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Section 66 Bai Hui's Armament

The King of Qin did not mention any negligence at all. He asked Bai Qi if he knew that there was another reason.

Before the King of Qin could speak, Bai Hui explained anxiously: "I ask the king to follow the army tomorrow. The Qin army in Hedong is highly morale and well-trained, so we should seize Hedong for the king."

The King of Qin almost laughed, but still said seriously: "I have no intention of blaming Bai Qi, there is nothing at all. Training and military affairs are important matters. There is nothing wrong with each person in charge. Don't take the words just now."

"Yes!" Bai Hui thought to himself that the King of Qin would be so serious, which made him unhappy.

As a minister, the king cannot guess what he thinks, but he must be careful to deal with it.

The King of Qin asked Bai Hui: "I won't go through those bamboo slips anymore. There are several items on it. Let me talk about the pants first. The bamboo slips say that there are 140,000 military trousers and 30,000 military winter trousers. Let me talk about these pants one by one."

"Yes, the king."

Bai Hui first went to the small warehouse next to his study and took two samples.

"Your Majesty, this is the pants. I have calculated that if the entire army switches to pants, it can save about 30% of linen cloth. Wearing pants does not require waist skirts and other clothes. Pants are divided into four types, namely summer shorts, spring and autumn outer pants, spring and autumn thickened pants, and winter wool grass pants. There are only spring and summer pants here."

Weird, very weird costumes.

The King of Qin was not very interested in these details, and the direction of materials he was concerned about now.

Bai Hui continued: "I am preparing for each sergeant two pairs of summer pants, four pairs of autumn pants, and a pair of winter pants. This winter pants are multi-layered. If the supplies are enough, use ducks and goose feathers to fill them. If the supplies are not enough, use fine and soft hay, and better wear sheepskin pants."

"There are military uniforms, and the clothes are divided into clothes, robes, armor, and blouses..."

"Next, there are shoes, divided into straw sandals, hemp shoes, linen shoes, leather shoes..."

"Then there is also A, A is divided into...

The King of Qin sat there and kept rubbing his forehead lightly. He saw these things completely on the bamboo slips. Bai Hui divided the armor for the soldiers into iron armor, copper armor, hard ceramic armor, bamboo armor, leather armor, etc., and there were many types.

According to the current inventory of armor on Bai Hui's hands, the Qin army on Bai Hui's hands has long exceeded the proportion of each person and a pair of armor.

But Bai Hui said that the heavy armor for the head-on battle, light armor for rapid assault, ultra-light armor for forest combat, bamboo armor for surface combat, etc. The same team of soldiers are equipped with different armors because of different combat tasks.

The King of Qin said, very speechless.

The King of Qin originally said that he would not read the bamboo slips, but now he took out a bamboo slip and opened it: "Bai Hui, your bamboo slips say that there are still 500,000 arrows needed for the Battle of Hedong."

Bai Hui immediately replied: "Yes, the king is wise."

The King of Qin really wants to say, "You are so smart, you already have more than one million arrows in stock, and it is divided into rockets, light arrows in the mountains, heavy arrows in the attack, and rapid arrows in the cavalry.

When would the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty not divide the arrows so thinly? They just use arrows for crossbows and arrows for bows.

The King of Qin said he didn't want to say anything and asked casually: "How is the grain prepared?" After asking, the King of Qin put the bamboo slips in his hand back on the table.

Bai Hui looked serious and frowned: "Your Majesty, I still need at least 500,000 stones of grain. I want to add some of the gap after the autumn harvest. Because the war is ahead of schedule, the Chu merchants promised 300,000 stones of rice will likely be affected. I am already trying to make up for it and let the Chu merchants deliver the grain to the surrounding areas of Luoyi. I will send an elite force to pick up the batch of grain."

When talking about this response, Bai Hui had a smile on his face: "Prince Wang, if this plan is feasible, it can reduce a lot of logistics pressure, and it will be of great help to supplement the front-line battlefield. But there are also troubles."

The King of Qin could hardly help it, thinking that last year I was preparing to fight a fierce battle, and the food I prepared in Xianyang was not as much as you are now.

The King of Qin asked: "What is the trouble?"

"King, it's too wasteful to cook rice directly during battle. I will fry the rice with salt, so it's easy to preserve and carry. Especially when fighting in a hurry, I can grab a handful and put it in my mouth to eat it. I have also developed a special emergency marching ration for the Ruiz, and I will show it to the king."

Soon, Bai Hui came over with a small basin with five pieces of rice cakes on it.

Bai Hui originally wanted to make rice, but unfortunately, the stove of popcorn that Qin craftsmen could not make, so he used it to stir-fry, grind it after frying, and then mixed a small amount of malt sugar to make it into a whole piece.

The King of Qin picked up a piece and tasted it, thinking that this was even better than the snacks in Xianyang Palace.

This thing is military ration!

The King of Qin did not want to say anything about Bai Hui's military affairs for the time being, and only said: "You must accompany me to attend this squadron sporting match between Qin and Wei. We should pay attention to the matters on the Korean side every day. We have sent people to notify Bai Qi. I believe he will come back immediately after knowing it. We need to discuss this battle again."

"No!" Bai Hui breathed a sigh of relief.

The King of Qin glanced at a bamboo slip he threw on the ground just now. The bamboo slip was opened. The content on it was the part of the heavy armored soldiers and knives. The King of Qin no longer wanted to ask again.

The King of Qin now had only one idea, which was to send troops to fight today and transfer 50,000 soldiers from Xianyang. These 50,000 soldiers did not need equipment, food, or even clothes. When they arrived in Hedong, the supplies stored in Baihui's warehouse were enough to arm these people, and they would not affect the equipment and food of Baihui's original soldiers at all.

If Bai Hui hadn't been crazy, he would have been hiding something.

For example, Xiang said that he was attacking Beiqucheng, but the two brothers attacked Jiucheng in succession. So when the King of Qin was waiting for Bai Qi to come back, he asked the two brothers at the same time.

Bai Hui asked the King of Qin when he was heading to Bancheng. The King of Qin secretly ordered his attendants around him: "Go back to Xianyang immediately and let Marquis Rang come over. General Sima Cuo's visit to Hangu Pass remains unchanged."

The attendant took the order and left.

On the way to Bancheng, King Qin asked Bai Hui to car with him. On the way, Bai Hui was taciturn and always lowered his head to think.

The King of Qin originally didn't want to ask anything, but he couldn't help but ask: "Bai Hui, I'm asking what you are thinking about at this time?"

"I dare not hide it from the king. I am thinking about the sudden change of the Koreans. So will the blacksmith they promised to be in place on time? If it is in place on time, it will affect the time of dispatching troops? I still have small things that need to be created by the blacksmiths. If the time comes soon, it would be a pity."

The King of Qin asked: "What to create?"
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