After the conversation with Bruna, Jiangzhou formed a working group to manage the "Pana City Coup," with himself as the leader, Su Tiannan as the deputy leader, and Mr. Da Bai as Bruna's personal secretary. Simply put, as long as the girl was willing, he could sleep with her, taking personal care to the extreme.

Su Tianyu was temporarily not involved in this group because he was currently surrounded by various happy troubles. Moreover, the Pana City operation was a long-term project, so his temporary absence wouldn't have a big impact. Therefore, he needed to take some time to solve the immediate problems.

...

Inside the Chi Army's small conference room, Xin Xiaodong, Chief of Staff Wu, Zhao Weihu, and others were smoking, eagerly looking at Su Tianyu.

"Didn't you just take Slanka not long ago? You should be full, so why are you asking for money again?" Su Tianyu asked helplessly.

"Commander, explain it to him," Chief of Staff Wu said obsequiously to Zhao Weihu.

Zhao Weihu coughed twice, holding his cigarette, and replied, "When we captured Slanka, we mostly seized military equipment and supplies, but these things can't be converted into cash! What we lack now is military funding."

Su Tianyu was silent.

"If it were before, we would have been self-sufficient," Zhao Weihu continued, "The arms business and the side businesses our Chi Army runs ourselves generated decent income. But now the arms business is shut down, the political situation in the Sinaloa region is so complicated, and we were stuck in Juarez for more than two months... we couldn't do anything, so... the economic situation is indeed a bit poor. You and Lao Li should discuss it and see if you can approve some money for us first."

Su Tianyu fell into deep thought.

"Let me state my position first," Xin Xiaodong said, raising his hand, "Officer Su, you are our leader now, and everyone listens to you. If you say you want to take down someone, we will definitely not be bluffing. We will grab our guns and go! Even if we lose the last man, we will strive to complete the mission. But if the brothers go up the mountain, first of all, a series of formal military benefits are gone... including housing, year-end bonuses, training allowances, etc... If you can't give us this money, we can still talk to the soldiers ourselves, but if the military funding stalls, then I really can't control the men below. It might even cause a mutiny, desertions. This thing is contagious. If someone runs, others will definitely follow."

Su Tianyu took a sip of tea, his brow furrowed.

"So what I mean is, an ordinary soldier absolutely needs at least two thousand yuan a month," Xin Xiaodong said, spreading his palms. "Logically speaking, being up the mountain, the situation outside the district definitely can't compare to inside the district. It's more dangerous here, so we should give everyone a raise, but considering our current economic situation... maintaining the same salary level as in Dragon City is already the bare minimum."

"Mm," Su Tianyu didn't object, but nodded.

In fact, Xin Xiaodong's words made sense. Formal soldiers inexplicably followed their commander up the mountain, and not only did their treatment not improve, but it might even be reduced. If that's the case, the morale below will definitely be unstable.

To put it bluntly, grassroots soldiers are leaving their families and careers to fight with you, but they are not even earning as much as before. Who can stand that?

Is the expense of military salaries huge?

Actually, when you calculate it carefully, it's a terrifying expense.

If you pay a soldier two thousand yuan a month, then just the Third Division alone, with ten thousand men, would consume twenty million yuan in military funding per month.

About six million of this is borne by the old Mexican government army because the old Mexican region is relatively poor. Their soldiers' salaries are in the 600, 700, and 800 ranges, and since the Third Division has come here and belongs to the combat sequence of the old Mexican government army, the higher-ups will definitely pay military salaries.

But this six million yuan doesn't solve the fundamental problem, and Su Tianyu can't count on the old Mexican government army to give the Third Division special treatment. To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the diplomatic and offensive political strategy of the old Mexican government army's top leader, who is close to the Huaxia region and likes Zhao Weihu, then based on the current political situation here, the upper echelons would probably have cut off the Chi Army's food supply long ago.

You are not our national armed forces, and you have an ambiguous relationship with Dragon City, so why should we spend money to support you? So this six million yuan per month may not be sustainable and could be cut off at any time.

Another problem is that the average salary level of the Third Division is much higher than that of the Chi Army. During their time in Dragon City, soldiers' monthly salaries were two thousand, and now that they've come here, they definitely have to be paid that amount as well.

But the Chi Army's previous monthly salary was more than nine hundred, less than a thousand. They paid according to seniority and age of enlistment, but now that the Third Division has arrived and the two sides have merged, you can't possibly pay the Xin family's side two thousand but only pay the Chi Army one thousand, right?

If you're going to do it, you have to be fair, and you have to pay the brothers who are risking their lives the same salary.

The Chi Army also has several thousand people, and excluding the military funding provided by the old Mexican government army, the fixed monthly expenditure must be at least ten million yuan.

How much is that all together?

A fixed expense of twenty-five or six million yuan per month! Now that the arms business has stopped, and the Chi Army has to garrison Slanka at all times, and the troops have no stable income, how can this financial hole be filled?

This is a happy trouble! It's not that Lao Li's team isn't earning enough, but unknowingly, their own size has grown several times over.

In fact, the Tongji Association and the Code Worker Association are making a lot of money every month, but they also have to support their own association members. It's impossible to supply all their income to the troops. And the income of the Dragon City government is definitely supervised by the higher-ups. It's not like Lao Li can take out as much as he wants. Don't forget, he still has the Second Party and Ouyang Zhen above him.

What to do?

Ask Jiangzhou for help?

This might solve some of the money problems, but if you take Huaxia's money, the nature of the troops will change!

Who will have the final leadership? This... this is definitely not acceptable. You still have to support your own team.

Su Tianyu sat in the conference room and said with some melancholy, "I know the matter, let me think about how to solve it."

"As soon as possible, our cash reserves are less than two months," Xin Xiaodong said, standing up, "Let me say one thing in advance, the military funding currently being prepared is all from the Xin family's own high-ranking officials."

This is not boasting. In fact, after the Xin family went up the mountain, they haven't received any benefits at all. On the contrary, they are putting their own money in. Because the transfer of more than ten thousand troops is not something that can be done simply by talking about it. It involves the transfer of military dependents, local resettlement, and other issues.

Moving any of these things costs money.

Make money!

This is the most important issue that Su Tianyu needs to consider at the moment. At least in the short term, he must get rich quickly so that he can hold out until the arms business finds a new transportation channel.

...

Outside Washington, on a small island.

An Qiqi and her two best friends were on a heartbreak trip.