In the meeting hall of the palace of Xinghua City, Yi Xingchen sat on the main seat.

The cabinet ministers were divided, sitting on both sides, and reported to Yi Xingchen the latest information they had about the land of the Hundred Barbarians in turn.

Especially the news from Nanban City. Although the official letter from Commander Neo requesting support from the Empire has not yet arrived in Xinghua City, Neo has also sent back the central content of this letter in less than twenty-four hours in less than twenty-four hours through the Xinghua Empire's intelligence system.

There are three main points in these core contents, including:

The first point is that the Imperial Legion has carefully surveyed the surrounding environment of Nanban City and found that it is extremely rich in resources, which can increase the resource reserves for the Empire;

The second point is that although Nanban City was invaded by some barbarians, it did not affect the sovereign control of the Xinghua Empire over Nanban City, and Nanban City was still in the hands of the Xinghua Empire;

The third point is that although the Xinghua Corps won the war, the battle revealed the military weakness of the corps - its inability to effectively deal with the enemy at high altitudes.

The core content of this information had been discussed in advance by the cabinet before it was reported to Yi Xingchen, and it was unanimously agreed that Nanban City had special geographical advantages for the Xinghua Empire and was indispensable for the future expansion of the Xinghua Empire, so it was necessary to keep the only stronghold of the Xinghua Empire in the land of the Hundred Barbarians.

For this reason, the cabinet decided that the Xinghua Empire must send military support and even reinforcements to Neo's legion after carefully reviewing these military proposals. And at all costs.

Yi Xingchen listened to the reports of all aspects of the cabinet. There was silence for a while. After pondering the information for a moment, he asked, "How can we reinforce them?"

"I recommend buying Blue Mercury's weapons. For example, anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, and heavy sniper rifles can all pose a great threat to high-flying giant eagle targets. "Minister of War Allen first reported to Yi Xingchen the military plan that had been reviewed several times in his heart.

Yi Xingchen thought for a moment and responded: "This suggestion is good, but it will take some time to buy these weapons." In the short term, I am afraid that it will not be able to support the First Army. ”

When Sheen heard this, he then added his thoughts and said, "In the Alchemy Research Laboratory, there are a small number of crystal energy guns, which can be transported over first to deter the Eagle Clan." If our army has cover, and the eagles want to attack our soldiers, they will always have to come down. As long as they come down, we will not fear them. ”

"Alchemy Research Institute. How many Crystal Energy Guns are there now?" Yi Xingchen asked.

"The Alchemy Research Institute has always been under the control of His Majesty. Sheehan replied.

Yi Xingchen turned sideways and said to Yan En, "Yan En." You send someone to count the inventory of the Alchemy Research Institute's crystal energy guns. ”

Yan En received the order and went to the Alchemy Research Institute to count the inventory of the crystal energy gun.

Yi Xingchen continued to say to the ministers: "In addition to weapons, how many troops should we reinforce?"

"In order to be able to effectively control Nanban City and the surrounding area, we need not only a strong stronghold, but also a cultural invasion. Therefore, increase the number of troops and have stronger and more powerful control over the tribes around Nanban City. Then, we had to send teachers and teach them to learn the written language, to learn the culture of the Xinghua Empire, and most importantly to educate them politically. As long as we can make their tribe stronger, they will be willing to follow us. Sheehan said.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister's words are reasonable! According to the minister's understanding, the tribal people of the Hundred Barbarian Lands lack living materials, their quality of life is extremely low, and sometimes they have to face the threats of nature, such as poisonous insects, miasma, fierce beasts, cold climate, and so on. Some tribes like to rob, and most of them have insecure survival. Lucas said.

"The legions in the empire need to be retained, continue to implement the policy of rejuvenating the Chinese people, solve the hidden dangers in the country, and it is not appropriate to transfer abroad. We can carry out conscription work in the two areas of Wangdong and Beisha. After a short period of training, these soldiers could be sent directly to Nanban City. We don't need them to fight the barbarians directly, we just need them to maintain order in the area under our control. It is expected that two corps of soldiers, six thousand people, can be called up. As long as they volunteer to join the army, we can give them the right to be a citizen, the right to vote and the right to be elected. Alan said.

"Can the combat effectiveness of these recruits be guaranteed?Can their loyalty be trusted?I don't want these reinforcements to be a burden to the Empire. Yi Xingchen said.

