Chapter 391 List
"As for me, I want to add some equipment to our fleet at my own expense, so I asked you two to come as a staff." Qin Hao said with a smile.
"Ah? Sir, do you have to pay for it yourself? How much does it cost?" Lorenzo's jaw dropped immediately when he heard that. Although Qin Hao paid double wages to the soldiers of the fleet from his own pocket, the money was not the same as that of the armed fleet. When I got up, I was insignificant.
"Money... I'm initially planning to spend two billion yuan." Qin Hao said after thinking for a while, because the second batch of smuggled nether energy crystals has already reached Nicole's hands, and there should be two billion yuan after he gets rid of it. About 12.3 billion in cash in Qin Hao's hand after waiting until his hand was almost 12.3 billion.
"Good guy..." Lorenzo opened his mouth wide, he didn't expect Qin Hao to be so rich.
The corner of Han Yihang's mouth twitched slightly, but his expression was still calm.
"Do you have any suggestions?" Qin Hao asked.
"Sir, how do you plan to replace the law? Replace the entire ship, or just buy some equipment and modify our warship?" Lorenzo asked.
"It's all right, it depends on the situation." Qin Hao really has no idea, otherwise he wouldn't have come to ask the two of them.
"That's right. Now the cost of federal-style warships is generally between hundreds of millions and tens of billions. If it's just a frigate, we might be able to buy a few newer second-hand ships." Lorenzo is really serious about this aspect. There are some concerns.
"Can't you buy a brand new one?" Qin Hao asked.
"Sir...you are joking, unless you can get the approval from the high command, how can the federal shipyard build you a new ship?" Lorenzo shrugged and said.
"If I can get the approval, will I still have to pay out of my own pocket?" Qin Hao rolled his eyes. Although many fleets have been quietly privatized, they have completely become the private armies of those family forces, but the rules on the surface It still has to be followed. It is impossible for the federal shipyard to privately build warships for people without the approval of the high command and the review of the federal parliament.
But if the relationship is strong enough, like Ganmen Pianzuo, people can buy ninety-nine new "retired" warships from the regular first-line fleet, even these new warships have just entered service in the front-line force, and the captain's ass has not yet sat Hot, they made an excuse to "retire".
This kind of thing seems to be the same as the Arabian Nights, but considering the current level of corruption in the Federation, this kind of thing happens from time to time. Because the major families are doing this, they are also open to each other. Close one eye.
At present, although the third, fifth, and seventh mixed fleets of the Federation Fleet are known as the absolute main forces, their equipment is not sophisticated at all. Many new ships have not even been transported to these three fleets. Decommissioned on the way, and then sold to the second line fleet.
The main reason why the power of the federal president is constantly being weakened is that the three major fleets under the president's command no longer have absolute dominance at this time. Although the other second-tier fleets are small in scale, many of them are equipped with the latest elite warships.
Moreover, each big family controls more than one fleet. Once a certain family integrates their fleets together, its scale may not be weaker than the three main fleets. Not necessarily someone else's opponent.
Under such circumstances, how could the power of the president not be gradually emptied?
Since ancient times, power has grown out of the barrel of a gun. Now that the barrel of a gun is no longer effective, it has become the final decision of whoever controls the powerful fleet.
But for Qin Hao, he still can't get in touch with such deep things, but judging from the current situation, he definitely can't enjoy the treatment of Gangmen Pianzuo, no matter how good his personal relationship with Gangmen Pianzuo is , people will not use a large amount of family resources to help him buy warships. This is a matter of principle. Gangmen Pianzuo is not the kind of person who can stab brothers in both sides, so Qin Hao doesn't even think about it. .
"Then how much better can we use the retired frigate you mentioned?" After Qin Hao found out that he couldn't get a new one,
I can only settle for the next best thing.
"It's not much better. Although our warships have been in service for many years, they are well maintained. Even if you buy a new warship, it won't be much better? Unless you want to expand the fleet size." Lorenzo said.
"That can't be done..." Qin Hao waved his hand. Although the high-level military officer added some equipment to his fleet in private, the high command would turn a blind eye, but it is absolutely impossible for you to expand the army privately. There is no parliamentary approval for this matter, the president said. It doesn't count.
"Then I don't think we need a new ship unless you have connections," Lorenzo said.
"Do you have any comments?" Qin Hao looked at Han Yihang, who had been silent since he came in. He bowed his head there, not knowing what he was doing.
"Sir, if you plan to update your equipment, here is the list I made for you!" Han Yihang took his hand out from under the table, and he also had a pen and a piece of note paper in his hand.
"I'll wipe!" Qin Hao was really dumbfounded this time. The discussion with Lorenzo just now didn't take long, and it took about ten minutes, but this kid didn't say a word, and actually came up with a big list. .
"What are you talking about?" Qin Hao took the list and asked while looking at it.
"Based on the strength of missions that our fleet can perform at present, we are at most fighting against pirates of the same scale, so I have configured this list for you based on the funds you provided. The prices in this list are all from the nearest black market The transaction price." Han Yihang said.
"Black market?" Qin Hao was stunned for a moment, then looked directly into Han Yihang's eyes and asked, "How do you even know the price of the black market?"
"Sir, you just need to pay more attention to this website." Han Yihang wrote an address to Qin Hao while talking. This black market is actually not as secret as Qin Hao imagined, it is almost semi-public.
"It's all right!?" Qin Hao didn't expect that this so-called black market could buy such things as battleship main guns. This is ammunition!
But if you think about it, controlled materials such as phantom crystals can be sold on the black market. Obviously, this black market is also inseparable from the rich and powerful families on the earth, so it is not enough to be able to buy battleship cannons.
"If I knew it earlier, I told Nicole not to bring up the money. Isn't this a waste!" Qin Hao suddenly slapped himself on the thigh. This money laundering will cost a lot of money. If the battleship equipment can be purchased from the black market, then he There is no need to launder money at all, just use the money from selling crystals on the black market to buy battleship equipment.
