Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

"Your Majesty, this is what happened."

In the imperial study room of the Great Xia Palace, Lin Yi sat on a chair, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, and spoke slowly to Zhao He.

Zhao He, who was opposite Lin Yi, looked at the information in his hand and his face became increasingly livid.

After a long time, he put down the information in his hand and asked Lin Yi in an unusually cold tone! : "Brother, what are you going to do?"

Lin Yi heard Zhao Xi's words and smiled lightly: "Of course we are cooperating with Sakura Country."

"Cooperate with them?" Zhao Xi was obviously taken aback when he heard Lin Yi's words.

"Brother, what do you mean by cooperating with them?"

"It's very simple. Don't they want to create friction, and then use the excuse of apology to invite the Imperial Navy to visit them and seize ships?"

"Then cooperate with them! It's just that the Imperial Navy entered the Sakura Kingdom's port, and then waited for an opportunity to turn against the Sakura Kingdom and take the opportunity to destroy the Sakura Kingdom's warships that wanted to besiege the Empire."

Zhao Xi's eyes lit up when he heard Lin Yi's words, and he immediately thought of a word, "Please enter the urn."

If the empire wants to destroy the Sakura Kingdom on the sea, it will be a little difficult.

This difficulty does not mean that it is difficult for the Imperial Navy to defeat the Sakura Kingdom's fleet, but that it is a little difficult for the Empire to destroy and sink all the opponent's warships.

After all, Sakura Kingdom's navy is not as stupid as the army. They know they are losing, but they still fight to the end.

The navy of Sakura Kingdom is very rational. As long as they see something is wrong, they will choose to escape.

Once the other party escapes, trying to find a fleet on the vast sea is almost equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack.

Therefore, now that there is an opportunity to block the Sakura Kingdom's fleet in the port, it is definitely a good opportunity for Daxia.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xi nodded to Lin Yi, and then said: "Since the eldest brother already has a countermeasure, let's follow the eldest brother's method."

"I can rest assured that I will leave the military aspect to my eldest brother."

When Lin Yi heard Zhao Xi's words, he put down the tea cup in his hand and said slowly to Zhao Xi: "Your Majesty's words are serious. This is my duty."

"Brother, don't say anything about your duty or not. Daxia belongs to us two brothers. We must protect Daxia for our ancestors."

"If you and I brothers work together, there is nothing we can't solve." Zhao He said with a smile.

Then he took out a memorial from the pile of memorials on the imperial desk and handed it to Lin Yi.

"Brother, this is the military expenditure application for the next three years calculated by the former Japanese Military Ministry, and I have approved it."

With that said, Zhao He handed the memorial to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi took the memorial handed over by Zhao He and read it carefully.

Lin Yi knew about the military department's application for military expenses, but Lin Yi didn't know the calculated amount.

The military expenditure accounting was submitted by Lu Shaochuan, deputy to the military department. So Lin Yi hasn't read this military funding application yet.

He opened the memorial and read it carefully. He didn't know it. When he took a closer look, Lin Yi was also shocked.

The military expenditures Lu Shaochuan applied for in the next three years directly amount to 35 billion imperial silver dollars, and will increase at a 20% growth rate every year.

If you want to know this year's military expenditure, Lin Yi remembers that it was less than one billion. Next year's military expenditure will triple.

And now Daxia's annual tax revenue is only about 11 billion.

This means that in the future, for at least three years, less than half of the empire's annual tax revenue will be invested in military expenditures.

Lin Yi estimates that this military expenditure has become the largest in the world. You must know that during the same period, before World War II, America's annual military expenditure was only 9.2 million yuan, which is almost the same as the current military expenditure of Daxia.

After the United States was involved in Pearl Harbor, military spending soared to 16.8 billion yuan.

With so much money, does Lu Shaochuan want to penetrate the whole world?

Thinking of this, Lin Yi looked up at Zhao Xi with some doubts. He wanted to ask Zhao Xi how he approved such an outrageous military expenditure application.

Zhao He felt Lin Yi's gaze, smiled faintly, and then said: "Lu Qing told me that the world situation is unstable now, and if Daxia wants to ensure the current situation, it must have a strong army. "

"And raising an army costs the most money. It is reasonable for him to want more military expenses."

"Your Majesty, this is unreasonable, isn't it?" Lin Yi felt a little dumbfounded when he heard Zhao Xi's words.

He could understand the increase in military spending to cope with the current world situation, but no matter how much the increase was, it could not be so outrageous.

This year's military expenditure is still around one billion, but next year you will raise it directly to 35 billion, and it will increase by 20% every year.

Then there is no need to spend money on other aspects of the empire?

Too much money invested in military spending will definitely have an impact on other aspects within the empire, thereby slowing down the development of the empire.

Lin Yi did not want Daxia to become a militaristic country.

"Brother, I know what you are worried about, but with the oil production from the oil fields jointly owned by the Empire, the Kingdom of Najd and the Kingdom of Persia, the empire's tax revenue has increased by leaps and bounds every year."

"To put it aside, let's just say that the empire's tax revenue last year reached 180 billion imperial silver dollars. According to statistics from the Ministry of Revenue, this year's total tax revenue will exceed 200 billion."

"Now that the empire is not short of money, it is reasonable to invest more in the army." Zhao He said with a smile.

"I still remember what Lu Qing said when he submitted this application."

"What are you talking about?" Lin Yi looked at Zhao He curiously.

"Lu Qing said that no matter how outrageous military expenditures are, the compensation after defeat is not as outrageous."

"Now that the empire has money, if it doesn't invest this money in military expenditure, is it going to use this money as compensation to those foreigners?"

Zhao Xi's words directly rendered Lin Yi speechless.

He suddenly thought of a joke that was often circulated in later generations.

It is said that Daxia is the most insecure country in the world, so Daxia is in a state of preparation for war all year round and never relaxes for a day.

Other countries are thinking about how to avoid war, and Daxia people have begun to think about how to rebuild their homes after the war.

Daxia has always taken things seriously and prepared for the worst, so Daxia has been preparing for a world war.

However, in the hearts of Daxia people, a world war has never been about several countries uniting to fight other countries.

In the eyes of Daxia people, there is only one kind of world war, and that is Daxia as a country and the whole world is the enemy.

Therefore, Daxia's war preparations are also prepared according to this standard.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi felt that the jokes on the Internet seemed to have come true.

The military expenditure will be 35 billion at the beginning, and then increase by 20% every year.

This is not preparation for uniting with other countries to fight World War II. With a little more money, Daxia can even fight against eight.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi was speechless. Generally speaking, the increase in military expenditure is also a good thing.

At least in the future, the military will not have to be afraid to spend money. It can just buy what it wants and increase its investment in scientific research.

At this time, Lin Yi looked at the military expenditure application in his hand. He was thinking about one thing. Should he invest part of the military expenditure into a project he had planned for a long time before the war started?

If the project he wanted to be completed successfully, then Daxia would also have the ability to attack opponents from a distance.

(Let’s take a guess, what is this project that can attack opponents remotely.)