Wu Peifu had a gentle smile on his face, and the presence of twenty elite soldiers with loaded guns and live ammunition allowed him to not lose the majesty of the superior. His arrival dispelled the concerns of the NPC students, and one of the students said hopefully: "Lord Wu, can we really serve as a helper when we go to the Yingkou army?" ”

Wu Peifu smiled slightly and said: "Chen Guandao has made it very clear just now, after you go to Yingkou, you will take up positions according to your achievements in the academy, there are nine battalion leaders in Yingkou, and this official can confirm that there are nine people serving as helpers." Other students don't have to be discouraged, the position is not so high for the time being, but as long as they make meritorious contributions, they can also be promoted. ”

After Wu Peifu explained, the students no longer doubted, and signed up one after another to express their willingness to go to Yingkou, Wu Peifu and Chen Hao looked at each other and smiled. Most of the officers in Yingkou were horse bandits, who were barely competent, had no systematic military training, and had little potential for growth.

The cadets of the Kaiping Military Academy served as deputies, and after they accumulated experience, if they were willing to pledge allegiance to Chen Hao, they would be promoted to the private army. Those who are unwilling to be loyal to stay in the imperial army and slowly polish themselves, affected by the surrounding environment, no matter how stubborn the students are, they will one day choose to take refuge, after all, it is not good to have no background in the imperial army.

The students who served in Yingkou did not choose to be loyal to Chen Hao, so they could only be loyal to Wu Peifu, which made no difference to Chen Hao. Many of these officers have spent three years in the academy, and they will become the backbone of the army, which can greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the army.

Wu Peifu waved his hand to signal the students to be quiet, and said loudly: "You students can think about it, if you are willing to go to Yingkou, wait for my paperwork to register for everyone, and then take the bus to Yingkou." ”

Chen Hao handed over the list provided by Yang Du to Wu Peifu, and asked Wu Peifu to recruit according to the list and not accept students without restrictions. As long as there are NPCs with recruitment value in the academy, Yang Du has already indicated that some NPCs with no talent are recruited to Yingkou, which will not play much role, not to mention, if they cannot meet their desire to be promoted and make a fortune, it may lead to their betrayal.

NPC Chen Hao, who doesn't have much potential, can't make it possible for him to be promoted and make a fortune, and everyone is unhappy after being recruited. After Wu Peifu's paperwork arrived and began to register, the trainees found that not everyone could go to Yingkou, and there was a limit on the number of recruits in Yingkou.

After discovering this, NPC students were not disgusted, after all, the official positions of the army cannot be unlimited, and they can recruit as many as they can accommodate. After learning that Yingkou had a recruitment list, the students no longer signed up, and gathered together to listen to the book and read out the names of the students one by one. Even the students who were reluctant to go to Yingkou were happy to hear that their names were on the list.

Chen Hao has done his best, but not all the NPCs on the list are willing to go to Yingkou, and many people have other plans. For example, some NPCs have a local complex and want to return to their hometown to join the army, and do not want to go to the distant Yingkou; There are also some NPCs that already have a way out, and they can have a good development after graduation, and there is no need to go to Yingkou to mix.

Chen Hao didn't have much chance to win over the failed NPCs Ying Yu and the others, if these NPCs didn't have a special reason, they would definitely prefer to go to Yingkou rather than to Ying Yu's Lingnan or other locations. Seeing that most of the NPCs signed up to go to Yingkou, Eagle Feather was so angry that his eyes were about to pop out, and the other players were disappointed.

Yingkou Zhili Hall is Wu Peifu, and NPCs all think so, but players don't see it that way. Wu Peifu has long been subdued by Chen Baxian, and many players have guessed it, and now it seems that Cheng Zihao must have a close relationship with Chen Baxian, and he came to Kaiping Martial Arts Academy to win over a group of officers.

Chen Hao didn't have the heart to deal with people like Ying Yu, and after successfully recruiting 224 NPC officers, he and Wu Peifu sent these officers back to Yingkou. In the past half a year, Yingkou has been taken care of by Yang Du, because Yingkou was destroyed when Zengqi rebelled, and Yang Du did not move the interests on the Liao River, and the base area could only be maintained by the funds obtained in the capital.

The nine battalions in Yingkou are all regularized by the imperial court, and the imperial court allocates military salaries on time, and only 3,000 private troops need Chen Hao's own money to support. The biggest surprise to Chen Hao during this period was the gunpowder factory, with the formula of smokeless gunpowder, the technicians of the arsenal have been able to produce smokeless gunpowder, which can not only supply the arsenal itself to produce ammunition, but also sell some of it.

The 3,000 private troops in Yingkou were all reequipped with the standard version of Mosingana rifles, and the nine battalions belonging to the imperial court were also reequipped, but they were purchased from the Yingkou Arsenal at the imperial court's military expense. There is a suspicion of making money from the imperial court in doing so, but because of the good relationship established between Wu Peifu and the Shengjing general Jin Chang during the war, the general turned a blind eye to the affairs of Yingkou and did not embarrass Yingkou.

