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"Culisare, Aktobi, Custana and Aral provinces are merged into one Governor-General, with Deputy Khanselen serving as Governor-General and promoted to General"

Everyone felt a stern when they heard this, and they all said to her, "This is a matter of rising and falling inward."

Qitad continued: "The army targeted Kazakhs, Shiva Khanate and the Russian Siberian Front"

"Chchen Brigade, the Makhachkara Division exists as a reserve brigade directly under the Khanate"

"Appoint Yan Xiangshi as commander of the Azerbaijani Army, promoted to lieutenant general, Paul as deputy commander, and also served as commander of the First Division and promoted to major general"

"The army targeted Persia, Ottoman, Georgia, Armenia"

Speaking of this, he paused.

"Although there seem to be thirty-one brigades, because our country is vast, most of them are arranged on the front line. Once a war occurs, the three brigades that can truly exist as mobile power are Ben Khan personally, Kayasula Division, Chechen Brigade, and Makhachkara Division"

"A total of ten brigades, 30,000 troops"

"The following appointments and adjustments shall be made into text by the Minister of Military Affairs and signed by Ben Khan as soon as possible. Remember, the appointment shall only be distributed to personnel above the brigade commander and above, and they shall not be easily spread"

Shen Muhua quickly stood up, "Yes, khan"

"Su Wenyu continues to talk"

Su Wenyu nodded: "Let's talk about finance. With the participation of a large number of farmers in Chechnya, Tatarstan and Azerbaijan, my country's grain tax this year has reached about 10 million stones."

"In terms of silver coin revenue, rubies and flintlock rifles have each increased to about 500,000. By the way, wool, fur, ready-to-wear, ironware, stainless steel, etc. are combined to about 3 million, and the seigniorage tax is still 200,000. With the commercial tax, the total number is close to five million"

"But the consumption is also huge. At present, in addition to the army, there are also officials, students, and craftsmen from all over the country, which together have more than 200,000 people"

"According to the previously agreed salary, nearly three million silver coins are required to be paid every year, so the balance this year is about two million."

Two million, this is the largest number outside the establishment of the Khanate, but the current trade has basically reached the largest level and it is impossible to increase any further.

"Every year, the army, the school, and the workshop need to consume nearly one million stones of food, but the treasury is still extremely sufficient at present. Dahan, you see..."

He and Chitard had already agreed on this matter, but it was just officially announced at the meeting.

Qitade said: "Compared with the surrounding forces, the salary paid by our country for soldiers, craftsmen and officials is still relatively low, but due to various reasons, our country's trade volume cannot expand rapidly and silver coins income is also limited."

"I won't be doing this, but since there are so many grains stored, I can pay double the value of grain according to their respective salary"

"Ben Khan calculated that in this way, the country would spend nearly five million stones of grain every year. In addition to the daily consumption of the army, industry, mining, and schools, the total annual expenditure was about six million stones"

"But the treasury still has four million stones left, so I will pay them this way. This year, the government will make up for it in one lump sum, and next year, the monthly payment will be paid. In this way, my country's salary level will be at least medium or above."

Su Wenyu recorded it and said, "Khan, there are many Armenians who have fled to Azerbaijan to join Governor Raphael. Dahan, do you see if you start implementing the Armenian strategy now?"

“How many specific ones are there?”

"According to Raphael, Armenia has a population of about one million. There are at least 100,000 Christians who fled to the Little Caucasus Mountain because they could not bear the oppression of the Ottomans. Almost all of them are coming to Azerbaijan"

"Well, don't be busy. At present, our country's relationship with the Ottoman is still good, and compared with Armenia, the more important thing is Crimea. I and Karim Khan have reached a secret agreement to prevent him from circulating the content of the agreement to the outside world before our country has completely broken up with the Ottoman."

"If Armenians support independence, they will definitely anger the Ottomans. They are still very powerful. Although they are a feud with the Russians, it would be bad for Armenia to collude with the Russians to deal with our country with all their strength"

"What's more, since the alliance with the Kingdom of Prussia, there is no conclusion on whether to deal with the Ottoman or Russia first, so I can only take one step and look at it."

"In this way, these people cannot farm everywhere and eat, and place them all in the upper reaches of the Aras River, the valley west of Palsabad that connects Armenia and Persia, where there is already sparsely populated due to war"

"There are three counties of Hudafilin, Jebraire and Horadiz, which are respectively placed in these 100,000 people, and Armenia's special city, with Raphael serving as mayor"

"He can draw a brigade from these 100,000 people, and our country will support war horses, then install flintlock spears, flintlock short guns and ammunition. The food tax is not required, and all are used for the cost of the brigade"

"The Armenians, the Ottomans and Persians have irreconcilable enemies. I believe they will guard the borders for us. The valley of the Aras River is also a good place to grow wheat, cotton and corn. By the way, it is very suitable for growing tobacco. Let Raphael pay attention to this."

Su Wenyu and Shen Muhua remembered quickly with their pens while nodding constantly.

But Qitad was thinking: "The possibility of Armenia and Georgia being alone in the future is obviously not high. The Soviet Union's jurisdiction there was very successful in later generations. If the Soviet Union did not split, they would still be part of it."

"If we become part of the Truchen Khanate, because the great noble forces in its country still exist, unlike Azerbaijan, when our country took over, they were still a loose tribal alliance, and the tribal chiefs were almost completely lost in internal struggles and wars with our country, which gave our country the opportunity to take over smoothly"

"Otherwise, wouldn't you be frightened if you suddenly take over a place with a much larger population than the Khanate?"

"But Georgia and Armenia are different. They still have kings. The king of West Georgia still ran out of Armenia and has always claimed to be the king of Armenia"

"If I really take it over, it will definitely not work if I manage it like Azerbaijan. The people there have accepted the inertia of being governed by kings and nobles for a long time. It is not easy to reverse it easily."

"What's more, they claim to be the purest Christians, and their faith is very firm, and they are not that easy to fool."

"It is better to follow the example of the autonomous regions in later generations and make them highly autonomous, so that our country can occupy important seaports and military important places"

"What's more, once conflicts with the Ottomans and Persians have occurred, it can also make the autonomous region a buffering role"

Thinking of something again, he said to Su Wenyu: "Tell Raphael that my commitment to support the Mamikonian family's return to the Kingdom of Armenia remains unchanged."

"The Armenians' respect for the Mamikonian family is much greater than that of the Georgian kingdom, because the Raphael family escaped from the Caucasus Mountains"

"Waiting for the time to come, I will do my best to help him return to Yerevan and become an ally with him. If he wants, our country will station a small amount of military forces there, such as in Armenia, Persia, and the Ottoman region where the Ottomans are constantly quarreling."

"He has the final say in other places"

"Tell him, I, Ketad, never broke my promise"

Nahichevan area is a region specially created by the Persian or Ottomans in history to differentiate the Armenians. After they invaded Armenia, they moved a large number of Persians and Ottomans here, and continued to erode the land of the Armenians, and finally forced the locals to leave or kill them.
Chapter completed!