Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Qin Ming came up with this idea after careful consideration.

If he cannot eradicate the people in the court, he will still occupy the territory of Daqian.

Most of the time, when they occupied these places, they could only use court officials to do things.

This frequently puts them in a difficult position.

In order to avoid this situation, Qin Ming prepared a major change.

Those who obey can stay, and those who disobey can leave directly.

Replace them with Chen Shimao, Qian Cai and others.

They will definitely come in handy!

"That's fine, but in terms of supplies and money..."

Chen Shimao spoke in a deep voice and raised the most important issue.

It takes money to get things done, especially improvements like this involving two large areas.

It will require countless silver and materials to pave the way.

"Don't worry, I have plenty of that."

During the years that Qin Ming has been operating in Lingnan, his soft power has been continuously improving.

Hearing this, Chen Shimao nodded slowly.

"I will take over these areas and build everything."

After receiving the other party's response, Qin Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

There is a saying that goes, before you can resist foreign aggression, you must first stabilize the country.

With Chen Shimao in charge, Qin Ming no longer needs to worry about anything from now on.

"I'll go deal with the Nanman matter."

Qin Ming nodded slowly, left the carriage and found Changbaishan.

Chang Baishan had just led them through the checkpoint and had gone through a battle, so he looked a little dusty at the moment.

"Your Highness."

Seeing Qin Ming, he greeted him with a smile.

Qin Ming said:

"The Nanman might start a move soon. I need to go back. I'll leave the front lines to you."

"Your Highness, will you go back and stop them alone?"

Chang Baishan was a little surprised.

Qin Ming’s strength is indeed very strong now.

But he is not strong enough to fight against the enemy's thousands of troops alone.

"Of course not to stop them. I don't have any soldiers."

Qin Ming shrugged.

"I'm going to negotiate."

"What!?"

After hearing what Qin Ming said, even Chen Shimao, who was sitting in the carriage behind, couldn't help but stick his head out.

"Your Highness, you won't fight them?"

"Yes, teacher, I have no more soldiers."

Qin Ming smiled bitterly. He didn't want to talk about these things.

But Chen Shimao heard it, and he began to explain:

"If the Southern Barbarians invade, Lingnan will definitely not be able to stop them. My people will guard the Huxi border."

After hearing Qin Ming's explanation, Chen Shimao nodded slowly.

He really hadn't thought of this.

In fact, Qin Ming’s manpower was almost exhausted in the successive wars.

Sun Miao's men have not yet completed their support.

Once their people have completed their training, they will all be deployed to the front lines.

"Well, I'll go."

Chen Shimao thought about it and suddenly took the initiative to speak.

"Teacher, but you..."

Qin Ming was stunned for a moment, but then he thought about it carefully and felt that it would be appropriate to let Chen Shimao go.

It's just that the risk is too great.

Chen Shimao is a rare talent in the whole world.

"Do not worry."

Chen Shimao waved his hand and told Qin Ming not to worry.

In his early years, he went to the north for negotiations three times on behalf of Daqian.

Each time he came back and prevented three wars.

That was also the beginning of his brilliant career.

"Well, let Lao Chang go with you."

Qin Ming patted Chang Baishan on the shoulder, and the other party nodded immediately.

"Sure, I like being with Chen Xiang the most. They are scholars and their conversation is interesting."

Chen Shimao smiled and nodded.

He knew this was Qin Ming's intention.

Although Chang Baishan is the commander of Qin Ming's guards, he can also lead troops into battle and kill the enemy.

Assigning a main general to himself shows that Qin Ming is really worried.

The group walked and stopped, and soon returned to the junction of Huxi and Changhe River Basin.

Cao Chuan, Liu Chuang and Wu Qingye had already received the news and stationed heavy troops here waiting.

Seeing Qin Ming coming back, they all stepped forward and said:

"Your Highness, Prime Minister Chen, you are finally back!"

"How's the battle going lately?"

"It's not bad, but something happened at the workshop."

Upon hearing this, Cao Chuan's face suddenly showed some hesitation.

"What happened?"

"Your Highness, several of our master craftsmen have been arguing recently."

"Because of what?"

"Regarding improvements to the musket, some have suggested making it with a thick barrel, capable of firing six or seven rounds in one breath..."

Hearing this, Qin Ming immediately thought of the five-eyed gun.

This thing is similar to a shotgun, but it is a bit troublesome to load and is much worse than modern shotguns.

"Isn't this a good thing?"

"That's a good thing, but some people choose to stuff the ammunition into the barrel and push it upwards from the bottom, reducing the number of times they need to clean the ammunition and the barrel."

Having said that, Cao Chuan sighed slightly.

"Any innovation these days requires a lot of money to support it. Both of these methods are good, but I don't dare to make the final decision to have them produced. So I want to wait until you come back before making a decision."

"But I didn't expect this group of people to start arguing among themselves. They even divided the research funds for this quarter's workshop and started working on their own."

After listening to Cao Chuan's words, Qin Ming couldn't help but sigh at the creativity of the master chefs in the workshop.

Their strength is absolutely extremely strong.

The framework for things like five-barreled guns and rapid-fire guns has already been figured out.

This is a good thing.

"Call everyone over here. I'll give them double the silver. We'll research both methods together, and the resulting products will be distributed to the Fire Camp and the Wind Camp respectively."

The power of the five-eyed gun lies in its extremely strong explosive power.

Sending it to the Huozi Camp is very suitable for Liu Chuang and his men's tactics.

As for the automatic musket, it is suitable for faster battles that require accurate hits and rapid attacks.

This is suitable for the Feng Camp led by Wu Qingye.

"Your Highness, we don't know which one is better. Is it really worth it to invest rashly like this?"

When Cao Chuan heard that he had to pay double the amount of silver, he immediately stopped Qin Ming.

Everyone in the entire military camp knew that Qin Ming was not biased towards anyone, but he loved that group of craftsmen.

Not only are the wages high, but the monthly subsidies they receive for their research also account for a large portion of the military camp's expenses.

It doesn't matter if you spend a lot.

Even the extra poultry in the farmhouse would be sent to them for consumption.

They also say that people who do mental work need to supplement more protein.

"I'm telling you, both of these are amazing. Just do it."

Unlike those who were groping for development in the ignorant age, Qin Ming is a person with modern knowledge!

He can avoid a lot of trial and error in the development process and go all in in the right direction.

This is the biggest difference between him and people of his time.

"Ah, okay."

Although Cao Chuan didn't understand, he quickly got things done.

In the evening, he found Qin Ming and brought two samples.

"Your Highness, this is something they made recently. Would you like to take a look?"

"Oh?"

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows and immediately became interested!