King Qian Mingyi of Shu discovered the power of mercenaries.

He also wanted to be a charioteer and artilleryman of the Shu army, but his performance was a bit unsatisfactory.

King Qian Mingyi of Shu proposed that not only the retired officers of the empire, but also the retired technical arms of the empire could be hired if there is an opportunity.

He wanted to build a comprehensive mercenary army and let them help Shu win this war.

King Qian Mingyi of Shu could understand that it was better to give money to mercenaries than to pay war reparations to other countries.

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King Sulei of Rui learned the news that Rui's elite mechanized divisions were defeated miserably on the front line.

He couldn't believe it was true. After confirming it repeatedly, he immediately broke through the defense.

Rui Wang Sulei dropped the microphone in his hand directly to the ground, shattering it into pieces.

"The first mechanic is the ace army that I spent 20 million taels of silver coins and worked hard to build.

The first time he appeared on the battlefield, he returned immediately defeated.

This is twenty million taels of silver coins, all of which were wasted.

This king spent a huge amount of money to raise a bunch of trash, what use do you have?"

He immediately summoned Prime Minister Yu Tianfang, Governor Qi Kuohai and others.

King Su Lei of Rui was furious in the palace, facing everyone in the Governor's Mansion.

All the officials in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion lowered their heads.

The first mechanic who had high hopes failed miserably, and King Rui Sulei was furious.

They can't find any reason to excuse themselves.

If they lose to other countries, they can still find reasons.

But they lost to Shu, and there was no room for excuse.

Everyone knows the situation of Shu. It was only an agricultural country before, and there were not even many tractors in the country.

The Kingdom of Shu received the imperial chariot and trained it for only a few months.

No matter from any angle, the chariot soldiers of Shu are a group of new soldiers.

The First Mechanic is the ace of the Rui Kingdom, but it cannot even defeat the new recruits of the Shu Kingdom.

In this situation, how could King Rui have a good temper?

If it were not a formidable enemy now, King Rui would definitely cut military spending.

King Rui Sulei was getting angry when a yellow-haired young eunuch walked into the room with a sealed telegram.

Everyone looked at the nervous little yellow-haired eunuch, knowing that if he came in at this time, there must be an emergency situation.

Rui Wang Su Lei barely suppressed the anger in his heart.

He began to read the urgent telegram.

After Rui Wang Sulei read it, he laughed.

"The First Mechanic was not defeated by the Shu people, he was defeated by the Imperial Royal Army."

As soon as Rui Wang Sulei said these words, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically.

When they heard this, they thought that the empire would personally intervene in the war between vassal states.

Prime Minister Yu Tianfang was the most nervous, and he said with a trembling voice: "How is this possible?

Before we declared war, the war had been limited to the Hongshanling area because we were afraid of imperial interference.

There is no reason for the empire to interfere in this war."

When they saw the contents of the telegram, they breathed a sigh of relief.

What King Rui just said did not mean that the empire sent troops to intervene, but that the first mechanic lost to the mercenaries.

Prime Minister Yu Tianfang knew that he had made a fool of himself just now, and now he needed to change his image.

"Your Majesty, if the bandits can go, I can go too.

We can also do this if we find that Shu is hiring veterans from the empire.

Our country's population and industrial strength surpass those of Shu in all respects.

The number of wars Shu can win now is just a coincidence.

Our country can not only hire officers from the empire, but also from our ally Cao State, through this method."

Officials of the Metropolitan Government also realized that this was an opportunity to enhance the strength of the Swedish army.

King Sulei of Rui was only angry for a moment, but when he realized that doing so could enhance the overall strength of Rui.

He immediately agreed to the suggestions of his ministers.

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In the editorial department of Chu State's "Geographical Interests", editor-in-chief Mi Youde looked at the latest information he learned.

He immediately called the editor and ordered: "The latest issue of the magazine will contain my newly written article. Replace the original article."

The editors are checking the latest articles one after another. If the editor can choose to change the article, something major must have happened.

They look at the title of the article first.

"Every country has completed the last step, and the war is about to break out"

This article is another one of predictive nature.

Editor-in-Chief Mi Youde's tone became more determined, as if he had seen a full-scale war breaking out in Europe.

The content of this article is very concise.

Just to name a few, countries such as Chu, Yue, Wu, Gui, and Rui sent people to the empire and spent huge sums of money to recruit veterans of the empire to become mercenaries of various countries.

The shortage of excellent grassroots officers in various countries has been holding back the pace of military expansion in various countries.

The emergence of this method of directly hiring retired military officers from other countries has allowed the armies of various countries to make up the last step in their military expansion.

There is no longer any force that can stop countries from expanding their armies.

When countries complete preparations for military expansion, that is when war breaks out.

Since retired officers are hired rather than selected and trained from scratch, countries will expand their armies very quickly.

A young editor of a magazine saw this article.

He asked in confusion: "Shu is the instigator, so it's not good for him to do this!"

Isn't this just introducing the power of the empire, but it's just disguised.

Countries want to recruit enough veterans in the empire.

We must cooperate with certain forces in the empire to achieve this request in a short time.

The army of the empire did not interfere in the vassal countries, but some forces in the empire used this method to interfere in the situation in Europe.

It’s not that European countries are united in resisting the empire’s entry.”

Editor-in-Chief Mi Youde saw the young editor and asked some naive questions.

He was in a good mood and replied directly: "The bustling world is all for profit; the bustling world is for profit.

Only when it causes major erosion of interests to all countries will they unite to resist.

The matter of mercenaries is obviously beneficial to all countries.

Of course, countries will selectively ignore this issue.

As long as we grasp the core interests, the way of looking at the problem will become simple."

A new issue of Geo-Interest magazine will be published soon.

Its headline article directly ignited public opinion.
Chapter completed!