With the gradual arrival of the ordered ships, the Yaqiu fleet has gradually taken shape, and various related work has been started.

The first thing to do is to recruit soldiers for the fleet, and a fleet without soldiers is a bunch of empty shells, which can neither sail nor complete combat missions.

The strength of a fleet, in addition to the ships and equipment, the most important thing is the officers and soldiers, no matter what time it is, people are the soul of the fleet.

After discussion, Liu Yi, Feng Kailong and others decided to set up a school to recruit and train the soldiers needed by the fleet, so as to ensure a long-term and stable talent pool.

The main officers of the fleet are basically Feng Kailong's former subordinates, and they are basically in place, except for some positions and vacancies, and the main positions basically have suitable candidates.

I have to say that when Feng Kailong served as the commander of the 5th Fleet, he was still very popular, Feng Kailong simply contacted these people, and soon many people came to defect, and he solved this thorny problem for Liu Yi at once.

When Feng Kailong was the commander-in-chief of the fleet, he was deeply respected by his subordinates because of his fair and strict behavior. After the defeat, Feng Kailong was dismissed from his post along with many officers of the 5th Fleet, resulting in the loss of many people's livelihoods.

This time Feng Kailong re-emerged from the mountain, with Liu Yi's permission, he immediately contacted his former subordinates, these people heard that Feng Kailong had once again served as the commander of the fleet, and immediately packed their bags and rushed to serve, and Liu Yi was impressed by his loyalty.

With this group of mature officers, the work of the fleet was quickly put on the right track, and the time and trouble saved was definitely a huge amount if measured in monetary terms.

Liu Yi secretly rejoiced in his heart, his decision to invite Feng Kailong out of the mountain was the right one, with this veteran, it is equivalent to digging up all the talents of a fleet, and these people are all experienced officers, which is a big bargain that can't be bought with money.

With the commander-in-chief and officers at all levels, the recruitment and training of soldiers will naturally be much smoother, and in just one or two months, nearly 20,000 soldiers have been recruited, which basically meets the needs of the fleet.

Feng Kailong told Liu Yi that it would take at least two or three years for these newly recruited soldiers to reach the level of being able to participate in the war, and it would take at least five or six years to reach the level of a first-class fleet, and it would take eight or nine years at most, which was by no means something that could be solved overnight.

Liu Yi has been mentally prepared for this, the fleet is actually a bottomless pit, once it starts, it must be continuously invested, otherwise the fleet is just a decoration.

It is for this reason that the colonies that have fleets have the urge to expand, otherwise the fleet is simply an investment and will not generate any benefits.

Although Liu Yi does not plan to expand at present, he can't let others take Yaqiu as prey, and with this fleet, many careerists don't dare to fight Yaqiu casually.

However, although Liu Yi did not have such great ambitions, there were countless ambitious people within the empire.

While Liu Yi was busy building a fleet and developing the economy with all his might, wars were already raging everywhere in the empire, and news of another war broke out somewhere almost every day.

Since the imperial capital has always maintained a state of non-contact with the outside world, no one knows what the situation of the imperial capital is now, in this state of power vacuum, the careerists of the colonies have long been impatient and have launched attacks on neighboring galaxies.

In fact, speaking of which, many people have also been inspired by Li Xingqi to become bolder, since someone has taken the lead, there will be no shortage of people to follow suit.

Liu Yi saw the news of a certain galaxy being attacked by other galaxy fleets on the Internet every day, and after a long time, even Liu Yi forgot which ones were annexed and how many fleets were destroyed in the war.

As the pioneer of this movement, Li Xingqi also began to be a little unable to sit still, although he currently sits on the two galaxies of the Sea Wolf and the Mammoth, but watching other people fight around all day long, and various galaxies keep changing hands, where can he still stand by and watch the war.

At the monthly meeting, Li Xingqi bluntly told Liu Yi that he planned to follow Liu Yi's example and also issue bonds to raise funds.

Liu Yi understands that Li Xingqi is also an extremely smart person, and he intends to take advantage of the popularity to turn his reputation into practical benefits, and the issuance of bonds is probably only the first step.

Soon Li Xingqi began to issue bonds on a large scale, and the amount raised in the first phase reached as much as 500 billion, and Liu Yi was also shocked when he heard about this amount.

However, Li Xingqi is a rising upstart in the current empire, and the sales of bonds are very good, and the bonds are sold out in less than two months.

With abundant funds, Li Xingqi immediately began to expand his armaments on a large scale, and both Starlink and Jieyi received large orders, and Li Xingqi purchased nearly 3,000 mecha from the two companies in one go.

If there is money to be made, Liu Yi will naturally not refuse, and at the same time, relying on this large order, Liu Yi also improved his relationship with Tang Lun, which is an additional gain.

