Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Ever since Qin Ming gave him the task of building the Wo Island, Wu Shizhong has been very concerned about it.

But this time Qin Ming did not let him go so directly.

"Wait a minute, I have other plans."

Qin Ming patted his shoulder.

After arranging a few production tasks, he came to the port alone.

At this time, he found that Hu Haisheng and others were packing up and preparing to leave.

"Your Highness, why are you back so soon? We were planning to send a few people to say goodbye to you."

"You guys are leaving."

Qin Ming came here this time because he guessed what the people in the Nanyang fleet were thinking.

After they truly witnessed the power of firearms.

They will definitely want to use these weapons to go back and fight back against the Fire Bai Kingdom.

"Yes, we are now familiar with naval combat using firearms."

"When we get back, we will definitely beat the bastards of the Fire Bai Kingdom to a pulp. We will make them pay the price this time."

Everyone was very interested.

I was also very excited at this time.

When he heard this, Qin Ming just sighed.

"Everyone, what you need to pay attention to is not whether you can defeat them, but the fact that once firearms begin to flow into the Southeast Asian countries, a new era is likely to begin."

"Oh? What do you mean, Your Highness?"

Chu Huaishan looked at Qin Ming strangely.

Qin Ming quickly told them in detail about his battle with the Daqian Dynasty.

When he first started using firearms, Qin Ming indeed possessed extremely powerful skills in combat.

But soon, the enemy also began to research firearms and armed their troops.

Daqian's firearms production speed and the speed of copying Qin Ming are also accelerating.

If this continues, they will soon be on the same level.

By that time, it will still be a competition of national strength and technology.

"You'd better start building factories and improving productivity and technology to maintain your advantage for a longer period of time."

Qin Ming told these people everything he knew.

These are all the experiences he gained after fighting with Daqian.

If it weren't for those several factories supporting it.

It is impossible for Qin Ming to gain so much advantage on the battlefield.

After hearing this, everyone fell silent.

They understood how important what Qin Ming said was.

But now there is something very troublesome.

"Your Highness, we don't have many resources. We can only buy from outside. But if we want to buy from outside, we have to make a lot of money by sailing again and again..."

"Can you... open a few factories in our area?"

At this time, Hu Haisheng took the initiative to talk to Qin Ming about their ideas.

The countries in Southeast Asia are all small countries with limited territories.

Local resources are extremely scarce.

This is what led them to keep running out to do business.

Qin Ming nodded slowly and said:

"I came here for this very purpose, but I don't want to take advantage of you. I will pay you back for the labor I've put into you."

"How about giving you priority in purchasing all the products we produce?"

After the battle, Qin Ming saw them leave so quickly and guessed that they wanted to go back.

That's why he quickly seized the opportunity to come back and inform them of the importance of various issues.

Since he understood everything, Qin Ming could just sell himself.

After everyone heard what Qin Ming said, they quickly said:

"Your Highness, this is a mutually beneficial situation. Your quick response has saved us a lot of effort."

"Yes, if we only realize during the war that we need to increase productivity to maintain war stability, we will be too late to catch up."

Just as they were discussing, a voice suddenly came from a distance.

The person who came here was Wu Shizhong.

He said to Qin Ming in a panic:

"Oh no, Your Highness! The war in the north is... one-sided!"

The moment I heard the news.

Qin Ming's face turned ugly.

"Have they equipped all their muskets?"

"I don't know, but the prices of various materials like saltpeter have been skyrocketing recently. I suspect the imperial court has started purchasing them on a large scale. The price fluctuations have even affected us."

Saltpeter mining is a relatively niche business in this era.

It was only after Qin Ming first produced gunpowder that this thing finally became widely popular in the market.

Many people also started mining and sending it to the market.

However, most of the output still needs to be mined by the military forces that control the ore.

Generally speaking, the quantity they use when mining is sufficient.

However, the imperial court was obviously suffering from huge expenditures, and if this continued, trouble would surely arise.

"Your Highness, how about we go overseas and buy some for you? It's not going to be a good idea to just keep snatching them away like this."

Hu Haisheng spoke in a low voice and made a suggestion.

They often do various transactions outside on weekdays.

If they were asked to help keep an eye out, they could definitely bring Qin Ming a lot of saltpeter.

"Okay, I will also restrict Daqian's acquisitions."

Qin Ming could clearly feel that after fighting this battle with him.

Although there was a ceasefire between the two sides, he still marked out such a large piece of territory.

However, Daqian controls more than a dozen prefectures and cities, and the pressure on him is still enormous.

There are only three provincial capitals under his control.

If we compete on resources, I will never be able to win.

If Emperor Qian wins the Northern War, he will be the next one.

There will be a battle between them.

"Your Highness, should we take action against Daqian?"

After seeing off the Nanyang caravan.

On the way back, Wu Shizhong spoke to Qin Ming curiously.

If they take the sea route or attack directly now, Daqian will definitely suffer heavy losses.

"Not in the short term. We need to reform the military."

Qin Ming shook his head slowly. His bulletproof vest was almost ready.

Firearms are indeed powerful, but that was in the era of cold weapons.

"What does it mean to reform the army? How else should we reform it?"

Wu Shizhong knew nothing about these.

He looked at Qin Ming strangely, and Qin Ming whispered to her:

"If we abandon cold weapons and the entire army uses firearms, with at most one bayonet, not only will the cost be reduced, but the army's lethality will also be greatly increased."

"Huh? There's something like this?"

Wu Shizhong raised his eyebrows.

He knew that Qin Ming had a lot of ideas, but the fact that the entire army gave up its cold weapon deployment still shocked his cognition.