"Cotton? It is said that it is not strong after being spun into thread, but it is really warm when it is made into clothes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info You let all the soldiers of the 500,000 Western Regions Agricultural Reclamation Corps plant those, where did the food problems of the 500,000 people and the security needs you gave come from? Hearing Liu Xing's words, Wu Jue couldn't help but ask his questions again.

If he has questions, it means that he is really using his brain, and he is considering the problem from all sides. For Wu Jue to be able to think like this, Liu Xing is actually very happy and gratified.

Happy in his heart, Liu Xing naturally didn't want to have reservations about him, and said directly: "The cotton thread is not strong, that's because the current cotton spinning methods are not smart enough." I'm a firm believer that if you give me some time, give some time to the skilled craftsmen in the Hunter Valley. In a few months, we will be able to participate in the development of more sophisticated cotton spinning methods and equipment. ”

After a slight pause in his words, Liu Xing's face was full of firmness and said: "At that time, all the cotton clothes in winter will be replaced with cotton cloth, and the clothes close to the body will no longer be silk and silk." The most important thing is that if the cost of cotton spinning is clever, its cost will be far lower than that of silk, which can be called the mainstream material clothing widely worn by the people of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"If we improve the cotton seeds that come in from overseas in the future, we can increase their production. In a few years, the cotton silk and cotton clothes of my Great Song Dynasty will be called a new and far-reaching trade after silk and porcelain. The benefits it will bring to my Great Song Dynasty will only be stronger than silk, not weaker than silk. Stopping again, Liu Xing seemed to have said something concluding.

After hearing this, Wu Jue's frowning brows relaxed, and after showing a smile, he said: "If it is really as you expected, I am afraid that this matter is not something that the royal army and our military department can handle." If you want to make cotton a new rich country treasure, and let the Western Regions become a sea of cotton. Hehe, I'm afraid this will have to be done with the cooperation of many departments in the cabinet. ”

The development of new economic growth points is indeed not something that the royal army and the military department can accomplish independently.

To support cotton planting, we must first have the financial and financial support of the branch, and to develop the cotton textile industry, we need the Ministry of Trade and other relevant ministries, departments and agencies to reach out.

The big strategy was thought out by Liu Xing, and when getting along with the overall big strategy, Liu Xing naturally thought of these follow-up problems.

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Focusing on the core question of how many troops should there be, the second important point is what kind of strategic intention a country has.

For example, in the past, the strategic intention of the Great Song Dynasty was only to protect itself and not to expand the territory, so the 1.2 million forbidden army of Yingzong's morale was enough. After all, there are still local soldiers such as box troops and township soldiers.

But now the situation is different, the grassland is from the Great Song Dynasty, and the northern part of the Saibei is from the Great Song Dynasty. Tubo was incorporated into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and Dali of the Southern Dynasty took the initiative to submit to the Great Song Dynasty, allowing the Great Song Dynasty to add two large provinces, as well as the Western Regions and Annam, which were bound to be fully controlled in the future.

With such a vast territory, if the Great Song Dynasty still has only 1.2 million main battle soldiers in the future, it will obviously be insufficient. So how many troops can ensure that such a vast river and mountain of the Great Song Dynasty will be eternal in the future? The clear definition given by Liu Xing is that the total number of households should reach at least 50 million.

With 50 million Dingkou, then the total number of standing troops defined by Liu Xing must retain at least 5% of the total Dingkou, that is, about 2.5 million troops, before the grassland, Saibei, Tubo, Dali, Annan and Western Regions are not completely naturalized.

His face sank slightly, and Liu Xing continued: "In the past five years, new recruits will still be recruited, veterans will be eliminated at an accelerated pace, and about one million can be cut one after another. This is a million soldiers reduced by the replacement of the old and the new, and by covert means. The other 15 to 2 million people will be left to the end to be eliminated. Where are they going, hum, Annam, Goryeo will even be Tianzhu. ”

When the alien peoples in the newly conquered lands have been completely naturalized, and there is no longer a need to use strong force to intimidate and suppress the local peoples, it is appropriate to begin to gradually reduce the number of soldiers to the extent of 1 percent, or even 5 thousandths......

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However, Yue Fei and Wu Jue both understood one thing, that is, with Liu Xing's consistent style of acting, Liu Xing's temperament, and the basic strategy of military affairs established by the Great Song Dynasty, it was determined that as long as Liu Xing took power, the rules of the game of "actual combat training" would not be changed for a day.

As long as the rules of the game of "actual combat training" are not changed, the territory of the Great Song Dynasty will only expand and expand in the continuous "actual combat training."

For a general, it is good to have a fight. Because as long as the war continues, the generals who were born in the army and are now ranked in the court will be respected by the world for a long time. The glory of the individual and the interests of the family will continue to be protected to the greatest extent.

Once there is really a situation where the horses are put into Nanshan and the knives and guns are put into storage, it will make everyone worry about the generals, and it will make the previous situation of emphasizing literature and ignoring military force happen again.

So when Liu Xing said something like "fighting more rivers and mountains in the past twenty years of war", Yue Fei and Wu Jue's hearts suddenly blossomed......

However, while being happy, Yue Fei suddenly thought of a question at this time.

He frowned, thought for a while, then looked up at Liu Xing and said thoughtfully: "Taifu, your strategy has come out, if you firmly implement your strategy in the future, won't there be only two and a half million standing soldiers left in my Great Song Dynasty?" That's not just disarmament and rearmament, only half of the troops, but three-quarters of the soldiers! ”

At this point, Yue Fei's face showed a worried look, and Ji'er said: "With such a large-scale reduction of soldiers, aren't you worried that the soldiers will be dissatisfied?" Of the seven or eight million people who have been laid off, you can't all be reorganized into the Reclamation Corps, right? ”

Hearing his question, Liu Xing nodded lightly.

Giving him a smile of approval, Liu Xing said: "Cutting seven or eight million people at once will not only not make my Great Song Dynasty realize 'soldiers are more valuable than fine, and soldiers are more valuable than weapons', but will affect the morale of the army, cause mutinies and even large-scale mutinies." Of course, I thought about that, so I said, "I only laid off 1.1 million people in the first year." ”

"But what about the rest? How are you going to do it? Yue Fei still didn't fully understand, and seeing that Liu Xingyan didn't seem to have any intention of continuing here, he just pretended to smile mysteriously there, and immediately asked.

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