When the sunlight shone through the household and shone into the household, Lord Lorraine finally became impatient, threw down the pen, moved his sore wrist, and looked at the one-foot-thick Wen Jiàn in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a burst of frustration

You know, the lord has worked hard for two hours, and there is still so much Wen Jiàn left.

He couldn't help but sigh and said to himself: "This is different from what I thought, I am the deputy commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, I am the marshal, why do I have to be like a clerk." ”

Immediately, there was another long sigh.

As the Big Three of the Coalition, they all have to deal with these official duties.

But the Chief of Staff, General Vabadol, that is the uncle. Let drink wine and eat meat, always run first, but as soon as Wen Jiàn is mentioned, this old man immediately has a gout attack, lying on the bed and howling.

And the commander-in-chief, Grand Duke Julio, is not a thing. The surname of the person who often skips work drinks and attends the banquet, and at this time I don't know where to go to socialize.

Therefore, the heavy work related to the 600,000 coalition troops and the 100,000 free army naturally fell on Lorraine's head.

In addition, the production work of the Flying Eagle Group cannot be left behind.

In this case, the heavy paperwork still made Lord Lorraine a part-time signing machine.

Even so, it is still the result of a group of girlfriends such as Catherine and Adele, as well as the staff of the coalition army sharing a lot of work for the lord.

Lord Lorraine secretly sighed in his heart, and now he finally knows why there are so many faint monarchs in ancient times, and those who are bright monarchs have long been exhausted to death.

At this moment, Vera walked in with a cup of black tea. put the tea on the table, and then turned to the back of Lord Lorraine very obediently, holding Lord Lorraine's head with his little hands, and his fingers were gently massaging.

Lord Lorraine groaned in comfort, leaned back, rested his head on Vera's plump and wealthy chest, and then rubbed it hard, found the most comfortable position, and sighed happily.

Neither of them spoke, enjoying this quiet summer afternoon.

But this warmth did not last long, and was immediately interrupted by a violent knock on the door.

Lorraine couldn't help frowning, it was certain that it was definitely not Lord Lorraine's secretary who knocked on the door, it was almost all slamming the door.

The whole world dared to knock on the door of Lord Lorraine's room like this, and the secretary did not dare to stop it, so he counted it out on both hands.

First of all, it is definitely not the Grand Duke Julian, he will not throw himself into the old man and come back to work kindly.

And I haven't been drinking flower wine recently, so I won't have my angry girlfriends.

If it was Leo and Xiaobai, the two little hooligans didn't know what knocking was at all, and every time they kicked open the door and rushed in directly.

In this way, it seems that there is only one person left, his cheap old man, the protector of Lingshan, President Brad.

Lord Lorraine muttered and said, "It's not a good sign that the night owl comes to the door and doesn't come." ”

Vera chuckled and turned to walk into the lounge.

And Lord Luo also stood up at the moment, tidied up his clothes slightly, and then walked towards the door: since his cheap father-in-law became president, the shelf has become bigger and bigger, and he has the consciousness of the president of a big country.

When I was in the Caribbean, I had nothing to do and pretended to pass by or something, and walked to Lord Luo's office.

And since arriving in the Imperial City of Akadrin, it seems that the lord has not met President Brad in private.

Even if there was something, his old man sent a secretary to deliver a letter, and Lord Lorraine himself had to write a letter to send back. It has the demeanor of a king who does not see a king.

"Today is the evil wind blowing, and this hometown actually came to the door in person. Lord Lorraine opened the door, and sure enough, President Brad was standing outside the door with a smile on his face, without any entourage behind him.

The lord suddenly raised his vigilance in his heart: This old man is smiling very inauthenticly~!

Lorraine pretended to be surprised and said, "Why are you here, please come in, just send someone to call me if you have something, and you can come over in person." ”

At the same time, he involuntarily touched his wallet and hid it.

President Bullard pretended not to see his movements, still smiling and saying, "It's okay, it's okay." It's just that I haven't been here for a long time, so I'll come and have a look. Haha, hahaha"

As he spoke, he laughed.

