State Assembly of Chu State.

"The national army needs to change, and you all know that Chu is going to war now. I think everyone knows what it is like." Fan Zeng said in the national parliament.

"Currently, Chu's army needs military reform. Only in this way can it meet the needs of Chu's expansion." Fan Zeng has just explained the purpose and plan of Chu's military reform, but the nobles are already very dissatisfied. Because the expansion of the army, or the reorganization of the army, means that the number of troops in their hands will be reduced. This is a very sensitive topic, and it is precisely this issue that is extremely sensitive, which led to the fact that the state of Chu went so far in the first place. The biggest hindrance issue has not been raised, but now, this issue has been raised and raised. To be resolved. Otherwise, it will be delayed indefinitely.

The nobles present, you look at me, I look at you, some glared at Fan Zeng, and more were at a loss. The noble congressmen were caught off guard. They never thought that Fan Zeng would propose such a plan. This was far beyond their expectations.

"Of course. The Chu State has one million troops, so it's not that they really want to reorganize one million troops." Fan Zeng said.

"The Chu State Council has established a complete reserve service system, and the basis of this system is the militia." Fan Zeng had already scanned the expressions of the noble congressman. These expressions were in his expectation. They were all surprised and very dissatisfied with it, but they didn't say anything. That is to say, the nobles didn't know about it in advance, or they didn't. Thought of this.

"Militia?" The noble congressmen were surprised.

"Yes, the militia system, the Qin army’s system, is the militia system. This is a system established since the Qin reforms, but the prime minister Qin further deepened the role of the army on this basis, and their professionalism The level is very high, but the foundation is still the militia. There are a large number of militia units in Qin State. As long as the battle begins, they will quickly enter the fighting state. The country only needs a simple general mobilization order, and they can quickly assemble from the militia. Become an army. Then you can prepare for battle with a little training. These are things that our Chu State does not have. Our Chu State seems to have a million troops. In fact, this is equivalent to the general mobilization order of Chu State. The result." Fan Zeng explained to the noble congressmen one after another.

"Well. It is true. In this way, Chu State is indeed mobilized." Some aristocratic congressmen felt that Fan Zeng's statement made sense.

"Therefore, Chu's preliminary estimate is that the total strength of Chu is about 300,000, and 700,000 are disarmed. These 700,000 are all classified as militias. These militias can be carefully selected and become mercenaries. They can Protecting our plantations, as well as our trade routes. This is good for everyone, and the country can also reduce some of the burden for this. The war has already made Chu State breathless." Fan Zeng said embarrassedly. For Chu State, this is what he needs to do at present.

"I hope you can understand Chu's current situation and give you some time to discuss." Fan Zeng nodded and left. Next is the time for the members to discuss. Whether this proposal can be passed depends on the interests of the nobles.

"Premier Fan's plan is very good." An aristocratic congressman said in a strange tone. Obviously the other party was very dissatisfied.

"In the past, the state paid for the military, and we raised our own army. Fan Zeng meant that now the country has no money and has money to go to war. We raise such a large group of troops by ourselves. We can't afford to raise these troops." Nian noble shook his head and said. "That's right, if the country can give us some compensation, we can still accept it. The problem is, Fan Zeng, the old man, doesn't mean to compensate us at all." The noble congressmen said the same as a rogue.

"The plan is good, but there is no compensation. How can we support this large group of troops? We are also the Chu Army. If Qin Army calls, we will contribute to Chu State." Members complained one after another.

In the lounge next to the council.

"Prime Minister, I don't think it will succeed in this matter." Chen Ping said calmly.

"Well, these noble congressmen are insatiable. There must be a check and balance." Fan Zeng said. According to the parliamentary system, Chu should establish a House of Commons, but Chu’s support was mainly concentrated on the nobles, and the House of Commons could not be established because of the resolute opposition of noble members. This made Chu merchants feel very dissatisfied, even though Chu merchants There was a strong help at the time of support, but now it still has nothing.

"Yeah." Chen Ping just nodded. Did not say anything.

Qin State Xianyang. Admiralty.

"The South Korean side wants to speed up their technological research accumulation. For example, they want to further upgrade their current arrow boats." Zheng Zhi said.

