Qin State, Xianyang. Staff.

"Look at this." Wang Jian handed a telegram to Yang Duanhe. Yang Duanhe looked at Wang Jian after a quick look.

"This time, the Yue people may be reluctant to withdraw. They hope to be able to stay there. They plan to build a fortress behind the Indians, and then move forward step by step." Wang Jian said.

"If you do this, it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources. I don't know if the Yue people can bear such a price." Yang Duanhe said after reading it.

"I am worried that they can't afford such consumption. I don't know why they do it?" Yang Duanhe didn't know much about the specific situation of Yue's country.

"The situation is that we need a lot of labor to build the railway, and the number of people needed by the railway company exceeds our imagination." Wang Jian said.

"This directly leads to an increase in labor prices." Wang Jian nodded and explained. In fact, the labor force here is worthy of being a slave, but the Qin State does not directly state that it is a slave. They implicitly say that it is labor. This is an indisputable fact at the top of the country, and neither party has specified the relevant situation.

"In this way, their finances will be able to solve. But the acquisition of labor requires access and land. So they must change the current situation." Wang Jian said.

"There is nothing that can be solved in defensive operations. The problem is that on the one hand, we have to build fortresses to eliminate the Indians in the defense zone and annihilate their main force. On the other hand, we need to ensure that our channels are not broken by them. It's okay." Yang Duanhe said.

"Yes, this is an outstanding battle. However, we have received bad news that the Indians have their own muskets, and their muskets have increased rapidly. There is news from South Korea that Indy and Bangladesh have their own muskets. Pull has close ties, in this case. I think. It may come from South Korea.” Yang Duanhe said.

"No, it comes from the Yue family. It is said that the Yue family is involved in smuggling. Such a thing has not yet been investigated." Wang Jian said worriedly.

"Well. This situation is far beyond our expectations." Yang Duanhe said.

"Don't talk about it. We should think about the next military action of the Yue people." Wang Jian said to Yang Duanhe. The General Staff makes plans and plans, and they will carefully study the things in the plan.

Yueshi Frontline. The Yue army did not completely retreat away from the line of defense they occupied, for example, they occupied it. Reinforced the line of defense of the Indians. The Moon's First Infantry Regiment and the Second Infantry Regiment are stationed here. As the above meeting is determined, more defensive forces will enter here.

"The above will give us more troops, but the purpose of this battle is different. We have to go deeper into the Indians and establish a brand new stronghold." Moran said to Meng Ping. His staff are making plans, and their goal is clear is to go deep into the Indian interior, which requires a new combat plan.

"The combat mission this time is very different. We need to change a lot, more that we need infantry. And it is going deep into the rear of the Indians." Meng Ping said.

"Yes, but I believe that we can do this and we can solve more problems." General Moran said confidently.

"We can only know the next step by looking at the construction of the fortress. We are going to stand out. Our two wings are likely to be attacked by the other side. I think we should strengthen our two wings instead of getting ahead, just We currently don’t know what the Indians think?" Meng Ping said. They know very little about the situation of the Indians because of the weak reconnaissance force. This made Meng Ping feel unable to start.

"Well, strengthen the wings, I don't think that is necessary. The Indians are unlikely to surround us and eat them. If they want to eat us, they must have artillery." General Moran shook his head and said.

Indeed, only the light infantry and the Indians with elephant soldiers are very lacking in siege operations, even though they have certain muskets. However, these muskets cannot exert a huge siege effect. To solve more problems, the only way is to have artillery, but the problem is that the Indians do not have artillery.

Yue's first regiment. Many soldiers have been recruited. They dig trenches, arrange barbed wire, build fortresses, and artillery are also loading their cannons on the fortress. The slaves were all taken away. The Yue's government needs a lot of financial revenue, so it can only let these Yue's soldiers do the work.

"Ah. This ghost place is dying of thirst." said a second-class soldier of the Yue family. He said with his water bag.

"Let's work hard, we need quite a lot of things now. We don't know how long we can work in such a place," said a corporal on the side.

"What does this mean?" the private soldier asked.

"We are building fortresses here. If the Indians are not fools, they will take action, either attack or surround us. In doing so, it will be of great benefit to them. After all, we broke into them. The inside line is gone. In this way, their situation will be very bad. In contrast, we are the nails they have embedded in. If we don't pull us out, I don't think the Indians will stop." The corporal said worriedly. To. He also fought several wars. Judging from the situation of the war, he could still feel the changes in the situation.

