Qin State, Xianyang. Staff.

"Look at this." Wang Jian handed a telegram to Yang Duanhe. Yang Duanhe looked at Wang Jian after a quick look.

"This time, the Yueshi people may be reluctant to quit. They want to be able to be stationed there. They planned to build forts in positions behind the Indians and then advance step by step. Wang Jian said.

"If you do this, it will cost a lot of manpower and material resources, I don't know if the people of the Yue Clan can bear such a price." Yang Duanhe said after reading it.

"I'm worried that they won't be able to afford this kind of attrition, which is not very clear to me, why are they doing this?" Yang Duanhe didn't know much about the specific situation of the Yue Clan's country.

"The situation is that we need a lot of labor to build the railroad, and the railroad company needs more people than we thought." Wang Jian said.

"This leads directly to an increase in labor prices." Wang Jian nodded and explained. In fact, the labor force here is worthy of slaves, but the Qin side does not directly say that it is a slave, they are very vague that this is labor, and this is an indisputable fact at the top level of various countries, and neither side has specifically explained the relevant situation.

"That way, their finances will have the ability to solve it. But access to labor requires access and land. So they have to change the current situation. Wang Jian said.

"There is nothing to solve in defensive operations, the problem is that on the one hand, we have to build forts to destroy the Indians in the defense zone and annihilate their main forces. On the other hand, we need to make sure that our channel is not broken by them. Yang Duanhe said.

"Yes, this is a prominent battle, but we have received the bad news that the Indians have their own muskets, and their number of muskets has increased rapidly. There is news from the South Korean side that India and Bangla have close ties, and in such a situation. I think. Probably from the South Korean side. Yang Duanhe said.

"No, it's from the Yue's people themselves, it is said that the Yue's people are involved in smuggling, and such a thing has not yet been investigated." Wang Jian said worriedly.

"Hmm. This situation was very unexpected. Yang Duanhe said.

"Don't talk about that. We should think about the next military action of the Yueshi people. Wang Jian said to Yang Duanhe. The General Staff Department is to formulate the plan, and they will carefully study the things in the plan.

Yue's front. The Yue's army did not completely retreat from the defensive line they occupied, for example, they occupied. The previous Indian defense line was strengthened, and the Yue's 1st Regiment and 2nd Infantry Regiment were stationed here, and with the confirmation of the meeting above, more defensive forces would enter here.

"We will be given more troops from above, but the purpose of this operation is different, we need to penetrate deeper into the Indians and build a new stronghold." Moran said to Meng Ping. His staff members were working on a plan, and their goal was to penetrate deep into the Indian interior, which required a new battle plan.

"This time the combat mission is very different, we need to change a lot, more we need infantry. And it was deep into the rear of the Indians. Meng Ping said.

"Yes, but I believe that we can do this, and we can solve more problems." General Moran said confidently.

"We can only see how the fort is being built to know what to do next. We are prominent to go. There is a high probability that our flanks will be attacked by the opposing side. I think we should strengthen our wings, not the front, but we don't know what the Indians think at the moment? Meng Ping said. They know very little about the situation of the Indians because of the weakness of the reconnaissance force. This made Meng Ping feel at a loss where to start.

"Well, strengthen the wings, I don't think there's a need for that, the Indians are unlikely to surround us and eat us, if they want to eat us, they must have artillery." General Moran shook his head.

Indeed, the Indians, who had only light infantry and elephant soldiers, were very lacking in siege warfare, although they had some muskets. However, these muskets do not have a huge siege effect, and the only way to solve more problems is to have artillery, but the problem is that the Indians do not have artillery.

The first regiment of the Yueshi. Many soldiers were recruited, they dug trenches, laid out barbed wire, built forts, and artillery loaded their cannons on top of the forts. Slaves were all sucked away. The Yueshi government needs a lot of financial revenue, so it can only let these Yueshi soldiers do the work.

"Ahh This hellish place, thirsty to death. A private of the Yue Clan said. He said, holding his water bag.

"Let's do our job, we need a lot of things now, and we don't know how long we can work in a place like this." A corporal on the side said.

"What does that mean?" Private asked.

"We build a fort here, and if the Indians are not stupid, they will take action, either attacking or surrounding us, and in doing so, it will be very beneficial to them. After all, we're breaking into their inner line. As a result, they will be in a very bad situation. In contrast, we are the nails they embedded, and if we are not pulled, I don't think the Indians will give up. The corporal said worriedly. He also fought a few wars, and judging from the situation of the war, he could still feel the change in the situation.

"Who knows." Private said with some disapproval.

