Yan State, in the Prince's Mansion.

"What does this South Korea mean?" After receiving a telegram from South Korea, Prince Dan looked at the telegram in his hand very puzzled and asked his Secretary of the Navy. After all, the naval cooperation between South Korea and Yan is completed by the Ministry of the Navy.

"This. The minister also didn't understand. At present, the South Korean Navy has defeated the Qi State Navy. According to the truth, the threat of the Qi State Navy should be reduced a lot." The Minister of the Navy said.

"You mean that the South Korean navy needs some response from us? If they cooperate with us, they can effectively contain the development of the Qi State Navy?" Prince Dan asked.

"This, I think it should be like this." The Secretary of the Navy hadn't thought of this yet, and he was also very curious about why the South Korean Navy quickly cooperated with them after defeating the Qi State Navy. The Yan State Navy is still a nominal navy, and their actual combat capabilities are not as good as the Queen's Patrol Fleet of the South Korean Navy. And now the South Korean navy suddenly stated that they have an intention to cooperate, which is far beyond their expectations. In their view, such a thing is almost like a pie in the sky.

"However, I think this thing should be possible. Cooperating with Zhao Guoren, Zhao Guoren has not given us some processing technology, but sold us some equipment that has been too long. We can only produce some cast iron raw materials. Zhao Guoren took away the projects that made big money. The Koreans also have their own technology. If they can come, I think it’s okay to cooperate with the Koreans.” Regardless of how the Secretary of the Navy considers what he considers, Prince Dan How to solve the current problem. He is the one who cares.

Yan's economic development has stagnated, or in other words, has no characteristics. The financial funds of the State of Yan come from a large amount of commercial taxation, and commercial taxation has become the main pillar of the financial capacity of the State of Yan. However, Yan's economy is rather chaotic. In the north, there is agriculture. Agriculture mainly provides edible oil. There are also some wood, as well as fur, ginseng, and medicinal materials. The quantity is relatively large, but the tax brought is still not enough compared with other countries. Wood mainly produces some paper, telephone poles, sleepers, and other furniture.

Yan State also has its own industry, which is Xiangping Iron Works. Compared with the Xiangping Iron Factory co-developed by Zhao Guoren and Zhao Guo, it can only be counted as a medium-scale iron factory. It takes a lot of thought to expand further. However, Yan State could not get sufficient funds from Qin State and Zhao State. In addition, the Yan government is also actively exploring local coal resources, because they need to import a large amount of high-quality raw coal and a large amount of coke from Zhao. Yan Guo can also produce coke, but the quality of the coke produced is far inferior to that of Zhao Guoren. It can be said that the development of Yan State is still relatively good, but it seems to be stagnant.

This is mainly because the Yan government cannot introduce a large amount of capital from various countries to meet the capital needs of the country’s commercial and industrial development. In Yan, the Yan government itself does not have its own central bank and the local banks are too small. Many of them are from Qin people. Cooperation, or Qin’s bank replacing Yan State Bank, which was supposed to play a financial role, did not appear. As a result, Yan State’s economic development lacked sufficient capital.

The country of Yan could not develop like the Koreans. The Koreans borrowed the capital of the people of Qin. They expanded aggressively and expanded their colonies. At the same time, the colonial economy continued to transfuse their own economy. In this way, the Koreans completed the primitive accumulation of capital through **** expansion, and their development speed can of course be very fast. In contrast, Yan's situation is much more complicated. They do not have sufficient capital, nor do they have sufficient funds to do such things.

Without capital, it is naturally impossible to introduce technology and purchase brand-new machinery and equipment for expanded-scale production. For them, everything is so stagnant, which is also an important reason why the Yan government's development seems to be slow.

Yan Guo can solve their development problems only by solving a large number of capital problems. This is an irreversible and neglected problem.

"The Koreans said that they can provide some technology and provide some funds. As long as we can contain the Qi State Navy, it will be very good." Prince Dan said.

"It's just that cooperation requires some basis of interest. Although we Yan can do this, the Koreans also need some compensation." The Secretary of the Navy then said to Prince Dan.

