The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"Is there any water," asked the lieutenant at this moment,

"Yes, sir." At this time, the sergeant took out his metal kettle and handed it to the lieutenant. The metal kettle is a material from South Korea and Zhao. This metal kettle is made of iron with some glaze on it. There will be rust, but this kind of kettle is better than those with leather bags, mainly because there is no leather smell,

"Gudongdong," the lieutenant drank a lot in one gulp,

"I didn't expect there to be so many, but this is a good thing. We don't have to fight. They surrender. The more they surrender, the easier it is to fight the war," the lieutenant said, looking back at the sergeant.

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1243 five years

"Sir, we've bombarded Sector C. Which sector is next?" an artillery major asked the artillery colonel.

"Anything, either A or B. You can choose whatever you want, as long as you can fire and shoot." At this time, the artillery colonel said after eating the can.

"Understood, sir," said the major at this time.

The artillery of the Qi army divided the entire Linzi city into several areas, and then they bombarded according to these areas.As long as they feel free, they can attack.The colonel knew very well that the bombardment had no purpose anyway, as long as the bombardment was done.

The artillery major leaves.And the colonel looked at the map and ate canned food.The bombardment is still going on, as long as the opponent does not surrender, they will continue. This situation must continue, and the balance of the war must develop towards the situation that the Qi army wants to see.

Just as the Qi army started the continuous bombardment, the Qin army and the Zhao army were having a progress meeting.

Near Langmeng County in Qin State.There is a highway between Qin State and Zhao State Handan.And a certain position on this highway is the border area between the two countries.Qin State deployed a large number of barbed wire and landmines here in response.Zhao Jun built a large number of fortifications.Although the relationship between the two sides is an ally on the surface, in fact, both sides are taking precautions.Due to the relationship between the strategic adjustment of the Qin army, the main force of the Qin army is fighting outside, and there are fewer and fewer mobile forces.The soldiers are also getting more and more nervous. Against this background, they had to choose a strategic defensive state.The Qin army would not build a large number of fortifications before, but now, the Qin army is doing so.A large number of engineering units have entered here, and they have to arrange a large number of mines and dense and large number of barbed wire here every day.The emergence of these barbed wire fences and landmines has had a huge impact on the local ecological environment.

Some wild animals, wolves, or goats, are often caught in barbed wire, or killed and injured by landmines.

The Qin army only reserved a small amount of areas as passageways. The most terrible thing is that the Qin army also arranged some fixed artillery firing positions and machine gun positions in these key positions.

On the opposite side, Zhao Jun built a large number of bunker fortifications.There is light and there is darkness.The number is quite dense.

"We have built a lot of fortifications." Wang Jian said to Li Mu with a smile.Wang Jian rushed to Taiyuan by train from Xianyang in an emergency, and then rushed here from Taiyuan. The development of transportation tools made the speed much faster.

"Hehe." Li Mu just smiled slightly.

"Sit down, let's have a good talk." Li Mu waved his hand at this moment.

"Okay." Wang Jian sat down at this moment and said.

The two sides each set up half a tent on the border line.Then arrange the meeting venues on both sides of the boundary line.

"Are you going to downsize the army to only 10?" Wang Jian asked proactively.

"Yes. Our financial situation does not allow us to arm more troops." At this time, Li Mu said proactively.

"So, is your defense safe?" Wang Jian asked at this time.

"I think it should be possible!" At this time, Li Mu said confidently.

"En. Why are you so confident?" Wang Jian asked proactively at this time.

"The situation in your state of Qin is not very optimistic. There are many ethnic minorities around you. These ethnic minorities restrain the main force of the Qin army. Your regular army has about 25 people. This number is based on your financial revenue. Within a reasonable range, according to my understanding, your Prime Minister of Qin State is very capable. Your Qin State's taxation is at a rather low level, which is an important reason for your rapid economic development." Li Mu analyzed at this time.Li Mu has very deep insights in strategy.Wang Jian admired this very much.

"But it is precisely because your financial revenue is very low, especially in terms of taxation, that the number of your troops cannot exceed this reasonable range. Your prime minister has repeatedly cut military expenditures. Trying to keep your financial revenue at a reasonable level can be Within the scope of control. It can be said that your prime minister has spent a lot of thought on this point." Li Mu looked at Wang Jian and said.

But Wang Jian just nodded silently, admitting this very frankly.In fact, what Li Mu said was not wrong. The reason why Shangwen repeatedly cut military expenditures was because the financial revenue situation was not optimistic.

Qin's low tax policy will take a long time for this.This time has become a bill established.The time is 20 years. In 20 years, Qin's taxation will maintain a fairly low tax rate.

