order to increase the income of the soldiers, the chief of staff had to think of doing business, but the arms business, and the business of military training, needed a great opportunity, even though he knew that Wang Ben from the south had already done so. But he believes that this will not make much money. So he began to pay attention to the dynamics of the merchants. At this time, he found that tea, sugar, and silk were relatively large in business, and that such things were not strategic materials. Other things, such as glass mirrors, ironware, and other daily necessities, these There are profits in things, but they are not very large. As long as someone makes them, they can make money. But the demand for tea and sugar is very broad. You can make money as long as you control the supply of goods. The chief of staff meant to let Li Xin do such a business.

Hearing this, Li Xin began to understand what his chief of staff meant. He definitely meant to let himself be the master and participate in the specific trade.

"This. Something is wrong, right." Li Xin knew what the chief of staff meant, and he wanted to involve himself in the business.

"Doing business, the army doing business, such things. I'm afraid it's not good. It's easy for things to happen like this." Li Xin said with some worry. He knows that border trade can make a lot of money. For example, the price of gold is currently rising, and border trade is the flow of goods out, and a large amount of gold comes in. Even the silver that was not used much has begun to appear at this time. The price of gold and silver is rising, so it is easy to make a fortune. Many merchants on the border are doing this kind of business.

"Sir, this is what I think. The officer established a trading company in his own name. We officers and soldiers can buy such shares to participate in it. If it is operated, everyone has something ready-made anyway. Just get the goods. "The chief of staff persuaded.

"In addition, we can also do other businesses, such as developing some local resources and making things to sell to those Dawan people. The money of those Dawan people is very profitable. Now the brothers can’t fight. In this case, it will be difficult to feed the young and old.” The Chief of Staff suggested at this time.

"This. I'm just afraid of checking from above." Li Xin said with some worry.

"Sir, there is no problem with this. General Wang Jian has his own arsenal, and they all have profit. Even the servant Zhao Gao who is next to Wang Shang has his own factory, a trade agency. Things like us shouldn't be a big problem. "The chief of staff then persuaded.

"Yes. You're right. They have it on top. We can also do it below, and I heard that Wang Ben in the south has also set up such a trade agency. The staff and the Ministry of National Defense have not issued orders to investigate, since In this way, I, Li Xin, can do the same." Li Xin decided. In his opinion, the treatment of soldiers really needs to be improved. Although the Qin army's treatment is very high, there is no battle, and their income cannot be increased. There are many reasons, but there is only one result. Now only doing business can solve this problem, and they are naturally willing to do so.

"It's so decided. I will register now, and we will complete it as soon as possible. As for things like tea and sugar. I think we can get them. You can go to the warehouse at the rear to see how we can do it. It's really impossible. , It's okay to get some other goods." Li Xin said.

"Sir. I think we can leave the specific operations to specific businessmen. They understand that we have resources in our hands and we can be shareholders. For specific operations, those businessmen will do it. Let them be the managers. In this case, the money will come sooner.” The Chief of Staff suggested.

"This is one way." Li Xin nodded in agreement. In fact, such things have become the norm in Guanzhong, and management rights and ownership have begun to separate, which is more conducive to the management and operation of the company.

Xinzheng, South Korea.

"Specific colonial division. You can find it yourself, not necessarily in the direction of Qin. Qin only provides specific investment intentions. You can think about it yourself." Shang Wen smiled and said to the representatives of the countries.

"If this is the case, we Wei has a lot of choice. We can choose to cooperate with Qin or South Korea. In short, our trading company needs to be bigger. As long as the project is good, I think, We can get enough funds." Zhang Er's Finance Minister whispered to Zhang Er.

"What do you think, in the specific direction, how do we Wei Guo do it?" Zhang Er asked.

"We set up a commerce company with Qin Guo to do business in the Western Regions, and do business in Nanyang with Koreans. After all, we Wei Guo is in the middle, and we can do both business." The Minister of Finance suggested.

"Yeah. Not bad." Zhang Er nodded.

Prince Dan, who was not far away, shook his head constantly.

"In the colony, the country of Yan has no money at all. If what they say is true, a project can be supported by funds from the country of Qin. In that case, the problem of the country of Yan can indeed be solved, but such things are not. It's easy to manage. It takes money to open a colony. We don't have projects and the north is always barren. If this is the case, it is difficult for us to develop." Prince Dan shook his head and said. Although the Minister of Finance thinks this is an opportunity for Yan State, he also knows how Yan State attracts investment, there is a big problem. Yan State does not develop projects, although there is gold, but there is a certain amount of gold mining. It is also possible to grow food, but the climate in the north is cold, and the price of food is low. Investment doesn't make much sense. Don't even mention doing business. Goguryeo in the south is harassing Liaodong in Yan State. If you do business. The problem of Goguryeo must be solved first, so as to ensure the safety of the merchants. Otherwise everything is impossible. The Minister of Finance also knew this, so he had no choice but to keep shaking his head to indicate that there was no way.

But Li Mu noticed Yan Guo's side at this time. At this time, he remembered that Shang Wen had told him about the development of Liaobei. From the current point of view, Zhao Guo can get a lot of financial support from Qin Guoren, and these funds are mainly company shares. The key to getting financial support is to have a good project. He thought about it carefully. The position of Zhao Guo has been surrounded by Qin, Yan, and South Korea. In other words, he has become a landlocked country and the development of such a country. The colony is in great danger. That is, his colony is easily cut off by the other party, but Zhao can avoid such a thing by himself, mainly in the choice of strategic direction. Li Mu suddenly realized. Liaobei may be a good development direction for Zhao.

