"One million two thousand gold francs!" Lopunov looked at Hugo seriously and said: "If it is lower than this amount, I really can't explain it to His Majesty the Emperor of our country!" ”

"Okay!" Seeing that Lopunov's eyes were very sincere, Hugo nodded and agreed to the amount.

The Rus' seem to be naturally more axial, or rather unhaggled.

Hugo clearly saw that Lopunov's offer of 1.2 million gold francs was already the limit of what he could bear, so he didn't argue anymore.

In order to prevent long nights and dreams, Lopunov signed a mortgage agreement with Hugo on the spot.

The two put pen to paper, and after the approval of the Emperor of Rus' and the King of France, the agreement was officially put into effect.

Naturally, this 1,200,000 gold francs could not be allocated directly to the Rus' state.

According to the previous management, in addition to deducting 200,000 gold francs as a deposit, the remaining 1 million gold francs, of which 700,000 gold francs were directly purchased for the city's weapons and ammunition, and the remaining 300,000 gold francs were given to the government of the Rus' country for military use.

As for whether the 300,000 gold francs were finally used for military spending, it is not a matter of concern to France.

After reaching an agreement with Hugo, Lopinov rushed to the English embassy in France non-stop, and after half a day of negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement again, and the government of Rus' was willing to mortgage the copper mines in the southern Ural Mountains to the Bank of England at a price of 1.6 million gold francs.

Of course, unlike France, the Bank of England directly deposited one million gold francs into the account of the Rus' government, and the remaining 600,000 gold francs, in addition to the deposit of 200,000 yuan, were purchased for the industrial equipment of England.

The weapons of the Rus' country are French standards, and if you purchase English weapons, I am afraid that you can only use them as burning sticks in the end.

Therefore, no matter how much the general manager of the Bank of England persuades, Lopunov just does not buy weapons from England.

In the end, I had no choice but to buy some industrial equipment!

Britain and France borrowed money from Rus' one after another, and the rest of the countries heard the news, and soon the Rus' weapons, ammunition, and money were ready, and they were ready to attack eastward when the snow in Western Siberia had melted next year......

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On the side of the Great Zhou, 50,000 soldiers practiced day and night along the Great Wall, but Zhang Lingyang purchased European industrial equipment and introduced scientific and technological personnel as if he did not need money.

In the winter of the fourth year of Tai'an, the Royal Academy in the western suburbs of the capital has expanded to 30,000 people.

Zhang Lingyang understood that so many students were already the limit of the Royal Academy, so he ordered to open branches of the Royal Academy in Luoyang, Jiangning and other places one after another.

In the vicinity of the capital, dozens of factories have also been opened one after another.

Dazhou is rich in labor resources, the factory naturally does not lack manpower, coupled with the implementation of assembly line operations, even farmers who do not know a single word, after simple training, can also operate the equipment proficiently.

Of course, Da Zhou is still short of technicians.

The Great Zhou Royal Academy has only been open for less than two years, and the students in it are simply unable to fully grasp all kinds of scientific knowledge.

Even if they have a full grasp of it, Zhang Lingyang will not let them go to the factory easily.

This is what Zhang Lingyang decided at the beginning of the establishment of the Royal Academy, and students cannot participate in the actual job until they graduate.

Of course, work-study is another story.

At present, these dozens of factories near the capital are all supported by European technicians, and the manpower is stretched to the south.

In addition, the inconvenience of language is obvious.

Technicians are unable to communicate with the ordinary workers below, and all kinds of problems come one after another, and then accumulate more and more.

And there are very few talents in Chinese such as English and French in Da Zhou, so even Zhang Lingyang, a traveler from the earth, can't think of any good way for a while.

However, the construction of the industrial system is not a matter that can be achieved overnight, and Zhang Lingyang is not very anxious, as long as the most important firearms bureau and shipyard can ensure output, Zhang Lingyang has nothing to worry about.

In the past year, the civil and military officials in the capital have seen the power of science and technology for the first time.

Although the Great Zhou Dynasty had various problems when it began to develop industry, the coal that was transported from Xishan in the western suburbs of the capital to the capital every day, and the merchant ships on the canal, which had been converted into steam ships, continuously transported materials from all over the country to the capital, and the efficiency was more than twice as high as before.

Where have the officials of the Great Zhou experienced these before?

Zhang Lingyang didn't care what these officials thought in their hearts, and devoted all his energy to the industrialization of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Originally, this was not something that Zhang Lingyang, the son of heaven, had to worry about.

But where are there people who understand industry in Da Zhou?

If he hadn't been forced by reality, with Zhang Lingyang's character, he would have been lying in the palace and enjoying the blessings of warm fragrance and warm jade in his arms.

In Tianjin, dozens of steam warships were built one after another, and after three months of training at sea, by November, the First Fleet of the Great Zhou Royal Navy was completely completed.

On this day, Zhang Lingyang personally inspected the army and ordered the Royal Navy's First Fleet to make his first voyage.

Speaking of the First Fleet of the Great Zhou Royal Navy, we have to mention the commander of the First Fleet, the commander of the commanding envoy Han Liang.

Originally, Zhang Lingyang was also worried about the affairs of the naval commander, before the Great Zhou Dynasty, there was a naval army, but whether it was a low-level soldier or a general above, he had almost no experience in naval combat.

Therefore, how to select qualified admirals has become Zhang Lingyang's headache.

Simply, Zhang Lingyang ordered all the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty to enter Beijing.

Long before, the news that the Son of Heaven wanted to build the first navy of the Great Zhou was spread all over the country.

This is not a secret at all in Da Zhou, and Zhang Lingyang did not deliberately hide this news.

Therefore, when the official decree was issued, the generals of the naval forces everywhere were all gearing up.

Of course, it is mainly based on the health centers in Jiangnan.

After all, in the northwest and other inland areas, you can't find a naval army, right?

Although many of them are old acquaintances, no one will accept the sweetness of the first admiral of the Great Zhou.

After fierce competition, the command of Jiangning's naval guard made Han Liang stand out and smoothly entered Zhang Lingyang's sight.

Naturally, Zhang Lingyang would not easily give such an important position to a naval general who had never participated in naval battles.

When Han Liang met him, he naturally asked some professional questions.

As for how Zhang Lingyang understands the professional knowledge of the navy?

Zhang Lingyang himself naturally doesn't understand, but there are so many experts and scholars from Europe in the Royal Academy, how can there be a lack of people who understand naval knowledge?

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