Chapter 168: Planning the Arsenal
Su Daojing looked at Lei Tianzheng blankly, not sure what he wanted. He sent his son into the army, and there was a reason that Su Dao could not refuse. After graduating from the Royal Naval Academy in the UK, this identity alone was enough to give Su Dao enough attention. Su Dao wanted to build the Ninety-Nine Army into an all-round iron army. Whether it was sea, land, air, it must have the shadow of the Ninety-Nine Army and the Ninety-Nine Army that could speak.
Among them, the development of the navy is the most difficult. Not only does it require a huge industrial system to support it, each naval ship is also a big spender, just like a bottomless pit. No matter how much money you invest or how much manpower and material resources you can never satisfy its appetite.
Compared with warships and factories, talents are what Su Dao is most in need. He can exchange warships with picture albums. If the surface ships are not good, we will come to submarines. With the help of picture albums, he can immediately replenish two ships if he loses one ship. There is no problem at all, but in terms of talent, he cannot replenish them at any time.
It was nothing before, and the troops were relatively small, and there were only a few people. Just rub them and squeeze them. You have your own command. As long as there is no mistake in the big direction, it doesn’t matter if you make mistakes in the small direction. But now it is not possible. With more and more troops, there are more and more troops involved. Su Dao has no energy to care about every unit at all. The battle between large corps is not like before. If a little mistake is made, it may subvert the previous efforts.
After thinking for a long time, Su Dao decided to do it. No matter how good Lei Tianzheng's son is, let's talk about it first. The naval officer who graduated from the Royal Naval Academy in the UK should not be much worse. Besides, he is just an intern who has just graduated and has not been on a warship.
As for why his son had never been on the warship, Su Dao didn't have to think about it. With the pride of the British, it would be good to let Lei Tianzheng's son enter the Royal Naval Academy to study. As for getting on the warship, he couldn't even think about it. That was the confidentiality issue of the British, and it was impossible for him, an outsider to know about it.
"Okay, Su Mou should do these two things." Su Dao really couldn't find a reason to reject him, whether it was money or talent. Su Dao was in short supply now, and the 99th Army was just a new arrival and was unfamiliar with the place here. He would have done twice the result with half the effort in Jinxi City in the future.
However, Su Dao suddenly changed his mind and continued, "But I think we also need to put ugly words in front first, so that we will not have a good time at that time."
"It should. It should." Lei Tianzheng nodded in confusion, not sure where Su Dao was singing, giving you money and people, and having to say ugly words before. I really don't understand what he was thinking.
"I will accept this money on behalf of the 99th Army. At the same time, in order to ensure the transparency of the money spent, you patriotic merchants can rest assured, so the Jinxi Chamber of Commerce must send a few people to our army's finance department to supervise the use of the money throughout the process. As for the logistics supplies, there is no need. Everyone is doing business, and the minimum profit must be guaranteed. Otherwise, how can so many people survive? So if there are logistics officers in our department to buy supplies in your stores in the future, Su does not want you to only sell it to us for a cost price. It is 10% or 20% lower than the market price. This can be regarded as a discount for our big customer, and you will not lose too much." Su Dao carefully replied to the first question raised by Lei Tianzheng.
This seemingly stupid, silly and cute answer is actually Su Dao's answer with ulterior motives. The reason why the Chamber of Commerce sent people to the Finance Department of the 99th Army was mainly considered by Su Dao. First, it can reassure the members of the Chamber of Commerce and donate money to them more with confidence and boldness in the future. Moreover, after this time, everyone knows the integrity of the 99th Army. More and more people will join in donating, which undoubtedly plays an important role in improving the financial situation of the 99th Army.
At the same time, there is another consideration. Through the members of the Chamber of Commerce who entered the Finance Department, the benefits of the 99th Army can be spread well. Everyone may not believe what the people in the army say, but the credibility of what these Chamber of Commerce personnel said is another matter. With their propaganda, the 99th Army will not encounter any great difficulties in the expansion of the army in the future. It is estimated that everyone will be snatched up and join the army.
As for the last answer, Su Dao naturally went on the principle of not letting them suffer losses. If they took advantage of others' benefits just now, it would be a bit unreasonable. Moreover, once the 99th Army decided to purchase, it would inevitably be in large quantities, enough to allow more than 100,000 people to spend several weeks or one or two months. With so many goods, it would be reasonable to make them 100,000 or 20% cheaper. The price of the people who go out to buy more things will be cheaper, and what if the army purchases such a large quantity?
