Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Returned to Qiantang City.

The factory here has been expanded to its limit, and every factory building inside is crowded with people.

When Qin Ming came to collect supplies to take to the border, he was squeezed so tightly that he had no place to stand.

"Why are there so many people?"

Qin Ming looked at Chen Shimao in surprise.

Chen Shimao also told Qin Ming a good news.

"I have already prepared the manpower needed to build the next factory for Your Highness."

"This……"

When Qin Ming realized what was happening, he was immediately surprised.

It would be a bit troublesome to send the army directly to Jiangnan.

There is a lack of many supporting industries there.

The provision of supplies and military supplies will be insufficient.

But if we build a factory there, it will be much more convenient.

But there is also a problem with building a factory, which is manpower and some necessary tools.

Now Chen Shimao has prepared all this silently.

It has to be said that he is a talented person who can assist in the administration, and it is hard to find even with a lantern.

"Teacher, you really gave me a great gift."

"You are welcome, Your Highness. As for these people, I hope they can be delivered as soon as possible, so that I don't have to worry about money and materials every day."

"Sure, let Qian Cai go this time. I remember his home is in Jiangnan."

There are many talented people in Jiangnan, and many civil servants in the court are from the south.

Hearing this, Chen Shimao on the side did not have any objections, but after thinking about it, he said:

"Your Highness, should the matter of crowning the king... be more formal?"

"what do you mean?"

"I think we should publish it in the newspaper and announce it to the world, so that the people can know that we are us and Daqian is Daqian."

"Okay, but I'm not really interested in these. Please help me with them."

Qin Ming naturally had no interest in these details.

What's more, he was already an independent force.

Naturally, there is no need to spend effort on these processes.

But since Chen Shimao said it, he must have his reasons.

He planned to hand this matter over to Chen Shimao, and as for himself, he would go to Nanman.

"no problem."

Chen Shimao nodded slowly, then patted Qin Ming on the shoulder and said:

"The Southern Barbarian tribes are very powerful. Don't fight unless necessary."

"clear."

Qin Ming nodded slowly, then rode a fast horse and followed their cement road. It took less than a day to reach the southern pass.

Liu Chuang was already waiting at the border.

Upon learning that Qin Ming had arrived, he immediately came to meet him.

"Your Highness, Lao Wu has returned to the Nanman mines. These days, he's been using his musket to attack the Nanman people."

The hundreds of tribes in the south were originally a loose group.

Originally they wanted to cooperate with the court.

But the court later changed its mind.

Now not only did they get nothing, but they also had a rift with Qin Ming.

This also changed Qin Ming's attitude towards them.

They even directly arranged soldiers to continuously attack their tribes.

As the king of guerrilla warfare in the mountains.

Wu Qingye led his troops in a mysterious way and beat them until they screamed in fear.

Originally, the Nanman wanted to take advantage of Qin Ming's lack of military strength to secretly seize back several mines.

But just as they got the mine and before they could even warm it in their hands, Wu Qingye arrived.

They were beaten back step by step and witnessed Qin Ming's terrifying strength again.

"You should also go into the mountains these two days."

Qin Ming searched for a moment.

Then he turned to look at Liu Chuang. When he heard that he could also go into the mountains, Liu Chuang immediately became interested.

"Your Highness, are we going to wipe out the Nanman?"

"Just follow this path first."

"Okay, I thought you would negotiate with them."

Liu Chuang didn't understand, but he nodded anyway. As long as there was a battle to fight, he would be satisfied.

In fact, he was right.

After all, it is very difficult to destroy a country and wipe out a race.

It may require dozens of times the effort.

Compared to demanding resources from the opponent after defeating the opponent.

The benefits of this method are actually not high, but Qin Ming wants to do it, and his purpose is very simple.

After smiling, Qin Ming explained to him:

"It's not me who goes to Nanman for peace talks. Old Liu, you have to put your identity in perspective first, understand?"

Liu Chuang raised his eyebrows and finally understood what Qin Ming meant.

"I understand, Your Highness. I will definitely beat them until they kneel down and beg for mercy in front of us!"

That night, 20,000 troops marched directly into the southern mountains.

Qin Ming took over Liu Chuang's position and left several hundred people to guard the border.

Qin Ming was not worried about the situation of the Nanman.

Compared with Daqian, dealing with the Nanman is a foregone conclusion.

After waiting for a few days, his men suddenly found Qin Ming.

"Your Highness, the border guard Chenpi is here to visit."

Qin Ming was stunned when he heard the name.

Then I thought about it carefully for a long time before I finally remembered who this was.

"Let him come."

"Yes!"

Soon, Chen Pi came to Qin Ming with several guards.

Qin Ming was a little surprised to see him looking so exhausted.

"Why did you come here?"

"Your Highness, I have no rations."

After hearing this, Qin Ming was stunned.

"Didn't the court recall you? What does the lack of military rations have to do with me?"

"No, ever since you announced in the newspaper that you had occupied the three regions of Lingnan, Huxi, and Jiangnan, the imperial court has not sent us any supplies. Now, half a month has passed, and our military rations have run out. It seems that they have been abandoned."

Chenpi spoke in a very bachelor-like manner.

Qin Ming remembered that Wu Qingye seemed to have told him that Chen Pi had helped him.

Strictly speaking, he is considered a half-surrenderer.

"Are you saying that I will be responsible for the defense of the border area with Xishu in the future?"

"Yes."

Chen Pi nodded.

Qin Ming immediately felt that this group of people was difficult to deal with. After thinking for a while, he said:

"How many people do you have?"

"About fifteen thousand."

"I'll disband your army and assign you a new group of men. The generals within the army won't need to be replaced, and you'll still be in charge. How do you do that?"

The reason why Qin Ming asked him to disband the army was that he didn't want people from the court to gather together.

After Qin Ming has brought all his troops under his command, he will integrate them into various units.

This will solve the problem of the court army.

As for defending Western Shu, it is not a big deal.

Upon hearing this, Chenpi's body suddenly stiffened.

He knew that after following Qin Ming completely, he would most likely do something he didn't want to do.

However, he did not expect that all the soldiers under his command would be replaced.

"Your Highness, what can you give us?"

"In addition to military rations, there is also a batch of firearms. With these, your garrison will not need 15,000 troops, but 3,000 will be enough."

Speaking of this, Qin Ming suddenly remembered another advantage of his.

"By the way, I can also let you eat meat at every meal. Is this considered an advantage?"

Previously, in order to strengthen the army, Qin Ming specially built a farmhouse and expanded the scale of the farmhouse several times.

This allowed his troops to eat meat regularly.

If you replace your own people.

Qin Ming will definitely treat his soldiers strictly according to the previous standards.

"Eat meat?!"

Hearing these three words, even Chen Pi couldn't help but widen his eyes. He confirmed again:

"Are you saying that our soldiers, from top to bottom, can eat meat?"

"If we eat a lot of meat and fish every day, it might be a little difficult, but at least we can see meat with every meal, I can guarantee that."

Qin Ming smiled and nodded.

"I'm here to serve Your Highness!"

Without any hesitation, Chenpi knelt on one knee and shouted at Qin Ming with his fists clasped.