() Vivian first reported on the financial expenditure and income of Basra in the past month. To Canglong's surprise, the financial income of the entire Basra province was full, exceeding 3 billion U.S. dollars. Excluding the 1 billion U.S. dollars spent on education and construction , now the entire Basra has a surplus of two billion US dollars.
Even Chiram and Assad were a little surprised. Although Basra's fiscal revenue had been considerable in the past, most of it relied on oil. But even so, it only amounted to more than a billion US dollars a month.
Canglong looked at Vivian, and she explained: "Because in this month, the investment of large foreign companies has contributed to the prosperity of Basra, coupled with the exploration and export of oil, the profits have been very generous, with three billion U.S. dollars and Not surprising."
Vivian seems to think that three billion US dollars is still too little, but everyone knows that now is just the beginning. After a few months or a few years, I am afraid that the monthly financial income will not be just this much. I'm afraid it will exceed 10 billion or even higher. After all, once the four major oil fields in Basra are fully exploited and exported, this amount of money will be a huge profit.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many wealthy princes in the Middle East. Take Hamlet, for example. Three billion is really nothing to him.
"What about diplomacy?" Canglong asked.
Chilam was a little embarrassed, and it was obvious that this was not going very smoothly: "Although most countries secretly sent envoys, they did not dare to establish diplomatic relations with us openly. Under pressure from the United States, neighboring Kuwait, in Persia, The Gulf often causes trouble for our fishing boats, and the speedboats of the Coast Guard find it difficult to deal with the large ships of the Kuwaiti Navy. The only one, Iran, seems to be keeping a wait-and-see attitude."
"Kuwait." Canglong looked strange. This country was once invaded by Iraq, which caused the Gulf War. However, Kuwait's navy is very weak. How could it possibly have a conflict with Basra?
Assad seemed to have guessed Soryu's doubts and explained: "We only have a dozen coastal ships that have signed a common coastal defense agreement, so after our Prophet Army occupied Iraq, Kuwait provoked many times, and some of our fishermen were even detained. It happened, but after we fired missiles last time and shot down a US military drone, Kuwait's provocations began to decrease."
"Yeah." Canglong's expression was solemn.
Seeing Cang Long like this, the senior officials in the conference room frowned, fearing that the prophet would be unhappy and prepare to go to war with Kuwait.
"Ignore them for now, and later let the fishing boats try not to infringe on their waters," Canglong said.
Hearing this, the senior officials had a look of surprise on their faces. Obviously they did not expect Canglong to be so forbearing, but Vivian guessed Canglong's thoughts. Obviously their enemy is not Kuwait now, and although Basra is developing so rapidly, it can If we start a war with Kuwait, it will be like finding a target to focus our fire on.
Kuwait is the fourth largest oil storage country in the world. Once there is a conflict with Kuwait, Western countries will definitely intervene. At that time, the United States will have every excuse to launch an attack on Basra.
Of course, there is also a reason. It is because the Prophet Army is still very weak. There are only 5,000 people in total. The missile units are all air defense. The so-called navy is coastal patrol. Compared with Kuwait's navy, although it is not far behind, But they are no match for them either.
The senior officials breathed a sigh of relief. At the end of the meeting, Canglong asked Vivian to accompany him to the base and summoned all the senior generals.
"I decided to start expanding the army." Canglong said.
After hearing this, everyone had no objections. Based on the current situation in Basra, five thousand people seemed to be too few. Although they still had 50,000 militia troops, the militia troops were obviously not enough to cope with a real war.
But Vivian objected: "It is difficult for us to afford the current military expansion. The economy has just recovered, and we should rest and recuperate."
"It must be expanded to at least 20,000 people, consisting of two brigades, one division, one missile brigade, one special operations brigade, and one field division." Canglong said, "This is to deal with future conflicts."
"Twenty thousand people..." Vivian was even more surprised, "What are you going to use to support an army of 20,000 people? Don't tell me that you are using Basra's fiscal revenue."
"In the future, half of Basra's financial revenue will be used for military expenses, and the other half will be used for administrative expenses. It is inevitable to expand the army. Our enemies are not just Americans and Fu." As he said this, Canglong looked at Wei with a smile. Vianne, "We must have the ability to defend ourselves and fight back."
Vivian turned her head and ignored Canglong. It was obvious that she was not prepared to continue to oppose, and she definitely did not support Canglong's army expansion plan.
When the senior generals present arrived, they were all very excited. Hei Wuchang said: "Boss, I don't want to be the commander of the militia anymore."
"What do you want?" Canglong asked with a smile.
"Give me the commander of your field division." Hei Wuchang was not polite and asked for the biggest officer directly.
