"I wonder what Mr. Governor has come to me for?" Abdul Rahman Khan asked with a low brow, looking like a servile.

"Your Excellency, I would like to ask how our expansion plan is going. When will your Afghan army expand to a million men? Robert Boullyton asked. Expand the size of Abdul Rahman Khan's army to a million. was a goal for Robert Boul Warliton. Without this number, he did not think he would be able to withstand the millions of local armed forces of Mohammed Yakub Khan, the original rightful ruler of Afghanistan.

"Your Excellency, are you joking? Our area is less than a tenth the size of Muhammad Yakub Khan, how can I possibly raise an army of millions? Otherwise, I wouldn't have sought help from the British Empire. Now our army expansion is very smooth, but we can only raise 300,000 people, in addition to the training has been completed, our army has about 150,000 people who have gone to the battlefield, and another 150,000 people have also entered the boot camp. Abdul Rahman Khan replied.

"Only 300,000 people?" Apparently Robert Boul Warlitton was unhappy with the number. The British army is all standard equipment, it has reached 200,000, and the local 300,000 armed forces, converted into the British army, is equal to the level of 20,000 or 30,000 people, which is too insignificant, what do you want these wastes to do? "Then please you have to speed up. I think the Chinese attack on us will begin soon! Even if they don't send troops directly, with the support of Huaguo behind, the strength of Muhammad Yakub Khan will definitely be improved, so you must at least prepare an army of more than 800,000 people, and now, there is still a long way to go. ”

"Your Excellency, you said it lightly, so far I don't see how the British Empire has helped us in Afghanistan? If the progress is to be accelerated, more funding will be required. You don't give us money, you don't give us weapons and equipment, you don't even have enough food, where can I go to recruit troops? Abdul Rahman Khan said with a bitter face.

The Governor General of India, Robert Boul Walliton, couldn't help frowning, the Indian colonial authorities had little revenue in the first place. Most of the looted money was shipped back to England or into the pockets of merchants. Of the remainder, with the exception of the British officers and troops sent to India, very few were allocated to the government's treasury. He had no money at all.

"I know your difficulties, we also have difficulties, in this extraordinary period, we all have to grit our teeth and get through, we must believe that our government will see our difficulties, and when the situation improves, it will give us appropriate compensation." Robert Boulwalliton had no choice but to use empty checks to deceive him again.

Abdul Rahman Khan has traitors in his hands, so he admits money, it's useless to pull all this, he is not like the army led by Muhammad Yakub Khan, who led by Muhammad Yakub Khan are all Afghans, and they have the idea of defending their homeland.

"Mr. Governor, why don't you think of a solution from those Indian nobles? Let them pay for it, and if it really doesn't work, they will catch a batch. Abdul Rahman Khan suggested.

Robert Bull Warlitton was a little angry, you can think of things, I can't think of them? Do you want you to teach me how to be the governor of India? However, he was not willing to be too cold to Abdul Rahman Khan, and said patiently: "No, you can't do this." In this case, it will cause chaos in the whole of India. In particular, we need a stable rear, if India is in chaos, the consequences are unimaginable, I think, this truth, Your Excellency should be able to understand, right!? ”

"But, no matter what, big words and beautiful words can't be turned into food and money, without these two things, the army will not obey at all." Abdul Rahman Khan is actually already annoyed, and he is also talking patiently, and he is even beginning to regret running to the side of the British, it is better to be a separatist force in Afghanistan, he wants to overthrow Muhammad Yakub Khan and become the master of Afghanistan.

"Your Excellency, in this case, I will personally pay 500,000 pounds in advance for the recruitment of the army. What do you think? Robert Bul Warlitton has already prepared, and today he called Abdul Rahman Khan to come over, just to force him to find Muhammad Yakub Khan's army as soon as possible, "However, your people must go to Afghanistan as soon as possible to find the main force of Muhammad Yakub Khan for a decisive battle, and if we delay it for one day, our expenses will be huge." ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, this money is not enough, what about 300,000 troops, and besides, you asked me to gather another 500,000 people, what is this money enough for? A monthly salary of at least £800,000 is required! You can't even have a month in this month, do you want people to die? In that case, who will follow me in the future? Abdul Rahman Khan did not eat Robert Bul Walliton's set, and still looked sad.

