"Uncle, how can you leave me behind?" Huang Xing was both frightened and hesitant: "Where are you going, I can also go, right?" ”

Huang Ye frowned and said, "You don't have much combat experience, what people want is veterans." ”

"But ......" Huang Xing was extremely entangled: "Then should I stay in the Western Regions or return to China?" I've only been out for less than half a year, and I haven't made much money......"

Huang Ye had already prepared, he threw a money bag to his nephew, and said, "There are three gold coins and twenty-six silver coins in it, enough for your family to build a new house, and enough for you to marry Xiaohua." ”

"That's not going to work!" Huang Xing caught the money bag, but quickly made a gesture forward again, and said, "Brother Xing'er is about to ask for his daughter-in-law, how can I take my uncle's money." ”

"Your brother Xing is now serving in the military, not so fast." Huang Ye was still very proud when he talked about this. He glanced at Huang Ye a few times, and said with a little disgust: "You are the most unproductive." ”

"Uh......" Huang Xing knew that his uncle was trying to let him accept the money, but since he decided to come out, he made up his mind to fight by himself at the beginning, and handed back the money bag with a resolute face, and said: "Uncle, I understand that you have good intentions, but I always have to be able to take the responsibility of being a man myself." You can help me once, but you can't help me for a lifetime, so let's let my nephew have a little fun! ”

This time, Huang Ye looked at his nephew in a tangled manner. He didn't think long before he showed a relieved expression and said, "That's what I said, but more or less change the guy who makes money on his own." He opened his money bag and counted five silver coins and one gold coin, and said in a tone that could not be refused: "The next stop will be to the larger camp, and then buy some ordnance." ”

Although the empire planned to use a monetary system of gold, silver, and copper, it had not yet produced gold and silver coins in circulation, so the gold and silver coins that Huang Ye took were actually the currency of the Western Regions. I have to tell the truth, the quality of the gold and silver coins circulating in the Western Regions is actually not very good, and there are too many impurities in them. The gold and silver content can be considered high at 50%, so it will always be discounted when exchanging imperial currency.

The next camp that Huang Ye said is actually a transit base set up by Qin Fengguo in Bailongdui, where there will be a large number of weapons transported from the mainland for sale, some of which are still military standard equipment, but the price is definitely more expensive than private manufacturing, after all, the quality is there.

Bailongdui is one of the major trade centers in the Western Regions, where there is abundant greenery and water, and is currently under the control of the Western Expeditionary Corps, which was previously managed by Cheshi, Pu, Shanguo and Loulan.

The team from Qin Fengguo set off. They were followed by large and small groups of civilian armed forces, some of whom were hired and many of whom wanted to go to the camp set up by the Qin feudal state to see if they could buy any bargains.

Located in the fiefdom of the Qin Fengguo in Bailongdui, a relatively large camp had been built there, and the three thousand vanguard troops of Feng Zai and the Qin Fengguo had been stationed two days earlier.

"So......" Feng Zheng held a booklet in his hand, he didn't know what it was, and he asked, "The mercenaries we can hire in the Western Regions are more than 4,000 people?" ”

"Your request is a bit special, and the number of retired military veterans and slaves caught in southern Xinjiang is estimated to be this number." The person who spoke was an old man who looked about sixty years old, his name was Liu Feng, and he was a member of Liu Bang's retainer team. His appearance here in Feng Zheng did not seem simple. But it's not that complicated, it's a character that exists as a kind of land snake.

Liu Bang was also the first to bring people into the Western Regions, and in addition to establishing friendship with a group of nobles in Wusun, he was trapped in the Western Regions, and he was doing things to increase his influence in the Western Regions. After he found out that the mercenary team would flood into the Western Regions in large numbers. It is very keenly aware that there are many things worth doing, how can it be possible to look indifferently and do nothing?

"Too little." Feng Zheng stared at Liu Feng and raised his hand to shake: "We need at least ten thousand." ”

Liu Feng nodded: "We will do our best to recruit, but ......"

