When the sun shone through the door and entered the house, Lord Lorraine finally became impatient, put down his pen, stretched his aching wrist, and looked at the foot-thick documents in front of him, feeling frustrated for a while...
You know, Sir Alex has been working hard for two hours, and he still has so many documents left.
He couldn't help sighing and said to himself: "This is different from what I thought. I am the deputy commander-in-chief of the coalition forces and a marshal. Why do I have to be like a clerk?"
Then, there was another long sigh.
As the three giants of the coalition, they all have to handle these official affairs.
But the Chief of Staff, General Wabador, was the old man. He was always the first to drink and eat meat, but as soon as the documents were mentioned, the old man immediately suffered a gout attack and lay on the bed howling.
The Commander-in-Chief, Archduke Julius, was not a thing. He often skipped work to drink and attend banquets, but now he went to socialize with people who didn't know where.
Therefore, all the heavy work related to the 600,000 coalition troops and 100,000 Free Army troops naturally fell on Lorraine.
In addition, Sir Alex cannot be left behind in the production work of the Flying Eagle Group.
Under such circumstances, the heavy paperwork still allowed Lord Lorraine to work part-time as a signing machine.
Even so, it was still the result of Catherine, Adele and other girlfriends, as well as the coalition staff sharing a lot of work for the Lord.
Lord Lorraine secretly sighed in his heart. Now he finally understands why there were so many foolish kings in ancient times, and those who were wise kings would have died of exhaustion long ago.
At this moment, Vera walked in with a cup of black tea. She put the tea on the table, then very obediently turned behind Lord Lorraine, hugged Lord Lorraine's head with her little hands, and gently touched her with her fingers.
massage.
Lord Lorraine groaned comfortably, leaned back, rested his head on Vera's plump and rich chest, then rubbed it hard, found the most comfortable position, and sighed happily.
Neither of them spoke, enjoying the quiet summer afternoon.
However, this warmth did not last long, and was immediately interrupted by a violent knock on the door.
Lorraine couldn't help but frown. It was certain that the person who knocked on the door was definitely not Lord Lorraine's secretary. He was almost breaking down the door.
The number of people in the world who dare to knock on Lord Lorraine's door like this, and the secretary dare not stop, can be counted on both hands.
First of all, it is definitely not Grand Duke Julius. He would not surrender himself and come back to work with good intentions.
And I haven't gone out to drink flower wine recently, so I won't have those angry girlfriends.
If it were Leo and Xiao Bai, those two hooligans didn't know what knocking was, they would just kick open the door and rush in every time.
It seems that there is only one person left, his cheap father-in-law - Ling Shan's protector, President Brad.
Lord Lorraine grumbled and said: "It's not a good sign if a night owl comes to the door and nothing happens."
Vera couldn't help but chuckle, turned and walked into the lounge.
Sir Luo also stood up, straightened his clothes slightly, and then walked towards the door: Ever since his cheap father-in-law became the president, he has become more and more assertive, and he has the self-consciousness of a president of a great power.
When I was in the Caribbean, I would walk to Lord Luo's office on the pretense of passing by if I had something to do.
And since arriving in the Imperial City of Akadelin, it seems that the Lord has not met President Blood in private.
Even if something happened, his old man would send a secretary to deliver a letter, and Lord Lorraine would have to write a letter and send it back. It was quite the king's demeanor.
"The evil wind blew over today, and this old man actually came to the door in person." Lord Lorraine opened the door, and sure enough, President Brad was standing outside the door with a smile on his face, without any entourage behind him.
Sir Alex suddenly became more vigilant: This old man's smile is very unnatural~! He looks very much like an insurance salesman.
Lorraine pretended to be surprised and said: "Why are you here? Please come in. If you need anything, just send someone to call me. You have to come in person."
At the same time, he involuntarily touched his wallet and hid it.
President Brad pretended not to notice his actions, but still smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay. It's just that I haven't been here for a long time. I'll come over and take a look. Haha, hahahaha."
