"So what should I do next? I heard that the empire is negotiating with the Great Song Dynasty, if the negotiations can't be reached, shouldn't we drive the fleet over and scare them? As soon as Bo Jiao heard Hong Tao say this, he knew that he couldn't run away, and he soon entered the role of prime minister and began to plan for the future of the empire.

"The matter of diplomatic negotiations is for the Minister of Civil Affairs, and whether or not you need to use force must first listen to his advice and then approve it through Parliament, provided that you have to show sufficient reasons to persuade them to agree. I remind you to pay attention to one problem, it is best not to talk lightly about the end of the war, whether it is an imperial soldier or a Great Song soldier, it is human life. Moreover, it would not be of the slightest benefit to the empire to defeat the Great Song Dynasty and make it a mortal enemy. If you can solve things with wisdom, use your brain first. This is where Hong Tao is most worried about Bo Jiao, he followed him around to burn and loot everywhere in his youth, and did not have a comprehensive understanding of society, people, and the world during the most important period of the formation of his outlook on life, and his personality was a little extreme.

“…… Brain...... Alas, that's what I'm missing! "Bo Jiao is really modest, and he directly called himself a fool.

"Uncle, why don't we expand the army! If the ports of the Empire are all open, who wants to come, these warships and hundreds of marines are not enough at present, right? "Actually, Bo Jiao is not brainless, he just doesn't like to move, you force him.

"Go on!" Hearing Bo Jiao say this, Hong Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief. This is Bo Jiao's strength, if you want to keep this foundation, you can't just have a brain and no big fist.

"In my experience in the port of Kalamba, it is important to make a port completely safe. Not only do you need warships, you also need an army that can fight. I have a good understanding of the current size of the Imperial fleet, excluding the normal supply fleet, escort fleet, and garrison fleet. There are less than thirty mobile forces that can be mobilized, and that's not counting the port of Muska. Once both Jinhe Bay and Mayi Port are opened, we will need a patrol fleet, and we will not even have twenty warships at our disposal, and if something happens, we will only be able to barely cope with it. If you catch up with two places at the same time, it will be troublesome. "Speaking of issues related to war, especially naval warfare. Bo Jiao immediately seemed to be a different person, and he didn't have a sad face, and he didn't even stumble.

"Go on!" Hong Tao did not say anything. He wanted to see how many things Bo Jiao could think of, and whether he could reluctantly become the prime minister of this empire.

"In addition to the warships, the batteries in Jinhe Bay and Mayi Harbor also have to be increased, and they are a little less now. You probably don't know. The naval gun is not accurate when placed on the ship. But it's not the same when you put it on a casemate. It is very accurate within 500 meters, as long as our batteries are built strong and high enough, and there are enough land forces to protect it, the enemy can sink as many warships as possible, but it is easy to use! "Hong Tao doesn't object, that's encouragement in disguise, this situation Bo Jiao saw a lot when he was a child, as long as he met Hong Tao like this. Just say it, whether it's right or wrong. In the end, all I get is praise.

"Well, to expand the Royal Navy, you can go and discuss with Minister Kong. Since this money must be spent, then don't pick and shrink, build 12 if you should build 10 ships, and leave some wealth. I've done it for you, and it's one of the quid pro quo that I don't use my veto power on the question of the prime minister. Five additional batteries were to be built on the islands outside the mouth of the Golden River and the port of Mayi, each equipped with five of the latest 200 mm extended naval guns, as well as several small-caliber naval guns and deck guns. Think about it again, is there anything else that needs to be strengthened? Regardless of whether the parliament agrees or disagrees with Bo Jiao's proposal, Hong Tao first gave him a reassuring pill, and he agreed 100%.

"And then there's the Army! The batteries could be guarded by the marines, but if an enemy landed from somewhere else, the sailors should not be allowed to abandon ship and go ashore to fight. I know you've got a pretty good musketeer, but it's a bit small, and you'll have to have one or two thousand to do it. Moreover, our army cannot only walk on its feet, it must also have cavalry, which requires a sufficient number of war horses. Bo Jiao encouraged Hong Tao, and his courage immediately increased, and regardless of whether there were conditions or not, he said everything he thought of in one go.

"The musketeers are easy to do, those three hundred people are not soldiers, they are all trained according to low-level officers, if necessary, in less than half a year, they can train thousands or even tens of thousands of musketeers for the empire. For the matter of musketeers, you have to talk to Kong Peiduo, and after you are familiar with the characteristics of this class, you will know how to use them reasonably. War horses are not a problem, Governor Mai began to raise horses a few years ago, there are a lot of them, they only need to be transported back by ship to be trained, and if it is not possible, they can also go to exchange with the Arabs. ”

"But have you thought about another question? The empire does not have such a large population, and if all the young people are sent to serve as soldiers, who will farm the land? Who goes to steelmaking? Who goes to build ships? Who is a sailor? How much does it cost to raise such a large navy, army, and cavalry? In the future, the empire will have to send troops to overseas territories, how many more troops do you think we will have to expand to be enough? ”

What Bo Jiao said was actually what Hong Tao thought, but this idea couldn't be done. The population is not enough for the Jinhe Empire to have a large navy and a large army, otherwise the empire will have to turn all this money into military spending, and the more it goes, the poorer it becomes. In the end, don't wait for other countries to fight, and you will drag yourself down.

