Qin State, Xianyang.

"The number of orders from the Tocharians is staggering. This is for a country with a population of only a million, and the number of weapons they need can already equip them twice. And it was the Tocharians, and all the people went to serve as soldiers. Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"That's good." Shang Wen said after listening to Meng Yi's complaints.

"What? You say, good? Meng Yi said worriedly.

"If the Tocharians turn their guns on us, we can't say anything." Meng Yi said.

"Hmm. What if the Tocharians resold to the Sabbatarians? Shang Wen said.

"As I recall, the Sabbatarians seem to have turned their way to attack a country to the west of them, and if they attacked, they would need to have an advantage in weapons, and the Sabbath cavalry may not be able to have an absolute superiority yet, so the only way they may have it is to be armed with a large number of firearms, but based on the state of our transportation in Dawan, we may not be able to meet their needs. So, they switched to the more expensive military weapons of the Tocharian side, don't forget. We helped them with a lot of weapons from the beginning. So they definitely have a good reason to sell their weapons to the Tocharians. Shang Wen said.

"In that case, then they're too damned." Meng Yi scolded angrily.

"We're making a small amount of money, but they're making most of it." Meng Yi said.

"Therefore, the next step is to open up the channel of Dawan, and set up some rifle arsenals there to meet such needs, because war can greatly stimulate military production and corresponding material demand, and our Qin State has a great advantage in this regard." Shang Wen said.

"Hmm." Meng Yi nodded.

"However, I think it's better to think about it in connection with other things." Shang Wen said.

"The War Department plans to reorganize the Army. And in the Western Regions we need to build factories, but the labor force is very short, the local people in the Western Regions have been engaged in farm labor, there is a need for a large number of labor, but they have certain skills, and the ability to learn is very strong, at the same time, if the army is reorganized, we will have to eliminate some indigenous people, or ethnic minorities, if they are allowed to retire, they who have mastered military skills may be called the existence of a potential threat to the Qin State. Shang Wen said worriedly.

"This possibility exists, we have to take this into account, if they exist, it will cause a big security risk, we need to mobilize more military forces, as well as financial funds to solve their problems, which is very bad for us, there is only one way, that is, find a way to digest them." Give them a certain number of jobs, and the pay may outweigh the possibility of learning military skills, and in this case, they will become industrial workers. Shang Wen said.

"But what about a large number of farms?" Meng Yi asked.

"With machinery, or with more slaves, I think the Indians in the South might be more qualified for that." Shang Wen said.

"Hmm. Well, maybe you're right. However, for the time being, how do you deal with the relationship between ethnic minorities, which is what I am most concerned about. If you can properly solve this matter, the Qin State will be very touched. Meng Yi said.

"We changed the hukou system, that is, to give them the opportunity to join the Qin nationality, so that they have a place to give full play to their talents. After these people retire, they can choose industrial workers and stay in the Western Regions, they can take their families over, let them learn the culture of Qin, and eventually they will gradually become Qin, this is the assimilation policy, so that we can get enough soldiers, as well as a large number of industrial workers. In the Western Regions, we need some factories to do these things, and I think they can do that. Shang Wen said.

"For example, in the carriage factory, a large number of parts and components are purchased from South Korea and Zhao, and the local assembly needs to be carried out, which requires labor, the people of the Western Regions, the mountain people, and the Huns, we can accept them." Shang Wen said.

"If you want to develop the Western Regions, you must accept a large number of locals and let them become Qin people." Shang Wen said.

"Hmm." Meng Yi nodded.

"Can this be done by changing their household registration?" Meng Yi was skeptical.

"Yes, thinking that the treatment is improving, they don't have a strong sense of the state in the first place, as long as they retire from the army, they understand what they will do. And we will transfer some of them to the reserve and become the military force of the Qin State at any time. Part of the population of the Qin State does not necessarily have to increase the birth rate to increase the number of people, we also need an open spirit to absorb some different races from the outside world to join it, and as for the demand for slaves, we can turn to the Indians in the direction of the Yue clan to meet our needs. Shang Wen said.

If the Qin State develops the Western Regions, it must develop industry, but the demand for agriculture cannot be ignored, the agriculture of the Western Regions is based on the slaves of the Western Regions, and some of these slaves have been released from slavery to become soldiers of the Qin army, but if the development of industry, a large number of labor is needed, which is an irreconcilable contradiction. However, this contradiction had to be stopped in front of the development of industry in the Qin state, because industry could bring greater profits, and the farms of the Qin state mainly exported some agricultural products to the six countries of the Kwantung region, and the cheap agricultural products of the Qin state washed away the agricultural base of the six countries of the Kwantung region. The six Kwantung countries could only expand their agriculture overseas, but the demand for slaves was enormous.

Labor has become a key to restricting the development of the Western Regions of Qin, and Qin can only solve the problem by freeing slaves, but Shang Wen is very clear that it is unlikely that Qin will solve such a thing, because if the slaves are freed, the price will be that Qin will relax the management of farms, and a large number of farms will be shelved, which is unlikely to be done unless a large number of agricultural machinery is used. And the only solution in the short term is to use the Indy slaves from the direction of the Yue.

The emancipated slaves would become a supplementary labor force and contribute to the industrial development of the Western Regions of the Qin State, which was a compromise strategy for partial emancipation, for which Shang Wen believed that it should be able to meet the needs of the Qin State, but it was very unrealistic to completely liberate the slaves, and Shang Wen could only do this. Because this can increase the population of Qin, so that Qin can effectively control the Western Regions. It's the best way to do it.