Baili Piaoxue looked at Lao Jiu and continued to take care of himself, "In addition to these, the investment in military spending is the largest, and this year it has almost exceeded 30 billion gold coins!" This includes not only the supply of soldiers, but also the crafting, repair, and wear and tear of equipment. ”

"The last is the development of the shipbuilding industry, this is the big money-eater, this year in order to develop the military force on the water, we have spent almost 20 billion gold coins. Do you still think we have a lot of gold coins? ”

"Uh...... That one...... How long can we hold on to the funds we have at hand? Lao Jiu asked a little embarrassed.

"It's going to be a New Year, but when the Empire stabilizes next year, we can issue our own currency again, and then the funds will be withdrawn, and there will be no shortage of funds internally." Baili Piaoxue thought for a moment and said, "But for foreign trade, we still need a lot of gold coins." ”

"How well do we have a stockpile of equipment today?" Lao Jiu asked with a frown.

"Today, we have two million top-of-the-line gold suits. And the silver suit, the inventory is also three million. Mi Baoer looked at Lao Jiu and said, "At present, the production of standard equipment has basically stopped. ”

"And our main task now is to produce war consumables, such as arrows for bows and arrows, crossbows for bed crossbows, etc. And our reserves of arrows have just exceeded 10 million, which is still early from our budget. ”

"And what about our ore reserves?" Lao Jiu continued to ask.

"Where are the reserves, now the entire Xiaoyao Island is under construction, tools are in short supply at all, all our low-end ores, all produced labor tools, and this has been imported from abroad." Mibael rolled her eyes and said.

"At present, the richest ore on Xiaoyao Island is bronze ore and iron ore. And with the mining technology in the game, the ore mined is not enough for us to be self-sufficient. As for the other minerals, they are valuable in reality, but in the game they are garbage. ”

"But the good news is that with the elimination of the northern snow wolf, the team of mineralists led by Wang Laoliu found a large, open-pit salt deposit on the wasteland north of Xiaoyao Island, with a thickness of more than 300 meters and a salt content of more than 70%."

"It was the discovery of this salt deposit that made me cancel the plan to build a salt pan, which saved us a lot of money." At this time, Baili Piaoxue interjected.

"Oh? How much salt are in reserve? In this way, we can also make exports? Lao Jiu's eyes lit up and said.

"Judging by the size of the salt bed, the reserve of salt should be more than 200 billion tons, and the annual mining volume in the future will be enough to feed billions of people, and there is no problem if you want to export it." Mibael said.

"Sister Feng, how far has the development of Xiaoyao Island been now? What is the population? Lao Jiu turned his head and asked Long Sifeng again.

"The population has exceeded 500 million, and the current labor volume has exceeded 200 million, as long as there is money, the development speed in the game is more than ten times faster than in reality." Long Sifeng smiled and said, "In half a year this year, we have built thousands of cities on Xiaoyao Island. ”

"Of course, these are cities without walls, similar to real cities. At the same time, the length of the road was more than 100,000 kilometers, almost the entire Xiaoyao Island. At the same time, the Xiaoyao Sailor College has also been basically completed. ”

"It's just that the construction of the outer city wall of Xiaoyao Island is the most time-consuming, and it is estimated that it will not be completed until July or August next year. However, Emperor Xiaoyao will be able to complete the construction at the end of the year, and after the New Year, Xiaoyao Island can be regarded as a real empire. ”

"Sometimes I really feel that I am very irresponsible, and I have worked hard for you this year!" Lao Jiu said with some emotion.

"Come on, I feel like we're a bunch of losers, we don't have any income this year, and we've spent more than 70 billion gold coins on expenses alone." Baili Piaoxue rolled his eyes and said, "If the empire's economy can't operate stably next year, let's wait to drink the northwest wind." ”

"All the heavy and light industries we have built have now begun to operate normally, and they will be self-sufficient by the end of this year, and they will be able to sell them to the outside world next year, and it is impossible to lose money in this regard." Bai Ruyu continued.

"Before the end of this year, it is estimated that the entire Xiaoyao Island will be wiped out by the army, and I don't know how the army will develop next year." Yu Shengxiang also pouted and said.

