Volume 3: Rise of the God of War Chapter 451 Spending Money Like Water
In the past, Li Jiu only knew that after he gave Doug and the other two the task of recruiting soldiers, they completed the task quickly.
However, he had never imagined that so many people would sign up to recruit soldiers in this civilian area.
"Haha, Brother Nine, you may not know this." Clouded Leopard at the side replied with a smile: "Since the appearance of clone warriors, the Alliance military and various mercenary groups have begun to use clone warriors in large quantities and reduce the recruitment of ordinary people. After all, compared to ordinary normal humans, clone warriors are transformed by strengthening fluid when they are born, and their physical fitness is stronger. In addition, since clone warriors are not bound by their parents and families, they have no worries when fighting and are more efficient. At the same time, clone warriors are easier to manage than normal humans."
"Therefore, this has resulted in the fact that, in today's alliance, it has become increasingly difficult for normal humans to join the army and fight in wars," Clouded Leopard explained.
"What Yunbao said is correct." Doug nodded. "In addition, in addition to what he said, the reason why we were able to attract so many people to sign up after we posted the recruitment information in the civilian area is because the conditions you offered them, Brother Jiu, are better than any other mercenary group."
"Oh? Just receiving a basic salary, can this be considered a privilege?" Li Jiu asked doubtfully.
"Yes, this is better than the treatment given to recruits by other mercenary groups." Doug answered affirmatively: "The conditions we offer are that these recruits will receive a basic salary of 2,000 yuan per month during the training period, in accordance with the treatment of privates. In addition, we also told them that they don't have to do any missions in the short term. Normal human mercenaries recruited by other mercenary groups do not receive any salary before going on a mission."
"Uh, that's all that's fine..." Li Jiu was a little stunned. He didn't expect that a random decision he made would attract so many applicants for his future mercenary group.
"Brother Jiu, you have to know that the living conditions of these people living in civilian areas are already very poor, and many of them are in urgent need of cash to support their families in a short period of time. Maybe the wages we pay them during the training period will be able to help them get out of their current predicament immediately." Doug added.
"If that's the case, joining the army seems to be a good choice, right? After all, after joining the Alliance Government Army, you can immediately receive a monthly salary, right?" Li Jiu asked again.
"Yes, that's right. If you join the military, you can also get paid quickly." Doug explained, "However, compared to mercenaries, soldiers in the military are more strictly managed and rarely have free time. Mercenaries are relatively freer. When there are no missions, they can take vacations like normal people. Therefore, compared to becoming a soldier in the military, many normal people would rather become a relatively free mercenary."
"So that's how it is..." Li Jiu pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized it, and then looked at the new recruits who were in training, "Doug, how long do you think it will take for these new recruits to form combat effectiveness?"
"Well... I don't think it will take long." Doug thought for a moment and said with certainty: "After all, these recruits are elites selected from thousands of people. They learn very quickly. At the beginning, Quinn, Yunbao and I led 10 recruits in training respectively. But after a week of training, many of them have good strength. So, we selected a captain from each of them, and let these three captains lead them in training."
"After more than half a month of high-intensity training, they have already acquired a certain level of combat capability. However, their current strength is at most equivalent to the weakest combat team in an ordinary one-star mercenary group. After all, they don't have any actual combat experience yet."
After listening to Doug's explanation, Li Jiu nodded slightly.
Although the combat effectiveness of these 30 new recruits is still very weak, after more than half a month of training, they have initially acquired combat capabilities, which makes Li Jiu very satisfied.
"By the way, Doug, is the money I gave you last time enough?" After watching the recruits training for a while, Li Jiu retracted his gaze and asked Doug.
The last time they met, Li Jiu gave Doug 10 million Alliance Coins as operating funds for the initial construction of the mercenary group.
Although these 10 million Alliance Coins are not a small amount, Li Jiu also knows that it will be spent very quickly to feed dozens of new recruits and purchase various equipment needed in the future. More than 10 million is not much at all and can only be regarded as his initial investment.
"Brother Jiu, there is only over 1 million left from the last round of money. Among them, according to your instructions, we bought three large military hovercrafts, which cost more than 6 million. In addition, we spent nearly 2 million to buy weapons and equipment for these 30 new recruits. The total is more than 8 million, not to mention the salary we have to pay them later." Doug answered seriously, and then turned on the smart light brain in his hand, "I have a detailed expense record here, Brother Jiu, you can take a look."
"No need. I trust you completely. You can decide how to spend the money." Li Jiu smiled calmly. He was very confident in Doug and the other two. "You won the district-level audition championship this time and were awarded 5 million Alliance Coins. I will transfer it to you later. You can use the money first. If you don't have enough, tell me at any time."
"Okay, Brother Nine, we will do our best ." Doug, Quinn and Clouded Leopard looked at each other and nodded solemnly.
"Oh, there's one more thing." Li Jiu thought for a moment and said, "Have you prepared more weapons and equipment? After all, we haven't officially established a mercenary group yet, so we can't buy weapons from normal channels. So, it's better to prepare more in case the weapons and equipment are suddenly and we can't continue the training."
"Don't worry, Brother Jiu. According to your instructions, we have purchased a total of 60 sets of weapons and equipment this time. Each recruit will have a spare set, which is definitely enough." Doug said with a smile.
"Oh? 60 sets of weapons and equipment only cost less than 2 million Alliance Coins? How come it is so cheap?" Li Jiu said in surprise.
As far as he knew, from main weapons, secondary weapons, to melee weapons, throwing weapons, bulletproof vests, multi-functional protective goggles and so on... a set of equipment for each mercenary would cost at least 50,000 Alliance coins. 30 sets would cost 1.5 million Alliance coins, and 60 sets would cost 3 million Alliance coins.
Doug bought 60 sets and spent less than 2 million Alliance coins in total, saving more than 1 million directly. This is really a bargain.
"Haha, Brother Nine, isn't this all thanks to that little brother Judge from the Skeleton Gang?" Doug, Quinn and Clouded Leopard looked at each other and said with a smile.
