Daqin: Check in at the beginning of 18 and ask Zulong to abdicate

Zhao Yun nodded after hearing this, and continued to speak: "Your Majesty, although I have never been to the legendary Tianluo, I can see some clues from the sand table drawn by Your Majesty. "

After hearing this, Ying Zigao became more interested.

"Oh? Let's hear it."

Ying Zigao asked.

Zhao Yun nodded after hearing this, and continued to speak: "That's right, Your Majesty, I noticed that there is still a large area of ​​land to the west of Tianluo."

"Even if Tianluo falls, the enemy can retreat to the west!"

"Although, by that time, Tianluo is already in your Majesty's pocket, and the possibility of their resistance is already extremely small."

"But I know that a single spark can start a prairie fire! Once we start a war with Tianluo, we must make up our minds to completely destroy Tianluo!"

"If Tianluo cannot be completely conquered, then... Weichen feels... I'm afraid..."

After Ying Zigao heard this, he nodded and said, "I've thought of that too, but we can't dispatch so many people at the same time."

"20 is already the limit for Daqin today."

"Among the active troops, there are only 50 troops, of which [-] troops guard the northern border and [-] troops guard the southern border."

"The [-] navy is the Beiyang Navy, guarding the North Sea of ​​the Empire."

"[-] Nanyang naval forces guard the South China Sea."

"The [-] sailors under Zheng He will participate in the conquest of Tianluo. At that time, he will lead the [-] sailors to quickly take down Besli, and then go north to attack Tianluo."

"You led an army of [-], set out from land, and took down half of the Parthian Empire and Persia."

"We don't have extra manpower."

After hearing this, Zhao Yun cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, we...we must expand our army, otherwise we will not be able to win a normal battle!"

"It's very easy to defeat the Tianluo people. You don't even need 20, [-] is enough."

"But Your Majesty, your purpose is not simply to defeat the enemy, right?"

"If it is a conquest, a mere 20 is far from enough. We need more manpower to maintain stability in the later stage."

"The land laid down also needs manpower."

"Besli needs at least 1 people to be stationed to ensure that there will be no chaos in the rear granary."

"The conquered Parthian Empire and the countries in the Western Regions also need manpower, at least [-]."

"After taking Persia, we need another [-] people. As we take more and more land, our people are constantly decreasing."

"Until the region is stabilized, the military cannot withdraw."

"My minister suggests... expand the army immediately! Expand the army by 30! If our army has an army of 80! Surely we can easily take over the whole world!"

After hearing this, Ying Zigao smiled and nodded.

After a long time, he fiddled with his fingers.

I remember that when I first came to the throne, the registered population in the whole country was 500 million.

After five years of recuperation, the population has almost doubled!But you must know that almost all of the newly doubled population are children!
The oldest one is only seven or eight years old this year!
Even if there are more than 500 million young and middle-aged adults among the 1000 million people, they are all parents.

Every household has several children to support.

After careful calculation, in Qin State today, the number of young and middle-aged laborers is about 300 million.

Excluding irreplaceable workers such as farmers and skilled workers, there are as many as 500 million people left.

Of the 500 million, 50 joined the army.

Of the remaining 450 million, another 50 will either build the imperial mausoleum or the Great Wall.

Although……

Judging from the current military strength of the Qin State, it is basically useless whether the Great Wall is repaired or not.

But I can't order to stop the Great Wall, after all, this is what my father wants to see.

At the same time, Ying Zigao also felt that an ancient engineering miracle should be given to future generations.

The person who repaired the imperial mausoleum?
Then I dare not move even more!

Originally, Ying Zheng was old, but if he died suddenly one day and the imperial mausoleum hadn't been repaired, where would he bury it?

Ying Zigao had indeed considered the scale of the Emperor Qin's Mausoleum he saw, but if he thought about it carefully, Ying Zheng would spend his entire life as a soldier!He has made an indelible contribution to the unification of China, and he deserves such treatment.

It took a long time, but Ying Zigao couldn't think of a perfect solution.

Expanding the army is not an easy task. As far as the military salary alone is concerned, the military salary of a soldier is 20 taels a year.

Expand the army by 30, that's 600 million taels!

Of course, this is just military pay.

30 people need at least 30 guns, right?
30 guns need at least 300 million rounds of bullets, right?

No, no matter what, you need 1000 million rounds of ammunition, right?

You know, Daqin's rifle bullets are made of brass.

And brass is the currency in circulation in Qin!
In other words, the bullets fired are all a lot of money!

30 people, you still need a corresponding number of military uniforms, military boots and the like?
Still need time to train!

Also need to build a new barracks!
Calculated in this way, to expand the army by 30, I will spend at least 2000 million!
But now, there are only 2000 million left in the national treasury, which is not enough at all.

After a long time, Ying Zigao hammered his aching head.

At this time, Zheng He bowed his hands again and said: "Your Majesty! I still have a plan!"

Ying Zigao waved his hands and said, "Talk about it! If you have a good idea, come up with it quickly."

Zheng He nodded, and then said: "Your Majesty, as General Zhao said, recruiting troops is indeed the top priority at the moment!"

"The 50 army is indeed unable to maintain the huge territory of the empire."

"But, today, the treasury cannot afford a large army."

"The reason is the salary of Qin State today."

"The annual salary of a soldier is 20 taels, and the annual salary of the lowest yamen officers and soldiers is also 20 taels."

"According to Qin's minimum wage standard, it seems... there is no one below 15 taels, so no matter how we lower the wages, we cannot completely solve this problem."

"But... Your Majesty, why not hire the Foreign Legion?"

Hearing this, Ying Zigao quickly turned to look at Zheng He!
This is a good idea!Why didn't I think of it before?
Zheng He smiled slightly and said, "Since the death of King Ashoka, there has been great chaos! Except for our territory, the people in other poisoned areas have suffered unspeakably! Bow down for a bucket of rice!"

"They are the ones who need money!"

"People who are poisoned, you can't even find a piece of silver in your home now!"

"We can hire poisonous people at a very low price to fight for us."

"My minister has calculated that in Shendu areas outside the colonies, the salaries of low castes are generally two taels of silver a year."

"What's more, sell your whole life at the price of one tael of gold!"