Behind me is the earth

Chapter 414 412. Let the bullets fly for a while longer

The Yangshen Temple is not as big as the Qianyuan Hall, which accommodates hundreds of officials during court meetings, but is as big as the Yuanhe Hall in the Qifeng County Prince's Mansion.

Bai Chuchu and Li Youling stood in the palace, only seven or eight meters away from the emperor, but they could see the appearance of Emperor Chongqing.

At this time, Li Youling had the urge to take out his camera and take a photo of Emperor Chongqing.

"Wuzhou Zhongshu Pavilion Bai Chuchu, please see your Majesty."

Bai Chuchu and Li Youling bowed to the emperor and said.

"No gifts."

Emperor Chongqing's voice was not loud, but it was full of energy and his words were spoken in a clear and round tone. His voice was very clear in the Yangtze Temple.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Bai Chuchu straightened up and said, "I have the ability to fly. After the prince learned the news about Nanyang, he immediately sent me here to understand the disaster situation in Nanyang and to express his concern to His Majesty."

Emperor Chongqing nodded slightly: "The King of Qi is interested."

Although King Qi sent people to investigate the truth, he also knew what was going on.

If we had not deployed manpower in Nanyang, Wuzhou was thousands of miles away from Nanyang, and he, King Qi, would not have been able to know the news and react so quickly.

But it’s good to know this in your heart.

The other party was also the first to express condolences, and also called for donations of money and materials on the radio. This must be appreciated.

At this time, Nanyang was in chaos, and for Emperor Chongqing, time was running out.

Bai Chuchu also had an impromptu meeting with the emperor.

The relationship represented by the emperor and King Qi was also quite complicated, and there was nothing to talk about between the two parties.

Therefore, after a brief interview process, Bai Chuchu left the imperial city after about ten minutes and took Li Youling with him out of the imperial city under the guidance of the eunuch.

Taking back the token, the two walked towards the outside of the city among the ruins.

"Your Majesty does not seem to be dim."

After a brief contact, Li Youling said.

"The King of Qi said that Emperor Chongqing was a diligent king and was very skillful in his actions. However, the contradictions between the Jing Dynasty and the Jing Dynasty had completely intensified and were almost irreversible, difficult to reconcile, and difficult to reform.

When this king first came to power, he was quite radical in his actions. He enabled and personally cultivated the reformists, which affected the interests of many people and caused the gentry everywhere to be very resistant to him.

Then there was the catastrophe of the living corpses in the seventh year of Chongqing, which made it difficult for the emperor to leave Jingzhou. From then on, the entire Jingguo existed in name only. "

Bai Chuchu said.

"but"

Bai Chuchu changed the topic and said with some uncertainty: "I feel that this Emperor Chongqing seems to have practiced martial arts."

Li Youling frowned and said, "I have been in Nanyang for two years and I have never heard that Emperor Chongqing practiced martial arts."

"I'm not sure either."

Bai Chuchu shook her head and no longer struggled with this topic.

After leaving the city, Bai Chuchu said goodbye to Li Youling and others, soared into the sky with the collected information, and returned to Wuzhou Province.

The wind howled in her ears, the air was freezing, and soon there were snowflakes in the sky, which forced her to create an air shield in front of her.

After leaving Nanyang, the sky became clear. She took advantage of the geomagnetism and the stars, adjusted her direction slightly and continued flying.

After an unknown amount of time, the temperature became much warmer, and a bright light suddenly appeared on the ground beneath her feet, and she knew she had entered the boundary of Wuzhou.

When she returned to Qifeng County, the lights in the palace were still on.

She took a few deep breaths, rubbed her cheeks, adjusted her tired spirit, and headed towards the Jingxin Zhai where the prince was.

"Thanks a lot."

When Ren Pingsheng saw Bai Chuchu, he could see the bloodshot eyes in her eyes. It was obvious that he was very tired from this trip.

He asked Siqi, who was on duty next to him tonight, to give Bai Chuchu a cup of ginseng tea.

Soon, Huang Wenguang was called over from the front yard.

Ren Pingsheng also stood up from behind the desk, walked to the chair next to Bai Chuchu and sat down.

It was like the fog had been lifted. After listening to Bai Chuchu's story, Ren Pingsheng already knew something in his mind.

"Guangzhong, when you go back, take someone to sort out these materials and send them to the participating ministers before the meeting tomorrow morning."

Ren Pingsheng handed the information brought back by Bai Chuchu to Huang Wenguang.

"yes!"