"This, it's very simple. We only need to provide them with some land and some supply bases. You know, we can attack Laizhou and Dengzhou in the entire Qi state even from the Liaodong Peninsula. This is a very valuable place. "Prince Dan said excitedly. For the benefits delivered to the door, Prince Dan is very easy to accept. After all, such a good thing is hard to find.

In Dawan, Li Mo's prime minister's office. Li Mo walked back and forth thinking about problems. His assistants and ministers were reporting a series of problems. These problems have a lot to do with the newly formed troops in Dawan.

"So far, the Dawan Army has formed more than 750 companies. These companies can form a considerable number of basic units of infantry regiments. Of course. We have also placed military orders with the Qin people, but what kind of order will we order? We have not yet negotiated a good result for our rifles and weapons." The Secretary of Defense reported with the report in his hand.

"But we need a lot of weapons, pistols, rifles, machine guns, and a lot of artillery. And various logistics transportation unit vehicles. These need to be purchased. We can form eight infantry divisions and two special divisions. . But the problem is.” said the defense minister.

"We lack officers, Dawan does not have a suitable military school, nor a suitable reserve of officers. Of course, the grassroots commanders are all lieutenants and ensigns, and we have very few majors. How to solve this problem? It will take time to accumulate. But we don't have time." said the defense minister.

"Weapons and ammunition supplies are easy to say. It is difficult for us to solve the current difficulties. Most of the Qin State advisory team is trapped in the encirclement, and the limited advisory team raised a series of problems, which need to be resolved quickly. If not It will be difficult for us to solve these problems." The Defense Minister looked at Li Mo. Li Mo is also thinking about this issue.

Indeed, the army is easy to build, and they easily formed more than 750 companies. Although some companies have fewer than eighty people, they are formed entirely according to the population of the local town and other methods. Seven hundred and fifty companies are very large. But a sharp problem immediately arose, that is, they lacked enough officers. What the Minister of Defense said was the fact that after the formation of the Dawan army, there were no units above the battalion level, and most of them were company-sized forces. The reason behind this was that Dawan lacked enough officers. The officers leading them were all selected from the company, either the captain of the local musket team, or the local prestigious young people, they led such a grassroots team, and their military ranks were generally reduced by one level. The company commander is a lieutenant, and the platoon leaders are all ensigns. Some platoons still have a non-commissioned officer to serve as the commander. It can be seen how terrible their lack of officers and noncommissioned officers is.

They lacked officers to assemble these fragmented armies, but the problem is that Dawan does not have as many officers. There is no suitable military officer to do such a thing.

"Do you have any good solutions to this problem?" Li Mo said at this time.

"Well, not yet. We asked Qin people. Qin people think that they can't do anything about it. They think we should establish an officer academy, and at least we should train some potential officers in a concentrated way." The Minister of Defense said.

"But I think this is just a solution to the grassroots problem. We have at most some more grassroots officers who are competent for continuous platoon operations. If we want to expand, we still need a larger military unit to exist. What we lack is such officers." Speaking of.

"Moreover, this problem is difficult to complete in a very short period of time. After all, these officers can't complete it all at once. Military weapons are easy to say. The orders for weapons have been quickly placed. The people of Qin will be able to deliver them soon. But the problem is that the officers in our hands do not have." The Defense Minister said embarrassingly.

"Yeah. I understand. I think about it. The solution may be simple. Let the people of Qin send a headquarters again. Anyway, the power of command in our hands has been handed over to the people of Qin, and the people of Qin can take command from us. Among the grassroots officers, officers are selected for training. If this is the case, we will be there." Li Mo wanted to say after thinking about it.

"But, sir, middle-level military officer. This problem is difficult to solve." The Secretary of Defense reminded. He believes that this problem is very difficult.

"This problem is very simple. Let the people of Qin solve it. They will have a solution. They can select qualified officers. Trust me. They will definitely be able to do this." Li Mo said.

"Okay. The matter is solved like this. We should feel very relaxed. This is the problem we should pay attention to. In fact, the problem is very simple, not too complicated." Li Mo said easily. In his opinion, in the current Dawan, everything needs to be done by the people of Qin. Dawan does not have the slightest initiative. Only by letting the people of Qin do such a thing can they be prepared for war. This is an indisputable fact. Can't change.