Tao Jiping heard Song Kan's words, his heart contracted suddenly, and he even had a feeling of accelerated blood flow, roughly calculated, guns, planes, and warships combined, at least seven or eight million yuan, if you add the follow-up expenses, then this money will be more than 100 million.

Military enterprises have two very important characteristics, the first is profiteering, and the second is that they have strong driving force and a long industrial chain. In the case of artillery, it is complicated to say, but in reality it is nothing more than a thick iron pipe with two wheels, and as for the plane, it is just a pile of wood and aluminum alloy.

looks at how high-end it is, but to put it bluntly, the real cost is not high, and only three or five times the profit is considered the conscience of heaven and earth. Just like China in later generations, when selling weapons internationally, it often directly exchanged soft girl coins for green tickets, and the price increased sixfold, and the result was several times worse than the price listed by Westerners.

Another military industry has a very large number of suppliers, which can drive a lot of employment, and in later generations, a dollar order can often drive $10 of GDP, or even more.

If China wants to engage in industrialization, it actually consumes a lot of money, and there will not be too much money that can be invested in the military industry, so these military industrial enterprises will have to find a way to support themselves. Selling weapons abroad, using foreign capital, and cultivating its own production lines are the policies that China has long decided.

It's just that no one looked down on China's weapons and could only support the surrounding resistance groups, but now that it has been branded, it naturally can't be let go.

Tao Jiping frowned quietly, thought for a while, and then said: "Mr. Song Kan, your country wants to purchase a full set of equipment for land, sea and air all of a sudden, and of course we are willing to provide it." But do you still have enough personnel to use these weapons, and the maintenance costs are quite staggering. It's a five-year calculation. You have to bear at least 20 million a year, I wonder if your country can afford it? ”

When Song Kan heard this, he also gasped, and said in surprise: "How can there be so many?" ”

"Mr. Songkan, take the cruisers as an example, one heavy cruiser we are building costs 10 million, two is 30 million, one destroyer is 800,000, 20 is 16 million, and as for the aircraft. Biplanes also cost about 20,000 each. Plus personnel training, weapons and ammunition, in addition to ports and airports, command and communications, and so on. Is 20 million a year still too expensive? ”

Song Kan was also asked at once, as the young Zhuang faction of the military. Of course, he hoped that the army would be as strong as possible. The more advanced the weapon, the better. But he didn't expect that this thing would burn so much money, 20 million a year has exceeded Siam's financial revenue, even if he exports all the rice, he can't get so much money, and he suddenly fell into embarrassment.

Tao Jiping looked at him like this. Immediately, an unfathomable smile appeared on his face: "Mr. Songkan, I know very well that Siam is eager to strengthen the army, but this kind of thing is not achieved overnight, and it is better to think in the long run." ”

"No, I can't. We can't wait! Song Kan blurted out.

The Siamese monarchs and ministers are in a very different era, and King Rama VII said that the curtain of our era has fallen. Obviously, they all knew that they couldn't keep walking the tightrope anymore.

In addition, the establishment of South China is also a huge impact. In the field of law and security, there is a saying called the broken window effect, which simply means that after a window is broken, if it is not blocked quickly, the surrounding windows will also suffer. The result is more and more destruction, giving a sense of disorder, and the end result is an increase in crime.

The de facto independence of Borneo also played this role, the original colonial order was monolithic, and now someone suddenly broke it, and then everyone will become more and more agitated, the voices demanding independence are getting louder and louder, and various armed groups are emerging in an endless stream.

It's as if a small hole has been broken in the levee, and then the gap will get bigger and bigger, until the flood is raging. After the establishment of the South China state, Siam's nationalism swelled dramatically, and the independent shili of the Nanyang countries also gathered in Bangkok, and various currents of thought were stirred.

They demanded tough measures from Siam to save the country's fortunes, an idea that would soon turn into nationalist inflation. If Siam does not seize the time, strengthen its military and continue to be weak to the outside world, it will transfer the discontent of the people to itself, and the result will be that the absolute monarchy will be questioned and impacted.

Officially seeing through these dangers, Siam has strong expectations for China, Tao Jiping also knows the urgency of Song Kan, but he is not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Mr. Song Kan, your country and we are friends, and we are also willing to provide the most favorable conditions, so let's do it, we can tailor a military construction for you according to Siam's national defense needs, as for the weapons needed, we will provide you with the most preferential way, and also allow you to participate in research and development, and then authorize you to build an assembly line, Guaranteed price to keep to a minimum. ”

When Song Kan heard this, he also nodded hurriedly: "There is Mr. Minister Lao, I hope to see Jihua as soon as possible." ”

After the two finished talking, Tao Jiping hurriedly went to the official residence of the president of the 10 million yuan to report the situation to Zhang Tinglan. Since the end of the war, Zhang Tinglan has also become rare and relaxed, and his original title of president still has two words temporary, but these two words have also disappeared with the victory.

