Ever since he took the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he has never been idle for a moment and has been sending craftsmen to various places.
Especially in the past year, the number of registered craftsmen in Dashang has reached two million, and there is still a shortage of people, so they have to be dispatched from the army.
If the Ministry of Industry had not had the privilege of seconding troops, there would have been a serious shortage of personnel.
Now Zhao Rui asked him to urgently mobilize a group of craftsmen to go to Tubo, which really put him, the Minister of Industry, in a bit of a dilemma.
Sighing helplessly, Sima Shang took out an account book from his arms.
"Does King Zhao know how many craftsmen our great merchant has mobilized at present?"
Zhao Rui had roughly calculated before that such a number of craftsmen would indeed put a heavy burden on the big merchants.
Moreover, in the past year, craftsmen have been continuously dispatched overseas, resulting in many local projects in Dashang being delayed in completion.
"Lord Sima, from now on, to dispatch craftsmen, you only need to send out a few technical craftsmen and a few supervisors. The civilian workers can be recruited from the local area! Especially Tubo can recruit millions of people in a very short period of time.
Civilian husband!"
Sima Shang still looked in a dilemma. Civilians were easy to recruit, but skilled craftsmen were hard to find. This was the method adopted by the craftsmen sent to Parthia and Persia these past few times.
As a last resort, he even sent out students who had not yet completed their studies directly from the Imperial Academy.
Sima Shang let out a slight breath and roughly flipped through the account book in his hand.
"Okay, I will make arrangements as soon as possible!"
Zhao Rui saluted Sima very respectfully, then turned around and looked at all the civil and military officials of the dynasty.
"Now that the situation in the world is changing rapidly, and Southern Chu is about to annex the remaining vassal states, the merchants cannot be idle and must immediately select suitable soldiers from across the country to go to Tubo!"
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty suddenly became excited. If Tubo could be included in the territory of the Great Shang Dynasty, then the territory of the southwest region could be connected into one.
Moreover, when Zhao Rui went on an expedition before, he only spent some food and wages in the first two or three months. After that, he was completely self-sufficient, and he also sent back a large amount of finances and soldiers.
In other words, after nearly a year of fighting, not only did the country's strength not suffer at all, but it also made the merchants a lot richer.
It can be said that it is more than enough to launch a war to destroy Tubo now.
After announcing a few orders, Zhao Rui ordered the court to disperse and went to the Imperial Study Room with several close ministers.
Murong Bing, on the other hand, looked like she didn't care and went straight back to the harem.
It seems that after Zhao Rui came back, all the rights in her hands were handed over.
"Why did Your Majesty leave when we were discussing matters in the Royal Study?" Chen He couldn't help but frowned: "Even if His Royal Highness King Zhao comes back, His Majesty cannot ignore state affairs like this."
The others didn't say anything. They had long been used to it. As long as Zhao Rui was around, Murong Bing basically looked like he was the boss.
Zhao Ruiqing coughed twice, spread a map on the ground, and sat down cross-legged casually.
Ziyun put aside a large number of compiled memorial albums, holding several different colored brushes in his hand to draw on the map.
Zhao Rui raised his hand and pressed it lightly.
"Everyone, just be casual here, don't worry about so many etiquette!"
Everyone didn't say anything and immediately sat down in a circle next to the map. Only Chen He looked a little reserved.