Chapter 152: Expansion of the Army, the Definition of Genius
If you want to swallow up Xiyuan Continent, which is more than eight times the area of the Wancheng Kingdom, you must have enough troops.
As a result, in dozens of cultivation colleges in the country, all students who have advanced to the fifth grade have received warm invitations from the national defense recruitment department.
An invitation to join the Wehrmacht.
The offer is extremely high.
Linked to cultivation, even if it is a monk in the early stage of condensation, after joining the National Defense Force, he can get an income of 1 million yuan per year.
The late stage of condensation is 2 million.
If you are an immortal in the Gudan period, even in the early stage of Gudan, your income will rise to 10 million per year.
And these incomes are only the most basic service salaries.
Excludes mission grants, rank bonuses, and the most anticipated "military merit rewards".
Of course, in the unfortunate event of being injured or killed in battle, the state will also give him or his family a pension sufficient for a living.
However, because of the advanced weapons of the Wancheng country, the extremely elite army, and the casualty rate is extremely small, there is no need to worry about large-scale casualties at all.
For example, the Third Fleet, which swallowed up Nanyuanzhou, had only 33 deaths in three years of military operations, and the danger of joining the army was extremely low.
So listening to these gushing introductions of the conscription staff, it was Zhou Ming, and his heart flashed for a moment.
"This treatment for joining the army is really good, isn't it?"
Zhou Ming was secretly speechless.
If the number of soldiers in the National Defense Forces is expanded from the previous 300,000 to 500,000, taking the median and calculating the average annual income of each soldier of 2 million, the annual military expenditure of the country will cost 1 trillion spirit coins for the salary of the personnel alone?
It does not include the purchase of equipment and the cost of daily training.
If the war starts, the expenses will increase exponentially.
Such a money-burning activity, the treasury of Wancheng State, can really support it?
Zhou Ming nodded, and it was indeed supported.
Because Wancheng's domestic refining factories, alchemy factories, major investment and construction banks, a large number of infrastructure, foreign trade and exports, and countless profitable units are all state-owned...... These units can generate trillions of profits every year, and the GDP contribution accounts for 45% of the country.
It is said that in the treasury of the country of Wancheng, there are more than 50 trillion spirit coins worth of goods, and even many of them have nowhere to put them.
However, there is often a shortage of money among the people...... It shows that a large amount of money is stored in the national treasury and does not participate in market activities, thus harming the healthy development of the real economy.
However, spending this money lavishly will easily induce corruption among officials, and inflation among the people will also be extremely serious, leading to rising prices.
Through the export of goods to foreign continents, nearly 1 trillion spirit coins of excess funds enter the country every year, and if these funds are not effectively "managed", they will also trigger inflation in the country.
As a result, the treasury of the country played the role of a "reservoir" to curb the rapid rise in prices.
It's just that...... 50 trillion spirit coins have to find a way to spend them, and they can't have a greater impact on the normal life of billions of people.
Military.
Increasing military spending is a better solution.
Therefore, the expansion of the army of the Wancheng Kingdom has the consideration of solving the excessive funds of the national treasury.
But this consideration is only secondary.
The most important consideration is to serve the external expansion.
The area of Xiyuan Continent is more than four times that of Nanyuan Continent, and if you want to conquer Xiyuan Continent, one fleet is simply not enough, at least four must be sent!
However, the country had to be defended by force, so it was planned to recruit 200,000 men and add two new fleets.
Therefore, it can be seen that in Daxian College, the recruitment department of the National Defense Force is in full swing for the recruitment of fifth-grade students, and the treatment is extremely attractive.
The fifth grade is an internship year, where students can go out to find a job or join the military, and it's time to think about future paths.
And the guaranteed annual salary of 1 million or 2 million is a treatment that is impossible to get in any job in society.
For example, the most popular high-paying profession, the Airbus pilot, has an annual income of only 800,000 to 1.5 million, which is said to be very hard.
Joining the Wehrmacht is not only not very hard, but the pay is higher than that of pilots, and there are various leave and benefits.
What else does this need to be considered?
Of the more than 40 students in Zhou Ming's class, 32 joined the Wehrmacht.
It is Chen En, Zhang Yu, Lei Zuo and Lei You and other brothers who also seem to be considering joining the National Defense Force.
Zhou Ming hurriedly stopped them and told them not to join the army.
"Why don't you let you, boss, my family is just a peasant with average conditions, unlike your young master of the Bai family, I have to think about the future of the future." Chen En said that in fact, he has his own plans and does not want to rely on the boss forever.
"Yes, Boss, we can't always rely on you. Lei Zuo also said.
"If you just want to make more money, whether it's making a movie or setting up a transportation company, I have a way to make you earn more than 10 million a year, but I suggest that you better not join the army, this is not a job with absolute security, war is not a game, sooner or later there will be casualties, even heavy casualties, I hope you think about it carefully and then make a decision. ”
Through mysterious channels, Zhou Ming knew that Wan Chengguo was going to make a move on Xiyuanzhou soon, and it was still the preparation stage for sharpening the knife, and the target of the civilian legion was also set at 4,000, basically everyone had a chance, if the preparation was sufficient, it might not be a delusion to take Xiyuanzhou.
