The Navy''s annual summary meeting is not like the army''s mid year meeting, which reflects the fine style of soldiers. The navy is more like a business meeting.


    Of course, this also has a lot to do with the attitude of some demoted senior Navy officials and the current senior Navy officials. At the beginning, in order to ensure that the senior Navy officials would not be purged because of "fear of war", some navy generals took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility.


    The royal family was very angry about their behavior, dismissed a group of senior Navy generals, and gave the Navy the most severe punishment - reducing the annual military appropriation.


    Perhaps it was the final madness. The defeated royal family shirked the outcome of the civil war to the Navy and believed that the main reason why the war would be lost was that the Navy did not play a sufficient role. If the navy can break through the federal blockade on the sea, directly attack the federal coastal cities, or even land, it will be enough to reverse the situation in the early stage of the war.


    But in fact, the Navy did not do very well, but it was not so bad. At least the Federal Navy was intercepted on the sea and did not let the Federal Navy plunder on the east coast to expand its advantage. Their performance has passed.


    You know, if the Federation could supply by sea, maybe there would be no empire or royal family now. Everyone is their own!


    The disappointment of the imperial royal family made the Navy very dissatisfied. Those dismissed generals did not return to the Navy after MARGES overthrew the royal rule, but started business with the help of their reputation and contacts in the Navy.


    At present, the largest shipping companies in the Empire are almost controlled by these retired Navy generals, and a large part of their operating profits are used to support the Navy''s military expenses. The Canadian Navy has its own business, which allows the navy to maintain its current scale without funding from the Ministry of defense.


    It has to be mentioned here that the new government had the first contact with the Navy. Their request was that the Navy give up its business, stop accepting external financial assistance, and reduce the size of the Navy. Finally, the talks collapsed, which created the current situation.


    In the words of those generals, they can take off their military hats, take off their military uniforms and become ordinary people, but the establishment, scale and autonomy of the navy must not be shaken. This is the persistence and reliance of all the Navy.


    As soon as Lieutenant General Chris led durin into the hall, someone took the initiative to come over. Most of these people were lieutenant generals, admirals and ship kings of the Empire.


    "I always wanted to meet Mr. durin a long time ago. I must thank you for your support to the Navy, because with an excellent patriotic businessman like you, the navy can ensure the safety of the imperial sea!" said Admiral Quinn of the Imperial Navy headquarters.


    Admiral Quinn looked very kind, his eyebrows were white, and he gave a kind feeling when he smiled. However, these are all illusions he showed. Thomas told Doolin that admiral Quinn is one of the iconic figures of the militant faction in the Navy. He advocated that the Navy should rely more on itself rather than the Empire, and expand the ruling scope of the Imperial Navy on the sea, so that the cabinet and the Ministry of defense had to face up to the role of the Navy.


    It is said, but it is said, that the plan to let the Navy pretend to be pirates and plunder on the current high seas came from Admiral Quinn. This plan greatly makes up for the deficiency of the navy in military expenditure. More specifically, only higher-level Navy generals know. Thomas is just a small high-level who has just been promoted to major general. He is not a real high-level in the strict sense. He still doesn''t know a lot.


    After the two shook hands, Admiral Quinn lowered his voice, "you can walk around the base now, or chat with other friends and eat something. After our activities, there will be a small-scale meeting. You must come at that time!" after that, he stood up straight and shook hands with Du Lin again, "our female soldiers are very enthusiastic. See you later!".


    Dooling knew what the guy was thinking without thinking. At the same time, he began to be vigilant against the admiral. Suggesting that he did these things on the Navy''s territory, some things are likely to get out of control.


    After seeing off admiral Quinn, durin chatted with several other ship kings. Although he didn''t have any ships in his hands, everyone knows that the Otis naval base is equivalent to durin''s, just under the Navy''s name.


    The entire Otis naval base and the mondona naval base on the west coast are supported by Turin''s money. Now Turin does not only smuggling goods, but also shipping. For example, about one-third to half of the goods of some enterprises, such as the alcoholic beverage manufacturers authorized by him, go out through his channels.


    Mainly safe, fast, no worries.


