Fighting is a physical job, and three meals a day is the minimum requirement.

Often, in a battle of more than half a day, the soldiers are fighting with hunger, a battle of three days and three nights, the two sides fight in an upright manner, and often the final decision is nothing more than morale and physical strength.

Chen You had tasted a little instant noodles and some compressed biscuits before.

This kind of thing doesn't taste like pasta, but it has a different flavor and is still delicious.

When the Ministry of Commerce started selling it, it was also favored by caravans, and it was possible to bring a few boxes of compressed biscuits or instant noodles on a long journey, which saved a lot of unnecessary burdens and did not have to worry about starvation.

As a result, it has also been introduced to various countries, and almost without exception, the military of each country has taken it seriously and asked for procurement.

The only pity is that due to technical reasons, instant noodles and compressed biscuits cannot be stored for too long, and quicklime is used to avoid moisture, and it is about a year, and it cannot be stored on a large scale, so the procurement of various countries is also very rational.

Even so, it has added a very objective income to the country, the price of flour and wheat has risen, and the income of the people of the country has also risen.

For now, the Qilin Army is fully equipped, and almost every soldier carries a large bag of compressed biscuits with him.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was the fifth year of Taiding.

With its world-renowned achievements and various commodities, Cangguo has become a country that all countries have to pay attention to, and diplomatic relations are continuous, and even the Jin State has put down its arrogant posture and instead seeks to buy advanced weapons and equipment, as well as compressed biscuits.

Yang Mu refused very unceremoniously.

Without him, the rise of Cangguo was also watched by a group of wolves.

For example, the Jin and Chu states, as well as some other countries, secretly sent envoys to contact about technology transfer.

Without exception, they all failed.

Therefore, the relationship between Cangguo and Jin and Chu is not very harmonious, forming a very special phenomenon, that is, political affairs are political affairs, commerce is commerce, and there are not many contacts between the imperial courts, but the business exchanges between the people are very frequent and close.

In addition, there is another point that many people do not expect, and that is talent exchange.

To be precise, it is the brain drain of Cangguo.

It's not that Cangguo treats talents badly, but it is that the countries have spent a lot of money to win over the talents cultivated by Cangguo.

In the past four years, Cangguo has established a complete set of education system, nearly 30 million people, except for the elderly and children, almost all of them can read and write, under the age of 16, the number of young people who have entered the township school has reached about 60 percent, and the number of people over 16 years old and under 40 years old has also reached about 30 percent.

It is no exaggeration to say that the literate population of Cangguo today is equivalent to the sum of all countries.

When it comes to talents, the sum of all countries is far inferior.

These people are different from other countries, most of them are from poor backgrounds, so they can better understand that life is not easy, and they are more diligent and diligent, so generally those who have gone to county school are already very good, and they are worth spending a lot of money to win over.

The forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and of course there are some people who go to various countries to be officials for money.

However, the vast majority of them are still very patriotic, study step by step, take exams, and then accept assignments, and enter various county towns and 12 departments to perform their duties.

The county order is the seven-rank official.

As early as a year ago, in order to establish an order for the officialdom, Cangguo promulgated the reform, set a grade for all official positions, implemented a nine-grade eighteen-level system, and stipulated that the prince was the first grade, the two prime ministers were also the first grade, the five generalissimos of the five major legions were from the first grade, the six Shangshu were the second grade, and the squire was the third grade......

And so on, all the way to the county order, it happens to be the seventh product.

Therefore, in the past two years, the original Dong Kingdom has long been assimilated, and most of the personnel of the government are some people who have gone to school, and the cohesion of the entire Cangguo is second to none among all countries.

These changes have naturally led some countries to learn from them.

As far as Yang Mu knows, there are Ruan Guo and Yun Guo, both of which have begun to try out this system in China and established many schools.

As for the effect, then I don't know.

"My Cangguo is now capable of facing the Jin Kingdom?"

On this day, Yang Mu summoned Kong Shangxian and Fan Hongji, two prime ministers, and directly threw out this question.

"This ......"

The two prime ministers looked at each other and hesitated.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, are you preparing to fight against the Jin Kingdom?" Kong Shangxian asked.

Yang Mu shook his head: "Aiqing thinks about it a lot, it is naturally impossible for my Cangguo to do such a stupid thing, as long as the Jin Kingdom does not invade my Cangguo, try not to fight if you can, but in the past year, the Jin State has been supporting Sheng Guo openly and secretly, which is really unpleasant." ”

Kong Shangxian smiled and arched his hand: "It turns out that Your Majesty asked because of this, but the minister was too worried." However, His Majesty's consideration is also reasonable, now my Cangguo is also regarded as a million armor, and the five major armies all have an army of 200,000, if you want to destroy the Sheng Kingdom, you can wipe out the army in a battle if you wave your troops to the north, but it is a dilemma to compete with the Jin State. ”

"How? My Cangguo can't match the Jin Kingdom? ”

"No, no, Your Majesty has misunderstood what the minister meant. As we all know, last year after forcing Wei to move the capital, Wei asked for help everywhere, and finally made a truce with Ruan, although it lost a large piece of territory, but it formed an alliance and temporarily stabilized the situation, and the rest of the countries are also looking forward to the wind, and now the battle of Wei is basically over, and the next move of the Jin State is not yet known. ”

"yes."

Yang Mu sighed, as the so-called hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, Wei is such a situation, Ruan is afraid that after Wei is destroyed, a big war will break out with Jin under the condition of a great loss of his own strength, and Wei also happens to need to stabilize the situation, so this led to the two sides that were enemies, and resolutely chose to form an alliance.

This makes the situation in the countries that was originally close to clarity even more unpredictable.

It can be said that the entire kingdom of the Dali Dynasty is staring at the Jin Kingdom to see what it will do next.

Judging from the current situation, the possibility of launching a few million troops to attack Cangguo seems to be unlikely.

"The two Aiqing think that if my Cangguo is really at war with the Jin Kingdom, how sure are they?" Yang Mu asked.

"This ...... The minister thought that if it was a war this year, it would not be a problem for my Cangguo to defend the country to the death, but if it was another year or two, the two sides would have won and lost each other, either our Cangguo would be defeated by millions of Jin troops, or it would be defended. ”

"In other words, there is almost no chance of victory for my Cangguo, right?"

"From the current point of view, the expansion of the Cangguo army by one million has reached the limit, and if it is consumed for a long time, we do not have much advantage, and the Jin State is the hegemon, and it will definitely not be like the Cave State, eager to fight a decisive battle with my Cangguo, so the two sides will inevitably see-saw, and the logistics of my Cangguo will not be able to keep up."