"When the construction of Xiaoyao Island is fully completed, we will be able to establish a complete economic system. At that time, it will be a transformation of the army into the navy. Lao Jiu thought for a while and said, "These things will be talked about next year." Now let's talk about the grain harvest. ”

"I've put aside other things for the time being, and I'm in charge of the grain harvest of the North and South Border River." Zhu Erpang said, "At present, most of the grain north of the Jiehe River has been harvested, and it is estimated that in about 20 days, the grain north of the Jiehe River will be harvested." ”

"It's just that our transportation is too backward, otherwise the grain north of the boundary river would have been harvested long ago. Land and water transportation is almost 24 hours a day, and it would be perfect if there was another air transportation, you must know that the grain hoarded north of the Jiehe River has exceeded tens of millions of tons. ”

"I want to too, but unfortunately I can only think about it." Lao Jiu shrugged his shoulders and said a little helplessly, "How is the ship sent by Xiaoyao Island?" ”

"Fortunately, the first batch of ships has entered Qilin Harbor, and the families of the dead soldiers are currently being arranged to retreat." Long Sifeng said, "I feel that it is more troublesome to evacuate people than to transport grain, I hope you can hold it off." ”

"The next time I come over, mobilize some emergency outdoor supplies, and evacuate the excess personnel to the Qilin base first, where the place is relatively large and can accommodate a lot of people." Lao Jiu thought for a while and said.

"It is the main port for our foreign trade in the future, and we can't lose it for the time being, and when we fully retreat, the Kirin base must be left behind. Otherwise, there will be a lot of trouble in the future trade. ”

"Your idea is better, but I don't know if you can keep it in the future." Long Sifeng glanced at Lao Jiu and said.

"In the future, it will become the border of the three kingdoms, and then a real trade city will be established along the north and south boundary rivers, which will be beneficial to the three empires, and I think that without that empire, it is willing to do things that harm others and benefit themselves." Lao Jiu looked at her and said.

"The situation in the game changes almost every day, and no one can say for sure in the future, so let's wait until we pass this level first." Long Sifeng said.

"This year is the most critical year for our development, there must be no mistakes, just passive defense, Amur City will be broken sooner or later, we can't last long. What are your thoughts on this? Lao Jiu frowned, looked at Long Fei and asked.

"As the saying goes, the best defense is offense!" Chu Yun looked at Lao Jiu and said lightly, "It's definitely not okay to always sit and wait, at present, the Russian army has withdrawn to Clovis City, we can pretend to feint and then delay time." ”

"Oh? Let's talk about the specifics. Lao Jiu looked at Chu Yun and said.

"We currently have 500,000 troops, and we only need to stay in the city of Amur with 100,000, and then divide the troops into three routes, besiege the city of Klovis without attacking it, and then send reinforcements at the encirclement point." Chu Yun analyzed, "The grain and grass in Clovis City is definitely insufficient, so this is our breakthrough. ”

"Even if they rebuild the teleportation array, the food they can deliver will be a drop in the bucket. If they forcibly requisition the grain and grass in the city, they will not be able to hold out for a month. Our mission is to capture the city of Clovis and intercept their food routes. ”

"Here's a topographic map of the city around Clovis!" Chu Yun said, called up the sand table map of Clovis City, then pointed to it, and said to everyone, "The surroundings of Clovis City are basically plateaus and hilly landforms, and the terrain is very complicated, which is not suitable for large-scale field operations at all. ”

"So we can take advantage of that and try to fight guerrilla warfare. These complex terrains, first of all, did not have much impact on the soldiers of level seventy. So, we can let the undead cavalry go around to the rear of Clovis City, this is it! ”

Chu Yun pointed to a river road leading to Clovis City on the sand table and said, "Only here can you lead to the city in the rear, there are lofty mountains on both sides, and the grain and grass cannot run at all. The east side of Clovis City is built on the hill, and we only need to defend in two directions. ”

"That is, the south and the west, the west does not have the conditions for siege, so we can put the main forces in the south, that is, in the direction of the city of Amur. Of course, we don't really need to siege the city, we just need to besiege it without attacking it, so that the enemy can no longer march on the city of Amur. ”

"With our little strength, we can't stop the Russian army at all, and if they attack in an all-out way, we can't stop it!" Lao Jiu shook his head and said.

"Actually, what we want is for them to attack." Chu Yun said confidently, "Have you noticed the terrain in the south of the city?" As long as they go out of the city to fight, we will directly withdraw our troops and retreat here! ”

Chu Yun said, pointing to a wasteland on the map and said, "The terrain here is vast, but the number of people that can accommodate it is limited, at most about 100,000 soldiers. And on either side of the wasteland, these two canyons, are where our ambush is. ”

"The terrain is like a pocket, and if the enemy pursues in, then they are already defeated. Of course, if the other party dispatches a seventy-level cavalry regiment, we have only one way, that is, to arrange a crossbow array in the rear! ”

"In this way, we can turn the offensive and defensive battle into a jungle field battle, and their cavalry will not play much role, and at the same time, it will not be so easy for them to come to the city of Amur."

"In this way, we have been holding back the Russian army for three months, and if they don't want to solve the problem of food and grass, the entire city of Clovis may be dragged down by us. But in this way, our hidden Qin crossbow will be truly exposed. ”