Chapter 62: Establishing the Army

"If you have the will to establish a career, you have no way to serve the country." This is what some playboys in Danyang joked about the fact that they were repeatedly blocked by their families or were rejected by officials recruiting soldiers and non-commissioned officers from the Ministry of War.

Speaking of this, Tan Weixin curled her lips and said, "Now, the situation in Dongping is that import and export trade is strong, foreign trade product structure is reasonable, profit is considerable, the country's overall economic situation is good, the overall national strength is booming, the domestic economy and culture are developing rapidly, and the employment rate is extremely high... In other words, whether Dongping is no longer satisfied with the status quo or neighboring countries are unable to stand Dongping's peaceful rise, there is only one inevitable result, that is, war. Making achievements is now, and being inspired by your marching chess and grand strategy, making the war so attractive. No wonder so many people are reluctant to stay in their home industry and insist on squeezing into the army."

What made Tan Weixin a headache is that since war is inevitable, and it is indeed these passionate young people who may become the backbone of the military sergeant in the future. How to reasonably alleviate these people's restlessness is indeed a serious question. She and Ye Tao both understood that although marching chess incited some people's mentality to yearn for the battlefield, marching chess itself would be so easily popularized, and this game has reached a very high level in such a short time, which is indeed because it caters to everyone's basic mentality to yearn for success under the strong national strength. It is difficult to say who is promoting whom, perhaps, it is a beneficial mutual promotion.

"If I ran to Yi Zhan Tower these days and shouted, recruiting recruits or something, half of the people in it would probably sign up when they got angry." Ye Tao laughed, ignoring Tan Weixin's distressed expression and rolling eyes.

"I'm still laughing. These people don't regard their lives as their lives now. It's not fun to fight a war, it's really going to die." Tan Weixin said distressedly.

"A war game..." Ye Tao shook his head and stopped stimulating Tan Weixin. It was a bit disappointing to discuss such a topic while they were alone.

"War Game..." As she chewed these short four words, Tan Weixin suddenly thought of something. Her eyes suddenly lit up also reminded Ye Tao.

In the era when they came from, a large number of people who were rich and spared, and had nothing to do after eating and had nothing to do when they were full and spent a lot of money to buy military uniforms, protective gear, paintball guns, or imitation guns that fired rubber bullets with high-pressure air. It was nothing new to run to a special venue or drill into the mountains and forests to play war games. It even led to a military industry. The children of rich families who also had nothing to do when they were full and had nothing to do when they were full and had nothing to do now. This is probably the way to waste their energy.

Ye Tao patted his head and said, "This may be a good idea. At least, just use it as a hard-working summer camp."

"Well, we can also divide a group of trained veterans. After all, they all let these young men make trouble. In the future, such an army cannot reach the battlefield." Tan Weixin added.

"Or... all soldiers are served by veterans, and then all the positions of non-commissioned officers and officers are vacant?" Ye Tao suggested.

"A good idea, it's not a problem to raise thousands of veterans. Those veterans are eager to do it. The military pay is not much. As for the positions of officers and non-commissioned officers... it's certain that you don't pay the money..." Tan Weixin suddenly looked at Ye Tao with great sanity and said, "Do you want to get some 'sponsorship' from those who want to join the army and want to be crazy?"

Tan Weixin's statement made Ye Tao a little creepy. This was really a "hard-end summer camp". Ye Tao thought for a while and said, "It's OK, but you have to make them willing to pay. In any case, many of them must not be able to endure hardships. They will quit if they play, so they should be screened initially."

Tan Weixin smiled strangely and said, "Not necessarily, except for those who are too pussy, there is still a way to make them willingly stay in the military for a long time... Compete. Fighting with people is endless fun. Just build two troops with different names at the same time. Regularly organizing technical and tactical competitions, organizing training and exercises can not only discover talents, but also find some fun for those young men. We still have fun, which is not that good?"

When the two of them excitedly discussed all the details, Tan Weixin suddenly realized a problem. She shook her head and said, "But, I really don't know if it can be done. After all, no matter how much it is, this is a private soldier. Even if the Ministry of War agrees, the censors will probably not let it go. Those censors dare not touch me, as for you..."

Tan Weixin looked at Ye Tao with a squinted eyes, and the meaning was very clear. Once such a half-game army was established, even if it was beneficial to the country from the root, Ye Tao would be besieged by the censors. Of course, Ye Tao would not hear the court's discussion, but the pressure at that time would definitely be very huge.

A silence enveloped the two of them. Although they had more and more power, this place was not a place where they could do whatever they thought. In the final analysis, this was not their world.

"Oh, I always have to try this fun thing." Tan Weishi sighed lightly.