"Who knows." The second class said disapprovingly.

"It's not easy for those Indians to attack us. They can only encircle. They don't have cannons. We have cannons. If we attack without cannons, more people will die." The second class said.

"Perhaps." The corporal continued to work. There are many fortifications they will build, including three trenches alone. And the depth is relatively large.

Zhang Datai and his party have reached the border of the Indians. Because of their military ranks, the Indians will not have high-ranking generals and officials come to see him. Especially the kings of the northern dynasty, they certainly would not do this.

"You are very good at learning, and you have learned to use trenches. But your trenches do not seem to be a system, it looks very chaotic." Zhang Dahui said to the young prince Atuo on the side. Prince Atuo seems to be very interested in all the weapons of the Koreans. He is actively learning the Central Plains language. Although it takes time, he is not bad at learning. He can understand simple languages ​​and say simple greetings. Language, but he believed that Prince Atuo would definitely learn more words.

The translator said what Zhang Dalai said as quickly as possible. Prince Atuo nodded to express his understanding, and then he said something more.

"Our prince said. Our dynasty also has its own musket unit. We want you to visit it. Provide some valuable suggestions. I don't know if you agree?" The translator said to Zhang Dahui.

"Oh. Do you actually have a musket unit?" Zhang Dafa asked somewhat unexpectedly.

"Yes. We do have our own musket troops." The translation was affirmed by Prince Atuo.

"I want to know, where did your muskets come from?" Zhang Dalai perceives that the problem is a little different, because they did sell them some muskets from South Korea, but the speed of delivery has been reversed. Look, the army of the Northern Dynasty is unlikely to be equipped with so many weapons and equipment too fast.

"We bought so many muskets in our own way. I think we are reluctant to tell the source of so many muskets." The translator said.

"Well, I'll look at your musketeers." Zhang Dahui no longer entangled this question, because this question will not make any sense, perhaps the dynasty army has its own source.

However, from the details, Zhang Dahui still found the problem. Because the muskets equipped by the dynasty army are of the Qin standard. The rifles sold by the Koreans to the Northern Dynasty are of Korean style. The difference lies in the details of the buttstock and sight. In addition, there are inscriptions. The rifles made by Qin State have inscriptions. These inscriptions are telling Zhang Dalai, These rifles came from the northern Qin country. This confirmed Zhang Dalai’s inference that these rifles came from Yueshi or Qin people in the north.

"Your muskets have a lot of problems. The barrels need to be maintained and need to be oiled. But, look at your muskets, and there are also problems with your soldiers' operating procedures. Many soldiers are not very skilled in operating muskets." After the visit, Zhang Dahui put forward his own views.

After all, the army of the dynasty is the first to equip such weapons on a large scale. The worst thing is that they are equipped by themselves, and many things are pondered by themselves, such as how to use better arrangements to exert the power of muskets, and the training of soldiers. , Gun maintenance and so on. These all have big problems.

But considering that the dynasty is the first time to accept such a weapon after all, it is already very good that they can fire the musket. But in order to form a great combat effectiveness, this still requires a great process.

Bangla. Inside Zhang Shi's office.

"Damn Mengla, they sent someone to negotiate, do they think we did something wrong?" Zhang Shi looked at the report above and threw it directly on the ground, levying taxes on the Korean new army native soldiers crossing the border. The Bangladeshi government expressed protest, but only expressed protest. They did not take other actions, such as sending troops or directly marching into threats.

"Sir, I think we don't have to worry about the behavior of the Mengla people. After all, they do not pose a big threat to us." The lieutenant colonel explained.

"But this is a threat to our Korean governor's government. If this is the case, we will raise our own protest, and we will say. Those people fled there, and we are just defending our right to tax. It is reasonable to request that if they disagree, yes, we can tax the entire country of Bangladesh, of course. We can take a step back, that is, they need to pay us twice the tax again, otherwise, as a punishment, we It is necessary to levy taxes on the entire country of Bangladesh. Double the taxes, that's it." Zhang Shi decided. If it weren't for the reminder of the Mengla people, maybe he would not do it. But the Mengla did just that. Zhang Shi had to accept the move. Zhang Shi has seven full-staffed native soldiers. The combat effectiveness of the native soldiers far exceeds those of the local soldiers in Bangladesh. In order to obtain more native soldiers and more wealth, Zhang Shi’s only purpose is to provoke incidents. Latin America is far from satisfying Zhang Shi's appetite.

Chu State. Pengcheng.

