After Liu Hai informed the court, he put the matter aside and ignored it. Now he was not only the admiral of the Nanyang Navy, he was also in charge of the entire Hunan Army.
The main purpose of the Hunan Army now is to recruit men and horses to fill the gaps.
Liu Hai knew that if there was no money, no matter how brave the soldiers were, they would not contribute, so the first military order he issued was that from now on, the military pay of the Hunan Army would return to the four taels and five cents of the Zeng Guofan period.
This amount of money is quite a lot, enough to feed four or five people in the family and make the chicken live comfortably.
Therefore, when recruiting young men, it was very smooth. It only took more than 20 days to recruit 50,000 people.
The next step is training. This kind of bangs is thrown directly to those cyborgs.
This biochemical man is a bit old-fashioned in his training. As long as he doesn't do an action well, he will be hit with a stick immediately.
But these biochemical people always took the lead when doing something. They never sat back and watched the soldiers suffer like the current Qing court officials did.
Therefore, it only took more than ten days for these soldiers to respect and fear the biochemical instructors.
When Liu Hai saw that his training was on track, he took the time to go back to modern times and trade iron ore and oil for this month.
Liu Hai now has a share of 1.5 billion US dollars in his account.
For this money, Liu Hai is now ready to use it.
So Liu Hai immediately called Zhang Tao and wanted to buy another batch of arms.
After Zhang Tao received Liu Hai's call, he immediately contacted the superiors. The feedback from the superiors was that as long as these arms did not appear in the country, he would sell him as much as he wanted.
So that night, Zhang Tao hurried to Liu Hai's villa.
When Wang Fang saw Zhang Tao coming, she quickly served him tea and then exited the living room, leaving the space for Zhang Tao and Liu Hai.
"I heard that Boss Liu wants a large sum of arms this time?"
Liu Hai nodded, and then said pointedly: "It's not peaceful outside. If I don't plan to do something, I'm afraid my business will be ruined."
After Zhang Tao listened to Liu Hai's words, he didn't say anything more and directly started asking Liu Hai about his requirements for arms.
Liu Hai is not planning to import any new weapons, but still needs those old ones.
"I want a lot this time. I want 50,000 56-and-a-half pieces. I want 300 60 mortars and 82 platoon cannons each. I want 30 122mm howitzers."
After Liu Hai finished speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Tao, trying to tell the attitude of his superiors towards him from his expression.
But Zhang Tao has been trained for many years, so no one like Liu Hai can see what's going on in his heart.
Zhang Tao said calmly: "We can provide all these weapons, and the price is not a problem. Just give us 600 million yuan."
Liu Hai silently calculated and found that the amount was really too small. If it were purchased internationally, it would probably be 600 million U.S. dollars instead of 600 million yuan.
"Mr. Zhang, please be happy. It's settled. I'll transfer the money to your account right away. I hope the arms can be sent to the combat readiness base as soon as possible."
"No problem. I will order them to allocate supplies when I get back soon. They will be delivered within three days."
Next, Zhang Tao asked Liu Haidao: "Except for arms, can Mr. Liu buy anything else? Our country is the world's factory. We have whatever we want."
Liu Hai thought for a moment after hearing this, and then happily agreed, "In this way, I will advance the first batch of 50,000 pieces of cloth and see how the sales are going over there. If the sales are good, the number may increase sharply in the future."
"Okay, we can produce it for you no matter how much you buy. This time, for the 50,000 batches of fabrics, I will charge you 5 million at a cheaper price. Let's do a test first to see how the situation is there."
Then the two people talked about other things and then separated. After all, both of them were busy with things.
After Zhang Tao left, Liu Hai and Wang Fang finally had a world of two, and then they danced all night.
On the second day, Liu Hai flew directly from City T to Qingdao, because according to Liu Fang's report, the shipyard in Qingdao had also completely dismantled all the equipment and was waiting for Liu Hai to receive it.
Liu Hai got off the plane in Qingdao and just walked out of the airport lobby. He was about to call a taxi, but he found that Li Jingui came to the airport in person to greet him.
When Liu Hai saw him, he hurried up, held Li Jingui's hand and said, "Thank you so much, Manager Li, for coming all the way to pick me up."
"It should, it should. Mr. Liu is my big customer, so naturally I should do my best to be a landlord."
Then Li Jingui and Liu Hai got into a car. Li Jingui originally wanted to treat Liu Hai to a meal to warm him up, but Liu Hai was so tight on time, how could he have time to enjoy himself?
Liu Hai then asked to go directly to the warehouse to see the equipment before talking about anything else.
Li Jingui did not have any objection to Liu Hai's request. After all, he was a big customer.
So the car went all the way to the suburbs, which is not far from the dock and is a large storage area.