"Well, you will temporarily act as the commander of the field division and the commander of the militia." Without saying anything, Canglong assigned the unestablished field division to Hei Wuchang, "Of course, the newly formed field division cannot be selected from the current veterans, only Can I choose from the militia?"
"As long as my subordinates are armed, they will all be field troops." Hei Wuchang said calmly.
"Old Hei, I'm not as awesome as you are." Snow Leopard joked, "Of your 50,000 militiamen, there are only one or two thousand with combat effectiveness. A field division should have at least 10,000 people. You can select so many people." "
Although everyone thinks it's a bit ridiculous for Canglong to appoint generals like this, now Canglong is the absolute authority in the entire Basra, otherwise Vivian would not have objected a few words and then stopped.
"Pull it out and practice." Hei Wuchang smiled harmlessly, obviously he was talking about the elite prophets under Snow Leopard.
Originally, Snow Leopard gritted his teeth and was about to agree, but when he saw Hei Wuchang's smile, he immediately changed his mind and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? I can't use a gun. Even if it's just a simple fight, so many militiamen can easily swamp us." Already."
Hei Wuchang ignored him, and Canglong continued: "The missile force was expanded by 3,000 people to form the Basra Missile Air Defense Brigade, with a total of 5,000 people. Xiami is still commanded as the missile brigade commander."
Xiami sat aside and nodded without objection, while Badr, who sat next to him, was a little restless. Although he was the commander-in-chief, the real power was in the hands of Canglong's people, and he was obviously dissatisfied.
Finally, everyone looked at Canglong. There was another special operations brigade that had not been announced. Canglong said: "The special operations brigade is composed of 500 people, with Snow Leopard as the brigade commander. It focuses on training special operations, reconnaissance and destruction behind enemy lines. As for the equipment? Discuss with the Russian military adviser, money is not the issue, the issue is getting the best equipment."
Snow Leopard nodded happily. He was still doing his old job. As for why the special operations brigade only has 500 people, it is not surprising. Even the special operations brigades in China's major military regions only have a strength of 500 people. The role of the Special Operations Brigade is special operations. The U.S. Delta Force has less than 3,000 people, but it is already a very large number.
"Then what should I do?" Bai Wuchang suddenly asked, "I won't be allowed to train militiamen. Why am I also a signal flag man? Even the black guy, a heartless person who has never received special training, is the division commander. You won't give me nothing, head."
Several people looked at him jokingly, but Canglong ignored it and just said: "The remaining 4,500 people to be expanded, the budget of 3,000 people will be given to Su Su's Military Intelligence Agency, and Su Su will still serve as the director."
"What about me, boss?" Seeing that the budget only had 1,500 people left, Bai Wuchang became completely anxious.
"One thousand people have been expanded to the Coast Guard." Canglong said, looking at everyone, "Who is willing to train the navy."
Everyone lowered their heads, even Bai Wuchang turned away, as if to say, don't look for me, I can't sail a ship, and other generals also looked unwilling. The so-called navy is also the coast guard. , there are a few broken ships, a few bad guns, and the kind who are often bullied, whoever does it will be unlucky.
"Since no one is willing, Commander-in-Chief Bader will also serve as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy." Soryu said and stood up.
Bai Wuchang was anxious: "Don't we still have a budget of 500 people?"
"Oh, if you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten." Canglong said, "With the remaining 500 budget, we will set up an aviation formation to train the air force. You will be the commander. Of course, I will leave the good job to you."
Everyone laughed, but Bai Wuchang had a bitter look on his face: "Boss, please don't be so stupid. Basra's air force is worse than the navy. It's a target when it flies into the sky. You let me train the air force."
"So this is also an arduous task, and of course it must be handed over to the most capable person." Canglong smiled and announced the adjournment of the meeting before he could speak.
Some people were happy and some were sad. For example, Bader and Bai Wuchang were very melancholy. When Vivian finally stayed, Canglong was about to leave, but Vivian said coldly: "Stop."
A smile suddenly appeared on Canglong's expressionless face: "Minister Vivian, do you have anything else to do?"
Vivian was so angry that she wanted to slap Canglong on the face: "With one swipe of your pen, you took away half of the fiscal revenue, and you pretended that the money just fell from the sky."
Cang Long smiled and was well prepared: "Didn't I leave half of it for you? If you don't tell me, I've forgotten. You have to use this half to build a military academy. The cultural quality of the soldiers in the Prophet's Army is not very good now. , so we must let them go to further studies as soon as possible to cope with this big era."
Hearing this, Vivian was furious. Just as she was about to speak, Canglong Thief slipped to the door and said, "I have something else to do, I'll leave first."
"You bitch" Vivian gritted her teeth and cursed, but Canglong could no longer hear her.