Chapter Eighty-Seven: Jealousy (1)
A month later, the situation in the Federation of the Sun became more and more tense, and after taking the city of Soleil, Barono successively captured and occupied the cities around the city of Soleil. For the next ten days, there was no change, and it was supposed to deal with the armies and prisoners of these city-states, and a new government and various affairs had to be established.
After the puppet government supported by Balen'o was officially established, it issued orders to all the state cities in the Burning Sun Federation. All the lords of the state cities were required to submit to the rule of the new government, and to send people to attend the federal convention convened by the new government.
Duke Dozan is very troubled, whether to submit to the puppet government, according to the latest information in the last few days, several city-states have been submitted. Moreover, Baron'ou has already sent garrisons to these city-states, and the Duke of Dozan certainly does not want this, because after Baron'ou's garrison is stationed, it is impossible for the power of Silver Tower City to be in his own hands.
Moreover, there is Daheng City in the south, if Yinta City announces its surrender, Daheng City will find an excuse to take the opportunity to attack Yinta City. At that time, not to mention the power of Silver Tower City, surrounded by strong enemies, I am afraid it will be difficult to survive.
So Duke Dozan decided to wait, and after a while the situation might become clearer, and it would not be too late to make a decision at that time. After all, Yinta City is a small city-state, everything needs to be calm and serious, and everything must not be impatient, otherwise it is very likely to capsize in the current stormy seas.
Cheng Lei's point of view is the same, the two of them have reached an agreement, and they must not act rashly. Now the number of guards in Yinta City has reached 2,000, but most of them exist in the name of the garrison and the gendarmerie. The regular army, that is, the Yinta City Guard, is only about 500 people in name, but in the Xicheng training ground set up by Xiling, there are more than 2,000 soldiers training around the clock, and Duke Duozan is constantly buying a large number of weapons and equipment and various materials.
Of course, as the mercenary guards of Silver Tower City, the Lion King Squadron also received a lot of supplies from Duke Dozan. When it comes to mercenary guards, Duke Dozan never skimps, because he knows that if it comes to a critical moment, the Lion King Squadron will definitely do their best to defend Silver Tower City with him.
In a few days, more than a thousand recruits have been added to the Lion King base. Cheng Lei also sent someone to summon Bailey and others back, and now the soldiers in the base are saturated, if they continue to recruit, not only will they not be able to carry out formal training in a short period of time, but Cheng Lei's financial resources will not be able to guarantee it.
If the war officially starts, there will definitely be a lot of places to spend money, so Cheng Lei needs to save some savings during this time for use during the war. And from now on, they will hoard a large amount of grain, cotton, and all kinds of daily necessities, and if there is a war, the price of these materials will soar to a very high position.
The only thing you don't have to worry about is that Cheng Lei has already hoarded a large number of guns and ammunition before, and the base has also established an arsenal, and all the craftsmen of those casting workshops have gone to the base to become the technology and leadership in the arsenal. As for the workers of the arsenal, they were recruited from among the refugees in the civilian areas, and in one day more than 300 young and middle-aged people were recruited.
Although these refugees will not go hungry after arriving at the Lion King base, they will have food to eat. But of course Cheng Lei won't give them anything good, only the elderly and children can get two eggs a day to supplement nutrition, and the others are three simple meals a day, which is very good to maintain food and clothing.
Now the arsenal recruits people, and in terms of food supply, like those soldiers, there are meat, eggs, meat and vegetarian, and they are paid a monthly salary. Those young people who are reluctant to join the army are naturally enthusiastic and especially active in signing up.
Cheng Lei had entrusted Xing Chenghui to buy various machine tools and generators for many arsenals from the West, so there is no problem at all in making some war materials now.
In addition to guns and ammunition, Cheng Lei also hoarded a large amount of gasoline and diesel, some of which Xing Chenghui's caravan brought back from the west, and the other part that he bought from Balunou in the past few days. Balono's suppliers were particularly efficient, and within half a month, the gasoline was delivered to the Lion King base, and it was a large amount of gasoline, which was pulled by more than 300 troikas.
Although the price of this gasoline is not cheap, it is nearly half less than the gasoline that Xing Chenghui brought back from the West. The supplier of Balon'ou sent his nephew to bring the gasoline himself, and also promised Cheng Lei that if more gasoline was needed, they would have a lower price, and that the quality and quantity would be guaranteed, and the speed of transportation would be guaranteed.
And told Cheng Lei that if there are any other needs and requirements, you can mention. The supplier is a relative of a high-ranking domestic hawk official, and the energy in Balun'ou is very large, and it can operate no matter what. Of course, Cheng Lei is full of promises, and if there is any need, he will definitely tell them.
