The Marines have not said anything about it, they are already involved in the war. In the Western Regions, half of their forces are defending, and in the east, their foreign garrisons have just been lifted, and there are some places where the Qin Marines need to strengthen their defenses, especially in the eastern region, the situation and the situation are changing, and the Marines need to defend the interests of the Qin merchants abroad. They were Qin's only military force abroad.

The chiefs of staff of the major branches of the armed forces are all complaining about their hardships, and no one is willing to cut most of their own funds, and all of them are opposed to cutting military spending, and the army only relies on military spending. After the new military reform, military spending will be directly linked to the combat effectiveness of the troops. And the Qin State has four major branches of the military. The reserves were temporarily reduced to the reserves of the various services. Military spending will be enormous. The state of Qin needs to make further improvements in this regard.

"Break up." Wang Jian looked at the noisy chiefs of staff. Adjournment of the meeting directly. Wang Jian was the first to come out, and he had long expected the reactions of various branches of the military. Because the last time military spending was cut. That's how they make a fuss. And this time, they even came back to this set.

In fact, Wang Jian is not willing to cut military spending. However, Shang Wen explained in detail the various reasons for cutting military spending. A large part of government expenditure is war expenditure, which is very detrimental to the functioning of the government. Therefore, the Qin State needs to make a significant reduction in military spending.

The attitude of the King of Qin towards the reduction of military spending was unknown, and he just asked Shang Wen to do it boldly, whether to oppose it or support it, and did not support it further, although he supported Shang Wen to do so. However, the King of Qin was still very concerned about the armed forces of the Qin State. Cutting military spending can be done, but the bottom line of King Qin is that Qin's armed forces need to maintain this deterrent effect.

King Qin was looking to see if Shang Wen could notice this. If he fails to do a little, then he will have to interfere with Shangwen's policy.

Shangwen's reforms need to withstand pressure from all sides. The reform of a country requires the coordination of the forces of all parties. And Shangwen is embarking on such a path. However, there are some things that tend to add some chaos.

In the north of the Qin State. The state of Qin had just put down a slave rebellion. About half of the wealth in the northern part of the Qin state was destroyed in the rebellion, most of which was slave wealth. The Qin army slaughtered millions of slaves. Historians have no accurate information on the exact figures, and conservative estimates are around one million. That's a pretty scary number. In an extreme period of time, the Qin army used advanced weapons to slaughter a large number of slaves. This is also the reason why the steppe is very calm. Because of the massive reduction in population.

The blood of the slave revolt had not yet been shed, and the slaves had not yet recovered from this horrific massacre. The butcher's knives of the Qin army had not yet wiped off the blood on them. Meng Tian received an urgent urgent telegram from eastern Liaodong.

"Has the contents of this telegram been confirmed?" Meng Tian asked as he sat behind his desk.

"It's confirmed." A captain officer replied respectfully.

"Is there any other instruction?" Meng Tian asked.

"No, our intelligence agents are moving in that direction. In addition, we need to exclude scouts for detailed reconnaissance. The captain said.

"No, I don't want to hear that, I want to know where the North Korean musketeers got their muskets." Meng Tian asked directly.

"We don't know. Our intelligence officers are reconnoitring the situation. The captain said.

"Didn't you find out what this information was?" Meng Tian asked with some annoyance at this time.

"This." The captain said with some difficulty at this time.

"Bang bang. Bang bang. There was a knock at the door.

"Come in." Meng Tian looked at the lieutenant and said.

"Sir. There is a new situation. A lieutenant colonel hurried in with a stack of papers.

"What's going on, what's going on." Meng Tian asked.

"Yes, on the North Korean side. We looked into this. At this time, the lieutenant colonel took out a folder and said.

"What's that?" Meng Tian asked. And the lieutenant colonel looked at the captain at this time.

"You go out first." Meng Tian said.

"Yes, sir." The captain was embarrassed to quit.

"Wait." At this time, Meng Tian stopped the captain.

"I would like you to provide a detailed report." Meng Tian said.

"Yes, sir. I understand. The captain said.

"Good." Meng Tian replied.

With the Captain's withdrawal, Meng Tian re-transferred Lieutenant Colonel Dao here.

"What's the matter?" Meng Tian asked.

"We found this." At this time, the lieutenant colonel took out a folder and pulled out a stack of photos.

"Look at this. We found this. At this time, the lieutenant colonel took out the photo and placed it on Meng Tian's table.

"What is this?" Meng Tian looked at the lieutenant colonel suspiciously.

