After the court, the officials returned to the yamen to continue to work, but the emperor was idle, slowly calculating the distribution of weapons and materials copied by Chen Zixiu from the Ministry of War.

Seeing such a huge amount of data, she was secretly speechless, and wondered in her heart: Did the Great Zhou Dynasty really raise so many soldiers? Nima has gotten half of the country's spending!

Not to mention the Xishan camp, these 100,000 troops guarding the capital must not move; Nearly 250,000 soldiers were stationed on the border between the northern Xinjiang and the barbarians, scattered in four important towns and one pass, which was a big expense every year, but every now and then they were invaded by the barbarians in the south, burning, killing and looting caused great harm to the people on the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the villagers were displaced, the farmland was not harvested, the economy was sluggish, and the population growth was stagnant. I'm embarrassed to ask myself for this and that every year...... What are the barbarians doing when they don't attack?

Gao Shenghan's eyes were slightly cold.

After careful calculation, the loss of military supplies in the west is less than half of that in the north.

There are 180,000 garrisons in the west, scattered in six towns and one pass, but there is no war, purely guarding the checkpoint to prevent border people from smuggling and smuggling. The two countries next to each other are relatively peaceful, the Black Sand Country and the Tama Country, both of which have business and trade dealings with the Great Zhou, and it would be too sad to fight a war. Although he has fought before, it is clear that only Da Zhou bullies people, but he does not have the ability to swallow the two countries. Shashaman was the proton who was sent to the Great Zhou after a certain war.

In the southwest, the garrison is 80,000, basically not worried about not being able to find food, and the imperial court only provides half of the offerings, mainly weapons and clothing, horses, vehicles, heavy weapons and other things, which is a decoration there. There are many mountains and dense forests, and it is not easy to set up a battle if you want to fight, so you can only fight in small groups one by one, and now the border is temporarily peaceful, and the main role of the army is to monitor the movements of the small southwestern countries, and by the way, to deter the border people with different cultures.

Facing the sea to the east and south, there were occasional pirates who posed a threat to merchant ships.

The Great Zhou Navy is still in the process of being formed, and the existing army is a combination of fishermen who do not enter the stream.

After reading the various materials, Gao Shenghan was even more depressed.

In particular, when she saw the coastal defense soldiers cruising out to sea in a small boat, and when they came back, they carried half a boatload of fresh fish and shrimp, and she had a feeling of irony.

However, this self-reliance also gave her a hint that it was time to change the supply of soldiers on the northern border.

Perhaps, you can get a tuntian system? In the spring and summer, half of the manpower is taken out to work and cultivate, and during the autumn harvest, military training and training are strengthened, and the defense is strengthened to prevent the barbarians from raiding and looting, and the mature grain crops in the field are transferred to the farmers in the nearby county towns and villages to help harvest them into the granary, which can be used as food for the soldiers for the time being, and there is no need to worry about which year the grain delivery of the imperial court is not timely, or it is deducted from the top to make the soldiers hungry and have no strength to fight.

On top of that, family members can be arranged!

As long as there are families of soldiers living in the area, they will work harder to fight, right? By the way, you can also develop militias or joint defense teams in each village to fight against small groups of barbarians or displaced people who invade and harass the border from time to time!

The more Gao Shenghan thought about it, the more he felt that this was feasible, after all, it was confirmed by the Shijie predecessor he was in, which could reduce military spending to the greatest extent and stabilize the people's hearts. If all the people are soldiers and know how to resist the barbarians, are you still afraid of him sneaking up and looting!

Just as he was ambitiously writing a series of measures, Gonggong Deng came in quietly and stood respectfully five meters behind him.

Gao Shenghan's body automatically sensed it as soon as he came in, and he didn't squeak until he finished writing the brief content, put down his pen, and asked, "What's the matter?" While casually wiping his hands.

"There was something wrong with the batch of goods transported from Shannan to the capital." Gonggong Deng replied cautiously, raising his eyes to look at the emperor's face, he couldn't tell between joy and anger, he tried to keep his voice as soft as possible, "Among them are the stones and wood needed to repair the emperor's ancestral hall." ”

Gao Shenghan blinked his eyes, does the ancestral hall need to be repaired? How did she not know?

Gonggong Deng knew a lot of things, and the emperor only listened to one ear and didn't take it to heart, so he had to remind: "The decision to repair was made by the clan camp, and the order will be made by the superintendent, and the emperor also approved it." Then he elaborated on the connection here.

Originally, the affairs of the royal ancestral hall were handled by the young superintendent, but the craftsmen and building materials needed for the repair were to be assisted by the superintendent. The construction period, materials, manual arrangement, etc., need to be negotiated and cooperated by the two departments, and then there is Qintian monitoring to calculate the auspicious day, which day and hour need to do which step, such as digging the foundation on the beam and tree monument or something, are particular. As soon as there is a problem with this material, the time is a bit tight, and it may not even be able to start construction at an auspicious time.

Gao Shenghan understood the key with a little thought. Not to mention the superstition of the ancients, I think that when the headquarters building of her company was built, she also invited a master to see the direction of the hour or something, and the architectural design is also very exquisite. This is Feng Shui. There is no one who does business that does not believe.

"What went wrong?" Her face was pale.

"It was said that there was a collision with homeless people on the road." Grandpa Deng's throat was a little dry.

Refugee? Bandits, right?

Gao Shenghan rolled his eyes.

The people who went to suppress the bandits here have just come back, where is there another bandit?

"Could it be that my Great Zhou specially hides filth and raises these evil people to bring disaster to the people?"

"The emperor is angry." Gonggong Deng felt slightly bitter in his heart. It is said that he is the most beautiful with the emperor, but how can he know the days of trembling every day?

After much hesitation, I chose to say it.

"The person in charge of the escort this time heard that it was a small official who the Qin family brought up after finding a way."

Gao Shenghan glared.

Why is it related to the Qin family again?

With a slight turn of his mind, he understood: This is someone who can't get used to seeing that he is arranging people for the prisoner and the young government supervisor, and wants to get Chu Yunsheng and Qin Feng down! Otherwise, how could the timing be so coincidental?

"And then? Is something damaged or a car damaged and can't be on the road for a while? ”

"I haven't heard of this old slave," Gonggong Deng flattened his mouth and said helplessly, "It's just that the old slave heard about it, it turned out that this escort errand was done by a brother-in-law of a young master on the side of the Chu family, and for some reason, he was replaced by someone from the Qin family before leaving." ”

Gao Sheng laughed coldly.

"You don't want to tell me that Qin Feng and Chu Yunsheng are competing for favor? And then the Qin family and the Chu family also secretly helped? ”

Deng Gonggong was silent. He wouldn't think it was a competition for favor between the two! Maybe the people below heard some rumors, and they each took action to earn face for the talented people!

However, he prefers to believe that someone can't get used to the emperor's meddling in mundane affairs this time, or is a thief and wants to hide something, which is why the two talented people are stumbling!

What Gonggong Deng could think of, the emperor naturally thought of it.

"Xuan, Qin Feng, Chu Yunsheng."