But what about projected losses?
It will definitely be greater than conquering Nanyuan Continent, and it may even be beyond the capacity of the Ten Thousand Vehicles Kingdom.
And this is not necessarily a bad thing, only if you understand the risk of war, you will be cautious.
Only a few failures can extinguish those aggressive desires that burn too much.
Hearing Zhou Ming's words, Chen En and the others thought about it carefully.
The boss's opinion is always right...... This is the judgment that they have formed an inertia.
In addition, from middle school to higher education, they have followed the boss for seven or eight years, and they are very clear about the boss's personality.
Follow him, and he will never let you suffer the slightest loss.
Instead, you can get endless benefits.
For example, the cheats of exercises in middle school.
made a few movies at Daxian Academy, and each of them received at least 10 million in salary.
Coupled with all kinds of favors, they found that the longer they followed the boss, the more things they gained, and the more they felt indebted.
They said they were going to join the army, but in fact, they really didn't want to owe the boss any more favors, otherwise they felt like they would never be able to pay it back.
Recently, the boss told them that after graduating from the college, they can travel to Xianshan together, make a few movies, or create a transportation company, make a small amount of money, and then go to other continents to have a trip, travel the world, and increase their experience, wouldn't it be great?
This is much better than staying in the army for 10 or 20 years as soon as you join the army.
Much freer.
"It's a brother, just be a brother for life, you are willing to follow me, and I will take you to see more scenery. ”
Zhou Ming's gentle gaze looked at them, making their hearts warm, and they couldn't help nodding.
"Well, we're not going to join the army anymore. ”
Chen En: They canceled their plan to join the army.
In addition, Luo Xiaopang and Jin Songming, who were studying at Jinyan College thousands of miles away, because Zhou Ming had little communication with them, they couldn't resist the temptation of conscripts, so they all joined the National Defense Force and had already entered the army to serve.
Zhou Ming had nothing to do about this, he could only wish them happiness and peace.
So, what is Zhou Ming's next step?
Go back to your hometown and get married.
The old man who is over ninety years old is really dying, his biggest wish is to hope to hug his great-grandson before he dies, and his family has written to urge him more than a dozen times, and the twenty-year-old Zhou Ming has to return to his hometown to participate in the extremely grand wedding.
The wedding attracted the attention of the whole country, and more than one million guests came to attend the wedding.
Among these guests, some came to send blessings, some came to admire the beauty of the fairy, and some were so jealous and angry that they went crazy and came to find fault with their swords.
In order to prevent accidents, Zhou Ming ordered people to set up a huge ring, intending to challenge 100 "heroes of the world", any young genius who feels that he is a heroic figure can come to the stage to challenge him, if anyone can defeat him, then he will give up marrying Mu Xianzi and no longer intersect with her.
And this challenge is only three days.
In other words, he had to defeat a hundred geniuses of all kinds who challenged him in three days.
As soon as Zhou Ming's words were released, the whole country was shocked and in an uproar.
"Challenge 100 geniuses, who do you think you are?"
"Bai Feiyang, what do you think of the heroes of the world?
"Arrogant, too arrogant!"
"The first madman in the country of ten thousand times!"
"I'm going to challenge him, I'm going to make him not come off the stage!"
"Bai Feiyang, I must defeat you! Fairy Mu is mine!" Chao Yuanhao, who had been defeated by Zhou Ming, gritted his teeth and said.
Even Mu Feiyan, who was far away in Xingtang City, wrote a letter, and said worriedly: Feiyang, you said that you can challenge ten, one hundred, you are too Meng Lang.
Even if Mu Feiyan knew that his true cultivation had reached the middle stage of Gudan, if he defeated a hundred geniuses in three days, no matter how thick his aura and soul power were, it would not be enough to consume.
But Zhou Ming's words have been released, and the geniuses of the whole country are rushing to Hyunqing City, and there is no room for retraction.
So under the attention of the national media, this world-renowned ring match was hot.
On the first day, 33 challengers were knocked off the stage by Zhou Ming in less than two hours.
On average, each challenger lasts less than four minutes, and about half are killed in seconds.
Those challengers who were killed in seconds were unanimously scolded.
"Damn, you're not a genius, what stage are you on?"
"What kind of genius are you, don't waste your precious place!"
"I hope you are a little self-aware, and you think that you will not insist on more than ten moves in Bai Feiyang's hands, just stand in the audience and watch the battle. ”
On the second day, the average strength of the 34 challengers was significantly stronger than on the first day, but they were all knocked out of power in more than three hours.
On the third day, more than a dozen high-profile and highly famous "geniuses" appeared, they all had a certain amount of real material, and 6 were immortals, among which there was a man named Liu Changguan, who fought with Bai Feiyang for 300 rounds, almost no winner or loser, and finally had to admit defeat due to lack of soul power and tricks.
The other 5 immortals were all defeated near the hundred moves.
Those who do not cultivate to the Gudan stage will all be defeated within thirty moves.
In this way, Bai Feiyang completed the competition to challenge 100 geniuses and stood in the ring to the end.
Hundreds of battles are won, and the world is booming.
Since then, there have been new theories about the definition of genius:
Bai Feiyang insists on less than 100 rounds in his hands, and all of them are mediocre!