"This firearm can't be used?" Dong Zhuo picked up a scrapped firearm and said regretfully.

"It's still good. Why can't it be used? So many firearms were scrapped. Dong Zhuo said helplessly. Guo Yan on the side still wanted to persuade him, but after thinking about it, he stopped persuading.

Dong Zhuo is not a stingy person, on the contrary, he is very angry with his subordinates and is very willing to spend money. Elite troops eat three meals a day, and firearms also have two full meals a day. On the fifteenth day of the new year, there will be meat. The treatment is quite good, you know. Those firearms are usually good enough to starve to death.

But the consumption of firearms in normal times is too great. Although they have strengthened their training in maintenance. But the problem is that ordinary firearms are consumed, for example, firearms have to be constantly practiced. Moreover, firearms have a certain service life, and usually after 800 rounds of fire, they are basically in the stage of being scrapped.

But this figure made Dong Zhuo a little difficult to accept. Because it's all about money that's scrapped. The logistical pressure on firearms units is very high. The consumption of ammunition is one, and the consumption of firearms is also one, and at present, Dong Zhuo has no ability to manufacture such a powerful weapon, and the only way is to import it.

But this will suddenly increase his military spending. Even if Dong Zhuo's business is not bad, the trade in the Western Regions and Xiliang brings a certain amount of income, but it can't withstand such a toss. His finances were soon in a state of exhaustion, but at the same time, the consumption of firearms was still increasing, the consumption of bullets, the need for replacement, maintenance, and maintenance of some firearms, which was a large expense, and in addition, the maintenance of artillery was also a large number. Faced with such a situation, he can't help but deal with such a situation. That's the hardest thing he's going to be in to deal with.

After all, the consumption of money by the new-style army has exceeded Dong Zhuo's cognition. Dong Zhuo is constantly supporting himself for his own ambitions. Because he had already borrowed a lot of foreign debts from the Republican Army, Qin's commercial banks had already lent more than 20 million yuan to the other party.

"My lord." Guo Yan wanted to persuade his lord not to worry too much.

"It's not that I'm distressed, but I spend money like running water, more out and less in, which is to put it bluntly. It's all money. I pride myself on taking money very lightly. But sometimes, if you don't have money, you really can't do it. Dong Zhuo said.

"My lord, actually, some consumption can be avoided." Guo Yan thought about it and said.

"Oh. Let's talk about it. Dong Zhuo was still very surprised, he liked that his generals could think about problems and solve problems, after all, he needed such people.

"My lord, we can cooperate with the Republican Army, cooperate with some of their military factories, and relocate them, so that we can produce firearms, artillery, and ammunition ourselves, and we can produce them ourselves, which can reduce a lot of transportation and manufacturing consumption, and our firearms are purchased through the Republican arms dealers, which adds profits. But if we produce it ourselves, this profit does not exist. Moreover, we can also produce and sell it ourselves, make some money, and subsidize our own use. Guo Yan said.

When Dong Zhuo heard it, it seemed to be like this. Their firearms were purchased through intermediaries, whose profits were at least more than doubled. Dong Zhuo estimated. As everyone knows. The arms dealers of the Republican Army are very black, and the cost of a firearm is only a little more than 200. If you use some parts processed in the workshop, the cost may be around 150 yuan. The price is quite low. However, the firearms sold to Dong Zhuo by the Republican arms dealer were sold at a price of more than 1,000 yuan. Some of the better ones are even in more than 1,500 dollars. The price is quite fierce.

"Besides, my lord, our ammunition consumption is also from the Republican Army, and once our army's frontline attack is unfavorable, isn't it that the ammunition is controlled by others. At a critical time, once you threaten us, won't we have to obey? Guo Yan said worriedly. The impact of firearms is very large, and it is different from cold weapons. Firearms have a lot more logistical requirements, for example, ammunition has changed their situation a lot, and they have to work for it. Add some expenses.

If they don't have ammunition during the battle, their losses will be very large. This is definitely not what they want to see.

Dong Zhuo was also vaguely worried. Because the Republican Army is very powerful, just controlling their ammunition supply, they stuck their necks alive.