Zhang Tingshu also returned from a vacation in Siam, and the presidential palace was particularly lively, with men, women and children gathering together, talking and laughing, and being extraordinarily relaxed.

"Brother, Siam is really good, the land of ointment, can produce three crops of rice a year, quite rich. If I want to say that they should slaughter Siam, they want to buy weapons, and they will add several times the price to make a lot of money. ”

Listening to Zhang Tingshu's words, the eldest girl sitting on the small bench next to her looked at Zhang Tingshu with disdain: "Second uncle, haven't you heard of the saying that you put a long line to catch big fish?" ”

"What, eldest niece, do you understand military affairs?"

"I don't understand, but I know how to do business, just like I have a set of comic books now, and my classmates want to see them, so I won't sell them all at once, but rent them out, and I will return to my capital in one day or two weeks per person, and I can make money with the rest."

When Zhang Tinglan heard hahadaxiao, she hugged the eldest girl in her arms, and said with a smile: "Second child, you are not as shrewd as a child, what can I say about you!" ”

Zhang Tinglan smiled again and said to the eldest girl: "I will make money, I know the calculation, and I should be rewarded." But for those friends, you have to learn to share, there are good things, everyone can watch them together, so that you can make good friends. ”

"yes, got it!" The big girl nodded.

At this time, Tao Jiping arrived at the presidential palace and introduced the situation to Zhang Tinglan, and Zhang Tinglan suddenly showed a satisfied smile on his face: "Old Tao, you are ruthless enough, very good!" ”

can get Zhang Tinglan's approval, Tao Jiping also smiled: "It's all taught by the president, and I just study hard, compared to the president, it's still too far behind." ”

Tao Jiping's prescription for Song Kan seemed to be sincerely for the sake of Siam, but in fact, it was a hidden murderous motive, and even said that it was extremely damaged.

Take the formulation of a national defense strategy for Siam, which is the lifeblood of a country, and once it is in China's hands, Siam still has any secrets to speak of, which is equivalent to opening the door to China.

In addition, the arms part is said to provide the most preferential things, but in other words, it is selling rags. As a result of all the battles, China has a complete vision for national defense construction, and the weapons of the armed forces must be comprehensively updated, including the navy, army, and air force.

Now there are some things that are not backward in performance, but they are no longer suitable for China, so they have to be kicked into active service, and if they are rusted in the warehouse, it is definitely a waste. If you can change your face, it is also a good choice to throw it to Siam.

Tao Jiping is playing this abacus, which coincides with Zhang Tinglan. Zhang Tinglan called Zhang Tingshu over again, and said with a smile: "Second brother, you are more familiar with the situation in Siam, this task will be handed over to you, help them formulate a national defense jihua, and sell them everything that should be sold by the way." ”

"Brother, don't worry, I'll make sure to fry more oil and water.

Zhang Tingshu said so and did so, he immediately found Song Kan, and while drawing up Jihua, he took him to see all kinds of weapons.

"Old man, although monoplanes are fast, they are difficult to train and difficult to maintain. I think the Siam Air Force should first equip itself with biplanes and train pilots. We have a batch of biplanes, although they were produced in 21 years, but they are stable in performance, easy to operate, very suitable for novices, and most importantly, there is no strong air force around you, which is completely sufficient. ”

"You're looking at this 122mm howitzer, it's lighter than the 152, and it's suitable for the South Seas climate, and it's durable."

"Then there are the 12 tanks, which are just over seven tons, fast and have excellent cross-country performance, which is very suitable for hot and sultry climates. And we can also add you a new engine to keep it running like a cow. ”

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Zhang Tingshu gave full play to his ability to flicker, and blew some old goods and some immature things into the sky, but Song Kan listened to it with relish, Zhang Tingshu didn't take the most expensive things, and it seemed that he still thought about himself everywhere. Speaking of which, this guy didn't study military affairs in France very well, but in such a small place as Siam, he just stood out from the crowd.

At the time of Zhang Tingshu's big deal, representatives of several more countries came to China, including the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran, Egypt, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), and Argentina and Chile in South America.

In this era, there are not many truly independent countries, basically concentrated in Europe, these countries are considered non-European countries, and there are also sovereign leaders, they came to China, without exception, they all want to know about China's military industry, and some people have even prepared funds for the purchase of weapons.

Representatives of several countries have come to the capital one after another, and this time the people in the military industrial system are very happy, and if these countries are taken down, China will definitely be able to make a lot of money, and even a mouth full of oil. (To be continued......)