“…… Do you want to train slaves...... Forget it, that thing doesn't match the empire......" Bo Jiao just ignited a little bit of the overall situation, and let Hong Tao be doused with a basin of cold water. Bar clicked his mouth, scratched his scalp, pondered for a long time, and then denied it again.

"Don't sigh, there are always more ways than difficulties, I'll give you an idea. It can not only solve the problem of the number of troops, but also reduce the country's military expenditure, and also maintain good combat effectiveness. Seeing that Bo Jiao really thought about it, he really couldn't think of it, so Hong Tao took out the hole cards.

"Hey, hey, hey...... I knew you had a way, and I couldn't stop you. You'll talk about it later, I have this, my aunt prepared it for me. "Bo Jiao is not surprised that Hong Tao has a way, if Hong Tao has no way, he will be strange. For so many years, he has never seen Hong Tao have no choice, no matter how difficult it is, his uncle can solve it, it depends on whether he wants to or not.

"What else did your aunt tell you? Boy, you've learned to be a thief too, you know that you have to find your family members and go through the back door first, right? Looking at the small notebook in Bo Jiao's hand, Hong Tao noticed that he was actually holding a leather bag. And how can this leather bag and small book look so familiar to themselves! It is also printed with a royal insignia, and it is worth it that he has been sold by his daughter-in-law. It's no wonder that Wen Nan wants to avoid Bo Jiao and refuses to fight with him, this thing really can't fight, it's not a starting line.

"No, no, no! I'm just going to my aunt and asking if you're home. Bo Jiao knew what Hong Tao hated most, and quickly explained that he didn't intend to take the family route.

"Don't waste that good paper, it's all waterproof, keep it on the boat in the future." Come, uncle, I've got it ready for you, see for yourself. Hong Tao felt very sorry for that little book, which was specially made for himself by the Imperial Paper Mill and specially used on the ship. fell into Bo Jiao's hands, no different from butt wiping paper, his few strokes are not as good as himself.

"Compulsory military service for all? …… Uncle, isn't this the conscription of the Great Song Dynasty! You are more ruthless than the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, how can you even be a soldier for a woman! Bo Jiao took a few pieces of paper handed over by Hong Tao, and was quite excited at first, thinking that Hong Tao gave him a clever plan, but the more he looked at it, the more he grinned, and he hadn't finished reading the two pages, and finally couldn't help but question it.

"Let's read everything first!" Hong Tao ignored Bo Jiao's question and pointed to the pages.

"Take all your weapons and equipment home! Uncle, if everyone has a guy in their hands, then if you don't say rebellion, you will rebel! Can this be done? The next two pages not only did not dispel Bo Jiao's doubts, but made him even more worried. This is what Hong Tao showed him, if it was someone else, he would have thrown it in the other party's face.

The things written on these pieces of paper are called the compulsory military service system and the policy of all the soldiers, and if they were really implemented, they would probably look like this.

In the future, the official residents of the Golden River Empire, regardless of men, women, young and old, from the day they turned seventeen, would have to serve in the army for one month every two years, and whether they went to the navy or the army were arranged according to their own conditions, anyway, they had to go to one. It was not until the last day of the fortieth year that he was exempted from the obligation to serve as a soldier every two years. It also emphasizes the words "all the residents", that is, from the emperor's own son to the cleaner's little daughter, without exception.

Based on this policy, the number of standing armies of the Imperial Navy and the Imperial Army was reduced to the limit, and only those at the officer level belonged to professional soldiers, and the rest were all soldiers who had been put together on a temporary basis to catch up with whom. In the event of war, the Imperial Government would give priority to recruiting soldiers who had experience and good training, and so on.

Moreover, this military service is not empty-handed, but he goes with his military uniforms, weapons, and armor, and after serving three weeks of military service, he goes home with these equipment. Don't think it's all over when you get home, these equipment must be well maintained, almost nothing, it's not a matter of fines, once this system is approved by the parliament, this is the law, and whoever can't do it is a crime!

What does this mean? It means that in the future, every household in the Golden River Empire, as long as there are people between the ages of seventeen and forty, will have at least one set of armor and weapons. And everyone has received formal military training, and they can't be wasted, and they have to go to review every other year, and they can't forget it. You can't be idle when you get home, you can maintain these equipment if you have nothing to do, and it's hard to be proficient. (To be continued.) )