When Yang Yuanzhao mentioned special military spending, it was no wonder that Cheng Biguang's eyes were glowing with gold, whether it was in the Northwest Era, or now after the founding of New China, the navy is not much better than the Qing Dynasty, but it depends on what it looks like, compared to the army and the air force, it is really hard.

New China has been established, all kinds of government functions have also been improved on the basis of the original northwest, the territory has expanded a lot, the stall is bigger, education, medical care, basic people's livelihood, it is necessary to play a game of chess in the whole country, there are many places that need money, it is natural, military spending is relatively compressed, it cannot be said to be compressed, but compared with the increase in previous years, it has decreased some, and it has improved compared with last year, but it is quite limited.

If it is only an increase in military spending, in fact, it is not small, there are a lot of absolute figures, and military spending is among the three armed forces, and after it is averaged again, the navy will be miserable. Among the armies, the army has been proven, and the huge territory also needs a large army to protect, which is the first series of guarantees. The same is true for the Air Force, although the airplanes have not yet proved that in countless exercises, they are much more powerful than airships, and the airships of the European war have shown great power, and the airplanes can not only replace the role of airships, but also fly faster, have better protective performance, and have also been quite strengthened. Only the navy, the northwest has no tradition of navy, that is, before World War I, when Germany returned Qingdao, it only had a port, and it gradually developed on Cheng Biguang's three seas.

The navy has never been a simple branch of the army, it has always been a gold-swallowing beast, without the premise of proof. In particular, the position in the military department is under the Air Force and the Army, and the allocation is relatively small. In addition to ensuring adequate training and the fleet, the rest was somewhat difficult. The number of ships other than the least aircraft carriers was reduced in 1914.

Looking at Cheng Biguang's longing expression, Yang Yuanzhao understood that the navy really needed this special military expenditure, and he had been considering the issue of the navy's military expenditure. Squeezing out from some aspects is enough for the navy, but he is hesitating. To be honest, from later generations, he knew very well that the role of a country's navy, so to speak, the army and air force, was more for self-preservation. In particular, before the Air Force did not have the ability to launch it globally, the Navy was an offensive branch of the army, and there was no Navy that went to the deep blue and the ocean. How to ensure China's overseas interests and how to escort merchant ships.

It's just that in the Air Force it is still a secret. Aircraft carriers are more unsuitable for exposure on the premise that battleships became dominant. In Yang Yuanzhao's heart, he didn't want the battleship to be greatly developed. Although in this era, and even in the next few decades, battleships have a huge role, but the role of warships is not irreplaceable, the most important thing is that with the increasing strength of aircraft carriers, especially the all-weather combat capability of aircraft, aircraft carriers are the mainstream of development.

Cheng Biguang's desire for military spending at this time made Yang Yuanzhao think deeply again, China has joined the allies, at most a year, it will definitely join the war, Southeast Asia is now all in hand, there is no need to worry about internal problems, as long as there are enough transport ships and the army, the auxiliary air force is absolutely impregnable, China's defensive force is definitely more than enough, the air force is better to say that it is distributed to the islands in Southeast Asia, one is divided, and it is normal to expand some, and the army cannot be increased. The huge army can only be placed in Siberia, which is really redundant, even if it competes with the United States in the Pacific Ocean in the future, there are fewer land forces, but the navy, which is used quite frequently.

On the premise that the aircraft do not have the ability to fight in the field for the time being, the pure artillery fleet also has a certain usefulness, and if a war breaks out between China and the United States and fights over the vast Pacific Ocean, it is necessary to strengthen the navy at this time.

Aircraft carriers are powerful and can't solve all problems, although it seems a bit wasteful, but China's huge industry, including medical care, luxury goods and other cash cows, can support a large-scale expansion of the army, there are no warships, just maintain a small batch of research, and how to train more people.

"Let the Navy come up with a strategy, I can approve 5 billion special funds for the Navy this year, and I can take my dividends!" Yang Yuanzhao said magnificently.

Yang Yuanzhao's words made Cheng Biguang ecstatic, if the whole world found a rich person, if Yang Yuanzhao is called second, I am afraid that no one dares to call it first, and even Yang Yuanzhao's capital is rich and rivals the country, from the Baotou era to the northwest, as the founder of the entire Chinese industry, as the inventor of countless patented technologies, Yang Yuanzhao has covered all the fields that make money, and almost occupies more than 6% of the northwest share at the limit.

