"Your Majesty, the foreign minister has one more request. The treasury of my Ruan country is tight, and the nobles in the country also have the heart to share the worries of the imperial court, and they also want to buy a batch of weapons to support the front line. ”

"Hmm...... You mean, buy in the name of a caravan? Yang Mu's eyes froze.

"Exactly, please also ask Your Majesty to relieve the sincere heart of the foreign minister, he will be rewarded in the future." Ruan Funing arched his hand and said: "Our nobles don't ask for too many weapons, they only need to pay for thirty percent of this." ”

"Then the price ......"

"The foreign minister is willing to pay seven million taels!"

Yang Mu sneered in his heart, what kind of idea Ruan Funing had made was already obvious, if he really wanted to share his worries for the country, why not donate the silver taels to the imperial court, but instead use a higher price to buy weapons privately?

The reason for this is just that they want to equip private soldiers and support their own troops.

Yang Mu dared to guarantee that once these weapons arrived in Ruan State, none of them would fall into the hands of the Empress of Ruan State, and these nobles patted their butts and equipped the army, and not a single soldier was reluctant to send them to the front line.

Their usefulness is only to add some bargaining chips for Ruan Funing, the king of Ning, in the possible seizure of the throne in the future, or a means of self-protection for him.

However, Yang Mu didn't seem to have the need to refuse him.

First, Cangguo has gained such a large amount of income, why not?

Second, although the two countries are allies and have no conflict of interest at present, they will not be able to ambush a mine in the enemy camp, and the more unstable the strength of the Ruan State, the more they have to rely on the Cang State.

Based on these two points, Yang Mu didn't want to refuse this matter, looking at those arms dealers in history, who didn't want other countries to be as chaotic as possible? In order to sell weapons, he did not hesitate to take the initiative to provoke wars in other countries and sell arms on a large scale.

Cangguo now has a million armor, because the treatment of the soldiers is very good, so the annual military expenditure is very large, just talking about military pay and food salary, it will cost more than 10 million taels, plus weapons and equipment, replacement of war horses, etc., at least 20 million taels.

Such a large army is difficult for any country to bear.

Even three years ago, neither Shengguo nor Dongguo could afford to raise such an army.

At least this year's military spending has been earned back through the procurement of Chu and Ruan, and Cangguo will have greater human and financial resources to improve infrastructure, improve people's happiness and sense of gain, and become a rich country that is the envy of all countries.

"Your envoy rest assured, I still allow such trivial matters, if there is any need in the future, your envoy may wish to ask the guards to send a letter over, and my Cangguo is also willing to cooperate with you."

"Minister, thank you!"

Ruan Funing was overjoyed, he was still very nervous before, worried about whether Yang Mu would refuse, but now it seems that there is no need to worry about this matter at all, the emperor of Cangguo is like a shrewd businessman, as long as the silver is enough, he doesn't care what you are for.

After dealing with this matter, the two parties agreed on the payment date, and Ruan Funing left with a thousand thanks.

"Shen An, inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, secretly inform the rest of the princes of Ruan Guo about King Ning's purchase of weapons today, and ask them if they want to buy them, hundreds of thousands of weapons, and I can still get them." Yang Muyin smiled.

"Yes, the minion will go and command."

After doing all this, Yang Mu thought about another piece of news that the envoys of the Ruan State said, that is, the Jin State was preparing to attack the Chu State.

In any case, it sounds a little ridiculous.

What benefits can the Jin State do if it attacks the Chu State? Even if the territory is captured, it will not be able to be effectively managed, and it will not be able to defend it at all.

Besides, such a long front, the transportation of logistics and materials must be a very big problem, and when it arrives in Chu State, it is a foreign battle, not to mention the unfamiliar water and soil and terrain problems, it is said that if the back road is cut off, the consequences are incalculable.

If you look at the map, the state of Wu among the two cooperative countries is closer to the state of Chu, and the state of Jin attacking the state of Chu seems to be of greater benefit to the state of Wu.

Could it be that the Jin State was willing to act as a pawn for the Wu State?

Yang Mu couldn't figure it out, although the emperor of the Jin State was not a talented monarch, and he couldn't see any qualifications that surpassed the first emperor of the Jin State, but this appetite was much greater than that of the emperors of the Jin Kingdom.

Moreover, this is no longer a question of appetite, how could a person who could win the throne of the Jin Kingdom in the infighting between the kings make such a rash decision?

For a while, he couldn't figure it out.

There was no way, he had to write this matter on a piece of paper and wait for it to be handed over to the courtiers tomorrow to consider, believing that Kong Shangxian and Fan Hongji and other old ministers would discuss a solution.

"By the way, let the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Officials organize a national strategy examination across the country, and I will personally write the questions and select a group of auxiliary ministers to give advice to the country." Yang Mu said.

"Please also make it clear to Your Majesty."

Shen An didn't know why, and he was very puzzled in his heart, it seemed that there was no such thing as an auxiliary minister in Cangguo at present, what his position was, and how many grades of official residence he had, he didn't know what he knew.

"You just go and make the decree, and I will arrange the rest."

"Yes! Minions obey! ”

Yang Mu waved his hand and began to drive the Yuling Palace, thinking about how to build this auxiliary minister along the way.

In fact, the so-called auxiliary ministers are equivalent to an advisory body and a think tank, which is somewhat similar to the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, but does not have so much power, and is not required to deal with specific state affairs, mainly responsible for research and providing some investigation and analysis.

For example, the news of the Jin State's attack on the Chu State this time, if there is a cabinet, it can be studied slowly, and how to deal with it is better than a few highest-level studies, and it would be better if it could provide some all-round analysis and evaluation.

Of course, such a group of advisers cannot be appointed by ministers within the court, but must mainly be selected from the grassroots level, and they must not only have farsightedness and sagacity, but also have experience in the civilian and grassroots government offices.

Of course, this matter is not urgent, it must not be a day's work for a big country to raise troops, the preparatory work in the early stage is even longer than the official start of the war, and Cangguo does not have to be too anxious, while determining the reliability of this matter, while deploying defenses on the western border and the northern border, beware of Chu Guosheng attacking the east and west, and give Cangguo a head-on blow.

After all, it's not just Ruan Guo who is worried about being attacked by the Jin State, Cangguo also has this worry, although the Cangguo State that entered the country has enough strength to fight with the Jin State, but I am afraid that there will be some omissions, otherwise it is likely to be fatal.