Jieyi and Starlink worked at full speed to produce mecha for Li Xingqi, and because the task was too heavy, the Bingfeng base also shared a part of the order, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible to complete it within the specified time.

Seeing Li Xingqi carrying out such a large-scale arms expansion, it is impossible for Liu Yi's heart not to panic at all, this is like everyone racing together, someone begins to accelerate the lead, and the person who is behind cannot have no idea at all.

Liu Yi also discussed this matter with everyone at the internal meeting of the Yaqiu army, and Ke Rin and Shangguan Qi were both in favor of Yaqiu also carrying out the arms expansion, on the grounds that although Yaqiu was not ready to expand outward now, it was always right to prepare in advance, in case it would be used one day.

However, the fleet admiral Feng Kailong disagreed, he believed that Yaqiu was deficient in many aspects at present, and rash arms expansion would only overburden Yaqiu, and he would have to carry out war expansion in the future, which would only fall into a vicious circle.

There was some truth in the opinions of both sides, which made Liu Yi feel a little embarrassed, but in his heart, he hoped for arms expansion.

If Li Xingqi continues to expand, I am afraid that he will have to become Li Xingqi's vassal in the future, which is something that Liu Yi definitely does not want to see.

Liu Yi, who couldn't make up his mind, talked about it when chatting with Tang Jie, originally Liu Yi thought that Tang Jie would agree with his idea, after all, this is a good thing for a mecha designer, because Tang Jie can have the opportunity to show his talents.

However, the truth is just the opposite, as soon as Liu Yi said his thoughts, Tang Jie immediately expressed his objection.

"I don't approve of that!" Tang Jie said to Liu Yi very seriously.

Liu Yi felt a little strange, this was not like the usual Tang Jie, if it was in normal times, I am afraid that Tang Jie would immediately applaud and support, and then excitedly began to design a new mecha.

"Why? Why don't you approve? Liu Yi asked curiously.

"Quite simply, it's not right to do that." Tang Jie said very seriously: "I don't need to tell you about the economy or anything, presumably others will persuade you, I will only tell you one sentence, it is not worth engaging in arms expansion now!" ”

Liu Yi asked in surprise, "Why is that?" Is there a special reason? ”

"Now I can only reveal a little bit, the next generation of brand new mechs is coming out, and it's not worth spending money on old models right now. Now it's all about saving up and getting ready for the next generation of products, and there's plenty of money to spend when the time comes! ”

"The next generation of mechs? What exactly is the product? Could it be more powerful than our current products? Liu Yi asked a series of questions in surprise.

"In short, it is more advanced than the current mecha, and the new generation of products is not only an upgrade of the mecha, but an innovation in the overall technology, and I will naturally tell you when the time comes."

"Why don't I know anything about these things?"

"You're so busy with all those big things that of course you don't care about our technical stuff." There was a slight dissatisfaction in Tang Jie's tone.

"Okay, okay, I know, I'll take some time out to focus on technical things in the future." Liu Yi hurriedly said.

Tang Jie nodded and said, "It's pretty much the same!" In short, let me tell you, once the next generation of products comes out, it will definitely outperform all the current products, if you spend money on expanding armaments now, you will not have the money to upgrade the product at that time, you have to think clearly about which is more important. ”

"You're talking so much about the next generation of products, I can't wait to see what this new generation of products and technologies is?" Liu Yi's curiosity has been completely aroused.

"Don't worry, it will be completed in about another year, and it has reached the stage of preliminary testing."

Liu Yi thought about it, and he could probably afford to wait for a year, so he said: "Okay, I'll wait for you for a year, but you also have to pay attention to your body, don't make yourself too hard." ”

"Got it, how did you become a mother-in-law!" Tang Jie waved his hand and said.

Ending the call, Liu Yi leaned back in his chair and thought about Tang Jie's words just now, originally he was still full of expectations for the expansion of armaments, but now that Tang Jie said this, the whole person suddenly calmed down.

"If the next generation of products is really that powerful, it's really not worth spending money on old products now, but what exactly is a new product?" Liu Yi kept thinking about this question in his heart.

Due to Tang Jie's dissuasion, Liu Yi had no choice but to put the plan of arms expansion on hold for the time being, and wait for the opportunity to re-discuss it later.

Yaqiu's armament expansion has come to an end for the time being, but Li Xingqi's armament expansion is in full swing, and with the delivery of a large number of mechas, Li Xingqi's army is now becoming more and more powerful.

In addition to mechas, Li Xingqi also increased the purchase of warships, the original mammoth fleet has been destroyed, Li Xingqi plans to build a new fleet, so that he can hold two galaxies and two fleets.