On the morning of 3 June, when Zhou Rui's expansion plan and the contract for the purchase of three warships were placed in front of more than 30 regimental-level and battalion-level officers of the garrison brigade, the conference room suddenly exploded.

Wang Hongchun, the captain of the Dongfeng, his excited voice was out of tune, "Major General, I'm not dreaming, right?" Is it true that our coastal defense fleet is going to add an all-steel battleship and two armored cruisers? ”

Before Zhou Rui could speak, Song Limin, the captain of the Shuguang, said with a smile: "Crazy Wang, the contracts are all here!" The major general can still lie to you!

Moreover, the Major General has already prepared the 12 million silver coins for the purchase of three battleships and ammunition, and tomorrow at 9 o'clock in the morning, outside our military port, the battleships will be handed over! ”

Wang Hongchun, the captain of the Dongfeng, nicknamed Wang Maniac, and Wang Xuewen, Cai Ming'an, and Chen Yongchang, captains of the other three iron-ribbed wood-hulled ships of the coastal defense fleet, as well as Hao Desheng and Liu Tiecheng, captains of two offshore gunboats.

Like Song Limin, Zhou Rui's father, Zhou Xiaozheng, was dug from Shuonan Town.

In addition to the Shuonan Army Academy, Shuonan Town also established a Shuonan Naval Academy, which has cultivated a large number of naval talents for the Shuonan Army.

It's a pity that like the situation of the Shuonan Army Academy, the cadets who graduated from the Shuonan Naval Academy also touched the interests of those hereditary military leaders in the Shuonan Army.

The seven captains of the coastal defense fleet in Ganyang City were all graduates of the Shuonan Naval Academy, and they had been in the navy of Shuonan Town for many years, and they were not reused, and they were later recruited by Zhou Xiaozheng to the coastal defense fleet.

Confirming that the purchase of three warships was true, the officers on the side of the coastal defense fleet were all excited.

Wang Biao, commander of the Second Infantry Regiment, and Liu Mo, commander of the Third Infantry Regiment, immediately expressed their determination to Zhou Rui after reading Zhou Rui's expansion plan.

It is guaranteed that the expanded Second Infantry Regiment and the Third Infantry Regiment will reach a combat-ready level in the shortest possible time.

Under such circumstances, Zhou Rui's appointment of Song Shenghe and Huang Zhigang was successfully passed, even if some people felt that Zhou Rui was a bit nepotistic, they were unwilling to jump out to oppose it at this time.

After the military meeting was over, Zhou Xiaorong pulled Zhou Rui to the office.

"Xiao Rui, if you follow your plan to expand the four infantry regiments, our garrison brigade will have to recruit at least 9,000 soldiers, not counting the coastal defense fleet.

According to the custom, every soldier who joined the army would be given a settling-in allowance of 100 silver coins, and 9,000 soldiers would need a settling-in allowance of 900,000 silver coins.

And to buy weapons and equipment for 9,000 people, plus you have to form an artillery battalion for each infantry regiment, 3 million silver coins will not be enough.

In the future, the monthly military salary expenditure of our garrison brigade will have to be more than tripled. ”

"Second uncle, money is not a problem!

By the way, have all the 24,000 silver bricks been pulled back to the military port? ”

"It was pulled back overnight last night and placed in the underground warehouse of the brigade building."

"Second uncle, you mobilize troops and horses again, I still have 16,000 silver bricks weighing 50 catties in that small courtyard, which is enough to expand the army."

"Huh? And 16,000 silver bricks? ”

"In addition, I have purchased 10,000 new repeating rifles and 60 million rounds of matching ammunition through special channels, which should be coming soon in the next few days."

"What? You've already bought 10,000 repeating rifles and 60 million rounds of ammunition? ”

"Second uncle, you have to learn to adapt, there will be more and more surprises in the future!"

Not long after the military meeting held by Zhou Rui, the expansion plan of the garrison brigade formulated by Zhou Rui, as well as the performance parameters of the Buran-class all-steel battleship and the two ice-blade-class armored cruisers, had already been placed on the desk of Cui Hong, the head of the Cui family in Ganyang.

Although Cui Hong is over half a hundred years old, he still has an elegant temperament, which shows that when he was young, he was definitely suave.

At that time, Cui Hong was the most powerful suitor of Zhou Rui's mother Wen Yu with his family background, talent and appearance, but it was Zhou Rui's father Zhou Xiaozheng who made people fall through the glasses, and finally won the beauty.

