Warlords: I just made a little fortune, but I didn’t build a country.

"Mr. Edward, long time no see!"

"Haha, Marshal Qin."

A blond, blue-eyed American man in a suit gave Qin Lin a big hug when he saw him and shouted, "Congratulations to Marshal Qin for winning the front line."

"Thank you very much."

"Look at the new equipment I brought you," Edward said, pointing at the large boxes. "You should capture a coastal city so that we can trade more easily without having to disassemble the equipment. I've had some assembled for you. Come and have a look."

"this."

Edward pointed at a piece of iron and said, "This is a masterpiece of the U.S. Armed Forces. It's a light tank. It costs 2 U.S. dollars."

M2 Light Tank

"Cheap as hell!" Qin Lin cursed inwardly. For this tank, the cost is less than 10 US dollars, but the other party sold it to him at double the price. Fortunately, it is almost accumulating technology points, and it will be able to produce it independently in the future. This is just a solution to the urgent problem.

"check it out."

Edward continued, "Medium tank, combat weight 33.65 tons, maximum speed 38 kilometers per hour, maximum range 178 kilometers, main gun equipped with 75mm M3 tank gun, 2 7.62mm machine guns, 1 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun, ammunition equipped with 6250 rounds, shells equipped with 71 rounds, the price is also very cheap, only 4 US dollars, good value for money."

M4 Medium Tank

"And this one, an M3 half-track armored fighting vehicle, with a crew of 10, a maximum speed of 64 kilometers per hour, and a climbing gradient of 12.7 percent. The weapon has been modified according to your opinion, with a 8000mm anti-aircraft machine gun and 3 rounds of ammunition. The price is even cheaper, US dollars."

M3 half-track armored fighting vehicle

"Grass!"

Qin Lin cursed the vampire in his heart. This tracked armored vehicle was sold for 3 US dollars, and at least half of it was earned by the other party. The cost of manufacturing it was a little more than 1 US dollars.

"Mr. Edward."

Qin Lin said, "We need 384 light tanks, 192 medium tanks, and 288 half-track armored vehicles, a total of 864."

"Oh my god!"

Edward was stunned by the number, as if he saw a flood of money falling towards him.

"besides."

Qin Lin continued, "I need 36 more P124 fighters."

"It's easy to talk about."

"You don't have to calculate the money. I've calculated it for you. The total is 5700 million yuan, which is 2850 million US dollars. However!"

Hearing that Qin Lin couldn't win the argument, Edward's heart was in his throat, fearing that something unexpected would happen. This was an order worth tens of millions, which was not common!

"You need to give away some ammunition for free."

"Haha, that's no problem," Edward laughed when he heard this and said, "All your weapons will be fully loaded with ammunition, and an additional 800 million rounds of bullets and 10 shells will be given to you. How about that?"

"make a deal."

"It's a pleasure to work with you," Edward said with a smile. "All the equipment will be delivered in three months."

"Pleasant to work with."

Qin Lin shook hands with the other party. The armored tanks he ordered were just enough to form three armored divisions. One armored division was equipped with 128 light tanks, 64 medium tanks, and 96 armored vehicles. Each armored division had three tank battalions, three armored infantry battalions, one machine gun battalion, one anti-tank battalion, and one engineering battalion, a total of nine battalions, 9 personnel, and a total of 1.6 armored tanks.

As for the flight unit, Qin Lin also planned to make changes. One flight division carries three flight squadrons, and one flight squadron is equipped with 36 fighters. Qin Lin plans to build three flight divisions, which requires 324 fighters. Now the flight headquarters has 200, and 124 more are needed. If a bomber flight division is established, 108 bombers are needed, and the flight headquarters has 120, so it is enough, and the remaining 12 are used as training backup aircraft.

Qin Lin had a way to earn back the 5700 million dollars he spent in the United States. Banana, a subsidiary of Dongsheng Group, mainly sold adult products in the United States, and safety bags became a hot-selling product. As long as the price doubled, the money spent could be earned back in one or two years.

If all commodities were to increase in price, the money could be earned back in a year, so Qin Lin didn't feel bad about spending it. What's more, the money was captured from the Japanese, so he felt even less bad about it.

As long as the three armored divisions and five flying divisions are all established, the strength of the Qin Army will surge again. Now hundreds of thousands of Qin troops are undergoing special training and military reforms, and their strength will only become stronger by then. So, everything is moving in a good direction now.

What Qin Lin needs to do now is to expand the unique division and build a fourth army-level organization within the Qin Army, and also to develop industry. There are still tens of millions of seized money left, and this money will be used for local development.

I believe that with the injection of tens of millions of funds and another year of development time, the technology points will surely break through 10 points. At that time, we can purchase production drawings of tanks, armor, fighter jets, and bombers, as well as production line drawings, so that the Qin family will have the ability to independently produce heavy equipment.

He spent several years building three major scientific research bases, supporting tens of thousands of scientific and technological personnel and dozens of academicians, all in order to make the blueprint a reality.

After signing the purchase contract with Edward and paying the down payment of 800 million, Edward left Northwest China happily, while Qin Lin took a car to the Beidu Research Headquarters.

"Young Marshal, why are you here?"

Mao Tai, deputy director of the scientific research headquarters, put down his pen and stood up quickly, saying, "I'll pour you a cup of tea."

"Minister Mao, you're welcome," Qin Lin said with a smile, "I came here to ask about the development of wired telephones, agricultural tractors, large sewing machines, and looms."

"Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life."

Mao Tai poured a cup of tea for Qin Lin and said, "The agricultural tractors produced by the Civilian Department have been tested and have begun mass production. The monthly output is expected to be 3000 units. There are already 5000 units in reserve in the warehouse. As for large sewing machines and looms, they have all been put into production and have a certain amount of storage, waiting for the young commander's order to put them into the market."

"very good."

Qin Lin smiled and said, "All of them will be put on the market by the end of the month, especially agricultural tractors, which will be taken to farmers' fields for testing. As for large sewing machines and looms, discuss with the groups within the Chamber of Commerce and you decide the price."

"clear."

"There is also wired telephone. This will be handed over to the telecommunications department of the Dongsheng Group's subsidiary. It will take the lead in implementing wired telephone construction in the entire western Sichuan Province. Your research headquarters will hold 10% of the shares."