At the same time, I also walked into the room.

Lord Lorraine personally brought a cup of hot tea to President Brad, placed it in front of him, and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

President Bullard seemed to be thinking about something, and looked down at his teacup.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

After a long time, Lord Lorraine finally couldn't bear it anymore, coughed lightly, broke the embarrassment, and said, "I heard that there is some trouble with the conscription?"

President Bullard couldn't help but hesitate for a moment when he was told about the central matter, and then let out a long sigh and said, "I can't recruit anyone, these Akaderines are really ungrateful~!"

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and said, "They don't want to think about who brought down the land in their hands, and they don't want to take any obligations just by taking advantage of them." ”

Lorraine shrugged her shoulders and said in her heart: This is not clear.

In this era, it is not a good way to be a soldier, and it is common for soldiers to be oppressed and exploited by officers.

Especially in the Semitic army, the officers ate empty salaries, drank the blood of soldiers, and used soldiers as slaves. And in exchange, it is just food that can barely wrap the stomach.

Only those who can't survive will choose this path. Therefore, there is a common saying that 'a good man is not a soldier, and a good iron does not hit a nail'.

As the capital, goods and goods are gathered, and the transportation is convenient. As a result, the standard of living of the Akadrines was much higher than the Semitic average.

What's more, according to the most decree, they have just been given the fields again. As long as it's not a brain pump, who will put a good idea of food and clothing, go to fight as a soldier, and suffer that sin.

You must know that this soldier is not the same as before, he wants to fight with the high priest of the dead, the strongest man under the stars. I don't know if I will die one day, even if I don't die, if I don't die, I will be crippled with a broken arm and leg, who will support myself?

Lorraine thought for a moment and asked in a deep voice, "How is the situation now?"

President Bullard shook his head and said: "There are not enough people who are willing to be soldiers, and there are not enough people who are unwilling to be soldiers, but in the past few days, I have found more than a thousand people who meet the conditions, and not even one regiment is enough." ”

There are three million people in the area around Akadrin, which is too low.

Lord Lorraine shrugged his shoulders and said secretly in his heart: It's not that you are so happy, you are busy expanding the army before the conscription method is completed, and you don't even know the source of the ** soldiers.

In fact, as long as it is stipulated that in order to be a civil servant and a member of parliament, you must have military experience, and the problem will be solved, and those parliamentarians will rush to stuff their children into the army in order to inherit their positions in the future.

And the attraction of civil servants to the common people of the intellectual class is fatal.

In addition, there are also weapons of mass murder - anyone who is a soldier can reduce the tax burden on his family, and see those ordinary people who don't pat their butts and run to sign up.

However, Lord Lorraine was not prepared to tell him his thoughts, he helped him for a while, but he couldn't help him for a while, so the president's father-in-law slowly hit the wall: people can only mature in failure.

President Bullard was also not very human, and after being slightly disappointed, he immediately regained his confidence and said, "But it's nothing. I believe that we can always find enough young people who are willing to serve our country.

I'm here today for another matter, and it's also related to the current expansion plan. ”

Speaking of which, President Bullard is a bit of a distraction.

He looked at Lorraine with a hesitant expression.

Lorraine looked at him curiously, not knowing what kind of demon moth his cheap old man was going to make.

President Bullard pondered for a moment and said, "I believe that after expanding the scope of conscription, we will be able to find enough soldiers, but their equipment is a problem......

Lorraine blinked, didn't speak, just waited patiently for President Brad to speak first.

"I want to equip them to the standards of the security forces. President Bullard said in a deep voice, "The Semitic is a multi-tribal country, and although we have the largest number of Spirits, you also know that the relationship between the tribes is not good.

We need a strong army to guarantee security and order in the country. Only in this way can the people's ...... be safeguarded"

Lorraine looked at President Bullard suspiciously, interrupted him, and said, "You mean that all the troops are equipped according to the standards of the security forces?"