"In the Empire's officer training camp, there will be a new batch of officers who will graduate, and they can use scientific methods to effectively train new recruits. Then, we can select those tested soldiers from the new regiment, match them with rifles, and form a rifle team...... As long as the number of bullets is effectively controlled, there is no need to worry that they will rebel. Alan said.

Yi Xingchen pondered for a moment, agreed to the ministers' suggestion, and said, "Allen, you are in charge of recruitment. Sheehan, you arrange the industrial zone and provide the recruit corps with enough weapons and equipment. Lucas, logistics, you catch it, you can't go wrong. Brian, you are responsible for monitoring public opinion in the country and providing the latest information; Charlie, there must be no chaos in the country, and the police in all localities must continue to strictly pay close attention to law and order and cooperate with the implementation of policies. ”

Cabinet ministers agreed in unison.

At this time, Yan En came back and reported to Yi Xingchen: "Alchemy Research Institute, there are a total of seventy crystal energy guns and twenty crystal energy cannons. ”

Yi Xingchen thought for a moment and said, "Fifty crystal energy guns, packed neatly, along with the latest batch of ammunition supplies, will be escorted by the Xinghua Royal Guards to Nanban City. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" replied.

After the cabinet meeting, Yi Xingchen returned to the palace bedroom to rest.

Yi Xingchen left Liu Yiyi on Xinghua Island, the two of them, after all, have not yet married, and their names are not right, he is embarrassed to really leave Liu Yiyi in the palace, in that case, it will add to the tongue of others, and secondly, it will damage the reputation of the girl.

After resting for a while, Yi Xingchen crossed the space passage and returned to Xinghua Island.

Return to Hinghua Island. Yi Xingchen wanted to meet the ambassador of Huaguo. Unexpectedly. A guard told him that the ambassador of Hua Guo had come to see him. Yi Xingchen was not there, and it was Liu Yiyi who received the ambassador of China instead of Yi Xingchen.

When Yi Xingchen heard this, he waved his hand to let the guards retreat first, and after cleaning up a little, he went to see Liu Yiyi and personally asked Liu Yiyi about the intention of the ambassador of Huaguo.

Liu Yiyi told Yi Xingchen. The main reason why Ambassador Hua came to see him was to express one meaning. That is the arms that the Mi Flag country can provide, and China can also provide it.

Yi Xingchen thought about it, and suddenly understood what Ambassador Hua Guo said and the meaning behind it. Obviously, the Chinese side is worried that the Miqi Congress has robbed their arms customers, and is worried that Xinghua Island will be moved by the Miqi State, and will bypass Huaguo and cooperate with the Miqi State, resulting in the collapse of the original military transaction between Huaguo and Xinghua Island.

For Huaguo. Although Xinghua Island is a small country, it is a small country. But it is a big arms business, and they don't want to lose the customer of Xinghua Island. Moreover, it is also Xinghua that the Chinese side has understood that Xinghua Island has some special advantages, such as Xinghua Mall.

Therefore, as far as China is concerned, it may not be the most important thing whether Xinghua Island has regular arms transactions with them, but they do not want to lose this connection, and they hope to maintain a stable relationship with Xinghua Island.

Yi Xingchen thought about it and probably understood his advantages. Since Hua Guo asked him, he could also do his own things by the way.

However, no matter what the attitude of the Chinese side is, Yi Xingchen does not intend to really put all the air weapons transactions on the Chinese side, which is not only too risky, but also impossible for the Chinese side to be satisfied under the tight schedule. After all, he urgently needs a batch of high-altitude weapons now, and if he buys all of them from Huaguo, the distance is a little far away, and it is not the best choice.

In Africa, China's presence is not as good as that of the United States and Europe. There is only one way for China to transport weapons. This approach takes time.

Yi Xingchen needs to purchase a small number of anti-aircraft weapons in order to deal with and strengthen the situation in Nanban City. He didn't know if there would be any new changes in Nanban City.

Therefore, Yi Xingchen asked James and Scarlett to contact the arms dealer. Whoever can provide a batch of anti-aircraft machine guns or anti-aircraft guns to Xinghua Island in the fastest time, Xinghua Island will pay in full for a batch. In addition, by the way, they were asked to purchase sniper rifles with the longest range.

James and Scarlett, who used to be commercial spies, eventually got married. Yi Xingchen specifically allowed the two of them to join Xinghua and become permanent residents of Xinghuaguo. James works in the Heunghwa Island Intelligence Bureau, and Scarlett is his assistant. In Blue Mercury, they had been in contact with arms dealers and knew a lot of things, so Yi Xingchen gave them this task.

