After listening to Zhao Jiahua's complaint, Liu Hai touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed. At this moment, he really took it for granted.
Although his policy of paying workers won the hearts of the people, it created an irreparable financial hole for the court.
Because of this, Liu Hai returned to modern times and filled the hole he dug.
"I already know about this matter. I will allocate 5 million copper coins from my internal treasury. In addition to being used to pay the fees of migrant workers, the other money will be temporarily placed in the Ministry of Household Affairs and will be uniformly allocated by the Military Aircraft Department."
Zhao Jiahua was full of surprise after hearing Liu Hai's arrangement. He originally thought he was going to embezzle funds from other places, but he didn't expect that Liu Hai, his main attacker, had already thought of it.
After saying this, Liu Hai asked again: "How is the old Buddha in the west doing now?"
Zhao Jiahua hurriedly reported back: "Now Cixi has been sent to Xi'an by a car sent by the governor of Shanxi. I heard that she is recruiting troops in Xi'an now."
"Recruiting soldiers and buying horses? That costs money. Now does she still have money to buy weapons and fire weapons for the soldiers?"
Zhao Jiahua was a little strange now, so he could only express his doubts to Liu Hai.
"Exactly for this reason, let me tell you, when Cixi escaped from Beijing, she had some money with her, but when we bombed it, almost all of it was lost. Now she has no money to buy weapons and recruit soldiers.
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After hearing this, Liu Hai thought for a moment silently, I'm afraid this is another trick of the Western powers.
Although he has now blocked the sea area, the ships of the great powers cannot easily transport weapons from the sea to the inland of the Qing Dynasty.
But don't forget that the Qing Kingdom is still bordering the Rakshasa Kingdom. Now Liu Hai and the Rakshasa Kingdom are confronting each other in the northeast. It seems that the Rakshasa Kingdom's policy towards the Qing Dynasty should be consistent with that of the Western powers.
I'm afraid it was the Rakshasa Kingdom that relaxed its borders, which allowed the weapons to reach Cixi's hands smoothly.
However, Liu Hai didn't care about this. You have to know that from the European continent to Qing Dynasty, not to mention the shipping cost, the transportation line alone determined that they could not transport weapons on a large scale.
As long as Liu Hai drove the Russians out of the country in the Northeast, it would not take much effort to deal with Cixi in retrospect.
"Where are Liu Zhi's troops now?"
"It seems like we just left Shanhaiguan."
Liu Hai stood up and thought for a while, and then said: "The capital is an important town in the north, which is related to the fate of the country. We must strengthen precautions here. Therefore, I decided to build a large airport in the capital for the transit of northern aircraft."
As Liu Hai's confidant, Zhao Jiahua naturally knew that Liu Hai's fleet had an aircraft that attacked the ground in the sky. Although he did not know the performance of the aircraft, it did not prevent him from being in awe of this aircraft.
"Then I don't know where the airport is built."
"Should it be built over there in Daxing? It's still some distance away from the capital, so it's easy to keep it secret."
After Liu Hai finished speaking, he thought for a while and then said: "As for the drawings of the airport, I asked Liu Yu to send it to you, and you will immediately arrange for people to build it. I want to see this temporary airport put into use within a month.
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"But Marshal, building an airport is a big project and requires a lot of funds. Did Marshal provide this money from the internal treasury?"
Liu Hai felt a little unhappy as he stared at his pocket like Grandet. He originally wanted to keep the other 5 million copper coins at home and build a villa in the capital in the future. It seemed that this money
Can't stay anymore.
Thinking about his own money, he was about to grow wings and fly. Liu Hai's face was full of displeasure, "Okay, okay, I'll just give you another 1 million copper coins. Is that enough?"
Zhao Jiahua saw the reluctance on Liu Hai's face and knew that if he kept pushing, Liu Hai might really fall out, so he could only hold his nose and admit it, but he knew in his heart that building a simple airport would not cost so much money.
Copper coins can also be placed in the treasury for emergencies.
Zhao Jiahua finished his work today and even got a lot of windfall, so looking at the stingy look on Liu Hai's face, he didn't dare to say anything, so he hurriedly left.
After Zhao Jiahua left, Liu Hai's expression immediately changed. He sat in his study room, knocking on the table and thinking about what to do next.
As for the current war against Rakshasa Kingdom, Liu Hai didn't care about it, but he thought it should be resolved quickly.
Because the longer it takes, the longer it will take for Cixi and other local powerful factions to prepare. Although they will still be able to pacify the Qing Dynasty, it will cause greater disaster to the country.
Therefore, Liu Hai should complete the attack on the Rakshasa Kingdom within a month or two, expel the Rakshasa Kingdom's army from the country, and make it lose the ability to attack again.
In order to achieve this combat goal, it is necessary to mobilize the navy and air force to attack the Rakshasa Kingdom with all its strength, causing its military power in the Far East to suffer a devastating blow.
