In the next few days, Xia Zhe continued to play the role of a tyrant and did not even participate in meetings.
Every day he played with flowers and plants in the garden and flirted with the palace maids.
However, the prime minister, the three generals, and the high priest, who had received the order, were extremely nervous.
In order to reach a consensus, the Prime Minister also held a small meeting at home to discuss the Prime Minister's intentions.
The three generals and the high priest were all invited to attend.
"The king is playing a very big game! I haven't been able to sleep these past few days. The more I think about it, the more complicated it seems! We have a heavy burden on our shoulders, and we must make sure this layout phase goes well!" The Prime Minister spoke first with a meaningful tone.
"A very big chess game? Great! I only know that the king is extremely wise, but I can never guess the deeper meaning of his actions. Prime Minister, please tell us your understanding as soon as possible! Don't make a mistake accidentally like last time and miss the king's important plan!" Upon hearing this, the high priest responded excitedly.
The three generals also looked solemn when they heard this.
Everyone knows that the Prime Minister is a man of great learning.
Among the entire team of ministers, perhaps only the Prime Minister can truly keep up with the king's thinking!
It is very necessary to have the Prime Minister come to interpret it in depth again and give us a wake-up call!
"First of all, our king is young and promising, and he works hard to govern the country. He is definitely not the playboy we once thought he was. You can all see that, right?" asked the Prime Minister.
Hearing this, everyone nodded continuously.
joke!
How could a dandy boy be able to handle matters with ease, be cheerful and cheerful, and use both kindness and authority when the king was in a meeting?
"So, if we think about it from the perspective of rapidly increasing our city's strength, then the king's requirements become crystal clear, don't they?" the Prime Minister said with a smile.
Rapidly grow the strength of our city!
The high priest and the three generals nodded as if they had been enlightened.
"I had some realization during the meeting. What our king calls conscription does not mean ignoring our city's ability to support it. The king intends to hold large-scale auditions and recruit the best candidates to replace the old, weak, sick and disabled in the current army. In this way, we can quickly improve the combat effectiveness of our army!" said the general.
"That's right! I have some insights too. I can use those who failed to be selected, including those who were replaced in the existing army but do not want to retire! Organizing them to mine copper is definitely the best use of their talents! But where will the support for these people come from? I have never been able to figure it out!" The third general continued.
"The problem of feeding is not unsolvable. Our city has a food trade agreement with the Wheat Tari of one hundred for one. As long as we can provide them with wheat cakes that satisfy them, we can exchange them for a hundred times the amount of high-quality beef. It is not impossible to feed tens of thousands more people!" said the high priest.
A one-for-one food trade agreement?
The three generals heard about this for the first time and were quite surprised.
Without hiding anything, the high priest immediately told everyone what had happened that day in detail.
"No wonder the Little Maitali tribe, which has always looked down on our city, is willing to form an alliance with our city. It turns out that it was all due to the brilliant strategy of our king!" sighed the general.
"Yes, yes! These days I've been wondering why the Prime Minister is using the war preparedness budget to promote the planting of exotic species. It turns out it's all for this food trade agreement!" The second general also suddenly realized.
"Where does the vegetable oil come from? Even if we can successfully promote grape cultivation, we can only get four major types of food ingredients, and we are still missing one!" the three generals asked.
"The last one may be in the king's mind. That's why he doesn't even attend meetings these days and stays in the garden all day studying! Our king is really working tirelessly for the revival of our city!" replied the Prime Minister.
These words made everyone feel emotional.
After so many years, Stoby finally has a wise leader again!
Not only is he smart and capable, he is also so young and has plenty of time to realize his ambitions!
As long as everyone works hard to assist the king, even if their abilities are mediocre, they might still be able to leave their names in history and bring honor to their family!
Of course, the Prime Minister did not finish his words.
As a promoter of exotic species, he knew it best. Xia Zhe promoted two plants, not just grapes.
However, the Prime Minister is not sure whether the other plant is related to oil extraction and is still under study.
In order to maintain his image as a learned man who understood the king's intentions best, the Prime Minister deliberately ignored the matter.
"Okay. In that case, the issue of support will be entrusted to me, the king and the prime minister. I still have two doubts. Who will we sell all this copper to? Also, what's the point of setting up a security team?" The second general raised his most pressing questions.
Xia Zhe had forced him to set up the security team. The Second General had been feeling rather lost for the past few days, fearing he might have made a mistake.
“That’s a good question!”
The Prime Minister patted the Second General on the shoulder.
"This matter is quite complicated. I'm worried that you might misjudge the situation and end up doing something bad with good intentions. That's why I volunteered to assist you before the king!"
Quite complicated!
It's hard to strike the right balance!
Hearing the Prime Minister's serious words, the high priest and the three generals became even more serious.
Many people did not understand the proposal to establish a security team at that time.
If this was the king's foresight, what was the point? How should it be interpreted?
"Ahem, actually, the establishment of the security team is closely related to the use of copper. I spent several sleepless nights pondering it before I finally confirmed it. I've finally figured out the underlying logic!"
The Prime Minister said proudly.
“Where’s the internal logic?”
"Yes, yes, please tell me now, don't keep me in suspense!"
Everyone urged.
"Do you know why the copper in our city has not been sold in recent years?" the Prime Minister asked with a smile.
"Is there any need to ask? Of course it's because Macedonia controls the trade routes to the east and south. All caravans related to the sale of weapons were stopped by them! After all, the main use of copper is to make weapons!" The general answered casually.
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