And she did that. In the grand strategy chess game, the women's team organized by Tan Weixin, formed a team of some officers from the Danyang City Guards. At the same time, Tan Weixin organized two small-scale experimental armies in the name of folk games to solicit opinions from some people. Even if she had confidence in Tan Weixin's historical judgment, such an unknown army still made many people feel doubtful. And in this kind of discussion, it should only stay.

In a small range, the accusation of Ye Tao's "respecting military and national affairs as a joke" came at an unexpected speed. The censors got the news from somewhere, and the memorials of the accusations came in a rush. In the opinions of the censors, there were all from taking Ye Tao to imprisonment to the lowest level of official documents. Although no one dared to challenge the king's favor for Princess Zhaohua and also included Tan Weixin, some people vaguely mentioned the so-called maintenance of the royal family's integrity.

When Tan Weishi's team finally won two consecutive games later, this argument became increasingly strong. Important officials of the court, such as Situ Huang Xuping, who were close to Ye Tao, had already reminded Ye Tao in private that he should not ignore this matter.

"The fox's tail is revealed," Tan Weixin commented on the ground that was happening while scooping warm red date porridge. "This is the matter of the founding of the army. I asked my father, uncle, Lord Situ Huang, and several officials from the Ministry of War. How could I say that there should be no more than ten people who know about this matter? Moreover, my attitude towards mentioning this matter is just...uh... that kind of half-joking and half-serious. So far, I'm so full of discussions. Can't you notice the articles here?"

Ye Tao scratched his head and said, "Except for sure what I want me to do, I stay in my own workshop. How do I know what you do?"

Tan Weixin smiled warmly. Perhaps it was to always have surprises. She always deliberately ignored the part about what Ye Tao did in the workshop by those who were sent to Ye Tao for various reasons. She hoped to always see novel and weird things, and let Ye Tao bring them to herself, so that she would be happy again and again, so that her body, which could not bear the intense emotions, endured small challenges again and again.

"Are you... doing something fun again?" Tan Weixin asked, with some speculation.

Ye Tao shook his head and said, "IKEA has to be a bit overwhelming when it opens. It is making a set of mirror-painted silver-painted furniture. If you want to talk about fun things, does the ratchet-type heavy crossbow count? You should know that."

Tan Weixin sighed lightly: "Arms... Actually, I should have expected this result from the beginning."

"What did you expect?" Ye Tao asked in confusion if he didn't know much about the personnel relationships in the court and didn't want to understand them.

"If I was right, the one who wanted to plot against you behind my back should be the Gao family of Deshan Hou... From now on, at least from the eyes of others, your way of rising is too similar. The difference is that after four generations, the Gao family has become the largest ordnance manufacturer in Dongping, and Gao Zhen is among the third official. Their energy in the court and the influence of the military and the business community in private cannot be ignored." Tan Weixin glanced at Ye Tao. She didn't need to explain much. Even if Ye Tao was slow, he should know the story of the rise of the Gao family. Back then,

The Gao family offered oil bombs and a new heavy-hammer catapult when Dongping was fighting for years and became one of Dongping's not-so-large senior officials. The Gao family once carried the name of a jester and endured humiliation and insisted on using various novel and interesting treasures to consolidate their relationship with the Dongping royal family. In private, they continued to develop the technology of the workshops in their hands and continuously extended their commercial tentacles to all aspects. Finally, after several generations of operation, they also joined the ranks of the first-class family of Dongping.

Tan Weixin understood very well why the Gao family found an opportunity to attack Ye Tao at this moment. They did not want to see the Ye family become a rising star in the field of ordnance, especially the precision ordnance field. They had long been considered by the Gao family as their own territory. After all, the Gao family did not come through time like Ye Tao and Tan Weixin, especially Ye Tao, who obviously received special training in manufacturing technology and design. They could integrate the modern knowledge they mastered. Almost a terrifying figure who could come up with one or two new ideas and could also put them into practice. The optimized formula of gunpowder piled up with human lives for so many years was just common sense for Ye Tao, and in just a few years, Ye Tao increased the processing accuracy to the point where the naked eye could not be distinguished. This was a historic breakthrough they had always wanted to achieve but never could have completed.

From the Dongping royal family and the Dongping court, the rise of the Ye family gave them an excellent choice in terms of military ordnance, which is even better than the Gao family's products in terms of quality and novelty in terms of design. Not only is it a good thing to reduce costs through competition, but it is also an unexpected surprise that restricts the situation of the Gao family. For the Gao family, the backwardness in military ordnance and craftsmanship is closely related to their influence in the court, in the shopping mall, and in the army. They are too familiar with this rising model, so it is impossible for them to restrict the Ye family when the Ye family has not yet grown up to compete with them.

Ye Tao is definitely familiar with business wars. What he lacks is only a little inspiration to transcend pure business ideas to the field of power. Tan Weixin sometimes feels that Ye Tao seems to be deliberately avoiding this issue and focusing his attention on pure technology.
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