He is the general marshal of the Yanyun Army. He has hundreds of thousands of brothers under his command. They are all under his command. He must not favor one over the other.
If such a large military expenditure is allocated to this newly established unit with only a few hundred people, I am afraid it will arouse great criticism from the brothers.
So it's better to throw this hot potato into the boss's hands. Once all these troubles are solved, and Long Xiangwei does have a certain combat effectiveness, it won't be too late for him to pick up what's ready...
Just such a thief.
Of course Xiao Chen knew what Xiaosheng was thinking and understood his difficulties, but he also knew that the establishment of Longxiang Guard was of great epoch-making significance for Yanyun's military development in the future, so even if he was trying to sell iron, he must give full support!
But I really can’t agree to your request for fifty cars...
Because our Yanyun County currently only has one prototype vehicle, and it still has various shortcomings and many technical problems that need to be improved.
If we want to mass-produce it, it will take a year and a half at the earliest. Besides, the manufacturing cost of this thing is too high. So, I will go back and talk to Shuhei and try to deliver ten of them to you next year. You can use them first. …
As for muskets, they really can't meet your requirements. You have to know that this is ancient times, and how many years ago were muskets invented?
Our Yanyun County is currently ahead of the world level, but it is only at this level. You can't ask the lunatics to make the Bayi Pong, right? That's unrealistic!
So you, Haibo, must temporarily overcome this. Cars will have it, Bayi bars will have it, and everything will have it.
However, due to limited conditions, everything cannot be rushed.
As for mortars, I don’t know much about them. You can discuss this with Madman Shuhei Fukai and the others...
"Boss, I have an idea..." Li Haibo said.
"You'd better not even think about this, it won't work." Before Li Haibo could say anything, Xiao Chen had already guessed what he wanted to say.
"Why?" Li Haibo was still unconvinced, "Our last time travel was not very successful and we brought back a lot of things. I think we can find another time and space vortex to go back and find a way to get some weapons and equipment. If necessary, Just move an entire arsenal here!"
"Hai Bo, you think about time travel too simply. The time and space vortex is very unstable. Every time we enter it is actually a huge adventure, and time travel in it is random. We don't know where we will travel. Which era? We were lucky last time..." Xiao Chen said.
"Even if it's a risk, I think it's worth it!" Li Haibo said, "The most you can do is return without success?"
"I'm afraid I won't be able to come back if I don't succeed. As the saying goes, only three things can happen. My luck won't always be that good. Jack warned me that if I travel through the time and space vortex multiple times, something may happen that even he can't predict. Things..." This is a very serious warning.
"Okay, but if you travel through time next time, boss, you must take me with you." Li Haibo had to give up the idea for the time being, "By the way, boss, how much money can you give me now?"
"How many do you need?" Xiao Chen frowned.
"In advance, I think one million taels can barely cope with it for a while." Li Haibo opened his mouth.
"How much?" Xiao Chen was startled, "Hai Bo, are you just here and don't know much about how much one tael of silver is worth now?"
"Basically understand it," Li Haibo said, "But boss, you have to know that training and raising troops is very expensive. Longxiang has just been established and needs to build a base, a training ground, purchase equipment, equipment, and..."
In addition, he also wants to establish an independent arsenal and a field hospital...
Li Haibo said that this is only what he can think of now, and more will definitely be needed in the future. Boss, you have to know that we are building a modern mobile force, so everything must be modernized from the beginning.
The existing five hundred people are far from enough. Such a small number of people have no combat effectiveness at all. They are just the backbone of Longxiang Guards in the future.
My vision is to train a fully-organized modern field division within three to five years! In terms of scale, including the support staff, there will be at least about 15,000 people...
Is an upfront investment of one million taels considered too much?
It’s really not much, ten million taels is not much!
In fact, Xiao Chen's original intention was for Li Haibo to establish a small-scale special operations force first, probably a regiment or a reinforced battalion. However, he didn't expect that Li Haibo was so ambitious. No wonder he wanted fifty cars at the beginning. …
The idea is good, and Xiao Chen also supports it, but the strength does not allow it. My Haibo brother, don't you think I am rich?
"Didn't we fish out a lot of treasures from the sunken ship? I think those are worth millions of taels of silver if sold." Li Haibo reminded Xiao Chen not to forget that we gained a lot from our last time traveling.
"You kid, are you still thinking about that?" Xiao Chen grinned, "I didn't even think about it. The old man confiscated it. It's hard to get even a penny from that old man. I'm thinking about him. He also doesn’t agree with us setting up the Longxiang Guard, so I’m afraid to ask him if he wants to pay for it.”
The main reason is that the last time they united with Ross to fight Japan, although Yanyun County won a great victory, it also cost a huge amount of money. Moreover, after Gao Juli recovered, Yanyun County still needed a large amount of money for relief and reconstruction... Xiao Chen I don’t know the specific amount, but it is estimated to be at least 20 million taels!
There are many infrastructure projects in Yanyun County this year. The Shunfeng Changshan Highway was just completed last year, and canals have been dug this year. The money is flowing straight into the sea like running water, never to be returned...
The old man's money was tight now, and he wished he could break a penny in half, otherwise he wouldn't be able to rob them of their sunken treasure. Asking him for money at this time would be tantamount to scolding him.
Xiao Chen originally had some money, but he spent it all on the wedding of Yuntian and Xiangqin. Just buying a small house for them in Changshan cost him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!
He originally wanted to buy a bigger house for the two of them, but after asking around, he found out that a house with three entrances and three exits in a good location would cost several hundred thousand taels...
When did the house prices in Changshan Prefecture get so high? This is simply higher than the housing prices in Fengyang City.
I remember when they first came here, they could buy a pretty nice house with just a few thousand taels.
But who would have thought that just four years later, prices would have increased dozens or hundreds of times. If I had only known that I would have bought a house if I had the money in my pocket...
So much so that I have nowhere to go to get money now. It seems that I can only cheat my brothers. But speaking of Xiao Chen, these brothers basically have no money. They are all working-class people. From the fat guy, I think about it one by one. All of them are paupers, except my sister...
My sister Zi Ling'er didn't know that she was in danger. She was reading a letter in the house with Qianye Ling, Li Zhixian, Kamitaru Sachiko and Xinjier. They were chattering and didn't know what they were discussing?
Seeing Xiao Chen and Li Haibo come in, everyone shut up.