"The requirements cannot be lowered. What we need are fighters. A qualified warrior is not just about quantity. Feng Zai said and added more seriously: "In addition, I should give you a benefit fee." We will give. Don't ask those mercenaries for intermediary fees after you've already taken the benefit fee. ”

"Hehe, we're not going to do anything like that." Liu Feng was not angry, explained, and then smiled bitterly in his heart: "How stinky is the reputation of the head of the family in the noble circle?" ”

Feng Zai nodded and motioned for Liu Feng to go.

Most of the Qin feudal kingdom has not entered the Western Regions at present, in fact, it should be said that it is relatively scattered, and the Yangtze River Basin, the counties in Guanzhong, and the Central Plains are divided into several parts that are busy with their own affairs.

Those in the Yangtze River basin are looking for support as much as they can, such as raising money and buying supplies. However, I have to tell the truth, Fusu did not raise much money in the Yangtze River Basin, and the purchase of materials did not go very smoothly.

The activities in the Central Plains of the Qin Feudal State were similar to the situation in the Yangtze River Basin, where not much money was raised, and the purchase of materials would be more or less ignored. It is more realistic that such a thing will happen, who let the Qin State be an invader at the beginning, and a series of policies after the occupation are also unpopular, they are at most ignored, and they are not hated, even if the empire has been relatively successful in public opinion propaganda recently.

The Guanzhong region, which was pinned on by Fusu, had some results, but it was only a little, and some old big clans provided financial support, but when it came to people, they were rejected without hesitation. In addition, some middle-class people who were originally considered by Fusu to be most likely to support him responded indifferently to Fusu's request for support, which not only puzzled Fusu, but also Meng Yi felt confused.

If it is said that the emperor is interfering in such a result of the Qin Feng Congress, it is definitely wrong. In fact, the emperor should be the most supportive of Fusu's going out, more than Fusu's own sister, and did not interfere with it openly or secretly.

Qin Fengguo and Wei Fengguo, the two feudal states were Lu Zhe's important attempts to test the national policy, so he did not likely interfere with anything, but privately funded the wealth and silk, and the material also gave great convenience.

According to Lu Zhe's thoughts, in the future, the empire will indeed turn to internal construction, which will last for at least fifteen years, and may be extended. During this period of time, it is impossible for the military to take the initiative to fight any major wars, but it does not mean that he wants to give the surrounding alien races a respite.

The fiefdom of Fusu was planned on the territory of Kyrgyzstan in later generations, which was that Lu Zhe wanted the Qin feudal state to suppress Kangju and other countries, and then not so irritate Parthia and Bactria, and extend the tentacles of the empire into Central Asia. Maybe...... Lü Zhe also wanted Qin Fengguo to try his best to expel the Xiongnu, at least the intention of taking the Xiongnu to the west.

Yes, that is, to expel the Huns to the west, the imperial military tried to trap Maudun and annihilate it more than once, and repeatedly failed. In fact, this is also an inevitable failure in some respects, because Maudun is not a headman. Maudun knew very well what the real advantage of the steppe Hu people was, it was their superb mobility, and it was by no means what it was to engage the enemy head-on. Therefore, Maudun has always avoided head-on combat, as long as Maudun maintains a non-fighting mentality, the Imperial military can only inflict heavy damage on Maudun at best.

The usefulness of Heavy Wound Morton doesn't seem to be too useful, unless it can kill Morton, otherwise Morton will grow again after a few Hammer Hits. This is related to the current social environment, most of the tribes have no national concept. There is no sense of statehood, as long as Mao Dun shows the temperament of a strong man and has a group of armed forces that support him, he will soon be able to grow again.

Other than that. The Imperial military continued to engage Maudun, and in fact it was not without losses, and as Maudon became more aware of the methods of the Imperial army, the losses of the Imperial military engaged with Maudon also increased.

You can't kill it all at once. On the contrary, they continue to increase the "experience" of the other party, not only Meng Tian, in fact, many military generals have begun to realize that they can't do that. Therefore, the existence of Qin Fengguo has another use, that is, to weaken Mao Dun as much as possible.

Well, to be honest, in fact, in the plan formulated by the Taiwei Administration, it is impossible to eliminate the Maodun Xiongnu, but it is not 100% trusting the Qin feudal state, so letting the two sides form a containment is the best plan.

