Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

Fang Jian shook his head and said, "The biggest role of the factory is to provide jobs for these people."

"Just like Nanshan Province, the private economy is active and people have extra money because of the factories. Reducing factory output will inevitably lead to layoffs. More people will be unemployed, which will also affect Nanshan's economy."

Although the factory made less money due to the cutoff of exports, its existence still invisibly drove the economic development of Nanshan.

Today, Nanshan’s tax revenue can not only support the previous 400,000 troops, arsenal, and Nanshan government.

Since last year, although the army has been expanded continuously, including the reserve soldiers, there are more than 3 million soldiers. However, the conquests in various places have also captured a lot of money and food, which is enough to support the army.

Of course, the economy still needs to be developed afterwards, otherwise the huge army will still drag down the government.

After consoling Shen Liren, Fang Jian did start to think about reopening export trade.

So he added: "I will ask Fang Guoxuan to evaluate whether he can find a way to create a safe transportation route."

"But don't hold your hopes too high. Our relationship with the new forces in the south is not good right now, and Qiyuan in the north is occupied by the dwarf locusts."

After Shen Liren left, Fang Jianan asked someone to send a telegram to Fang Guoxuan to inform him about the transportation of supplies.

Soon, Tao Yunong came to Fang Jian'an's office and hurriedly reported: "Chairman, the Dwarf Locust Country has decided to send more troops to Qiyuan."

"How many additional troops?" Fang Jian was not surprised to hear the news. He was just curious about how many reinforcements the other party was preparing.

Tao Yunong said solemnly: "Five divisions will be transported here in the initial stage. In addition, the Little Locust Country is already expanding its military equipment and is preparing to establish ten divisions."

Ten divisions do not have many people. Do they really think that the dwarf locust army is invincible? The last time they wiped out 30,000 of them, although more than 8,000 of their own people were killed in the battle, he could still bear this loss.

Fang Jian said unconcernedly, "Even if these ten divisions are formed, it will take at least half a year or more."

"The enemy we have to face now is only six divisions, nearly 180,000 people."

"Chairman, this army of dwarf locusts is always a threat. Why don't we wait until they land in Qiyuan and then destroy them all?" Tao Yunong suggested.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Jian said, "You can destroy it, but don't take control of Qi Yuan."

"Chairman, the dwarf locusts burn, kill and plunder, why don't we just drive them out of the new country?" Tao Yunong was puzzled.

Fang Jian said helplessly: "Yu Nong, there are many places near the sea in the east of Xinguo. If we drive the dwarf locusts out of Qiyuan, the dwarf locust country can land in Xinguo from anywhere."

"By then, the pressure on our defense will become very great and the losses will be much greater than they are now."

Although the Nanshan Army has a navy, it is not close to the sea and does not have its own warships. In the past four years, they have been training in Huai Chong, but after all, they have never actually operated a warship, so Fang Jian did not dare to exchange for a warship now.

At least there must be a stable rear and a defensible port to protect the navy's early training.

Due to the simplicity of the navy, many naval officers have left in recent years, thinking that the Nanshan government is messing around and has no future.

Fang Jian did not comment on this. Even if she was a talented person, if she was not on the same page with him and could not endure the hardship, would she be able to be devoted to him when she holds a high position in the future? By then, she would probably think more and it would be more troublesome to deal with.

This can also be regarded as a process of selecting talents for the navy.

Then Tao Yunong said, "Chairman, the arsenal has developed some new weapons."

"Oh, what are they?" Francis Xavier became interested.

Tao Yunong introduced: "There are rocket launchers, flat-fire cannons, anti-tank guns, flamethrowers, etc."

"We can find a time later to let Fang Guoxuan and other military generals test and evaluate it to see how to put it into service," Fang Jian said with a smile.

Many high-powered weapons do not necessarily have to be equipped once they are manufactured; it also depends on the troops and combat requirements.

Just like anti-tank guns and flamethrowers, what is the use of them being deployed on a large scale now? The enemy has no tanks, and they have no mission to attack bunkers.

Weapons will also be adapted to local conditions and times, and not all troops will be equipped with good weapons. For example, in the current positional war with the dwarf locust, equipping these two weapons will not only be of little use, but will also be a burden.

Tao Yunong was asked to send a message to Fang Guoxuan, informing him of the reinforcement of the Little Locust Country's troops and his request, and then Tao Yunong was allowed to leave.

On March 3, Qiyuan Province established Cao County.

Ever since Abe Tokiji led his brigade into Dingcao County, small groups of dwarf locust troops would occasionally enter various villages and towns to carry out raids.

Not only did they rob food and money, they would also abduct beautiful women for their own enjoyment.

When these little locusts are in the mood, they will hold shooting competitions, and their targets are naturally the villagers in the towns and villages of Dingcao County.

In just two days, hundreds of bloody incidents were committed.

Today, when a team of dwarf locusts was on patrol, they unexpectedly came to the junction of Dingcao and Shangyuan.

When they were about to reach Shangyuan, the translator who led the team whispered, "Captain Maeda, Shangyuan is just ahead. Let's take a look and then go back."

This translator was recruited by the government of the Little Locust after the New Year. The change of flag in Heyuan gave Ito Mifumi a lot of inspiration, and he felt that the new people could also be used.

After the New Year, they recruited many new Chinese who understood the language of the dwarf locusts and asked them to act as translators to help the dwarf locusts rule Qiyuan.

The translator's name was Zhao Mingsheng. Because he was from Heyuan, he was allowed to follow to Dingcao.

Today, Jiro Maeda only said that he wanted to go on patrol and asked them to follow him. Although he looked powerful in the Dwarf Locust Army, his status was actually very low. Faced with Jiro Maeda's request, he had to listen and agree.

He thought it was just a simple training and he could just introduce the scenery of the new country and then go back, but he didn't expect that Jiro Maeda actually wanted to enter Shangyuan.

Where is Shangyuan? It is in Heyuan, the territory of Nanshan government.

Heyuan was occupied by the Nanshan government just after the change of flag. To be honest, Zhao Mingsheng was still quite afraid of the Nanshan army.

"Baga, I will decide when to go back, you just need to lead the way." Jiro Maeda scolded impatiently and slapped Zhao Mingsheng in the face.

Zhao Mingsheng was very upset after being beaten, but he didn't dare to complain. He could only bow his head and said, "Yes, sir, I will lead the way for you now."

Zhao Mingsheng's family conditions were not bad. He understood the language of the dwarf locusts and had studied abroad in the country of the dwarf locusts.

Those who can go abroad in this era are either very outstanding and are sent abroad by the government for further studies, or their families are rich enough to study abroad at their own expense.

No matter which one, the status in Singapore is not low. Whether sent abroad by the government or studying abroad at one's own expense, one can work in government agencies after returning.

Leading the Little Locust Squad to a river, Zhao Mingsheng introduced: "Commander Maeda, after crossing this river is Shangyuan."

"Yo, Zhao Sang, yours is so big." Jiro Maeda praised quickly.