"Wen Tao, what do you think about the Zhou family's purchase of three warships and the expansion of four infantry regiments?" Cui Hong frowned and asked his eldest son Cui Wentao.

Cui Wentao is 26 years old this year, inherited the appearance of his parents, and is extremely handsome.

And Cui Wentao is considered to be an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, not only graduated from the most famous military command academy in the Golden Lion Empire, but also a senior martial artist, and was even named the nickname of "the first son of Ganyang City".

Cui Wentao can be said to be the representative of the young talents of Ganyang City, while Zhou Rui in the past can only be regarded as an ordinary member of the children of Ganyang City.

Compared to two people, one is in the sky and the other is underground.

Now Cui Wentao has taken over the position of brigade commander of the Third Independent Brigade of the Fengwu Army, and is recognized as the next heir to the head of the family in Ganyang.

"Father, to buy the three warships of the Red Tiger Empire Navy, it will cost at least tens of millions of silver coins, plus this expansion plan, it will cost millions of silver coins, how can the Zhou family have so much money?" Cui Wentao said with a puzzled face.

"My father also feels a little strange about this matter, even if our Cui family can't take out tens of millions of silver coins in cash at once.

Alas - if the Zhou family's coastal defense fleet adds an all-steel battleship and two armored cruisers, and the Zhou family's garrison brigade has four reinforced regiments with a strength of 3,000 people, then it will not be easy for our Cui family to eat the Zhou family. ”

"Father, tomorrow morning, I will take someone to the military port, if I don't see it with my own eyes, I really can't believe that a family that has only risen for less than twenty years can buy three warships worth tens of millions of silver coins!"

"Then you can go and check it out! By the way, Zhenwei Town is almost unable to hold on, and the three infantry regiments of our Cui family who participated in the battle this time should be able to return to Ganyang City soon.

Although the losses of these three infantry regiments are not large, we can also take the opportunity to replenish these three infantry regiments and recruit more new soldiers.

Since the Zhou family can privately expand and organize four strengthening regiments, then our Cui family can also organize several reinforcement regiments! ”

Cui Wentao's eyes lit up, "My father is wise, and now the situation at home and abroad is becoming more and more turbulent.

Our Cui family does have to control some troops in order to deal with possible changes. ”

On the afternoon of June 3, Zhou Rui first went to the small courtyard in the west of the city, withdrew 16,000 yuan from the lottery system, and then hurriedly returned to the military port in Ganyang City.

In the future, Zhou Rui will inevitably extract a lot of things from the lottery system to the real world, and the small courtyard in the west of the city is not only small in size, but also in the downtown area, which is not suitable as a place to extract system items.

Zhou Rui found that at the wharf of the Ganyang City Military Port, there were three material warehouses of the coastal defense fleet, which were large in area and remote in location, which was very suitable as a place to extract system items.

So Zhou Rui had already ordered the coastal defense fleet to empty the three material warehouses, and asked Li Dongbao to lead the four companies of the guard battalion to pull up barbed wire around the three material warehouses.

The main task of the fourth company of the guard battalion in the future is to guard these three material warehouses, except for Zhou Rui, no one is allowed to enter these three material warehouses without Zhou Rui's order.

When Zhou Rui returned to the military port, the three material warehouses had been emptied by the officers and men of the coastal defense fleet, and the barbed wire fence around the three material warehouses had also been pulled up.

Li Dongbao saw Zhou Rui coming, and hurriedly greeted him, "Major General, according to your requirements, all of them have been pulled up with barbed wire." ”

Zhou Rui nodded with satisfaction, "Leopard, in the future, the fourth company must guard these three material warehouses for me, and many weapons and equipment of our garrison brigade will be transported to these three material warehouses through secret passages in the future." ”

"Huh? There are also secret passages in these three material warehouses? ”

"It's because of the secret passage that I chose here, so the defense here must be raised to the highest level!

In addition, it must be emphasized that without my order, no one from the Fourth Company is allowed to enter any of the material warehouses, and those who violate military law will be dealt with!

By the way, try not to let too many people know about the secret passage! ”

Of course there is no secret passage, Zhou Rui said this, it was just an explanation to the officers and soldiers of these guard battalions guarding the three material warehouses, so as not to cause panic.

Just like the 10,000 German Mauser 98K rifles and the matching 60 million rounds of ammunition that Zhou Rui was about to take out, they can't appear in the material warehouse out of thin air, after all, the officers and soldiers of these guard battalions will always be outside the three material warehouses.