The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"General, if the pirates attack us, we will be finished." A captain shouted loudly.

"Don't you still have half of the cannons? And you only used twenty cannons, and your strength is still there. The important thing is that you don't have much gunpowder. Keeping these cannons may not be of great use, It's better to use them together." Xiang Liang looked at the captains and said.

"After we go back, we will quickly replenish a large number of artillery pieces. There is nothing to worry about," Xiang Liang said.

"This." The captain hesitated.

"Okay." A captain bowed his head and said.

Then the navy soldiers dismantled some of their artillery, gathered them together, and handed them over to the water pirates.The water pirates are very happy, because they have more artillery, which means that their ships will be more powerful.In this way, they will have a greater chance of winning against each other.

A certain town in the northeast of Qin State.

"Our border has been very quiet recently, and the trade has increased a lot." The local sheriff said happily.

"The attacks of those mountain people have also disappeared. The important thing is that the number of slaves has increased." The local sheriff said excitedly.

"En." A Qin Jun major nodded and said.

"However, you should be careful. If those mountain people suddenly attack, our situation will take a turn for the worse. If Xianyang is alarmed, you and I will have no good results." The major warned.

"Sir," said the magistrate.

"However, you have to strengthen your guard. The Qin army can mobilize very few troops here, and the mobile force is also insufficient. After being attacked, the militia is the main resistance force. As long as you delay for a while, we can reinforce it. You all The initial resistance helped us a lot," the major said.

"En. This is, the combat effectiveness of the militia is relatively low, not as good as the regular army of the chief." The local magistrate said.

"Well, you just need to defend. Build a defensive line. A strong defensive line is the most important thing." The major said looking at the terrain around him.

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"The defense can only be left to you. Our country is too big. The number of troops is too small. The expenditure is not enough. These are unprecedented situations that Qin has never encountered." The major said worriedly.

"You can only strengthen the defense here. The matter of taking the initiative to attack is still considered by them at the national level." The major said.

"Sir," said the magistrate.

The major pointed out the current border situation of Qin State. Qin State's territory is growing too fast, and the military expenditure cannot be increased under the condition of extreme financial reduction. Soldiers to fill it, but at present, Qin is simply unable to fill such a huge national defense space.And these defensive spaces, Qin can only be handed over to the militia.The reason is that the government cannot provide huge military expenditures to cover this cost, and you must know that this cost is very huge.Qin's sailors simply couldn't pay each other.

This also led to the use of Qin's regular military forces in mobile defense.This is an unavoidable situation.On the other hand.The Qin State had to incorporate a large number of militias into part of the national defense force.And this part is very important.Because they can protect the border towns of Qin State in the first place.Let Qin's trade continue.

"Your Majesty, our trade will quickly expand around our country of Qin. The cost of using troops is obviously already high. However, the cost of trade is very low. There are also many benefits brought by trade. It can be said that starting trade at this time, It means a lot to our country of Qin." Meng Yi and King Qin walked around the palace while discussing the recent situation.

"Trade can bring abundant income to Qin. These incomes, over time, can greatly gather our fiscal revenue. The increase in fiscal revenue can greatly increase our military expenditure. From this point of view. Trade The benefits are very great." Meng Yi said.

"The Qin State's fiscal revenue and expenditure are extremely unbalanced. Especially in terms of debt, Qin State's debt is increasing rapidly. It will not be long before Qin State's financial situation will not be very optimistic." Meng Yi said.

"Your Majesty, it is very wise and advisable for Qin to stop the war now," Meng Yi said.

"En." King Qin was very happy to hear this.He smiled.

"It seems that Qin State is going to stop using troops." King Qin said casually and seriously.

"Your Majesty, I believe that there should be some places that need to use troops. For example, in some places in the Western Regions, we can certainly use trade to appease those small states, but some countries will not respect us Qin, and. Trade activities will inevitably bring about economic disputes, and when necessary, forceful intervention is very necessary." Meng Yi has already proposed forceful intervention, using force to provide huge force support for Qin's trade.

"En." King Qin nodded.

"Is there any more?" King Qin asked.Because King Qin knew that since Meng Yi could put forward such a view, he must have his own certain views, because Meng Yi is a cautious person, and a cautious person thinks more.

"If Qin State wants to interfere, it must carry out some second military reforms." Meng Yi put forward some specific views.

"The second military reform?" King Qin asked repeatedly.

"Yes. The second military reform." Meng Yi said.

"The reform this time may be smaller. Qin's army is still relatively large. Moreover, the command, response speed, and mobility are not too high." Meng Yi put forward his own opinion.

"Oh. Let's talk about it." Qin Wang suddenly became interested. Although Meng Yi is not an officer, he still knows some military affairs. Moreover, because Monk Wen often works, he will have some other angles, especially unique angles. Looking at the problem, with this way of thinking, the questions raised are relatively new.It can often attract the attention and interest of King Qin.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Judging from this battle, Qin's mobility is very high compared to the six countries. We can use our railway lines and highway lines to maneuver, and we can use these to move important The line of communication quickly deployed our troops." Meng Yi said.

"En." King Qin nodded.Regarding Qin's practice of using important railway lines to deploy troops and provide huge logistical support.King Qin personally appreciates it, and is very satisfied with this fast combat method. After all, compared with the previous method of large-scale deployment of troops, Qin State left a lot of transportation costs. Not only that, the amount of materials transported by Qin State Far surpassed any generation of King Qin.Take Qin's battle in the Western Regions as an example. Although Qin did not invest much combat power, the logistical supplies it transported were several times that of the Changping battle. times more.

