"What are you talking about?" Newton asked curiously, he felt that this Qin officer must have noticed something, something he hadn't noticed. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Sir, I think that we are a newly formed military worry, there are a lot of communication problems, our mobility is very strong, but mobility, we need to disperse our actions, which is easy to have a big communication problem, our troops are in rapid mobility, the battlefield situation changes quickly, if we can't understand these situations in time, or if we change some deployments, our army can't make adjustments, the situation will be very bad." Bai Chen said.

"Hmm." Newton nodded. He felt that this suggestion was very constructive, because they were combat units at the regimental level, and they often carried out some scattered combat missions. In this way, it is difficult to guarantee the integrity of their establishment. Plus these are new recruits, they have too little experience, and it's easy to mess up.

But for such a thing, Newton did not have a good solution.

"Okay, this thing, let's see how the drill goes, and then say, okay?" Newton said.

"Yes, sir." The crowd nodded. This concludes the meeting.

Northern Xinjiang, inside Li Xin's headquarters.

"Growing cotton? Can these flowers be sold? One of my dignified soldiers actually asked us to plant flowers, and that's what only women do. Li Xin immediately shook his head and objected when he heard the suggestion of his subordinate staff officers, because he felt that this was the work of women. His subordinates could have imagined that they would come up with such a suggestion.

"Oh, no, sir, you misunderstood what I meant." Li Tong immediately explained.

"Cotton is a crop that can produce the same catkins as catkins, and a large amount of such floc is needed in the smokeless gunpowder guns and bullets of the Qin State at present. However, there was no such crop in Qin, only willow trees could provide it, but the yield was very scarce. Cotton, on the other hand, can provide such wadding. And the production is very huge, with just a little land, we can produce a lot to meet our weapons needs. Li Tong explained.

"Oh. Is that so? Li Xin asked curiously. He knew the power of smokeless gunpowder bullets, this kind of bullets were huge, the range was long, and the gunpowder residue was very small, this kind of bullets were liked by the Qin officers and soldiers, but the cost was very expensive. The amount of equipment available in a year is very limited. Many times, Qin officers and soldiers still needed to use black powder guns and bullets. Although the chemists of the Qin State were already searching for the ideal gunpowder, the problem remained unsolved, because the cost could not be solved with the new gunpowder.

"Is it true what you said?" Li Xin was suspicious.

"It's true. Sir. Li Tong said.

"I have some samples here, I can take a look at them, sir." As he spoke, Li Tong took out the sample that Wang De gave him.

"This is white cotton, which is the smokeless gunpowder we use now." Li Tong explained.

"Cotton can produce cotton wool, it can nitrate well to get smokeless gunpowder, and now what we need to do is to promote this cotton. But our people don't know how this cotton is grown, otherwise it will be difficult to do business. Li Tong suggested.

"Hmm." Li Xin looked at the cotton. He watched it repeatedly.

"Therefore, my suggestion is to plant abroad, especially in the plains of Dawan country, we understand that there are abundant land resources, water sources are abundant, and the conditions are very satisfying, and we can solve all the problems as long as we plant them on a large scale. Sir. Li Tong said.

"You said, I understand. We just need to grow cotton on a large scale in that place, okay? Li Xin asked.

"Yes. Sir. Li Tong nodded.

"But we don't have much money, and that's it, we don't know how to grow cotton." Li Xin still has some worries.

"Sir, we just need to control and solve the problem of the land, and that's it." Li Tong reminded.

"Oh. That's right. We are soldiers, as long as we control the land. That's it. Li Xin nodded and said.

"Just do this, think of a way, but before that, we have to tell the Prime Minister's Mansion and let them know what we are going to do?" Li Xin said.

"As for the idea of the General Staff, they don't know much about the economy." Li Xin said.

The telegram was quickly sent to the Ministry of Defense, because the Western Regions was the first strategic direction, and the telegram in this direction was processed faster than in other directions.

"This Li Xin can really think nonsense." Wei Yu looked at Li Xin's telegram and said.

"What's wrong?" Meng Tian asked.

"Planting cotton, they want to go to Dawan to grow cotton." Wei Yi said.

"This cotton is capable of making large quantities of smokeless gunpowder gun shells. As long as it is promoted, our bullet problem will be solved. Wei Yu said.

"But why don't we plant in the territory of the Qin State, in this case, wouldn't it be a little safer, you know, in the territory of the Qin State, it is much safer." Meng Tian said.

"Hmm. I also understand this, but the way Li Xin wants to do it is definitely to monopolize it. They want to expand their interests. And a military operation was launched on it. Wei Yu said.

"This is something that needs to be strictly controlled by them, so that the merchants are at the forefront. Instead of us being at the forefront. Meng Tian said.

"Well, we also have to grow some cotton in our country to meet the most basic needs, and the rest, leave them alone. Let them do it themselves. Wei Yu thought for a moment and said.

"I think it's better to deal with it like this." Meng Tian said.

"Growing cotton, if it can generate a lot of demand, may also be an economic incentive." Meng Tian continued.

"Hmm. You're right, it's also a good economic motivator. This matter is beyond Li Xin's purview, and we can tell the prime minister and let them decide what to do. Wei Yu said. Immediately, Wei Yu asked his assistant to hand over the report to Shang Wen.

"Well, it's good to go to Dawan to plant cotton." Shang Wen said after reading the report.

"In this way, Qin's ammunition problem can be solved, not only these, but also control some areas." Shang Wen said.

"Perhaps, cotton is the kind of cash crop we need. This cash crop is able to meet the needs of most of us all. Shang Wen said. Then Shang Wen took care of the report. His instructions were to let as many merchants as possible into it. There is not a word about the domestic production of cotton.