Chu State. Pengcheng.

"Did you read the telegrams from several countries in love?" a Chu member of Congress said worriedly. His expression seems to be very concerned about this matter. In fact, the matter of loving a few countries has nothing to do with him. They just care about such things every day like the people on the street.

"I took a look. It's really hateful to love a few countries. It's coming towards us. It's really hateful." A middle-aged congressman waved his hand and said.

"I think we should send troops to love a few countries and beat them all at once. We sent more than 10,000 soldiers. Damn, I think we just put the infantry regiment in the past. They may not be able to fight. "Members said.

"Yeah, my brother is really insightful. I think so, but what's the result? The government has problems. This requires an increase in military spending. The military also means this. Without military spending, they can't fight. "A congressman said bitterly.

"Hey, I said that these governments, military, we are all taxpayers, besides. We are all nobles, and all nobles pay taxes. If this is a war, they would say that there is no military expenditure." Many people said.

"Really, we don't know our situation." A middle-aged congressman shook his head and said.

"Chu's tax revenue is very low, less than 5%, and in many places, we are still tax-free. Under such circumstances, they are naturally unwilling to invest in it, because the government's revenue is only that small, and that loves a few. The country is tens of thousands of miles away, or even 100,000 miles away. There is no good place to expand when fighting in such a far place." The middle-aged congressman said unconvinced.

"That’s right, I think so too. Our council says it’s very good to fight, but this war costs money. There is nowhere to get the money from where it comes from. It’s just borrowing money, who will borrow it? For us, apart from increasing taxes, there seems to be no way to fight such a big war." Other congressmen have said one after another.

"These things are the considerations of his government. If you love a few countries, they will be selected." The lawmakers said angrily. This is Chu’s congressmen. At most, they are lip service, but in reality, they don’t care about these things at all. It is impossible for them to increase their taxes. The only way is to increase the colony’s taxes, because The people there are not Chu people, and they don't care about these things at all.

Prime Minister's Office.

"Things that love several countries seem to be very difficult to handle. As you know, most of the domestic taxes in Chu are tax-free, and there are a lot of low taxes. Such low taxes will put a lot of pressure on the finances. Yes." Fan Zeng sorted out some reports written in his hand.

"However, the current situation is that let us increase military expenditures for combat. The Chu government simply does not have that much money. You know this to solve such a thing. The main reason why Chu is able to carry out a lot of construction is mainly Relying on the economic support of our colonies, we levied and increased taxes on the colonies, but did not increase taxes at all in our country. This is such a factor." Fan Zeng said.

"But we can’t ignore the affairs of several countries. A lot of unreasonable taxes are being levied there. You know, the silk there can be sold at a good price. But that’s it. The government of several countries has seen our Where there are high profits, they specifically collect unreasonable taxes." The Defense Minister said.

"Yeah, Prime Minister, it is said that such a thing is not only encountered by our country of Chu. Even the Koreans have encountered it themselves. Faced with such a situation, the attitude of the Koreans is to fight. They have been constantly fighting. Increase military strength. It is said that Port Seth has gathered a lot of troops." Chen Ping said at this time.

"Yes, Prime Minister." The Minister of Defense nodded, as he meant, after all, such an unreasonable tax. It was a provocation to their Chu State, and this kind of thing could never go on for a long time.

"But, we don't have soldiers, how to fight, and the distance between the Patriotic countries and the government is difficult to manage. The most important thing is that there will continue to increase military expenditure, you know. This simply cannot subsidize the existence of such a large amount of military expenditure. "Fan Zeng said embarrassingly.

"Yeah. Prime Minister, I think it's better to leave this matter to the Western Trading Company, and there are more businessmen to handle it." Chen Ping thought for a while and said.

"Give it to the merchant?" Fan Zeng asked embarrassingly.

"Yes, it can only do so now. If they can do such a thing, it is the best, but the government can only give verbal, tax policy, and rights support to commercialize the war. This is the only feasible way." Chen Ping said.

"Okay. In that case, I can only do this." Fan Zeng agreed. Chen Ping nodded. It is recorded that all he needs is this kind of support. Without this kind of support, he can't do related things at all.

Sori, inside the Korean slave camp. Many slaves from various regions gathered here. The arrival of the Koreans has made wars here more frequent.

Koreans often support a tribe and fight against a tribe. They sell things and only buy one of them, for example, glass products. These things make the local tribe chiefs very happy, and silk, they can give to their women. . The other is the musket, which is the most important commodity. The arms trade is far more beneficial than other trades, because the arms are available. There is power, and power represents everything. They can continuously expand their territory, occupy and enslave other tribes. This is something that almost all ambitious tribal leaders must think of.

"With so many slaves, I really don't know how you got them?" A Chu businessman asked a Korean slave trader curiously.

"Catch." The slave trader didn't mean to save at all, and said directly and honestly.

"Catch? How many people do you need for so many slaves?" Chu businessman asked curiously. He came to buy slaves. The main purpose of these slaves is to expand their army. This kind of thing is not very peaceful. They need to preserve their strength and safety. However, recruiting their own people costs too much. Many, their only way is to arm these slaves and let these slaves become their private soldiers. Therefore, merchants come here to buy slaves and become their own private soldiers.

