Another stick of incense passed, and Qian Ruoyu and Jin Lianhua searched around the courtyard separately.

It was discovered that the weapons and equipment available here could only barely equip thirty or forty people.

After seeing this, Qian Ruoyu felt even more frightened. If those caravans outside the city really wanted to invade the capital completely, then the capital would probably have no defense force except for the 20,000-strong imperial guards!

Qian Ruoyu thought for a moment and realized that even the prince's army would probably not be a match for those caravans.

Because the relative numbers have not been fully confirmed, Qian Ruoyu and Chu Mobai had only dealt with a part of the caravan before.

Obviously there is another intention. After thinking about this, Qian Ruoyu suddenly felt a little more worried.

After all, if this matter cannot be completely resolved, it will be an extremely huge danger to the mind, and the mind may even be destroyed.

More than 20,000 guards may seem like a lot, but in fact this number still requires a lot of effort in city defense.

That is, at least a large part of them have to go into the imperial city. As for the imperial guards who can protect the capital, there are only close to tens of thousands of them.

These tens of thousands of people have to go to the nine gates respectively. With such a detailed division, it would be considered good if each gate could have at least one or two thousand guards.

The capital city is so huge that it is probably not an easy task to defend it with 10,000 people. However, there are only equipment and weapons in the warehouse that can equip dozens of people, which makes Qian Ruoyu feel terrified.

Jin Lianhua on the side even said to Qian Ruoyu.

"Your Majesty, I never thought that there are only so many weapons and equipment in the capital. If there are thieves invading, I'm afraid I don't know what to do. Otherwise, let's tell His Majesty about this matter..."

But after hearing this, Qian Ruoyu shook his head.

Because this warehouse belongs to the Ministry of War, it should have been filled with things. A large amount of weapons and equipment should have occupied this warehouse, but now there is nothing.

In this case, it means that this is a handle, a handle that can completely control the Ministry of War!

After thinking about this, Qian Ruoyu sneered and left the warehouse with Jin Lianhua.

"Don't tell anyone about this for now. After all, haven't we already made it clear with the people at the Ministry of Revenue? Now we can use the same method to get the people at the Ministry of War to listen to us."

After suddenly hearing what Qian Ruoyu said, Jin Lianhua did not hesitate but nodded immediately.

"What the queen said makes sense!"

"But where will our bandit-suppression army get its weapons and equipment? We need at least 5,000 weapons and 5,000 sets of armor... I'm afraid Lord Luo doesn't even have that many."

Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly.

Luo Shanhai indeed did not have any weapons in his hands, and Qian Ruoyu thought about it in his heart. After all, if the emperor was willing to pay 500,000 taels of silver, then these equipment would actually be easy to get, that is, he could make them himself!

"Since we have money, we don't have to worry about not having any equipment or weapons. If that's the case, we can make our own weapons and equipment! Once we have proven it, we don't have to worry about the quantity issue!"

Hearing Qian Ruoyu's words suddenly, Jin Lianhua became even more confused.

"This... just the two of us? I'm afraid just the two of us won't be enough..."

Qian Ruoyu almost didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she heard Jin Lianhua's cute remarks.

Qian Ruoyu said.

"Of course it can't be the two of us! Let's go back to the palace right now and prepare a carriage. I want to take you on an outing!"

Jin Lianhua went back to the palace with Qian Ruoyu in a daze, and then they both took a carriage and left the capital and came to the nearest village.

The villagers nearby were naturally the ones who had been cured by Chu Mobai. When they saw that it was the palace's carriage, they all looked over with excitement.

Even the village chief had walked to Qian Ruoyu's carriage. After seeing the carriage stop and Qian Ruoyu come out, the village chief said very respectfully.

"Meet the princess!"

After seeing this scene, the other villagers around the village chief naturally wanted to kneel down to Qian Ruoyu one after another.

But Qian Ruoyu quickly pulled them back and said to the village chief.

"How do you know I'm the princess?"

The village chief said happily.

"Princess, this is the carriage of the palace. The only people who are qualified to ride in the carriage in the palace are the prince and you. Of course, you are the princess!"

Qian Ruoyu felt much more relieved now. She thought she was being followed or that there was something wrong with the village chief.

At the same time Qian Ruoyu hurriedly said.

"By the way, this princess came here to talk about something. I wonder if there are any young people in your village who are willing to work for the court?"

The village chief thought for a moment and then said.

"Well... Princess, didn't the court already call for conscription once before?... A total of 21 young men from our village went out, and two of them were killed in the previous battle in the north of the city..."

When the village chief talked about this place, his face obviously showed some sadness, but Qian Ruoyu immediately comforted him.

"You are right. There was indeed a conscription before, but that conscription was carried out by the Ministry of War."

"This time is different. You are not only fighting for the court, but also for the palace! This queen has now obtained the permission of His Majesty to control the bandit suppression army on her own, which is the same army as before!"

"This is a bandit-suppression army that is completely controlled by this queen. Not only can people with money join, but even people in the village who want to join can join!"

When the village chief suddenly heard what Qian Ruoyu said, his eyes widened even more. Several young people actually walked out from the surroundings.

Qian Ruoyu knew that, after all, these villages near the capital were not poor, and were even quite wealthy, so there were some young men in the villages that he could recruit.

That's why Qian Ruoyu asked about the number of people first. After all, the number of people is much more important than equipment.

One of the young men spoke up immediately.

"The people that the princess recruited before had a sum of money... If you come to recruit now, will you have money? Are we really fighting for the palace?"

When Qian Ruoyu heard this answer, she immediately felt happier.