President Bullard nodded.

Lord Lorraine couldn't help but gasp and said in surprise: "What a big deal." ”

When President Bullard saw that he shocked Lorraine, he couldn't help but feel a little proud, the reason why he didn't want to come to Lorraine was because he didn't want to see Lorraine's smug face.

He was now a debtor, and Lorraine was the creditor.

President Bullard smiled and said, "Of course, it is not a one-time match, we plan to divide it into ten years and gradually equip it." ”

Fortunately, President Bullard also knows that equipping and training an army similar to the security forces is not a success in three or five months, but is often calculated on a year-by-year basis.

Otherwise, Lord Lorraine would have laughed at him for being another super mouth cannon.

Lorraine frowned and asked cautiously, "Do you know how much equipment a division of the security army needs?"

President Bullard thought about it carefully and said, "There are probably thousands of rifles, hundreds of machine guns, and more than 100 cannons. Some time ago, when the Caribbean Division was changing clothes, I was also involved. ”

Lorraine nodded and said, "Take the most ordinary flag guard division of the security army as an example, the whole division has 15,000 people, including 600 officers, equipped with 6,800 rifles, 3,500 pistols, 400 Gatling machine guns, and 260 artillery pieces of various calibers, are you sure you want to equip the Semitic army according to this standard?"

President Brad rolled his eyes, and then nodded affirmatively, only strong force can ensure the peace and unity of the Semitic people, and he understands this truth.

Lord Lorraine leaned forward and said tentatively, "Do you know how much it costs to equip these weapons?"

President Bullard stroked his gray hair and recalled: "I remember that when the Caribbean Division was changing clothes, Leo once sent me a bill, which scared me at the time, it seemed to be 400,000. ”

Because the financial and tax power of the republican axe is in the hands of the Flying Eagle Bank, that is, the chairman of Leo, a lot of political axe expenses, Leo and the republican political axe's finance minister discussed and directly transferred it from the account.

The Republican Axe had no money to pay anyway, and these accumulated as debts on loans provided by Eagle Bank, which later gave Bradside a bill.

And President Bullard is also in line with the principle that lice are not itchy and debts are not worried, and after reading it, forget it.

Anyway, he was only in charge of spending money, making money, and paying off debts, which could be left to the next president as a headache -- as an excellent politician, he finally knew the benefits of this kind of election -- if he became emperor, he would still have to pay back the account. But now, there's no need to worry at all.

Lord Lorraine had a very bad premonition in his heart, and said, "Forget it, I'd better call Leo." ”

Leo gave the graduating governors a priority in the Governor's Class, and he didn't want to come to the Governor's Class, which was only a small part of the work.

And the rest of the big part, of course, depends on who has a good attitude towards the teacher, respects enough under the class, and pays a lot of make-up fees, so I will sue him.

However, when the attendant told Leo that someone was going to talk to him about a big deal of tens of millions, Leo immediately threw down his textbook and rushed into Lorraine's office.

Without waiting to enter the door, he shouted loudly: "Boss, where is that Kaizi?"

Then I saw President Bullard looking at him with a smile.

Leo smiled, put the hand with the diamond ring behind his back, and said, "It's Uncle President, if it's okay, I have to go back to teach people, and the stilt class will be deducted from the bonus." ”

As he spoke, he walked out - he was afraid that President Bullard would come and ask him for a ring.

Lorraine's words made Leo stop.

"The president is here to buy arms. ”

Leo suddenly rushed to the sofa beside Brad and said with a smile: "Uncle President, what do you need, just say, rifle machine guns, artillery battleships?"

Well, even if it's a war fortress or an aircraft carrier, it's not non-negotiable. ”

As he spoke, he clenched his small fists and gave President Bullard a gentle slap on the back.

Lorraine smiled slightly, dealing with President Brad, he was born at a disadvantage, after all, this is his father-in-law.