"Those Indians are not easy to fight against us at all, they can only surround us, they don't have artillery. We have artillery, and if we attack without artillery, there will be more dead. Private said.

"Perhaps." The corporal continued to work until. They had to build many fortifications, three of which were trenches alone. And the depth is relatively large.

Zhang Dajun and his entourage have already arrived near the border of the Indians, and because of their military rank, the Indians will not have too high senior generals and officials to meet him. Especially the kings of the northern dynasties, they would certainly not do this.

"You're a very good learner, and you've learned how to use a trench. But your trenches don't look like a system, they look very chaotic. Zhang Dahui said to the young prince Prince Atuo on the side. Prince Tuo seems to be very interested in all the weapons of the Koreans, and he is actively learning the Central Plains language, although it takes time, but he is a good learner, able to understand simple language, and say some simple greetings, but he believes that Prince Atto will definitely learn more words.

The interpreter said Zhang Dahui's words as soon as possible. Prince Ato nodded in understanding, and then he said something more.

"Our prince said. Our dynasty also has its own musket unit, and we would like you to give you a tour. Give some valuable advice, I wonder if you agree? The translator said to Zhang Dahui.

"Oh. You even have a musket unit? Zhang asked with some surprise.

"Yes. We do have our own musket unit. The translation was affirmed by Prince Atuo.

"I want to know, where did you muskets come from?" Zhang Dahui sensitively sensed that something was wrong, because they did sell them some muskets from the Korean side, but judging from the fact that the speed of delivery had changed hands, it was unlikely that the army of the Northern Dynasty would be equipped with such a large number of weapons and equipment at such a fast speed.

"We bought so many muskets by our own means, and I don't think we would be very willing to say where so many muskets came from." The translator said.

"Well, I'll look at your musket troops." Zhang Dahui no longer dwelled on this issue, because there is no point in dwelling on this issue, perhaps the dynasty army itself has its own source.

However, from the details, Zhang Dahui still found a problem. Because the muskets equipped by the dynastic army were the Qin standard. And the rifles sold by the Koreans to the Northern Dynasty are Korean-style, the difference is in the butt, the details of the sights, in addition, there are inscriptions, there are inscriptions on the rifles made in the Qin State, and these inscriptions are telling Zhang Dahui that these rifles are from the Northern Qin State. This confirmed Zhang Dahui's inference that these rifles came from the Yue clan or Qin people in the north.

"You have a lot of problems with your muskets, the barrel needs to be maintained, it needs to be refueled. However, you see your muskets, and also, there are problems with the operation process of your soldiers, and many soldiers are not very skilled in handling muskets. After a brief visit, Zhang put forward his opinion.

After all, it was the first time that the army of the dynasty was equipped with such weapons on a large scale, and the worst thing was that they equipped themselves, and many things were pondered by themselves, such as how to use better formations to use the power of muskets, the training of soldiers, the maintenance of guns, and so on. There are big problems with these.

But considering that this was the first time that the dynasty had received such a weapon, it was already good that they could fire muskets. However, if we want to form a great combat effectiveness, we need a very large process.

Mengla. Inside Zhang Shi's office.

"Damn the Menla, they sent someone to negotiate, do they think we didn't do the right thing?" Zhang Shi looked at the above report and threw it directly on the ground, and the Bangladesh government protested against the fact that the Korean New Army soldiers crossed the border to collect taxes, but it only protested, and they did not take other actions, such as sending troops, or directly marching to form a threat.

"Sir, I think we don't have to worry about the actions of the Mengla, after all, they don't pose a great threat to us." The lieutenant colonel explained.

"But this is a threat to our South Korean Governor-General's government, and if that's the case, we'll make our own protest, we'll say. Those people are fleeing there, and we are just a reasonable demand to assert our right to tax, and if they don't agree, yes, we can tax the whole of Bangladesh, of course. We can take a step back, and that is that they need to pay us twice as much again, otherwise, as a punishment, we will have to tax the whole of Bangladesh. Double the tax, that's all. Zhang Shi decided. If it weren't for the reminder of the Menla, probably he wouldn't have done it. But the Menlas did just that. Zhang Shi had no choice but to accept the offer. Zhang Shi has seven full-fledged Tu Corps in his hands, and the combat effectiveness of the Tu Corps far exceeds that of those local soldiers in Bangladesh, in order to get more native soldiers and more wealth, Zhang Shi's only purpose is to provoke trouble, because Bangladesh is far from satisfying Zhang Shi's appetite.

Chu. Pengcheng.

