The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

"The tribal soldiers outside the border have withdrawn. What should we do next?" Yang Duanhe asked Wang Jian.

"Well, these tribal soldiers came very suddenly and left strangely." Wang Jian said.

"We may not know the reason for this, but if we do nothing, we will fall into greater passivity." Wang Jian said while looking at the sand table.

"Next, we still need to strengthen our defense. After all, the defense line on the northern border of Qin is too long. There are also many weak links in the middle. The cavalry of the northern nomadic tribes is very mobile. If we don't take precautions, I'm afraid we will be even more passive.

." Wang Jian said.

"Well, the ministries in the north have been on alert for a long time." Yang Duanhe said.

"Well, at this time, we should be more cautious." Wang Jian said.

"Where did this nomadic tribe cavalry go? We don't know either." Wang Jian said worriedly.

"General." Yang Duanhe said carefully at this time.

"What's wrong?" Wang Jian asked, looking at Yang Duanhe who looked cautious.

"General, speak here." Yang Duanhe said.

"What's wrong?" Yang Duanhe pushed Wang Jian to a room.

"Did you hear that?" Yang Duanhe asked.

"What?" Wang Jian asked.

"The Prime Minister's Office wants to let businessmen expand their arms and let them fight wildly outside the border." Yang Duanhe said.

"What news is this?" Wang Jian asked, not knowing what was going on.

"This is the most unwelcome news from you. It seems that the Prime Minister has already discussed this matter and agreed to proceed. If this continues, Qin's border defense will have to cut a large amount of military expenditures. The most important thing is

Yes, part of the military power in our hands will be reduced and given to businessmen. In this way, businessmen will control part of the military power." Yang Duanhe said anxiously.

"Really?" Wang Jian asked.

"Really, news has come from the Prime Minister's Mansion." Yang Duanhe said.

"Yes." Wang Jian nodded and thought deeply.

Yang Duanhe just looked at Wang Jian.

"Does the king know about this?" Wang Jian asked.

"We don't know what is going on with this matter yet? But the king must know about it. It is extremely difficult for the Qin State to solve this matter at present. I am afraid that the situation is not good for us. Because the king does not want to see an extreme increase in military expenditures.

The situation. Especially the current situation is out of control. If this continues, Qin will inevitably increase its military spending." Yang Duanhe said.

"Yes." Wang Jian just nodded.

"If that's the case, there's nothing wrong with it." Wang Jian said.

"If the king is willing, he can do this." Wang Jian said.

"It's just that the most important issue is who has control over it." Wang Jian said after thinking for a while. Regarding the issue of military power, Wang Jian knew very well that although their staff had the power to mobilize and plan, they actually didn't have much power.

Military power. The actual control of military power is still in the hands of the King of Qin. Meng Yi dares to make such a suggestion. It is not a matter of whether it can be passed here. The first hurdle to pass is the first hurdle at the King of Qin.

The issue of control is even more critical than the issue of military power. First of all, if the merchant armed forces are carefully counted, they should be part of the reserve militia of the Qin State, and within the territory of the Qin State, all reserve militia forces are mobilized and planned by the staff.

But from Meng Yi's point of view, the merchant armed forces actually belong to the merchant category. Because the Qin State started trade and cut military expenditures and the merchants' own safety considerations allowed them to have a certain amount of armed force. In this way, the merchant armed forces were

Judging from the definition, the General Staff can control its armed mobilization. And the Prime Minister's Office can also use merchants' tax payments as proof to become the scope of their jurisdiction. In this way, these two important departments have great importance.

The overlapping nature of the businessmen's armed forces became the key to this problem. Wang Jian immediately saw the key to the problem, but the key lies in the King of Qin, not how they fight for it. If it is controlled by the General Staff, the Qin merchants

The flexibility of the armed forces cannot be guaranteed. After all, the merchant armed forces are not real soldiers. If they were real soldiers, they would have great discipline, but the merchant armed forces are still essentially militia armed forces.

"I haven't thought about this issue yet. Your Majesty is also returning to Guanzhong from the Western Regions, and it won't be long before we discuss this matter," Yang Duanhe said.

"It's just that there is another telegram. This telegram is from Li Xin. He asked them how to deal with the prisoners of war in their hands?" Yang Duanhe asked at this time.

"What prisoners of war?" Wang Jian felt that this matter was even more strange. Because the Qin army rarely mentioned the situation of prisoners of war before, most of the prisoners of war were usually sold on the spot to the slave traders who followed the Qin army, or were directly brought nearby

go to the market to sell slaves

The proceeds from the trade were all kept by the officers and soldiers, and were regarded as their spoils of war. Normally, subordinates would not send telegrams to report such things, because such things have become the norm. The ministries did not take this matter as a big deal.

Deal with things.

"What does this Li Xin want to do?" Wang Jian thought that Li Xin was bothering the staff with trivial matters like prisoners of war, so Wang Jian felt very unhappy.

"The situation is not what the general thought. Their prisoners of war came from Parthian country." Yang Duanhe continued.

"What is the Kingdom of Parthia?" Wang Jian asked.

"I don't know either. I don't know where this country is." Yang Duanhe said.

"The telegram said that he had captured these Parthian prisoners of war for a long time. He said that they might be special envoys. If they were detained for such a long time, big troubles might occur. Therefore, he hoped that the staff could solve it for him.

This matter." Yang Duanhe said.

"Special envoy? Special envoy from Parthia?" Wang Jian asked.

"Yes. The problem is that we don't know how to solve any situation here. This matter is not under our control. The Parthian Kingdom has not attacked us, how can we solve it?" Yang Duanhe asked.

"That's right. This matter is not something that our staff can handle. I think this matter should be left to Meng Yi. After all, this is the special envoy of the Parthian state. We only deal with wars, negotiations and other matters.

Only they can do it, we can't be the master at all." Yang Duanhe said.

"Indeed, if there is any major conflict between the two countries, whether it is war or peace, it is simply beyond our control." Yang Duanhe said.

"Li Xin also reported this incident indiscriminately." Wang Jian complained with some dissatisfaction about Li Xin's approach. But it would be better for them to know such a thing.