Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"What's wrong, Your Highness?"

After the news about Qin Ming reached Sun Miao, he quickly rushed over to see Qin Ming.

"We're short of men and gunpowder."

Qin Ming’s biggest support now is his own factory, the Sun family and the Lingnan Chamber of Commerce.

Although they have silver now, they cannot turn it into supplies in a short period of time.

So after saying this, Qin Ming prepared to ask Sun Miao.

"This... may be a little difficult. Recruiting civilians into the military camp in a short period of time is not an easy task."

Sun Miao sighed slightly.

In this feudal era, normal people just need to maintain basic survival.

None of them will join the army.

After all, once they enter the military camp, what awaits them is death on the battlefield and disappearing silently like grass.

Or kill countless people and become a general picked out of a hundred.

But no matter what path they take, as long as they enter the military camp, death will accompany them all year round.

"I know, that's why I rescued those death row prisoners."

What Qin Ming was talking about were the group of death row prisoners imprisoned in Jiang Kaiyu’s military camp.

Originally, Jiang Kaiyu captured him from various prisons throughout Huxi.

It is to make them cannon fodder and step on mines.

But later Qin Ming learned about his atrocities and gave up laying mines.

Later, Jiang Kaiyu saw that this group of people was useless, so he wanted to incorporate these death row prisoners into the army to help resist Qin Ming's offensive.

During the final battle with Qin Ming, the people in their own military camp left quickly.

But the thousands of death row prisoners and refugees who helped resist Qin Ming were all left where they were.

After the war, they were all recruited by Qin Ming.

"What do you mean? Your Highness, you must think carefully!"

Hearing his words, Sun Miao's voice immediately lowered a bit, and he stared at Qin Ming vigilantly.

"You know better than me what those death row prisoners are. They are all truly wicked people who have committed crimes punishable by beheading!"

"As for the refugees who sneaked in, they are a mix of all kinds of people. They haven't had enough food for years and can't even reach the fighting power of ordinary people. And you still accepted them all?"

"Why, you also want to use them as cannon fodder and send them to the front lines?"

No matter what Qin Ming's starting point was, Sun Miao found it outrageous.

So he rejected Qin Ming without thinking.

"I know, but the soldiers have suffered heavy losses. I only have 4,000 men left."

"Within half a month, after we control the major cities west of the lake, the remaining troops that can be mobilized will be even fewer."

"I will not treat them as cannon fodder, but will train them to become combat-ready soldiers."

Qin Ming spoke slowly, preparing to put his expansion plan on the agenda.

Jiang Kaiyu is indeed a ruthless person.

Regardless of the losses, they almost wiped out all the soldiers in Lingnan.

The winter in the south is not as cold as the winter in the north, so cold that it is impossible to fight.

If they get angry, they will definitely gather their forces and continue to fight Qin Ming with gritted teeth.

That's when it gets really troublesome.

Qin Ming was so anxious because he had anticipated all this in advance.

Sun Miao snorted coldly and suddenly said:

"Your Highness is really good at giving me a hard time. Now that you've spoken, can I assume you've given the Sun family the right to train their troops?"

"If you can help with the training, I can give it to you."

Qin Ming nodded and did not stop him.

In fact, everyone knows that when these aristocratic families take control of their own military, it is easy for them to form powerful factions and control one side.

But Jiang Kaiyu and the court were always chasing Qin Ming from behind.

He ran out of time.

Sun Miao's eyes flickered, and after a long moment he slowly said:

"I have a request."

"any request?"

"You still have a trump card in your hand, the followers of the Luo Sect. If you let them join, I can gather soldiers on a large scale."

Speaking of this, Sun Miao suddenly said:

"But you have to think carefully. Once the Luo Sect appears, the whole world will be in turmoil!"

"Damn it, Huang Qi is such a genius, could it be that he had already calculated this?"

The most terrifying thing about Luojiao being fully released is that it will spread to the whole world.

Back then, Huang Qi was able to challenge the imperial court thanks to the support of countless believers across the world.

Qin Ming is now going back to his old ways.

This made them all very conflicted.

"Don't worry, my Luo Sect will not be like him. I have enough productivity to allow all Luo Sect members to live a good life."

Since Qin Ming developed the Luo Sect, he has not allowed anyone to publicize anything about Zhenkong's hometown.

His preaching realistically depicted how they would carry out construction, develop industry and agriculture, and enable the people to live a good life.

Although the Luojiao's propaganda methods were changed, many people still chose to believe them.

Because Qin Ming really made it possible for tens of thousands of people in Lingnan to make a living through the factory.

The money they earned was several times more than what they earned from farming!

Isn’t this another way of building a vacuum hometown?

"Well."

"In half a month, the factory will take out the weapons and equipment. I will give them some basic combat capabilities. The rest depends on you."

Sun Miao nodded slowly and agreed.

"Don't worry, I just need them to occupy the city and untie me."

Qin Ming needs manpower to occupy the city.

You definitely can't send all of your elite troops in, otherwise they'll be tied up and won't be able to fight even if you want to.

After saying this to Sun Miao.

He was about to leave, but Wan Shu had already returned.

In her hand was a transparent glass bottle containing a few oranges that had turned moldy and green.

"Are you done?"

Seeing Qin Ming coming out, Wan Shu raised the bottle in his hand and asked Qin Ming with a smile.

"Well, I'm going back."

Qin Ming felt at ease when he saw these things.

It took a few days to return to Xiasha City. Changbaishan's troops were still stationed there and they had taken over the city.

"how is the situation?"

As Qin Ming walked through the streets, he found that the people did not seem to resist them.

Even daily life has not changed much.

This made him a little curious, and when he saw Chang Baishan, he asked.

Chang Baishan scratched his head, pulled out a few newspapers from his pocket and said:

"Your Highness, we have been distributing newspapers since we occupied this place for the past few days. Now many people actually support you."

"Add to that Jiang Kaiyu's previous actions of arresting people and stepping on landmines, and many people have a bad impression of the court."

"So we had no problems and quickly took control of the area."

Hearing this, Qin Ming slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

But Chang Baishan's next words made him feel relieved again.

"By the way, Your Highness, Jiang Kaiyu has already begun to gather his troops. This time, both Prince Yu and Prince Liang's troops will be coming, and the estimated number is around 60,000."

The battle between Qin Ming and Jiang Kaiyu reduced the enemy's 100,000 troops to only half, and they also took over the west of the lake.

But they never expected that even if the imperial court mobilized soldiers from the vassal kings to guard the border, they would still force them to death.

"Okay, okay... The court really wants me dead."