Chapter 549 Chu's Thoughts

If Hua Kai hadn't seen that the system had already listed Qin as an enemy, he would have been fooled by Chu Yuncheng, saying that Chu was afraid of Qin, and when they occupied Qin's Hanzhong County, they didn't see the King of Chu take a step back.

Chu's current attitude is very clear, that is, to seek benefits from the weak Qin and Huaxia, because the current situation in the world is that Huaxia and Qin are slightly stronger than Chu. Chu has the heart to unify the world, and it must let Huaxia and Qin fight each other and lose, and then come out to clean up the mess.

"Is Chu Yuncheng a diplomat?" Hua Kai waited for Chu Yuncheng to finish speaking, and suddenly asked.

"Why does the King of Huaxia ask such a question? Chu has never been involved in the academic studies of diplomats." Chu Yuncheng replied.

"The King of Chu shouldn't have sent you here. The diplomats have a higher success rate in persuading the king. Your purpose today is not just these, right? What other tasks did the King of Chu give you?" Hua Kai asked.

"I really can't hide it from the King of Huaxia. The King of Chu hopes to maintain friendly relations with Huaxia and continue to maintain trade relations. However, many cities in Chu were destroyed this winter, and many trade routes were blocked by wild beasts. The King of Chu wants to conduct a major cleanup of all economic and trade areas of Chu in the spring, but Chu has limited military strength. I hope Huaxia can support it!" Chu Yuncheng said.

Hua Kai looked at Chu Yuncheng without saying anything. Chu Yuncheng looked at Hua Kai and didn't know what was wrong. Now that many cities in Chu were destroyed and trade routes were blocked, he asked Huaxia for help. This is in the interests of both countries.

"Chairman Chu, if you hadn't come today, I might have cut off my head and sent it to the King of Chu. You shouldn't have said this today. The King of Chu has broken with Huaxia by saying such words, and he even dared to threaten Huaxia to send troops to clean up the wild beasts on the trade routes!" Hua Kai said.

"This...what's the meaning? Please forgive me if I have offended Huaxia in any way." Chu Yuncheng saw Hua Kai was angry and asked.

"Chu State ignored the struggle between Qin State and Huaxia State, so it remained neutral. When Huaxia State brought up trade again, it felt that Huaxia State was reluctant to give up the trade profits and asked Huaxia State to clear the wild beasts on the trade route. Chu State felt that Huaxia State had to follow it, right?

After Huaxia State cleared the trade route, Chu State received a large amount of goods from Huaxia State and sent them to Qin State, making a large profit by reselling them in the middle. Then Qin State could not leave Chu State and attacked Huaxia State with all its strength. Huaxia State could not offend Chu State and Qin State at the same time, so Chu State should take all the benefits, right?" Hua Kai asked.

"King of Huaxia, I... I didn't think so much! King of Chu just asked me to bring a message to you, saying that you would definitely agree. If I had known that it was so complicated, I would never come!" Chu Yuncheng hurriedly explained to Hua Kai. Hua Kai also knew that he had no intention of harming the Hua family. The two had been friends for 20 years, and Chu Yuncheng had deep feelings for Huaxia State.

"You are the president of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce. You are mostly concerned about trade. It is understandable that you don't notice these things. Go back and tell the King of Chu! Put away his little thoughts. If Chu wants to be neutral, I will make it completely neutral. In the future, Huaxia and Chu will cancel the trade agreement and will not reduce tariffs. In the future, the tariffs between Chu and Huaxia will be increased by three times. I will send elite troops to Lu to reduce border smuggling. It will be implemented on April 1st!" Hua Kai said.

Because of the trade agreement with Chu, the trade tariff between the two countries is only 10%, plus the freight on the road, the price of Huaxia goods in Chu has always been very cheap, more than half cheaper than Qin.

Now Hua Kai wants to increase the tariff three times on the basis of the normal price, which will increase the price of Huaxia goods in Chu by more than ten times, which is bound to be a blow to the Qin economy.

Especially in grain trade, the wheat of Huaxia cost 158 ​​bone coins per stone, which used to cost about 200 bone coins when transported to Chu, which was far lower than the average grain price of 240 bone coins per stone in Chu. After Huaxia tripled the tariff, the grain price would more than double, plus the freight and the loss of wild beast attacks on the trade route, the cost might reach more than 600 bone coins, which even exceeded the grain price in all regions of Qin.

Chu Yuncheng felt incredible. Huaxia had a huge amount of grain, so the loss of export would be heavy. The reduction of trade cooperation with Chu would cause many workshops in Huaxia to stop production. The impact of the severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries would be much greater than expected.

But then he thought again, more than 90% of Chu's annual imports came from Huaxia, and Huaxia had trade relations with Yan, Lu, Xiongnu, Linhu, Yuezhi and other regions. If Huaxia lost its partners in Chu, the loss would not exceed 20% at most.

Chu Yuncheng felt the inequality of power between Chu and Huaxia for the first time. After April 1st, the situation in Chu might be in turmoil.

Watching Chu Yuncheng leave, Hua Kai thought quietly. The King of Chu made a bad move. If he wants to be a fisherman, he must have the strength of a fisherman. How can Huaxia and Qin always spoil him!