"Governor, what do you mean?" Some businessmen read with newspapers. They don’t understand why the Prime Minister’s Office will issue such a document. They will establish a governor in the Chu colony. The governor’s power is very large. It has military power and economic power, and has the right to distribute half of the local wealth. In fact, it’s just that. It is equivalent to a large piece of local king. This

"It's also necessary to say that this is the princes everywhere. You see, this military power and economic power are put together, how much the army wants to expand. This is not a prince, what is it?" A businessman said after seeing the mystery in it.

"I think that's the case. This prince's rights are very big. Not only can he expand his army, but he can also impose taxes on the locals, especially the indigenous people, tribes, and countries. The locals have to pay them taxes. Entrust the princes." Many businessmen said slowly.

"It's a pity that we also have to have this ability. Without this ability, you can't do such a thing at all. This thing is for the nobles, we, I think, let's forget it." We talked about it.

When the Chu merchants discussed this matter, the nobles would have their own opinions.

In the House of Lords of Pengcheng of Chu State.

"I heard that this was the first thing the Koreans did. Their local military chief did this first. The local aboriginal government paid several times the tax, and the military chief made a crazy profit." Said the Chu aristocratic congressman.

"The Prime Minister said this, it seems that he wants us to actively participate in the expansion on the western continent, but this is good, this kind of expansion can bring great profits, relying on the help of the local government, we can get more. With the support of local taxes, we nobles don’t have to pay taxes. Even if we pay, I don’t think we can pay much. After all, those taxes come from those small countries and how much they have to do with us. Such things are for us. In other words, it's a very fair thing." Another member of the Council said.

"Regardless of this, it is to expand the army anyway. Only with an army can you do such a thing. Without an army, everything you say is useless." An elderly nobleman pointed out the key points.

Chu State, Ministry of the Navy.

"This matter is obviously very beneficial to our Navy and Marine Corps. As long as we control the local government, we can expand our considerable tax revenue to maintain our military expenditures." Xiang Liang saw the intention. Fan Zeng's move was intended to allow them to develop, and such development is extremely beneficial to them.

"I think so, but it requires a lot of troops. Not only the military, there are more diplomacy, and other measures. We are not up to this point." Xiang Bo said.

"The most important thing is that ships, if there are no ships to carry troops, we can't get there at all. Now we must have a large number of ships. To do this." Xiang Bo clearly pointed out this point.

"This." Xiang Liang felt a little tricky.

"I think we can borrow from the bank, we can mortgage our shares, or our assets. As long as we buy ships and control the local government, this is a large amount of income. I think the bank can still do it. At this point, it is really impossible. I think we can still rely on Qin State Bank to invest. If they want, we can provide them with great convenience, as long as we get the governor." Xiang Liang thought. Want to talk about it. Nowadays, more and more nobles and powerful businessmen have the shadow of Qin State Bank. Qin State Bank provides quite a lot of funds to support them to do such things.

"I think that's the only way. To seize the position of the governor is the most important." Xiang Bo said.

On Zhang Xiong Island. Liu Ji and the others finally got to where they wanted to go. The bumps on the road made Liu Ji a little bit overwhelmed. This thing on the sea made him feel scared, but fortunately, they arrived here without any risk.

"Brother, look at this." Lu Wan handed Liu Ji a newspaper.

"What are you talking about?" Liu Ji asked.

"It's about the governor system, what governors of Chu people want to implement. The governors have great powers, they can recruit troops, they can get a lot of taxes from the local government, and they can collect more taxes. I think, if we get The position of a governor is also possible for us." Lu Wan said with a smile.

"Governor?" Fan Kui asked on the side.

"Yes, the governor, this power is quite powerful, I think the eldest brother has such power. The governor, I think, is equivalent to a prince. We are slave traders, no matter how we do it, we are the same people, but we did it. The governor is an official. And it is equivalent to a marquis, which is not ordinary." Lu Wan said.

"Good fellow, let me take a look." Liu Ji heard it and grabbed the paper to look.

"I think this governor is good, we can also grab a governor to do it, and the local taxation means we have our own land." Fan Kui said.

"Well, it's good, we don't have that many people, just the people on our five ships can control a country?" Liu Ji asked Lu Wan after seeing it.

"This. We don't know." When Lu Wan heard it, he felt that it made sense. They only had five ships. These five ships are all new, the people are also hired from South Korea, some of the sailors are from Chu. Quite a few people have never killed anyone. It seems very unlikely to let them control a country.