"Mostly this." The lieutenant colonel took out a photo at this time and pointed to a blurred text on it and said.

"What is this?" Meng Tian looked at the photo and said.

"This is the Qi script, and these are all photos we took from the muskets of those captured North Koreans." Lieutenant Colonel at this time.

"Where did these pictures come from?" Meng Tian asked.

"This is a journalist friend of mine, who joined the army in his early years, and later became a journalist, he taught himself journalism for a while, and became a journalist." Lieutenant Colonel said.

"He was interviewing in a place in eastern Liaodong and took such a set of photos, which he found by accident, and he thought that these things had military value, so he sent them to me." Lieutenant Colonel said.

"Yes. That friend of yours can be an intelligence officer. Meng Tian said at this time.

"Hey, hey." The lieutenant colonel just nodded and said.

"I need to explain what is on these photos." The lieutenant colonel said at this time.

"Yes. Tell me about it. Meng Tian said at this time.

"I found out a lot of information, and this script is the Qi script." Lieutenant Colonel said.

"Although the text on the musket has been polished, it can still be clearly seen that it is written in Qi script." The lieutenant colonel said at this time.

"You mean to say that this is a weapon given by the Qi State." Meng Tian asked with certainty at this time.

"Yes. Moreover, I looked at all the photographs taken by the musket in detail. Draw such a bold conclusion. At this time, the lieutenant colonel looked at Meng Tian and said.

"What a conclusion." Meng Tian asked.

"These muskets, most likely, more than 80 percent, were made by Qi Guo himself." The lieutenant colonel looked at Meng Tian and said.

"What?" Meng Tian looked at the lieutenant colonel in surprise and asked.

"Yes, sir, it is very likely that these weapons were made by the Qi people themselves, and it is very likely that they sold them to the North Koreans." The lieutenant colonel came to such a conclusion.

"Do you think this is possible?" Meng Tian asked.

"Very likely." The lieutenant colonel said at this time.

"Steel, these things, Qi Guo is very easy, get it from us. Moreover, the principle, as long as some guns are taken apart, they can easily understand the principle, and as for gunpowder, they can import it from us. At this time, the lieutenant colonel analyzed.

"The principle of a flintlock pistol is very simple. Even a soldier who has just enlisted in the army, as long as he understands the principle, he can imitate it. The lieutenant colonel said.

"Yes." Meng Tian said.

"And, a journalist friend of mine said, in South Korea, South Korea can produce parts of these flintlock pistols on a certain scale. Such as firing springs and so on. These things are very likely to circulate to the Qi country. The lieutenant colonel said solemnly.

"So, how did the North Koreans get these weapons?" At this time, Meng Tian asked.

"I think it's probably relying on that." This time. The lieutenant colonel pulled out a suggested map. Pointed to the blue part above.

"At sea?" Meng Tian asked.

"Yes, by sea, most likely they were transported from the sea." The lieutenant colonel said with certainty at this time.

"The Qi people and the Koreans have actually united." Meng Tian said.

"Although we have no indication of this situation. However, there is a lot of information that supports our view. "The lieutenant colonel said at this time.

"This is information I got from the security company, and we have been interfering with each other's musketeers since the beginning of last month. There were some casualties to our security guards. However, they have clearly not yet learned how to apply musket tactics to a tactical level. And most importantly, they don't have artillery yet. The lieutenant colonel said.

"Whatever?" Meng Tian said.

"The people of Qi have gone beyond our borders." Meng Tian said.

"They're fighting a joint battle with the aliens. We have the right to interfere. And mobilize more nations to crusade against them. This is what the Qi people themselves found. Meng Tian suddenly realized. By doing so, the people of Qi will drag themselves into a moral quagmire.

"You immediately gather more information. Then put together a piece of paperwork. It was then forwarded to the General Staff. Furthermore. This information was forwarded to the General Staff one by one. Leave it to them to deal with. Meng Tian said.

"On our flank, there is the power of the Qi people. We have to pull out these nails. Meng Tian looked at the map, and then slapped it vigorously and said.

"Yes, sir." Lieutenant Colonel said.

"You sort these things out first." Meng Tian said.

"First of all, we must deal a severe blow to Qi in diplomacy." Meng Tian said.

"These Koreans, once they use muskets, then this war will not be easy to fight. The musket threat is just too great. In the past, we were able to suppress each other with muskets, but now that they have muskets, war is not easy. We must curb their use of muskets. Only in this way can war be beneficial to us. Meng Tian said as he looked at the map.