Tsikain, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, gave Dulin an extra-long contract for ten years, and revealed to him a little bit that everyone else's contract was four years, but his contract was ten years.
The contracting fee will increase by 5% every year based on the previous contracting fee. As the contractor, Dulin can terminate this contract at any time and without any conditions.
He did not clearly explain why this was, but it was not difficult for Dulin to guess, because there was a change of leadership and the Navy had to prepare for its future. This was indeed the case.
Members of the old party in the Ministry of National Defense contacted Zikain and gave them good conditions. For example, after the old party came to power, they would be given great convenience in terms of military expenditures, allowing them to have sufficient military expenditures to change their uniforms, and All military training and military exercises will be carried out normally.
The allocation of sufficient military expenditures is very tempting to the capitulationist naval admirals. This is much simpler than using the hard-earned money of the old guys to maintain the navy's expenses. At least they do not need to pay for it. We will reduce expenditures due to fluctuations in income and prepare in advance for military expenditures in the coming year.
There is no need to drool over those advanced technologies. You can place orders with military industrial companies to buy the equipment you want, and then let the Ministry of National Defense pay for these expenses. Of course, for this, they need to completely disconnect from these societies. .
This request was a decision made by Maggs and Kubal together. Allowing the power of capital to erode a country's military power, even if their purpose is not dangerous, this behavior itself is very dangerous.
The army must maintain a high degree of purity. They do not need too much thinking, they only need to obey.
For this reason, under the instruction of the two big figures, the special commissioner of the Ministry of National Defense and Tsikain gave a fatal order on the issue of revenue generation for the navy, that is, after the old party came to power, the navy would no longer be allowed to continue to engage in self-operated activities. In exchange, after the new cabinet is formed, the Ministry of National Defense can allocate more to the Navy in the annual Navy budget in exchange for the Navy ending its dealings with capitalists.
The old party is very sincere, which can be seen from some of the contents of the allocation of military expenditures. You must know that the normal annual expenditure of the entire navy is several times or even more than the current naval expenditure. The old party can promise such conditions, and it really wants to bring the navy back to the empire's camp.
However, the Navy, which had been abandoned twice by the empire, still had some worries. Even Commander-in-Chief Zikain did not dare to assure any of his colleagues that the old party would thoroughly implement what they had agreed upon. The navy will be better off after the old party comes to power than it is now.
Therefore, they have to leave a way out for themselves. This way out is to contract out the "remaining transportation resources" of major naval bases before the old party comes to power, in exchange for a large amount of wealth as a guarantee in a short period of time.
If the old party can fulfill what they promised, then after the end of the first term, all contracts will expire, and they will side with the empire, obey the empire's command, and will not renew these contracts.
But if they are just joking and don't intend to implement some of the agreements they have reached, the Navy is also ready to fall out with the new cabinet at any time and at any time.
The annual fees these contractors pay are enough to get them through the toughest four years and then find other options.
This is a very clumsy little trick, but it is very effective. The contract signed with the contractor is one layer of guarantee, and the funds brought by these people are another layer of guarantee. When it is really necessary, the worst case scenario is to leave again. Under the command of the Ministry of National Defense, they will continue to do their own business. Anyway, they will not be forced to bow to the empire because they are deceived and have no funds.
These contractors can calculate their wealth in millions, or even tens of millions, in one breath, which means they are definitely not small players. In the contract signed by the Navy and them, there will be huge liquidated damages. Even if the old party knew this after today, there would be nothing they could do. Either they would force the Navy to default and then watch the Navy go bankrupt, or they would spend billions of their own money to pay the liquidated damages, or they would just pretend they didn't know this time. Do nothing.
Tsikain very wisely did not sign an eight-year contract, but a four-year contract. This left a sufficient buffer zone between the Navy and the old party government that may be in power, and Tsikain believed that the old party government Those in the party can understand his difficulties.
After all, he was hurt by the empire twice, and the total span was close to thirty years. During these nearly thirty years, everyone knew the navy's suffering. Even if these actions may be a bit excessive, this is what the empire should give to the navy. compensate.
In fact, for Zikain, there are deeper considerations here. If the navy returns to the imperial military order and they want to carry out a large-scale purge of the navy's top brass, he can resist to some extent.
Dulin thought of many things in a flash. He looked at Tsikain, pursed his lips, and then said solemnly, "Your Excellency Tsikain, I may understand your difficulties, but for me personally, I need a few other things," he shrugged. "You know, I'm paying millions more every year than I was in the past, and it's going to snowball, especially in the last few years. "
"This is a lot of money. If there is no guarantee or a commitment, it will be a very heavy burden for me."
Tsikain nodded and said, "I can totally understand, so what do you want?"
"I am a person who abides by the law and social ethics, and I am also a responsible person..." Dulin laughed when he said this. Maybe he thought what he said was funny to him, or maybe it was because of something else, "So I I also hope that others can abide by the law, accept moral norms, and refrain from doing things that undermine the majesty of the empire’s laws.”
Seeing Zikain's slightly confused expression, Dulin didn't mind speaking more clearly, "I heard that many people are now conducting smuggling trade through waterways. As a law-abiding imperial citizen and an entrepreneur who actively pays taxes, I I think the navy should take a certain responsibility in this regard and try its best to crack down on illegal trade activities such as smuggling at sea, what do you think?”
The corners of Zi Kain's mouth twitched and he thought for a while, "What are you going to do?"
"Me?" Dulin shook his head and said, "No, not me, it's the navy!"
"In order to maintain the dignity of the empire's laws and curb maritime crimes, the Navy will conduct random inspections of ships passing by, as well as ships leaving and entering the port. If any illegal behavior is discovered, severe crackdowns will be carried out."
"For example, arresting criminal suspects and confiscating goods."
Cikain looked at Dulin for a long time, then nodded slowly and agreed to Dulin's request.
There has never been anyone in this world who can always be successful because of good luck. Every successful person always has a reason for his success. You can look down on Dulin's age, but you must face up to his ability!
Zikain has already guessed Dulin's purpose. He wants to use Ilian's deep-water port as the core to formulate maritime rules for the surrounding waters!
(End of chapter)