From this point, King Qin is already very satisfied with the current way of fighting the lines of communication.Therefore, Qin's combat plan has been launched along the main lines of communication.This is necessary because of the huge logistical requirements.The roads of other countries on the side simply cannot bear the crushing of Qin's huge logistics supply vehicles.The Qin army's staff also considered this point, thinking that although the Qin army can defeat any country, the huge logistical supplies will also drag down Qin's national financial resources, because Qin wants to fight a road and lay a railway, and this Along the way, a lot of manpower, material and financial resources will be consumed. This is definitely not the situation that Qin himself wants to see.And the best situation is that the six countries lay the groundwork themselves.Qin State made greater profits from it.This is what Qin Guo hopes to see most.

The top officials of Qin State have already realized the importance of major transportation.This is also Meng Yi's own opinion.And Meng Yi's point of view is based on the application of traffic lines.

"The combat effectiveness of the Qin army is very powerful. However, the logistical supplies and reaction speed cannot be quickly improved. At present, the border of the Qin State is very large, and the number of the Qin Army is insufficient. This situation has led to a rapid decline in the mobility of the Qin State .At present, the Qin State’s railway line only has main lines, but no branch lines. Under such circumstances, Qin’s army cannot reach the place where the incident occurred quickly, which will cause Qin State to be unable to deter and control the area, which will inevitably affect Qin State’s military presence. .” Meng Yi said.

"En." Qin Wang stroked his beard and nodded in agreement with Meng Yi's opinion.

"Continue talking." Qin Wang continued to nod and said.

"In this case, the Qin army will not be able to provide a huge trade security umbrella. The minister believes that the Qin army should establish several quick-response troops. They are small, but powerful in combat, and have a very fast response speed. They can be sent to the outbreak of the incident in time place, to deal the heaviest blow to the enemy. At the same time, our supplies can be transported up in time, and the materials transported are very few. In this way, our war cost will be reduced a lot quickly. If necessary, we can When they fight, they quickly mobilize the army, and when the small-scale battle escalates, they give the large army enough time to fight for it. And these times are very precious to us." Meng Yi said.

"En. That's very reasonable. In this way, our logistics supply pressure will be greatly reduced, and such a huge and cumbersome logistics troop transport procedure will be reduced." King Qin nodded and said.

"In this war, how to transport troops and deliver supplies is also an important part. The reason why the Qin army was able to win the war was because of its excellent logistics supplies." King Qin said.

"These views put forward by the prime minister are very valuable, and I will order the staff to study them." Qin Wang nodded and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty's doing this is really a blessing for our merchants in Qin Kingdom." Meng Yi said.

"En." Qin Wang waved his hand at this time and said.

"Right now, the farmers in our state of Qin can provide enough grain, which can't be eaten up. And those merchants can provide enough taxes. These taxes can increase our state of Qin's more money, With this money, the widowed army can be mobilized, without these merchants, the widowed Qin army cannot be mobilized." Qin Wang said.

"En." Meng Yi smiled wryly from the side.What the King of Qin said was indeed true. As the army became more dependent on logistical supplies, especially after using firearms, the logistical supplies rapidly increased a lot.However, Qin's previous supplementary method of only providing food, grass and weapons was completely unsuitable.What Qin needs now is a lot of money. Without this money, it will be difficult for Qin to drive its own army. The cost of the army far exceeds that of any generation of Qin kings.

"The army needs military pay, and supplies require a lot of military expenses to buy. In addition, there are more weapons and equipment, as well as daily consumption." King Qin said swaying.

"These are all money. Merchants provide the most money. Farmers only provide food. Just food. Qin does not lack food, but money." King Qin said.

"Therefore, I am afraid that the national policy formulated by the former king will be completely changed here." King Qin said to Meng Yi.Qin Wang said it behind Meng Yi's back, as if he was saying these words alone.

Meng Yi didn't say anything, just listened silently.

The reason why the King of Qin said this is that there is no other way.With the escalation of the war, especially the reform became more and more intense.Qin State changed too fast.Except for some criminal laws that were not abolished in the previous laws, Qin State abolished almost [-]% of the legal provisions, and the legal provisions promulgated and implemented suddenly exceeded the sum of the previous laws enacted and promulgated by the Qin State.This far exceeded King Qin's expectations.This shows that Qin has changed a lot.And such a huge time span requires timely keeping up with the pace of the times in order to have such a deep understanding.Because understanding means accepting part of it.

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"Then how do you support the trade in the Western Regions?" King Qin then asked the most important question. Since Qin State wants to expand trade in all directions, and Qin State is bound to be in a leading position in trade, then the leading There must be strong superior products. If trade is carried out in the current situation, Qin State will definitely be able to open up the situation. Just the arms can open up trade for Qin State. However, Qin State also has disadvantages, such as.The distance of trade, and the cost of opening the situation at the beginning, etc.Qin's commercial center is in the Guanzhong area, and the places where trade is often carried out are border areas, and transportation costs in these areas will be higher.The state of Qin could only transport goods to an important city, but could not transport goods to more border areas.This will inevitably result in a large transportation cost.

"This, what I think for the time being, if Qin State wants to gain an absolute advantage in trade, it is bound to expand trade while building railways and road networks, and build the last section of branch railways and roads. Only in this way can Qin State Quickly start trade, and have an absolute advantage in military offensives." Meng Yi said.