A similar plan was also found in Wei Fengguo, such as setting up the fief of Wei Fengguo on the boundary of Thailand in the later generations, but there were really no stronger tribes there, so what the Nanyang Fleet was doing recently was to occupy the land in Vietnam in the later generations to supervise Wei Fengguo.

No one will be a pure fool, whether it is Fusu or Wei Ji, even if they themselves don't think of this layer, there will definitely be ministers who will go down to tell them.

What is the reaction of Fusu and Wei Ji, except for the bitter smile, there is actually no too complicated mind. Isn't it because they choose to take people outside to struggle, just because they are unwilling to accept the blandness? If you don't accept the annexation and die, it is almost certain that the country will be killed, so accepting Lu Zhe to work hard in the outside world and establishing your own kingdom has become a path that can be chosen.

"The emperor is not purely ill-intentioned, he can already be called merciful compared to any monarch." The person opposite Feng Zheng was Meng Tian, he raised his glass and invited him to drink, and then continued: "Monitoring and monitoring are necessary, so that everyone can rest assured. As for exploitation? Objects are created to be used, otherwise it has no value to be created and existed, and people are actually the same, it is more pleasant to have use value than no use value, and people who do not have any use value...... What's the difference with being dead? That's just a way to take what you need. ”

Meng Tian was very happy to Feng Zheng...... No, it should be said that Fusu can hold this mentality.

Only by joining the empire and serving in the military, especially in the position of a senior general, can you truly understand what kind of changes the emperor has brought to the world. It is not just the outward expansion that is constantly being staged, nor the society that is becoming more and more affluent, but the military system hidden under all this, and some ideas that are gradually becoming mainstream.

Almost everyone knows that there are more than three million soldiers currently in service in the Empire, but it is estimated that few people will understand that this is not the final number. Many people are just staring at the number of soldiers on duty, ignoring the system of compulsory drills that have been in place for seven or eight years.

Meng Tian had inadvertently learned something that had been counted by the Taiwei Bureau, and there was every reason to believe that once the empire reached the point where it was necessary to carry out maximum mobilization, including the number of men and women that could be armed, the number of soldiers available would be a terrifying eight million, and this was still under the condition of maintaining a minimum production system.

Of course, Meng Tian also knew that it was just a maximum expectation, in fact, it was impossible to form an army of as many as eight million, even if there were so many soldiers, who could support the consumption of equipment and food? Therefore, the statistics of the Taiwei Department are only a prediction of the number of people who can be called up sustainably.

If it is only the army that is strong, many people will say that they have ignored the hearts of the people, and more than one person believes in the argument that "those who win the hearts of the people win the hearts of the people win the world", but most people have another interpretation of "those who win the hearts of the people win the world", that is, "the people" are not all people in the world, but those big clans and big gentry, and they do not include the bottom of the public at all.

Perhaps it cannot be said that those people have a wrong understanding of the "people", but those who really know history will definitely know that before the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the "people" in the eyes of the ruling class really did not include all the ordinary people, at most it only extended to the poor people...... It is a group with a certain degree of inherent constant production, but it definitely does not include yeoman farmers or domestic farmers who own a small number of acres, or even small traders.

It must also be admitted that even if the history of the late Qin Dynasty has been changed beyond recognition by Lu Zhe, there are still inherent concepts, such as some classes completely ignoring some groups, and then those groups still think that they are not worthy of attention.

"This situation is constantly being improved." Feng Zai frowned and said: "This is directly related to the continuous spread of education, and it is also very related to the concept of retired military personnel returning to their hometowns. ”

What are the two talking about? It was Meng Tian who suggested recruiting more of the bottom of society as soon as possible, and then there was the sentence of Feng Zheng above.

"The emperor wants almost everyone to know what a nation and a state are, and in fact it is really succeeding." Feng Zai smiled bitterly and said: "We go to any place, as long as the education in that place is spread, even if we are willing to follow, but when we hear that it is a feudal country, we will not be happy in the future." They put it more simply, they can be directly a part of the empire, why should they be separated by a layer of feudal people, and then they are part of the empire. ”

Meng Tian was stunned at first, and then smiled. (To be continued.) )