"What does this mean, Governor?" Some businessmen saw it with a newspaper. They don't understand why the Prime Minister's Office would issue such a document, they would set up a governor in the colony of Chu, the governor's power is very large, military power, economic power in one, and enjoy half of the distribution of local wealth, which is actually equivalent to a large piece of local king. this

"Needless to say, this is the princes of various places, you see, this military power, economic power in one place, how much the army wants to expand. This is not a prince, what is it? A businessman saw the mystery and said.

"In my opinion, this is the case, and the power of this prince is very great. Not only can it expand the army, but it can also expand the natives, especially those native, tribal, and national. They are also taxed. This is simply a feudal prince. Many businessmen relieved themselves and said.

"It's a pity that we have to have this ability, and without this ability, you can't do such a thing at all. This matter is also said to those nobles, let, I think, let's forget it. The merchant said.

When the merchants of Chu State discussed this matter, the nobles would have their own opinions.

Inside the House of Lords of Pengcheng, Chu State.

"I heard that this is the first thing that the South Koreans did, and their local military commander was the first to do such a thing. The local indigenous government paid several times the tax, and the military governor made a lot of money. A noble member of the Chu State said.

"The prime minister said this, it seems that he wants us to actively participate in the expansion of the Western continent, but this is fine, such an expansion can bring a lot of profits, relying on the help of the local government, we can get more taxes, with the support of local taxes, we nobles do not have to pay taxes. Even if we pay, I don't think we can pay much. After all, those taxes come from those small countries, and how much they have to do with us, such a thing is a very fair thing for us. Another lawmaker said.

"Regardless of this, anyway, it is necessary to expand the army, only with the army can such things be done, without the army, it is useless to say anything." An elderly nobleman points out the stake.

State of Chu, Admiralty.

"This is obviously very beneficial to our navy, the Marine Corps, and as long as we control the local government, we can expand our tax revenue quite a bit to maintain our military expenses." Xiang Liang saw the intention, Fan Zeng's move was intended to let them develop, and such development was extremely beneficial to them.

"I think so, it's just that it takes quite a lot of troops. And not just the military, but more diplomacy, and other measures. That's not up to the task. Xiang Bo said.

"The most important thing is that the ships, without the ships to transport the troops, we would not have gotten there at all, and now we have to have a large number of ships. to be able to do this. Xiang Bo pointed this out very clearly.

"This." Xiang Liang felt a little tricky.

"I think, we can borrow from the bank, we can mortgage our shares, or our assets, as long as we buy ships and control the local government, this is a large amount of income, I think, the bank can still do this, if it really doesn't work, I think, we can still rely on the Qinguo Bank to invest, if they want, we can provide them with great convenience, as long as we get this governor." Xiang Liang thought about it and said. Now more and more nobles, powerful businessmen have the shadow of Qinguo Bank behind them, and Qinguo Bank provides quite a lot of funds to support them in doing such things.

"I think that's the only way to do it. It is the seizure of the governor's position that is the most important thing. Xiang Bo said.

Zhangxiong Island. Liu Ji and the others finally got to the place they wanted to go, the bumps along the way made Liu Ji a little unbearable, this thing at sea, made him feel afraid, but fortunately they arrived here without danger.

"Big brother, look at this." Lu Juan took a newspaper and handed it to Liu Ji.

"What are you talking about?" Liu Ji asked.

"What I am talking about is the system of governors, what kind of governors do the people of Chu want to implement. The governor's power is very large, he can recruit troops, he can get a lot of taxes from the local government, and he can collect more taxes, and I think if we get a governor's position, we can do it too. Lu Juan said with a smile.

"Governor?" Fan Xu on the side asked.

"Yes, Governor, this power is quite large, and I think the eldest brother has such power. This governor, in my opinion, is equivalent to a feudal lord. If we are slave traders, no matter what we do, we are still a people, but if we become governors, we are officials. And it's equivalent to a marquis, which is not ordinary. Lu Juan said.

"Good fellow, I'll take a look." When Liu Ji heard this, he grabbed the newspaper and looked at it.

"I think this governor is good, we can also grab a governor to do it, and the local tax revenue, that is, we have our own piece of land." Fan said again.

"Okay, we don't have that many people, just the people on our five ships, can control a country?" Liu Ji asked Lu Juan after reading it.

"This. We don't know. When Lu Juan heard this, he felt that it made sense, and they had five ships. The five ships were all new, the people were also hired from Korea, and some of the sailors were from the Chu State. Quite a few of them have not even killed anyone. It seems very unlikely that they will be able to control a country.