For such an action of the Stormwind Special Forces Team, the military support of 600,000 taels of silver is needed. How much does it cost? In fact, it was not much at all. Cai Bixia later learned from the military that in order to cooperate with this operation, the military and the intelligence bureau had used resources worth more than 900,000 taels of silver!
Nine hundred thousand taels, this money is divided into tangible and intangible investments, visible and tangible weapons and equipment, airships, poisonous smoke bombs, etc. It's easy to settle accounts!
But what about the cost of instigating rebellion for this operation? Many secrets have been exposed today. Once these long-term investments are activated, they will lose their concealment!
Both light and dark equipment require money, and the more advanced the equipment, the more expensive it is!
Why does a poisonous smoke generator cost 25 million taels of silver? That's because the chemical industry has not really reached a large scale yet, and there are not many professional chemical plants in Europe!
The chemical industry is only in its infancy right now, and even countries don’t pay much attention to this emerging industry, and they don’t even realize the huge potential of this industry!
The great powers, including the United Kingdom, just take the chemical industry apart and look at it, such as sulfur plants, soda ash plants, various printing and dyeing plants, etc.!
These are common enterprises in the early days of the chemical industry, but they are all dependent on other industries. No one has proposed them separately to form a concept of the chemical industry, let alone system collaboration!
It will take fifty or sixty years of history to really wait for the chemical industry to rise. The mid-19th century to the early 20th century was the era of vigorous development of the chemical industry!
Synthetic ammonia, petrochemicals, polymer chemicals... typical among them is the emergence of new materials such as plastics as a marker. This era is the stage when chemical industry shines!
Xiao Letian currently does not have a chemical factory capable of large-scale production, so the purification and proportioning of various substances in the poisonous smoke cartridges can only be carefully processed in the laboratory!
Of course, the efficiency is extremely low, which is why the price is extremely expensive. Except for the special forces of the King of Soldiers, other troops really cannot afford to equip it!
Including ***, why can't it be installed? Apart from the reason of danger, the output of this kind of laboratory-produced weapon is too low and the price is too expensive!
Xiao Letian's regulations on the use of this new type of biological and chemical weapons are very clear. They are to frighten the enemy and create panic, not to rely on them to kill many people!
Use it occasionally to tell the enemy that we have this domineering thing and ask you to be careful not to mess with me!
But threats are threats, so try not to use them when fighting!
Cai Bixia didn't know the real accounts, so he gave an approximate price of 600,000 taels based on estimates, but this price shocked all the Manchu and Qing officials present!
Six hundred thousand taels of silver was nothing to such a large Manchu Empire. Many corrupt officials would only get more than that if they scanned the treasury!
But 600,000 taels of silver only support more than a hundred people in a bloody battle for a few hours? The price is too high!
What's even more frightening is that everyone present knows that the Chinese nation is a clean place without corruption. It can be said that these 600,000 taels were actually used in the war!
Six hundred thousand taels of silver armed more than a hundred ghost-like soldiers. No wonder no one on the other side died after a night of fighting, and not even a wounded soldier or a prisoner was left behind!
On the other hand, on our side, more than 500 people died in the battle at the Eight Banners Camp of the Qing Dynasty, more than 300 people died in the Xishan Camp, and countless others were injured!
Zero casualties versus eight hundred innocent souls, this incredible ratio, now that I think about it, it actually makes some sense!
"Damn it! If my soldiers could get so much military spending, we would also be able to win the war!" Peng Yulin stomped on the spot angrily!
He recalled the scene during the Ping Changmao period. Group after group of Hunan Army brothers rushed forward under the enemy's artillery fire, and died one after another, just like harvesting rice!
Of course, some ministers also wanted to scold Cai Bixia for bragging, but seeing so many unnamed weapons and equipment in front of them, they swallowed their scolding words!
Zeng Guofan's narrowed eyes suddenly opened, "Mr. Cai...how much does the Zhiyuan cost?"
Cai Bixia respectfully saluted Zeng Guofan, "The commander-in-chief doesn't dare not answer his questions... We Chinese will no longer produce the Zhiyuan that fought a bloody battle with Europa!"
"Don't get me wrong, the non-production means that the model has been upgraded... The new warship has a larger tonnage, more fierce firepower, longer-term cruising capability, and stronger protection..."
"The initial budget for the new warship is 4.5 million taels of silver...it will gradually be reduced to around 3.5 million taels after mass production is finalized..."
Marshal Zeng nodded, "A battleship only costs 3 to 4 million taels of silver, but your special operations team needs 600,000 taels of silver to be armed? Isn't that too much of an exaggeration?"
When these lay officials heard this, they immediately secretly provoked Brother Thumbs up. He was still handsome and cool. At a glance, they saw the crux of the problem!
How could we not have thought of this? Everyone stared at Cai Bixia, wanting to see how this bully king blew up!
Unexpectedly, Cai Bixia didn't care about the commander's rebuttal at all. Instead, he smiled and gathered the hair that exposed the edge of his military cap, and gently pressed it behind the ear!
At this moment, the female general showed her alluring charm inadvertently, and Zai Chun's heart skipped a beat when she saw it!
"It seems that the commander-in-chief still doesn't know the head of state well! The head of state often says that leading troops to fight is actually a business, a huge business!"
"And this business must have input and output before it can make a profit! Do you want to make a lot of money? Then you have to invest well and invest in big business that no one else can do!"
"Is six hundred thousand taels a lot? I think it's still less! It should be more, give him one million taels!"
"The higher the combat effectiveness, the more we can win the war, and the more we can win the war, the more we Chinese can make money!"
"If we defeat our opponent, our business will naturally penetrate into our opponent's territory! Will we make money then?"
"More importantly, we have produced so many good weapons, do we have to cherish them for ourselves? Wrong... we want to sell them! The more powerful our weapons are, the higher the price will be!"
"Now think about it, is our investment very profitable?"
"There is a third way to make money! Haha..." Cai Bixia sneered twice, "Slave the opponent! After a victory, the loser must reimburse military expenses, right?"
"When the time comes, won't our costs be passed on to our opponents? Therefore, we must not be stingy in our investment in the military, we must not be lax, and we must not be petty!"
"Calculating every day, one lantern is more fuel-efficient than two lanterns? Then save it. When the cannon is placed on your forehead, won't the last copper you save be given to others?"
"More than 600,000 yuan? Haha... Only the Chinese and the Germans have airship weapons in the world. We have already taken out such new weapons, and you still want to get a bargain?"
"Cheap goods are not good... The old man has said it a long time ago, save money and wait for it! Ministers, why don't you save money? Save money... and then give your army swords and spears, okay?"
"Let me tell you, don't use swords and spears at all. A wooden stick for each person is also good...it will save money!"
"What kind of meat do soldiers eat? Wild vegetable dumplings, sorghum rice, stick noodles... Just raise the army like beggars!"
"In the end, it's just a failure again and again. The money that should have been used to strengthen the army has not gone to the winner's pocket!"
