In the next few days, everyone had a heated discussion on the main problems and the resources they needed in each state. Three days later, Sun Xiurong already knew what it was time for him to plan for the next two or three years.

"Everyone"

He started to speak, and the people present immediately calmed down. Over the years, he took every step appropriately. Although there were some twists and turns, his ultimate goal was achieved.

Furthermore, generally speaking, he pursues the realm of "natural success" and never does much beyond his ability. For example, the current Suoye Army is known as an army, but in fact it has a population of more than 3 million, which is as good as a larger "Tao" of the Tang Dynasty. The Western Regions are not abundant, and the land area that can support Dingkou and achieve the current achievements are already quite amazing.

If it were placed on anyone's head, he would have been busy with kingdom, but he still pretended to behave under the "Beiting Protectorate", obviously he was still a little worried.

"We are now starting to take shape, but we still should not take it lightly. As I said a few days ago, our army needs to bear more salaries, and almost all the surplus is spent on this every year. Therefore, next year, expanding surplus through trade is the top priority."

Feng Changqing inserted: "Major Protector, as soon as this meeting ends, I will send someone to the Alder Sea to contact the Xhosa people and discuss trade with them..."

"No", Sun Xiurong shook his head, "The situation is very obvious now. The Xhosa people control the market, and we are eager to take off a large number of actual goods. If we go there and discuss with it like this, although Ye Jun is a little famous, they are still unknown after all."

"Even if we don't wait, they can still complete it through Sogdian merchants, especially Kutba, the king of Xicao Kingdom. Our army successfully occupied the river. Kutba made great contributions. If it weren't for him, our army might have occupied Kangcheng and Dashicheng, but we must not occupy the entire river in a short time."

"So, I have granted him commercial privileges and served as the king of Xicao. He has the widest business path. Although he is now unable to sell goods to Khorasan because of the evil deeds of Bingbosilin, he has no problems in selling them to Dorbastan, Caucasus, and Xhosa."

"Although I granted his power, I did not explain how much goods he could take from our army every year. In the past few days, I have also carefully considered it. Dobastan and the Caucasus region continue to serve him, but the Xhosa Khanate and even the Roman Empire cannot give him any more."

"Of course, in order not to arouse his concerns, he can use Anxi's market as compensation."

"Even Kutba, who is rich and powerful, can only keep a thousand camels under his command all year round, and a thousand guards and caravans' work are all carried by camels. How much cargo can he carry?"

"Therefore, it is only necessary to set up a warehouse nearest the market. The west coast of the Caspian Sea is naturally the best. If the Khanate of Xhosa intervenes, I will still be planning to send someone to contact Huoxunguo. Now that the Xhosa people are here, Huoxunguo is an ally of our country, we will naturally have to make a decision for him."

Li Jixun seemed to understand something, "Major Protector, you want to send troops..."

Sun Xiurong nodded, "Even if you want to do trade, if you want to grow bigger and make more money, you need to be a comparable opponent. Otherwise, the strong side will eat the weak side alive. The Khanate of the Xhosa Khanate only heard of our army and did not see it, so let him see it."

"I decided"

As Sima of the Great Protectorate, Li Jixun quickly picked up the paper and pen.

"The newly established Bassak camp, Axi, and Talas camp, led by Yuanfeng to the east coast of the Caspian Sea, and the west coast of the Aral Sea to find the main force of the Khanate of the Khanate. According to Yuwen Yongnu's information, the maximum number of people who arrived at the east coast of the Caspian Sea this time was 20,000, and they were all light cavalry. Although they were more elite than Ugus and Kimak, they were probably not the opponent of our army."

"Defeat it, let it retreat to the west coast of the Caspian Sea, and then subdue the Ugus people there, and set up a new camp, Ugus camp, and after setting up the Talas camp, it will withdraw. Since the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea are all in the West, a new Xihai County, Yuanfeng, you should not be the governor of the Sacred Ye Prefecture in the future, and you will be the chief minister of the Great Protectorate, and you will also serve as the prefect and garrison commander of Xihai County, and you will only have these three camps under your command."

"Don't count on farming there, but since you defeated the Khanate of Xhosa and conquered the Ugus, you need to make a lot of salt, and you also have to serve as the Salt Superintendent of the Great Protectorate."

"Besides, our army's fleet in Rehai has been in training for a long time, and it's not a big deal to stay there. Before I went south to attack the river, I ordered Xi Yuanli to supervise the shipyard near Rehai to prepare the ship materials according to the previous drawings."

"If I successfully take over the east coast of the Caspian Sea, I will ask Xi Yuanli to transport the materials to the east coast of the Caspian Sea with a hundred heavy-duty carriages. By the way, the Kossa people have set up a port there and named it Kizil Port, and the sea water there is just red."

(Kazil Port, later Turkmenistan is located in the port of Krasnowodsk on the west bank of the Lis, far away from Baku on the other side. The Jews in the Mediterranean built a fortress here early in the morning. The maritime route between Kizil Port and Baku is very developed and is the main route of the Silk Road)

"Occupying this port, we expanded our own shipyard on the basis of the Khosa Shipyard. This time, ten ships were prepared for ship materials, all of which were prepared in advance. After a little disposal, you can splice them. Build a small boat first to prevent the enemy from raiding the port with ships."