Huang Wenguang felt quite stressed. He glanced at the clock hanging on the wall of Jingxinzhai. It was already two o'clock in the morning, and there were less than five hours left before the morning meeting.

He quickly said goodbye and left with the materials.

"Chu Chu, please go back and rest first. You don't have to worry about the rest."

Ren Pingsheng said.

"good."

Bai Chuchu stood up, but his steps were still, and he said with some embarrassment: "I have experienced too much today, and I almost forgot that when I met with the emperor, he said that he would continue to trade a batch of flintlock guns with the prince."

Ren Pingsheng nodded and waved his hand towards her.

After Bai Chuchu went down, Ren Pingsheng pinched his eyebrows.

Today he is no more relaxed than Bai Chuchu.

After presiding over the military parade in the morning, he began to receive envoys from various places in the afternoon. Before the interview process was completed, news of the Nanyang earthquake came.

"Siqi, has Li Fugui left?"

Ren Pingsheng asked.

"excuse me, may I ask."

Siqi hurriedly went out, found the phone number and called Qixing Hotel to inquire. Then he came back and said, "Your Majesty, the court party has already left. They left by train at five o'clock in the afternoon. They should be over in Qingcheng Town by now."

Ren Pingsheng tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

"Um."

He nodded.

Flintlock gun, he is not willing to trade with the court now.

He has sensed that a war is sweeping the world and may be coming soon.

For such a vast war, the 200,000 regular soldiers alone are not enough.

Not only will the regular soldiers continue to expand, but the militia units will also be activated again this time, and their training will even need to be expanded.

By then, flintlock guns will also be available.

Even the ordnance currently stored in various armories may not be sufficient.

"Forget it, let's talk about it tomorrow."

It was almost three o'clock in the morning. Although Ren Pingsheng was mentally strong, his mental exertion was too great and he felt a little sleepy.

He simply didn't think about anything and just lay down on the small couch behind Yuan He and rested.

The next morning, it was not even seven o'clock.

After Ren Pingsheng got up and washed up, he had a simple breakfast, changed his clothes and went directly to the Min'an Hall.

At this time, in the Min'an Hall, the directors of various departments, Liu Qiang and Qin Sheng, also arrived early.

"Your Majesty, stay safe!"

Seeing Ren Pingsheng, the ministers in the palace quickly saluted.

Ren Pingsheng nodded towards them and sat on the table.

"Give me a seat."

Ren Pingsheng said something, and an attendant immediately brought a brocade stool to him.

"Everyone already knows what happened yesterday, and everyone can speak freely. Let's talk about it first."

There were not many people on the field, only a dozen people in total, all of whom were ministers who truly held power in Wuzhou.

Based on their standing height, they should put forward constructive opinions.

"Shi Qiang, you speak first."

In this small closed-door meeting, Ren Pingsheng was not so formal. He directly named Liu Qiang and asked him to speak first.

"When we entered the First Palace Gate today, Secretary Huang distributed information. I just read it carefully.

I think things are still very unclear. Whether it is the Daru Dynasty, or the movements of the Zhu Thieves, Zhao Thieves, and Beiwan Group, it is estimated that they are all affected by this earthquake. The situation will gradually become clearer in half a month to a month at most.

We might as well stop and wait a little longer. "

Liu Qiang's speech was very mature and prudent.

However, it was also approved by the majority of people.

Only those who are weak and struggling to survive should give it a try. As for Wuzhou's current development, although its territory is not the largest among the warlords, its strength is something that no one in the world dares to ignore.

For Wuzhou, at this time, movement is worse than silence.

Ren Pingsheng nodded.

Liu Qiang’s views basically represent the Ministry of National Defense.

He pointed at Liu Wen again: "Shaowen, tell me."

Liu Wen stood up, saluted Ren Pingsheng, and after bowing to all the ministers, he said: "I basically agree with what Minister Liu said. However, from the perspective of the Ministry of Industry, at this time The Ministry of National Defense is waiting and watching, but it is necessary for the Ministry of Industry, Manufacturing Bureau, and even the Finance and Taxation Department to start preparations.

In my opinion, a war sweeping the world, regardless of human will, is coming soon, and we must be fully prepared in advance.

The munitions factories of the Manufacturing Bureau should start producing at full capacity, but there are and are not only the Manufacturing Bureau, others such as Qingcheng No. 1 Steel Plant, Qixing Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, Qixing Vehicle Manufacturing Factory, Qixing Textile Factory, and Qixing Oil Refinery , Qixing Petrochemical.