Cheng Lei smiled psychologically, these Balon'ou businessmen are even more open-minded than Xing Chenghui. As long as there is enough money, even if they sell the whole of the Baleno, I am afraid they will not hesitate to do it. However, if those people knew that Cheng Lei bought so much gasoline for newly modified tanks, and the biggest target was to use it on their Balen'ou army, they might not be happy.
Now that Jin Hanyang and the two radar soldiers have trained the communication squad, they are on the way to the Lion King base and the cement factory every day, and of course they are also on the way back to Yinta City. In this way, Cheng Lei can fully grasp the latest situation of the base and cement plant, and can also respond to temporary situations in a timely manner.
During this time, Zheng Bin devoted himself to maneuvering around the major shops and commercial houses in the city, because Cheng Lei wanted to build a larger cement factory near the base, so as to facilitate the protection of the troops in the base. All the equipment sketches have been made and detailed documents have been listed, and it happened that Zheng Bin had nothing to do, so Cheng Lei handed him the task of purchasing equipment parts.
Zheng Bin has been so busy in the past two days that he has slapped his feet in the back of the head, and he has to buy all kinds of equipment and parts, and he can't let others steal the equipment that Qi Mi has worked so hard to develop, which is a great test of Zheng Bin's means.
And most of the parts had to be cast in large foundry workshops in other cities, because no one had ever cast them before. Zheng Bin scattered these parts and distributed them to several large trading houses in the city, and asked them to cast them in several city-states.
I'm afraid that it will have to wait until a month or even two months before all these equipment parts can be cast and shipped back to the Lion King base. The price of these things is also ridiculously high, and if you buy guns and ammunition, you can equip a thousand troops.
However, Zheng Bin knows as well as Cheng Lei that if the new cement plant is built and the output is doubled or even tripled from before, then in a month, or even less than a month, the added output alone can recover all the costs of these equipment.
At night, in a two-story restaurant on Beicheng Street, there are many customers, and they are all young masters and bosses in brocade clothes. Occasionally, you can see a few officers of the city guard or garrison in military uniform, all of whom are surrounded by some beautiful and feminine women, sitting around large tables.
The table was filled with all kinds of delicacies, and the men ate and drank while holding their hands on the women around them. The women laughed like silver bells, and occasionally screamed shyly, and often at this time, men couldn't help but hug or go up to the second floor or a few women to do something unruly, and then return to their seats to eat and drink.
This is the most famous Yunlan Club on Beicheng Street, ordinary people have no chance here, even if they are rich with a little money, they don't dare to patronize it at all. Only those who have the rich and the bosses, and those officers who have sucked the blood of the soldiers, have such great financial resources.
At a table in the corner of the lobby on the first floor, a burly, handsome-looking officer was drinking with a few of his men. Their uniforms are different from those of the Yinta City Guards, Garrison, and Gendarmerie, but they are all accompanied by women.
This officer is none other than the leader of the garrison sent by Daheng City to garrison Yinta City, Satban's side is an extremely beautiful woman, compared to Xi Ling, it can be said that she is not inferior, but there is a hint of debauchery between her eyebrows. This is the new Oiran Peach Blossom Girl of Yunlan Society, and the Oiran of Yunlan Society is named after flowers.
The reason why Fang Lihua is called Pear Blossom is because she is elegant and beautiful by nature, and she never accepts customers easily, unless it is a man she admires herself. This Miss Peach Blossom is a good man, and she is a wandering wreck in normal times or in the bed, so she is named Peach Blossom.
This Miss Peach Blossom is facing Sathban's temperament, where did he see such a woman when he was in the Tieji tribe, and his time in Daheng City is very short, and Mo Geda's management is very strict, so he has no chance to set foot in the Qinglou at all. After coming to Yunlan Society, he felt that he had really entered heaven, this was the gentle township in his dreams, and he didn't have to spend his own money, Duke Duozan had already given the city lord order to Yunlan Society, and all the expenses were borne by the city lord's mansion.
"Where's the proprietress Peach Blossom Girl? Where is the peach blossom, I want the peach blossom girl, I haven't picked up customers for so long, is it because someone has occupied it? A rough voice rang out, because his words were all calling Peach Blossom's name, so he had to attract the attention of Sathban.
I saw that the person who came was a bloated man, wearing a satin robe, and there were two thug-like people by his side. The proprietress was explaining something to the big man, and the big man listened impatiently.
"Second Master Liang, you better find someone else, Peach Blossom has been wrapped up recently. When that guest's package arrives, I will definitely send someone to inform you as soon as possible. Or you can go upstairs with me first, and I'll entertain you. As she spoke, the proprietress put her body next to the big man, and the two huge towers on her chest looked particularly soft, constantly rubbing on the big man's arms.