In the afternoon of the same day, the empress summoned everyone in the court to discuss the matter, and everyone reacted more fiercely and toughly than the empress.

On the spot, someone wanted to pull Gu Zicheng up and cut down the sacrifice to the sky, and then sent troops to Great Xia.

As for how the Seven Princes of Great Xia died and who killed them, everyone ignored them.

Everyone has only one idea, Lao Tzu hasn't troubled you yet, you dare to trouble Lao Tzu? If you want to fight, you can fight, are you afraid that you won't succeed? Just fight to Daxia, and you can rob it.

Shi Qing and Kou Zhehai, who were more old and serious, were also silent with their beards stroked.

"Elder, do you have anything to say?" The empress looked at the reactions of the people below, and she was not surprised.

This reaction was taken for granted by the ancient people.

Whoever has the biggest fist is the boss, between the two countries, justification is something that only the weak have to do.

"The old minister feels that the Northern Protectorate, the Northeast Protectorate and the Southeast Protectorate should be reminded, especially the Northeast and Southeast Protectorates, and the old minister is afraid that Yunguo and Chen will also have some changes, so they should always be on guard.

There is also table salt, I am afraid that after the war, the number of merchants who come from the two countries of Yun and Chen to transport salt will be greatly reduced, and salt may be a big problem. It's going to be even harder on the mountain. Shi Qing said in a deep voice.

The empress nodded slightly after hearing this.

Table salt is indeed a big problem.

After the start of the war, trade transportation will definitely be affected, and I am afraid that the amount of salt brought into Dayao will be greatly reduced.

Now it's up to Ren Baqian to go to the mountains in a while.

"Your Majesty, the minister said that instead of taking precautions, it is better to strike first, go directly to Yunguo, occupy the salt farm, and the matter of salt will naturally be solved. No matter how bad it is, you can also loot it, there must be no shortage of salt in the city of Yunguo, right?" someone immediately answered. Qin Chuan stepped forward and spoke.

The empress didn't say a word after hearing this, there was no problem for fifteen thousand people to block the Yun Kingdom, but it was impossible to penetrate the Yun Kingdom.

However, seizing the city of Yunguo and looting some iron and salt is very likely to succeed.

Of course, the cost is just as great. At that time, it will inevitably be caught between the two countries of Yun and Great Xia.

At the same time, the war on two fronts is a bit difficult even with Da Yao's strength.

According to the city, the defense and the offense are completely different.

"How's the recruit going?" asked the empress instead.

"Your Majesty, the recruitment of recruits has been completed, a total of 20,000 people, and they have just entered the camp. The training of new recruits has just begun, and it will take at least half a year or more. However, the weapons and equipment are afraid that they are insufficient, and the arsenal can run mice, and finally some materials were transported to the northern capital two months ago. ”

The empress nodded: "Train with a wooden knife first." ”

Later, he asked Windthroat about the ordnance building.

Speaking of this thing, the wind throat is happy, now Damoshan produces nearly 10,000 catties of iron every day, and now it has produced 600,000 catties of iron in less than three months, and can build 30,000 weapons.

Now the iron ingots sent to the Jingtian furnace every half a month are piled up, but at this time, the creation of weapons depends on repeated hammering to beat out the impurities in it, and then adding animal blood to change the composition of the long knife to make it have certain alloy characteristics, and the good master can only make three standard long knives in a day.

There are more than 20 good teachers in Jingtian furnace, plus some ordinary craftsmen, and they can only produce only 100 weapons a day.

At present, there are about 3,000 standard long knives piled up in the Jingtian furnace.

This amount has already made Wind Throat overjoyed.

After he said it, everyone was also surprised, they didn't expect that so many weapons had been built in the past two months.

Then everyone was also happy.

At this rate, as long as it takes more than two months, 10,000 troops can be equipped first.

You must know that the Gu clan had a total of 90,000 troops before.

With the combat power of the ancient clan, 10,000 warriors can be used as 100,000 troops of the other three kingdoms.

The empress nodded: "Can it be faster?"

Wind Throat thought for a moment and said, "Up to one hundred and fifty per day." ”

In this way, 4,500 long knives can be built every month, and everyone in the court and China is satisfied.

However, the empress still felt that there were some shortcomings.

Although she didn't say a word about Qin Chuan's words just now, it really made her feel a little moved.

There are so many things that Dayao is missing.

Especially as Ren Baqian went to the earth for so long, he felt more and more that Dayao was lacking in various resources. Especially to develop like the earth, we need not only knowledge, but also various resources.

Not only salt, but also iron, copper, and various metal resources.

and a lot of manpower and material resources.

She wants to build a new city, what if there is no money and no people? She wants to build roads, what if there is no money? The inner treasury of the palace is empty, and Ren Baqian's cultivation can still support more than a month, what should she do if she has no money?

Ren Baqian also thought about the same problem, but Ren Baqian thought about it through commercial means.

And the empress's idea is more direct.

Rob!

No one? The army of Yunguo Daxia, as well as those civilians, are all people! Ren Baqian mentioned during the conversation that it would be best to use those people as coolies to build and build roads.

Although the empress did not speak at the time, she wrote it down.

If you don't have money, you will have money when you hit Yunguo.

