Sinzheng, South Korea.

"The army is leased to these trading companies, will they be able to expand our Korean influence overseas?" Han Shu asked the South Korean Defense Minister.

"Your Majesty, I think that such a task should be accomplished, they can effectively supplement the inconvenience of our army, and the military expenditure remains high, which is also very detrimental to the economic construction of our South Korea, but they can provide our army with such a salary. as well as supplementing the lack of various supplies. It's just that. The Minister of Defense said worriedly.

"Just what?" Han Shu asked.

"It's just that if you do this, it will have a great impact on the king's control over the army, so such an idea can be implemented, but the control must be very skillful." said the Minister of Defense.

The Minister of National Defense's attitude is supportive of Zhang Qing's proposal to lease troops from Western trading companies, but he must also effectively control the negative side, after all, if it is not controlled, it will have a great impact, and this impact is the influence of the royal family's control of military power.

The trading company will make a large profit from the expansion of the army, part of which will be paid according to the national tax, and a part of the military expenses, mainly for the army. And this part of the cost is issued by the company to the army, so that a direct link between the army and the trading company is formed. This is bound to weaken the control of the royal family, which is what the Ministry of Defense fears.

"This point you said, I understand, we can increase it through the royal family, and the army's weapon training is also controlled by the royal family, in addition we can also strengthen the army's allegiance to the royal family, etc., these are all necessary measures, there is no need for us to worry about everything." Han Shu said openly.

On the issue of military control, Han Shu believes that if the military is controlled too rigidly, it will cause a very serious problem of institutional rigidity. In other words, the army will become a stick of rules rather than a weapon for expanding territory. Han Shu knows this very well, but if the army is used very frequently and does not pay for the army, it will not work.

"On this issue, I think that the generals of the army should also have their own interests, after all, you are working hard for your country, and your situation is also very dangerous, and you do very dangerous things, but get the least benefits, which is unfair." Han Shu said relaxedly.

"The risk is proportional to the return, the greater the risk, the greater the return, therefore, your return should increase, not decrease, in this matter, you should rest assured and bold to do." Han Shu encouraged.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Minister of Defense nodded, for the encouragement of the royal family, the Minister of Defense was extremely excited, with the support of commercial forces, the army can go further. They don't have to worry about that.

"There is another matter, Your Majesty. As for the material reserves on Zhangxiong Island and the garrison of more troops, the troops we have assembled at present have consumed a large amount of materials, and the materials on Zhangxiong Island have not been fully replenished. The most important point is that Zhangxiong Island is a very clear and excellent supply port area, and it is an important strategic transit point, and the request sent by the island hopes that some factories can be set up to produce the necessary military production to meet such needs, otherwise, it will be a very expensive expense to continue to supplement in this way. Zhang Liang reported the incident.

"Hmm." Han Shu nodded.

"It's not just Zhangxiong Island, there's another island, Queen's Island. Song Island, on which an independent armament system can be established. It's just that. Han Shu shook her head with a frown.

"There is a shortage of labor, especially natives, who are reluctant to go, despite the measures of exile that have been taken. However, when the exiles arrived, they were still not enough to develop there, and the demand for labor in the country was enormous. In such a situation. It's still hard for us to open up a series of islands. Zhang Liang said worriedly.

"From a future perspective. We will develop more islands, but the population problem will only be effectively solved in the next 20 years, and the lack of population will be very tight during the period. Zhang Liang analyzed Han Shu.

"Hmm. Although we encourage childbearing, such a problem still cannot fundamentally solve the problem of labor shortage. Han Shu shook her head and said.

"I don't know if you can effectively solve this problem, after all, those islands are very difficult to develop." Han Shu asked.

"This, in addition to encouragement and policy support, there is also financial support, such as interest-free bank loans for them, and financial stock listing, in addition to these, we don't seem to have a good way to solve such a problem." Zhang Liang said at this time.

"Hmm. These are all solutions, but it is difficult to solve the current problem quickly, and we need a large number of people and labor. in order to develop those areas. Clearly, we still can't meet our needs. Han Shu said.

"Your Majesty, the only way is to bring in a large number of laborers from the Western continent to develop the major islands, and only in this way can the population problem be solved." The Minister of Defense made a proposal to.

"Judging from the intelligence provided by the front-line troops, the people of Chu seem to be very interested in the local population, they mobilized a large number of troops to capture those locals, and then transported them to various places for large-scale development of cultivated land, I think, we can also do the same in South Korea, after all, the domestic population is relatively small, and it is a good way to emigrate out, but how to manage their immigration is still a problem, and on the other hand, agriculture we in South Korea have to pay attention to, therefore." The Minister of Defense said from the point of view of national security.

"So, we need a lot of labor to develop local agriculture, and at the same time we need a lot of labor to do it. The transfer of local labor can effectively solve the problem of local resistance, and at the same time, it can also effectively develop the economic problems of the major islands we occupy. If necessary, we in South Korea can also occupy more continents. Han Shu said.

"Yes, there are many more places in the world that have not yet been discovered. Population is definitely not a problem, the question is how to better solve the problem of population and labor, and we in South Korea should play a role in population resource allocation. Said the Minister of Defense.