Such a high share is very abnormal for a mature political system, Yang Yuanzhao also knows this, the reason for such a demerit is that China was too poor in terms of technology, and even China needs to import matches, and only he can lay out and promote the development of all aspects.

However, the development of the Northwest has entered the formality, especially since the establishment of the Northwest, Yang Yuanzhao has focused on removing his economic influence and withdrawing from many key and monopoly fields. That's right, but the northwest is privately owned, and the exit comes to give money, although after several discounts, only a fraction is given, most of which are in the case of bonds, but Yang Yuanzhao is a gold hand, along with invention and creation, he proposed more fields, but he made more money.

In this way, Yang Yuanzhao's money is earning more and more, but on the bright side, Yang Yuanzhao's industrial control over the entire northwest is declining, and many shares are diluted, but the overall absolute value is increasing rapidly.

There is a data that can clearly show that from January to November 1914, the whole of China completed 7,874.3 trillion yuan in industrial manufacturing, and the fiscal revenue was about 700 billion yuan, but Yang Yuanzhao's shares and dividends were at least 13.8% of the gross national product, and the overall figure exceeded 1 trillion yuan.

You know, in this era, even the United States, which is the first in industry, has a GDP hovering above 100 billion, according to the Northwest Yuan fixed and the US dollar 2:1, compared with the United States, at least several times higher, this is only Yang Yuanzhao's income, not the total income of the Northwest.

When there is a certain amount of money, it becomes a number, Yang Yuanzhao didn't care about this money at all, more than 98% of the income was spent on education, medical care and special support funds, of course, there were some forward-looking investments, such as basic and disciplines that have a significant impact on the future.

The reason why every basic discipline is important is that the scope of its influence is too much, and if the basic discipline makes a breakthrough, it will improve the foundation of the entire economy quite obviously, but correspondingly, basic research requires huge investment, which is generally supported by the state.

China is in the ascendant, and the limited funds in the government are attracted by more important subjects, or subjects with quick results, and some inconspicuous subjects are less invested, and these Yang Yuanzhao invested in order to achieve balanced development. Even so, even so, the remaining 2% or so is a huge amount of wealth, and countless people have this idea, and now they have approved 5 billion at once, which represents more than half of the disposable funds.

Seeing the overjoyed Cheng Biguang, Yang Yuanzhao couldn't help but remind him: "Don't be too happy too early, this money is not the cost of building ships, it is used to support military shipyards, it is the first fund, there will be so much every year in the next 10 years." You guys look at what projects you put into them, or what your navy needs! ”

Cheng Biguang is just a study of the war report, but got 5 billion funds, which makes the navy extremely excited, without him, the navy in the three major armies, has always been a relatively bottom existence, many times, the navy can only let the army, let the air force, easy to have a huge fleet including 9 capital ships, but because of the relationship between Qingdao, delivered to Germany, which more or less makes the navy more or less unable to figure out, although Qingdao shipyard and Shanghai shipyard, after that, there is a huge shipbuilding plan, but if you miss it, you miss it, In 1914, and even in 1915, the increase in the navy was not as good as the army, let alone the air force.

But now, 5 billion matching funds, in the next 10 years, a total of 50 billion, you know, this is the era of the Northwest than strong, even if it is converted into pounds, there are enough 5 billion pounds, this is a huge amount of money, even if most of it is the shipyard supporting, but 5 billion even if it is a 10th of the extraction, there are 500 million yuan, according to the fantasy level of the cost, can really build a lot.

Moreover, with Yang Yuanzhao's ban, even if the construction of large capital ships is started, the number must be controlled, take a price of 12 million to 15 million northwest yuan, 500 million can at least build dozens of ships at the same time, the navy is finally fattened, and it cannot be wasted at will, and it must be carefully calculated to be able to use good steel on the blade.

Even if Yang Yuanzhao was in a hurry, Cheng Biguang didn't make a decision in a hurry, he wanted to go back and discuss, come up with a plan, and strive to maximize his benefits, Yang Yuanzhao didn't stop him from going, this money is not a government expense, and there is no need to vote, this money belongs to Yang Yuanzhao's private person, as long as he wants, he can spend it anywhere. (To be continued.) )