Huaxia has been developing and planning for many years. Now all its shortcomings have been made up. In the future, all relations with Qin and Chu will be severed. Everyone will clear their own wild beasts. After the wild beasts are cleared, everyone will consider how to fight for hegemony based on their remaining strength.

In the future, the three major forces will develop independently for a period of time. According to the population area, the three major forces are almost balanced in strength, but according to the geographical location and domestic high-level wars, Huaxia has the largest number of high-level wars and the lightest pressure, followed by Qin, and Chu has the greatest pressure.

Entering March, Huaxia started another busy year. Last year, all the pavilions and post stations on the trade route were destroyed by wild beasts after a winter. Many people left the city and started to build new pavilions and post stations. The Military Affairs Council began to divide all the corps into regions and started a year of wild beast elimination.

The Dongling Mountains have been transformed long ago. This year, the core members of the Hua family have four tasks.

The first is to include all the terrains of Huaxia. This year, all the terrains of the trade route areas must be included in the [Mountain and River Map], the width of each road must be widened, and the wild beasts in the country must be attracted to the trade route as much as possible, so that the elite corps can eliminate them more easily.

Since it is destined to cut off trade exchanges with Qin and Chu in the future, Huaxia must expand domestic demand to ensure that the economy continues to develop steadily.

The second is to transform the terrain in the border area, transforming all the borders of Huaxia, including Lu, into mountains to reduce the number of wild beasts entering Huaxia from the two countries. At the same time, all the mountains and forests in Huaxia, Yan and Lu, as long as they are not in areas controlled by people near the trade routes, will be eradicated, and the wolves will be called to these areas to prevent the expansion of the number of wild beasts.

The third is to hatch the bird eggs obtained from the fairy island. Hua Kai has established a hatching base near the central lake in the eastern district of Huacheng for the special hatching of these bird eggs.

After hatching, various seabirds need to be screened many times. Each time a bird with insufficient spirituality is eliminated, only spiritual beasts with sufficient spirituality are left. It can be seen whether a master-servant contract can be signed with people according to the situation. In this way, Huaxia will have many low-level spiritual beasts.

The fourth is the reorganization of the army. As the elite standing legions of Huaxia, other legions will no longer continue to guard a city. In the future, Huaxia will implement a five-level legion management system. The first is that the seven legions are mainly responsible for clearing domestic wild beasts and protecting the smooth flow of trade routes to continue to prosper and develop.

The second is the local legions of each county, ranging from 20,000 to 50,000, used to eliminate wild beasts in the county, resist wild beasts from attacking the city in winter, and serve as the main combat legion during the battle. This will also be the main legion of Huaxia like the seven legions in the future. Its legion officers will be dispatched by the current seven legions, and the legion soldiers will be selected from the current garrison troops of each city.

The third is the combat legion of each urban area, which belongs to the county combat legion under the county. It is mainly used to eliminate wild beasts in the urban area and coordinate with the county legion. The number of people is maintained between 3,000 and 30,000, which is mainly determined according to the situation of each urban area.

The fourth is the garrison legion of each city, which is mainly responsible for urban security and patrols. Power is one of the main city protection forces.

The fifth is militia training. In the future, all adult men and women above the Qidong realm in Huaxia will undergo two months of military training. The training will be subsidized by Chinese currency according to the strength of all people.

Lian Po saw that Huaxia had sufficient funds. Hua Kai told him that the annual income of the Hua family that did not pass through the treasury was much larger than that of the entire Huaxia. After Lian Po knew this, he spent a month to give Hua Kai a 78 million gold plan for the reorganization of the Huaxia National Army. After reading it, Hua Kai signed directly to indicate that he approved it. Soon, this plan will be implemented.

In this plan, there are five levels of army formation, among which the foundation-building team is not included in the formation as a special team. The [Undead Army] is the royal guard and is not under the jurisdiction of the Military Affairs Council. The seven major armies are the first-level armies, with a total of 150,000 people. They are the most elite armies in Huaxia, consuming more than 20 million gold each year.

The ten new armies in the ten counties of the second-level army have a total of about 300,000 troops. Their equipment is built according to the fifth-level standard. This year, it will cost 18 million gold just to build them, including all expenses such as camps, training, and equipment. When the ten major armies are completed, the annual maintenance cost will be about 4 million gold.

There are 63 third-level county-level legions, with a total of about 560,000 people. Their combat power is much worse than that of county-level legions. The soldiers are mainly in Kaiyuan realm, and their equipment is mainly third- and fourth-level equipment. It takes 10.2 million gold to build, and only 1.8 million gold is needed to maintain it every year.

The strength of the fourth-level garrison legion is mainly in the late Kaiyuan and Queti realms. They cannot clear out the wild beasts to maintain urban security. The number of garrison legions in 63 cities exceeds one million. They take turns to guard and patrol every year, and use them to guard the city in winter. The task is relatively easy. The military salary is only a few dozen silvers a year, but this is enough to maintain the basic livelihood of a family of five. The Military Affairs Council trains all those who can fight according to the regular legions. The construction of this million-strong army requires 24.1 million gold, mainly for the construction of military camps and equipment. It will be enough to maintain it every year. About one million gold will be enough.