"Your Highness, if you want to build a strong navy, not only does it require funds, personnel, and technology, but also requires essential funds. To gain a foothold in the South China Sea, small and medium-sized ships can only play an auxiliary role, while the main ships that truly support a large fleet are large military ships. Without large military ships, everything is a castle in the air, let alone want to dominate the ocean."

Lei Cangpu did not directly answer Wu Feng's question. He knew that although his master was eager to establish a powerful navy as soon as possible, he felt that he needed to first introduce to His Highness the Qin King the basic situation of several major naval powers on the Eastern Continent today, so that His Highness the Qin King could clarify what level his navy needs to reach and what his main strategic intentions were.

"The only ones that can build large military ships in the Eastern Continent were the Empire and the Kingdom of Milan. Now the Japanese have obtained large military ship construction technology through special channels. According to the intelligence and observations we obtained, the Japanese technology for building large military ships should come from the Empire, which is almost exactly the same as the large military ships of the Empire. However, the Japanese have also added some of their own improvements to make their large military ships more aggressive."

"In the South China Ocean, the South China Ocean Alliance is also actively developing its own naval army. Due to technical limitations, although the countries of the South China Ocean Alliance have invested a lot of money in research, they have never made effective breakthroughs. Therefore, they have to spend huge amounts of money to purchase large military ships from the Kingdom of Milan. Now several major maritime city-states and countries in the South China Ocean Alliance already have more than three large military ships. Among them, the number of large military ships in the Sky Kingdom of Siam has reached seven, even exceeding the three traditional sea powers of the South China Ocean Ocean, the Grand Duchy of Mahad, and the Principal of Andako among the Principal of Andako is the same as the number of large military ships owned by the Grand Duchy of Mahad. If the number of large military ships in the entire South China Ocean Alliance countries is added together, the naval strength of the South China Ocean Alliance will even exceed the Kingdom of Milan. Therefore, the Kingdom of Milan has stopped exporting large military ships to the South China Ocean Alliance and continuously strengthens its own naval strength."

"The power of the imperial naval was originally the best in the entire Eastern Continent. Several fleets had as many as thirty large military ships, which was beyond the reach of any country or force. However, due to the outbreak of the imperial civil war, the empire's water power quickly split into two parts. What is even more heartbreaking is that the water power controlled by Situ Tai fought fiercely with the water power controlled by Situ Yuan. Although Situ Tai won the victory, it also paid an extremely heavy price, so it was ambushed by the Japanese. The entire maritime power was almost gone. Now there are only two large military ships in the remaining Third Water Fleet. Now, all parties in the empire pay more attention to the competition for land territories, so they almost adopted a policy of giving up the naval force and had no plan to rebuild the imperial naval force. Therefore, the imperial naval force is almost negligible now."

"Therefore, the naval power in the East is now that Milan and the Japanese are in a confrontation. In the South Ocean, because the main Milanese forces are restrained by the Japanese, Mahad and Andako's maritime strategies have always been mainly defensive. Therefore, although the power is not weak, in general, the Navy of the South Ocean Alliance is still the leader."

"Your Highness just asked Cangpu how to form a powerful navy, but Cangpu did not dare to answer rashly, because Cangpu first asked what kind of navy he was planning to build the Western Xinjiang Navy into? Is it enough to control the shipping routes on the South China Ocean? Or is it necessary to build a navy that can dominate the East and South China Oceans?" When he said this, Lei Cangpu's eyes shone and his voice gradually rose.

Wufeng's eyes fell on the face of the bronze man, and Lei Cangpu looked back at the other party without fear. After a long time, Wufeng laughed loudly, then waved his hand and patted him on the other party's shoulders, and said suddenly: "Good question, what kind of navy is it?! When I was studying in the Western Continent, I once heard a famous saying circulated in the Baltic coast countries. The navy is no second! I agree deeply, this is also my Cangpu's answer. Maybe our navy is still in its inception and will encounter many difficulties, but Cangpu, remember one thing, I, Li Wufeng, want a navy that can travel all over the world, not for some strategic purpose.