Defeat the Cloud Country, and instead of grabbing and running away like before, you will occupy the entire Cloud Country.

As for how to manage it after it is laid, that is a matter for the future.

Isn't there still any eight thousand?

Let him figure it out.

There are more than fifty nationalities in their country, and he knows what to do.

However, if you want to defeat Yunguo as well, the current army is definitely not enough. Another 20,000 is not enough.

The empress was slightly distracted on the golden luan, and Tong Zhenye took two steps forward and said, "Your Majesty, there may be a way for the governor of the palace to deal with the matter of weapons." Governor Ren once said that there is something that can turn iron into steel, and it can be made directly into weapons without repeated forging......"

Tong Zhenye's words said that the empress's thinking was pulled back.

"I know, I'll ask him in a moment. After the empress finished speaking, she was silent for a moment, with a thoughtful expression on her face.

Seeing the empress's expression, everyone was silent, waiting for the empress to speak.

"You say, how many troops do you need to defeat the Cloud Kingdom and include the Cloud Kingdom in my Dayao?" the empress began.

The atmosphere in the entire hall froze at once.

Everyone didn't expect His Majesty to say such a thing at this time, but they still said it seriously.

Your Majesty, are you serious?

"Your Majesty, you need to add another 60,000 troops to the 20,000 recruits. Qin Chuan immediately said in a loud voice. From his reaction speed, he knew that he had this idea for more than a day or two. Otherwise, he'll have to crack his fingers for a while.

"The minister has long thought that Yun Guo has a total of 400,000 troops, and if there is a war, he will continue to recruit troops, and the strength of Yun Guo should reach 700,000 or even more. It takes at least 60,000 troops to fight until the East China Sea takes Yun Guo. And after entering the Yun Kingdom, Great Xia and the Chen Kingdom will not sit idly by, and the army line is stretched and vulnerable to attacks from all sides, and at least 20,000 troops are needed......"

The line is drawn to the territory of Yun Kingdom, and the things involved are not a little bit.

"Get ready to recruit another twenty thousand recruits!" the empress began.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan's face immediately lit up with excitement.

"Your Majesty...... If another 20,000 recruits are recruited, I am afraid that the supply of food and military salaries will not be available, and now 20,000 recruits is already the maximum limit. "Hubu Shangshu Tu immediately stepped forward at night.

The empress pressed her index finger to her chin: "Military salary, in Yunguo, waiting for my warriors to get it." As for the grain ......"

......

In the afternoon of the same day, the palace discussion lasted until the evening, and when the empress told Ren Baqian some of the things discussed during the meal, Ren Baqian suddenly looked confused.

What is the situation? I was still preparing to deal with the attack of Great Xia, why did I want to fight the Cloud Kingdom again?

And so many people in the court actually discussed it for an afternoon?

And it basically passed?

How willful are you, and how strange are your brain circuits?

After a long while, Ren Baqian asked with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, are you serious?"

The empress wiped her mouth, raised her head and gave him a roll of her eyes, "Dayao is short of iron, even if the Damoshan Iron Mine has a daily output of nearly 10,000 catties, according to your words, it is still very short." Especially to develop into your world, the resources needed are not enough even to hollow out the Great Mo Mountain.

Dayao lacks iron, and there are many iron mines in Yunguo.

Da Yao is short of money, and there are many Yunguo.

Da Yao lacks craftsmen, and there are many Yunguo.

Dayao is short of labor, and Yunguo is everywhere.

We want everything we want, so why not fight it down?

As for the troops, there are countless warriors in the 60,000 mountains, and what is lacking is nothing else.

Therefore, what we need to consider now is the problem of insufficient weapons and insufficient food. After that, you will be responsible for thinking about how to make the people of Yunguo honest. What's the problem?"

Ren 8000: ......

Your Majesty, you have evolved from buying, buying, buying, to grabbing.

I used to feel that the war was far away from me, even if I knew that Great Xia might not come when it came. But the development of this day caught Ren Baqian off guard, and at the same time, he also found that war was far from being as far away from this world as he thought.

And Da Yao is really not as short of labor as Your Majesty thinks, and there are still more than 10 million remnants of the Hao Kingdom in the south who are there to retire.

"Your Majesty, why not the Chen Kingdom? The Chen Kingdom is located in the south of the Yun Kingdom, located in the corner, and only adjacent to the Cloud Kingdom, which seems to be more suitable than the Cloud Kingdom of the adjacent Great Xia and Chen Kingdoms. Ren Baqian said with some curiosity.

"Chen Guo does not have as many resources as Yun Guo, and Chen Guo has too many waterways, there are rivers everywhere, as long as they break the bridge in many places, we will be delayed for a lot of time, even if we occupy it, there are more troubles, but it is not as good as Yun Guo and Pingchuan. ”

Ren Baqian understood this, and then gave a thumbs up and praised the empress: "Your Majesty is indeed thoughtful, when others are still thinking about Great Xia, Your Majesty has already thought of poetry and distance, and has made plans for the future, so that Da Yao's pace of progress will be accelerated and accelerated, laying a solid foundation for quickly entering the era of science and technology, and it is really very far-sighted......

The empress nodded in agreement.

Smiling like a flower.