    At the beginning, some people may have considered competing for these channels in Turin''s hands, but after the agents stand up, these people don''t have these ideas. Neither the Navy nor the thugs under Turin can be countered by ordinary forces.


    They talked a lot. The main aspect was the current international situation. With the end of the war between the Empire and the Federation, there was almost no large-scale war in the world. There may be some small friction, but everyone is more restrained.


    Now the whole world has entered a new era. It is obviously not feasible to improve a country''s status by force, so the economy has become the main direction of development. After the federal financial tsunami, many scholars and experts agreed that in the future, the manifestation of war will evolve from force to economic war, and the failure of the Federation in the financial tsunami is the freshest and most typical case.


    A financial tsunami has taken away the economic achievements of the Federation for at least ten years. This outcome is much more serious than the defeat of a war. Strengthening the national defense system is no longer a competition for military strength, but also financial and economic resistance.


    As long as we want economic development, we can''t do without the important link of commodity circulation. According to the current situation, although the Imperial Navy can''t rule the whole world''s oceans, it still has an absolute dominant position among the four continents.


    "By the way, you know, there are people from the East!" a ship king suddenly talked about an interesting thing, which attracted everyone''s attention.


    People''s curiosity and exploration of the ocean have never stopped, especially the Navy, a special profession, who have a pioneering spirit to explore the ocean. In these years, people have gone to the East intermittently, but no oriental ship has ever come to the West.


    In some historical records, the East has sent missions to the west, but it is a pity that those people think that the west is still in the early form of a civilized society, full of barbarism and stupidity, and left disappointed.


    In addition, so far there is no clear route to ensure the safety of long-distance voyage. Normal people will never consider these except that speculators who want to get rich overnight will consider trying to go to the East.


    But now, Mr. Chuanwang actually said that people from the East had come, which immediately aroused everyone''s curiosity, including Du Lin.


    In terms of his familiarity with the East, perhaps Turin knows the east the most among all people. Of course, it is only limited to the world in his dream. He is also very curious about the East.


    Seeing that he had attracted the attention of others, Mr. Chuanwang continued, "there are two guys with adventurous spirit, one named Columbus and the other named Macken, who got a boat to the East, met the Oriental mission on the way, and they will arrive on the east coast around January." he paused here, "Compared with these two lucky guys, in fact, I am more concerned about whether the Oriental people have mastered a safe route. If they are willing to share, maybe one day I can go to the east to have a look."


    When a group of people talked about what they didn''t know about the East and imagined how much benefit it would bring to the navy if they could win the voice of the channel between the East and the west, Thomas, who came back from his work, found Turin.


    They went to one corner. Thomas took off his hat and held it around his waist. He wiped the sweat on his forehead and sighed, "you must not know what happened!"


    Dooling asked, "what happened?"


    This sentence made Thomas proud, "it can scare you to death. The Oriental mission will arrive next month and give me an extra money... In fact, the bases on the east coast have received additional funds. I hope we can show the prestige of the Imperial Navy and let those arrogant easterners understand our strength."


    The adjective "arrogance" is mostly an emotion extended from the historical records recording the visit of the Oriental mission to the West. The original royal family was called "barbaric chief" by the Oriental mission, which is enough to make many people remember the arrogance and rudeness of the Oriental people.


    So this time, the cabinet decided to take the best look to receive the Oriental mission and let them understand that even if it is barbaric, it is also powerful.


    For a time, the whole navy was almost discussing about the Oriental mission, which made Turin feel disconnected from the latest news, because he didn''t know it before!


    Dooling didn''t want to talk about what he didn''t know. He asked another question, "Admiral Quinn just told me that there will be a small-scale meeting later. What''s that?"


    Thomas looked around, lowered his voice and revealed it, "The General Commander and the general staff think that the current industrial distribution is too chaotic, and they intend to formulate some new rules, which is also related to the situation at the top of the country. To be honest, this year''s annual meeting will not be peaceful. The General Commander means to move closer to the Ministry of defense again, but admiral Quinn thinks we should no longer be controlled by the Ministry of defense. Do you understand?"