The established navy has the first-class goals and requirements of the entire continent, not just the Eastern continent! No matter what you need, even if you ask, don’t worry about the funds, I will instruct James that the Western Xinjiang Finance Department will support the navy without reservation; personnel, whether in the army, government system or in the academy, Xiao Tang and Ling Tianfang will give you a green light, you can give priority to the selection, and the selected personnel must obey unconditionally; as for the technology, what you mentioned in the large-scale military ship manufacturing technology, I will arrange for people to deliver the large-scale military ship manufacturing drawings of the Imperial Navy and the Milan Navy to you in the shortest time!"

Li Wufeng's wild and domineering answer hit Lei Cangpu's heart like a rolling tide of anger. At this moment, he only felt the urge to look up to the sky and howl. He did not expect that His Royal Highness, who had just stepped on the coastline from the inland, could say such a thing. The navy was not second! Since this is the case, what else should I hide and not open?

"Your Highness, since you have already said this, Cangpu has no extra words. It is just that in addition to funds, personnel and technology, naval construction is also a long-term process. It takes time to gradually temper and accumulate, so please do not expect too much results in a short period of time. In addition, Cangpu suggests to follow the example of the naval power of the Western Continent and establish a special naval training school. In addition to cultivating qualified sailors and sailors, it is more important to train a group of qualified naval officers. Only in this way can the long-term sustainability of naval construction be ensured and a high-quality naval force can be built." Lei Cangpu worked hard to suppress his surging heart, but was so excited that he was a little white-faced and exposed what he thought.

Wufeng once again looked at the middle-aged man from a deceased family because of the suggestion of establishing a naval officer school. Even Wufeng himself had never thought of such a forward-looking proposal, but the other party could make it at the first time. Moreover, the other party even knew that the Western Continent's naval power had such a precedent, which surprised Wufeng.

When Lei Cangpu saw Wufeng's surprised and suspicious eyes and licked his lips, he had to explain that he had traveled to the Western Continent for inspection several years ago. He had witnessed the non-commissioned officers who graduated from the Naval School entering the naval fleet and becoming the mainstream of the navy. The extremely powerful naval force in the Western Continent also proved that this measure was extremely advanced and correct.

Given that the mixed use of the East Samoan Navy Fleet and the commercial ports is not conducive to the construction of a powerful and efficient large naval fleet, at the suggestion of Lei Cangpu, who has been designated as his naval commander, Wufeng agreed to the plan to build a new large military port in a bay ten miles away from the East Samoan Commercial Port District. The berthed dock, which was originally dedicated to the naval fleet, was auctioned through open bidding. The proceeds from the auction became the first fund established by the Navy's Navy, and the funds for the newly built military port were all allocated in full by the Finance Department of the Western Xinjiang Protectorate.

This auction plan was disclosed by Wufeng at a banquet celebrating the establishment of the Governor's Office of the South China Sea, which immediately attracted the attention of industrial and commercial nobles from East Samoa and even Moro and Legung. The special terminal of the former East Samoa City Republic Naval Fleet is located at the core of the East Samoa port area. Due to the need for defense, other commercial terminals are also intentionally separated from the military terminals by a distance to ensure that the naval fleet can leave the port as quickly as possible when encountering war. Such an excellent dock with excellent locations

The area not only has a deep draft, a wide area, and a vast sea view, but more importantly, the dock area and the city area have special roads with good road conditions. If it is converted to civilian use, it is really a rare Feng Shui treasure land. According to the agreement reached with local industrial and commercial forces, military and diplomatic affairs are all under the responsibility of the Great Protectorate of the Western Xinjiang, and the Autonomous Parliament has no right to interfere. The auction of this military dock has naturally become a military service field, and is directly handled by the Western Xinjiang Military Affairs Office and the Western Xinjiang Finance Department.

For a time, the temporary office of the Western Xinjiang Finance Department in East Samoa was flooded. Kong Yunzhen, deputy director of the Western Xinjiang Finance Department, who was sent by James to help supervise the operation of financial affairs, immediately became a popular celebrity in the South China Sea Autonomous Territory. Everyone hoped to win the favor of the deputy director who was in charge of auctions and military port construction, so as to win the contract in dock auctions and military port construction projects.
Chapter completed!