James and the others received the task and learned about Yi Xingchen's requirements, so they contacted their network as soon as possible.

It didn't take long for James to report that there was an arms dealer in South Africa who represented the weapons and equipment of the United States, and had 10 anti-aircraft guns and 1,000 shells in stock, and the price was 500,000 dollars a piece, and 1,000 dollars a shell. The arms dealer had wanted to take advantage of the military conflict in southern Africa to sell to a certain country in southern Africa. Unexpectedly, the head of the government of that country was killed in the fighting, and the transaction was suspended.

Yi Xingchen didn't say a word, allocated funds to James, and told him that as long as there was no problem with the quality, he would buy them all. In addition, the arms dealer is required to provide a detailed instruction manual.

James was ordered to speak to the arms dealer at once.

After negotiating the deal, James expected to be able to transport the anti-aircraft guns back to Xinghua Island within two days.

Yi Xingchen was relieved to get James's answer.

Then, Yi Xingchen summoned Ambassador Huaguo.

Ambassador Huaguo, Zhang Yuanhang saw Yi Xingchen again, and had to sigh at his youth. Zhang Yuanhang knew that Yi Xingchen was the same age as his son, but he had never underestimated him.

Yi Xingchen was originally an ordinary young man from China, he did not graduate from college, and he encountered some things in China, but after going abroad, he went into the sea like a dragon and tossed out a lot of incredible things. For example, the space ring, so far no scientist in a country has cracked the mystery, let alone copied a space ring. Another example is laser guns, various advanced countries, including China, have developed a large number of laser weapons, but the progress is limited, and the laser has to be developed to the extreme in civilian use. It's still not as good as a super laser gun launched by Xinghua Island. There are also some extraordinary achievements, all kinds of magical potions, magic staffs, etc., Zhang Yuanhang simply wants to dig out Yi Xingchen's head to take a look. Of course, Zhang Yuanhang never thought that Yi Xingchen invented and created these things, he just wanted to know who was behind Yi Xingchen.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Yuanhang has stayed on Xinghua Island.

However, after staying on Xinghua Island for a long time, Zhang Yuanhang gradually fell in love with this island. Because there are friendly residents, delicious food, great music, and great spiritual enjoyment (spiritual space experience hall)......

Zhang Yuanhang didn't dare to underestimate Yi Xingchen, any person who can hold power should not be underestimated.

"Hello, Ambassador Zhang, and welcome. Yi Xingchen stood up and greeted Zhang Yuanhang.

Yi Xingchen respected Zhang Yuanhang and took the initiative to reach out. Yi Xingchen's attitude towards Zhang Yuanhang is friendly, in addition to Huaguo is an ally of Xinghua, he was born in Huaguo, and always has a sense of closeness to Huaguo, which is also one of the reasons.

Zhang Yuanhang held Yi Xingchen's hand and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Yi." ”

The two sat in the living room, and Yi Xingchen ordered the personal guards to serve tea.

"Ambassador Zhang, do you want to see me this time?" Yi Xingchen asked first.

"I heard that your country has purchased a batch of weapons from the Miqi country, so I will take a look to see if your country still needs any weapons...... The weapons that the Miqi country can provide, we can also provide in China, and the quality is guaranteed!" Zhang Yuanhang said straight to the point.

When Yi Xingchen heard this, he smiled and said, "Haha, Ambassador Zhang has seen the outside." I have never underestimated Huaguo's weapons. You must know that Xinghua Island and China are allies, and we absolutely do not want the stable relations between the two countries to be affected in any way. As for the purchase of weapons by our country, it is based on certain factors, something that happened by chance. ”

Regarding Yi Xingchen's explanation, Zhang Yuanhang is still quite satisfied. Obviously, there is some kind of deal between Xinghua Island and the Miqi country. As long as this kind of transaction does not affect China's national interests, Zhang Yuanhang does not care too much. Moreover, Yi Xingchen also expressed his intention that the purchase of weapons from the Mi Flag Country was an accidental event, and Xinghua Island did not have to continue to buy them in the future. Of course, Zhang Yuanhang would not be presumptuous and think that Xinghua Island could only or had to buy weapons from Huaguo. He believes that if the Chinese side fails to come up with some preferential treatment, Xinghua Island may reduce its arms purchases from China, and this will undoubtedly be unfavorable to China. (To be continued.) )