First of all, the strength of Yan State is relatively weak, and Zhao Guo will do his best to open up the main channel to Liaobei. The second Liaobei has not been developed. If this is the case, they will have the opportunity to develop Liaobei and develop a colony. Although in the eyes of others, Liaobei is barren and it is very wrong to establish a colony here, and the funds have been invested in vain. , It is impossible that nothing can be done on this piece of land. Li Mu thought.

Secondly, the direction of Liaobei is relatively biased, but it can contain the Qin army from the east, and the geographical position is also relatively good. Li Mu felt that Zhao Guo could choose such a place as one of his development directions.

Finally, the development of northern Liaoning. Li Mu thinks that there are various disadvantages on the surface of northern Liaoning, but the underground minerals are invisible to anyone. For example, in the Western Regions, there are jade and gold there, in addition to various rare minerals. , Such as chrome ore. Through popular science, Li Mu knew the importance of chromium. He always wanted to let people search for chromium ore, but did not find it, but he thought it might be there in northern Liaoning. After all, it is not yet developed there. Many resources were not discovered. Li Mu decided to take a gamble. So he set his direction on Yan Guo.

In fact, Zhao Guo had many choices, but when you think about it, there is actually only one direction Zhao Guo chose, and that is Liaobei in the northeast. Qin State is in the Western Regions, and the southwest is a plateau, which is not conducive to large-scale immigration and development. The Koreans chose to go south. Qi State's development direction is not clear enough, but it may also follow the maritime route. After all, Qi State has great maritime advantages.

Zhao State is the same as Wei State, but Wei State is in the middle and can respond everywhere. This leaves one direction. This direction is only northeast. So Li Mu turned his attention to the northeast.

"It seems that it will not take long for our banking business to expand a lot." Meng Yi said.

"But we must also be prepared to give the banks sufficient financial support. I decided to cut interest rates again and increase the support of the banks. In addition, the Bank Reserve Committee should also give more financial support. Otherwise, they will not be able to proceed. Go down." Shang Wen said.

"That's true." Meng Yi nodded.

"Our bank needs more financial support too much." Meng Yi said.

"Have you noticed just now?" Shang Wen said to Meng Yi at this time.

"What?" Meng Yi looked at Shang Wen puzzled.

"Li Mu's eyes have always stayed in the direction of the representative of Yan State. I think it may be the trend of Zhao State's development towards northern Liaoning." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi with a smile.

"Really?" Meng Yi didn't believe it.

"Yes, I watched it specifically." Shang Wen said.

"Isn't this good?" Meng Yi said at this time.

"Didn't you always hope that the two countries of Zhao and Yan will develop northern Liaoning?" Meng Yi said.

"Since the other party can meet such requirements, I don't think we need to interfere too much, and we can let them participate by themselves." Meng Yi said.

"Yeah. We won't participate in their affairs specifically, we just need to care about our own affairs. For them, we don't need to be too nervous." Shang Wen said lightly.

One hundred miles west of Jimo City in Qi State, the Chu army formally camped and rested. They walked for a day and felt very tired.

"His mother. I'm almost exhausted. It's been so long." Uncle Chen threw his gun aside and shouted after entering the tent.

"His grandmother." Yan San also complained.

"I'm almost exhausted. It used to be more than a hundred miles away, no problem, now, his mother is almost exhausted. I have walked so far in one day. Really. Those nobles are just like urging ghosts. It's really bad luck. Bah." Yan San spat as he said.

"I'm almost exhausted. I really don't know what the above is thinking. It is really terrible for us to **** these goods." Other soldiers heard such complaints and said one after another. They walked for a whole day, and only started to camp after dark. Such a long trip is very exhausting for them.

"Come on. Here are a few people." At this moment, a low-level officer walked in and shouted loudly.

"Bring the food, and go to bed after eating. I have to hurry up tomorrow morning." The officer said carelessly.

"Ah." The soldier was very surprised when he heard it. They walked for one day, and they had to get up early the next day.

"Ah what?" The officer cursed loudly at this time.

"His grandmother. Just be honest with me. This is the order from above. If you get up late. Lao Tzu smokes him a few sticks." The officer waved his arm in fright.

"You, you, and you." As the officer pointed, Chen Bo, Yan San, and another soldier were spotted.

"The three of you, go to watch and watch." The officer pointed casually and ordered the three people. Left.

"Damn it." After the officer left. Uncle Chen was the first to curse.

"It seems that I can't sleep well at night today." Yan San said helplessly, shaking his head.

"No matter, Lao Tzu must sleep and walk for a day. I have to go to the night watch, **** it, can't stand it." Uncle Chen picked up his blanket and walked out, he had already thought about it. He went to find a place to sleep. Fan Zeng had been walking all night. Nothing can be done. Enough walked a hundred miles a day. He didn't know why he had to walk so much in one day, but he knew he was tired, and if he was tired, he would rest. With that said, Yan San and another soldier also went out with blankets. They also want to understand. do not care.

In fact, the nobles speed up the transaction as quickly as possible. In their opinion, a hundred miles a day is not too far. On the contrary, they think it is very slow. They can't wait to rush to Wei State as quickly as possible to handle the goods in their hands, so that they can get what they want. For the soldiers' morale and fatigue, they don't need to care at all. In their opinion, this is how it should be. It's worth it for them to be exhausted. As long as their goods can reach their destination smoothly, everything else is fine.