The number of ninjas is not the only criterion for judging a country's overall combat strength. This is what Lei Luo wants to illustrate.
Of course, he didn't mean to undermine the confidence of his subordinates, but he noticed that Uzumaki Makoto and Shikaku's attitudes were a bit arrogant when they talked, so he gave a warning to prevent the arrogance and arrogance from filling the brains of the senior officials.
Any ninja in the Land of Fire can be proud and despise the enemy, but here, the few people sitting in this conference room cannot.
After hearing what Lei Luo wanted to express, Uzumaki Makoto and Shikaku stopped the smiles on their faces one after another, and their expressions became serious again. At this time, Fugaku suddenly spoke:
"Hokage-sama, the root ninja has been dealing with various dangerous tasks in the country for a long time. The average strength per person is at least above the elite chuunin, and he has extremely rich combat experience."
"After the restructuring, the inhumane rules of the past are basically gone. Loyalty can be guaranteed. If you are worried about the combat power of the low-level ninjas..."
"How about sending some Gennin to integrate into the troops of major military regions in our country, as grassroots or middle-level commanders, with veterans leading new recruits to enhance the overall combat effectiveness?"
Fugaku's method sounds good. During the war, the domestic stability maintenance work does not require the elites to take part. Good steel must be used on the blade. Lei Luo put his hand on his forehead and frowned and thought for a while.
Then, before waiting for a reply, Hinata Huan spoke first:
"Fugaku, how many people are there with you?"
Perhaps Hinata Tamaki's question was too abrupt. Fugaku looked slightly startled. It took him a moment to react and replied:
"There are more than a hundred jounin and more than eight hundred chunin."
Without genin, this is the root of today.
It is worth mentioning that those who have reached this level are all classified as jounin in the current situation, because this meeting only refers to the combat effectiveness of the ninja and does not consider other factors.
"Our intelligence department currently has more than three hundred jounin, and most of them are performing missions abroad. If you want to be sent out to be a commander in the ninja army, why not choose a more experienced ninja from the intelligence department to do it?"
One root department and one intelligence department occupy a total of more than 400 jounin quotas, which is almost half of the total number of jounin in the Land of Fire.
In addition, most of the ninjas in these two departments are from Konoha, and a few are from the military region, and they are basically the best among the jounin in the military region.
The Roots and Intelligence Department is probably where the high-level ninja forces of the Fire Country gather, and the two department heads, Hyuga Tamaki and Fugaku, are naturally unwilling to do so at this moment, when Lei Luo seems to be preparing to promote veterans on a large scale.
He treated his subordinates badly.
If you can fight for it, you must try your best to fight for it.
Seeing this situation, Lei Luo couldn't help but look embarrassed, but it was different from what Fugaku and Hinata thought. The dilemma for Lei Luo was not whether to promote the root ninja or the intelligence department ninja, but...
Excluding the 25,000 production ninjas, the combat force totaled more than 80,000 people.
Even if all the Jonin from the Intelligence Department and the Genbu were sent out as commanders, with one person commanding a detachment of 36 people, more than 400 Jonin would only be able to command a total of 14,000 people. What about the remaining 70,000 people?
manage?
What's more, the root department is responsible for maintaining domestic order, anti-corruption and anti-espionage work. It is impossible to send all jounin to command the troops. The same is true for the intelligence department. After all, Lei Luo does not want to give up what he has built with great difficulty abroad.
A valuable channel of information.
"Let's see, regarding personnel appointments, the general direction is still to adhere to the past principles. Those with military exploits in the past will be promoted first, and those without military exploits will be promoted based on their daily training results. As for the intelligence department and the root department..."
"Fugaku, Tamaki, I know what you two mean. It's not that the hard-working jounin under you cannot be promoted, but it cannot affect the normal operation of these two important departments. This matter..."
"Minato, please arrange this matter as soon as possible after you return to the village."
After Nonoyu handed over the position of Hokage to Minato, several months passed without any sign of returning to Konoha. He just followed Lei Luo all day long. In desperation, Lei Luo had no choice but to acquiesce to Nonoyu.
Appointment to Watergate.
Anyway, Minato is one of his own, so getting in touch with the Hokage in advance can be regarded as a warm-up. It is estimated that when the war is over, Minato will have enough military exploits and prestige, and he will be able to be promoted to the Fifth Generation.
By then, the world will be unified and the world will be at peace. Lei Luo should naturally enjoy life, be his prime minister with peace of mind, and spend more time and resources to improve his strength.
Taking care of too much is really tiring.
"Okay, teacher."
Minato had no doubts and decisively accepted this task, which was very troublesome at first glance, showing a very high level of political consciousness. Uzumaki Makoto looked at him in surprise, and Fugaku and Hyuga Tamaki glanced over at him with profound glances.
"Next thing, equipment."
Shikaku quickly came out of his thinking state, shook unconsciously, cheered up, and kept speaking at the same speed as when he reported the number of ninjas at the beginning, and another series of data came out of his mouth:
"Hokage-sama, twelve hundred artillery pieces and two million detonating talisman shells are all in place."
"In addition to this, there are 500,000 sets of new ninja armors produced by various private companies, 135.69 million kunai, and 281.43 million handguns.
Riken, 1,567,370,000 second-type military food pills, 5,400 sealing scrolls..."
"All the above combat supplies have been delivered."
"In addition, there are countless ninja tools produced by private companies that have entered the market and have been bought by domestic ninjas. The specific amount cannot be calculated."
After finishing the long list of words mentioned above in one breath, Lu Jiu gasped several times and coughed several times with an uncomfortable look on his face, attracting the admiring eyes of everyone present.
This memory...
He is indeed a genius with an IQ of over 200.
Lei Luo pondered for a moment, and was about to say a few words, but unexpectedly, Lu Jiu added after a while:
"Hokage-sama, because the cabinet really can't come up with money for artillery production, Prime Minister Mamoru has used Konoha's one billion tael of reserve funds. I would like to say hello to you."
Say hello? The production is finished, now say hello?
The one in charge of Konoha's finances...
Noticing Lei Luo's unkind gaze, Minato's heart tightened, and he quickly pretended to smile bitterly and explained:
"Teacher, you have mentioned to me the importance of artillery many times before, so when Prime Minister Shou sent someone to explain the situation, I was afraid of delaying production time, so..."
Waving his hands to indicate that he had no intention of blaming Minato, Lei Luo thought about it in his mind and quickly came to a conclusion:
One billion taels, 1,200 artillery can only be used for 700 million taels, and the remaining 300 million, Kageyama Shou does not seem to have the intention to return it, which means that more than half of the 300 million will be used by the cabinet for administrative purposes
.
Forget it, Kageyama Mamoru is not a corrupt person. It is a good thing to use this money to benefit the people. Just take it...
It's just that... I spend all my time robbing the cabinet and Congress of money. I never thought that one day my own money would be robbed by others.
Thinking of this, Lei Luo grinned unconsciously, making Minato's shoulders tremble, which had been observing him, and a look of fear flashed across his face.
"Everyone, now that everything is ready, it's time to set up the National Defense Force and the General Staff to let the world see our power!"