Before getting off the bus, Li Jingui made a phone call to the staff in the warehouse. So when the bus arrived at the warehouse, the warehouse door had been opened, and there were several warehouse managers standing at the door, waiting for Li Jingui.
Li Jingui led Liu Hai to the front of the warehouse, "Mr. Liu, this warehouse only stores part of the mechanical equipment. There are a total of 5 warehouses like this."
Liu Hai raised his head and looked at the warehouse, and immediately felt shocked. The warehouse was about 10 meters high, 100 meters long, and 20 to 30 meters wide.
Li Jingui took Liu Hai into the warehouse and gave Liu Hai instructions as he walked, what are these mechanical equipment used for?
Liu Hai was stunned when he heard this, and at the same time he admired Li Jingui, a real estate professional, for knowing so well about shipbuilding equipment. No wonder he could make a fortune.
Then Liu Hai looked at several other warehouses again, and then he was satisfied. Although the next handover still needs some work, Liu Hai seemed to be almost there.
That night, Liu Hai had a good meal in the hotel under Li Jingui's banquet, and declined Li Jingui's special activities in the evening.
On the morning of the second day, Liu Hai directly found a third-party testing agency. These testing agencies are very common in the coastal city of Qingdao, mainly to facilitate customers to count the materials coming and going.
After signing a contract with this organization, paying the fee, and sending them a list of the equipment, Liu Hai ignored it and waited for the organization to reply to him.
Not to mention that having money makes it easy to do things, these organizations moved very quickly. On the third day, they had already moved into the warehouse and began to count the machinery and equipment. After two days of counting, it was finally completed.
Liu Hai also received a report from a third-party testing agency. Li Jingui was quite sincere in doing business and did not shoddy products. The equipment was also very complete. Apart from some minor bumps, there were no other major problems.
The problem.
So Liu Hai made an appointment with Li Jingui that day and paid the remaining payment in full.
Li Jingui was also very happy after receiving the notification from the bank that the money had been received. In the past, when he did business with others, it was not easy to get the money back. If he didn't delay it for a year and a half, you would never see the money.
As soon as Liu Hai received the goods, he immediately transferred the money. It seems that this person can pay, and if there is business in the future, they can help each other again.
That night, Liu Hai invited Li Jingui back to the largest hotel in Qingdao. Both parties did business very happily this time, and they became friends. They can take care of each other in the future.
In the next few nights, Liu Hai secretly went to the warehouse and put all the equipment in the warehouse into the space ring.
This trip to Qingdao is a perfect end.
When Liu Hai returned to City T, Zhang Tao came to visit immediately.
After understanding the situation, Liu Hai knew that the weapons and equipment had arrived, and he was just waiting for Liu Hai to sign for them.
So Liu Hai couldn't catch up in time to rest, so he and Zhang Tao hurried to the war preparation warehouse.
Then, in an empty cave inside the warehouse, a mountain of arms was discovered.
Liu Hai went to open a box at random, wiped the straw off and saw that all the box contained were new Type 56 semi-automatic rifles.
Liu Hai picked up a rifle and held it in his hand, aiming it into the distance. Then he looked at the rifling in the barrel and nodded with satisfaction.
Although this rifle is old, it has been well maintained and the rifling has not been worn much. It can be said to be almost 80% new.
"How is Mr. Liu? Isn't this gun good? If it weren't for the purpose of vacating the warehouse, you wouldn't have been able to get this batch of arms so cheaply."
"Very good, I am very satisfied. We will cooperate more in the future."
Zhang Tao saw that Liu Hai was satisfied and immediately said more aggressively: "Mr. Liu, you can't just ask for these light weapons. You should buy some tanks as the backbone."
Liu Hai listened and hesitated. This tank cost a lot of money. Even the retired Type 56 tank now costs hundreds of thousands. How can it be cheaper to buy these light weapons?
Besides, the Qing Dynasty plane does not need tanks to charge into battle. Maybe Liu Hai will buy some tanks in the future to make himself stronger in attacking fortresses, but now Liu Hai, who is just starting out, does not have this ability.
Zhang Tao looked at Liu Hai's silence and knew that he was not willing to buy it. However, when Zhang Tao thought about it, he couldn't bear to bear the child, so he said: "Mr. Liu, I just shipped 10 tanks here. You can take them back and try them out. If they work well,
Okay, let’s talk about the next deal.”
When Liu Hai heard that this was a weapon given to him for free, he didn't want it in vain, so he hurriedly agreed to the people's voice and thanked him, "Ah, thank you very much this time, Mr. Zhang. Don't worry, as long as we use it well, we will make great use of the tank."
For large-scale procurement, Mr. Zhang will never be allowed to lose money."
Next, Liu Hai sent out a series of thanks.
Zhang Tao shook his head a little while listening to Liu Hai's talk. Mr. Liu was relatively honest at the beginning, but as he dealt with more and more, he has become slick.