Chapter 93 Dividing the Cake (for collection)
"Your Majesty, the Navy plans to build a total of five 'Caesar-class' battleships. Your Majesty, please name the other four." Marshal Earl Tirpitz looked at William II expectantly.
A total of five of the previous "Helgoland-class" battleships were built. Therefore, Marshal Earl Tirpitz took it for granted that five "Caesar-class" battleships should also be built.
Others have no objection to this. Although the cost of each battleship is very high, if five ships are built at one time, the total cost may exceed 300 million marks. But since the navy is capable of building so many, of course other people will not stop them and become villains.
William II nodded: "The first ship of the 'Caesar-class' battleship 'Caesar', the second ship is named 'Frederick the Great', the third ship is named 'Catherine', and the fourth ship is named 'King Albert', name the fifth ship 'Louis Polder Regent'!"
William II hesitated for a moment, and directly named several warships to be built. This makes people wonder whether William II had already prepared these names. As soon as the shipbuilding plan is approved, these names will be revealed immediately.
"Your Majesty is wise, these names are very good!" Marshal Earl Tirpitz immediately flattered him.
Others, including Qin Tian, were also flattering. This made William II very satisfied, with a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, the Crown Prince. This time, the navy plans to build two classes of eight warships. Which shipyards will build them?" asked Earl von Warren, chairman of the Naval Technical Committee.
The German shipyards accounted for the majority of the three-tier warships built before. Although there is still a sip of soup left for other shipyards, there are always shipyards that don't even have a sip of soup. Although, those small and medium-sized ones in the Navy are assigned a lot to them. But in comparison, everyone still hopes to get orders for large warships. After all, orders for large warships are not only profitable, but also a proof of the strength of the shipyard. Shipyards that can build large warships are also more confident when fighting for private orders.
William II did not speak, but looked at Qin Tian. After all, these two warships were designed by Qin Tian. Deutsche Shipyard has a large number of large slipways. Many of these slipways have been vacated. Even if all the eight warships of these two classes are eaten, there is no problem, but it will be a little bit overwhelmed.
Qin Tian smiled, he knew that Count von Warren represented the interests of many shipyards. Now, the German shipyard has made other shipyards very jealous because it has received a large number of orders for large military warships. If the orders for the 'Moltke-class' battlecruisers and the 'Caesar-class' battleships are all taken up in one go this time, it will inevitably make other shipyards very dissatisfied, and even make the German shipyard the public enemy of the entire industry. . Although, Qin Tian is not afraid of this. But he had no reason to do that. As a crown prince, if he still competes with others for profit, it will cause dissatisfaction among many people.
"Regarding the construction of the 'Moltke-class' battlecruisers and the 'Kaiser-class' battleships, I personally think that the first ships 'Moltke' and 'Kaiser' should be built in Deutsche Shipyard. The other ships have The navy can decide for itself!" Qin Tian said.
Being able to obtain two of the eight warships already accounted for a quarter. The other six ships, handed over to other shipyards for construction, can also share the benefits, allowing them to enjoy the cake brought about by the expansion of naval power. This is also necessary to win the support of this group of people. Germany, after all, is a capitalist country. The owners of those shipyards undoubtedly have great influence. Qin Tian didn't want to push these guys to his opposite.
Besides, the German Navy cannot be supported by just one shipyard like Deutsche Shipyard, it requires the concerted efforts of many shipyards.
In addition, Qin Tian also intends to build a large oil tanker in the German shipyard to accumulate experience for the future construction of aircraft carriers.
"Well, let's do it according to the Crown Prince's opinion!" William II nodded in satisfaction. Qin Tian was able to share all these benefits instead of eating alone, which made William II very satisfied. In William II's view, Qin Tian is growing rapidly, becoming more and more like a crown prince, and even more like a monarch.
Count von Warren also breathed a sigh of relief. Qin Tian did not eat alone, but gave up most of the benefits, and finally allowed other shipyards to get some orders this time. The order of six large warships can satisfy at least six large shipyards.
"Is this kid really not even twenty years old? Why is he acting so sophisticated?" Little Mao Qi muttered to himself. He felt more and more that Qin Tian's behavior was not at all like a person under twenty years old, but like an old fox. This also made him wonder whether it was the right thing to choose to fight against Qin Tian.
And Marshal Earl Tirpitz looked at Qin Tian with even more approval. Originally, he was planning to remind Qin Tian that this time he could no longer eat alone. But he didn't expect Qin Tian himself to realize this.
"It is a blessing for the entire empire to have such a crown prince in the German Empire!" Marshal Earl Tirpitz couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In fact, Qin Tian simply didn't care about these profits. With the completion of the business expansion of the Deutsche Welfare Lottery Company in the entire European and American world, it can bring Qin Tian huge profits every month. In contrast, the profits of the German shipyards in building warships are not worth mentioning at all.
The reason why Qin Tian cares about Deutsche Shipyard is entirely because of the huge influence brought by a large shipyard. After all, battleships of this era can be regarded as the crystallization of science and technology, and the shipyards that can build large battleships are undoubtedly the top-notch in terms of technical strength. Such a shipyard can be regarded as a key enterprise no matter which country it is in.
In addition, Qin Tian also hopes that Deutsche Shipyard can act as a catfish in the German shipbuilding field and encourage other shipyards to develop rapidly. This will undoubtedly be of great help to further enhance the strength of the German Navy.
It can be seen that in order to develop the strength of the German navy and ensure that Germany can win in future wars, Qin Tian has taken great pains.
Under Qin Tian's deliberate actions, this time the 'Nassau' battleship commissioning ceremony, the host and guests had a great time.