"As for your son, I can't guarantee whether he can convince him, I can only do my best." Su Dao's answer to the last question was a bit ordinary.
"Okay, there is no need to send people to your finance department. Since General Su is sincere in fighting the Japanese, then we will not say anything else. Everything else is based on General Su's wishes. If General Su needs any help from our Chamber of Commerce in the future, please speak up. As long as I and others can do it, I will never refuse." Lei Tianzheng was depressed and was very satisfied with Su Dao's answer.
He knew that the words Su Dao said that sent someone to the Finance Department to supervise the use of this money must be a test of them. If someone really sent to the Finance Department, what's the point of giving this money himself? In fact, to put it bluntly, this money was given to Su Dao personally. One million Manchukuo seems to be a lot, but it wouldn't be much for nearly a hundred merchants to spread it out. They just hope that Su Dao can keep the safety of Jinxi after taking the money.
That's why he directly refused Su Dao's request to send people to the Finance Department. The local garrisons have been together with local governments to pay military pay for the troops since ancient times. Now that the government is gone in Jinxi, they and the members of the chamber of commerce have also discussed that if the 99th Army comes to buy things, they will give them at the cost price. If they don't make money by themselves, they will pay part of the military pay for them, which can be regarded as the purpose of raising the army.
"President Lei, you must send this person to the Finance Department of our department, and you must be a person who is proficient in accounting. This money is for him to do the account. If President Lei does not send someone, or sends someone to do something serious, then please forgive me. Su Su dare not accept the money." Su Dao took a step back, lowered his head, and refused toughly.
"This..." Lei Tianzheng was a little confused about Su Dao's intentions. This person who had been in the mall for decades was also fascinated by Su Dao at this time, and he didn't know how to answer this question for a while.
"President Lei, you may not be very clear about the rules of our 99th Army. Our army has always been strict in discipline. Except for some representative spoils that the soldiers seized by the enemy during the battle, all the items seized by the soldiers must be handed over, all belong to individuals. Our army has never dared to relax in anti-corruption. If you know our army, you may find that there are military police frequently appearing in all departments of our army. Once corruption is discovered, it will be shot immediately no matter how much it is. Therefore, President Lei asked the Chamber of Commerce to send people to supervise the use of this money because we must be responsible to every patriot and cannot let them not know where their money is used." Su Dao smiled slightly and explained.
At the same time, Su Dao also believed that when they sent people to see the huge pension bill paid by the 99th Army, they would definitely be surprised and unable to say anything. At the same time, they would also make these chamber of commerce members discover that this mere million is not enough for the 99th Army to pay the pension for a large-scale battle.
"Okay, since that's the case, I'm better obedient than being respectful." After hearing what Su Dao said, Lei Tianzheng's previous doubts disappeared without a trace. The confusions he had seen outside before also disappeared. A military discipline seemed scattered, but it was so strict. Perhaps this is the reason why this army can always win big battles?
"Haha, since there is nothing wrong with this matter, then do it like this. Just come with the person sent here. Let's talk about another thing. This time, it's Su's turn to ask all the seniors to do something." Su Dao laughed. He originally planned to go to the Chamber of Commerce in the afternoon. Now the leaders of the Chamber of Commerce are here, and they are having a good chat. Su Dao also thinks it would be better to arrange this matter as soon as possible.
"General Su asked for the general, but the same thing. If I can do it, I will never refuse at all." Lei Tianzheng pointed at Su Dao and laughed, as if he understood Su Dao's meaning.
"You may not know that some of our equipment mainly comes from abroad, and logistics supplies are also troublesome. So Su purchased a batch of machinery and equipment from abroad a few days ago, and now it has been shipped to our Jinxi. So Su would like to ask you seniors to help Su find some suitable factories. Of course, it is easy to discuss rents." Su Dao told the story of General Military Industry. If this military factory is not built for a day, Su Dao would not be able to let go of his hands to replenish the troops.
"I have a factory under my command. The business has not been good in recent years. In order to keep the workers alive, it has not been closed. I just don't know how many factories General Su needs?" Lei Tianzheng frowned slightly. In fact, his factory business is quite good, at least he makes a profit every year, but Su Dao also said it very clearly, in order to establish a military factory, so Lei Tianzheng almost decided to give up his factory without thinking.
Chapter completed!