Chapter 1001 Visiting
Siheyuan.
Liu Tao is entertaining Li Fuguo and his wife.
Tonight, Li Fuguo and his wife came to visit.
Since Li Fuguo was transferred from Panshan Group, not long after, Li Fuguo's wife was also transferred from Panshan Group.
And now both of them are in the capital.
Li Fuguo has been going to the National Defense University since last year, not only for further studies, but also for exploring synthetic forces with generals from the army.
As China completes the construction of mechanized troops, the next step is to launch the construction of synthetic troops.
After so many years of exploration, the path for the development of the army has become very clear.
In recent years, the country has also been continuously cultivating new types of military talents and encouraging more high school students, college students, and undergraduates to enter the military, thereby improving the academic level of the military.
It is imperative to provide the average academic level of the military.
Because many modern weapons and equipment require highly educated people to learn and master them well.
For example, the information warfare force has a minimum requirement of undergraduates in computer-related majors, and some even have master's degrees and doctoral degrees!
The more sophisticated weapons are, the more high-quality talents are needed, because there is so much to learn.
It was a rare occasion to get together with his old colleagues, so Liu Tao took out his collection of Maotai liquor.
In recent years, the production of Moutai has continued to increase, and the price of Moutai has also been rising.
Kweichow Moutai is a well-known brand.
For many reasons, Kweichow Moutai has become the national liquor.
The amount of Moutai liquor Liu Tao collects is very rare. The only one in the country that has more old Moutai liquor than Liu Tao is the Moutai Group.
After drinking for three rounds, both of them took off their coats.
Li Fuguo said: "To be honest, I would rather train at the training base or go out to fight. Let me manage, study and take classes at the National Defense University. I feel very uncomfortable!"
"Old Li, your superiors have high hopes for you. They hope that you will learn more knowledge and master more military command theories. Naturally, there will be other people to train troops, but not everyone can conduct command operations. Especially operations at the group army level!" Liu Tao said.
The current strength of the entire military remains at 2.5 million, which is currently the largest military in the world. Even if the US military has been continuously reduced in recent years, there are only 1.5 million left.
Ranking second is India, which has a total of 2.45 million troops. Over the years, India has maintained a large army for a long time to ensure that it is no worse than its surrounding neighbors, and its military expenditures remain high.
The third place is the polar bear. The polar bear currently maintains an army of 1.8 million. After the separation, the polar bear inherited the largest share of the inheritance and is living a manageable life.
In China, the largest organization is naturally the large military region. A large military region has several group armies under its jurisdiction, and the command operations of the group army involve operations involving 70,000 to 80,000 people. If it is a large military zone, just a few group armies will fight with two to three hundred thousand troops. This is a great test for the commander's command ability.
"I know the truth, I just feel uncomfortable." Li Fuguo took a sip of wine, "You said that I am a rough person and want to study in depth in military theory. Isn't it difficult for me?"
Li Fuguo was drinking and talking about something.
After leaving Panshan Group, Li Fuguo's biggest feeling was that life had become sad.
The wages of soldiers have dropped significantly. Like other fraternal units in the army, recruits have no wages.
Then when training, you can't open up to training, otherwise you will overspend.
Even long-distance and cross-regional maneuvers by the troops may not be carried out only once a year.
I remember that when I was in the Panshan Group, we had enough training on ammunition barrels, and even stipulated how many rounds of bullets and artillery shells all soldiers and officers had to fire a year.
The military's military expenditures are limited and must be paid according to military expenditures.
This is still the case. Every year, a large amount of money is taken on credit from Panshan Group, and then it is deducted when the state settles with Panshan Group. Otherwise, the military will definitely feel more uncomfortable.
Even though military spending exceeded 100 billion last year, it was still not enough for the military.
Liu Tao comforted Li Fuguo and told Li Fuguo that good days for the army were coming.
In recent years, the increase in military expenditure has actually been considerable.
Especially in recent years, this increase has been visible to the naked eye.
Next, military spending will definitely rise further.
And due to some special reasons, the RMB will gradually depreciate again.
Over the past ten years or so, the value of China's RMB has been quite stable.
But sometimes this is the case. Appropriate depreciation of the currency is conducive to exports. As the world's factory, China is the world's largest export country. China's goods are exported to all over the world. Appropriate currency depreciation is conducive to improving the international competitiveness of goods.
Of course, there is another very important reason, that is, the U.S. economy has been developing very well in the past few years. The U.S. government has made a surplus every year, and the U.S. debt has continued to decline every year. This has led to the continued strengthening of the U.S. dollar, and the strengthening of the U.S. dollar has actually put pressure on China.
Appropriate currency depreciation is conducive to the inflow of capital into China, but not conducive to the outflow of capital from China.
If it were any other country, the currency would have devalued long ago.
In recent years, other currencies have depreciated sharply against the US dollar.
The exchange rate of Japan’s yen against the U.S. dollar is 150:1; the exchange rate of South Korea’s won against the U.S. dollar is 1737.6:1
From a certain perspective, China competes with Japan and South Korea in terms of exports. The sharp depreciation of the Japanese yen and South Korean won is beneficial to Japan and South Korea's exports.
If the Chinese renminbi is not devalued properly, it will be detrimental to the export of Chinese goods.
Of course, in addition to export considerations, there are also considerations in Southeast Asia.
Liu Tao and Li Fuguo drank more than a bottle of Moutai liquor. Both of them were a little drunk. They asked someone to send Li Fuguo and his wife away. Liu Tao drank the sobering soup brought by Zhu Lin.
"I heard from my elder sister that Zhenguo's wife is already three months pregnant. In a few months, my elder sister will become a grandmother." Zhu Lin put down the bowl and said.
"Three months pregnant? Isn't that a marriage for pregnancy?" Liu Tao was a little surprised.
Qian Zhenguo, the eldest son of Liu Hongying and Qian Huaqiang, just got married before the Spring Festival. Qian Zhenguo's girlfriend was in Hong Kong University. Qian Zhenguo started his business and became famous in Hong Kong.
Before the Spring Festival, Qian Zhenguo got married, and Liu Tao attended their wedding as his uncle.
The wedding was not held in Hong Kong, but in Beijing, with hundreds of banquets.
Qian Zhenguo's wife is the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Hong Kong. She makes home handheld and arcade games.
Liu Tao had already investigated the woman's situation clearly. After all, this is his nephew, so as an uncle, he naturally has to check it carefully.
Zhu Lin hugged Liu Tao and said, "Yes, time flies. Maybe in a few years, Jingming and the others will get married and have children, and we will all become grandparents."
"Time is incredible. I have grown old without knowing it!" Zhu Lin was a little sad. Before she knew it, she was 46 years old and became an old woman.
Liu Tao turned around, stroked Zhu Lin's face, and chuckled, "In my heart, you are always young, like an 18-year-old beautiful girl, and you will never grow old!"
Although Zhu Lin is no longer as beautiful as she was back then, she still has charm and looks gentle and generous. Her temperament will make people feel ashamed. She is still beautiful.
Because of her affluent life, Zhu Lin has maintained herself very well. She doesn't even have any nasolabial folds, and the skin on her face remains tight and smooth.