In addition, there are some private businesses, such as Hu's Weaving and Garment Factory, Hu's Fertilizer Factory, Wang's Cannery, Wenjia Candy Factory, Zhong's Leather Shoe Factory... these factories may be able to Transform into the production of military supplies, or directly produce military uniforms, cotton clothing, military boots, bayonets, military rations, etc.

We all need to place large orders and make supply contracts to stockpile armaments in preparation for a war that may start at any time. "

Liu Wen continued: "First, weapons and equipment. In the past two years, Wuzhou has prioritized economic development for these things. Although the manufacturing bureau is also producing them, they are standing armaments and supply to the army for use and training. Now, those The productive forces of the wealthy, which were used to produce civilian products such as bicycles, soaps, and fertilizers, all stopped production and were used to produce armaments and reserve them in preparation for war.

Second, food and clothing supply. We should immediately coordinate the quantity, issue task instructions to Qixing Group, sign task orders with private enterprises, and use a combination of economic contracts and administrative means to ensure that they can complete the target tasks on time, with high quality and guaranteed quantity.

Third, fuel supply. This is a weak link that has been ignored for a long time. Through my previous research, I found that the number of motorized troops in the army has increased significantly, especially tractors pulling artillery, quick-response motorized troops, etc. Our refinery production is not enough. Next It should be noted that there is a quota system for the fuel supplied to private vehicles, and the supply can no longer be unlimited. "

As Liu Wen spoke, he looked at the information in his hand from time to time.

The handwriting on it is a bit sloppy, and he obviously analyzed and recorded it after obtaining the information.

"Liu Wen said it right. The Ministry of Industry supplies armaments, fuel, etc. to the army. For any issue involving the supply of armaments to the army, you come up with a plan.

In terms of food and clothing, the Department of Home Affairs will come up with a plan. "

Ren Pingsheng said.

He looked at everyone for a moment and asked them to speak one by one.

"How is the training situation of Wuzhou's militia? Has there been any neglect in training this year?"

Ren Pingsheng looked at Lu Feihu.

In the past two years, Wuzhou has been relatively peaceful. Even if it fights occasionally, it only sends out some regular soldiers, and basically no more than one division is sent out.

Since the beginning of this year, it has been the navy that has fought more frequently.

As for the militiamen, Ren Pingsheng was a little worried because he paid less attention to them.

Lu Feihu stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, Wuzhou has never stopped training its militia in the past two years.

Just like in Yuntai County, a quota system for each county is adopted.

According to the registered population and economic situation, quotas are carried out to ensure the prince's instruction of "one million people strong".

The militia adopts a rotation training system that has been mature since the time of Yuntai County. The frequency and intensity of rotation training are relaxed every year except during busy farming periods. The rest of the time, rotation training is carried out every other month. And I will select a county every other month and lead the team to conduct surprise inspections according to the method of "four no two straights" mentioned by the prince to ensure the quality of rotation training.

Today, our millions of militiamen are all good soldiers who can pull, stand up, win, and have a good style! "

Lu Feihu's tone of voice was solemn, and he was obviously full of confidence in the training results of the militiamen.

Since the establishment of the new militia system in Yuntai County, a set of effective and complete militia training regulations has been formed. From the provincial government to the town government, this has become a established practice at all levels of government.

Moreover, with Wuzhou's productivity, it can fully afford to feed and drink millions of militiamen, and they can still eat well during training.

Although there is still no money for training militiamen, there are some invisible welfare benefits for militiamen in villages and workshops.

Moreover, as the police systems in various places are being initially established, due to the serious shortage problem, those militiamen with good training results, high ideological and moral character, and strong professional capabilities will be selected to join the grassroots militiamen.

In most places, young adults are actually eager to receive militia training. Even young people from economically developed areas will not resist training.

Ren Pingsheng nodded.

This tenant whom he had picked up from Renjiazhuang had now grown into a real general.

And, still so diligent.

Even though the militiamen had not received his attention in the past two years, Lu Feihu still never slacked off.

"good!"

Ren Pingsheng nodded towards Lu Feihu and encouraged: "You did a good job."

He glanced at everyone's faces one by one: "Next, Wuzhou established a 'Special Leading Group for War Response'. Liu Qiang, Lu Feihu, Liu Wen, Qin Wan, Lu Yingying, Du Huimin, and Wu Qiong joined in to be responsible for this task. For war-related matters after the Nanyang Earthquake, if necessary, the number of members in the leadership group will be increased at any time.

From today on, the army has entered a state of war preparation. The militiamen have intensified their training and are ready to go to the battlefield at any time.

Military supplies have entered wartime status, and we need to step up response, production, and reserves!

For the rest, just let the bullets fly for a while. "