Now Liu Hai is almost ready with the sea power. He is just waiting for the arrival of the army and the completion of the air force airport to launch a general attack on the Rakshasa Kingdom.
Although Liu Hai wanted to wait another month or two before launching an attack, the Rakshasa Kingdom did not give him time.
Three days after Liu Hai returned to the Qing Dynasty plane, he suddenly received information from the intelligence chief Xiao Kun.
The reason is that the entire Far East Fleet of the Rakshasa Kingdom has been dispatched and started sailing south. It seems that the target of the battle should be Port Arthur.
After receiving the information, Liu Hai immediately lay down on the map and looked at it, and then frowned, because it looked like a naval battle was inevitable.
Because Lushun Port is the largest port in Northeast China, not only can warships be repaired here, but it is also a loading and unloading port for military supplies.
Once Port Arthur is occupied by the Rakshasa Kingdom, Liu Hai will have no choice but to transport food and fodder for hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the road.
If it really develops to this point, it will be a disaster for Liu Hai's hundreds of thousands of troops.
Liu Hai checked the map with his fist, and then made up his mind, since you want to die early, I will follow your wishes.
But when Liu Hai was about to deploy troops and generals, he felt that he had a problem with the deployment of the navy.
Because Liu Hai wants to blockade the south, most of his Nanyang Navy warships are cruising in the southern waters. Now it may be too late to gather them and send them to Port Arthur.
It seems that the only alternative is to use a backup plan.
Therefore, Liu Hai issued an order like the Japanese military headquarters that night, requiring the Japanese joint fleet, under the unified command of Sun Jun, the commander of the Iowa-class battleship Qin Shihuang, to move north to meet the Rakshasa Far East Fleet.
Lu Chun, as the governor arranged by Liu Hai in the Japanese state, immediately issued an order to the Japanese navy after receiving Liu Hai's order.
The current Japanese naval minister is Yamamoto Gonbei. This guy was originally a stubborn emperor.
But after Liu Hai completely defeated the Japanese navy and army and showed his powerful naval power, he has completely become Liu Hai's loyal lackey.
Now the naval commander received Lu Chun's order and immediately ordered the Japanese combined fleet to start gathering.
The current Japanese combined fleet has returned to its strongest period.
Among them, the most important combat forces are two, the latest Sovereign-class battleships. These two battleships were forcibly obtained by Liu Hai from the Geely people through war.
In addition to these two battleships, there are also four 5,000-ton armored cruisers.
This class of armored cruiser was originally Citi's Olympia cruiser, with a displacement of about 4,100 tons.
But with the putting into use of Liu Hai Shipyard, Liu Hai is now able to manufacture this set of cruisers on a large scale and upgrade it using modern technology.
The current armored cruiser has been increased by Liu Hai from 4,100 tons to 5,000 tons. The main weight is placed on the armor.
Moreover, they use modern armored steel, which has a defense capability several times higher than the Harvey steel currently commonly used in various countries.
Coupled with the use of modern boilers, the current 5,000-ton warship can reach a speed of 28 knots.
This speed is almost unsurpassable now, and none of the various types of warships in various countries can achieve it.
In addition to these 4 armored cruisers, there are also 8 light cruisers, which Liu Hai modified based on the Cossack-class light cruiser he purchased from the Gili Kingdom.
The cruiser of this level has still changed its armor according to Liu Hai's intention, and there is not much change in firepower. However, the speed still reaches 28 knots, which can keep up with the Olympia-class armored cruiser.
Counting it now, the only thing holding back the Japanese combined fleet is probably the two Sovereign-class battleships.
Although these two battleships are thick-skinned and have fierce firepower, their speed can only reach eighteen knots. Once a naval battle occurs, it may slow down the cruise fleet.
This time, Yamamoto Gonbei appointed Togo Heihachiro as the deputy commander of the combined fleet, responsible for assisting Sun Hu in commanding the entire combined fleet.
The current Qin Shi Huang battleship is parked in Tokyo Port. After rendezvousing with the Japanese joint fleet, Sun Hu took over the command of the entire fleet and began to order the fleet to leave Jingdong Bay and sail northward, preparing to pass through the gap between Hokkaido and Honshu Island.
Pass and intercept the Russian fleet.
After the entire combined fleet left Jingdong Bay, Togo Heihachiro took a transportation boat to the battleship Qin Shihuang after being invited by Song Hu.
Togo Heihachiro had already seen the power of this giant ship during the last naval battle.
Now he is very excited to be able to board this warship that he remembers so deeply.
After Togo Heihachiro boarded the battleship Qin Shihuang, he did not immediately go to the conference room to meet Song Hu. Instead, he walked around in front of the battleship and looked at the 406 mm caliber cannon. He felt chilled for a while.
Now Togo Heihachiro thought that his Japanese combined fleet was not unjustly defeated. Facing such a huge cannon, no fleet could compete.