"What are we going to catch? These are all of their own. We sell them arms. Let them fight." The slave trader said.

"The people here are stupid, and they really started fighting. One tribe attacked another tribe. I've seen those tribes more fierce than our fights. They killed a tribe man with a knife. They were all killed. The men were also eaten. I looked scared." said the slave trader.

"Ah, eating people, this. This is too ferocious." Chu's businessman said with some fear.

"Yes, I think so too, but these tribes are indeed like this. They fight very fiercely. Especially after they are equipped with muskets, they become even more crazy. In many cases, they are not affected by ours. Control." The slave trader said.

"However, if these people don’t fight very well, can we have so many people? It’s impossible, so we have to let them fight like this. We provide them with weapons, they fight, and they have food. Food, they took prisoners of war to trade, and the slaves will be there. I heard that many sites have been destroyed. They also sold us some land. In this way, the business can continue to expand." The trafficker said.

"This is a good way, and we will also study in the future." Chu State businessman said.

"Okay. Pick this slave. They are all captives. They are very strong. If you have minerals, you can definitely dig out more big ore." The other party said.

"Oh. Minerals. Why do you say that?" Chu merchants inquired.

"Yue people, Karachi people want them. They are mining minerals and building railways, so these people sell them. If you need them, you can naturally use them. Anyway, these people are commodities and resources." Speaking disapprovingly. The Chu merchants had thoughts. It seemed that they still had to find some resources locally. In this case, it is much better than they simply sell things here.

Shazhou. A certain port.

"These soldiers are not bad." A South Korean army major said while looking at the Zazhou cavalry being recruited. Among them were camel soldiers and cavalry. But most of them are camel soldiers. After all, horses are not something ordinary people can afford.

"Well. Very good, but I need more cavalry, or soldiers capable of fighting." Said the businessman on the side.

"Oh. What's the matter?" the major asked inexplicably.

"Oh, I was in love with a few countries and encountered some things, the people there are very savage." said the businessman. The businessman is a native of Chu. The name Li Lan sounds like a woman's name. In fact, he is a businessman, a businessman who is rapidly rising.

"What's the matter?" the major asked curiously.

"It's like this. We encountered some things. People there levied extremely unreasonable taxes on us. Such taxes have a very large impact on us. Many businessmen decided to unite and fight against each other. After all, this It has a great impact on our business. Most of the money we earn has been expropriated by them. This is extremely unreasonable, and it is a naked robbery. I think." Li Lan said.

"Do you want to recruit troops and buy horses here and beat them?" the major asked.

"Yes, Brother Zhang, I know that this matter is very difficult, but our relationship in Mengla. However, I, if it is not difficult for the matter, I am not willing to tell you such a thing." Li Lan said embarrassingly. The name of the Korean major is Zhang Lu. When he was in Mengla, he was just a captain officer, and he met Li Lan. And gave him a lot of help.

"Is this still a thing? You, you think too much. If it weren't allowed by our orders, I would have helped you go to war." Zhang Lu said, patting the other person's shoulder.

"Furthermore. Shazhou is a big place with many tribes." Zhang Lu said.

"We only conscript two cavalry battalions here. The rest are yours. I think you can lower the price. The way to control them is to rob and attract them to join your team. However, you It’s better not to participate in it, but to control them.” Zhang Lu said.

"Thank you, thank you so much," Li Lan said.

"Thank me for what I did. I already feel very guilty for not helping you. You do this by yourself. Besides. Most of these Shazhou cavalry depend on the tribe to survive, and the tribe is very poor. So, robbery is very irritating to them. If you want to control this, that's all I can do." Zhang Lu said. His order is to recruit two cavalry battalions here. After training, they will be sent to Seth, where they will participate in more battles. However, they also bought more horses, camels, They have to prepare for the future cavalry unit.

The local Shazhou cavalry, in fact, as Zhang Lu said, they chose to reconcile with the Koreans because Korean goods can bring great trade, and trade can bring great wealth. , Let them get rid of the current poverty situation, many of them agree with this, or are willing to come here to serve as soldiers.

With the help of Zhang Lu. Li Lan began to summon his own armed forces. The reason why Li Lan did this was because businessmen in several countries organized spontaneously. Whether they were Korean or Chu, they took such measures to resist unreasonable taxes. They decided to use force to win their own money. The rights and interests are not infringed, after all, this is their legitimate rights and interests, and the local government should not treat them unfairly in this way.

They can choose to leave here, but in that case, the price they pay is very high. This is not equal to them. They decided to rise up and resist. After all, those who were able to love several countries were motivated businessmen. They didn't care about it. They wanted to quickly open up this situation, which is very important to them. What they have to do is to quickly expand their power and crack down on all unreasonable behaviors. Businessmen are becoming a force that cannot be ignored, because they have considerable funds in their hands and they have their own rights. There is also a certain degree of strength against the unreasonable behavior of the local government.