Such a relatively low tax rate cannot meet such a huge military expenditure. From this point of view, Qin is at a level of about 25.It can be said that the scale of 25 troops is already the current limit of Qin.The scale of Qin's army has reached the peak of this period.

Fiscal revenue mainly depends on tax revenue, and if Qin State wants to maintain a fairly stable income, it can only keep the scale of tax collection expanded, and it cannot be discussed in the context of tax rates. On one level, Qin will never bypass this tax case and unilaterally raise the tax rate.

A large reason for the size of the army during the Warring States period was food, and after the implementation of a new military system.An important reason for the size of the army is economics, that is, how much financial support taxation can provide.

Qin's financial revenue is not much, and the army of this size has been borrowed to maintain it.Coupled with the sudden war expenses, Qin quickly recovered the situation by printing banknotes. If there were no banknotes, Shang Wen really couldn't imagine what would happen.

Wang Jian naturally understood.The size of the Qin army can only be like this, it is impossible to expand.If the army is expanded, the finances will be the first to collapse, and if there is no money to spend, the army will soon be exhausted.Qin is like this, so is Zhao, and wars must be calculated economically.Because the current war mode needs to rely on financial revenue, if there is no stable financial revenue, then it will fall into a great crisis.

And Zhao Guo, which is undergoing economic reform, may only be able to maintain an army of 10 people.The size of the army has a lot to do with the economy to a large extent. These troops are financial consumption. They will not produce any economic value. On the contrary, they are consumables.Very expensive consumables.

"That's right, our prime minister is very capable, and we admire it very much, but our generals hate it because he keeps cutting military expenditures. General Li, your analysis is very correct, and our domestic meetings are also like this One meaning, it is impossible for us to launch an attack on you. To be honest, Qin State is currently extremely short of mobile forces, and Qin State’s strategic reserves have already been dispatched. There is no strength to launch an attack. Even launching an attack is meaningless .” Wang Jian said.

At the National Defense Security Strategy Conference.Wang Jian agreed to take the initiative to sign a peace agreement with Zhao State, because Qin State did not have a strategic reserve team and did not have enough mobile forces to launch an attack.Qin has consumed a lot in two consecutive wars.They can no longer stand such a toss.

What can be done now is to accept Zhao Guo's suggestion and the two sides sign a peace clause.However, on the issue of the time limit of the peace clauses, the senior officials of Qin State had fierce quarrels.

Wang Jian suggested a three-year peace agreement.Shangwen suggested five years.Or it could be longer, Shangwen himself didn't know what to think, he thought that peace would be beneficial to Qin, so he hoped for a longer time, but King Qin's opinion was only two years.Because in two years, Qin State can quickly raise a considerable mobile force of the main force to defeat the Zhao army with only 10 people. The King of Qin believes that he is quite sure.

Even so, Naofumi still objected.Because, with the passage of time, many things are changing, who knows what will happen to Zhao Guoguo two years later. What will happen to the combat power of 10 troops.All this made Shang Wen feel worried.Therefore, Shang Wen opposed such a simple calculation method.Instead, within five years, use economic methods to disintegrate Zhao’s economy, especially attach Zhao’s economy to Qin’s economy, and then the two countries will develop together to form an economic community. cohesion.Thus forming the initial unification of the two countries.

But Wang Jian thinks that the time is too long, which will give Zhao a big buffer time.Although Shangwen has repeatedly emphasized.But in the end, there was still no consensus.In the end, a countermeasure was formed, which is to look at Zhao Guo's attitude, and then make corresponding adjustments according to Zhao Guo's attitude.Anyway, there are two kinds of time given by Qin State.three years.Or five years.

"I'm very envious." Li Mu said.

"There seems to be a lot in common between us, so it is possible to reach a peace agreement." Li Mu continued.

"No, not yet. How long can the peace be maintained between us?" This time.Wang Jian asked proactively.

"This." Li Mu glanced at Wang Jian.

"So, how long does General Wang think it can last?" Li Mu asked.

"Three years. Only three years." This time.Wang Jian replied.

"Hehe." Wang Jian said with a smile at this time.

"So, how long did you say?" Wang Jian asked.

Li Mu stretched out five fingers at once.

"Five years." Wang Jian said.

"At least five years, or maybe longer." Li Mu said at this time.

"Well, you are about the same time as our prime minister expected." Wang Jian said at this time.

"Oh." Li Mu nodded with interest.

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"This is about the same as our prime minister expected." Wang Jian said after hearing Li Mu's number.

"Why five years?" Wang Jian asked.

"Your prime minister should explain the reason." Li Mu said.