Chapter One Hundred and Eight

[Ask the king to make a decision: the Minister of War comes to ask for an audience, says that the weapons of the army in the country are old, and asks for new soldiers to be replaced, whether to agree, 'yes' or 'no']

At the same time, the "hourglass of decision-making" pattern in the treasury also moved.

Zhang Xun stretched out his hand to extract the hourglass of decision-making, and learned the decision-making time this time: four days.

Zhang Xun looked at it, and threw the decision-making hourglass back into the treasury as if nothing had happened, and his brows furrowed.

His eyes couldn't help but fall on the two points of light of "army" and "finance" under the fortunes of the country.

After the previous decision, the financial situation was slightly higher and the military indicators were stable, and this time the decision is obviously related to these two indicators.

"Weapons replacement, it seems that Yingyang is likely to not have a complete military industry, and the Minister of War asked me to order the creation of new soldiers, that is to say, there is no weapon reserve, but the process of using and building. ”

According to the information in the white paper, Yingyang and the surrounding four countries are mainly infantry operations, the specific situation is not reflected in the book, there are very few cavalry in Yingyang, mainly because the country is mountainous, not suitable for cavalry combat, so Yingyang is always mostly infantry, according to the natural danger defense, the offensive power is never enough. ”

"Most of the weapons in the army are ordinary swords, and some are bows and arrows, and there is no organization of industrial research and development, so the meaning of the Minister of War is obviously to refine a batch of previous weapons and replace the old with the new. ”

"The military is the most direct tool for the royal family to control the entire country, and it should be guaranteed, and the financial situation is still ......"

Zhang Xun kept thinking about it, the white thoughts in his heart flickered like a dark fire in the night sky, and his heart was inclined to agree.

But after all, the light curtain was closed and put on hold for the time being.

The time for this decision is indeed very generous, and I don't know what it was calculated on, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that he has four days, and he is not in a hurry.

"I'll go back tomorrow, and I'll be able to return to Cheonan the day after tomorrow, and I'll talk to someone else when the time comes." ”

Zhang Xun secretly made a decision, then climbed into bed, read a few pages, and fell asleep.

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Eagle Fly.

It's still daytime.

The Minister of War, the Earl of Bolton, slowly walked out of the palace, and out of the palace gate, there was a wide street, this minister was close to the year of retirement, and his temples were already starry and gray, and he was the deputy of the military department three years ago, and then he was promoted, and he has been sitting in this position for three years.

The Earl of Bolton did not look like a soldier, at least not in appearance, his stature was mediocre, there was no appearance of tall and bravery, and his countenance always showed a sense of harmony, lacking the sharpness and decisiveness that a minister of war should have.

However, he has one enviable ability, which is luck.

Since he entered politics, he has been stormy for decades, but wherever there is a great responsibility that befalls him, he has always been in a deputy position, so that responsibility and the risks that match it have always been taken over by his immediate superiors, and he has avoided several disasters at all.

As for when he became a regular post and was in charge of one place, that aspect was strangely "smooth in the wind and rain", for example, three years ago he was in charge of the first place in the military department, so in the past three years, although there have been small waves in the whole Yingyang, but there has not really been a major war, this kind of calm and stable life makes Bolton very satisfied.

Even the countless nobles under its cover are very satisfied, after all, only the nobles can live comfortably in the world that is not changing.

Bolton is not a person who likes dictatorship and monopoly, so the authority in his hands is also greatly distributed, and he is idle, and he needs to handle only those more important things, and the replacement weapon naturally belongs to this list.

If the old king was still there, the old king, who had a temperament similar to Bolton's, would generally gladly agree to this kind of thing, after all, there were enemies all around, and raising troops was an important matter, but now that the new king had ascended the throne, things were not so smooth.

Therefore, the Earl of Bolton, who did not get the ideal answer, now has a slightly bad face.

This emotion was so obvious on his face that when the Earl of the Demon Mountain, who was guarding outside the palace, saw him, his heart sank slightly.

"Count Bolton, how are the things?

Bolton waved his hand, as if dissatisfied with the eagerness of the Magic Mountain.

"Let's go, talk as we go. ”

Leaving this sentence behind, Bolton walked forward slowly, and the Magic Mountain hurriedly followed.

The two of them didn't bring their entourage, just walked slowly on the street of the royal capital, and after walking for a while, Bolton felt that it was almost enough, and then said: "There should be no problem, but the little king hasn't agreed for the time being, he just said that he wants me to go back first, and he needs to think about it." ”

"That's it?" Moshan asked, raising an eyebrow.

"What more do you want?" said the Minister of War's face, the flesh of his cheeks drooped a little. The two gray eyes were dull.

Demon Mountain hurriedly smiled and said, "I think that the little king's attitude towards you, an important minister, is somewhat arrogant. ”

"What are you talking about, how can you be humble to me when he is a king?"

"But after all, you are an old minister, he has just sat on the throne, and you must always have some respect for the important minister. ”

Bolton shook his head and said: "Demon Mountain, don't coax me with this kind of words, you know my character, Your Majesty is in charge of the throne for the first time, and you still need my best assistance, I am also old, I can't sit in this position for long, I don't care what his attitude is, I just hope that Ying Yang is alive and well." Ying Yang is very small and can't withstand infighting, so don't say such things, it's not a good thing to stir up harmony between the monarch and the minister. ”

"I understand, thank you for your teachings, but this armament is an important matter, and it cannot be delayed, and if the new majesty does not handle it well, it is always bad to delay it. Magic Mountain said again.

Bolton was noncommittal, just squinted at him and said: "It's because you're in a hurry, right, I heard that you have recently recruited a group of metallurgical craftsmen, and even dug up an alchemist with a lot of money, these people, if you don't start work, you will lose money, right?" ”

The Magic Mountain laughed.

Burton continued: "The territory you bought from Baron Nash before, and now you can justifiably start a mine, this is nothing, but I still want to tell you, this time I can hand over the business of building weapons to you, this business will make you a lot of money, but there is one thing, you have to pay attention, the quality of this batch of weapons must be guaranteed, after all, this is to be used to arm the army, it is used to defend the eagle, you can make money, but the quality must be passed." ”

Hearing this, Mo Shan straightened his chest and patted his chest, and said with a serious face: "You can definitely rest assured of this, I know the severity!"

"Hmm. Burton was pleased with his statement.

Seeing this, Demon Mountain also smiled again: "By the way, the day before yesterday, I bought a batch of good things from the merchants of the Southern Kingdom, and I have sent someone to your mansion before, I hope that Lord Earl will not dislike it." ”

Bolton nodded without moving, and didn't bother to pretend to refuse, so he nodded calmly and accepted.