NOVEL NEXT Chapter 498 Coastline War (page 12)
Sun Wu asked questions for a whole day, while Huang Tianji answered all the questions one by one.
"My lord, this is the Navy's material approval and funding approval for this quarter!" The Ice and Snow Goddess, who had become Huang Tianji's maid, walked in with a stack of documents.
Sun Wu wrinkled his head. He could feel something similar to that of the gods and demons from the Ice and Snow Goddess. Although it was very different, the essence of the breath was the same.
"Leave it alone!" Huang Tianji glanced at it and said.
"This is for you." Huang Tianji took out a completed booklet from the book folder on the side of the table. It was compiled by Jia Xu and others and reviewed by Huang Tianji and handed to Sun Wu.
"what is this?"
Sun Wu put aside his scrutiny of the Ice and Snow Goddess, and after understanding the general situation of the Xinghan Empire, he felt that the feast of corpses, gods and demons was no longer important.
As long as it's not everywhere in the world, this thing is basically irrelevant.
So he doesn't care much about the specific situation of the Ice and Snow Goddess. He cares more about the power of the Xinghan Empire now.
"The material list is based on the current production capacity and combat readiness storage scale of the empire. You can make demands according to your idea of forming an army. Finally, I will give you a market price and a cost price, so that you can be more able. Intuitively feel the power of the empire!”
Huang Tianji pointed at the supplies list and said.
Sun Wu glanced at Huang Tianji without saying anything, and directly opened the supply list and started to check it. Since Huang Tianji asked him to put forward the requirements according to the idea of forming an army, then he would put forward the requirements according to Huang Tianji's request.
After taking a look at Bai Qi beside him, Sun Wu directly took the army Bai Qi had led as his imaginary enemy.
From the size of personnel, to weapons and equipment, training losses, and various types of food and grass logistics, Sun Wu almost started from scratch, using Bai Qi's army as the imaginary enemy, and began to form a team that could fight against Bai Qi's army.
After Sun Wu formed an army according to the supplies on the supply list, Bai Qi, who was watching, raised his eyebrows. At the level of military god, they may not know much about economic production, but they all understood the design and training aspects. Got some skills.
Bai Qi could tell that this was designed by Sun Wu with him as his imaginary enemy. He did not make it clear, but instead stood aside and made suggestions.
"What kind of ordinary meat do you want? Fish that has been separated from the body by its inner gas. The navy's yield is terrifyingly high..."
"If you increase the arrow vector ten times, you are too petty. In order to train a three-talented army, that boy Han Xin missed more arrows than you did if you increased it ten times..."
"Two horses for one person? Who are you looking down on? Let's get a few more horses, three for each person! Let's get more chariots too..."
Sun Wu looked at Bai Qi with squinting eyes. He felt that he had wasted enough, but Bai Qi almost doubled the supplies he asked for when he opened his mouth. Sun Wu himself felt numb when he saw it.
He felt that even if the countries of Wu, Yue, Chu, and Qi were tied together, they would not be able to come up with these supplies. Many of these things did not exist at all for their time.
The only thing that can be done is probably to gather enough soldiers of the same size.
But Sun Wu was not angry, after all, he had seen these things before in the army led by Bai Qi.
At first, he thought it was the main force of the empire. After learning that it was just a partial army, he was actually mentally prepared.
After a while, Sun Wu looked at the list he had written and felt it was abstract. However, out of curiosity, he handed the list to Huang Tianji.
"That's it? Can you train an elite army of 200,000?" Huang Tianji scanned the list and looked at Sun Wu in shock.
"Isn't that enough?" Even Bai Qi was a little uneasy this time.
"Marquis Huaiyin wastes twice as much materials in one year!"
Huang Tianji expressionlessly projected the materials used by Han Xin's training troops in front of Bai Qi and Sun Wu.
"The Marquis of Huaiyin, Han Xin... the great general in the early Han Dynasty, is just like you and me!" Bai Qi was shocked and explained the following to Sun Wu.
Sun Wu's mouth twitched. He looked at the list of supplies and training results used by Han Xin, and had the urge to crush Han Xin to death.
A complete waste of resources.
After projecting Han Xin's list, Huang Tianji summarized Sun Wu's list and finally came up with a general ledger.
"Based on the market price, these supplies of yours should cost 5 billion yuan."
"With five billion dollars, can you build such an army?"
Sun Wu was shocked. You should know that he designed it in five-year units, but only needed 5 billion.
"That's not the case. The so-called market price is not the price circulating in the market, but is calculated based on the prices of different exchange materials! There are thresholds for identity and merit." Huang Tianji made a comparison chart.
Prefectures, governors, and kings, almost every status requires different funds for the same materials, and the market price is calculated based on the highest level. Within the authority of the Xinghan Empire, the status of the God of War is already The highest level of redemption rights.
Sun Wu frowned and examined the gap between different statuses. He could understand this preferential treatment system for titles.
"These are already preferential prices. If these materials are circulated in the market, or are ordered from foreign countries or aristocratic families, the price will be more than double the price exchanged by the county governor!"
"Aren't you worried about someone smuggling supplies?"
Sun Wu immediately thought of the disadvantages of this price distinction. If there is collusion between government and businessmen, it will easily lead to self-stealing behavior.
"No one can escape the sanctions of the regulatory system!" Huang Tianji said flatly.
What Sun Wu heard from the plain tone was confidence. Sun Wu knew very well that people's hearts are complicated. He didn't know where Huang Tianji's confidence came from, but he somehow felt that Huang Tianji could indeed supervise these aspects.
"What if it's the cost price?" Sun Wu asked curiously.
"Only 500 million!" Huang Tianji gave an answer that made Sun Wu's pupils suddenly shrink.
"Only labor is counted?" Sun Wu quickly reflected.
"Everything in the empire belongs to the emperor, and everyone is the emperor's currency. As long as food is consumed to ensure their survival, there is no need to consider anything else under extreme conditions!" Huang Tianji said expressionlessly.
Sun Wu glanced deeply at Huang Tianji. I'm afraid this is not the limit. The final limit may not even require manual calculation.
"It's... fair!" Sun Wu could only find such a word to describe his thoughts at the moment.
Yes, fairness, all living beings are equal, only the world is transcendent, to a certain extent, this is indeed fair.
It is as if death is the end for all living beings and is irreversible.
Sun Wu did intuitively feel the power of the Xinghan Empire.
Strong combat effectiveness is not all there is to being strong. Being as strong as Bai Qi can only be buried with an edict. Real strength is a sound system, abundant production, and solid beliefs...
At this point, Sun Wu no longer had any doubts.
He was sure that this would be a stage where he could show off his talents.