Other people's mother-in-law is difficult to serve, but when I go to Fiona's house, it is the opposite, Fiona's mother is very satisfied with how she looks at Lorraine, but President Brad does not like Lorraine.

Therefore, the only way to deal with him is to let Leo deal with him.

Lorraine said: "The president wants to know how much it cost us to equip the Caribbean division." ”

Leo said without thinking, "Nine hundred and twenty-seven thousand gold coins." ”

President Bullard wondered: "But I remember that there were only 400,000 on the bill. ”

Leo sneered and said, "We first gave you a discount, and then according to the military aid agreement we signed, the coalition forces paid half of it for you." ”

Lorraine said: "The president wants to equip all Semitic armies in the next ten years according to the standards of our security forces. ”

"Wow," Leo was stunned for a moment, then his eyes were full of yellow gold coins, rubbing his chubby hands, and smacking his tongue, "This is a big business, and my uncle is not as big as you." ”

That can represent a full set of equipment for 20 to 25 divisions, and this single business not only means tens of millions of expenses, as long as the negotiation is completed, in the next ten years, the military industry department of the Flying Eagle Group will not lack orders.

Chairman Leo had long been worried about the overflow of production capacity, and after the war, if there were not enough orders, many factories would have to shut down, which would have cost money.

Leo took out a pen, calculated carefully on the paper, and said as he wrote: "The equipment cost of a division is one million, I will give you a discount, just calculate it at 900,000, and provide two and a half divisions of equipment a year, which is 2.2 million."

The annual training fee for each division is calculated at 300,000 yuan, and the battle is calculated separately.

Counting the annual inflation of 3.5 percent, the annual increase of 5 percent is the cost of labor, equipment, depreciation of fixed assets, transportation of goods, personnel training, and fixed depreciation......

The contract period is ten years, and a total of about forty million is required, with an average of four million per year. ”

President Bullard blurted out: "So much~!"

President Bullard originally expected to spend less than one million a year, and four million was far more than he expected, and his republican axe could not afford it.

Leo spent a circle of zeros after the number four, threw down the pen and said: "I still have a friendship price, Uncle President, that is, for your sake, others want to buy it, and I won't sell it to him."

What do you pay for? We also accept barter, or fixed assets such as land. ”

"That ......" President Bullard rolled his eyes, smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, and said, "Isn't there military aid?"

Lord Lorraine was so angry that he almost jumped up, and blurted out: "I will help you......"

Fortunately, reason prevailed, and Shengsheng held back the word 'sister', and changed his words: "It's impossible~!"

Lord Lorraine just wanted to point to the door and yell at the old fellow, "Get out."

Even Leo stopped doing it, clasped his hands in front of his chest, raised his head at a forty-five degree angle, and said in a hanging voice: "No money, why are you talking so much?"

A group of Huang Shiren-style posture of a good landlord.

President Bullard couldn't hold his face, but he was embarrassed to say anything when he laughed at him as a child, so he touched his nose and said, "We are only in temporary financial difficulties, or we will hang on the account first." ”

Chairman Leo couldn't cry or laugh, usually only he knocked on other people's bamboo poles, but at this time he was beaten by others, and said: "Uncle President, you are reasonable, you already owe me 20 million, and the annual interest alone is 1.4 million, I really don't have the money to lend you." ”

President Bullard returned to the presidential palace with a heavy face, and later had his daughter Fiona called.

The people who followed the presidential palace saw Fiona go straight to Lorraine's headquarters with a black face, and heard that she kicked Lorraine's door open at that time.

Then I heard her angrily questioning from inside: "Didn't my father just ask you to borrow a few money, why don't you borrow it?"

But then, listening to Lorraine's explanation, there was another exclamation: Ah, so that's the case?

Immediately afterwards, I heard her say loudly: "That old man borrowed so much money, and he still wants to take advantage of our family, so it's right not to borrow." We must not use our own family money to subsidize the grandsons of the Republican Axe. ”

After listening to the description of the guards, President Bullard stood in the back garden and sighed for a long time: What an outgoing girl~! )

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