"Your Majesty, is this matter over?" asked Meng Yi with some concern.

"It's over, but the feud is settled, so I'll collect the interest first!" Zhou Chuan squinted his eyes slightly and said meaningfully.

"Your Majesty means to clean up the Fenglin Dynasty first?" Meng Yi looked around and asked in a low voice.

Zhou Chuan glanced at him and said, "Do you know what a dynasty with nothing needs to feed millions of people?"

"My subordinates don't know, but I want to hear about it. Meng Yi touched his head, he really didn't know much about this.

"Food, clothing, shelter, and transportation are necessary for the people to live and work in peace and contentment. ”

"Unlike other dynasties, the Wu Zhou Dynasty did not have a lot of fertile land, nor did it have grasslands suitable for large-scale grazing, so I took the black iron ore. ”

"But those can only be used to enrich the treasury, not the people. ”

So I brought in the Aolai merchants and allowed them to legally run all businesses in the Wuzhou Dynasty. This can only solve the urgent need, but it cannot make the people truly live and work in peace and contentment. ”

"It wasn't until I heard that the Fenglin Dynasty was preparing to attack, and I thought of using the fertile land resources of the Fenglin Dynasty to feed the people of the Wuzhou Dynasty. ”

"But this will not really be solved, because when the time comes, the people of the Maple Grove Dynasty will become my people again, and there will be a shortage of resources. ”

"Just when I didn't know what to do, the Holy Cult appeared. Although they are the ones I will eliminate in the future, they will now be the swords in my hands. ”

"The four sides come to the court, and the eight sides support. When my dynasty is rich enough, it will be time to sweep through the Eight Desolations. ”

When Zhou Chuan said this, he patted Meng Yi's shoulder and looked at Meng Yi's gaze, which was meaningful.

A hint of joy flashed in Meng Yi's eyes, and he immediately saluted Zhou Chuan and said: "Your Majesty means that after defeating the Fenglin Dynasty, let the Holy Sect come over to congratulate, so as to force the neighboring dynasties to pay tribute? ”

Meng Yi said as he spoke, and when he was getting up, he thought of something again, and hesitated: "But what if they serve the Holy Sect? Then won't they stare dry......ly at that time?"

Zhou Chuan shook his hand, interrupted Meng Yi's words, and sighed: "You are indeed stronger than me in leading the troops to fight. But when it comes to politics, you're missing some heat. The dynasty may be able to last forever, but the royal family is not. ”

"I know what you're going to say, and I'm afraid that they will take refuge in the Holy Religion and make me passive. But, ah......" Zhou Chuan smiled slightly, pointing to this scorched black land, "The Holy Sect only recognizes the royal family, will he recognize it again if he changes it?"

"What do you think the Holy Cult is? they're just a higher dynasty. They relied on their strength to attract those dynasties to pay money in order to obtain protection. But do you think the other forces will care? When the royal family was destroyed and the Holy Sect got the news, on the way there, the person who did it was long gone. ”

"Some middle-level dynasties have branches of the Holy Sect, and they may not be very active, but low-level dynasties, do you really think that the Holy Sect cares? If they want to take refuge, just let them go, just borrow the hand of the Holy Sect and squeeze them. This is a great thing, and when I recover, they will be just lambs to the slaughter. ”

Meng Yi still looked worried: "Your Majesty, having said that, if they really feed the Holy Sect almost, they may not be able to investigate to the end, if they find out that it is our hands, wouldn't it be a disaster?"

"Invite disaster, how to attract disaster, they are not compatible internally, how can they attract disaster?" Zhou Chuan waved his sleeves, domineering, "What if they are fed? Are the Holy Church willing to die because of their offerings? As long as the Fenglin Dynasty is defeated, I will tell them that I will eat them." ”

"What Your Majesty said is that the minister is willing to be a pawn. Meng Yi nodded.

Zhou Chuan glanced at Meng Yi unexpectedly, although he didn't understand it yet, but his attitude was very correct.

"When the March period comes, you will go and get a batch of black iron ordnance and distribute it. I will still drive the expedition in person, and I have already ordered someone to build it secretly, but I can only produce 50,000 sets of black iron armor, which will be distributed according to the strength of the new sergeants. Zhou Chuan said lightly, and then took the egg in Meng Yi's hand.

"Obey. Meng Yi bowed, and then followed.

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Liao Cheng.

New Army Barracks.

"Master Chief, the spies from Dongchang have come to report that all the bandits in Liaocheng Mountain have been cleared. ”

A soldier said.

"Okay! You immediately arrange for someone to report the good news here to Your Majesty. ”

Xiao Lingwei's face was happy, and he couldn't wait to say.

"Master Chief, my subordinates have ordered someone to send them to the royal city as soon as possible. ”

The soldier said immediately.

"Well, okay! After you go out, write down the cultivation of the new army in detail, and a batch of excellent ordnance will be delivered soon. ”

Xiao Lingwei nodded and said in a deep voice.

He naturally knew that this batch of ordnance was smelted and made from black iron ore, and the output in three months was only 50,000 sets.

Although they have soft armor and body protection, but the new army below is not good, they have a high cultivation, and they are ranked in the territory of the dynasty, as of 50,000 people, Liao Cheng can only get a thousand sets.

Although the number is scarce, it can save the lives of these new soldiers to the greatest extent.

If it weren't for the fact that the black iron ore was too difficult to build, it wouldn't be distributed like this.

The secret letter sent by Meng Yi from Wangcheng made it very clear that only those who have cultivated to excellence can obtain a set of black iron weapons, including black iron armor.

It was a secret letter, so the reason could not be revealed, and every Xiaolingwei sent out knew this.

This time the war was destined to be fierce, and the casualties of the new army would reach a high proportion, but this battle had to be fought, which was the main reason why the Wu Zhou Dynasty rebuilt the new army.

The old armies were so corrupt that they were no longer combative, and they would be the vanguard, and the new armies would follow, and this was the only way to cushion the casualties of the new armies.

For the new army, the Wu Zhou Dynasty attached great importance to it, if it weren't for this, Zhou Chuan would not have continuously invested more than 160 million yuan in cultivation resources within three months.

Although this money was borne by the Aolai merchants, the business that Zhou Chuan promised them was to sell black iron ordnance for a period of five years and worth 200 million yuan.

These are unknown to the officials and the common people of the Wuzhou Dynasty, and wars have always been maintained by money.

Whether it is transporting grain and grass or training a new army, these expenses are far less than the expenses at the moment when the war begins.

In the past three months, Zhou Chuan has almost prepared everything, and it can be said that this battle is a battle that drained all the wealth of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, and even saddled hundreds of millions of debts.

The Xiaoling guards are well aware of this, so they pay special attention to the training of recruits every day, they know that this battle can only be won and not lost.