As he spoke, he laughed.
At the same time, he also walked into the room.
Lord Lorraine personally brought a cup of hot tea to President Brad, placed it in front of him, and then opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
President Bullard seemed to be thinking about something as he lowered his head and stared at the teacup.
The room fell silent for a moment.
After a while, Lord Lorraine finally couldn't hold it any longer. He coughed slightly to break the embarrassment and said, "I heard there was some trouble with the conscription?"
When President Bullard was told the central issue, he couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, and then he sighed deeply and said: "We can't recruit people. These Akadelin people are so ungrateful~"
The more he talked, the angrier he became, saying: "They don't even think about who acquired the land in their hands. They just take advantage of it and don't want to take any responsibility at all."
Lorraine shrugged and thought to himself: This is not obvious.
Being a soldier in this era is not a good path. It is common for soldiers to be bullied and exploited by their officers.
Especially when serving as soldiers in the Semitic tribe, the officers were paid empty wages, drank the soldiers' blood, and used the soldiers as slaves. What they got in exchange was just enough food to feed their bellies.
Only those who cannot survive will choose this path. Therefore, there is a saying in the world, "A good man should not be a soldier, and a good man should not hammer nails into iron."
As the capital, wealth is concentrated and transportation is convenient. Therefore, the living standard of the Akadelin people is much higher than the average level of the Semitic people.
What's more, according to the latest laws, they all got land just now. As long as they are not crazy, who would give up a good life of food and clothing to go to the army to fight and suffer the consequences.
You know, being a soldier is not the same as before. You have to fight with real swords and guns against the High Priest of the Undead, the strongest man under the starry sky. You might end up dead one day. Even if you don't die, you will still have broken arms.
If my leg is crippled, who will support me?
Lorraine thought for a moment and asked in a deep voice: "How is the situation now?"
President Bullard shook his head and said: "Those who are willing to serve as soldiers are not qualified enough, and those who are qualified are unwilling to become soldiers. In the past few days, we have only found more than a thousand people who meet the conditions, not even enough for one regiment."
There are three million people in the area around Arkadelin, which is too low.
Lord Lorraine shrugged his shoulders and thought to himself: It's not your fault that you are overjoyed with your success. You are busy expanding the army even before the conscription law is formulated, and you don't even know where to source the troops.
In fact, as long as it is stipulated that civil servants and parliamentarians must have military service experience, this problem will be solved. Those parliamentarians will rush to put their children into the army so that they can inherit their positions in the future.
The attraction of civil servants to ordinary people in the intellectual class is fatal.
In addition, there is also a big killer--those who serve in the military can reduce their family's tax burden, just look at the ordinary people who don't rush to sign up.
However, Lord Lorraine was not prepared to tell him his thoughts. He could help him for a while, but could not help him for a while, so the president's father-in-law slowly hit the wall: people can only mature through failure.
President Bullard was not an ordinary person. After being slightly disappointed, he immediately regained his confidence and said: "But this is nothing. I believe we can always find enough young people who are willing to serve the country.
I came today for another matter, which is also related to the current military expansion plan."
At this point, President Bullard hesitated a little.
He looked at Lorraine with a hesitant look on his face.
Lorraine looked at him curiously, wondering what kind of evil her cheap father-in-law was going to do.
President Bullard thought for a moment and said: "I believe that after expanding the scope of recruitment, we can find enough soldiers, but their equipment is a problem..."
Lorraine blinked and said nothing, but waited patiently for President Brad to speak first.
"I want to equip them according to the standards of the security forces." President Bullard said solemnly: "The Semitic tribe is a multi-tribal country. Although our Lingshan tribe has the largest number, you also know that the relationship between the various tribes is not good.
We need a strong army to ensure the security and order of the country. Only in this way can we protect the people..."
Lorraine looked at President Bullard in confusion, interrupted him, and said, "You mean, all the troops are equipped according to the standards of the security forces?"
President Bullard nodded immediately.
