Chapter 812 Buy a frigate to deter pirates?

Beijing, Siheyuan.

Tingniaowu.

On a table, thin slices of beef from various parts and green vegetables were placed.

The soup base in the middle had already boiled.

Liu Tao took a plate of small fat beef and poured it into the boiling water, and when the water boiled again, he scooped it up with a colander.

He personally introduced to the guests how to eat, and the two talked and laughed while eating.

The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

About half an hour later, they had almost finished eating, and the two moved to the tea room.

Liu Hongying came in to clean up and took away the bowls and basins.

At this time, the tea had been brewed twice, and the two also got to the point tacitly.

"Liu, we hope to introduce your frigates, the new type of frigates!" Hassan said.

This time he came to China, there were many things to discuss.

Among them, strengthening naval construction was one of them.

After years of construction, Tanzania already has 20 ports, including Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Mtwara, Zanzibar, Mwanza and other relatively large ports.

Dar es Salaam Port is the most important port in Tanzania. It is a bay port with a transshipment area and a basic port. It is located in Dar es Salaam Bay on the eastern coast of Tanzania, on the west side of the Indian Ocean, 35 miles northeast of Zanzibar Island. It is the largest seaport in Tanzania and one of the famous ports in East Africa.

This port is a natural deep-water port with a wide water area of ​​about 950,000 square meters. The port coastline is 2,016 meters long, with 11 deep-water berths and a maximum water depth of 10 meters. The port handles 95% of Tanzania's international trade and serves inland African countries such as Malawi, Zambia, Congo, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.

This port was also invested and built by Panshan Group. As a supply point for the navy, it owns 55% of the shares of the port.

It is precisely because of the increase in participation in international trade that Tasmania wants to strengthen its naval construction to ensure the safety of the route.

After all, there are a lot of pirates there.

Liu Tao frowned slightly: "Hassan, my friend, as a friend, my suggestion is that Tasmania can just import our new torpedo boats, at most new missile boats, and Tasmania should use more funds to develop the economy."

"If you import our new frigates, your naval port will have to be rebuilt. After all, your naval port is not suitable for docking new frigates." Liu Tao's very sincere suggestion.

Because of the many cooperative relationships between the two sides, he knows Tasmania very well.

Now Tasmania is much better than more than ten years ago, but it is also relative.

At present, Tasmania is still an out-and-out developing country and a resource-based country.

The largest export project of Tasmania is the export of mineral resources.

In recent years, taking advantage of the high oil prices, Tasmania has also made a lot of money, and its economic growth rate is relatively fast.

But it does not mean that Tasmania has no problems. On the contrary, Tasmania has many internal problems, such as corruption, bribery, and tax evasion.

In the process of reform and opening up in Tasmania, the rapid economic growth is obvious to all, but a large number of problems have also emerged.

Even though it has developed well in recent years, Tasmania is still not an industrialized country.

Given the situation around Tasmania, its neighbors do not have the ability to threaten Tasmania militarily. In addition, Tasmania is not threatened much by the situation at sea, and the existing navy is enough to maintain maritime security.

The Type 054 frigate is definitely a killer in Tasmania.

"We don't want much, just a new frigate to deter pirates!" Hassan said.

Liu Tao smiled bitterly.

Pirates, do we still need to use Type 054 frigates to deter?

Just kidding!

Torpedo boats are more than enough, and even armed ships can do it!

"Hassan, this new frigate costs 400 million US dollars, which is not a low price. You can also ask Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, etc., and they will definitely not cheat you." Liu Tao said: "Even if you pay in RMB, it will cost 1.6 billion RMB!"

"And with the money to buy a new frigate, you can buy 13 new torpedo boats and 8 new missile boats, which is enough to increase your naval strength by at least ten times!" Liu Tao said, "Are you sure you want to buy a new frigate?"

It is also because of the friendly relationship between the two sides, otherwise Liu Tao would not persuade so earnestly.

"Yes, we will buy a new frigate!" Hassan said firmly.

"Okay, but I have to say that even now, you will have to wait four years to get the new frigate. If you want us to train officers and soldiers on the ship, you have to pay an extra sum of money." Liu Tao said.

It is true that both sides are very good, but brothers should also settle accounts clearly.

This is Liu Tao's consistent principle.

It is how much money it should be, and it should be paid as it should be paid.

Hassan showed a delighted look, "Of course, of course!"

Purchasing new frigates is an important matter for his visit to China this time.

As for the price, Tasania also inquired about it and had a good idea.

And after so many years of cooperation with Panshan Group, he also understood Panshan Group and would not make a random offer.

Now that Liu Tao agreed, the matter was complete.

Afterwards, Hassan mentioned the second matter.

The second thing is that Tassania wants to build another railway, but the funds are not enough, so it wants to borrow money from Panshan Group and have Panshan Group build it.

In the past ten years, Panshan Group has participated in the construction of railways and roads in Tassania, which has greatly helped Tassania's transportation.

Liu Tao would naturally not refuse such a thing, after all, it is a good thing.

Loans have interest, and the mine is used as collateral, so the profit from building railways is also considerable.

By handing this matter over to the Ministry of Railways, Panshan Group can save some money.

"But Hassan, you must listen to us on the railway line, and you can't interfere!" Liu Tao had to take precautions.

In Tassania, various forces are also complicated and intertwined, and each tribe has its own interests. These tribes always hope that the railway will pass through their tribe or mine, or hire more young and strong people from their tribe to build the railway.

Panshan Group has encountered many such things in recent years.

"No, absolutely not!" Hassan said quickly, "We all believe in you. You are different from Westerners. Westerners brought us war, slavery, and destruction, while you brought us construction! Our friendship has withstood the test of time."

Tassania has been strengthening its relationship with each other over the years, isn't it because it has tasted the sweetness and gained huge benefits from it!

Although Tassania has also paid a lot, it has also gained something. It can be said that both sides have achieved a real win-win situation.

This is something that cannot be obtained by cooperating with Westerners.

This is also an important reason why Hassan came to China this time, instead of going to the United States or Europe, or to Moscow.