"Well. They want to upgrade the technical content of this kind of ship, we need to export more technical equipment, but I think the technical upgrade of this kind of ship has been maximized. Because the capacity of the iron beam is so large. "Zheng Zhi's supervisor Li Wen said, shaking his head.

"Moreover, the excessive enlargement of the ship, the widening has exceeded the power of the sail. In this case, the speed will inevitably be reduced, which is very detrimental to the sailing of the ship. The most important point is that the power plant has not changed. The Koreans themselves Put forward the idea of ​​using a steam engine, but I think this idea may not be very good. After all, their propulsion device has not undergone large-scale improvements." Li Wen said, shaking his head.

"Yeah. So, South Korea asked us to provide a better solution. I thought about it and thought we should use steel beams, because in this way, all technical problems will be solved. And the carrying capacity of the ship is very large. The promotion." Zheng Zhi said.

"Can they accept this plan?" Li Wen asked.

"It is important to know that the price of steel is not cheap. Unless it can be manufactured on a large scale, the cost of ships will be difficult to come down. This depends on the production capacity of the Handan Iron Plant." Li Wen continued.

Qin has already discovered the request made by the South Korean navy. This type of Korean-built arrow ship can easily be imitated by other countries because it can be used as long as you buy a few disassembled ones. This type of ship has only made great changes in the hull shape. In other key areas, such as , Power transmission, power has not been greatly improved, and because there is no naval battle, the ship is not armored, and the demand is great, this kind of ship will only be built on a large scale.

Zhao Guo, Handan.

"The Prime Minister, I think we must speed up the introduction of steel technology. Unless we have steel, the profitability of our Handan Iron Plant can rise to a whole new level, and the sooner we introduce steel technology, the more technical advantages we will have in Zhao Guo." The iron factory said to Li Mu excitedly.

"I know this very well, but the Qin government has not allowed it. Can you conduct research in this area. Qin people's steel technology, they invented themselves, can't you not do it?" Li Mu asked.

"This??????" The director of the Handan Iron Works was speechless, because many times it was not what they wanted to study. They came up with many ways, but they still couldn't smelt their own steel technology. Come. They need a large number of talents in this area, and these talents do not, although Zhao Guo sent a large number of overseas students to study in Qin. But most of the international students are military talents, not a large number of technical talents.

"Prime Minister, we have too few talents in this area. No." The director of Handan Iron Works said bitterly.

"Yeah. It is true. I will solve the problem of talents in this area. This is because the people of Qin people do not provide such talents." Li Mu said.

The Qin State has not provided steel smelting technology, but Zhao must solve it by himself, because only after upgrading the steel technology can he further deepen Zhao's steel status.

"Our education system is extremely weak, and there are too few research talents." Li Mu said after sending away the director of the Handan Iron Factory.

"The Korean side is much better than what we do. They have their own universities, but our Zhao country does not have such a school. The Queen of Korea can give up her palace and become a university, and we, and they can provide a large number of international students. To study technology in Qin, for example, the recent submarine cable technology is the technology that South Korea learned from Qin. Although their processing level has not yet formed, they have such a technology, and we Zhao Guo." Li Zuoche Don't say it anymore.

"Well. It is difficult to solve this problem. Let's not establish our university. We have established a series of specialized technical colleges, mainly focusing on technology. Talents in this area can be selected from the children of craftsmen. They have the talent in this area, or in other words, they have the ability, if this is the case, we can do this." Li Mu thought for a while and wanted to say.

"But, expenses." Li Zuoche said.

"For this, we will allocate special funds, and provide support to enterprises, following the example of Qin, let enterprises establish a large number of specialized colleges to learn. Cultivate relevant talents." Li Mu said after thinking.

"Well. This is the best result." Li Zuoche said.

When all countries are developing rapidly, technology has gradually become a focus of competition among major powers. South Korea has long been aware of this. South Korea has established a large number of universities and dispatched foreign students. Zhao Guo only realized the importance of technology, but Li Mu thought of a shortcut, which is to train technical talents. Perhaps this can speed up Zhao Guo's huge technological advantage and speed up.