Yingkou now has the most abundant ammunition, and there are a lot of bullets and shells stored, enough to support 10,000 troops to fight two major battles. When Chen Hao left, he told Yang Du that the firearms produced in the arsenal could be sold, but the shells and bullets were definitely not sold. In addition, Chen Hao asked the technicians of the arsenal to study and produce large-caliber naval artillery shells, and with the technical foundation for the production of artillery shells, after Yang Du spent 50,000 oceans to buy parts to improve the production equipment, a lot of naval artillery shells were also stored.

Yang Du never knew why Chen Hao focused on arranging the production of naval artillery shells, and many shells were only used by large-caliber guns of cruisers or battleships. Although the Yingkou base area is on the seashore and the wharf has been repaired, not to mention the large cruisers, there are not even mosquito boats, and the production of shells is a complete waste.

There is also a wharf that cost 80,000 oceans to build, Yang Du also raised objections, the navy is not something that ordinary warlords can afford, at least Yingkou does not have this qualification. The only effect of spending so much money to build the wharf is only to increase the business index of the Yingkou base area by 5 points, which is completely worth the loss.

What's even more infuriating is that the warships of Russia, Japan, and Britain now have one more choice in addition to resupplying in the brigade. The warships of these foreign devils docked at the Yingkou wharf, and the soldiers went ashore to rest. Not to mention that the wharf is not good for Yingkou, Yang Du has to spend a lot of energy to deal with disputes on the wharf, and sometimes he has to spend money to invite foreigners to dinner with a smile.

When Chen Hao returned to Yingkou, Yang Du kept pouring bitter water, complaining about the Yingkou wharf, and after listening to his complaints, Chen Hao laughed. He said with a straight face: "Senior Brother Huizi, I didn't build the wharf without a purpose, and now it seems that it is a loss-making deal, maybe there is a chance to get it back." ”

Yang Du said angrily: "The land of Yingkou is not able to support us to raise the navy, even if you become a general of Shengjing, you can't afford to raise it." Forgive me for being stupid, I really don't see any benefit in building a wharf, and you spent so much money to build a sailor academy, and the instructors' salaries and the living supplies of the students are a lot of expenses, I don't know what the effect is. ”

Three months ago, Wang Donglai recruited more than 20 instructors from the Fuzhou Shipbuilding School, and the Yingkou Naval Master School also officially opened. There were no celebrities among the more than 20 instructors, and the reason why Wang Donglai was able to dig them up to Yingkou was because he promised them a high salary of 200 oceans per month, and the 24 instructors would spend 4,800 oceans every month.

According to Chen Hao's requirements, the first phase of the Sailor Academy recruited 500 people, and the living allowance for each student was the same as the private army salary in Yingkou. The monthly expenses of 500 students are 2,500 oceans, plus other expenses of the school, the monthly expenses are almost 9,000 oceans, and the income of Yingkou cannot even support the operation of the Sailor School.

Chen Hao earned one million taels of silver when the Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing, and spent 300,000 taels on various buildings to establish the base area, and the rest of the money was in Yang Du's hands. In the past six months, the flow of water has generally cost 200,000 oceans, which makes Yang Du have a sense of crisis, and it is no wonder that he complains.

Yang Du, as the inheritor of the Emperor's Mental Art, had long seen that Chen Hao's development of the Sailor Academy and the construction of the dock were for the navy, but he thought it was completely impossible. The navy burns the most money, a battleship is several million taels of silver, and the battlecruiser is close to one million taels, and the Yingkou base area cannot support it at all.

Although Yang Du's scheming was relatively high, Chen Hao couldn't ensure that he was 100% loyal, so he still decided to tell him about the plan. Yang Du didn't understand the dock and the Sailor Academy, and not explaining it to him would lead to misunderstanding, he said in a low voice: "I know that Yingkou can't afford to raise a navy, and I can't afford to buy warships, but I have a way to get a few advanced warships, and then I will abandon Yingkou and go to other places for development." ”

Yang Du said in surprise: "Give up Yingkou and go somewhere else?" In this way, my lord, you have only established a base in Yingkou temporarily, and it is a pity to spend so much money to establish a base and then give up? ”

Chen Hao said with a smile: "I can't bear the child to trap the wolf, I just told the plan and the senior brother will help you take a closer look." Yingkou is on the verge of the Bohai Sea, Japan and Russia are eyeing the Northeast, sooner or later there will be a war, we are caught in the middle of a dilemma, this senior brother Huizi also said before. I insisted on developing a base in Yingkou, just to seize the foreigners' warships, the Yingkou projectile land, the foreign devils would definitely not have thought of the idea that we would dare to attack the warships, and when they anchored at the Yingkou wharf, we would find a way to paralyze them, and then take control of the warships and leave......"

Yang Du suddenly realized: "My lord, you established the Sailor Academy to prepare for the control of warships, right?" But after robbing the warships of foreigners, the world is so big that I am afraid that there is nowhere to stay, right? ”

Chen Hao said with a smile: "The South China Sea is full of pirates, no matter how strong the fleets of the great powers are, they can't be wiped out, so after robbing the warships, they will go to the South China Sea to develop." I know of a few excellent ports that have not yet been discovered by foreigners, and they only need to control and build simple docks to loot foreign merchant ships in the South China Sea and accumulate funds for future development. ”

Yang Du's face suddenly became ugly, and he sneered: "My lord means that we will all be pirates at sea in the future, right?" (To be continued.) )