"No, absolutely not, the IRA must not do this, we can't let the IRA jam our necks, in that case we will suffocate, we must be able to produce our own firearms. The production of ammunition, at least ammunition is the most basic thing, and must not be handed over to the arms dealers of the Republican Army. Dong Zhuo said solemnly, thinking of the serious consequences. and the possibility of being blackmailed, Dong Zhuo felt very afraid, he definitely didn't want to see such a thing.

Jingshi, Luoyang.

"Chaos? I don't think so. On the surface, the governance of the republican army is very chaotic, and various forces are constantly rising, with Hedong having Hedong and Jizhou having the Handan Gang. Hexi and Bingzhou and Hedong are mixed together. They seem to have common interests. But don't forget. The Republican Army is a melting pot where anything can be melted down and then re-forged into something new, and its appeal is enormous. Cao Cao said that he handed over a letter written by Cao Ang to Cao Cao to Xi Zhicai.

The letters are written about what Cao Ang saw and heard in the Republican Army, and he looked at the affairs of the Republican Army from the perspective of a bystander, and at the same time thought about the impact of some events on the Republican Army from the perspective of a Republican Army cadet. These letters had a great impact on them directly and objectively, and in such a case their situation would be much more favorable. Because these are things in the newspapers, it is impossible to think like this.

Recently, Cao Cao and Xi Zhi noticed. The newspaper reports are very messy. The chaos was so great that Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai couldn't see what was going on in the Republican Army at all, as if a big chaos was about to break out. But the problem is, on the surface there is chaos, but there is nothing with the Republican Army. Then Cao Ang's letter arrived in time, and then all the problems were solved. They finally knew what was going on.

Domain, or rather, geographical differences have caused a superficial confusion. But in reality, the economy of the Republican Army has long linked these regions together.

"On the surface, it is the confrontation between the forces of Hedong and Jizhou, but in fact, the republican army has long formed a situation where you have me, and I have you. My son's epistle illustrates this. Cao Cao said.

"Hedong's advantage lies in the development of agriculture and his trade, while the states of Hexi and Hexi, because of the resumption of the war, have to rely on Hedong for boost. For the time being, they stood with the Hedong people. But in fact, all the development of Hedong has the support of the banking industry in Jizhou, in addition, there is a lot of technical support, ironware, such as the production of some carriages, Handan produces parts, and the assembly is completed in Hedong, because there are relatively more people in Hedong, and then some things are sold to Bingzhou through Hedong people and exported to the north. But the question is, where does the money of the people of Hedong come from? The cost of doing these things is very large. Where does this capital come from? Naturally, it was the support of the Republican Army Handan bankers, without whom Hedong would not have been able to develop so rapidly in a short period of time. Therefore, Hedong and Jizhou have formed a situation where you have me, I have you, on the surface, the two sides are incompatible, but in fact. The two sides have long formed a compromise, because both sides have value in use, but they cannot replace the other. In terms of finance, Handan has a great advantage, which cannot be challenged by Hedong, and the demand in Hedong is very large. But in terms of trade, Hedong has indeed done very well, and they have taken advantage of their geographical advantages to do more benefits. That's where the IRA excels. The newspaper looks messy on the surface. But in reality, they are only fighting for their own interests, we only see the surface, but we can't see the actual thing, and the IRA has put these areas into a big, big iron plate that cannot be torn apart at all. Cao Cao said.

Xi Zhicai nodded, he agreed to look at it this way, at first, he thought that the republican army might go through a big mess, because the split reported in the newspaper was very serious, so serious that Hedong seemed to have a fight with Jizhou. But soon, Cao Ang's letters made this possibility clear.

The economy of the Republican Army has long linked the interests of all parties. The parties are just different in the division of labor, and no one can do without the other. Leaving each other is extremely detrimental to themselves, and this is their current situation.

Cao Cao is very pertinent, the economy of the Republican Army has inadvertently connected all of these regions, and the economic ties are often the strongest. Cao Cao seems to have some helplessness, because this means that they will completely lose the possibility of recovering the above-mentioned areas. The IRA is doing very well.

"So, will the IRA get caught up in such a fight between the parties?" Xi Zhicai said something unwillingly.

"Balance, the IRA is very balanced internally, although there are parties, and they can be seen on the surface, but in general, he is very balanced internally." Cao Cao said helplessly. Yes, on the whole, the republican army is still very balanced, and this is where Cao Cao is extremely helpless.