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"Wei Li, if I ask you to resign from all your military positions and serve as the Foreign Minister of my Xu Army, specifically presiding over all diplomatic affairs including the Consulate General Act, would you be willing?"

Xu Le said it with a serious expression and very seriously.

He thought about it seriously and realized that no one in the entire Xu family army could compare to Wei Li in diplomacy.

But he was afraid because he had just been appointed as Deputy Chief of Staff of the General Staff not long ago, and now not long after, he was appointed as the Minister of the newly established Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Although his rank was raised by two levels, he no longer had the military power.

He was afraid that Wei Li would have some ideas!

However, Wei Li's next words made Xu Le forget all his worries.

Two minutes later, Wei Li seemed to have unloaded some kind of burden. He smiled and said only three words.

"I am willing!"

Xu Le could see that this answer was very sincere, without a trace of perfunctoriness, and it was a decision made with determination.

This is war time, and having soldiers on hand is the kingly way. With his position as deputy chief of the general staff, Wei Li can even mobilize all the troops of the Xu family army when necessary.

When Xu Le picked up Wei Li at the airport in Taiyuan, he saw a desire to fight in him.

Just a few minutes ago, the desire was still there.

But now it is gone.

"Why?" Xu Le replied with the same three words.

Wei Li found a seat and sat down and said, "I heard that the Marshal got 50 kilograms of rare wine. Can you take it out so that I can taste it?"

Xu Le's face immediately turned dark. He knew that all his men were bandits, so he kept the matter of the wine strictly confidential.

But I didn't expect that instead of welcoming the man Liu Quanhua, I welcomed the honest man Wei Li.

"No! There's less than half left. I have to enjoy it slowly!"

No matter who you are, I won’t give it to you.

"Hahaha, I really don't understand the Marshal. He just took out all kinds of priceless equipment and even mobilized an aircraft carrier, but he couldn't bear to part with a little wine!"

Wei Li couldn't help but joke, "You don't know, all the Xu family members above the rank of army commander have gone to see the aircraft carrier. Wow, it's so spectacular, I don't know what words to use to describe it!"

Xu Le spread his hands and smiled: "That's it, anyway, you have already agreed, you will be the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the future, you can pick as many assistants as you want from the more than 20 soldiers in the army. But don't interrupt, tell me why you are willing!"

There was no wine to drink, but Wei Li didn't care. He poured himself a glass of cold water and started drinking.

"Marshal, I am already 46 years old this year. Normally, this is the most glorious time in a soldier's life. I am a second-class general in the National Guard and a lieutenant general in the Xu Family Army. Such glory is enough for me to be proud of my whole life. There is no need to fight for it anymore!"

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Xu Le saw the shadow of a hero’s death in Wei Li.

But when he shook his head and looked again, the hero who once led hundreds of thousands of troops to fight against the Japanese invaders was still sitting there, his charm undiminished.

"Marshal, I have a feeling that we may face a disaster in the near future. This is my intuition. Forget it, let's not talk about this weird thing."

"No matter what the future holds, if we want to complete this journey, we must first handle international relations well. I had intended to devote myself to it, but I didn't expect the Marshal to give me such a high position."

Xu Le smiled again: "I'm afraid this is not the reason!"

Naturally, he believed what Wei Li said, and it was also true!

He also knew that if he wanted to complete his mission, he would be destined to become enemies with most countries in the world in the future.

Unless that country is very friendly to you and stands firmly on your side, war can be avoided.

Wei Li poured another glass of water and drank it all. "The second point is, of course, because our army will need to expand to at least one million in the future. Although we have good equipment, we don't have a foundation and cannot create senior leaders ourselves. The only way is to hone the younger generation as early as possible and give them more opportunities!"

Xu Le finally understood, "I understand your good intentions. The establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is just the beginning. In the future, I will integrate the strengths of the four major departments, and also establish our own education department, Army Academy, Naval Academy and Air Force Academy, but this is a long-term plan. You are right, the best way for us right now is to quickly bring up the younger generation and hone them in the army."

When people of higher levels get together, they talk less, because they can grasp the core in just a few words.

Wei Li poured a third glass of water, drank it all again, then stood up and said, "In that case, I will go and pick people. Zheng Shaokuan is poaching people all over the world to deploy aircraft carriers. He even took more than 10 of your guards away. If I don't go, I'm afraid it will be too late!"

"Wait!" Xu Le stopped Wei Li who was about to leave, "Let me recommend someone to you, my secretary, Lu Shiyu!"

Wei Li slowly turned and left, and a faint voice came: "I also recommend someone to the Marshal, Fang Yue!"

Xu Le naturally understood the meaning of the words. The position of Deputy Chief of the General Staff was vacant, and Wei Li wanted to recommend Fang Yue to take over.

"Xu Da, you will personally deliver two kilograms of precious wine to Wei Li later!"

"Yes!"

Of all the people to deliver the food, Xu Da was chosen. He ate a pound of the food on the way. Then he happened to meet Liu Quanhua who came to the military headquarters to report on his work, so he lost another half pound.

So Wei Li only received half a pound of wine...

At the end of the month, payments for the first formal order from the Soviet Union arrived at the Acropolis one after another, and Xu Le went to exchange them.

The total was 271 rubles, 27 tons of gold, and nearly tons of iron.

Personal panel:

Host: Xu Le

Military merit points: 10,000

Title: Millionaire [Host's business ability is enhanced by 50%, and subordinates are enhanced by 20%]

Mission: Great Wall Watch [Lead the army to conquer the world and establish your own country, the deadline is 10 years, the remaining deadline is 8 years and 7 months...]

Space: Gold [530 tons], Silver [313 tons], Japanese Yen [30 billion], Rubles [3 million]…

[In addition to gold and silver, there are some rare metals, which I will not list! ]

Immediately afterwards, he went to Shanxi Province and exchanged all the iron ore in Shanxi Province in November, December and January.

Although the output was increased not long ago, due to the construction of railways and bridges connecting the Acropolis, only 3000 million military merit points were exchanged in the end.

The balance once again exceeded 3 million.

After that, all the iron ore mined in Jin Province had to be smelted and the rare metals had to be separated out, otherwise it would be a waste if they were all exchanged.

The reason why we exchanged directly in the past was because military merit points were always tight and there was no time to wait for smelting.

Moreover, there were no professional steelmaking talents and experts at that time, and many rare metals could not be extracted.

It’s different now. The armed forces department is no longer short of people, so Lu Ningyi has the courage to delve into missile research.