"Let me explain to you first, within a month, you can always deal with the past, the key is that you have to speed up the decisive battle with the army of Muhammad Yakub Khan, and there are also British troops to fight with you, you know, if you can't fight a few beautiful battles, we ask the government for money, and it's not easy to speak." Robert Bul Walliton, after all, was a scheming governor, and it was expected that Abdul Rahman Khan would say so.

"Your Excellency the Governor! Since you have said so, I will just obey it, but I ask your Excellency to urge your army as much as possible, and not to let our men go up every time, while your army will only watch from the sidelines, and if this is the case, then this battle will not be fought. Abdul Rahman Khan was afraid of Governor Robert Bul Warlitton and had to soften his attitude.

"Our army has lost more than 20,000 people in this war in Afghanistan so far, do you know how much compensation is going to be given to more than 20,000 people? The death of a British soldier can recruit hundreds of Afghans, this account, you should be able to calculate, right? However, I will still urge the generals on the front line to help you share the pressure as much as possible. Robert Bull Warlitton said.

"Your Excellency, please be assured. I would deploy a large number of troops in southern Afghanistan. Abdul Rahman Khan said.

"Well, please do your best, everything we do, the government of the British Empire will see. After success, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth, and the bitter fruit of failure is likely to be broken bones. Robert Boul Warlitton nodded, he knew very well that the main key to winning the war in Afghanistan was to see who could use more Afghan locals.

"Then I'll go and make arrangements." Abdul Rahman Khan said this and got up to take his leave.

"What do you think, Mr. Governor?" As soon as George Robinson waited for Abdul Rahman Khan to leave, he asked Robert Boul Walliton.

Robert Bull Warlitton sighed, "What else?" Dead horses should be live horse doctors, remember, those who urge us must pay attention to preserving their strength, but when they encounter the opportunity to seize the city, don't let it go, if you can win a few battles, you can put more pressure on Muhammad Yakub Khan, if Muhammad Yakub Khan also falls to our side, there is really hope for this war of the British Empire in Afghanistan! When the time comes, we will all go down in history! ”

George Robinson smiled bitterly: "Mr. Governor is thinking really far, I haven't thought about going down in history, I'm hesitating, whether to take over Mr. next year, it's not good, I'm dying here, I don't know why, I always feel that the Chinese army has the strength to fight in India." ”

"You don't have to scare yourself, let's take Afghanistan first, we have India to make the rear bigger, and it is much easier to supply than the Chinese army, and they will fight the British army in Central Asia, it will never be as easy as it was in China itself." Although Robert Bull Warlitton is well aware of the strength of the Chinese army, he is still very confident in the situation in India, believing that the Chinese country and the Chinese army are not at the same level as the Indian and British armies, and he is just worried that he will not be able to take Afghanistan smoothly, and he is not worried about India.

"Well, maybe Mr. Governor is right." George Robinson was a little relieved to see that Robert Bull Warlitton was so sure.

Robert Bulwarlitton understood that Afghanistan's problems depended on the Afghans, as did Wang Dashan and Ekaterina Klimova.

Although Wang Dashan is the highest military governor of Central Asia Province, but Ekatirina Klimova is the supreme administrator, in China, the army is not above the administration, the chief executive can dominate the direction of the army at a critical time, the Ming Dynasty is defeated by the civil leadership of the military, and the Chinese state is victorious in the civil leadership of the military, no matter when the Chinese country arrives, the power of the party is the greatest.

Because Ekaterina Klimova's position in the Huacui Party is higher than that of Wang Dashan.

Ashgabat's urban plan has been made, and the railway and road plans from Ashgabat to Almaty have been planned, and connecting the two places will make China's control over the Central Asian provinces more secure, as the emperor made clear at the end of last year.

Wang Dashan's hands are all field troops, and Huaguo's army in Central Asia, except for Wang Dashan's five divisions of field army, is left with a small number of local garrison troops, so Wang Dashan can only devote four-fifths of the field army to local construction, and Ashgabat's construction tasks are also severe road construction tasks, which makes him physically and mentally exhausted.

In the office of the governor's office in the city of Ashgabat, Ekaterina Klimova was dozing off because she had not closed her eyes for more than a day.

When Wang Dashan came over, the salute of the guards woke Ekaterina Klimova from her office chair.