Lord Lorraine couldn't help but take a breath and said in surprise: "What a big gesture."
When President Brad saw that he had shocked Lorraine, he couldn't help but feel a little proud. The reason why he didn't want to come to Lorraine was because he didn't want to see Lorraine's proud face.
He is now the debtor, and Lorraine is the creditor.
President Bullard smiled and said: "Of course, it won't be all ready at once. We plan to divide it into ten years and gradually complete the equipment."
Fortunately, President Bullard also knows that equipping and training an army similar to the security army can not be successful in three to five months, but is often calculated in years.
Otherwise Lord Lorraine should laugh at him for being another super talker.
Lorraine frowned and asked cautiously: "Do you know how much equipment a division of the Security Army needs?"
President Bullard thought about it carefully and said: "It will probably take several thousand rifles, hundreds of machine guns, and more than a hundred cannons. A few days ago, when the Caribbean Division was changing its equipment, I also participated."
Lorraine nodded and said: "Take the most common flag guard division of the Security Army as an example. There are 15,000 people in the division, including 600 officers. They are equipped with 6,800 rifles and 3,500 pistols.
, four hundred Gatling guns, and two hundred and sixty artillery pieces of various calibers, are you sure you want to equip the Semitic army according to these standards?"
President Bullard rolled his eyes, and then nodded affirmatively. Only strong force can ensure the peace and unity of the Semitic people. He also understands this truth.
Lord Lorraine leaned forward and asked tentatively: "Do you know how much it costs to equip these weapons?"
President Bullard touched his gray hair and recalled: "I remember when the Caribbean Division was changing uniforms, Leo once sent me a bill. I was shocked at that time. It seemed to be four hundred thousand."
Because the financial and taxation power of the Republic was in the hands of Flying Eagle Bank, Chairman Leo, many government expenses were deducted directly from the account after Leo discussed with the Finance Minister of the Republic.
The Republic didn't have the money to make the payments anyway, so these were all accumulated as debts on the loan provided by Soaring Eagle Bank, and Brad was given a bill to repay the debt afterwards.
And President Bullard also followed the principle of no worries if there are too many lice and no worries if there are too many debts. After reading it, he just let it go.
Anyway, he only cares about spending money, making money and repaying debts, and can leave it to the subsequent president to deal with the headache - as an excellent politician, he finally knows the benefits of this kind of electoral politics - if he becomes the emperor
, he still has to pay the debt. But now, there is no need to worry at all.
Lord Lorraine had a very bad premonition in his heart and said, "Forget it, I'd better call Leo over."
Leo marked the key points for the graduating governors in the governor's study class. Originally, he didn't want to come. The key points were only a small part of the work in the class.
The rest, of course, depends on who has a good attitude towards the teacher, respects the teacher enough, and pays the most tuition fees.
However, the attendant told Leo that someone was looking for him to discuss a big deal worth tens of millions. Leo immediately threw down the textbook and rushed into Lorraine's office.
Before entering the door, he shouted loudly: "Boss, where is that Kaizi?"
Then he saw President Bullard looking at him with a smile.
Leo smiled coquettishly, put the hand with the diamond ring behind his back, and said, "It's the president's uncle. If nothing happens, I will go back to teach others. If you skip class, your bonus will be deducted."
He hesitated and walked out - he was afraid that President Bullard was coming to ask him for the ring.
Lorraine's words made Leo stop.
"The president is here to buy arms."
Leo suddenly rushed to the sofa next to Brad and said with a smile: "Uncle President, just ask for anything you need, rifles, machine guns, cannons and battleships?"
Not satisfied? Well, even if it’s a war fortress or an aircraft carrier, it’s not without discussion.”
As he spoke, he clenched his fists and enthusiastically beat President Brad's back.
Lorraine smiled slightly. When dealing with President Brad, she was at a disadvantage because of her surname. After all, he was her father-in-law.
In other families, the mother-in-law is difficult to take care of, but in Fiona's house it's just the opposite. Fiona's mother is very satisfied with Lorraine no matter how she looks at her, but President Brad doesn't like Lorraine no matter how he looks at her.
