Chapter 268: Deal!

And just before this meeting, the British representative in Bavaria suddenly came to Berlin and readjusted the demand for hardened armor in 1899! And this demand directly increased by more than 50% compared to 1898! Such a big change must be tricky! At first the British did not intend to say, but after the prince threatened the limited number of armor exports, the British representative used the needs of a third country as an excuse to vaguely stated the whereabouts of the armor.

  Combined with the information collected from other channels, the prince concluded that the Japanese had bought warships from the UK, and the number will definitely not be small! As for battleship performance? The four 12-inch guns must be real, and the content behind is the prince's own estimation...

  Of course, in general, as a piece of information, His Royal Highness is still very good, at least roughly correct! There is no problem in the big aspect, but what if there are some problems in the details. Besides, the prince is not working in the Russian intelligence service. I can tell you it is because of the need to sell weapons. It's okay to be able to bluff people, what else can you do?

   "Hiss." All the Russians, including Nicholas II, took a breath! Order three warships in one go in 1899! That means Japan will have 3 battleships in 1902, and by 1904, the number of battleships is likely to reach more than 6!

  Looking at performance again, the speed of all Japanese battleships is above 18 knots, while the slowest battleship of the Russians is not even 16 knots! The firepower and design are also inferior, and the quality of the Russian navy is worse. If this is really fighting, Makanov is not sure!

  I have to say, His Royal Highness Prince Ruprecht’s words really scared the Russians! There is no way not to believe it! The Russians may not have expected the enemy to be lenient, but everyone knows what it means. We must consider the worst in everything. And at this juncture, if the other party can say this kind of thing, it must have a basis, after all, the other party is a prince, and the opposite is the Russian tsar!

"It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, because the facts will prove everything I said. Here is an armor import document submitted by the British. It contains the demand for armor. You can check it out. Of course, it is impossible to take it away. "After speaking, His Royal Highness handed a document to Nicholas II who was opposite.

"Well, now I give you a chance to choose. You can order 4 warships now, each for a unit price of 1.8 million pounds, or you can order two now, each for 1.8 million pounds, and you can order again within half a year. For 2 ships, the price per ship is 1.85 million pounds! How about? Think about it. Of course, if you think you are really not satisfied, you don’t need to buy it. We don’t have to worry about finding an order.” The prince said, he went to the chair. Yikei, with a very relaxed attitude, looked at the pale-faced tsar and the high-ranking Russian officials next to him.

  The current prince is definitely a pair of Lao Tzu, this is NB, love to buy and buy, do not buy to get rid of, it feels like the future generations face India! Seeing the other person gritted his teeth with hatred, but was speechless, he could only silently take out the gold ruble in his purse, that feeling, that kind of sourness...

   "We need time to discuss this, and fund raising also takes time." At Nicholas II's signal, although Makanov did not say clearly, the purchase of a new warship is a foregone conclusion. Even the Russians don’t even have the meaning of bargaining. It’s not that the Russians don’t want to keep prices down, but that the opposite person really doesn’t buy oil and salt, and in an absolute seller’s market, the Russians really don’t want to keep prices down. easy!

  The only problem now is to buy a few ships and when to start construction, but at this time, His Royal Highness still did not forget to sprinkle a handful of salt on the Russian wounds!

"Before the construction of the new ship starts, your country must pay 50% of the price, and before the warship is launched, your country must pay the remaining 50% of the balance. This should also be written into the agreement." The prince did not care about Nicholas. La II said with a murderous vision, slowly.

  "We can't accept such an offer!" Nicholas II's angry voice echoed throughout the conference room, making the whole process of the meeting changed.

"Isn’t it just a lack of money? Please, use your brains. In this era, not only the French and the British are rich, but the Americans are also rich. There is also a common enemy between the United States and Russia. It's better for the French to borrow money!"

"Of course, I don't think your country will have any difficulties in payment. The Americans have already told me the price of hiring three cruisers in your country. The money can fully cover the first installment. Maybe I have some Prejudice, but I have to say that your country is still too stingy! I always want to keep the price to a minimum! But you don’t know that it is precisely because of this reason that you have lost opportunities again and again."

Ruprecht didn’t worry that Nicholas II would set the table. In the Spanish-American War, the three armored cruisers and the officers and soldiers on the ships exchanged nearly 3 million pounds in US dollars in Nicholas’ hands, which is equivalent to A batch of old ships was replaced by a batch of new ships.

  In the Spanish-American War, if purely from an economic point of view, the Japanese made a big profit, while the Russians made a small profit! Three outdated cruisers are worth £3 million! Of course, the profit that the Russians exchanged for will now change hands and enter the pockets of His Royal Highness ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In fact, if the asking price in Bavaria is not so high, we can develop more areas of cooperation. If Your price can be lower, so it is not impossible to buy army artillery from Bavaria. "

  Nicholas II knew that it was almost impossible to make the other party give in, but at the end, he made one last effort. Hope to keep the price down slightly. But what Nicholas II could not imagine was that the greedy, cruel and cunning Prince Ruprecht was waiting for the czar's words!

  How can a simple naval order satisfy the prince’s gluttonous appetite for money? From the current point of view, the Russian Navy's order is estimated to be more than 7 million pounds. It is almost impossible to squeeze more oil and water in the navy. After all, the Russians themselves had to build a batch of battleships, and the French had to get a share of the pie. In the history of Russia, there were only a dozen battleships participating in the war during the entire Russo-Japanese War... And the cost of this battleship is about equal to 2 ordinary battleships...

If there is no major change in the Russian finances, then the number of battleships may decline. If Russia can have 12 battleship-class battleships at the start of the war, 4 of its own production has reached its limit and it is impossible to obtain more shares. !

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