"According to the news of Renyongdu, there is an Azerbaijani country on the other side, currently paying tribute to Dashi, Xhosa and Rome at the same time, wandering between the three, whoever is strong will get close to whom. Directly opposite to Kizil Port is Baku, the capital of the country. If the Xhosa people want to attack Kizil Port, they will definitely set out from Baku Port."

"After occupying the Kizil Port, because it is far away from the local area, I will ask Renyong to say hello to Huoxun Kingdom in advance, and buy the food you need from there. Huoxun Kingdom oasis is the highest in the river. Last time, it was not our army who intervened and signed a neutral agreement with the Great Cannibals. He was already destroyed by the Great Cannibals."

"So, we go and buy it openly. Now the silver coins produced in our country are very good. Of course, before, Xi Yuanli would have been transported with the ship material, but the main thing is still to be purchased."

"Li Simu, born in Heishui Mizu, is a native of Heishui Mizu. Most of them are proficient in fishing and hunting. There are really not many candidates in our army, so he asked him to go here to serve as the navy commander and cooperate with you."

"After you gain a firm foothold, you can contact Azerbaijan on the other side and Dorbasidan on the south. If you successfully defeat the Xhosa people, Azerbaijan will definitely come to contact you. Whether it is Azerbaijan or Dorbasidan, there are a lot of wood in your territory. You can exchange items from our army with them. If it really doesn't work, just use silver coins to buy it. I will allocate 500,000 at one time, which is enough for you to gain a foothold."

"After gaining a foothold, on the one hand, we negotiated with the Xhosa people and signed a long-term trade agreement with them. I asked Feng Changqing to get a negotiated price for various items, which is related to the type, combination, quantity, time, and arrival method. The Shangshu of the Changshi Mansion will follow you to negotiate."

"At present, the Khanate of the Khasa Kingdom is nominally controlled by Yehubrans of the Ghasa tribe. In fact, because his wife is Jewish, the consultants around him are all Jewish merchants. These people are very smart. Don't be fooled. After the negotiation, they will only be allowed to send ships to Kizil Port to transport goods."

"If it is familiar in the future, our army can also transport the goods to their designated ports on the west coast of the Caspian Sea. In that case, the price will definitely be more expensive, and you can decide at your discretion."

"Secondly, the Caspian Sea is extremely large, and ten ships are obviously not enough. After purchasing ship materials from the country of Dobastan, we will immediately build a new ship. According to my discussion with Li Simu and the master of the shipyard, twenty ships are enough, ten ships are enough to cover the ports and nearby seas, and ten ships are more than enough to fight on the Caspian Sea. Of course, if it is definitely not enough in the Black Sea, then let's talk about it later."

If an ordinary person suddenly demoted from the position of the prefect of the prefect of the prefect of the prefect of a county, he would definitely be extremely disappointed, but Yuanfeng did not do so. He knew that in addition to the position of "Chief Shi", which was comparable to that of the prefect of the prefect, he could also command three battalions independently, and with a fleet, he was actually promoted.

"The ministry obeys the order and will never let down the entrusted!"

......

After arranging Yuanfeng's affairs, Sun Xiurong turned his attention to the real chief Xi Yuanli, who was in charge of the workshop.

Xi Yuanli stood up and replied: "According to the order of the Grand Protector, the experiment of using the new sand mold casting method to make a 500 kilogram cannon is coming to an end. After completion, the cannon body weighs 500 kilograms. If the cannon cart is added and the materials are prepared, the total weight is 1,000 kilograms. The muzzle is twice as wide as the 300 kilograms and is about four feet long, and can fire twenty kilograms, which is equivalent to twice the weight of the previous iron bullet."

(It is roughly equivalent to the appearance of two shot puts in later generations, and it is still a short-barrel cannon)

"The range is slightly longer than the 300 kilograms, and can reach one hundred feet. If it is close to fifty feet, it will also be a threat to small and medium-sized castles. It can launch 100 lead particles. It can form a fan surface of about sixteen feet during launch, which is stronger, with a range of up to one hundred steps, and the best range is still fifty steps."

"According to the command of the Protector, after batch production, half of it is used on the ship and half in each state. Each state can have a battalion assembly. Since it must first meet the use of the ship, it is estimated that the army will use it until the end of the year."

Sun Xiurong nodded, "How many times have you tried, can your life expectancy be estimated?"

"The three batches have been tested ten times each, and it has never stopped in various weathers. In preliminary calculations, if you strictly follow the teachings and train them simply, you can last three years. If you put them into actual combat, it will be fine for two years."

"And that glass, there are a lot of goods from merchants from Rome, but I have never seen the clairvoyance mentioned by the Great Protector. It still doesn't work after burning it several times according to the method you provided. If you want to ask the merchants, they don't understand it either. If you can check it out in the local area, it would be great."

Sun Xiurong shook his head, "Even if you are in the local area, this is a secret skill, how can you easily show it to others? Forget it, let's try again. Your problem now is that you can't calcin the stone into water. Besides, the time to add lead is not right, and you need to explore it carefully. It's just to make an extra bellows to divide the time to add lead into a more detailed way, try again."

“Yes, the Protector”

Speaking of this glass, there are already products in the Mediterranean region and the quality is pretty good. However, it is naturally far from time to use it on a telescope. Nowadays, if you want to use a small number of elite soldiers to intimidate the surroundings, it is not possible to rely on the intelligence of the military generals and train soldiers fully. If you have the blessing of such a telescope, you will naturally be invincible.

As for the musket, that thing was too time-consuming and laborious, and Sun Xiurong decided not to let it appear in this life.
Chapter completed!