Therefore, the only choice was to let Leo deal with him.
Lorraine said: "The president wants to know how much we spent to equip the Caribbean Division."
Leo said without thinking: "Nine hundred and twenty-seven thousand gold coins."
President Bullard said doubtfully: "But I remember that the bill was only 400,000."
Leo sneered and said: "We first gave you a discount, and then according to the military aid agreement we signed, the coalition forces paid half of it for you."
Lorraine said: "The president wants to equip all Semitic armies in accordance with the standards of our security forces in the next ten years."
"Wow," Leo was stunned for a moment, then his eyes were filled with yellow gold coins. He rubbed his chubby hands and smacked his tongue, "This is a big business. My uncle is not as big as you."
That represents a complete set of equipment for twenty to twenty-five divisions. This business not only means tens of millions in expenses, but as long as the negotiation is completed, the military industry department of the Flying Eagle Group will not be short of orders in the next ten years.
Chairman Leo has long been worried about overflowing production capacity. After the war, if there are not enough orders, many factories will stop production, and all the losses will be money.
Leo took out his pen and calculated carefully on the paper. As he wrote, he said: "The equipment fee for a division is one million. I will give you a discount. Let's calculate it as 900,000. It will provide two and a half dollars a year."
The division's equipment is 2.2 million.
The annual training fee for each division is calculated as 300,000 yuan, and the annual training fee is calculated separately.
Taking into account the annual inflation of 3.5%, there is an annual increase of 5% in labor costs, equipment costs, fixed asset depreciation costs, cargo transportation costs, personnel training costs, fixed depreciation...
The contract period is ten years, and the total cost is about 40 million, with an average of 4 million per year."
President Bullard blurted out: "So many~!"
President Bullard's original expectation was to spend less than one million a year. Four million was far beyond his expectation, and his republican government could not afford it.
Leo put a circle of zeros after the number four, put down the pen and said: "This is a friendly price, Uncle President, just for your sake, if others want to buy it, I won't sell it to them.
What do you pay with? We also accept barter, or pay with fixed assets such as land.”
"Um..." President Bullard rolled his eyes, smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, and said, "Isn't there military assistance?"
Lord Lorraine was so angry that he almost jumped up and blurted out: "I will support you..."
Fortunately, my sense prevailed, and I suppressed the word 'sister' and changed my words: "It's impossible~!"
Lord Lorraine just wanted to point at the door and yell "Get out of here" at the old guy.
Even Leo gave up, clasped his hands on his chest, raised his head at a 45-degree angle, and said in a high voice: "I have no money, why are you talking so much?"
He has the attitude of a good landowner like Huang Shiren.
President Bullard was embarrassed, but the person who was laughing at him was a child, so he was too embarrassed to say anything. He touched his nose and said: "We are only in temporary financial difficulty, or else we should put it on the books first."
Chairman Leo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Usually he was the only one who tried to rip off others, but at this moment he was beaten by others and said: "Uncle President, please be reasonable, you already owe me 20 million, and the interest alone is 140 million per year."
One hundred thousand, I really have no money to lend you."
President Bullard finally returned to the presidential palace with a heavy face, and later asked someone to call his daughter Fiona.
Everyone who followed the Presidential Palace saw Fiona heading straight to Lorraine's headquarters with a dark face. It was said that she kicked open Lorraine's door at that time.
Then she heard her angry questioning coming from inside: "Didn't my father just ask you to borrow some money? Why not borrow it?"
But then, after hearing Lorraine's explanation for a while, another exclamation came: Ah, so that's it?
Immediately afterwards, I heard her say loudly: "The old man borrowed so much money, and he still wants to take advantage of our family. Just don't borrow it. We must not use our own family's money to subsidize the grandsons of the Republican Party.
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After listening to the descriptions of the guards, President Bullard stood in the back garden and sighed: What an outgoing girl! To be continued.)