Since they can't get in, why bother to destroy them?

The key is to rectify the domestic situation. The potential for war in a country as large as the Ming Dynasty is very terrifying, especially in this era.

Not to mention developing all of the Ming Dynasty's war potential, even if only one-fifth of it was developed, it would be possible to form a crushing situation.

Therefore, in Zhu Youxiao's view, it is not appropriate to start a war in Liaodong now.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao hesitate, Sun Chengzong glanced at Xu Guangqi.

Although the two men were not from the same faction and occasionally had disputes, they had one thing in common, that is, their attitude towards Liaodong and their attitude towards war.

Both of them had thought about training a new army, and both were dissatisfied with the Ming army. Now that they had such an army, they naturally wanted to send it to Liaodong to fight a battle and revive the army's prestige.

They didn't know what the emperor was hesitating about. The current situation was that they were sure to win, so what was there to worry about?

When Xu Guangqi saw Sun Chengzong looking at him, he naturally understood what he meant.

Xu Guangqi then stepped forward and said directly, "Your Majesty, the Hundred Craftsmen's Academy has already prepared a large amount of weapons and will soon be able to equip General Qi Jin's 50,000 men. I am confident that we will win this battle."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Xu Guangqi and said, "Can you guarantee that everyone will have a flintlock rifle?"

After hearing this, Xu Guangqi was speechless.

Your Majesty actually wants everyone to have a flintlock rifle?

This idea is too naive.

Glancing at Zhu Youxiao, Xu Guangqi hesitated and said, "With the current output of the Hundred Crafts Institute, we can produce about a thousand flintlock rifles every month."

This output was something Xu Guangqi could not even imagine before. Now it is only possible because of the hydraulic forging machine, the use of assembly lines and other new technologies.

If your majesty follows your idea, it will take at least four years to equip Qi Jin's 50,000 men. Even if we increase investment and expand production, it is impossible to complete the assembly in such a short time.

Now Qi Jin's new army has only just assembled 5,000 flintlock rifles, which is all the previous production capacity.